The old Chinese doctor in the courtyard

Chapter 373 Status Quo

The next morning, the couple went out as usual. First, they showed Sun Qiang a look, and then Li Shengli found Lao Wang and borrowed the conference room from yesterday to meet with the Wu family doctors.

There is no need for Mr. Lu's people to participate this time. From the Shi family, Mr. Shi, like Mr. Dong and Mr. Zhu, are coming, otherwise they may not be able to suppress these leaders of the Wu clan.

As for Sun Qiang's leg injury, it would take another day or two for the swelling to subside. Looking at the troublemaker who was obviously haggard, Li Shengli had no sympathy.

In the circle, people were afraid of being on the wrong team and offending the wrong people. Li Shengli couldn't control the Sun family's position, but Sun Qiang shouldn't have beaten up Du Peng when Lao Du just left.

If it was a minor conflict, it would not cause Li Shengli to shout and kill. Perhaps the Sun family misjudged the situation, or perhaps the Xu family underestimated the Du family.

This is the reality in the circle. The Du family will be unlucky if they endure it. Although Li Shengli went too far, he actually protected the Du family.

Sun Qiang, who had offended the wrong person, naturally had to lie down.

After booking a conference room with Lao Wang and calling Mr. Shi, Li Shengli and Du Jiaoyang couldn't sit still in the morning.

The response from the Sun family also came. Yesterday, Du Jiaoyang had many visitors calling. Although they were not at home, there was a record at the gate. In the morning, the two of them were going to pay a return visit.

Du Jiaoyang also needs to visit those who have been to the compound, and those who have made phone calls also need to call back.

These are the Du family's relationships. Although they are quite troublesome, they are also daily maintenance of relationships.

Du Jiaoyang discussed with Li Shengli that it was not good to be domineering and public at this time. Du Jiaoyang would be the main focus of the return visit, and Li Shengli would not show up.

After running around for most of the morning and borrowing phones from various places to make return visits, Li Chenggong, who was just driving, had no feelings.

Du Jiaoyang, however, realized the warmth and coldness of human relationships. Once Lao Du left, the originally inconspicuous communication channel was gone, and she, the daughter of the Du family, was gone.

It's even more embarrassing to answer calls at the door. It's very awkward to hold the receiver if you borrow the phone of a related customer. You have to think carefully about the things you say casually.

"Lao Li, can you put the phone on in the house?"

After returning to visit the last household, Du Jiaoyang complained a bit when he got in the car, and then smiled bitterly.

Telephones cannot be purchased with money. There are no levels. Distributing telephones in the compound is overthinking.

It's not like there are no phones in Tongzi Building. Some buildings have one paging phone, and some have one in several buildings. This can be used for communication, but there are people watching nearby, and some things that are too private cannot be said.

"Right, you can't talk nonsense, this thing is beyond our capabilities.

When Lao Du is here, there is no need for you to say it; when Lao Du is out, it is useless for you to say it. This is reality, so feel it.

At noon, we went to Madianji to eat haggis. The food there years ago was just average. After the change, I didn’t go to check it out.

Let's go there and get acquainted with it. It will be a place to go in the future.

If it's a negotiation within a circle, it's best to go over there and there are plenty of people to greet you. "

After the relationship was over, Li Shengli planned to take Du Jiaoyang to the cafeteria in Madianji.

In the future, he may be in Wali or Madianji. Wang Qianjin is too reckless and may not be reliable sometimes. Du Jiaoyang still has to connect Madianji.

If she offends someone who is not easy to deal with, she will have some protection here.

As for the mountain god Xiao Hu, fighting alone is no problem, three or five are no problem, but if there are too many people, the mountain god will be blind, and there is nothing to do. As the old saying goes, a good tiger cannot fight against a pack of wolves.

Furthermore, Xiao Hu had a lot of resentment stored up in his heart. If the opponent was too arrogant and angered him, his life would definitely be in danger. There was no dispute over interests, and Li Shengli didn't want to cause trouble.

As for the other characters, it is better to keep them separate and intertwined, so as to avoid being blamed in the future.

I drove to the Workers and Peasants Canteen in Madianji. Like the old village headquarters in Wali, this area has also become a construction site.

