Siheyuan Great Craftsmen

"This flatterer!"

After watching the workshop director leave, Wu Jiefang couldn't help but curse, and immediately left his workstation, came to Zhou Tian, ​​and asked enviously.

"Xiaotian, are you really going to be promoted to master chef?"

"Brother Wu, that's what the director said just now. As for whether it's true or not, I don't know!"

Zhou Tian said modestly.

"Hey, since the director said that, how could it be false? I really envy you. After you are promoted to master chef, you can earn at least 70 per month, which is nearly more all of a sudden. Your life is really going to get better!"

Although Zhou Tian has two younger brothers and a younger sister, 70 yuan a month is enough for him to spend anyway.

Zhou Tian smiled and said nothing.

The news of Zhou Tian's promotion to master chef had spread throughout the entire workshop before noon. People kept coming to Zhou Tian to ask about his questions, forcing him to escape by pretending to go to the toilet.

At a corner of the workshop, I had just taken out a cigarette and was about to take a puff when I heard the voice of my master Liu Wuming behind me.

"Xiaotian, I knew you would be here!"

"Master, you are here!"

Zhou Tian smiled naively, turned around, handed the master a cigarette, lit it for him, and then said, "Isn't it uncomfortable to stay in the workshop? So I took some time out to relax!"

"Don't I know you, kid?"

Liu Wuming took a deep puff of cigarette, blew out a smoke ring, and looked at the apprentice in front of him. To be honest, he was shocked when he heard people in the workshop say that Zhou Tian had become the master chef of the workshop.

After all, according to his estimation, it would take at least three years for Zhou Tian to be upgraded to a master chef. But he suddenly became a master chef now, which made him unable to believe it.

When he wanted to find his apprentice to ask whether it was true or not, he found that Zhou Tian was no longer in the workshop. Thinking of where Zhou Tian usually went, Liu Wuming went there.

Sure enough, he saw his disciple hiding here.

"But tell me, Master, are the rumors in the workshop true or false?"

Zhou Tian looked at the inquiring eyes of his master and nodded slowly: "Master, that's what the director said, it probably shouldn't be false!"

"Great! You really made the master proud!"

Liu Wuming was relieved after getting Zhou Tian's confirmation. Then his expression became happy and he patted Zhou Tian on the shoulder and said excitedly.

"Since the establishment of our steel mill, no one has ever been able to make a three-step jump from an apprentice to a master in three years. You have set a precedent!"

Zhou Tian scratched his head when he heard that, and couldn't help but chuckle when he saw his master's happy expression.

"It's all thanks to the master's good teaching!"

"fart!"

Unexpectedly, after hearing Zhou Tian's words, Liu Wuming kicked him in the butt and scolded him with a smile: "Are you scolding your master? Your master knows himself. If it is really me who taught well, then I have taught more than just you. Why didn't others get promoted so quickly?"

Liu Wuming really didn't know how to evaluate the apprentice in front of him. In just over a year, he had learned all of Zhou Tian's skills. Now even he couldn't see how far Zhou Tian's skills had reached.

Although his apprentice's skills have now surpassed his, he is still proud enough to have been able to train a master.

"By the way, Master, I got promoted today, I want to treat you to a meal!"

Zhou Tian was kicked by his master, but he was not angry at all. Instead, he followed suit with a stick.

"Okay, I appreciate your kindness, but I know your family situation. Now that you've just been promoted, don't spend money recklessly. When you get your salary next month, I'll let you treat me to a meal even if you don't tell me!"

Liu Wuming refused.

"But, Master, I......"

Zhou Tian wanted to explain, but Liu Wuming stopped him with a wave of his hand: "Okay, stop talking. You have things to do next anyway, so put the dinner party on hold for now!"

"OK then!"

Zhou Tian thought about it and could only nod and agree.

After returning to the workshop and dealing with some questions from co-workers, he finally got a chance to catch his breath.

Not long after, the lunch bell rang, and a group of workers surrounded Zhou Tian, ​​chatting and laughing as they walked towards the cafeteria. Along the way, many workers asked Zhou Tian about accepting disciples, but Zhou Tian answered them all.

