Rebirth: Starting from the Cafeteria

Chapter 7 Wire Noodles

noon.

Du Shaojie combined Liao Yongxin's advice with the precautions in the teaching materials and began to stir-fry "Spicy and Sour Potato Shreds".

He was very confident about this dish, but there were some differences between big-pot dishes and small-pot dishes. Although he tried his best, it still received a “mediocre” rating.

【Bound chef: Du Shaojie】

【Level: Apprentice (third year)】

【Current work: Spicy and sour potato shreds】

[Overall evaluation: poor]

[Bonus: Teaching materials for current dishes (big pot dishes)]

[Reward: Kitchen Knife (1 piece)]

[Special Reward: None]

Du Shaojie was not disappointed with the result. It was good enough to have a cheat. Could he reach the pinnacle of life by lying down? It was still more reassuring to have something gained through hard work.

He then poured the spicy and sour potato shreds into a large bowl. Liao Yongxin also finished his work and came over to taste the dish.

"Not bad! Send it to the front."

Being able to get Liao Yongxin to say "it's okay" is like the sun rising from the west.

Du Shaojie then delivered a large bowl of "Spicy and Sour Potato Shreds" to the window and continued to stick to his job after returning.

Get off work at noon.

Employees walked into the cafeteria in groups of three or four. Today, the leaders had a day-long meeting, and according to the rules, they would provide a meal at noon. They also ate from the same big pot, and there was no special stove.

This incident still surprised Du Shaojie.

Four dishes are served at noon: spicy and sour shredded potatoes, cabbage vermicelli, braised pork, and stir-fried shredded radish.

"Today's spicy and sour potato shreds are delicious, but they don't look like Master Liao's cooking. How strange."

The leaders had their meals at several tables, each with four dishes and one soup. In addition to the four dishes, each person also had a bowl of egg drop soup. The soup was free and available to everyone who ate in the cafeteria, but there wasn't much egg in the soup.

Section Chief Zhang from the Dispatching Department has a strong taste for food, and he was full of praise for today's spicy and sour potato shreds.

Everyone has long been accustomed to the taste of Liao Yongxin's cooking, but today's dish is obviously different and equally delicious.

"Who else could it be other than Master Liao? Dai Tong, let me ask you, who cooked the shredded potatoes today?"

Director Jiang Yong of the Production Department is Chief Zhang's immediate superior, and the two happened to be sitting next to each other.

When Jiang Yong heard what Section Chief Zhang said, he became curious. He happened to see Dai Tong wandering around in the cafeteria, so he called him over.

Dai Tong thought it was a good thing. He was hanging around for a long time just to leave a good impression on the leaders. But Director Jiang asked about it.

He felt as if he had eaten a fly and was disgusted, but he didn't dare to answer truthfully.

"Director Jiang, the shredded potatoes were cooked by Du Shaojie, so they are naturally not as good as those cooked by Master Liao."

Although he told the truth, Dai Tong still did not forget to put some eye drops on Du Shaojie.

Jiang Yong smiled without comment and said nothing more.

Dai Tong felt a little bored, so he strolled away.

"It looks like there will be a new rising star in the cafeteria. If he learns a little from Lao Liao, we will all be blessed with delicious food."

"That's right, Xiao Du is not very good at this normally, but I didn't expect he has this skill."

"What's Little Du? In a few years, he should be called Chef Du."

Section Chief Zhang chatted with the person sitting at the same table for a few minutes, just to spice up his boring life.

The wind direction is not right at this time, so it's better to talk nonsense than to say the wrong thing.

Ordinary employees were also praising today's "Spicy and Sour Potato Shreds". Du Shaojie's "first show" actually received unanimous praise, which was something he did not expect.

after lunch.

Du Shaojie went to the dormitory to sleep for a while. When he woke up, he found a kitchen knife in his yellow schoolbag. He had dinner at the company and took the kitchen knife home.

"Brother, have you eaten?"

After parking the bicycle in the yard, Du Xiaomei poked her head out of the kitchen and shouted.

She had just finished washing the dishes and when she heard the noise she knew it was her brother coming back.

"I've already eaten at work. What did you have for dinner?"

Du Shaojie smiled and walked into the kitchen carrying his yellow schoolbag.

Du Xiaomei went into the house and took off her apron. The little girl had not grown up yet, and the apron looked like a robe on her body.

"Mom made steel wire noodles. They are delicious."

Hearing her brother's question, she smiled and pointed to a bowl of noodles on the stove.

Steel wire noodles are made from cornmeal, which requires several steps and is quite troublesome to make. However, there is a noodle exchange shop at the entrance of the alley. You can take cornmeal and exchange it for steel wire noodles, which is very convenient.

It doesn't cost any money to exchange for noodles, and people just earn a little food.

Du Shaojie had never eaten this thing in his previous life, so he took out a small bowl and scooped out some steel wire noodles, then ate them in a few mouthfuls along with the soup.

The soup noodles taste okay, but the texture of the steel wire noodles is a bit rough. I eat it occasionally as a change of taste.

Du Xiaomei reached out to take the dishes and washed them immediately.

Du Shaojie took out a kitchen knife from his yellow schoolbag and casually inserted it into the wooden knife rack.

"Brother, why did you bring back a kitchen knife?"

"This is my personal kitchen knife. I will carry it with me wherever I go."

As Du Shaojie was talking, he took out three paper-wrapped vegetarian buns from his yellow schoolbag. The buns were stuffed with cabbage and vermicelli, and you could see a few scattered pieces of oil residue.

The canteen refined some lard in the afternoon, and the remaining oil residue was just right for making stuffing.

"You can eat these buns tomorrow morning."

The buns in the cafeteria are very big, and one is enough to fill Du Xiaomei and her friends.

Then he and Du Xiaomei put out the fire in the furnace and walked into the main house together.

At this time, Du Xiaoya was pestering her mother with questions, but when she saw her sister and brother come in, she immediately shut up.

Wang Yuxiu is now mending Du Xiaomei's cotton shoes. Her eldest daughter is very active and runs around all day, so she is the one who wears out the shoes.

"Xiao Jie, Dapeng came to see you this afternoon and asked you to go to his house when you are free."

When she saw her son, Wang Yuxiu remembered what Su Dapeng had asked her to convey, and she quickly told him.

Su Dapeng is Du Shaojie's childhood friend, and there is also Qi Yan. The three of them have been best friends since childhood and have a very close relationship.

"I got it, Mom."

Du Shaojie likes the current family atmosphere very much, and the word "Mom" represents his attitude.

Du Xiaoya came up to him as usual, holding onto her brother's collar and said expectantly, "Brother, did you bring anything delicious for Xiaoya?"

Wang Yuxiu looked at her little daughter's rolling eyes and couldn't help laughing: "You little greedy cat, all you do is eat all day long."

Du Shaojie reached out and touched Du Xiaoya's head. Du Xiaomei stepped forward and pulled her sister aside, whispering a few words in her ear.

Then the little girl's eyes lit up and she kept smiling foolishly at her brother.

Du Shaojie went into the house, put down his yellow schoolbag, said something to Wang Yuxiu, then walked out of the yard and went to Su Dapeng.

Su Dapeng's home is not far away, only about five or six minutes' walk.

"Shaojie, you're finally here. I was so anxious."

After knocking on the gate of Su Dapeng's house, the other party quickly dragged Du Shaojie into the house as soon as he saw him.

Su Dapeng's family has many people, so his father rebuilt a row of bungalows in the yard. The boy usually lives alone in a big house. Du Shaojie and Qi Yan used this house as their base.

(End of this chapter)