Siheyuan: I am stupid, I don't want to be a bootlicker

"Okay, I have an idea. Aunt Wang, you go ahead and do your work. I'm going to work now."

He Yuzhu agreed, and Director Wang sent him out of the office. Just then, he saw a woman about thirty-four or thirty-five walking towards Director Wang's office.

"Hello, Sister Lan."

He Yuzhu smiled and greeted her. This was Wang Lan, the wife of Ma Ming, the workshop director of the steel rolling mill.

"Comrade He Yuzhu, hello, are you here to see Director Wang?"

Wang Lan responded with a smile, but she was wondering in her heart: Why did this Sha Zhu come to see Director Wang today?

"Hey, if you have time today, come and see my Aunt Wang. You go ahead and do your work. I'm going to work."

He Yuzhu left Director Wang's office and chatted with Uncle Li at the guard post before going to work at the steel rolling mill.

Rolling Mill Kitchen

After greeting everyone one by one, He Yuzhu started to get busy.

The day passed quickly. In the afternoon, Secretary Zhou from the office came over and said that Deputy Director Li would host a dinner in the canteen tonight and asked He Yuzhu to work overtime.

He Yuzhu readily agreed. Although there was no overtime pay for overtime work, he could get takeout.

As a grown man, he was not that greedy, but the main thing was that Yu Shui, the girl, looked pale and thin, and needed to be nourished.

Although today is Monday and the rain will not return until Saturday, don't forget that he has a golden finger.

Anything that is stored in the portable space will always maintain its original state at the moment it enters the space.

In other words, no matter how long He Yuzhu puts the prepared food in the space, when he takes it out, it will still look the same as when it was freshly cooked.

In this way, even if the rain comes back after five or six days, you can still eat the hot food right out of the pot.

Deputy Director Li invited three people in total, one of whom was Lou Jingzhai, who was one of the top capitalists in the country before liberation and is currently the largest shareholder of the steel rolling mill.

Fang Jianhong, a big capitalist in China before liberation, is now a major shareholder of the Red Star Food Factory.

There is also a man named Xie Hong, who was a big capitalist in China before liberation and is now a major shareholder of Huaxing Glass Factory.

For four people, He Yuzhu prepared eight dishes and one soup, and the plates were large and the portions were sufficient.

As soon as Liu Lan, who was in charge of serving the dishes, entered the small canteen, the four people who were chatting and laughing were immediately attracted by the rich aroma of the dishes.

"Xingguo, has your factory changed the cook?"

Lou Jingzhai spoke first. Although he was a shareholder of the steel mill and also opened a bicycle factory, he also ran two high-end restaurants.

Just by smelling the aroma, you can tell that the chef who cooked this dish has extraordinary skills.

"Hahaha, if you weren't so greedy, you would know we changed the chef just by smelling the food."

Deputy Director Li was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling. Liu Lan put the two dishes in her hands on the table.

Just the most common ones are three fresh vegetables and mu shu pork.

But both the color and the aroma were much brighter and more appealing than anything they had tasted before.

The four of them were all people who had eaten and seen this before, but when faced with the two common dishes on the table and smelled the aroma that went straight into their nostrils, they couldn't help swallowing their saliva.

"Deputy Director Li, the three leaders can eat first. Chef He said the dishes will be ready soon."

Seeing the four people like this, Liu Lan laughed inwardly, put down the plate and went out.

Soon, eight dishes and a soup were served. The four of them had completely lost their usual mature and cheerful demeanor. They started working as hard as they could, like hungry wolves coming down from a mountain.

He didn't even have time to open the two bottles of Wuliangye that Deputy Director Li had searched for for a long time.

Half an hour later, the eight dishes and one soup on the table had all gone into the stomachs of the four people. They leaned back in their chairs, feeling as if their throats were about to be bloated.

"Xingguo, this new chef is really good. Would you mind inviting him over for us to meet him?"

Lou Jingzhai was the first to speak. He ran two restaurants and naturally understood how rare it was to find a chef like this.

"Tianming, go see if Comrade He Yuzhu has left."

Deputy Director Li turned around and called Zhou Tianming outside, and Zhou Tianming immediately stood up and called He Yuzhu.

At this time, He Yuzhu and Liu Lan had almost cleaned up the kitchen, and the dishes they had served in advance filled three lunch boxes.

He gave one to himself, one to Liu Lan, and one to Zhou Tianming. As soon as he finished dividing the money, Zhou Tianming came over to call him.

"Master He hasn't left yet?"

Zhou Tianming was very polite to He Yuzhu. After all, it was the first time in the entire steel mill that he had seen someone who could make Deputy Director Li speak with just a plate of fried bean sprouts.

"Secretary Zhou hasn't left yet, right? It's just right for you to take this lunch box back. I prepared all the dishes in it in advance. Take it back and let the child taste it."

He Yuzhu said as he picked up a lunch box and handed it to Zhou Tianming.

Zhou Tianming's smile widened:

"Hahaha, I shouldn't have taken it originally, but Master He, your cooking skills today really made it impossible for me to refuse."

As he spoke, he took the lunch box from He Yuzhu:

"Deputy Director Li and the three leaders were very satisfied with the meal. They asked me to come over and ask you to come over."

"Okay, thank you for your help. I'm going to meet the leader first. We can talk again when we have the chance."

He Yuzhu entered the small canteen, and Deputy Director Li briefly introduced Lou Jingzhai and the other two to him, and told them He Yuzhu's identity.

“Hahaha, I thought such a great chef would be either a gray-haired old man or a middle-aged man in his forties.

I never thought... that he is really young and promising!"

Lou Jingzhai looked at He Yuzhu and spoke first.

"Thank you for your praise, Leader Lou. This is all thanks to Deputy Director Li's good leadership. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to display my great abilities even if I had them."

