Chapter 4 Cooking and Work

Director Tang walked into the back kitchen of the canteen with a stupid pillar, and when he entered, he saw more than a dozen people working inside, including three or four people stir-frying on the stove. He Yuzhu thought to himself: I only know 2 of these chefs in the three canteens, Master Yang and Master Cai, and the others have not seen each other when they came to work in the past two years. Some of the other cooks know a lot of themselves, but the people here are all elderly aunts. At this time, everyone in the cafeteria was curious when they saw the director walking in with a young man, and Master Yang asked at this time, "Director, are you here to come to the back kitchen?" "This is He Yuzhu, the son of Master He, and the leader asked him to come over now to cook a dish and see his cooking skills." Director Tang said as he walked up to these masters with the stupid pillar. Master He's son, everyone was curious when they heard this, He Daqing and the widow ran away to Baocheng, which was a big news in the rolling mill.

There are not many entertainment activities in this era, and this matter has naturally become public opinion after dinner, and slowly the whole factory knows that the former three canteen chefs and a widow from Baocheng left their jobs and children and ran away, I have to say that the speed of this group of aunts is really fast, what happened yesterday has been passed on by the whole factory today.

Master Yang said: "Master He's son, this is a rare thing, this is preparing to cook Tan family cuisine or Lu cuisine, this is your father's housekeeping skills." However, there was some optimism in his tone, and He Yuzhu was too young after all.

Director Tang said at this time: "This is Master Yang, after your father left, he temporarily took over the position of chef of the canteen, and he has also worked in our factory for more than ten years. "Hello Master Wang, I learned Sichuan cuisine in Emei Restaurant before, and I am not good at my father's Tan family cuisine and Lu cuisine, and the leader asked me to cook Sichuan cuisine when I came to cook today." He Yuzhu said modestly.

Everyone was also surprised when they heard this, but they didn't expect that Master He's son did not inherit his own Tan family cuisine and Lu cuisine, but followed the Sichuan cuisine learned by other masters. "Master Xiao He, you look at the ingredients in our canteen now, you decide what to cook. We rarely see Sichuan food in this canteen, so I can't help you, so you can take care of it. After Master Yang finished speaking, he looked at the others in the kitchen and said, "Don't look at it, get busy, there will be another hour to get up." When everyone heard this, they dispersed, and although they wanted to watch the excitement here, the leader was standing next to him.

Silly Zhu looked at the ingredients on the table, including tofu, cabbage, radish, and potatoes, which are some of the ingredients that are always available in the canteen. There is also a processed chicken next to it.

Silly Zhu looked at Master Yang at this time and asked, "Master Yang, can these chickens also be used for 3?" "It turns out that this chicken was prepared yesterday, but now no one in the cafeteria knows how to make it, so it is placed next to it." Silly Zhu knew in his heart that he had already figured out what to cook. Originally, if the chicken can't be used, I can only make a mapo tofu, but I am worried that there are no garlic sprouts in this season, and I am relieved to hear that the chicken can be used, so I will make a kung pao chicken, send an apron, wash my hands, pick up the kitchen knife next to me, and begin to skillfully deal with the chicken on the board.

Master Yang and Director Tang looked at He Yuzhu's skillful handling of this chicken, and they were also a little curious, "This little Master He didn't expect that he was so experienced in handling ingredients at a young age, and he thought he had been working in front of the stove for 20 years without looking at his face." After successfully processing the chicken, he came to the stove to light the fire, and the pot was burned with oil, and a kung pao chicken was completed in the dazzle of everyone.

Smelling the fragrance in the air, Director Tang and Chef Yang couldn't believe it, looking at the quality and fragrance of the fried dishes, He Daqing's son's cooking skills were so good, not much worse than his father. At this time, Director Tang reacted and said, "Let Dong Lou taste the dishes first, and then talk about the rest." After finishing speaking, they came out of the back kitchen, and Lou Bancheng and Wang Fugui (Uncle Wang's name), who were waiting on chairs in the canteen hall, saw Director Tang walking towards them with a plate of dishes. I didn't expect this Xiao He to finish a dish so quickly. Lou Bancheng said with a little surprise.

"This is Kung Pao Chicken made by Master Xiao He, Lou Dong, you can taste it and see how it tastes." Director Tang said while handing over a pair of chopsticks to Lou Bancheng, Lou Bancheng took the chopsticks and picked up a piece of chicken and put it in his mouth to taste it carefully. "Wonderful, this dish, several flavors compound in the mouth, good, good," Lou Bancheng looked at He Yuzhu who had just come out with a satisfied face after eating, and said, "I didn't expect Master Xiao He to be young, but his skills are so good." ”

The two next to him took a few bites, and Director Tang and Wang Fugui, who didn't care about speaking, reacted at this time and nodded and said, "Indeed, yes." Lou Bancheng already had an idea in his heart, "This He Yuzhu's craftsmanship is so good, he must keep him, but he is only 16 years old, Secretary Liang will definitely not agree to him coming in now, it's a big deal to go through his own account to give him a salary, and he will go through the entry procedures after he is 18 years old." Lou Bancheng, who had already made a decision in his heart, looked at the stupid pillar and said

"Master Xiao He, I'll go to Secretary Liang later about your work here, after all, now the factory personnel have to talk to the secretary when they join the company, don't worry, I will try my best to help." He Yuzhu nodded when he heard this: "Then thank you first, but it doesn't matter if you can't take over, just do your best." Lou Bancheng was very satisfied with He Yuzhu's answer after hearing this, and turned his head to look at Wang Fugui: "Captain Wang, you take this Xiao He back first, I will let someone inform you when there is news later, and when the time comes, please tell Xiao He Master." After speaking, he turned around and left without waiting for everyone's reaction.

