Siheyuan: Walking the Path of Qin Huairu

In the small restaurant, cuttlefish stewed with chicken, fish ball soup, braised pork with abalone, dry-fried yellow croaker, fried shrimps, spicy stir-fried clams, stir-fried conchs with sauce, original sand clam soup, steamed crabs and prawns made their debut one after another.

The table was filled to the brim with food, which was too much to take in. It was really great to have such a feast in this day and age.

The leader couldn't stop eating and kept praising the food. After eating and drinking, he said, "I didn't expect the chefs in your factory are so good that they can be compared with the chefs in the restaurant. Xiao Yang, can I meet this chef He?"

He Yuzhu is a carefree person. He was not afraid of the stage when he came in. He greeted the leader without any burden. When the leader saw how young he was, he smiled and said, "Master He, you are so young. You cook very well. The Sichuan cuisine is authentic and the seafood is delicious. If you continue to study cooking in the future, you will achieve great things."

He Yuzhu: "Thank you for the encouragement, I will continue to work hard to improve my cooking skills so that I can better serve you."

After seeing off the big boss, Director Yang was very satisfied with He Yuzhu's performance today. He asked Secretary Wang to call He Yuzhu to his office.

After He Yuzhu entered the room, he said, "Director Yang, you're looking for me?"

Director Yang said, "He Yuzhu, you performed very well today. The senior leaders praised you. I think I can give you more responsibilities. From today on, you will be the monitor of the third canteen and receive a job subsidy of 8 yuan per month. You must guard against arrogance and keep working hard! Do a good job in the hospitality work in the factory."

He Yuzhu was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, Director Yang. I won't say any more nonsense. Just wait and see how I perform!"

Director Yang: "By the way, where did today's seafood come from? It's quite fresh."

He Yuzhu: "This is just a coincidence, isn't it? My uncle brought some back from visiting relatives in Tianjin, and it was used just in time for the senior leader to come and inspect our work. Does Director Yang like it? I'll go to my uncle's house later to see if there's any left. If there is, I'll send some to your home. However, seafood is not durable to storage, so it may not be available." He didn't say anything definite.

He Yuzhu returned to the canteen in a good mood, put the half chicken left over from lunch into his lunch box, and cut a piece of meat with skin. He said to Ma Hua, "Director Yang asked me to run an errand for him, so I'm leaving now."

In the evening, Xu Huizhen's family prepared another table of seafood.

He Yuzhu came early today and brought some ingredients from the cafeteria to make a few dishes that were time-consuming and laborious. Basically, he copied the dishes from lunch, and the staple food was dumplings stuffed with Spanish mackerel.

Everyone ate a lot and praised He Yuzhu's cooking skills as the best in the world. They all said that such a life was like the gods in heaven.

He Yuzhu proudly shared his joy, saying: "At noon today, I cooked a meal for the senior leader of the department. The senior leader was very satisfied with the meal. Director Yang was very happy and promoted me to be the monitor of the third canteen. Although my salary did not increase, I received an additional 8 yuan per month in job subsidies."

After hearing this, everyone congratulated He Yuzhu on his promotion and salary increase. He Yuzhu asked Xu Huizhen: "Huizhen, do you have any seafood left? If so, I want to send some to Director Yang. We have to thank him for his help, right?"

Xu Huizhen: "Yes, it must be at this time!"

Xu Huizhen also admired He Yuzhu's cooking skills. He was only 20 years old, and he could reach this level. He should be said to have a talent for being a chef. In this era, without the technology and hard work of later generations, it is very difficult to make delicious dishes.

You may ask why Xu Huizhen took the trouble to call everyone to dinner? Because she always believed that a single thread cannot make a line, and a single tree cannot make a forest. It is not easy for a single woman to do something in this era. She wanted to win people's hearts with sincerity, unite the forces around her that are worth uniting, and unite everyone into one rope, because unity is strength.

After she became stronger, those who wanted to plot against her in the original plot, like Fan Jinyou, gave up.

Although the people around her are currently small people with no great abilities, most of the loyal ones are butchers, while most of the unfaithful ones are scholars. When you are in trouble, the more ordinary people are, the more likely they are to step forward and help you out.

Just as Xu Huizhen expected, after Cai Quanwu returned home, he took out the sales commission that Xu Huizhen had given him today, handed it to Xu Jianmei, and said, "Jianmei, keep this 48 yuan."

Xu Jianmei took the money and said, "Did you get your salary? No, your salary is not that much."

Cai Quanwu lowered his voice and said, "This is the commission I get for helping Huizhen sell seafood. Just keep it in mind and don't spread rumors. Now private transactions are not allowed."

Jianmei: "I understand. But does this count as profiteering? Is it illegal?"

Cai Quanwu: "The supervision is not strict now, so it's fine if you are careful. Besides, I didn't sell it directly, I just sold it to others or sent it to restaurants. This kind of thing will not be investigated unless the people report it."

Jianmei nodded and asked in surprise, "Did you get this much money today?"

Cai Quanwu nodded, "There will be another batch in a few days. With this income, even if you don't work to earn money, it's enough for us to spend."

Xu Jianmei nodded and said, "I still want to make tofu. I'm young and I want to make money with my own ability."

Cai Quanwu: "In a few days, I will go to the director of the grain station to ask if I can get soybeans. Without soybeans, everything will be in vain. A skilled cook cannot cook without rice. Also, remember that Huizhen is not an ordinary person. If there is any problem in her family in the future, you must do your best. We must live up to their trust."

Jianmei counted the money and nodded her head, "I understand this principle."

After Xu Huizhen saw everyone off, she entered the space. The radishes and sweet potatoes she had planted in the space were almost ready to be harvested. She was thinking about what to plant in the vegetable garden next. She searched through the seeds in the warehouse and found a bag of corn seeds, so she decided to plant corn.

Hu Yingzi's family does not have a Beijing household registration, so there is no food supply. The high corn yield can make up for the food gap.

The radishes were easy to harvest, but digging the sweet potatoes was strenuous work. After digging for a while, she felt tired and lay down on the bed to rest.

Looking back, it seems that I have been busy all the time since I came here, busy making money and running a tavern. I was like this in my previous life, too. Every day I was either making money or on the way to make money. Now I can say that I have achieved initial results. I can slow down my pace of life in the future, don't make myself so tired, and learn to enjoy a leisurely life.

The next day, Master Ma and Cai Quanwu went to the meat processing plant to buy pig offal and were unexpectedly given 50 kilograms of pork. The staff said that it was Chief Fan who specifically instructed them to do so.

When Master Ma heard this, he understood. Yesterday, he and Manager Cao sent two baskets of seafood to Section Chief Fan's home, and they were returning the favor.

He and Cai Quanwu looked at each other and carried the pork onto the tricycle. 50 kilograms of affordable meat that did not require meat coupons, this was such a great thing that fell into their laps, there was no reason for them not to take it.