Siheyuan: If you ruin the reputation of the whole courtyard, I will move out

Seeing that Zhang Yu was so young, Su Li thought that he was related to Secretary Liu, so he valued him very much, gave him face, and specially allowed him to go to the small cafeteria.

Although the Red Star Timber Factory is not large in scale, it has more than one hundred employees and two canteens: the large canteen cooks bulk dishes for front-line workers; the small canteen uses low heat to prepare exquisite dishes, which are specially provided for factory leaders.

However, the canteen was run quietly and not ostentatiously. Secretary Liu took Zhang Yu to such a "hidden place". His original intention was to give Zhang Yu a chance to perform, and on the other hand, to make him give up.

But what Liu didn't expect was that Zhang Yu's ability was far beyond his imagination. With just one dish of fish-flavored pork shreds, he easily made Su Li and Liu admit defeat.

Su Li spoke first and praised: "I have never eaten such delicious food! Canteen director Su Li exclaimed."

Then, looking at Officer Liu, he said, "Officer Liu, a talent like Zhou Bingkun should be in the small canteen, where he can better demonstrate his abilities."

After tasting the food, Secretary Liu couldn't help but nod his approval, because he usually had the opportunity to eat in the canteen. It was really a pleasure for him to taste the food made by Zhang Yu.

Standing happily beside him, Zhang Yu was very grateful to He Yuzhu from the Siheyuan world. After experiencing many worlds, he deeply realized the importance of having a skill.

In the world of All Is Well, it was Zhang Yu's superb cooking skills that allowed him to take root in the world. Coming to The World, he is even more convinced that his cooking skills can help him find a job.

"Director Su, is the canteen still short of staff?" Secretary Liu asked cautiously.

"It's needed, absolutely." Lidya Su answered without hesitation, trying to secure a job for Zhou Yu. "With Xiao Zhou's talent, even if there is no vacancy at the moment, I will try to create one."

Secretary Liu thought for a moment and said, "The personnel changes in the factory need to be approved by the factory director. Brother Zhou was originally assigned to the raw material workshop. If he is transferred to the small canteen, the process may be more complicated."

"What's the difficulty? Let Brother Zhou show off his cooking for the factory director at lunch. The director will definitely agree after tasting it." Su Li proposed a solution and emphasized that the small canteen currently needs talents like Zhou Yu.

After hearing this, Director Liu weighed the options for a few seconds and decided to let Zhang Yu cook a table of dishes during lunch break for the factory director to personally inspect. For Zhang Yu, this was of course a blessing in disguise.

The kitchen was well stocked with ingredients and condiments, more than enough for a banquet. There were two chefs and three handymen, and Su Li introduced them to Zhang Yu one by one. When the newcomers first joined, the two chefs were a little resistant, but the three handymen were much friendlier.

During lunch, Zhang Yu was in charge of the factory director's meals, but the two chefs refused to cooperate. This was related to their positions - once Zhang Yu entered the small kitchen, it meant that someone would lose their original job security.

The three handymen didn't care. After all, their job was to help, so they just let the chef give them orders.

In order to get a job in the canteen, Zhang Yu did his best to make some slightly off-color Sichuan dishes for lunch. It was not because his skills were not good enough, but because the ingredients did not meet the standard.

Not long after the dishes were served, Officer Liu came to him with a happy face and said, "Xiao Zhou, the factory director has approved your transfer to the small canteen. You can officially start work tomorrow and be responsible for the factory director's meals and hospitality."

Zhang Yu was overjoyed at the news, and he quietly gave a red envelope to thank Secretary Liu. Seeing his tactful approach, Secretary Liu smiled even brighter. The two dissatisfied cooks looked gloomy.

Reception work had always been the exclusive domain of the chefs. Zhang Yu's arrival took away these tasks. No wonder they were unhappy. However, Zhang Yu did not take the two chefs' mood changes to heart. If they were just dissatisfied, he could accept it. If they dared to make small moves, he had plenty of tricks to deal with them.

After deciding who the job was, Zhang Yu heaved a sigh of relief and walked home with ease. At the same time, Xiao Guoqing and Sun Ganchao, who had been waiting for him for a day without success, were puzzled and surprised.

