Rebirth: Starting from the Cafeteria

Chapter 51: Wedding Banquet, Please Be the Chef

"Hey, Director Wu, calm down first. It's wrong for them to do this. But Comrade Chen Jizhou's condition was indeed very serious at the time. If it was delayed for too long, someone might really die."

"You can't be so reckless. If everyone handles the problem the same way they do, won't it be a mess?"

"You can't say that. As the saying goes, one should make decisions in an emergency. Didn't he ask Lin Zuo for leave? But Lin Zuo refused to agree. What do you want him to do? Wait for death?"

Everyone read the hospital's diagnosis and heard another version of the story from Deputy Director Xu.

Soon, the conference room was filled with tension, with everyone present expressing their opinions and arguing enthusiastically.

Wu Mingde looked at Deputy Director Xu meaningfully, but Deputy Director Xu sat on the Diaoyutai with no intention of compromising at all.

In fact, everyone present knew the grudge between Wu Mingde and Chen Jizhou and Du Shaojie.

Last time, Wu Mingde excluded Chen Jizhou from the list of the first batch of restored staff, and no one said anything, simply because they didn't want to offend Wu Mingde.

But this time it was different. Wu Mingde and Lin Zuo had gone too far. If someone was killed, they would be in trouble as well.

And the more crucial point is that there have been rumors recently that Wu Mingde is related to the case of his wife's brother Dai Tong. Although they don't know whether the rumors are true or not, they still understand the principle of leaving some room for error.

Except for a few of Wu Mingde's confidants, no one present wanted to offend Chen Jizhou to death.

"Everyone, please be quiet! Since Chen Jizhou is indeed seriously ill, we will not hold him accountable for leaving the study group without permission.

However, Du Shaojie, as the chef of the farm canteen, insisted on intervening, and he must be dealt with. My opinion is to give him a warning and delay his regularization for half a year. "

Wu Mingde was also a man who had seen many storms. When he saw that the wind direction was wrong, he immediately avoided Chen Jizhou and decided to pick out the troublemaker Du Shaojie alone.

If neither of these two people is dealt with, who will listen to him in the future?

"It's too heavy. Director Wu, I think it's forgivable for young people to act on impulse, not to mention that Du Shaojie's starting point was to save people.

I think this is the case. Didn't we say before that as long as Du Shaojie is willing to go to the farm, he can be converted to a regular employee at least three months in advance? Now that he has violated discipline, the arrangement for early conversion should be cancelled and he should be transferred back to the canteen of the bureau to work."

Deputy Director Xu brought up the old matter again and tricked Wu Mingde.

Director Wu was silent for a long time, knowing that his goal today could not be achieved.

"Since most comrades are inclined to give a lighter punishment, let's give Du Shaojie a verbal criticism and tell him that this is just the first time and it won't happen again! Let him work peacefully on the farm and we can talk about his permanent job later."

At the end of the meeting, everyone looked at Wu and Xu and said something that was hard to explain.

three days later.

Chen Jizhou's condition had improved significantly. After resting at home for two days, he returned to the farm.

"Xiao Du, I'm sorry for getting you into trouble this time. Thank you!"

The first thing he did after getting off the bus was to go to the cafeteria to find Du Shaojie and express his sincere gratitude to him.

The young man was able to stand up in that situation, which many people cannot do.

Moreover, Du Shaojie is not blindly reckless. Many problems can be seen from the fact that the other party asked his family members to take the diagnosis to Deputy Director Xu.

This made Chen Jizhou look at Du Shaojie with admiration.

"Uncle Chen, it's not that serious. I just gave him a verbal criticism. It's not a big deal."

Du Shaojie pulled Chen Jizhou to sit down in the cafeteria and poured him a bowl of water.

Two days ago, someone from the bureau and Zhao Dajun criticized him, and then... nothing happened.

No one expected that the bureau's handling of this matter would be so high and so low. Du Shaojie gained the favor of many people and his popularity in the entire farm could be said to be "among the best".

Chen Jizhou sat in the cafeteria for a while, then went to the labor study group. Du Shaojie returned to the kitchen to continue working. He prepared three dishes for lunch: stir-fried lotus root, braised white strips, and garlic cucumber.

The small whitebait is a kind of miscellaneous fish, and there are many of them in the Laolong River. Today's fish was still caught by Chu Xiaowei and his men. The people in the field office shared some of them, and the rest was given to the canteen.

This time, Du Shaojie did not take other people's things in vain. Instead, he converted them into food coupons and let Zhao Dajun be in charge of the distribution.

"Master Du, the manager asked you to go to his office after you finish your work."

All three dishes at noon were very popular, which was normal in the cafeteria. Now no one would doubt Du Shaojie's cooking skills.

After the meal, Du Shaojie, Qin Xiaomei and others sat down to eat.

He had only taken a few bites when someone from the field office came running over to tell him that Zhao Dajun wanted to see Du Shaojie about something.

"Well, I'll go after I finish eating."

Du Shaojie ate his lunch in a few bites and then hurried to the site office.

After knocking on the door of Zhao Dajun's office, he saw that in addition to Zhao Dajun himself, there was also a middle-aged man in the room. He knew this man, who was the director of the next-door regiment, Lu Yiming.

"Hello, Director Lu! Director Zhao, are you looking for me?"

"Hello, Master Du."

Lu Yiming wore a pair of glasses. If it weren't for his dark and rough skin, he would really look like a scholar.

After Zhao Dajun and the others greeted each other, they said, "Master Du, Lao Lu's nephew is getting married this Sunday. He heard that you are a good cook and wants to invite you to be the chef that day. Is it convenient?"

"We are not planning on having a big wedding. We only have five tables of guests. Please help us, Master Du."

Lu Yiming immediately explained that five tables of banquets were not too many, and Du Shaojie felt that if he had an assistant, he could handle it alone.

"Director Lu, let's not talk about anything else. Since Director Zhao has come out, we must give him face. Please decide on the menu first and bring it to me later. I will tell you what needs to be prepared in advance."

After Du Shaojie said this, Zhao Dajun suddenly felt very honored.

Lu Yiming was also very happy. Before he came, he was worried that Du Shaojie was young and energetic and difficult to deal with, but he didn't expect that he would be so easy to talk to.

"Okay, okay, I will finalize the menu as soon as I get back, and I will come back then. Then I won't disturb Master Du's lunch break, I will take you out."

Lu Yiming and Zhao Dajun still had things to discuss, so after a few words they finished their business and sent Du Shaojie out the door.

Du Shaojie returned to the dormitory, feeling happy but a little nervous.

This was his first time to be the chef for a wedding banquet. The previous times he served as Liao Yongxin's assistant. There is no comparison between the two.

As he had been busy these days, he did not conduct any simulation training.

It just so happened that when Lu Yiming brought the menu, he could choose dishes from it for training in a targeted manner.

Sharpening the knife before a battle, even if it is not quick, will at least give him more confidence.

Lu Yiming acted quickly and delivered the menu that afternoon.

There are [Dry-fried Carp], [Hand-pulled Lamb], [Spicy Chicken], [Sweet and Sour Pork Tenderloin], [Tiger Skin Spicy Braised Eggplant], [Candied Apple] plus four cold dishes, a total of ten dishes.

These dishes are considered very rich for a group.

Du Shaojie took a quick look and felt that these dishes were not difficult for him to cook, but he still made a small suggestion:

"Captain Lu, how about changing this [Spicy Chicken] to [Big Plate Chicken]? I'm personally better at making [Big Plate Chicken], and the taste is definitely not worse than [Spicy Chicken]."

(End of this chapter)