Traveling back to 1977

Chapter 601 Each has its own arrangements
With the solution in hand, Xiao Liewen and the others were relieved and stood aside watching Chen Fan teach his apprentices.

Chen Fan unleashed his full teaching skills, but only targeted Huang Li and the other two, with astonishingly good results.

Although Yang Mei mainly learned winemaking and Liu Lu mainly learned sewing, Chen Fan never shied away from teaching them as long as the other two were nearby.

So in fact, besides their own main jobs, the two of them also have some other skills, which makes it easier for them to help each other.

Under the guidance of teaching skills, skinning, deboning, meating, and cleaning the internal organs... it didn't take much effort to dismantle a whole pig neatly, leaving only a hairy pigskin.

Wild boar skin is also a valuable commodity. After tanning, it can be used to make leather. Moreover, it is also a medicinal ingredient. After processing, it can detoxify, promote tissue regeneration, and treat sores. It is mainly used to treat fistulas, malignant sores, and scabies.

As Chen Fan guided the dissection, he explained the characteristics of the pork from each part, even including the wild boar skin.

After the lesson, Huang Li and the other two felt they had memorized the material perfectly. They didn't consider themselves geniuses; they simply marveled at Teacher Chen's teaching skills, finding it worlds apart from any other lecture.

They poured the wild boar blood into a pit at the bottom of the slope, covered it with some soil, and Huang Li and Yang Mei carried the butchered pork back to the kitchen, while Liu Lu followed behind carrying the rolled-up wild boar skin.

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

Looking at him, Zhang Wenliang couldn't help but click his tongue, then turned to Xiao Liewen and said, "Uncle Xiao, why does he seem like the most old man?"

Secretary Yang and the others, who had been holding back, couldn't help but burst into laughter upon hearing this.

Chen Fan heard everything from the front, but paid no attention.

My biggest dream in this life is to retire early and live the life of someone in their 60s while I'm in my 20s. That's what I call a comfortable life!
For dinner tonight, Chen Fan had Huang Li cook, while he checked and gave guidance from the side.

When Captain Yang and his team returned from work at 5 p.m., they prepared to eat.

Chen Fan stood at the edge of the slope by the yard to greet them. Looking at Captain Yang, Warehouse Keeper Huang, and Accountant Liu, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Hey Captain, why are you following in the footsteps of Warehouse Keeper Huang's footsteps, always wearing patched clothes?"

The storekeeper rolled his eyes. "You've improved your skills since going to university, huh? You can scold two people with just one sentence. What, are your patched clothes inferior?"

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

As they approached, Chen Fan immediately offered them cigarettes and said with a smile, "It's not that I look down on patched clothes. But now you all live in two-story brick villas, these clothes don't suit you."

Accountant Liu took the cigarette and chuckled, "To be honest, my new house is all whitewashed and the floor is cement. If I were to sit inside wearing this, it would really look a bit awkward."

The storekeeper, Huang, lit the lighter Chen Fan handed him, his earlier displeasure completely gone. He grinned and laughed, "Back in the day, these patched clothes were called..."

He suddenly paused, turned to look at Captain Yang, and asked, "What was his name again?"

Captain Yang was waving to the leaders of the brigade headquarters when he heard his words and casually said, "Casual uniform."

"Yes, it's a regular wear."

The storekeeper nodded and walked forward with them, saying to Chen Fan, "The regular clothes are what we wear every day, whether we're working or resting. Now that conditions are better, we can't lose the spirit of hard work and frugality. The patched clothes from before have become our work clothes now."

He even shook his head as he spoke, "Wearing this to go out in the field, I don't feel bad."

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

Upon hearing this, everyone burst into laughter.

The custodian, Huang, pretended to be exasperated, saying, "It's not just me who's like this; everyone's doing it, okay?"

Once the three of them arrived, everyone was present. Chen Fan gestured to Huang Li, indicating that the dishes should be served.

The dining table was set up on the open ground. Yang Mei and Liu Lu carried out a round table, and Huang Li brought over a tray to set out the bowls and chopsticks.

After some polite exchanges, Chen Fan and Captain Yang sat side by side at the head of the table.

He explained to everyone, "What I teach Huangli is proper banquet cuisine. The first course of this banquet cuisine is not served, but plated."

