Siheyuan: He Yuzhu's rebirth in the 21st century

"Ma Hua, from now on, in addition to practicing your knife skills by cutting vegetables, whenever I start cooking, you have to come and help me in the kitchen!"

"Ah? Master, I, I am not old enough, right?" Ma Hua looked delighted.

Wouldn't this shorten the apprenticeship period by one year and allow one to learn cooking from a master earlier?

"Whether you have enough years of experience or not is up to me. Apprentice, you must study hard and learn so that you can cook as soon as possible!"

"Master, you are my second parent! I will definitely study hard!"

"Smelly poor!"

Ma Hua was so excited that he wanted to kowtow to his master!

His family conditions are not very good, it can be said that they are quite difficult.

Because my father died early due to illness, my mother had to work alone to support the three brothers.

He saw his two younger brothers growing up, and the family could never get enough food.

Only then did he decide to come to the cafeteria as an apprentice and take He Yuzhu as his master.

I thought it would take three years of apprenticeship to become a full-time employee and learn real skills.

I didn’t expect that my master would take such good care of me!

"I will definitely be filial to my master!"

He Yuzhu remembered that in his previous life, from the canteen of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill to Shuxiangxuan, he had accepted a total of twenty to thirty apprentices.

At this time, in addition to the eldest disciple Ma Hua, there were four other people: the big guy, the stutterer, the fat guy, and the skinny guy.

They have all been apprentices for less than a year and are still doing odd jobs.

As the name suggests, a big guy is very tall.

He is over 200 meters tall and weighs nearly kilograms. I wonder how he can eat so much and grow so tall these days?

Moreover, the big guy had extraordinary strength in his hands. Later, when he went to the stove to cook big pots of food, he could stir-fry dozens of kilograms of food with one hand.

As for stuttering...

He is a stutterer, not very tall and loves to talk.

“Master, Master…Father, I, I, I…”

"Stop it now!"

But this kid is good at knife skills. A carrot in his hands can quickly turn into a flower.

The fat guy was the one who betrayed me in Yan Jiecheng's restaurant.

Such an evil disciple is absolutely unacceptable!

Ma Ganer is naturally a thin man.

He is almost 100 meters tall and weighs just over kilograms.

It looks like a thin pole, which forms a sharp contrast with the big one.

Later, when he was frying a big pot of food, he had to jump up to stir it because his hands were not strong enough, and he had to jump up...

That look is so funny!

Of these four disciples, except for the fat one who was expelled halfway, the other three followed him all the way to the end.

When he was sick that year, the three of them went to the hospital to take care of him.

"We have to get rid of the fat guy. His face makes me sick!"

However, the state-owned factories of that era were not like the private restaurants of later generations, where you could just fire someone if you didn’t like them.

In a state-owned factory, not to mention that he is just a chef, even the factory director does not have the right to fire anyone at will.

He Yuzhu suddenly remembered that Chef Ma from the second canteen had just been promoted to head chef and could take apprentices.

A few days ago, he told me that he wanted to take in an apprentice.

Yes! That Master Ma was the second-rate cook that Xu Damao transferred from the branch factory when he was later transferred to the workshop.

He came up with a plan and said to Ma Hua:

"Disciple, go call the big guy, the stutterer, the fat guy, and the skinny guy. I want to say something."

"Okay~"

Ma Hua did as he was told, and soon four fellow apprentices, tall, short, fat and thin, surrounded him.

"Ma Hua, I'm not saying anything to you, but why don't you pour tea for the master?" The fat man was the most active.

Seeing that He Yuzhu's teacup was still empty, he hurriedly put tea leaves in it and filled it with water.

"Yes, Fatty has good eyesight!" He Yuzhu looked at him meaningfully and said:

"Let me tell you something. Chef Ma from the second canteen wants to recruit a personal apprentice. He asked me if there is anyone suitable. Do you want to go?"

"Master, we won't go!" The five of them shook their heads and refused.

"Master, once a teacher, always a father. I, Fatty, will never betray you!" Fatty's expression was the most exaggerated, as if he was swearing to follow him until death!

"Don't rush to express your opinions, just listen to me!" He Yuzhu smiled disdainfully in his heart.

"Master Ma told me that if I became his apprentice, I could skip the chores and chopping and directly help him cook and prepare dishes, and learn the real skills!"

It takes at least two years for a chef apprentice to learn cooking skills, from doing odd jobs to helping in the kitchen.

For people of all heights, weights, and body shapes, saving more than a year's worth of money at once is undoubtedly a huge temptation!

The five disciples looked at each other, and four of them replied in unison:

"Master, we will follow you and not go anywhere!"

As expected, the fat man did not express his opinion in time.

The fat man struggled in his mind for a while before saying awkwardly:

"Master, I think this is a good opportunity!"

"I heard that Master Ma is a pretty good cook. Why don't I learn a few special dishes from him? Then we can exchange ideas later."

"Master He, don't worry. No matter where I go, I will still be your disciple!"

Ma Hua and the tall and short... The thin fourth apprentice got angry when he heard this and cursed:

"How dare you, Fatty!"

"You are betraying your master!"

"Beat, beat, beat... Damn it!"

The human heart really cannot stand the test!

Look, a little bit of profit can expose one's true nature.

Also? Once a teacher, always a father! ?

I bother!

He Yuzhu had already guessed the result, and he was not angry. He stopped the four people who wanted to beat up the fat man.

"That's fine, Fatty, go find Master Ma and tell him that I asked you to go."

“I wish you success in your studies and a bright future!”

"But there is one thing. From now on, our master-disciple relationship is over!"

Fat man...

He felt a little regretful.

However, when I thought about the fact that I would soon be able to learn real cooking skills, that trace of regret disappeared.

spit!

If you don't acknowledge me as your disciple, I wouldn't want you to be my disciple!

"Okay! Master He, thank you!"

He gritted his teeth and left canteen one, heading to canteen two to find Master Ma.

"Master, are you just going to let the fat guy go like this? I say, I'll give him a good beating after get off work!" The big guy's eyes were as big as copper bells, and he shouted angrily.

He Yuzhu waved his hand indifferently.

"If it rains, let it rain. If my mother wants to marry, let her marry!"

"By the way, Big Guy, Stutterer, and Skinny Guy, from today on, the three of you should stop doing odd jobs and follow Ma Hua to cut the mounds."

"Whenever I cook, you can just stand by and learn from me."

"If anyone can't learn to cook a big pot of food within a week, I won't forgive him!"

The three tall, short and thin men were ecstatic. They knew that following the master was the right thing to do!

……

After He Yuzhu arranged the big pot meal for lunch, he went to the office to ask for leave from the canteen director Wang Defa.

"No, Shazhu, how can you just ask for leave? Can you afford to delay the workers' lunch?"

Wang Defa was already unhappy with He Yuzhu, and when he learned that he wanted to take a leave, he became even more unhappy.

"Director Wang, don't we still have you? As the canteen director, you can cook a big pot of food, isn't it just like Zhang Fei eating bean sprouts?"

"You..." Everyone in the factory knows that the canteen director can't cook!

Isn't Shazhu exposing his own scars in front of others?

"Just two hours, you must be back before 11 o'clock!" Wang Defa waved his hand to drive him away unhappily.

After He Yuzhu left the office, he cursed loudly.

"Kid, you are so arrogant, but sooner or later I will punish you!"

He Yuzhu then went to the logistics office to issue a letter of introduction.

"What the hell!? Stupid, you want a letter of introduction to Fengze Garden to learn cooking?"