Siheyuan, my new life

At 11:30 in the morning, when Lin Yu and his party walked towards the canteen of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, Li Huaide had already been waiting at the gate. Seeing the crowd coming from afar, he greeted them enthusiastically with a smile on his face, and said loudly with a smile from a distance: "Welcome, leaders."

Lin Yu introduced everyone with a smile, and then everyone, led by Li Huaide, walked into the private room on the second floor of the canteen.

This was Lin Yu's first time going up to the second floor of the small cafeteria. There were seven private rooms here, two large and five small. The large private room where they were currently located was very spacious, and even with two large round tables it did not feel crowded at all.

As the host, Lin Yu naturally sat in the main seat. Director Wan and Deputy Minister Yin sat on both sides of him respectively. Deputy Minister Zhao and several other leaders took their seats in turn, while Li Huaide was arranged by Lin Yu to sit in the deputy accompanying position opposite.

The other table was hosted by Deputy Director Qin Ming, with Security Section Chief Han Wei as the deputy host. The other deputy directors and section chiefs, as well as the drivers and security personnel who drove the leaders, took their seats in turn. Even Su Yu, who was Lin Yu's clerk, was at this table.

At this time, the staff of the small canteen had come in with the dishes, and they deftly placed four cold dishes on the round table: fried peanuts, dried shrimps with cucumber, rabbit meat with onions, and tiger skin chicken feet.

Lin Yu picked up the Fenjiu in front of him, opened it, and filled the glasses of several leaders one by one. He smiled and held up the glass and said: "Everyone here already knows each other, so I won't introduce one by one. My situation is a bit special. I can only drink three glasses of wine at most, so I apologize in advance. When my injury is healed in the future, I will definitely accompany you to have a good drink. The first glass of wine wishes our motherland prosperity and peace and peace!"

Director Wan was the first to applaud loudly: "Well, Director Lin said it well. I wish our motherland prosperity and peace. Let's raise our glasses together and drink!"

Everyone present immediately raised their glasses and drank them all. Li Huaide immediately stood up and poured wine for everyone. At this time, the staff brought two hot dishes, braised pork and mapo tofu.

After inviting everyone to eat a few bites of food, Lin Yu picked up the glass and said with a smile: "Welcome the leaders of the Municipal Party Committee, the Municipal Bureau and the People's Armed Forces Department to the Security Department of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. The second glass of wine wishes all leaders a smooth work and everything goes well!"

Everyone raised their glasses and drank the wine. Director Wan picked up a piece of onion-mixed rabbit meat with chopsticks and chewed it for a few bites. He praised: "Director Lin, the chef's cooking skills are good today. This onion-mixed rabbit meat is not inferior to those chefs who specialize in Sichuan cuisine."

Lin Yu smiled and said, "The chef who cooked today is also my neighbor. He lives in the courtyard house next door at No. 95. I heard that his father is good at cooking Tan's cuisine. However, this He Daqing learned from a Sichuan cuisine master chef in Huibinlou, so he can be regarded as inheriting the traditions of both families."

Director Wan's eyes lit up, and he said directly: "Since this chef He is a good cook, why don't you just transfer him to the Security Department cafeteria, so that Lao Yao and I can come over to have a bite when we have time. Lao Yao is from Sichuan Province, and he has always complained that the food in our city bureau cafeteria is not to his liking."

Deputy Director Yao's eyes widened and he said directly: "Old Wan, don't use me as a shield if you are greedy, but the Sichuan cuisine made by this chef He is really good."

Lin Yu smiled and said, "Master He is the head chef of the canteen of the steel mill. I just don't know if you, the deputy director in charge of logistics, can give him up."

How could Li Huaide refuse with his clever mind? Not to mention that he was just a cook, he would find ways to solve even the most difficult problems. Besides, which of the leaders present today was not in a high position? Just the head of a municipal bureau was someone he needed to look up to. With Lin Yu's attitude towards him, if Director Wan and his team came to the security department of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill again, they would most likely let him accompany them for a drink. Wouldn't they have established a relationship in this way? Besides, what was Sijiu City? Could it lack a cook who could cook delicious dishes?

As for the original drama, even though Sha Zhu was known to be dishonest, stealing food and grain from the canteen of the steel mill, and even beating Deputy Director Li, he was not fired. It was not because Sha Zhu's cooking skills were so superb that the steel mill could not do without him. The real reason was that the leaders of the steel mill often spent public funds on feasting. Once Sha Zhu was really fired, who could guarantee that he would not report it with his unscrupulous character? Therefore, they could only pinch their noses and admit that Sha Zhu was being unreasonable. However, the officials did have a way to deal with Sha Zhu. Just by suppressing Sha Zhu's promotion, he was allowed to receive a salary of 37.5 yuan for more than ten years.

You should know that the salary of an ordinary first-level worker is 33 yuan per month, and the salary of a second-level worker is 38.6 yuan per month. Sha Zhu, a canteen chef and team leader, earns even less than an ordinary second-level worker in the steel rolling mill. It's a shame that he has the nerve to brag about his salary of 37.5 yuan per month as an eighth-level chef all day long. Although Sha Zhu's cooking skills cannot reach the level of senior chefs that he boasts about, he should at least be at level six. According to the salary standard of a sixth-level chef, it should be at least 50 or 60 yuan per month. Add to that his seniority allowance and various subsidies, Sha Zhu's actual income should be around 70 or 80 yuan.

So Li Huaide smiled and said: "Since several leaders have taken a fancy to Master He's cooking skills, I will arrange for him to work in the Security Department cafeteria as soon as possible to provide logistical support for the Security Department."

Director Wan was also very happy about Li Huaide's understanding and said with a smile: "Well, next time you come over for a drink, you have to let Xiao Li accompany you. Director Lin's injury has not healed yet, so Xiao Li will have to trouble you."

Li Huaide happily nodded in agreement, and the atmosphere in the private room became very lively for a while.

After the staff brought the garlic pork and chicken to the round table, Lin Yu raised his glass and continued to toast: "I am fortunate to be able to gather together today. I wish everyone here good health and happiness for their families!"

After Lin Yu toasted three glasses of wine, Su Yu had already brought a glass full of boiled water to him.

So the next job of accompanying guests to drink was given to Li Huaide, the deputy host. It has to be admitted that Li Huaide was able to dominate the original drama for so many years, and in the end he was able to avoid liquidation and land smoothly. After leaving the Red Star Steel Mill, he went into business and became a big boss. It was not only because he had a good father-in-law, but his own abilities should not be underestimated.

Lin Yu watched with a smile as Li Huaide dealt with several leaders with ease. Not only did he make witty remarks that often made everyone laugh, but he was also calm and well-mannered, and did not give people the feeling of flattery at all.

In addition, Li Huaide's alcohol tolerance is indeed not bad. In just a short while, he has already drunk more than a pound of white wine. Except for his slightly red face, he is not too drunk.