Then, pointing to the tableware on the table, he said, "Plate holders, small bowls, soup spoons, chopsticks, and chopstick rests are the most basic. Formal sets also include water glasses, beverage glasses, liquor glasses, and spirits glasses. Spirits are further divided into red wine, brandy, champagne, ice wine, and so on. Different types of wine use different glasses. At a typical banquet, there are 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, it's just looking at you until you're full, it's more like suffering."

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

Chen Fan laughed and said, "No need for that. Give each person a tray and let them take whatever they want. Except for the rice bowls which are a bit big, all the dish bowls are small. It's up to you whether you want it or not."

Xiao Liewen tilted his head and looked at the tableware in front of him. "But you don't have any liquor glasses here either."

Chen Fan coughed lightly, looked up at Yang Mei who was serving the dishes, and laughed, "When Yang Mei learns to brew foreign liquor, I'll put foreign liquor glasses here for you."

Captain Yang, having downed two cups of tea, was leaning back in his chair smoking when Chen Fan mentioned his daughter. He turned to look at her, then back at Chen Fan, saying, "Judging from what you're saying, this meal today is quite special."

Chen Fan nodded. "There was no other reason for this. I just haven't been back for a long time, so I invited everyone to come and get together."

He then pointed to Secretary Yang and said with a smile, "However, I just discussed it with Secretary Yang and a few others, and the brigade headquarters is planning to reopen the canteen to specifically cater to guests from outside, and it will be a paid service."

"Once we open a canteen, we'll need cooks, right? And since it's for entertaining guests, the quality can't be too low. That's why I recommended Huang Li for the job."

The custodian, Huang, immediately perked up. "So this is a graduation banquet?"

Huang Li was serving dishes on a tray when she heard this and shuddered in fright. "Uncle, don't talk nonsense. I'm still a long way from being a master chef."

Chen Fan waved his hand with a smile, indicating that it was nothing. He then explained to Huang, the storekeeper, "This is a pre-job evaluation banquet. Only if the leaders eat it and think she is qualified can Huang Li become the cook. Otherwise, she will have to continue learning."

That's what they say, but everyone knows that since Chen Fan dared to appoint Huang Li as the head chef, it means he has confidence in her. So, as long as Huang Li's cooking isn't bad, or is even slightly better than Liu Jujiang's, the cook position is hers.

Several months ago, Huang Li had only been learning cooking from Chen Fan for a short time, and her dishes had already surpassed Liu Jujiang's. Now that several months have passed, it's impossible that she has regressed.

So at this moment, the custodian Huang couldn't stop smiling and quickly raised his glass to thank Chen Fan, "I'll have to trouble you, my mentor, to teach her more. I'll have a drink first."

As he spoke, he tilted his head back, raised the small glass of wine, and downed it in one ounce.

Huang Li's appointment as a cook not only meant she could earn work points from the brigade headquarters, but more importantly, it meant the Huang family had acquired a skill that could be passed down through generations.

Moreover, Chen Fan wasn't just going through the motions and casually teaching a few moves; judging from his posture, he was clearly going to pass on his real skills!
As the face of the Huang family, he naturally had to express his opinion promptly.

Chen Fan raised his glass to toast her, then put it down and said, "The most important thing about Huang Li going to the cafeteria as a cook is that she can have more opportunities to practice. I'll pass on a few more recipes to her later. When she can turn the cafeteria into a restaurant, that'll be when she's graduated."

He then looked at the three girls standing side by side, his gaze landing on Yang Mei's face, and said, "Yang Mei can open a winery next to the canteen. On the one hand, it can supply the canteen, and on the other hand, it can be sold as a local specialty to the customers." As he spoke, he turned to look at Secretary Yang, "As for whether the brigade headquarters should run the winery and calculate work points for Yang Mei, or whether the shop should be rented to her and she should be responsible for her own profits and losses, it depends on what the brigade headquarters decides."

Upon hearing this, Yang Mei and Captain Yang both looked at Secretary Yang expectantly.

Secretary Yang clicked his tongue, looking rather embarrassed.

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

Xiao Liewen was quite straightforward: "My idea is for the brigade headquarters to run this distillery."

As he spoke, he picked up the wine glass in front of him, downed it in one gulp, then exhaled a long breath, grinning from ear to ear. "This wine is no worse than Yunhu Daqu, and I heard that the young lady can also brew yellow wine and fruit wine, using only cheap grains. Who knows, this winery might also be a cooked food workshop."