The next day, they learned that Zhang Yu had been transferred to work in the canteen. Xiao Guoqing and Sun Ganchao were happy for their friend's job transfer, but they were also puzzled as to when their friend would learn to cook. However, the important thing was that with a stable job, Zhang Yu had officially entered the world of fireworks.

Li Suhua was also very excited when she learned about her son's new job, because at least her son would no longer go hungry and could learn a good cooking skill. Zhang Yu did not reveal his identity as a chef to his mother because it was difficult to explain how he got his cooking skills.

Soon after joining the company, Zhang Yu adapted to the work in the small canteen. In fact, the work content was not heavy, mainly to meet the dining needs of factory leaders and some temporary tasks. The small canteen, which originally had multiple positions, was already full, and now with Zhang Yu, it seemed a bit redundant. So the factory director adjusted the chef position in the second week and sent a chef with poor skills to the big canteen to cook big pot meals. This was also because he was not good at cooking and it was difficult to keep him in the position.

There was actually a factor behind this that was secretly pushed by Zhang Yu. Some chefs once tried to tamper with the ingredients prepared by Zhang Yu, but Zhang Yu saw through it and fought back. Since then, other people in the canteen dared not look down on Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu felt that since he had come to the human world and became the protagonist Zhou Bingkun, he should visit the heroine Zheng Juan, after all, she was the official partner. He didn't expect that as soon as this thought came up, the task system responded immediately:

[The beautiful and kind Zheng Juan should not have suffered so much. I hope the master can give her a fulfilling life. After completion, you will be rewarded with 2 free attribute points.]

Now, avoiding Zheng Juan is no longer an option, Zhang Yu can only let things take their course.

The Red Star Timber Factory operates six shifts a week and rests every Sunday night. In just half a month, Zhang Yu has become a popular figure in the small canteen. From the factory director to the team leader, everyone likes his cooking skills. Ordinary workers are not lucky enough to taste it. The news about this new chef has spread among the employees of the timber factory, and the aroma of his food fills the factory.

At first, Sun Ganchao and Xiao Guoqing were curious about what the new chef looked like, but Zhang Yu made up a story that he only worked as a handyman and had never been in the kitchen. It was not that he was unwilling to tell the two childhood friends the truth, but that the three of them who had spent their childhood together understood cooking too thoroughly for him to explain.

There is another big advantage to staying in this position: Zhang Yu can enjoy the canteen treatment, including meat dishes. Most of the entertainment expenses go into the small canteen to buy ingredients and seasonings. Although it is nominally used to entertain VIPs, in fact, most of it is consumed by the leaders. This phenomenon is quite common in government agencies, and even if the top leaders verbally prohibit it, it cannot be completely avoided.

In order to suppress the complaints of the canteen employees, the factory director provided them with a considerable salary. Zhang Yu earned 38 yuan a month for his superb craftsmanship, and more than that, plus generous subsidies including meat and vegetables. It seems not high, but in fact, the monthly salary of an ordinary material worker after being converted to a regular employee is only 18 yuan, and Zhang Yu was approved to be converted to a regular employee and received such a salary in just half a month, which was already a preferential treatment at the time.

Although Zhang Dazui, another veteran chef, is not as skilled as Zhang Yu, he can earn more than 50 yuan a month due to his long service. The other three assistants also have high salaries and receive a certain amount of meat every month, which is not uncommon in this era. In the era of meat purchase restrictions, only the lucky ones can eat meat regularly, and some poor families have no chance to taste meat all year round.

Zhang Yu and Zhang Dazui are treated even more specially, they can enjoy two kilograms of pork every half month. Last week, Zhang Yu brought home a piece of pork, which caused a commotion. Neighbors pointed and talked, which made people panic. He had to hide the meat in his personal space. When Li Suhua returned home and saw the meat, she was quite surprised and questioned whether he had stolen public property. After some explanation, she reluctantly believed that it was distributed by the factory.

In the Zhou family, family education is very strict, which is due to the strong and fair character of the father, Mr. Zhou.

