Reborn in 1977

With a solution in hand, Xiao Liewen and the others relaxed and stood aside to watch Chen Fan teach his apprentices.

Chen Fan activated all his teaching skills at this moment, focusing solely on Huang Li and the other two, and the effect was astonishing.

Although Yang Mei mainly studied winemaking and Liu Lu mainly studied sewing, Chen Fan never avoided the other two when teaching them.

So, in reality, besides their own specialties, they also knew some of the skills of the other two, which made it easier to help each other.

Under the umbrella of teaching skills, skinning, deboning, dividing the meat, cleaning the internal organs… it didn't take much effort before a whole pig was neatly dismantled, leaving only a hairy pigskin.

Wild boar skin is also a good thing, which can be used as leather after tanning. Moreover, this thing is also a medicinal material. After processing, it can detoxify and promote muscle growth, support sores, and treat rat fistula, malignant sores, and scabies.

Chen Fan instructed the decomposition while explaining the meat quality characteristics of the various parts of the pork, not even letting go of the wild boar skin.

After teaching, Huang Li and the other two felt that they had remembered everything firmly. They wouldn't think they were geniuses, but would only marvel at how great Chen Fan's teaching skills were, completely different from listening to other people's lectures.

Pouring the wild boar blood into the pit under the slope and covering it with soil, Huang Li and Yang Mei carried the decomposed pork back to the kitchen, and Liu Lu followed behind carrying the rolled-up wild boar skin.

Chen Fan held a smoking pipe in one hand and put the other behind his back, swaggering upwards.

Zhang Wenliang looked at his appearance, couldn't help but smack his lips, and turned to look at Xiao Liewen, "Uncle Xiao, why does it feel like he's the most like an old man?"

Secretary Yang and the others could have held back, but when they heard this, they couldn't help but grin and laugh.

Chen Fan heard it in his ears in front, but he didn't care.

My biggest ideal in this life is to be able to retire early and live the life of a 60-year-old in my 20s. That's called comfort!

For today's dinner, Chen Fan asked Huang Li to be the head chef, and he checked and guided her from the side.

When Captain Yang and the others returned from work at 5 pm, they prepared to have dinner.

Chen Fan stood on the slope edge of the threshing floor to greet them, looked at Captain Yang, Huang the storekeeper, and Accountant Liu, and couldn't help but smile, "I said, Captain, why are you learning from Huang the storekeeper, wearing patched clothes?"

Huang the storekeeper rolled his eyes, "You've gained knowledge after going to university. You scold two people in one sentence. What's wrong with patched clothes?"

Captain Yang rolled up his sleeves, "I still have some work to do tonight, so I'm too lazy to change."

When they approached, Chen Fan immediately handed over a cigarette and smiled, "It's not that I look down on patched clothes. But now you all live in two-story brick and tile villas, it doesn't match to wear these clothes."

Accountant Liu took the cigarette and chuckled, "Don't mention it, my new house is painted with white ash, and the floor is made of cement. If I sit in the house wearing this, it's really not good-looking."

Huang the storekeeper leaned over to the lighter that Chen Fan handed over to light it. The unpleasant expression just now had long been thrown to the sky, and he grinned and laughed, "In the past, this kind of patched clothes was called…"

He suddenly paused, turned to look at Captain Yang, "What was it called?"

Captain Yang was waving to the leaders of the brigade and said casually when he heard him, "Everyday clothes."

"Yes, everyday clothes."

Huang the storekeeper nodded and walked forward with them, while saying to Chen Fan, "Everyday clothes are worn every day, whether you're working or resting. Now, the conditions are too good, but the hard-working style cannot be lost. The patched clothes of the past have become the work clothes of today."

He shook it as he spoke, "It doesn't hurt to wear this to the ground."

Chen Fan nodded in agreement, "Yes, that's your style."

As soon as these words came out, everyone burst into laughter.

Huang the storekeeper pretended to be annoyed, "It's not just me like this, it's everyone like this, okay."

As soon as the three of them arrived, everyone was there. Chen Fan gave Huang Li a gesture, signaling her to serve the dishes.

The dining table was set up on the threshing floor. Yang Mei and Liu Lu carried out a round table, and Huang Li came over with a tray to set the bowls and chopsticks.

After some modesty, Chen Fan and Captain Yang sat side by side at the head.

He explained to everyone, "What I taught Huang Li is a proper banquet dish. The first step in a banquet dish is not serving the dishes, but setting the table."

