Siheyuan: A Cook in the 60s

December 1962, 12.

Shazhu picked a good day.

Cao Wei rubbed his hands. It had snowed heavily two days ago. Today, the temperature was gradually dropping.

There were three apprentices beside him, busy preparing the dishes.

Zhao Boxue doesn't need to say much. Since that day, he followed Master Zhang and got a lot of orders. There are not many high-end banquets in this city. The leaders of this generation have all been hardworking and seldom spend ten yuan to hire a chef. It's not a question of whether they are willing to spend money or not, but they themselves don't like luxury.

The leaders set an example for the others, and the mental outlook of the entire team is almost the same.

As for low-end banquets, according to Zhao Boxue, as long as you are willing to do it, there will be endless banquets.

When he was off, which was the weekend, he would usually take two shows, one at noon and one at night. Did he make money? For Cao Wei and him, it was dispensable. But for Yu Zhuangzhuang, it saved his life. Normally, the price was 50 cents to 1 yuan, and he was also asked to take some food home. Two shows a day, on average, he could make 1.5 yuan, which was 6 yuan a month.

It's already a pretty good number.

Yu Zhuangzhuang has been learning from Zhao Boxue since the beginning, and now he has gradually started to take jobs on his own.

Just like what Cao Wei said, for a pot of stew, you just need to know the order in which to put the ingredients and control the amount. It is better to have more rather than less, and you won't ruin your reputation.

If you can't even do this, then change your career as soon as possible and don't do this job.

People have different talents.

Cao Wei found it hard to understand how someone could burn down the kitchen while cooking. He even cooked a bunch of black vegetables. He felt that anyone with eyes and hands would not do this.

Yu Zhuangzhuang's body gradually caught up with the progress. He started to get stronger and now he can cook big pot meals.

As for the third apprentice.

That was the one that Master Zhang stuffed in. His surname was also Zhang, and his name was Zhang Shuisheng. It was said that he was his nephew.

He is also very hardworking and down-to-earth, but his talent is a little lacking compared to others.

Cao Wei felt that he was lucky. The two apprentices before him were both talented. As for Zhang Shuisheng, he didn't care much. If he could learn, he would learn. If not, he could change his career. In life, people will always encounter setbacks.

Cao Wei watched his disciples preparing the food, frowning from time to time, his venom never stopping: "Zhao Boxue! How many times have I told you! Can you fix the bad posture of your standing? Also, why are you cutting it like this? Are you going to feed it to the pigs?! Ah!"

"He said he didn't say you, didn't he? Yu Zhuangzhuang? Are you showing off? Are you cooking? Now you're so cool when you chop vegetables. Wow, you can slice the meat in one go. That's amazing."

Yu Zhuangzhuang had never experienced such a weird blow, and his face turned red: "No... No, Master."

"Don't call me Master, I'm not your Master. What's going on? You are planning to start your own business. Great, great. Yu Zhuangzhuang, you are a genius who can cut meat with one cut and create a new era in the culinary world." Cao Wei said while clapping his hands.

Sha Zhu, who had just come in, was a little dazed. He seemed to have seen a replica of the eldest senior brother. No, someone even more powerful than the eldest senior brother.

Yu Zhuangzhuang is about to cry!

"Zhuangzhuang! Cut! Cut!" Zhao Boxue reminded from the side.

Yu Zhuangzhuang suddenly realized.

In fact, most of the time, a chef's knife doesn't slice meat with one cut. It needs to be cut back and forth. On the one hand, the knife is not that sharp, and on the other hand, it is easier to control the force when cutting. A chef who cuts meat straight without cutting back and forth is not a chef, but an ordinary person.

"Great, great! Zhao Boxue, you can teach others now. Look at you and your standing posture. What? Are you going to create a precedent for the times?"

Shazhu:......

Zhao Boxue: …

Yu Zhuangzhuang: ...

Zhang Shuisheng: …

Zhao Boxue pretended not to hear and changed his posture. He understood. This master really taught, but his mouth was really poisonous. Zhao Boxue tried to reason with him, but then he was treated with even more sarcasm. Finally, he suddenly realized that he should ignore him and let him do what he wanted. Of course, he also had to change his work. In this case, he just had to let him do what he wanted.

"Hey, hey, hey, Lao Cao, Lao Cao, come here." Sha Zhu pulled Cao Wei away. If Cao Wei continued to spray, the young man would probably cry.

"What's going on?"

"Hehe." Sha Zhu took out a pack of cigarettes and handed it to Cao Wei.

"Wow, peony? What a good thing."

"Master Li gave it to me. Oh, and here's this." Sha Zhu took out another red envelope and gave it to Cao Wei: "You have to show your true ability and don't fool me."

"Don't worry, I can't make dishes like boiled cabbage, but for the others, I guarantee you'll enjoy them."

"Okay, then I'll wait for your food." Sha Zhu said happily.

Qin Jingru popped up from nowhere and said, "You know, this silly Zhu has really changed a lot."

"That's not true." Cao Wei opened the cigarette box, took out a cigarette and took a puff. "I have a wife to take care of me, so I won't offend anyone. I'll just point to Xu Damao to bully him."

At this point, Qin Jingru couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Pfft, you say, there really won't be anything going on between the two of them, right?"

Cao Wei looked at Qin Jingru strangely and pinched her cheeks. Qin Jingru had gradually become fuller now, and her face also had a little baby fat. It felt good to touch, so he kneaded it and said, "Don't learn bad things from Lou Xiaoe."

"No way." Qin Jingru denied foolishly, then took out two wooden signs from somewhere and handed them to Cao Wei.

"what is this?"

"It's a brand." Qin Jingru said confidently.

"what brand?"

"Look, turn it over."

"Oh." Cao Wei followed his instructions and turned it over. Then, he was speechless. There were two wooden signs, one with the word "Lou" carved crookedly, and the other with the word "Qin" carved on it.

Under the word "Lou", there was a piece of paper with the word "Talent" written on it.

And under the word "Qin", there was also a piece of paper with "Ronghua" written on it.

"Well, well, I'm awesome, right? Now you can turn over the cards." Qin Jingru looked at Cao Wei with twinkling eyes, and then said something bad about Lou Xiao'e: "Look, Lou Cairen rubbed my face today, so I demoted her to "Talented Person". Let's not turn over her cards, let's turn over Qin Ronghua's cards, what do you think?"

"I think your butt might be itchy." Qin Huairu's voice came from behind Qin Jingru, sinister...