Siheyuan: starting from prying the corner of the silly column

Chapter 1 Ma Hua, No Master

The sound of cooking is clanging, and the smell of onion, garlic and soy sauce is tangy.

Ma Hua leaned against the slightly soot-black wall, yawned and blinked subconsciously.

People in green clothes with thick padded jackets and sleeves were busy, shuttling between the desk and the stove.

It has been a while since we came to this era.

From the beginning, Ma Hua was not used to it at all, but now he is getting used to it, and occasionally he will be dazed.

Just now, I was half in a trance and half dozed off.

This is the cafeteria of the back kitchen of the Red Star Rolling Mill. There is an eighth-level cook named "Silly Zhu" He Yuzhu as the chef, Liu Lan, Fatty and many other helpers, and a widow named Qin Huairu who sneaks into the cafeteria every now and then. Talk to Master Shazhu, and take some food and drink from the cafeteria...

This is a group of familiar and strange people.

Not only because of MCA's memory, but also because these people have appeared on TV before.

"Ma Hua, are you still staring in a daze? Hurry up, Che Dun!"

A somewhat stout, rather old-looking man was holding an enamel teapot, calling Mahua by his name, and shouted at him.

The enamel bowl bears the mark, the red star, and "Red Star Rolling Mill."

This is He Yuzhu, known as "Stupid Zhu", usually he is not a bad person, but once his temper comes up, he is especially evil-natured, he is a guy who can fight impulsively, and can harm others secretly, regardless of the consequences.

Today, the leaders of the factory entertained the leaders of their brother units. They needed Shazhu to use his real cooking skills, and he couldn't use a big pot of vegetables to make do.

Shazhu saw that it was almost time, and let the help cooks start to work.

Ma Hua agreed, and was stunned.

Liu Lan was washing and choosing vegetables at the side, and joked in her mouth: "Ma Hua, who's the eldest girl, I see you staring in confusion, and your mouth is dripping!"

"It's not you anyway!" Ma Hua replied casually.

"If it's really me, I'm not willing either! Your two taels of meat are not enough for me to eat!" Liu Lan laughed.

Working women these days have a cheerful and generous demeanor, especially those who have been married, who can make young men blush with embarrassment when they speak nasty words.

MCA was a little speechless: Why did she get molested by women?
"Okay, you are amazing, you can't complain about being 'not full' all day long!"

Ma Hua muttered, Liu Lan picked up a rotten vegetable leaf and threw it at him, scolding with a smile: "Go to hell!"

"If you don't find a daughter-in-law again, be careful that your father and your elder brother and sister-in-law will kick you out!"

"Hey, for the time being, it won't be..."

As Ma Hua said, he lowered his head and was busy working, and finished cutting the vegetables skillfully in a while.

Sha Zhu put down the tea mug, swayed his shoulders leisurely, and started to cook vegetables with a look of "big take".

"Look a little, learn a little! How much you can learn, that's all your skills!"

Silly Zhu said.

"Okay, master!" A guy with a fat round head came out and smiled at Sha Zhu.

Ma Hua glanced at this "fat man" and nodded accordingly - he didn't have much closeness to Shazhu, and he couldn't say the word "Master", and now he calls Shazhu "Master He".

Even Shazhu himself doesn't care about this change in address, let alone other people.

Ma Hua stared over, and saw that Shazhu's face became serious, he started the pan to heat up the oil, put the vegetables in, put in the ingredients, stir-fried, and the fire was high and low.

He is quite good at cooking.

Seeing that Sha Zhu had cooked two dishes, it seemed that it was time for dinner.

Not only the leaders have to eat, but the employees also have to eat. Ma Hua and Fatty both started working again.

The work in the cafeteria was tedious and cumbersome. Lifting the steamed bun drawer, steamed the steamed buns, put them into the steamed bun basket, and covered them with white cloth covered with cotton.

The vegetables in the big pot over there were fried, and Ma Hua and Fatty put the vegetables into the big iron basin, and they carried the vegetables to the window where the vegetables were served.

The workers in the rolling mill are already lining up with lunch boxes and iron jars.

Liu Lan started to go to the front to order food, and Ma Hua, Fatty and other helpers in the kitchen were also busy.

"Don't be dazed, Mahua, Fatty, let's serve!"

Silly Zhu put down the frying spoon, picked up the tea mug, and told them to deliver food to the cafeteria.

The fat man nodded and bowed immediately: "Okay, master, you need to rest first..."