From a distance, it looked almost like what Li Shengli had imagined the auditorium to look like. This kind of work was familiar to the members of Madianji.

In addition to renovating rivers, digging canals, and reservoirs, we have also built auditoriums and village headquarters in various places in recent years, which is also part of the voluntary work.

The work-for-relief program is not the first of its kind outside. The ancestors were just playing with the rest. The members of the brigade volunteered to work, although they would not be given cash.

However, the work points allocated are money and food. For normal voluntary work, members do not need to bring their own food. Wherever the conditions are similar, they will take care of the food, and the food is relatively good.

The new large dining hall is not far from the thatched shed. The brick gables have already taken a rough shape. Depending on the progress, the beams and tiles should be put on in ten and a half days.

The newly built canteen is quite large, at least the size of four or five auditoriums. This is a bit different from what Li Shengli said before.

But the more houses, the better. Although the scale was a bit beyond expectation, Li Shengli did not go to the construction site to find anyone to understand the situation. Instead, he parked the jeep behind the straw shed and prepared to go in for dinner.

Neither Li Shengli nor Du Jiaoyang had serious jobs, and their schedules were relatively loose. They only arrived here at around eleven o'clock.

At this time, it is considered working time anywhere, but looking at the carriages and cars in the simple parking lot, business in the cafeteria should be booming.

Turning into the straw shed, the bustling scene was beyond Li Shengli's expectation. Seeing the straw shed that was almost full, he understood the reason for the scale of the newly built canteen.

Most of the guests in the thatched hut are housewives who are similar to my mother-in-law.

Li Shengli took Du Jiaoyang around and found that most of the housewives who came with pots and pans had to drink a bowl of sheep intestines before carrying or carrying their own pots and pans home.

Next to the front counter, there is a row of signboards similar to those in a theater. The prices of various dishes are written on them. The most conspicuous signboard says: Sheep blood sausage, a small bowl costs [-] cents, a medium bowl costs [-] cents, and a large bowl costs [-] cents. point.

Then he looked at the weights of large, medium and small lamb blood sausages at the food outlet. Li Shengli nodded. These were basically based on what he said.

Although there are not many actual things in the bowl, there are four big words under the sign: Free soup refills. This is a very good bargain and a selling point.

There are also many more waiters in neat white coats in the straw shed, both men and women. The ones responsible for collecting cash at the counter are not the original village cadres. In addition to the two who look more stable, there are also two girls.

Although the new person, Li Shengli, didn't know him, someone knew him. After a quick glance, Xu Laoqi ran out of the kitchen in a hurry.

"Shengli, why are you here? What do you want to eat?
I'll do it for you alone. "

During this time after the New Year, Xu Laoqi also started to tremble in Madianji. According to Li Shengli, the straw shed was really squeezed and collapsed several times.

The free meats, a two-thirds bowl of lamb blood sausage, and free soup refills attracted half of the ladies from the Forty-Nine City to come. It’s not easy to eat meat these days.

The food that doesn't require a ticket is almost as cheap as getting it for free. With this hook, the business in the big canteen is booming.

Although he was as tired as a dog every day, Xu Laoqi's morale also improved. After February [-], with the nod of the old branch secretary, he accepted more than ten apprentices in one go.

The nephew of the family is also mixed in, and now, except for cooking, he does not have to do many tasks on the stove himself.

And all of this came from Li Shengli's instructions in front of him. The business was booming and he naturally made a lot of money. Now, many people in the village are concerned about his position as a master, but at present, his skills are not good enough, so there is not much threat to him.

It's hard to say what will happen in the future. Seeing the rightful owner coming, Xu Laoqi will naturally serve him attentively.

As a chef in the big canteen, in addition to eating well and being able to arrange for the family and nephews, as he earns more and more money, his status in the village is also very different.

As for this business and the position of the master, Xu Laoqi plans to work until death. No one in the village has the final say if he can work until death, not even the old party secretary, but the young people in front of him can.

"There's no need to cook it separately. Each of the meals on the signboard comes with a small bowl. I'll taste it. If it's not cooked well, I can replace it.