While He Yuzhu was talking, Zhou Tianming poured him a glass of wine. He took the glass and said:

"I, He Yuzhu, am a rough man who can't speak. If you three leaders need me in the future, just tell me what to do."

After saying that, he picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp.

"Hahaha, what a happy person."

Lou Jingzhai smiled and took a sip of the wine glass. He glanced at Deputy Director Li and the other two and said:

“I, Lou Jingzhai, boast that I have eaten everything except state banquets, but this is the first time I have tasted such good cooking as Master He’s.

I wonder if Master He has time to come to my house and cook a meal on Sunday so that my wife and daughter can also taste your cooking skills. "

Upon hearing this, Deputy Director Li, who was originally leaning back in his chair with a calm demeanor, immediately sat up straight:

This, this Lou Jingzhai is trying to poach people from his steel rolling mill!

"Manager Lou, this is really unfortunate. This morning, Director Wang from the Street Office asked us to go to her house to cook on Sunday.

How about next week?"

Although He Yuzhu was answering Lou Jingzhai's words, he glanced at Deputy Director Li and saw that the other person's tense expression had obviously relaxed, and he couldn't help but laugh in his heart.

"Oh? That's unfortunate. Let's schedule it for next week."

Lou Jingzhai narrowed his eyes. A chef from a steel rolling mill could actually cook at the home of Director Wang from the Street Office.

It seems that He Yuzhu is not a simple person!

In the evening, when He Yuzhu returned to the courtyard, it had already darkened and the weather was getting hotter. After dinner, everyone went to the yard to enjoy the cool air.

"Hey, is Zhuzi back?"

The third uncle Yan Bugui was the first to see He Yuzhu come in and greeted him with a smile.

"Uncle, are you taking a break?"

He Yuzhu stopped and greeted the third uncle first with a smile, and then greeted Aunt Jiang and others in the front yard.

"I say, aren't you anxious? Xu Damao went on a blind date today and said that the girl is not only beautiful but also has a good personality.

How about I introduce someone to you?

Later, you prepare a thank you gift for the matchmaking and a gift for the girl. I will bring them both to the girl when I go to school tomorrow."

He Yuzhu smiled, knowing that the Third Uncle wanted to receive a thank-you gift from him for being the matchmaker, and was using Xu Damao to provoke him.

If it were the silly Zhu of the past, he would have rushed to prepare.

However, He Yuzhu knew that the person the third uncle wanted to introduce to him was Ran Qiuye, a teacher at Hongxing Primary School and Banggeng's future class teacher.

The overseas Chinese who returned to China were literary young women with high aspirations and looked down on me at all.

"Hey, thank you, Uncle San, but I don't have much money right now, so I'm not considering getting married."

He Yuzhu politely declined and entered the middle courtyard, where Banggeng and a few children were playing.

An uncle and an aunt, Jia Zhangshi was sitting in front of the door of her house fanning herself, while Qin Huairu was washing clothes at the faucet.

He Yuzhu was very curious. There were only two widows and three children in the Jia family. How could there be so many clothes to wash every day?

This is not the south, where you have to change it once or twice a day.

"Is the Pillar back?"

"Zhu Zi, are you working overtime tonight?"

Qin Huairu and the uncle spoke at the same time, and they both glanced at He Yuzhu's right hand in tacit understanding:

No lunch box.

The old man frowned slightly, but soon relaxed.

A hint of deep disappointment flashed across Qin Huairu's eyes, and the smile on her face faded a little.

"Uncle, Aunt, Aunt Jia, Sister Qin, they are all here."

He Yuzhu smiled and said hello. Just as he was about to enter the house, he heard Bang Geng say:

"Silly Zhu, why haven't you brought lunch boxes to our house these days? I haven't eaten meat for several days. I want to eat meat."

Jia Zhang also muttered quietly:

"I used to have lunch boxes every time I worked overtime. Could it be that he wanted to starve my eldest grandson on purpose these two times and ate in the kitchen before coming back?

Two big lunch boxes, aren't you afraid that you'll be stuffed to death? You're really an ungrateful person."

He Yuzhu paused as he entered the room, turned around and looked at Jia Zhangshi, the smile on his face had disappeared.

"Jia Zhang, say what you just said again!"

"Mom, what did you say?"

Qin Huairu saw He Yuzhu's face darken and immediately came over to smooth things over:

"Hey, Zhuzi, my mom just said it casually, don't take it personally."

He Yuzhu looked at Qin Huairu and said with a fake smile:

"I'm just asking casually, don't be nervous."

Qin Huairu's face froze and she smiled awkwardly, not knowing how to respond.

"I told you, what's the matter? You're just a damned little bastard.

Don't blame your father He Daqing for abandoning you and your money-losing sister and running off with the widow."

Seeing that the uncle and aunt were both in the yard, and Qin Huairu was pulling He Yuzhu, Jia Zhangshi felt that someone was backing her up, and became even more unscrupulous.

There is an idiom called "to be an accomplice to the tiger".

He Yuzhu knew that in order to deal with Jia Zhangshi, he had to take down the "tiger" behind her first.

Therefore, he did not immediately deal with the old woman, but instead looked at the old man:

"Master, you are the master of our courtyard. Did you hear what Jia Zhang said just now?"

The eldest master was also very annoyed with Jia Zhangshi, but he had no choice but to tie himself to the Jia family.

"Zhu Zi, Aunt Jia is just that kind of person. Everyone in the courtyard knows it. Don't bother with her."

"Hey, uncle, what do I, Shazhu, do in this yard?

Aunt Jia, don't even mention saying a few unpleasant words. Even if she shits on my neck, as long as you are still the boss of this courtyard, I will bear it."

When He Yuzhu spoke, even the slight smile on his face disappeared without a trace.