A courtyard house, equipped with a fishing system, living in an era.

Chapter 25 Monthly Salary 40

Lou Bancheng had been busy all morning and was now quite hungry.

It's even a bit past lunchtime.

However, he could wait the time it takes to cook a few dishes.

Following Lou Bancheng into the small kitchen of the steel rolling mill, the man nodded to a manager-like figure there.

"Master, have you had lunch yet?"

Lou Bancheng shook his head, then pointed at Xu Ping'an.

"Old Wang, take Xiao Xu to pick out ingredients. He can cook me lunch today."

The person in charge looked to be in his forties or fifties, and he was all smiles in front of Lou Bancheng, like a Maitreya Buddha.

As soon as he and Xu Ping'an stepped out, his face immediately fell.

"Xiao Xu, which cuisine do you want to cook?"

Xu Pingan laughed and said, "Sichuan cuisine!"

The person in charge was taken aback, his expression stiffening slightly.

"Sichuan cuisine!"

You should know that their small kitchen in the steel rolling mill used to mainly serve Shandong cuisine, and occasionally a little bit of Tan family cuisine.

Is Sichuan cuisine becoming too lowbrow?

Most importantly, Sichuan cuisine uses common, not rare, ingredients.

The prices are relatively affordable, so he doesn't make as much profit...

But there was nothing he could do; the people the boss brought weren't people he could drive away.

Besides, cooks aren't manual laborers; you can find plenty of them on the street!

He felt an even stronger hatred for He Daqing, who had abandoned his post...

After glancing at the ingredients in the small warehouse, Xu Pingan made up his mind.

When it comes to exams, you definitely need to play to your strengths and avoid your weaknesses.

Although Xu Ping'an's current overall level of Sichuan cuisine is only at the beginner level of proficiency.

However, he did not forget the dishes he learned on various platforms in his previous life as his culinary skills became more sophisticated.

So what he needs to do now is actually to master many of the home-style Sichuan dishes he learned in his previous life.

So, the first dish was Kung Pao Chicken!

Choose chicken thigh meat, debone it, pound it to tenderize it, and then dice it.

Mix well with salt, cooking wine, soy sauce, and cornstarch, then seal with oil.

Then, mix soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, cornstarch, scallion segments, ginger slices, and garlic slices to make a dipping sauce.

Diced chicken is stir-fried in warm oil until it turns white, then removed from the oil.

Stir-fry chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns in oil until they turn reddish-brown, then add diced chicken, add sauce, and stir-fry over high heat.

Before taking it out of the pan, add the already crispy fried peanuts, stir-fry evenly, and then serve immediately.

In fact, the skills gained from fishing are quite useful for Xu Ping'an.

Putting everything else aside, his diced chicken is now cut into uniform pieces, like dice.

In his previous life, Xu Ping'an hadn't really practiced his knife skills properly.

The diced chicken pieces came in various sizes, some large and some small.

But it's definitely fine to eat at home!

Of course, normal people wouldn't cut themselves into such an absurd state.

It certainly wouldn't look as good as it does now.

Cutting the chicken thigh meat into small cubes wouldn't be a problem for him with his current knife skills.

But if you want to cut tofu into curd-like pieces, that would be the death of him.

I still need to practice this part!

Xu Pingan discovered that although the skills he caught were all basic, they seemed to be slowly upgrading as he used and practiced them.

After all, he's not a machine; if he's set to basic cooking skills, he can only stay at that level.

How does it taste? What problems might there be?

Xu Pingan has also been constantly summarizing and improving himself.

As soon as Xu Ping'an finished cooking, the chubby manager took the dish directly to the small private room and delivered it to Lou Bancheng.

Meanwhile, Xu Ping'an was preparing his second dish: shredded pork with garlic sauce...

Then there's twice-cooked pork and Mapo tofu!

Most of these dishes don't require much knife skill, or rather, they don't really require that much knife skill.

Xu Pingan had practiced the details of controlling the heat and seasoning countless times in his previous life.

These are all standard home-style dishes, and they go especially well with rice.