This is Uncle Wang turned his head to look at He Yuzhu and said: "I didn't expect that your kid is young but his ability is not small, this hand is on par with your father, I used to think that your father was bragging, but I didn't expect it to be true." Silly Zhu touched his head and said with a smile: "Uncle Wang, what you said is a bit too much, my skills are average, and the master also let me learn for a few years before letting me become a teacher." Uncle Wang laughed and said: "Say you're fat, you're still panting, let's go, don't worry, Lou Dong has passed this level, and when there is news later, I will go to your courtyard to tell you, don't worry too much about the road before the car reaches the mountain." ”

It was nearly 11 o'clock when he came out of the rolling mill, and the stupid pillar didn't plan to go back to the courtyard to think about going directly to the Emei Hotel to see if the master was coming, and he planned to go to the hotel first to discuss with the master to see if there was any other better way, if he didn't have himself, today might be the last day to go to the hotel, but he went to work in the rolling mill to understand Secretary Liang in his memory, and he should let himself go, now the factory has his own father ran away, no one can carry the banner, and the cooking skills of his two lifetimes are much stronger than his father He Daqing now, When I go to Baocheng in a few days, I have to ask He Daqing to see if there is a recipe for Tan family cuisine, although I will also cook a few main dishes, but Tan family cuisine is less in contact with this thing after all, and it may be used after the reform and opening up.

All kinds of in the thoughts to the Emei Hotel, it was more than 12 o'clock, from the back door into the back kitchen, saw that everyone was busy with work, and did not go over to disturb, came to the lounge, sure enough, saw the master sitting at the table drinking tea, "Master, you are here" Silly Pillar walked forward to say hello to the master, "Pillar, why did you come so early today." Wu Changan saw that Silly Zhu asked with some surprise, and Silly Zhu looked bitter when he heard this: "Master, something has happened in the family in the past two days, and the apprentice is a little uncertain, I hope your old man will help him come up with an idea." Wang Changan said with a worried face when he heard this: "What's wrong with the pillar, you talk to the master, and then see if it can help you." Silly Zhu almost didn't shed tears when he listened to the master's concerned tone, after all, he was only a 16-year-old and a half-year-old child, and he had been stiffening since what happened yesterday, which was when he heard the master's concerned tone and said: "The master is like this, my father ran away yesterday with a white widow who came from Baocheng to visit relatives, and a master in our compound told me yesterday afternoon." "How did He Daqing do this, how old are you now, and your sister, what did he let you two do, what do you think now, you talk to the master." Wu Changan was angry when he heard Silly Zhu's words, but after all, he was his old buddy, and he couldn't say too ugly things in front of his son. "Master, I want to go to the factory to pick up my father's class, my sister is still young, and my father left 50w for the two of us. I have to find a way to go to work and earn money now. Silly Zhu replied while pouring water into the master's teacup.

Wu Changan fell into thought at this time, his apprentice does have some talent in cooking, and he has been learning to cook under him for more than 2 years, and he has also learned some skills, but he must not be able to take charge of cooking alone. But not letting him go out to work now is starving his sister to death, alas! headache

"It's not that the master won't let you go out to work, but you haven't learned your craft yet, and you have to go to the factory. You have to know that skilled cooks don't want to go to the factory. What will you do with your craft after you enter the factory? Do you want to be a cook who can only cook big pot dishes for the rest of your life? Wu Changan frowned and looked at He Yuzhu.

Silly Zhu didn't know how to explain his cooking skills to the master, after all, it was impossible to tell the master about his memories of time and space behind him, and this must not be laughed to death by the master, he thought for a while and said: "Master, let's do this, I will do the dishes first, you will see if my cooking skills have improved recently, and then we will discuss the next things." Wu Changan nodded when he heard this, and he didn't pay any better attention in his heart. The two came to the kitchen, Wu Changan asked his subordinates to help prepare the ingredients, looked at the silly pillar and said: "Zhuzi, you come and make a mapo tofu, this dish is a great test of our basic skills in Sichuan cuisine, and it is also a dish for our introduction to Sichuan cuisine." Silly Zhu heard the words and walked to the board to make preparations, picked up the knife skillfully, handled the tofu and other side dishes, lit the fire, got out of the pot, and burned the oil to successfully complete a mapo tofu

Wu Changan stepped forward and picked up a spoon and put a spoonful of tofu in his mouth, numb, spicy, crispy, fragrant, fresh, tender, whole, and hot immediately flashed in his mind, and was surprised to find that this apprentice's cooking skills had not been assessed for a period of time, and he had improved so quickly. "Pillar, I'm a teacher here, but can the factory let you go to work? You're only 16 years old now. Wu Changan looked at He Yuzhu after tasting it

Silly Zhu heard the words and replied: "Master, I went to the factory to find the leader before I came to the hotel today, and I saw that the leader's meaning should not be a big problem." "That's okay, since you're all ready, there's no problem with the master's side, the pillar is now older, you're not a child, you're an adult when you go to class, you have to understand the truth that comes out of your mouth! Your previous personality was very arrogant, this will be in charge, pay attention to your character, don't be too reckless, think twice and make decisions when you encounter things! Although your father did something wrong, don't be too jealous of him, after all, it was your father who raised you for more than ten years. Listening to the master's concerned words, Silly Zhu felt warm in his heart: "Master, don't worry!" I'll take notice. ”