Liu Wuming looked at Zhou Tian, ​​who was the center of attention, with a proud and gratified smile on his face all the way.

"Master Liu, congratulations on training a great master chef. This is really enviable!"

Zhang Qian, an intermediate master in the workshop, said enviously.

As a craftsman, the proudest thing is to be able to train an apprentice who is better than me. It can be said that the higher the apprentice's achievements, the higher my status as a master will be.

Now Liu Wuming has surpassed his master, how can he not be envious.

"Hahaha! It's all Xiaotian's own talent. I didn't teach him much at all. It's all thanks to his own hard work!"

Hearing Zhang Qian's compliment, Liu Wuming was even happier. On weekdays, Zhang Qian and his apprentices were the most numerous in Workshop No. 2. Although their relationship was not good, it was not bad either. There was more competition between them.

Now he has defeated his opponent in just one Zhou Tian. How can he not be happy?

Zhang Qian was speechless when he heard this, but after thinking about it, he could understand it. If he could also teach a master chef, he would be even happier than Liu Wuming.

canteen.

He Daqing had just finished cooking and was sitting on a stool to rest.

Before the workers came, a woman shouted exaggeratedly, "Have you heard? Zhou Tian from the second workshop of our factory has been promoted to master chef!"

"Master chef? Is this true?"

Upon hearing this, all the kitchen helpers were shocked. They looked at the woman and asked, "You know, there are only a few master chefs in the entire steel rolling mill, and each master chef is the treasure of the steel rolling mill. Even the factory director will be extremely polite when meeting a master chef."

As far as they knew, Zhou Tian from the second workshop was only seventeen years old this year. A seventeen-year-old master chef was simply beyond their imagination.

As for how they knew Zhou Tian, ​​a mid-level master who was only seventeen years old, he had already been targeted by everyone for a long time, but because of his family conditions, they were a little discouraged.

Now, no one expected that the other party has been promoted to a master chef, which really makes those who are interested in him feel regretful.

"Xiaotian has been promoted to master chef?"

He Daqing, who was sitting on a stool, was also surprised. Although he knew that Zhou Tian was a very talented child and that his home-cooked dishes were no worse than those of the chefs at Taifenglou just by self-study,

But he didn't expect that the other party was so talented in the craft of locksmithing.

Hearing this, he immediately stood up, looked at the woman who had just spoken and asked, "Sister Ni, do you think Zhou Tian has really become a master chef?"

The woman who was discussing with a group of kitchen helpers heard what He Daqing said and immediately replied, "It's true, Master He. I heard everyone in the second workshop say that!"

After getting the woman's confirmation, He Daqing had an idea.

"It seems that I need to improve my relationship with Xiaotian in the future!"

Time passes by in the midst of chaos.

Zhou Tian originally wanted to take on some tasks in the afternoon, but was rejected by the director. In the director's words, Zhou Tian is now a master chef and does not need to do these low-level tasks on weekdays.

All Zhou Tian needs to do is wait for the time when the master chef is needed to take action, and he will give Zhou Tian the task. This makes Zhou Tian feel the high status of the master chef.

After leaving the director's office, Zhou Tian felt a little at a loss. After all, he had been accustomed to the hard work for more than a year. Now he had nothing to do, which made him feel a lot more empty.

"It seems like it's time to relearn other subjects!"

Thinking about it, Zhou Tian already had an idea in his mind. Since his locksmith skills have reached the master level, he also needs to develop new skills.

After coming to this era, although he became a worker, it does not mean that he is willing to stay at the bottom. Although, in this era, the status of workers is very high, he who has awakened the memories of his past life knows that workers in his previous life have experienced many waves of layoffs.

Although by that time, even if he was really laid off, he would not have to worry about his livelihood, but he was not willing to accept it deep down.

And most importantly, he thought about the future public-private partnership, and perhaps he could do something in this era. To achieve this goal, he needed to keep learning.

He had no chance to go to school, and even if he had the chance, he could only study on his own. After all, he had younger brothers and sisters at home who needed to be taken care of, and he himself had no chance to go to school before liberation.

Now he can only learn some other skills first. As for going to school, thinking about the literacy classes later, he can only wait for the opportunity.