Secretary Yang and the others exchanged glances and nodded slightly.

He turned to look at Captain Yang and laughed, "Old Yang, your daughter should come to the brigade's distillery as a brewer first. We'll talk about making big money later."

The second half of the sentence was obviously a joke. Without the support and channels of the brigade headquarters, Yangmei could not have achieved the effect of a cooked food workshop, let alone make a lot of money. At most, she would be similar to Old Tang of Team 7, a small individual business owner, earning some money for the villagers' drinks.

Captain 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 received a dividend of over ten thousand yuan, averaging one thousand yuan a month, and this year it will be even higher. This is a guaranteed income regardless of drought or flood, so why would we need a distillery?!

He immediately raised his glass, his face flushed, and said, "Come on, Teacher Chen, let me toast you. I'll drink it all, you can drink as you please."

Chen Fan dared not be too casual, after all, this was the person who had pulled him out of the water, and he had to at least give him face.

He then raised his glass and laughed, "Captain, I think you just want to have a few more drinks because you're craving the wine your daughter made."

Then he said to the others, "We can't let him succeed. Let's all work together and divide it equally."

Everyone immediately raised their glasses and cheered, toasting together.

Everyone put down their wine glasses, quickly picked up their chopsticks to eat, and tried to calm their drinking.

After taking a bite of the food, everyone couldn't help but nod and applaud.

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

Everyone else also offered their praise.

Huang Li beamed and grinned, clearly pleased with the leader's praise.

The three of them were still standing to the side, and they dared not leave unless their master gave the order.

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

The master is sitting here; it's not their place to speak, they "outsiders."

Yes, when discussing craftsmanship, even your own father is an outsider in front of your master!

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

Accountant Liu looked at Chen Fan with anticipation.

Huang Li went to work as a cook in the canteen, and Yang Mei was assigned to brew wine at the brigade headquarters. They both received work points from the brigade headquarters.

My niece is one of the three apprentices, surely she won't be left unassigned?
The next second, Chen Fan said, "There are no suitable tailor positions in the brigade headquarters right now, and Liu Lu's skills are not yet up to par, so we won't assign her any work for now."

Upon hearing this, Liu Lu's bright eyes instantly dimmed.

She pursed her lips, trying not to show any sign of distress, and softly said "Oh".

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

Look at others, those who are learning to cook or brew wine can already work independently, but this tailor can't even graduate yet, isn't that delaying his ability to make money?

Although you can work in the team, the work points you get are nowhere near as many as the fixed work points you get at the brigade headquarters!

such a pity……

Before he could even utter a sigh, he heard Chen Fan say, "Pack your things and come with me to Shanghai for two months. I'll find you a master apprentice to learn from."

Everyone was stunned when he said that.

Liu Lu blinked and stared blankly at Chen Fan.

Chen Fan looked at her and smiled, "What, you don't want to?"

Liu Lu immediately snapped out of her daze and nodded excitedly, "Yes, yes."

Accountant Liu finally realized what was happening, quickly picked up his glass, and grinned from ear to ear, "Teacher Chen, I won't say anything else, it's all in the wine."

After saying that, he poured it all into his mouth and swallowed it all.

Yang Mei and Huang Li, who had just felt sorry for Liu Lu, now looked at her with envy.

Go to Shanghai, and even study under the master craftsman that Teacher Chen found!

What kind of treatment is this?
Anyway, he's much better than the two of them.

Seeing the envious expressions on their faces, Chen Fan couldn't help but laugh and say, "What do you have to envy? I can teach you anything you want to learn. Tailors are different. The best tailors in our country are in Shanghai. I've never seen their skills before, so it would be best to take Liu Lu there to see them."

He then turned his gaze to Liu Lu, "Another one, we don't have any nice or complicated clothes to make for you here. Shanghai has a wider variety of clothing styles, and some customers have higher requirements. There are plenty of opportunities to practice."

If you don't go out and see the world, and just stay cooped up at home, you'll never grow.

Liu Lu nodded vigorously immediately, "Yes, thank you, teacher. I will study hard."

Chen Fan smiled and waved to them, "Alright, go eat."

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

(End of this chapter)