Siheyuan: The Qing Dynasty is back

When Li Huaide's father-in-law saw He Daqing coming, he happily introduced him to the guest beside him: "Old Chief, this is Chef He who cooked for us. I don't need to say much about his cooking skills. I have never forgotten it since I ate it once!"

The old leader nodded, stood up and said, "Master He, thank you for letting me taste the flavor of my hometown again. To be honest, I haven't been home for so many years and have long forgotten the taste of my hometown. This time, eating the dishes you cooked immediately brought back memories of my youth."

Li Huaide's father-in-law also stood up and said, "The old leader is from Guangdong Province and has been away from his hometown for many years. I didn't expect that after eating the dishes you cooked, I thought you were his fellow villager and could make such authentic hometown dishes."

"So he specifically asked you to come over to thank you."

He Daqing smiled and said, "Leaders, you are too polite. It is my blessing that the dishes I cook are recognized by you. There is no need to thank me."

They were polite to each other for a while, and He Daqing also drank a glass of wine with them before returning to the kitchen.

The group finished their meal at around eight o'clock.

As the sky outside grew darker, He Daqing finally waited until the time to leave.

Since Li Huaide was busy greeting guests outside, He Daqing went over, simply said hello and left.

As for the remuneration, He Daqing was not worried at all. Li Huaide had always been generous, and he was very generous to those who were useful to him.

When I got home, Chen Xueru and her family had already eaten dinner and were at home looking after the children and listening to the radio.

Seeing He Daqing coming back, Chen Xueru stood up and brushed the dust off his body.

"Why did you come back so late today? It's not safe outside now. Try to come back earlier next time."

Due to the massive influx of refugees during this period, public security in the city became increasingly worse, and robberies occurred at many places at night.

Nowadays, residents of Beijing basically stay at home after dinner and stay at home.

Even their courtyard house closed its gates early during this period.

The next day, not long after He Daqing arrived at the office, Li Huaide called him.

When He Daqing arrived at Li Huaide's office, Li Huaide smiled and said, "Master He, I'm sorry. I was really busy yesterday and didn't have time to see you off when you left. My father-in-law criticized me for this."

"I know you guys are busy, Director Li. I saw it was getting late, so I left on my own. Besides, given our relationship, there's no need to be so polite."

He Daqing also responded with a smile.

Li Huaide nodded with satisfaction and continued, "This time you really gave my father-in-law face. He specifically told me to thank you very much."

After that, he took out two packs of Double Happiness cigarettes and a bottle of Langjiu from the drawer and said, "These are the goodies my father-in-law's friend brought yesterday. He asked me to bring them to you to express his apology and gratitude for yesterday."

As he said this, he pushed the thing to He Daqing.

He Daqing declined a few times and then took it.

These things are good things that cannot be bought with money, so he still likes them quite a lot.

After He Daqing accepted the cigarettes and alcohol, Li Huaide took out a red envelope from his pocket and handed it to him.

"Master He, I understand your rules. Don't refuse this money."

Since Li Huaide said so, He Daqing accepted the red envelope without hesitation after expressing his gratitude.

The amount of money doesn’t matter, but this attitude makes He Daqing quite satisfied.

The two then chatted in the office for a while before He Daqing said goodbye and left.

The following days were relatively peaceful.

During this period, as the weather gradually gets colder, the purchasing department rarely receives vegetables and other things from outside.

Fortunately, He Daqing brought up this matter early on, and now the warehouse where he is is filled with all kinds of kimchi and pickles.

These are the results of the kitchen staff working overtime during this period.

As time went by, when vegetables and the like were in short supply, He Daqing asked people to take out the kimchi and pickles in stock for consumption.

This made the factory leaders and employees very satisfied with He Daqing's work. You know, many factories around now only supply coarse grain steamed bread, and vegetables are not available every day.

The steel mill not only provides meals every day, but also mixes in seafood every few days. This makes the happiness index of the employees in the steel mill many times higher than that of other factories.

Nowadays, people who want to work in the steel rolling mill are unable to get in no matter how hard they try.

The leaders of the steel rolling mill have also received many commendations from above.

Now when Director Yang and his colleagues see He Daqing, they will greet him warmly as "Master He".

That day, He Daqing was leisurely drinking tea in the office when the phone suddenly rang.

He Daqing picked up the phone and found out it was Director Yang calling.

"Master He, please come to my office. Someone just called me and said he was looking for you. Please come quickly. He will call me again soon."

He Daqing put down the phone, still wondering who would call Director Yang to look for him?

But despite his thoughts, he quickly came to Director Yang's office.

When Director Yang saw He Daqing, he asked quietly, "Master He, do you have any connections at the top?"

This question made He Daqing a little stunned. The most senior official he knew seemed to be Li Huaide's father-in-law. But he couldn't call Director Yang to find him.

Thinking of this, He Daqing shook his head and said, "Director Yang, I don't have those connections. I'm just a cook, how could I possibly know anyone there?"

Director Yang thought about it, but couldn't see anything wrong with He Daqing.

If He Daqing really had connections there, he wouldn't have stayed in such a small place as the steel mill canteen.

Besides, he was quite clear about the important people in the factory. If there were really such powerful connections, his old boss would have warned him long ago.

However, the phone call just now made it very clear that it came from the big house, which made Director Yang secretly wonder whether He Daqing's background was really that simple.

The two hadn't been chatting in the office for long when the phone rang again.

Director Yang picked up the phone and when he heard it was the same person, he immediately called He Daqing over.

He Daqing took the phone with a confused look on his face, and heard a strange voice coming from inside.

"Is it Master He Daqing?"

"I'm He Daqing, who are you?"

"Haha, I finally found you. If I hadn't asked your senior brother Hu Sihai, I would have forgotten that you were hiding in a factory cafeteria."

"I'm Master Luo from the Jingcheng Hotel. I was your judge during your last assessment. Do you remember?"

When He Daqing heard this, he was suddenly shocked.

Who among the chefs in Beijing doesn't know the name of Master Luo? His specialty, "Boiling Cabbage", is well-known throughout the country.

I just don't know what he does?