Chapter 2 The people of the quadrangle

At this time, Director Wang said: "Is there anything different about your father these days?" He Yuzhu thought for a while and replied: "My father usually comes back late from work, and sometimes he goes out to pick up private work, if there is anything different, that is, he didn't come back two nights ago, at that time, I thought it was too far to go out to pick up private work, and I didn't come back to live at night, so I didn't think much about it."

Director Wang said at this time: "This He Daqing is too, no one has leaked it, his mouth is really strict" Yi Zhonghai next to him said at this time, "We were drinking together last night, at that time, there was me He Daqing and Liu Haizhong Yan Bugui, everyone drank too much that night and didn't pay much attention to He Daqing's abnormality" "Now the pillar is only 16 years old and can't go to the rolling mill to take over, what do you say about the rolling mill, can you let the pillar take over in advance, after all, he and the rain still have to eat, this is not okay, how is your cooking skills, Zhuzi, I heard Master Yi say that you are a chef at Emei Hotel, right?" said Director Wang. "I'll go to the factory tomorrow and ask the leader, let's see what the leader means," Yi Zhonghai said at this time.

"Director Wang, I have been an apprentice in Emei Hotel for a few years, but there is no salary," He Yuzhu said, yes, the chef apprentice is 3 years, and the chef learns for three years, and it takes at least 6 or 7 years to get started with stir-frying, which is still the premise that the master is willing to teach, the master will generally keep a few hands, and even some apprentices have not taught real skills, after all, the apprentices of the church starved to death of the master.

A few years ago, He Daqing arranged for Silly Zhu to enter the Emei Hotel to learn to cook under the name of Wu Changan, a master of Sichuan cuisine. After liberation, He Daqing was recruited by the big capitalist Lou Bancheng to work as a chef in a rolling mill. He Daqing's family is the Tan family cuisine, which has been passed down from his ancestors. It is not the same as the Tan family in Sijiu City today, it was directly handed down from Tan Hanlin's Mansion during the Tongzhi period, and the Tan family cuisine in Sijiu City is now run by Tan Hanlin's descendants after the Republic of China.

Tan's cuisine is an official dish, and the main ginseng and abalone wings are all high-end goods, this thing has always been enjoyed by high-ranking officials and nobles, where can ordinary people afford to eat. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the market of Tanjia cuisine became smaller and smaller, and even if the prime minister later moved to the BJ Hotel, it was only useful to entertain foreign guests. Lou Bancheng also spent a lot of effort to dig up He Daqing, a famous hand of Tan family cuisine, some people say that you are a steel mill chef to Tan family cuisine cook, He Daqing worked as a cook in Taifeng Building in the early years, apprenticed to learn Lu cuisine, and Lu cuisine can be regarded as being able to take charge alone. He Daqing's three years in the rolling mill were mainly receptions, responsible for the small kitchen of more than 500,000 yuan a month, plus he would take over the work in private, the He family's life in the courtyard was much better than other families, which made everyone red. The standard of the Lou family's rich reception is much higher than that of ordinary factories, and the Tan family's dishes are often served, but they are still dominated by Lu cuisine.

(It should be mentioned here that the minimum denomination of the first version of the renminbi issued after the founding of the People's Republic of China is 5 yuan, the maximum denomination is 50,000 yuan, and the exchange ratio of the second version of the renminbi is 1 to 10,000)

Silly Zhu's cooking skills are barely able to take a shot, but if he enters the factory to take over his father's chef position, he will definitely not be able to, if the culinary level is divided into apprentices, primary, intermediate, and senior masters, Silly Zhu's cooking skills are barely considered primary. He Daqing's cooking skills are between intermediate and advanced. Although Silly Zhu usually gave He Daqing a little basic knowledge of Tan family cuisine and Lu cuisine, it was far from enough to meet the requirements of the teacher. Moreover, after the new China, men can only participate in work at the age of 18 and receive wages, like a stupid pillar, they used to be apprentices, not apprentices, and they have no wages.

Director Wang said at this time: "Zhuzi, I will ask your father's address in Baocheng in the past few days, and I will give you a letter of introduction in two days." When the time comes, you go to Baocheng to find out what is going on with your father, I will also be your brother and sister if there is anything wrong, you can rest assured if you are fine, if you have any problems and difficulties, come to the street office to find me, two days later, you come to the street office to find me, I will give you a letter of introduction, I will go back first" "Then thank you Director Wang, I will look for you in a few days." He Yuzhu replied. If you have any difficulties in the courtyard in the future, tell me that you can help me as much as possible" Yi Zhonghai said, He Yuzhu listened to Yi Zhonghai's words and scoffed a little, Yi Zhonghai saw from his memory that his calculations were second only to Qin Huairu and the Jia family, and he was the first to do this old thing that he was not married in the early years. said "Okay, Uncle Yi"

It was already more than 5 o'clock in the afternoon after sending Director Wang and Yi Zhonghai away, and the people who worked in the hospital also came back from work one after another, and they were very surprised to hear the news that He Daqing had run away, and some people were inexplicably excited when they heard the news, and finally they didn't have to smell the meat of the He family every day to eat.

Yi Zhonghai returned home, his wife had already prepared a meal, Yi Zhonghai washed his hands and sat down at the dinner table and said to his wife: "You have nothing to do during the day these days to go to He's house to see, He Daqing is gone, the two brothers and sisters are still young, usually help more, the two brothers and sisters will remember the two of us in the future." "Okay, I'll have nothing to do in the future to see more, do you want to let Silly Zhu and Yushui come to our house for dinner in the future, the two children have no jobs and no money" Yi Zhonghai's wife said, "No, when the two of them have no food to eat, they will be hungry and can't stand it and give them another meal, so that the two of them will be grateful to us."