Then he pointed to the tableware on the table, "Dish holders, small bowls, soup spoons, chopsticks, chopstick rests are the most basic. Regular ones also have water glasses, beverage glasses, white wine glasses, foreign wine glasses. Foreign wine is divided into red wine, brandy, champagne, ice wine, etc. Different wines use different glasses. An ordinary banquet has at least three or four glass wine glasses in front of you,…"

After he finished speaking, Secretary Yang couldn't help but shake his head, "That's not eating, you're full just looking at it, it's almost like suffering."

Zhang Wenliang also turned to look at Chen Fan, "Is it set up like this in the cafeteria too?"

Chen Fan smiled, "No, everyone gets a tray and takes whatever they want. Except for the rice bowl being a little bigger, all the vegetable bowls are small, so you can choose what you want."

Xiao Liewen tilted his head and looked at the tableware in front of him, "Then you don't have foreign wine glasses here either."

Chen Fan coughed dryly, looked up at Yang Mei who was serving the dishes, and laughed, "When Yang Mei learns to make foreign wine one day, I'll set up foreign wine glasses for you here."

Captain Yang drank two cups of tea and was leaning on the back of his chair smoking. When Chen Fan mentioned his daughter, he couldn't help but turn to look at her, then turned back to look at him, "Listening to you, this meal today is not ordinary?"

Chen Fan nodded, "Originally, there was no other meaning, just that I haven't been back for a long time, so I invited everyone to get together."

Then he pointed to Secretary Yang and smiled, "However, I just discussed with Secretary Yang and the others, and the brigade is preparing to reopen the cafeteria, specializing in entertaining guests from outside, and it's a paid service."

"If the cafeteria is opened, won't there be a need for cooks? Since it's for entertaining outside guests, the level can't be too low. So I recommended Huang Li to be the cook."

Huang the storekeeper was immediately refreshed, "So this is a graduation banquet?"

Huang Li was carrying a tray to serve the dishes. When she heard this, she couldn't help but shudder in fright, "Uncle, don't talk nonsense, I'm far from graduating."

Chen Fan smiled and waved his hand, signaling that it was okay, and then explained to Huang the storekeeper, "This is a pre-employment inspection banquet. Only when the leaders eat it and feel that it is qualified, can Huang Li become the cook. Otherwise, she will have to continue learning."

That being said, everyone knows that since Chen Fan dared to let Huang Li be the head chef, it means that he has confidence in her. Then, as long as the dishes Huang Li makes are not difficult to eat, or a little better than Liu Jujang, the cook's position is hers.

And as early as a few months ago, not long after Huang Li started learning cooking from Chen Fan, the dishes she made had already surpassed Liu Jujang. Now that a few months have passed, it is impossible to regress.

So, at this moment, the warehouse manager Huang couldn't stop smiling. He quickly raised his glass to thank Chen Fan, "I'll have to trouble you, Master, to teach her more. I'll drink to that first."

With that, he tilted his head back and emptied the one-tael glass.

Huang Li becoming a cook wasn't just about earning work points from the brigade headquarters, but more importantly, it meant the Huang family had a skill to pass down through generations.

Moreover, Chen Fan wasn't just going through the motions, teaching a few tricks casually. Judging by the looks of it, he was clearly going to impart real skills!

As the face of the Huang family, he naturally had to express his gratitude in a timely manner.

Chen Fan raised his glass and took a sip, then put it down and said, "Huang Li going to the cafeteria as a cook is most importantly about having more opportunities to practice. Later, I'll pass down a few more recipes to her. When she can turn the cafeteria into a restaurant, that's when she'll be considered a master."

Then, he looked at the three girls standing side by side, his gaze landing on Yang Mei's face, and said, "Yang Mei can open a distillery next to the cafeteria, both to supply the cafeteria and to sell local specialties to the customers."

He turned to look at Secretary Yang, "As for whether the distillery will be run by the brigade headquarters, with Yang Mei earning work points, or whether the shop will be rented to her, with her being responsible for her own profits and losses, it's up to the brigade headquarters to decide."

Hearing this, Yang Mei and Team Leader Yang looked at Secretary Yang expectantly.

Secretary Yang clicked his tongue, looking somewhat troubled.

He pondered for two seconds, then decided to pass the question to the others, "Old Zhang, Old Xiao, Old Ye, what do you say?"

Xiao Liewen was very straightforward, "My opinion is that the distillery should be run by the brigade headquarters."

With that, he picked up the glass in front of him, downed it in one gulp, then exhaled a long breath, his mouth splitting into a wide grin, "This wine isn't any worse than Yunhu Daqu, and I heard that the little girl can also brew yellow wine and fruit wine, using only cheap grains that aren't worth much. It's very possible that this distillery will become another cooked food workshop."

Secretary Yang and the others exchanged glances and couldn't help but nod slightly.

He turned to look at Team Leader Yang and laughed, "Old Yang, your daughter will first come to the brigade's distillery as a brewer. The opportunity to make big money can wait until later."