Zhou Zhigang, an eighth-level stonemason, never used a penny from the state even when he lived in poverty. He taught his three children from an early age to behave uprightly in the world, to be worthy of heaven above and to be worthy of the land below.

The scenes shown in the TV series show that the three children really practiced his teachings, especially the eldest son Zhou Bingyi, who was in charge of a project worth hundreds of billions of yuan, but never took a penny for personal gain.

Zhang Yu is a carnivore who is willing to risk everything to explore the world in order to satisfy his appetite.

However, it was not easy for Zhang Yu to find meat in Zhou's house. Last time, the pork Zhang Yu brought back was tightly covered by Li Suhua. She was reluctant to eat it and insisted on refrigerating it for his vacation, asking Zhang Yu to take some to Zhou Rong in Wujia Village.

Zhang Yu had worked so hard to get the food, so he naturally didn't want to give it away to that ungrateful Zhou Rong. However, Li Suhua insisted on her own opinion and would not change it no matter how she was persuaded.

Sometimes Zhang Yu would wonder if he could go back to his old ways and use the space to speculate on items. But after weighing the pros and cons, he gave up the idea. Now he has more responsibilities on his shoulders, not only his own food and clothing, but also his family. If something happens, it will affect them.

After living together for two weeks, Zhang Yu really regarded Li Suhua as his biological mother. She was extremely kind and always prioritized the needs of her children. Even if she was hungry, she would try her best to feed her children. Zhang Yu had not felt such selfless maternal love for a long time.

Zhao Meilan, the mother in the world of "All Is Well", is not among them, and even Yan's mother in the world of "Little Shede" can hardly make the same sacrifice as Li Suhua. Therefore, Zhang Yu decided to treat this old mother well in the future and take care of her until the end of her life.

On the second weekend after work, Zhang Yu finally made up his mind to meet Zheng Juan.

"Mom, I'm not going to work today. I plan to go out for a while." Early in the morning, Zhang Yu was about to go out, but Li Suhua stopped him.

"Bingkun, wait a moment. I have stewed a small bowl of meat. You should bring it to your sister." As he said that, Li Suhua brought out a bento box full of hot meat.

"Braised pork?" Zhang Yu asked in surprise, "Mom, you finally cooked some meat and sent it to my sister!"

However, Li Suhua just glared at Zhang Yu and said, "Go to Wujia Village right now and give this meat box to your sister. She probably hasn't eaten meat for a long time."

"I don't want to go." Zhang Yu reached into the lunch box, trying to get a piece of meat.

With one slap, it was immediately knocked back into his hand.

"Your portion is still here, you can eat it when you get home," said Li Suhua.

"Mom, you only have my sister in your heart, not me." Zhang Yu complained with a sad face.

In anger, Li Suhua asked back: "You hang around me every day, can you understand that your sister doesn't even have a home?"

During the conversation, Li Suhua carefully packed the lunch box to keep it warm and handed it to Zhang Yu cautiously. "Make sure you deliver it to your sister personally, otherwise I will... "

Zhang Yu took it helplessly and said, "Mom, you know, this is the meat I worked so hard to get, and I haven't even tasted a bite yet."

Li Suhua smiled and said, "The meat is in the pot. Please take a small piece to satisfy your craving."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yu's eyes lit up, and he immediately rushed to the kitchen, picked up a piece of meat from the pot and put it in his mouth, saying with satisfaction, "It tastes great, Mom! I want to have another bite..." Before he finished speaking, he was slapped again.

"Come back home!" said Li Suhua.

Faced with the delicious food, Zhang Yu could only look at the food in the pot with regret and swallowed his saliva.

"Don't eat secretly on the way. I will record the amount of meat. I will ask your sister later."

After sighing, "Mom, you are such a jerk!", Zhang Yu set off on his bicycle.

The distance from Photon Technology Village to Wujia Village is nearly 50 kilometers, and it takes three hours one way. After six hours of hard riding, Zhang Yu saved about an hour because of his good physique and fast cycling speed. When he arrived, it was almost noon.

After asking Zhou Rong, the villagers learned that she was busy with agriculture, which made Zhang Yu feel a little relieved.

