Siheyuan: Sizhu starts blindly and takes a new path

I knocked on Aunt You's door and handed her the snacks I bought on the road. I saw that the corners of her mouth were almost reaching her ears.

"Zhu Zi, are you satisfied?"

"Satisfied, satisfied. I'm sending the girl away now. Please go to Yu's house and ask for their opinions. If it's okay, we can make an appointment next weekend. I'll wait for your news."

"Okay, I'll go there right away. You can come over tomorrow to get the news." Aunt You was kind-hearted and went out after saying that.

When Aunt You arrived at the Yu family, the family was asking about the eldest daughter's blind date.

"I used to think He Yuzhu was an uneducated cook, but today in the park he recited a poem and told me a foreign story. Although he is not very educated, he is not really a rough guy either. He is also very knowledgeable about food. He said his master is the master chef of Fengze Garden." Yu Li recounted today's experience in a light tone.

"Tsk, he's a cook and he knows a lot about food. He's also the master chef of Fengze Garden. Is he bragging? Sister, don't be fooled." Yu Haitang interrupted with disdain.

"I don't think he's lying. His sister even mentioned you to him and said she had heard your radio show." Yu Li pointed at the packed food and said, "At least he was generous and thoughtful, thinking of bringing things back specifically for you."

"I won't eat the leftovers." Yu Haitang retorted indignantly.

"Okay, meat patties and braised oxtail, but you should not eat them. It's just a good way to save them." Yu Li opened the paper bag and the box, and tempted her sister with the fragrance.

"Ah, meat pie, no, I want to eat it, I was wrong, sister." Yu Haitang hugged her sister's arm and shook it.

"Stop shaking, or you'll drop the things." Yu's mother patted her second daughter, "It seems like you've taken a liking to He Yuzhu and are quite satisfied with him."

"It's okay." Yu Li became reserved again and her face turned red.

Seeing her eldest daughter in this state, Yu's mother couldn't understand what she was thinking, so she felt that all these years of eating for her would have been in vain.

Just then Aunt You came to ask about the letter, so Yu's mother answered on behalf of her daughter and helped her arrange the time and place for the next meeting.

After seeing off Aunt You, Yu's mother and Yu's father discussed that it seemed that their eldest daughter had fallen in love with He Yuzhu, and they were probably together. So they needed to get to know He Yuzhu from other sources. Yu Li had been on several blind dates before, and some of them she didn't like, while others she liked. However, after making inquiries, they discovered problems with the guy.

Yu's mother said, "We don't ask him to be rich or powerful. We don't have a rich family now, and powerful families don't look down on our family. What's important is that he has integrity and good character, doesn't steal, doesn't lie, and doesn't have affairs. Ask if there is anyone in your factory who knows someone in the steel mill, and then ask what He Yuzhu is like."

The work is the same as before, cutting vegetables, cooking and serving rice, but now Shazhu will check the uniformity of the thickness of the newspaper. (Mahua will get a new nickname: Shredder) Now not only Mahua cuts, but Fatty also follows him. (Shredder No. 2)

After checking the cut newspapers, Sha Zhu asked Ma Hua and Fatty what they thought after cutting newspapers for a few days.

The fat man quickly replied: "Master, when I cut newspapers, I put the blade against the chopping board and cut like a guillotine. It feels faster and saves effort."

Ma Hua said: "Master, the way to use the knife is different depending on the thickness of the newspaper. When it is thick, it is very comfortable to cut it directly downwards. If the newspaper is soaked in water and becomes soft, you need to push the knife forward to cut it, so that it is not easy to break the newspaper."

Sha Zhu nodded. He had never taught them these things. He just wanted to see how much they cared about cooking and how they understood it. Now it seemed that both of them had feelings, but Ma Hua took cooking more seriously and was more serious about it.

When cutting newspapers, some people just keep cutting without thinking about why they are cutting or how to cut faster and better. Some people think of faster and better methods but don’t think about what to do in different situations. This requires you to make things difficult for yourself and consciously improve your skills. This is learning from one example and applying it to other situations. (There is a 6-hour rule, which says that you can become a master by repeating the same thing for 8 hours. However, everyone sleeps for - hours, and few people can become a master of sleep. The important thing is to think about how you did things before, what methods you used to improve efficiency or accuracy, whether you can improve again with the same method, and whether this method can be strengthened and improved.)

Sha Zhu did not comment on their feelings and went to practice his internal skills silently aside.

At this time, a squad leader from the Security Department came in and, as Sha Zhu had done before, drove the people out on the grounds that "the kitchen is a restricted area and no outsiders are allowed to enter."

But the Sha Zhu now is no longer the Sha Zhu of the past. He does not want to be trapped in the Siheyuan. He needs to establish external connections to drag him out and let the people in the Siheyuan understand that he can live better if he leaves the Siheyuan. Don't try to lock him up by relying on neighborhood relationships.

Although the people in the Security Department during this period worked in the factory, they were also affiliated with the local people's armed forces department and were an important force in the people's armed forces department. Their other name that was not called out was militia, urban militia. Most of them were veterans. There was an armory in the department. The squad leader and section chief were equipped with pistols. There were also long guns in the duty room at night. They had the right to investigate and interrogate bad elements among the workers and their families in the factory.

It turned out that a buddy in the squad leader Zheng Xi's class had discovered the traces of the enemy spies, and they had reported it to the security chief, and they would start squatting tonight to assist the public security. We can't let the comrades work on an empty stomach, so we need to prepare some food for the squatters at night. Squad leader Zheng originally wanted to go to the canteen, but he couldn't resist the fact that the brothers in his class liked to eat the dishes made by Sha Zhu. As a squad leader, he had to meet the brothers' requests.

When Sha Zhu heard this, he thought that this was an opportunity that came right to his doorstep. The more friends he had, the more paths he would take. Besides, most of these veterans were good people with good physical fitness. They were more or less connected to some respectable people, which made it easier for him to get out.

Sha Zhu asked Ma Hua to get the ingredients from the logistics department, and cooked four dishes himself. Although they were all vegetarian dishes, they were cooked with a lot of lard, which was so delicious that the guys from the security department almost had snot bubbles coming out of their noses. Squad leader Zheng was also wondering why Sha Zhu agreed to work overtime so readily today, without even hitting the jackpot, and adding a lot of lard. Squad leader Zheng talked about this with his brothers.

Deputy squad leader Niu Xihua said: "It's not hard to imagine. Shazhu had been to a workshop before, and later became blind. This must have put an end to his pride."

"I can understand this. I mean, why does he flatter us? We have nothing to do with him and we can't help him in any way?" Zheng Xi said.

A colleague chewed his food and interrupted: "Can't we stop him from bringing a lunch box?"

"Have you seen him bring a lunch box recently?" Lao Hongtou, the security guard who came to eat for a free meal, asked.

"Yes, it seems that he never brought a lunch box after returning to the cafeteria." Everyone thought about it and realized that it was true.

"Then there will be no benefit for him to associate with us!" Squad Leader Zheng's doubts were still not resolved.

"Why do you care so much? He will express his needs sooner or later. If he doesn't, it means the time is not right yet." said Lao Hong.

"Okay, I'll listen to you."