The Courtyard House: He Yuzhu, Who Defied Fate

He Yuzhu didn't care about the courtyard house at all.

He Daqing said:

"Pillar, now all the direct trains need to be rated. Should I go?"

He Yuzhu nodded:

"I'm going, definitely. I'll go too. I'll get the highest possible rating, whatever the possible amount."

By the way, I'll go check with my master and see how chefs are rated.

He Daqing said:

"No need. In the entire capital city, chefs will no longer be called chefs, but cooks."

分10个等级，最低10级，工资27块5，最高1级工资89块5。

The evaluation points are three restaurants: Fengzeyuan, Hongbinlou, and Emei Restaurant.

The evaluation will begin tomorrow afternoon.

The period is two months. Anyone who is a chef can go during these two months, but only those with a level six or higher qualification are eligible.

Levels six through ten can be assessed within their respective work units.

It's only 1.5 yuan, which is far less than my previous 60 yuan.

I'd like to get evaluated. After all these years of teaching me cooking, I feel like I'm not far from being a master chef!

Hearing that He Daqing liked it, He Yuzhu nodded:

"Alright, you go to Hongbinlou for the review, I'll go to Fengzeyuan!"

He Daqing asked:

"Why? Aren't you the honorary chef of Hongbinlou Restaurant?"

He Yuzhu shook his head. "Not anymore. I haven't been one since the public-private partnership."

Although I'm no longer a chef, I still need to get this cook certification.

Okay, you don't need to worry about me. Just go do the evaluation. I'll go tomorrow. What about you?

He Daqing said:

"I'm going tomorrow too. By the way, should I see your master then?"

He Yuzhu shook his head. "No need. Just have my master do the evaluation too, and say it was my idea."

This is good for him, since he's getting old anyway and will retire after a few more years.

"Publicly owned restaurants even pay retirees a pension!"

You should know that in the past, no matter how big you were, if you didn't run a private restaurant, you wouldn't make any money.

After the public-private partnership, they became public employees and received retirement pensions upon reaching retirement age.

Upon hearing He Yuzhu's words, He Daqing asked:

"Really? Will I still have it when I retire?"

He Yuzhu nodded:

"There definitely is, but you'll need to work at the steel rolling mill until you retire!"

He Daqing said:

"There's this benefit too? I didn't know. This way, there's no problem. Even if the salary is lower, it's fine. But at least I'll have security in my old age!"

He Yuzhu nodded:

"That's one way to understand it!"

He Daqing was very happy and went back, planning to share this good news with Song Ziyu.

Since everything was purchased with ration coupons, He Yuzhu also stopped buying meat.

Because meat prices have gone up at this time, so even if you have money, you can't buy it.

However, in these three years, He Yuzhu spent more than 300 small yellow croakers to buy more than 1,000 pigs, more than 1,000 sheep, more than 5,000 chickens, ducks and geese, and more than 300 cattle.

Some people might say that there were no animal farms back then, but that was 55 years later. Before that, there were still many merchants traveling all over the country to sell animals.

Cattle, sheep, and horses were raised, and many rural areas also raised a lot of chickens, ducks, and geese, but they stopped raising them after the natural disasters began in 1958.

After the natural disasters subsided, and once we knew there were no more natural disasters, the winds gradually started to pick up.

If too many chickens, ducks, and geese are raised, it will be the tail end of capitalism, and that's when they will be in short supply.

However, 55 years ago, capitalism was still prevalent, and as long as you had money, this little bit of stuff was nothing.

Moreover, the daily consumption of major restaurants is much higher than this; it's just that the meat processing plants only came into existence after the government approved the allocation.

Previously, the meat processing plant was a privately owned slaughterhouse. After the public-private partnership, it became a meat processing plant.

Only then did the nationwide grain and meat supply begin to be subject to unified purchase and distribution.

He Yuzhu knew that this was about all the things he had accumulated.

However, He Yuzhu didn't care, since he had already saved up all the money he needed over the years.

I've learned what I needed to learn.

He Yuzhu planned to take the cook qualification exam, so he had to ask for leave from school. After arriving at school, he learned that there would be an exam in seven days, where he could register to take the engineer and technician level exams.

Then everyone saw the different exam requirements for people at different levels.

He Yuzhu checked his qualifications and found that he was qualified to take the Level 5 Engineer exam.

Level 4 and above is equivalent to chief engineer.

Because I have submitted a lot of my work to the country, and I also have enough papers.

In this era, papers didn't need to be published abroad; they only needed to be approved by professors within one's own department.

There are also various skill-based job selections; of course, anyone interested can take one of those exams.

In about two weeks, the entire country is currently conducting intensive assessments of this professional level.

After finishing this, He Yuzhu plans to take an exam.

I obtained the grade and salary standards for different job types from the counselor.

It was only then that He Yuzhu learned that healthcare was divided into 21 levels, with level 1 being the highest and level 21 the lowest.

Meanwhile, teachers, cooks, projectionists, broadcasters, telephone operators, childcare workers, as well as technicians, engineers, police officers, and state cadres are all at the highest level, Level 1.

Only workers are at level 1, the lowest, and level 8, the highest.

Electricians, carpenters, fishermen, construction workers, mechanics, alcohol workers, butchers, printers, drivers, repairmen, etc.

Workers' wages range from Grade 1 (lowest) to Grade 8 (highest).

As long as everything else is at level 1 (highest), different professions have different levels.

比如民警就是1到13级，文艺工作者是1到16级，卫生技术员则是1到21级，工程师技术员则是1到18级，机关工作人员人则是1到30级。

Different levels have different salaries and benefits.

Knowing this, He Yuzhu contacted her counselor:

"Counselor, I'd like to ask for leave!"

The counselor looked at He Yuzhu with great satisfaction, after all, He Yuzhu was the most outstanding student he had ever taught.

The counselor was also aware that this reform was being carried out vigorously recently.

Many students are taking leave, and the counselor hasn't asked about it.

"Okay, a lot of classmates have asked for leave for their grades, you're one too, right? It's approved."

The school is aware of this and will make things very convenient for you, but all professional certificates will need to be filed in your personnel file.

By the way, do you want the engineer application form? Fill one out too!

He Yuzhu nodded:

"Yes, I need a Level 5 Engineer application form. The papers and inventions I did at school are enough to qualify me for Level 5 Engineer!"

Hearing He Yuzhu's words, the counselor, who also knew about He Yuzhu's situation, wasn't surprised and simply said:

"I knew you'd choose this, but our school happens to be eligible. I've prepared the application form for you; just fill it out!"

He Yuzhu took the registration form and began filling it out according to the instructions. He finished quickly and handed it to the counselor.

The counselor looked at the registration form and then asked with great curiosity:

"Are you taking leave to get a cook's certification?"

He Yuzhu nodded:

"Yes, you know about the counselor too!"

The counselor said:

"Someone as talented as you will definitely be investigated by the government. Goodness, if you hadn't come forward, I wouldn't have known that your cooking skills were at the master level."

However, this reform is not friendly to chefs; the highest-paid cook is only 89.5 yuan, a far cry from your previous 1.8 million!