Siheyuan: Pretend to be a Pig and Eat the Tiger

Chapter 17 Fengze Garden (I)

He Yuzhu washed up and went out, and saw Jia Dongxu taking Qin Huairu to Yi Zhonghai's house.

"Brother Dongxu is going to Uncle Yi's house? Is this my sister-in-law? She is so beautiful!"

Qin Huairu looked at He Yuzhu in amazement. How could you not feel embarrassed and heartbroken after sleeping with someone else's wife?
When she first saw He Yuzhu, her heart almost jumped out of her chest, her face turned red as blood, and she could only lower her head to hide it.

Jia Dongxu looked at his wife in surprise. Is she so shy?

"Yes, Zhuzi, are you going to work? Huairu, this is He Yuzhu, who lives in the main house in the middle courtyard. You can just call him Zhuzi!"

"Hello, Zhuzi!"

Qin Huairu asked in a low voice, not daring to look at He Yuzhu.

"Hello, sister-in-law!"

He Yuzhu didn't show any abnormality. He greeted them calmly and walked out.

"He Yuzhu, we call him Shazhu, he is now an apprentice at Fengzeyuan, one of the eight buildings. His father was a cook, but he ran away with a widow, leaving him with his young sister!"

"Silly Pillar?"

Qin Huairu looked at Jia Dongxu in shock, as if she had heard it wrong. Is this a fool? You are the fool, right?
"Of course I'm not really stupid. I'll tell you slowly later. There's a story behind this!"

"Oh!"

Qin Huairu breathed a sigh of relief. If this big boy is a fool, then you are all big fools. It seems that he is someone with a story. She is very interested in He Yuzhu.

How could she not get to know the person who took her virginity?
Women at that time attached great importance to their first time, unlike the materialistic world of later generations.

First time? Chastity? Are you kidding me?

"Master, Master's Wife, please have some tea!"

Qin Huairu held the plate, bent down and served tea, with an attitude as respectful as possible.

She had heard from the matchmaker that Jia Dongxu's master was no ordinary man, a worker, and a very skilled worker at that. Workers had a very high status, and she was born a peasant, so she was extremely envious and even wanted to please Yi Zhonghai and his wife to see if she could become a worker as well.

"Good good!"

Yi Zhonghai and his wife are very satisfied with Jia Dongxu and his wife. They have no children yet. Although they have not given up the idea of ​​having a baby, they have high hopes for Jia Dongxu.

Now seeing Dongxu's wife respect them so much, he feels very comfortable.

After breakfast, He Yuzhu hurried to Fengze Garden. He couldn't be late. His master had been very good to him and he couldn't make things difficult for him.

The cooking skills his system gave him were the introductory ones of Sichuan and Shandong cuisines, and he had no idea what level they were at. Although he was very curious, he knew that now was not the time to show it.

When He Yuzhu was thinking about cooking skills, he heard a questioning voice.

"Junior brother, I thought you would be late today. Master had already made arrangements after get off work yesterday. He said you went to a neighbor's wedding banquet yesterday!"

"Yes, Junior Brother, if you feel uncomfortable, you don't have to come to work this morning!"

"It's okay, big brother. I'm in good health. I originally planned to come over to help earlier, but I didn't expect you to come so early!" "Haha, we are closer, so we should come earlier. Let's get to work! Cut the potatoes first!"

The brothers have a very good relationship and take good care of Sha Zhu. Although Sha Zhu comes to learn the art, he is also He Daqing's son and has a special relationship with the master. They are all apprentices and are very kind.

It's hard to get such an opportunity these days. It's a blessing not to starve the cook to death in a famine and to be able to feed the family.

Fengzeyuan's business is very good. As long as you can come here as an apprentice, you can at least become a chef in the factory and have no problem cooking big pot dishes. Of course, if you can stay and become a cook, the salary will be much higher than that of ordinary factories.

The most important thing is that Fengze Garden welcomes and sees off many guests, and there are more opportunities to practice mobile phones here, which is something you can't ask for.

There is no money at home to buy ingredients for them to practice on. If they have that ability, they don't need to come here to learn cooking.

So many people try their best to find someone to use their connections to get in as an apprentice. Even if they get in, it still depends on whether the master chef likes you. If not, then you are just a waiter.

He Yuzhu came from a family with a lot of knowledge and was much luckier than them. He was accepted as an apprentice as soon as he came in. But He Daqing was a good-for-nothing. He abandoned He Yuzhu and Xiao Yushui, who were still children, and ran away, which made them feel even more sorry for this junior brother.

He Yuzhu smiled and nodded to his fellow brothers. He felt warm inside and found that he was easily moved. Perhaps he was fed up with the inward-looking workplace in later generations?

He could feel the concern of his fellow brothers and sisters, as well as the pain in their eyes. They probably felt sorry for what had happened to her!

In the eyes of normal people, it would be difficult for a half-grown child with a younger sister to survive in this era of food and clothing shortages. But it was different for him. The large amount of supplies he signed in was enough to last for one or two years, which meant that he could save all the money he earned every month.

Short of money? A trip to the pigeon market will bring you money. Sell so much rice that you can buy some coarse grains to stop the gossips in the courtyard.

He also wants to thank He Daqing for leaving. If He Daqing hadn't left, he wouldn't be reborn. If he hadn't come to this era, he wouldn't have been able to live a dull life!
By then, you can buy a few courtyard houses or a few houses without having to struggle. It will be a life that others can never achieve in several lifetimes.

No need to work from nine to five, no need to work overtime, no need to bow and scrape. After joining the steel mill, he doesn't have to accommodate his boss if he's unhappy. The reception meals are well prepared and no one will complain. He is the boss in the kitchen. Thinking this way makes him feel much better.

It’s a pity that there is no time-space phone, otherwise he would definitely share his wonderful life with his colleagues.

Thinking of this, He Yuzhu felt full of strength. As for the birds in the courtyard?
There were no televisions or entertainment programs in that era, so we just treated it as a fun activity. Although the entertainment was scarce, there was a lot of fun in the courtyard!

Just when He Yuzhu was concentrating on washing potatoes, Master Wang Dana came to work. The treatment of a chef is different, he should not do odd jobs, so he came here to watch his apprentices prepare the side dishes.

His master Wang Dana has five apprentices in total:

Senior brother Sun Hao has been apprenticing for five years and is a chef at Fengzeyuan;
The second elder brother, Zhang Ze, studied for four years and worked as the head cook in Fengze Garden;
The third brother, Wang Wenchao, learned the craft for three years and worked as a cook in the kitchen;
Fourth brother Li Lin apprenticed for two years, cutting meat in the kitchen;

He spent several months as an apprentice, and his salary was only 120,000 yuan. At that time, there were plenty of people willing to do the job even for no salary!
I don’t care whether there is a salary or not. If there is, that’s better, but if there is not, that’s okay too. Food is provided anyway, and learning cooking skills is the most important thing.

"Zhu Zi, start cutting vegetables today. Knife skills are the foundation of cooking, so practice well!"

"Yes, master!"

The master is as important as the sky. At this time, the master is not like father and son, but better than father and son. It can be said that the master gave you the skills to make a living and is the guarantee of your survival.

This is also the reason why Yi Zhonghai supports Jia Dongxu. Even if Jia Zhangshi goes too far, Yi Zhonghai does not care, just for the sake of retirement.

Although I am still young and still have the fantasy of having a child, the smell of medicine coming from the house is proof of that, but after all, I don’t have a child yet!

Yi Zhonghai is a cunning man, so he must have made preparations for both scenarios.

(End of this chapter)