Siheyuan: Starting to work in the street office

Even He Yuzhu never considered them his apprentices. The two were assigned to the kitchen of the steel rolling mill and worked under He Yuzhu. In his heart, He Yuzhu just regarded them as people who did odd jobs, so naturally he would not take the initiative to teach them anything.

As for later, after they had been together for a long time, He Yuzhu never thought about teaching them anything.

How can you learn a skill from a master at this time? That's your father. He gives you this opportunity. It's good enough to watch him cook. Do you think he should feed you the food himself?

This is how He Yuzhu learned Sichuan cuisine.

It's just that after He Yuzhu returned home, He Daqing taught him step by step, and He Yuzhu was indeed very talented in this area, so he became the chef He of today.

However, Ma Hua and Fatty were not so lucky. After following He Yuzhu for so many years, they had few opportunities to be the real chef, let alone learn the cooking skills. In addition, it was a planned economy in these years, so if they wanted to go home to practice, there was nothing for them to practice.

So his cooking skills have always been mediocre. If you say he is a good cook, he is still a long way from being a master chef and he has not learned any real skills at all.

You may say his craftsmanship is not that good, but it is definitely better than that of ordinary people.

After all, watching He Yuzhu cook from a close distance and seeing every step countless times, even a pig would learn something.

So for all these years, he has been neither up nor down. After He Yuzhu and Ma Hua left, Fatty naturally did not become a formal chef in the steel rolling mill, but was still a handyman, even worse than when He Yuzhu was there.

After the new chef came, the work was naturally done by his own people. The fat man, the staff left over from the former chef, was responsible for all the dirty and tiring work.

Apprentices’ wages were not much, so when Yan Bugui came, the two of them hit it off immediately.

Immediately, the fat man packed up and went out with Yan Bugui to visit Canyangzhai Restaurant.

Look at the name, Canyangzhai, I don’t even understand it myself, but it sounds like a high-class name.

But when the fat man stood in front of Canyangzhai, he was a little dumbfounded.

It’s not that the house is bad. No matter how bad it is, it’s still a street-facing house and the place is not too small. It’s more than enough for a restaurant. But you gave it such a high-sounding name, so high that even ordinary people like us can’t understand it. But in reality, it’s just a restaurant that can’t be any smaller?

These are all acceptable. After all, this restaurant has just been cleaned up and looks clean and tidy.

But the most important thing is that your place is really unlucky. The fat man stood at the door for three or four minutes, but didn't see anyone passing by.

If there is no one, who are you going to sell it to?

"Well, Mr. Yan, everything else is fine, but your place is too quiet..."

Yan Bugui was very smart. He immediately understood the fat man's hidden meaning. Yan Bugui adjusted the legs of his glasses and squinted his eyes.

"Hehe, you don't understand this. This is the quiet and elegant atmosphere, away from the hustle and bustle of the city. As the saying goes, good wine needs no bush. Some people like this feeling. Besides, there are not many restaurants here. Even if there are few people here, as long as the reputation of the restaurant spreads, people will come here anyway."

The fat man listened to Yan Bugui's nonsense and actually felt that it made a lot of sense. This cultured person is different.

So there was no more hesitation and they decided on the spot.

Although the restaurant was a little small and located in a remote location, he could move from an assistant to a chef and his salary would more than double, so he had no reason not to agree.

And to be honest, although the fat man's cooking skills are average, they are more than enough for their small restaurant.

If he really learned He Yuzhu's skills, it would be difficult for a small restaurant like this to hire him with 50 yuan. So, eldest brother, let alone second brother, Fatty, and Yan Bugui's vegetarian restaurant, he is really a perfect match.

Yan Bugui has made all preparations for the opening, while Zhongshan's business is still booming.

He gets up early and goes to bed late every day. The restaurant is located in Nanluoguxiang, right next to his home. Whether it is the street office or the public security bureau, Zhongshan is considered half of his own, so there is no one so blind as to cause trouble or extort money from him.

Yan Bugui was busy looking for He Yuzhu but he forgot about it afterwards. That afternoon, after seeing off the guests and letting the people in Jufulou have a break, He Yuzhu remembered it.

"Zhongshan, I almost forgot. A few days ago, when we went home at night and just separated, guess who came to see me?"

Zhong Shan was also stunned when he heard He Yuzhu's words. Who was it? Could it be Qin Huairu? Is the correction power of the world so strong? Is He Yuzhu unable to escape this trap?

But that's not right. He Yuzhu is Qin Huairu's brother-in-law now, and Qin Huairu occasionally comes to the restaurant to help out. She seems to be a nice person now, and she lives a good life. She is not to the point where she can't afford to eat. No one wants to do such a wicked thing.

Besides, if it was really Qin Huairu, He Yuzhu wouldn't be stupid enough to say it in front of so many people.

He Yuzhu didn't care when he saw Zhongshan was daydreaming and just continued talking to himself.

"Yan Bugui, Yan Laoxier, guess why he came to see me?"

Zhong Shan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that it was Yan Bugui.

"Yan Bugui? Why would he ask you for help? Who would want a chef for a banquet?"

He Yuzhu chuckled.

"My friend, I am now a chef in a big restaurant. I have not taken any jobs for a long time. But you are half right. He really came here to look for a chef. You may not know that this old guy also wants to open a restaurant and wants to poach me."

Zhong Shan was a little surprised when he heard this, but he soon figured it out.

Everyone in the courtyard knew that he opened a restaurant. It was no surprise that the Yan family, who were so calculating, would have some ideas about it.

In the original drama, Yan Jiecheng and Yu Lilu opened a restaurant and invited He Yuzhu, and the restaurant was not small.

Although it is a few years earlier now and the person has become Yan Jiecheng's father, Old Yan, but I have been stepping on the landmines in the past. It is normal for Old Yan's family to have some ideas when they see that I am running a restaurant without any problems.

Thinking of this, Zhongshan didn't care too much.

"Oh? How much money did the Third Master give you to recruit you? Where is the restaurant?"

When He Yuzhu heard Zhong Shan ask this, he curled his lips and showed a mocking expression.

"As for our Third Uncle, how much can he give me? He didn't even dare to tell me the number, for fear that he would give too much. He kept asking me how much I would give him. It seems that he plans to increase it a little bit, just higher than you."

When Zhongshan heard this, he thought this was indeed Yan Bugui's style.

Although he is able to calculate, Yan Bugui's calculations are written all over his face and people can see it at a glance. Yet he is still complacent and thinks that others cannot see it.

It is this attitude of treating others as fools that is even more annoying.