Siheyuan: A Cook in the 60s

"Hey, Master Cao, what's up? Instead of studying cooking, you're reading medical books?" Liu Lan came over happily.

In the kitchen, every position has its idle time.

Employees like Liu Lan, whose specific job is unclear, and the chefs who cook, have the most free time.

But Liu Lan's idleness didn't make people hate her. She would go to help wash vegetables, and then help move things. When she got to the place, she would sit down and chat with people. She was quite good at talking, and even if people in the kitchen saw her doing nothing, no one thought it was a problem. She was the type who had a lively eye.

Ever since Cao Wei entered the system space and memorized a book once, he decided to put his decision of memorizing medical books into reality.

There is no other reason, the endorsement in the system is the same as reality, but it is only the same as reality.

The advantage of the system is that he can use it to study even when he is sleeping at night. And he will not be mentally exhausted. In other words, if he works hard enough, he can work 24 hours a day.

But problems also arise. It is obvious that the cost-effectiveness of endorsement in the system space is not high.

It’s no wonder that the system gave a price of 500 emotion points. There is no bonus in the system space, so it is what it should be.

Generally speaking, it is not suitable for learning cooking.

At least, in the system space, there are a lot of materials available for learning cooking.

In reality, there are not so many materials available.

During this era, Cao Wei's chef Liu Sandao had lamented more than once that the cooking skills of chefs were declining. Before liberation, the exploiting classes could get all kinds of ingredients. After liberation, they no longer had them. It was great that Wu Hao spent half a year's salary and half a year's favors to get two tables of dishes.

Wu Hao's level is among the best even in these four-nine cities.

How many people can eat well?

Forget about eating good food, being able to eat enough is good enough.

Therefore, most chefs have not lost their heritage, but have nothing to practice.

The profession of a chef is to feed one dish after another. Without the ingredients, you can't become a good chef. No matter how talented you are, it's useless.

The cooking training provided by the system space is very valuable. At least many of the ingredients in it are beyond Cao Wei's imagination.

In his previous life, he would be picky. There are two types of tofu: old tofu and tender tofu. Which old tofu is better, which tender tofu is tenderer, which seasoning is better, which land is not good. These are all very particular. As for now, he doesn't care about anything else. It's good enough to have it.

The three-year famine caused by paying off Big Brother's foreign debt was very devastating to the entire nation.

"Hey, this is passed down from my ancestors, let me take a look at it."

"Your ancestors were doctors?" Liu Lan became interested.

"That's not the case. It's not my ancestors, but my master's ancestors. In our lineage, we practice both medicine and cooking. I didn't know this before, but now I know it. They say that if you don't have some talent, you can't learn another one. Well, I have some talent, so let me learn it and see."

"Wow, this is what you are looking for." Liu Lan gave a thumbs up and added a pot of water to Cao Wei.

"What's the matter? You come here for no reason. What's the matter?" Cao Wei glanced at him and asked with a smile.

"Hey, nothing much, I just want to ask, what is the rule for your two apprentices?"

"What? Did Zhao Boxue ask you to ask?" Cao Wei didn't even raise his eyes, his eyes continued to be on the medical book.

"Hey, maybe you are the master."

"Tell him to wait. It's still early. If he can't stand it, go back as soon as possible." Cao Wei waved his hand and said nonchalantly.

"Oh, that's not what he meant. What he meant was..."

"I know." Cao Wei interrupted Liu Lan. "I am different from other chefs. I won't do any tasks that test one's character. Being a cook is not easy in itself, and the work is very tiring. You tell him to think about it himself. Washing vegetables and dishes will take a month. Depending on their performance, it may take longer, or even earlier."

There is a gap between dreams and reality.

Cao Wei knew it very well. In his previous life, he had taught several apprentices.

Some were forced into the kitchen by the boss’s friends.

After he came in, he ran away crying after working for less than a week.

Perhaps in their dreams, a chef is a handsome man wearing white clothes and a white chef hat, who can make a delicious dish with good color, aroma and taste by just chopping it casually. They don't think about how many days and nights of practice it takes to cut potato shreds into uniform thickness and size, nor do they think about how disgusting it is to process the raw materials of a nine-turn large intestine.

All they saw was a result, a result that was "full of color, fragrance and taste" in front of them.

If you get a glimpse into the efforts behind this, you won’t find it easy.

Cao Wei was not optimistic about Zhao Boxue.

Of course, he didn't think highly of Yu Zhuangzhuang either.

But Yu Zhuangzhuang had no choice but to stay and persevere. As for how far he could go in the future, he had no idea. However, at least he could support himself and his family.

Liu Lan left, taking the information she had obtained with her.

At this moment, Yu Zhuangzhuang and Dr. Zhao were washing vegetables with great effort. Washing vegetables is not difficult, but washing vegetables for more than 2,000 people becomes much more difficult.

There are only five people in the vegetable washing team, and to be honest, the workload is not small.

With the addition of Zhao Boxue, things became a little easier, but only to a limited extent. After all, they were newbies and still needed practice.

Liu Lan found a small iron stool. Most of the stools here were made by the masters in the steel rolling mill. They were not good-looking and not very comfortable to sit on, but they were sturdy.

"How about it, Sister Lan, how long do we have to take to wash?" As soon as Liu Lan sat down, Zhao Boxue came over immediately.

"You heartless person, I went to ask you for information, and I just sat down and hadn't even had a chance to catch my breath, but you're already asking me?" Liu Lan rolled her eyes.

"Hehe, this is just anxious." Zhao Boxue laughed.

Yu Zhuangzhuang's ears also perked up, but he didn't slow down the work at hand.

He thought it was pretty good. Washing the vegetables was not difficult, but there were too many of them. Sometimes he thought, how nice it would be if all these vegetables were from his own home, then the family would never lack food.

"At least one month." Liu Lan held up an index finger: "But, your master knows that it was you who asked."

"So what did he say?"

"He said it doesn't matter." Liu Lan shrugged: "As long as you can hold on."