After entering Wujia Village, Zhou Rong showed good performance, obeyed arrangements, and actively completed every farm work.

In addition, she was naturally beautiful and well-educated, and soon became the most popular girl in Wujia Village, and was widely loved by young men. Fortunately, before Zhou Zhigang left, he had greeted the village chief and given him some gifts, which allowed Zhou Rong to avoid unnecessary disputes.

When Zhou Rong returned to her residence, Zhang Yu was waiting there. Soon after, Zhou Rong came back. "Why are you here?" Facing Zhang Yu's arrival, Zhou Rong's face was not very good, and she still blamed him for the Guizhou incident.

"Mom is worried about you, so she asked me to bring you some meat to nourish your body." Zhang Yu opened the lunch box, and the braised pork had already cooled down a little.

"Meat?" Zhou Rong was a little surprised. Recalling the past, in Zhou Zhigang's home, the family only ate meat once a month, and every time the three brothers and sisters would fight over it.

"I'm working in the canteen of the lumber mill now." Zhang Yu explained his new position.

"You are so lucky." Zhou Rong originally thought that Zhang Yu was assigned to the cafeteria, and had no idea that he obtained it through his own strength.

In fact, everyone in Zhang Yu's family loves to eat meat, including Zhou Rong herself, who couldn't wait to swallow it when she took the lunch box. "Eat slowly, don't choke, I will have meat every month from now on." Looking at her wolfing down the food, Zhang Yu understood how hard she had been working these days.

"Do you think I will forget everything just because you gave me meat?" Zhou Rong talked back to Zhang Yu while chewing, but her attitude did not change.

"How did you treat me? Is it hard to remember where you came from?" Zhang Yu responded with a glare. "If you hadn't stopped me, I would have been with Huacheng a long time ago." Zhou Rong still didn't repent.

Zhang Yu was speechless and asked, "I just want to ask you one thing. If I fall in love with a woman who is nearly 40 years old, would you want me to marry her?"

"Of course not, then you can be an aunt." Zhou Rong said confidently.

Zhang Yu continued, "So you can accept the possibility that my sister might get old and marry an old man. How is this different from what you expected?"

Hearing this, Zhou Rong's throat almost got stuck. After he patted her back and she felt relieved, she uttered, "You have a wrong understanding of Huacheng."

Zhang Yu felt that he couldn't continue talking to her, so he packed up and prepared to go back. "I don't want to discuss this with you anymore, you should reflect on it in Wujia Village!" He left Wujia Village, not wanting to bother her with her love-brained problems anymore, and quickly returned to the city.

It was already two o'clock in the afternoon when I entered the city, and I was very hungry. I wanted to find a restaurant to cook braised pork to fill my stomach, but suddenly I remembered Zheng Juan, so I turned my bicycle around and headed straight to Jichun Cinema to find her.

He remembered that she helped sell gourds at a nearby theater. He soon found Zheng Juan because her mother and son were so unique and conspicuous: a young girl, an elderly woman and a blind child.

The moment he saw her, Zhang Yu felt as if his brain was struck by lightning, and his whole body felt strange.

Zhang Yu did not believe in love at first sight, and always suspected that this feeling was simply caused by seeing a beautiful woman. However, Zheng Juan at this time changed his mind. At this moment, Zhang Yu suddenly realized that in this world, there is indeed such a wonderful fate that people fall in love at first sight.

He had been with countless women before, whether they were his wife or just casual friends, and after becoming rich, he would occasionally do something casual. But he was sure that other than He Yushui from the Siheyuan world, no other woman could occupy a place in his heart.

In the world of "All is Well", his union with Wu Fei was more out of responsibility than emotion; in the story of "A Little Dilemma", he and Tian Yulan did not have deep feelings for each other, and his relationship with Zhang Xueer did not last long, otherwise he would not have died early. Only He Yushui, the companionship and support in the Siheyuan world made them still affectionate in their old age.

But today, Zheng Juan gave him an idea: he wanted to grow old with her. This sudden thought made him both surprised and sad. If he counted carefully, he had already traveled through several worlds, and in more than a hundred years, he was still yearning for love again.