Rebirth: Starting from the Cafeteria

Chapter 145 The Value of the Recipe

Time flies.

It's New Year's Eve in a blink of an eye.

Early in the morning, Su Dapeng came to take away the 40 [Dezhou Braised Chicken] that were prepared last night and hurriedly delivered them to people. These braised chickens will become a dish for the New Year's Eve dinner of some families, and those who don't have any means can't buy them even if they want to.

Du Shaojie made some extra yesterday, and took the time in the morning to send a [Dezhou Braised Chicken] to Principal Mao's family, Liang Meiqin's family, Chen Jizhou's family, Zhai Yucheng's family, as well as Liao Yongxin, Dong Yunxian and Zhong Fuxiang.

Neither Yao Liwen nor Wang Xuejun received such treatment. After all, their relationship had not reached that level yet. Giving gifts rashly would seem like flattery, which would be unpleasant.

Liao Yongxin kept his word and brought his wife over before the New Year. His son and his family also arrived the day before New Year's Eve.

Wang Liwen finally couldn't avoid the duty and had to work the night shift on New Year's Eve, so she couldn't come to Du Shaojie's house for dinner.

Du Shaojie got dressed at work in the morning and then ran outside, saying that he had no day off today. In fact, the company had already stopped to graze the sheep at noon, so he returned home early.

As soon as he entered the house, he started to get busy. This year's New Year's Eve dinner included eight dishes and one soup, including [Braised Sea Cucumber with Scallions].

The sea cucumber started to swell a few days in advance. It had been in Du Shaojie's storage space for a long time, and he hadn't taken it out until now. The main reason was that he had never had the chance, and it was just right to let his family taste it during the Chinese New Year.

At half past six, eight dishes and a soup were served. Wang Yuxiu, Xiaomei and Xiaoya all looked at Du Shaojie.

"It's the New Year. I wish our family will have better and better days. I wish mom good health. I wish Xiaomei will pass the imperial examination. I wish Xiaoya will grow up healthily. Come on, start eating."

Du Shaojie said a few auspicious words symbolically, and everyone started eating together.

The most popular dish was [Braised Sea Cucumber with Scallions]. After all, Wang Yuxiu, Xiaomei and Xiaoya had never eaten it before. After tasting it, they found it to be delicious.

To be honest, even though Du Shaojie is a good cook, he usually has no time to cook at home.

During his rest time, he is often invited to attend banquets. Sometimes Xiaomei and Xiaoya are lucky enough to eat food cooked by their brother once or twice a month.

Du Shaojie opened a bottle of wine and drank it by himself.

At this moment, he suddenly thought of Liang Meiqin. Recently, he often read newspapers and listened to the radio. The southern line has not been peaceful.

If he remembered correctly, the charge on the southern front was about to begin. I wonder if Liang Meiqin would be involved?

I hope she is safe.

After dinner, Xiaomei and Xiaoya went out to set off firecrackers, while Du Shaojie rode his bike to the People's Hospital with his lunch box.

"Wow, there are so many delicious foods, including sea cucumbers!"

Wang Liwen is working the midnight shift today and won't be off work until the early morning.

The unit had arranged meals for her before, but she didn't eat them and was waiting for Du Shaojie to deliver the meals.

When he opened the lunch box, the aroma hit him. He brought four dishes in total, including [Scallion-fried Sea Cucumber].

When it arrived, the lunch box was wrapped with two layers of cotton pads, and the journey was not far, so the food was still hot.

Wang Liwen didn't hesitate and started eating.

"I really can't eat anymore. I'll keep the rest of the food and return the lunch box to you later. You can go back and rest early. You don't have to sit on the bench with me."

Wang Liwen actually wanted to keep Du Shaojie. She got off work at one o'clock in the morning, and she wanted to go back to her residence with him to have a couple of drinks.

However, whenever he came out to deliver food, he would always greet Wang Yuxiu, as she was afraid of causing misunderstanding among the elders.

Du Shaojie didn't say anything. He sat for a while and then got up and left.

When he got home, Xiaomei and Xiaoya were still waiting for him, so the four of them sat at the table and started playing poker. The radio was playing the crosstalk performed by Teacher Ma and Teacher Tang, which was very joyful.

After playing for more than an hour, Xiaomei and Xiaoya couldn't bear it any longer, so they went into the house to sleep.

"Xiao Jie, Mom is getting much stronger now. I want to find something to do after the New Year. Don't you know someone from the supply and marketing cooperative? If I open a sales agency, do you think it's okay?"

Wang Yuxiu and Du Shaojie were still staying up to celebrate the New Year. There was a pot of tea, several plates of melon seeds, peanuts and candies on the table.

The two were chatting while eating melon seeds, and Wang Yuxiu suddenly talked about her plans.

Her health has indeed improved a lot, and sometimes she can sit in front of the sewing machine for an hour or two without feeling tired. However, there is really not much income from manual work, so she thought about doing some small business.

She had no job to begin with. In the past few years, she was in poor health and could not even get a job in a small collective enterprise on the street. She did not care about what others thought of her.
"A consignment store? That's not going to work, is it?"

Du Shaojie didn't object to his mother doing what she could, but he was not very interested in the "agent store" she proposed.

The agency stores have always existed. They are nominally the terminal sales outlets of the supply and marketing cooperatives and are operated by individuals. Their business scope mainly includes soy sauce, vinegar, salt, bulk wine, and some small items such as candles and matches.

There is only one agency store in Chunfeng Lane, and some people have to walk a long way to buy soy sauce, which is very inconvenient. According to the radiation range of the agency point, it is more reasonable to set up four to five agency stores in Chunfeng Lane.