The latter half of the sentence was naturally a joke. Without the support and channels of the brigade headquarters, Yang Mei wouldn't be able to achieve the effect of a cooked food workshop, let alone make big money. At most, she would be like Old Tang from Team 7, a small individual business owner, earning some money from the villagers' wine.

But Team Leader Yang didn't care about making big money. Wasn't it better to earn work points in the brigade?

Last year, everyone in the brigade headquarters received over ten thousand yuan in dividends, averaging one thousand yuan a month, and this year it would be even higher. This was guaranteed income, so what was the need for a distillery?!

He immediately raised his glass with a beaming face, "Come, come, Teacher Chen, I'll toast you. I'll finish mine, you can drink as you please."

Chen Fan didn't dare to really drink as he pleased. After all, this was the person who had pulled him out of the water, so he had to give him enough face at the very least.

He also raised his glass and said with a smile, "Team Leader, I think you're just craving your daughter's wine and want to drink a few more glasses."

Then, he said to the others, "We can't let him get away with that. Everyone, let's all join in and divide it equally."

Everyone immediately picked up their glasses and cheered, toasting together.

After putting down their glasses, everyone quickly picked up their chopsticks to eat some dishes to temper the alcohol.

After eating a bite of food, everyone couldn't help but nod and praise it.

Secretary Yang gave Huang Li a thumbs up, "Huang family girl, your cooking skills are good. You're better than Chef Zhu on the street and deserve to be the head chef."

The others also offered their praise.

Huang Li smiled, her face glowing, happy with the leaders' praise.

The three of them were still standing aside. Without the master's permission, they didn't dare to leave.

Although Secretary Yang and the others were a little strange as to why Chen Fan didn't let them eat, they didn't say much.

The master was sitting there, so it wasn't their place as 'outsiders' to speak.

That's right, when discussing skills, in front of the master, even their own father was an outsider!

Chen Fan put down his glass, looked at them, and finally focused his gaze on Liu Lu's face.

Accountant Liu also looked at Chen Fan with anticipation.

Huang Li had gone to the cafeteria to be a cook, and Yang Mei had been arranged to brew wine at the brigade headquarters, both earning work points from the brigade headquarters.

His own niece was also one of the three apprentices, so there wouldn't be no arrangement, right?!

The next second, he heard Chen Fan say, "There are no suitable tailoring positions in the brigade headquarters right now, and Liu Lu's skills haven't reached the point of mastery, so we won't arrange a job for her for now."

As soon as these words came out, Liu Lu's bright eyes instantly dimmed.

She pursed her lips, trying not to show a wronged expression, and softly said, "Oh."

Accountant Liu clicked his tongue, feeling a little regretful in his heart. Why had he let her choose to learn tailoring in the first place?

Look at the others, the ones who learned cooking and brewing wine can already work independently, but this tailor hasn't mastered her skills yet, so isn't that delaying her from earning money?

Although she can also work in the team, how can those work points compare to earning fixed work points in the brigade headquarters!

What a pity…

Before he could sigh, he heard Chen Fan say, "Later, pack up and come with me to Shanghai for two months. I'll find you another master to learn from."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned.

Liu Lu blinked her eyes, staring blankly at Chen Fan.

Chen Fan looked at her and said with a smile, "What, are you unwilling?"

Liu Lu immediately came back to her senses and nodded repeatedly in excitement, "Willing, willing."

Now, Accountant Liu also reacted and quickly raised his glass, unable to stop smiling, "Teacher Chen, I won't say anything else, it's all in the wine."

After speaking, he poured it into his mouth and finished it all.

And Yang Mei and Huang Li, who had just been feeling sorry for Liu Lu, now turned around and looked at her with envy.

Going to Shanghai, and also receiving further training with a master found by Teacher Chen!

What kind of treatment was this?

Anyway, it was much better than the two of them.

Seeing the envious expressions on their faces, Chen Fan couldn't help but smile and say, "What's there to envy? I can teach you the things you want to learn. Tailoring is different. The best tailors in our country are in Shanghai. I haven't seen their skills to this day, so it's naturally best to take Liu Lu to see them."

He turned his gaze to Liu Lu again, "Another thing is, there's nothing good or complicated for you to make here. Shanghai has more styles of clothing, and some customers have higher requirements. There are more opportunities for practice.

If you don't go out and see, you'll never grow if you stay at home."

Liu Lu nodded vigorously, "Yes, yes, thank you, Teacher. I will study hard."

Chen Fan smiled and waved his hand at them, "Alright, go eat."

The three girls turned their heads to look at each other, first bowed 90 degrees to Chen Fan, and then ran into the restaurant, giggling.