He was the first to pick up the dishes, ahead of MCA, walked through the cafeteria corridor, to the door of a small restaurant, brought the dishes in, and at the same time bowed his waist to introduce the names of the dishes to the leaders.

Mahua is having fun—do you think I am willing to compete with you for work?I am still happy and relaxed!

I don't want to worship Sha Zhu as my master, so why are you so active?
The last dish, stewed chicken with mushrooms, the fat man sent it in and ran out happily. He came to Shazhu and gave him a thumbs up: "Master, your skill is amazing!"

"There was a lot of applause inside!"

"That's right! I entered the kitchen at the age of 12, and now it's been more than ten years. If it's still not good, is it okay?"

Sha Zhu smiled smugly, the crow's feet at the corners of his eyes squeezed together.

He is not yet 30 years old, and looks very old-fashioned. At first glance, he seems to be 35 or [-] years old.

Fatty immediately stepped forward to compliment him, and Sha Zhu was even more delighted.

After saying a few words, the chatterbox opened up, and Sha Zhu was actually easy to coax, sitting happily beside him holding a tea mug.

It's almost time to flatter Shazhu, the fat man looked at Ma Hua again, and chatted with him: "Hey, Ma Hua!"

"Just now Liu Lan said what happened to your family? Your father and your brother want to drive you out?"

Ma Hua was a little helpless: "Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite!"

Ma Hua's parents are still alive, and his older brother, Ma Zhong, is married and has a family.

The daughter-in-law married by Ma Zhong is a good planner. She always wants to let Ma Hua get married and move out as soon as possible, so as not to eat more food and use more things at home-these food and things are all things that Ma Zhong's wife believes belong to their family Mahua, a person who gets married sooner or later, why should he eat and use it?
MCA's parents expect the couple to provide for the elderly in the future, so they don't intervene much about MCA's situation, and there is no preference.

If you can't bear the ostracism from your brother and sister-in-law, you should quickly find a wife to marry, and then go out to start a family and start a business.

This is your own business.

If you don't have the ability, then bear with it.

When you can't bear it anymore, you should go quickly...

Parents are short-sighted, that's the kind of thing, you say who is a bad person, that's not enough.

In today's thinking, the MCA family has their own considerations, and they all make sense.

Ma Hua’s parents are taking care of the elderly, and they have long made it clear that the eldest Ma and his wife, regardless of the family, will keep it for the elder; don’t think that the elder is taking advantage of it now, and if the old man is injured or sick, it will be theirs.

Therefore, Ma Hua's parents do not favor Ma Hua, and the elder couple hope that Ma Hua will get married and move away soon.

But this daughter-in-law and the house are not meant to be available!

Ma Hua is only an apprentice in the canteen of the rolling mill, and his salary is less than 20 yuan-at least within ten years, it is absolutely impossible for him to arrange the qualifications for housing allocation in the rolling mill.

It is conceivable that if he finds a wife now, he will be in a dilemma.

In this day and age, MCA has a meager income, and it’s okay to support itself; plus renting a house and supporting the family, I’m afraid it’s really dizzy and dizzy from hunger every day.

It’s not that MCA wants to gnaw at the old man and brazenly endure the disgust of his brother and sister-in-law; it’s that he’s just getting used to this era so far, and there’s no way to get rich, no way for a wife or house split.

This is "every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite".

In Mahua's heart, he might not want to change, but he still had no idea where to start to act.

At this moment, Shazhu seemed to have discovered something interesting, stood up with a grin on his face, and picked up a rolling pin.

The fat man immediately asked: "Master, what are you doing? Rolling noodles?"

Sha Zhu smiled and said, "Look at that kid."

The fat man and Ma Hua followed his gaze, and saw a fat boy in gray padded jacket and pot head shyly standing beside the oil, salt, sauce and vinegar in the cafeteria.

He flipped the soy sauce jar, took a small bottle, and poured out the soy sauce.

The old-fashioned soy sauce jars are very slippery, which causes the soy sauce to flow all over the floor, and the amount of soy sauce that goes into the bottle is not as much as the floor.

"Bad Terrier..."

Shazhu's tone was a little doting, and he was about to throw out the rolling pin in his hand to scare away the stick.

At this moment, Ma Hua's eyes suddenly lit up, and there was an inexplicable reminder in front of him: [Catch the stick that is being stolen, and you can get a reward. 】

He immediately rushed out before Shazhu made a move:

"Master He, wait a moment and watch me catch this kid!"

(End of this chapter)