Wang Yuxiu’s idea was correct, but the problem was that you couldn’t make much money from this thing.

The supply and marketing cooperative has already set the purchase and selling prices for the agency stores, leaving only 5% profit. What is that enough for?
"Is it difficult to do? Then forget it. Mom will think about it again."

Wang Yuxiu was quick to follow the advice and gave up the idea of ​​opening a consignment store. She thought her son's [Dezhou Braised Chicken] should be good. Seeing how busy Su Dapeng was all day, she knew it was very profitable. But she couldn't steal the business from the little guy, could she?
There was no way she could do that, so she didn't mention it.

This time, Du Shaojie understood what my mother was thinking, but he didn't say anything. He just pondered it secretly in his heart.

New Year's Day.

Du Shaojie went out to pay New Year's greetings in the morning. He went around the Electric Power Industry Bureau, Guangyuan Hotel, and Chunfeng Lane, and visited every place he was supposed to visit.

Finally, they arrived at Liang Meiqin's house, and Liang's father insisted on taking him to drink.

He did not refuse, and finally felt a little dizzy when he said goodbye and left. After all, he was a little drunk.

When he got home, he found that there were quite a few people at home.

Huang Tingting, Xiao Jianjun, Deng Gang, Gao Guoqiang, Yang Li and others came to wish him a happy new year. It was really hard for them to find the old house.

Su Dapeng was also there. He had come to pay New Year's greetings to Wang Yuxiu and happened to meet guests at home. Du Shaojie was not at home, so he helped to greet Huang Tingting and others.

This guy was good at talking and soon he was chatting animatedly with several people.

"Master Du, Happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year! Everyone sit down, why are you standing up?"

Xiaomei, Xiaoya and their classmates made an appointment to visit their teacher to wish him a happy new year, and they haven't returned yet.

Wang Yuxiu had some leftovers for lunch, and when guests came to her house, she thought about making a few new dishes.

"Don't leave, I'll go get some food and have a couple of drinks together."

The theme of the Chinese New Year is eating and drinking. It was the first time that Huang Tingting and her friends came to his house, so Du Shaojie had to express his gratitude to them.

Several apprentices wanted to refuse, but Du Shaojie went to the kitchen without saying anything. There were ready-made cold dishes, including braised beef in soy sauce, Dezhou braised chicken, and a cold-mixed shredded pork and fried peanuts.

The hot dish is made with two home-cooked dishes, and the key is speed.

Afterwards, Du Shaojie took out two bottles of wine and motioned Su Dapeng to have a few drinks with them. He himself couldn't drink anymore, so he could only do it for the sake of his gesture.

Huang Tingting and Yang Li could drink two glasses, and Xiao Jianjun and the other three men could drink quite well. The bottle of wine was quickly empty, and Du Shaojie wanted to open another bottle, but they stopped him.

"Master Du, we have finished eating and drinking. We have something else to do later. Let's go first."

Huang Tingting and the others felt embarrassed to disturb them for too long, so they drank some wine and ate some staple food before saying goodbye and leaving.

Su Dapeng helped Du Shaojie clean up the mess and sat quietly at the table drinking tea.

"What's wrong? What's on your mind during the New Year?"

Du Shaojie glanced at the other person, picked up an apple and threw it over.

Su Dapeng reacted quickly. He reached out to catch the apple, gently placed it on the table, and then sighed:

"I went to pay New Year's greetings to Section Chief Guo in the morning. He kept asking me about the recipe of Dezhou Braised Chicken. I said I didn't have the recipe, and Section Chief Guo got a little unhappy. He gave me the cold shoulder on New Year's Day."

Du Shaojie nodded. This matter did not surprise him.

"An innocent man is guilty of possessing a treasure." The [Dezhou Braised Chicken] he made was very popular, so it was inevitable that he would be targeted by some people with ulterior motives.

At that time, he only learned the basic recipe in the simulation training. Later, after his repeated improvements, the taste of his dishes became better and better, and the overall evaluation (simulation evaluation) he received became higher and higher.

Du Shaojie was able to succeed because he had some tricks.

He can try again and again in simulation training, not caring about the "trial and error cost" at all. What if someone else tries it? Even if he goes bankrupt, he may not gain anything.

This recipe represents the result of Du Shaojie's countless efforts and sweat, so there is no reason to tell it to others easily.

"Dapeng, you don't have to care about Section Chief Guo's attitude. From last year to this year, the contract responsibility system has been quietly tried out in some places, and it has only been fully promoted in the past two years.

What does this mean? It means that the supply of agricultural and sideline products will become more and more sufficient. We really don't need to look at Guo's face. You take meat from him and pay tribute to him, but he is still not satisfied.

There is no room for negotiation about the recipe. I will not hand it over. Besides, there are more than one meat processing factory. If you have trouble buying white-striped chicken in the future, tell me and I will help you find a solution. "

Du Shaojie was not trying to comfort the other party, this was indeed the general trend.

At the end of last year, Xiaogang Village secretly started the contract responsibility system, and many other places quickly followed suit, forming a trend that has spread like wildfire.

Around next year, the higher authorities will introduce policies to implement the "contract responsibility system" across the board, which will greatly stimulate the production enthusiasm of farmers.

By contracting production to each household and vigorously developing the planting and breeding economy, the supply of agricultural and sideline products will naturally be greatly enriched.

In the future, the usefulness of various tickets will gradually weaken, and everyone will be able to buy all kinds of meat without tickets in the free market. The price will be a little higher, but there will be no quantitative restrictions.

Therefore, he told Su Dapeng not to take Section Chief Guo too seriously. If they could interact with him, then they could interact with him. If not, then forget it.

(End of this chapter)