Actually, if Xu Pingan were to make braised pork, he could make it so that it's fatty but not greasy, and melts in your mouth.

Unfortunately, this kind of pork belly is a scarce resource now, and the fat manager doubted his abilities, so he didn't allow him to touch it.

The four dishes were served one after another.

Lou Bancheng tried them one by one and felt quite satisfied.

The taste is definitely not comparable to that of the chefs at Fengzeyuan and Emei Restaurant.

However, he was much better than those unsuccessful applicants he had seen at the steel mill during this period.

"Go and call that young Master Xu over."

When Xu Ping'an was led into the small private room by the fat manager, Lou Bancheng was sitting there eating.

"Has Xiao Xu had lunch yet?"

"No!"

Lou Bancheng was about to reach out with his chopsticks when...

"Shall we take care of both of them together?"

"OK!"

Lou Bancheng was speechless.

He asked the chubby manager, who was staring in disbelief, to fetch a set of bowls and chopsticks!

Xu Pingan was indeed hungry!

After fishing this morning, I headed straight to the city. I was already tired from cycling for two or three hours, and I didn't expect to start the interview right away after I got here...

He was already hungry, and since Lou Bancheng had sincerely invited him, he naturally didn't stand on ceremony.

Xu Ping'an wasn't such a haughty person; he felt that everyone was equal.

If I lived to be forty in my past life, I would have seen through it all long ago.

This world is an unequal world.

All equality is just a slogan, shouted at those below.

Some people understand that it's just a slogan, something to listen to but not to take seriously!

Some people don't understand this, yet they treat it as gospel, genuinely believing they live in a world where everyone is equal...

Xu Pingan had once been humble and subservient; he wasn't unaware of this, nor was he unwilling to do so!

The problem is, he's not only reborn and time-traveled, but he's also got some kind of cheat code!

The buffs are all stacked up...

Even if the world is unequal, Xu Ping'an should still be a superior person!

A mere Loubancheng?

As long as no one harbors ill intentions towards him, everyone can get along peacefully.

If you have bad intentions...

Xu Pingan looked at him like a skeleton in a tomb, feeling that he wouldn't last much longer...

After finishing their meal, Lou Bancheng saw that Xu Ping'an was truly unafraid of him, so he stopped testing him and got straight to business.

"Young Master Xu, where do you live? How many people are in your family?"

I didn't ask about his teacher!

Lou Bancheng is quite the gourmand, after all, he's rich!

As long as your cooking skills are recognized by him, it doesn't matter what kind of master you were!

Besides, he knows a little about the current situation of Qinxing.

When He Daqing worked at the steel rolling mill, it was because he could maintain connections with both sides.

And just like that, the other party could run away as easily as they wanted...

In this sensitive era, single people of unknown origin are absolutely not to be trusted with important positions!

In other words, if Xu Ping'an's background is unclear and he has no family to support, then he wouldn't dare to use him.

In particular, an official working group is about to be stationed at the steel rolling mill to assess and negotiate a public-private partnership!

The people under your command must be able to withstand scrutiny.

"Mr. Lou, my family lives in Dongying Village, Xiaoqi Town, under Changping District. My parents' generation settled here, but they passed away early. I also have two younger sisters!"

Lou Bancheng remained outwardly calm, but inwardly he breathed a huge sigh of relief.

It's a good thing that the origins are clear!

Living in the rural area of ​​HB is actually a good thing, because when you try to transfer your household registration to the city, you will have to go through another round of checks by the local government office!

This will save him a lot of trouble!

"I'm quite satisfied with Master Xu's cooking..."

"Since Chef Xu has applied for the job, shall we hire you as the head chef of our small kitchen?"

Xu Pingan clasped his hands in a fist salute.

"Thank you very much, Boss Lou!"

Lou Bancheng was quite satisfied.

"This is a factory, after all, it can't compare to a restaurant. Let's set the salary at 40 a month, is that okay with you?"

40?

This already meets Xu Ping'an's expectations, and even slightly exceeds them!

Xu Ping'an originally hoped that his starting salary would not be too much lower than Sha Zhu's salary in 1965!

Unexpectedly, it was several dollars higher than his...