The two couples are now only in their 30s, less than 40 and still have hope for having children, the two of them are now preparing to have children while looking for an old man, Jia Dongxu is the apprentice he just accepted recently, no father, only a mother, Jia Zhang's rural marriage has little knowledge, usually a shrew. In Yi Zhonghai's plan, it is necessary to train Jia Dongxu well and teach him techniques after becoming a regular person, so that he will be grateful to himself, and when he is old, he will provide for his old age, as for the stupid pillar is too young now, it is not worth his investment, and it will be the end of the nest every three or five days, and it is not worth it to have more.

He Yuzhu cooked a good meal in his own house, and after his sister got better, the two brothers and sisters ate, and after coaxing Yushui to sleep, he sat on the chair alone and recalled the memories he accepted today, and he saw in his dream that he didn't marry Qin Huairu until he was in his 40s, and he didn't get married before the accident in Jia's house Yi Zhonghai said that the object was not suitable, and his sister was still small and burdened, and Qin Huairu made trouble on a blind date later, as well as Xu Damao. Alas, how should this game be broken. Suddenly thought that it was better to solve his father's problem first, and in his memory, he went to Baocheng and was stopped by the white widow at the door and didn't even see anyone. In my memory, my father mailed 10 yuan every month in the past few years when he and Yushui were young, but he never received it, and his memory all fell into the hands of Yi Zhonghai, the old thing, his brother and sister picked up the rags before they joined the work for a living, if it weren't for the occasional deaf old lady in the backyard to give her a bite to eat and the help of Director Wang of the Street Office, my sister would have starved to death. Although he has received decades of memories with cooking skills to the advanced but too young, the factory definitely does not believe that he can cook a hairy boy, this situation can not be done, in the memory of Yi Zhonghai went to the factory to ask the leader of his own business was rejected, he should plan the work well, and his father left himself 2 rooms. The main house is more than 50 square meters, and when you have money, you can change it into 1 room, and the small 20 square meters of your sister is living, and you have to plan for marriage problems in advance, and you can't reveal it to the people in the courtyard, the food He Daqing brought back in recent years can offend many neighbors, especially the Yan family and the Jia family, and when the time comes, the most important thing is not to say to Yi Zhonghai that this old thing has no good intentions and he has to stay away from him in the future. Forget it, let's take one step at a time, there is nothing good to do at the moment.

Liu's bangs and bangs gathered around the table, watching Liu Haizhong eat eggs alone, Liu Haizhong sandwiched half of the eldest son's second and third children's eyes red, but the two of them were not qualified to eat eggs, Liu Haizhong picked up the wine glass and drank a glass of wine and said, "He Daqing will leave 2 children and widows and run away, I can't imagine it" Liu Haizhong's wife said at this time: "Boss, you said that He Daqing ran away, how can the two people of Silly Zhu and He Yushui live, and they have no job and no money" "Whatever, what about him, When I asked He Daqing to say good things to Director Lou and let me be a leader or something, this bad cook actually said that I am not worthy of being a leader, what does the life or death of his two children have to do with me"

The mother and son of the Jia family had just finished dinner, and Jia Zhang sat on the edge of the bed and said to Jia Dongxu while taking the soles of his shoes: "He Daqing, the old immortal, is finally gone, and he usually eats meat and doesn't send some meat to our family at all, nor does he look at the help of our orphans and widows. Jia Dongxu said at this time: "Okay, Mom, let's talk less." He Daqing ran away from Silly Zhu and Yushui, and the two children still don't know if they can survive. Hearing this, Jia Zhang's mouth also closed his chattering mouth. After thinking for a while, he said: "Dongxu, you are also 18 and will be 19 soon, Mom will find a matchmaker for you to introduce in a few days." "Wait, Mom. I've only been working for less than a year as an apprentice, with a low salary and little savings at home. At this time, if you get married, you will still owe a lot of debt. Jia Dongxu replied. Jia Zhang's thought about it, and his family has been relying on the previous savings since Lao Jia's death, and now there is not much left, and it costs one or two hundred thousand to marry his son's daughter-in-law, not to mention the bride price, and at least five or six hundred thousand yuan with the banquet or something, although there are still hundreds of thousands in the family, it is not enough. Yi Zhonghai, an old thing, doesn't know how to support his family with some money, and he is usually reluctant to eat and drink and doesn't know what to do when he saves money, or Master Dongxu, phew, he deserves to be out of business.

The Yan family finished their meal early, so that they could save the oil lamp. At this time, electricity was not yet widespread, and most of the homes of ordinary people were kerosene lamps. Yang Ruihua's wife said at this time: "This He Daqing is really not a thing, the two children are so young that they left their children and ran away for a widow." Yan Bugui glanced at his wife and said: "He Daqing is not a thing, he usually brings back so much meat and doesn't say that he will give us some of it, he only knows that he closes the door to eat, and he doesn't consider the feelings of his neighbors. ”

The neighbors of the courtyard had dinner in various discussions, and in this era, there was a shortage of materials, and there was no entertainment at night. At this time, the street office has not yet begun to select the chief of the major courtyards, and naturally there is no general meeting of the whole hospital.