If you dare to do it alone for me, I will let you go back to the village to soak the manure in the afternoon.

Don't go back. Serve the food with me so that you don't eat too much and I don't have room to get angry.

If it really turns out to be sloppy rice, I'll throw it in your face. "

Li Shengli didn't even look at Xu Laoqi's attentiveness. It was somewhat unexpected that the business in the cafeteria was so prosperous, but it was almost expected.

If it continues to be prosperous, just a large canteen will almost solve the problem of Madianji.

Sijiu City is too big and the supply is too tight. As long as Madianji has enough haggis, it is only a matter of time before a branch is opened.

Driving in the city might get you into trouble, but it's different in the suburbs.

It is not nonsense to say that there are seven inner and outer cities, four inner and outer, nine gates and eight canons and one clock.

Just outside Qimen, Madianji can open seven branches. It is not a lie to change the eating habits of old Beijing in ten years.

After the storm has passed, it is not impossible to use haggis soup or haggis, which accounts for half of the catering industry in the four-nine cities.

"to make!

Don't worry, I'm taking care of the work on the stove! "

Because he was afraid of being criticized, Xu Laoqi told the truth. Although he worked less and less on the stove, he became more and more strict about the taste.

Even if his nephew made a mistake on the stove, Xu Laoqi was not polite and directly greeted him with a big spoon in his hand.

"Let's talk about it after trying it. The waiter's white coat looks good and looks clean. Whose idea was it?"

Glancing at the waiters who were dressed like those in the state-owned canteen, Li Shengli also asked one more question. This was not what he said.

"The idea given by Lao Liu and Lao Zhao was to collect money at the counter. They are new cadres stationed in the village and acquaintances of the old party secretary."

After listening to Xu Laoqi's explanation, Li Shengli nodded. The starting point of setting up village cadres is to make up for the lack of culture and experience in the following brigades.

If you can come up with ideas, you obviously have a lot of ambition, which is a good start.

Xu Laoqi greeted him, and within a short time, the table near the dining outlet was arranged.

Glancing at a little girl standing at the table, Li Shengli frowned slightly. Xu Laoqi knew how to learn the craft and worked with the old party secretary Wang Shengting.

"Just go and do whatever you have to do. Isn't it too busy if you don't see anyone else?"

After driving away the little girl who was about to stick up, Li Shengli glared at Xu Laoqi and said:

"Xu Laoqi, allowing you to work here is the village's trust in you, don't do anything crooked.

This is also the fault of the people in the village. If you do bad things like eating cards and make losses, the whole village will not forgive you.

If you keep your head down and do things seriously, your benefits will be inevitable in the future..."

Being embarrassed by Li Shengli, Xu Laoqi was not embarrassed and just smiled "hehe" and that was it.

He had seen a bit of the world in restaurants in the city, and the girls from Captain Ma's family had to keep sticking up, which was the tacit approval of the old party secretary.

My niece is much prettier than the health worker Ma Fengxia. The rules in the village are just that. When it comes to benefits, there is really not much to pay attention to. She can have a full stomach these days, which is better than a big girl. What a precious thing.

I tasted the taste of the big canteen. Although it is said to be salty, people nowadays pay attention to this. If you add less salt, people will blame you for making it bland.

"The taste is good, but the blood foam in the soup is not clean. Even though our canteen is just a restaurant, we still need to pay attention to it.

That’s it, go ahead and get a cadre stationed in the village to come over. "

After tasting the taste, Li Shengli placed the items that Du Jiaoyang didn't like in front of him. Li Shengli asked Xu Laoqi to recognize Du Jiaoyang, then sent him away and called in the village cadres.

The business of the big canteen is so good that some new projects can be arranged. In the past two days, he has to be busy with Mr. Lu's affairs, and it is also time to see the quality of the village cadres that the old party secretary has requested.

Xu Laoqi was not idle after returning to the kitchen. He took each of his apprentices and waiters to recognize Du Jiaoyang, and then he found the village cadres.

Compared with Li Shengli's wife, other things were secondary. Xu Laoqi also paid special attention to the person who had the final say and was entrusted with family matters.

(End of this chapter)