Siheyuan's Silly Pillar has been replaced by someone else

It was already past nine o'clock when I returned to the courtyard with the three little girls.

Li Dagen and Xu Fugui were sitting outside, waiting for He Yuzhu to come back. Yan Bugui was also there, sharing their cigarettes.

He had originally planned to close the store early so that he could take advantage of He Yuzhu's return.

But Li Dagen and Xu Fugui were waiting at the door, so his plan could not be carried out.

He Yuzhu came back with three people, followed by a few people wearing red armbands. They were the night patrollers.

Suspecting that He Yuzhu was a bad guy, he followed him to verify.

After the explanation was clear, those people left.

Xu Fugui asked: "Zhu Zi, why did you come back so late today?"

He Yuzhu explained: "Nothing, just saying goodbye to colleagues from Emei Hotel and getting together."

Yan Bugui asked curiously, "Goodbye? Where are you going?"

There was no way to hide the fact that I was working in a steel mill.

He Yuzhu said directly: "I didn't go anywhere. Didn't the steel mill need to hire a chef? They found me and I agreed."

Yan Bugui said puzzledly: "Some time ago, Lao Yi asked you to go to the steel mill to be an apprentice, but you refused, didn't you?"

He Yuzhu said disdainfully: "Third Uncle, what do you think?"

Yan Bugui was not stupid, but he just couldn't believe it: "Aren't you going there to be an apprentice?"

He Yuzhu said, "Of course I'm not an apprentice. I cooked the meal at the steel mill yesterday. Do you think my cooking skills would be good enough for an apprentice at the steel mill?"

Yan Bugui opened his mouth wide and shouted subconsciously: "This is impossible. How can you, an apprentice of Emei Restaurant, have such good cooking skills? Lao Xu, tell me."

Xu Fugui doubted whether He Yuzhu had cooked the meal yesterday, but he did not doubt He Yuzhu's cooking skills. He had tasted He Yuzhu's cooking skills at He Yuzhu's home.

"Old Yan, do you think Zhuzi's cooking skills are not as good as those of the chefs in the steel mill?"

Yan Bugui felt a little jealous when he thought of the aroma coming from He Yuzhu's cooking. Unfortunately, he had almost no share of such delicious food.

In the entire courtyard, only the Li family and the Xu family had tasted He Yuzhu's dishes. The rest of the people just smelled them at best.

He said angrily: "I haven't eaten it, how would I know."

Xu Damao chuckled: "You deserve it. Who told you to follow Lao Yi? Following Lao Yi, I'm not going to go hungry for nine meals out of three days, but I still can't eat enough every meal."

Yan Bugui's face turned even darker.

The truth is not as serious as Xu Fugui said, but the difference is not big.

In the courtyard, no one dared to eat too well or cook too much. Once the Jia family found out, they would be forced to give part of it to the Jia family.

Feeling too embarrassed to be here, Yan Bugui turned around and went home.

Xu Fugui then asked, "Zhu Zi, did you really cook the meal that day?"

He Yuzhu nodded: "I did it. Didn't the steel mill hire chefs everywhere to entertain the Soviet people? They found the Emei Hotel, so I went there."

What Xu Fugui asked was not this, but why the dishes cooked that day were so fragrant.

"The food you cooked that day was so delicious!"

He Yuzhu explained: "Isn't this for entertaining the Su people? I used a lot of precious things when cooking that day. If the steel mill hadn't paid for it, I wouldn't have been willing to use it."

Xu Fugui thought about it and it made sense. The steel mill paid a lot to send Soviet workers to learn technology. The factory leaders even dared to show American movies in order to learn technology. Spending some money to let Soviet people eat better is nothing.

"When will you let me taste the dishes you made that day?"

He Yuzhu whispered, "It depends on whether the leaders of the steel mill are willing to eat it in the future. If they still want to eat it, I will try to save some for them.

Actually, I wanted to send some to Uncle Xu that day, but I was not familiar with the steel mill and didn't know anyone there.

There are so many people watching in the kitchen, I don't dare." Xu Fugui said quickly: "It's good that you didn't find me. Those are all made by the factory to entertain the Su people. Even if they are given to me, I can't eat them. Well, let's stop talking. It's getting late. Let's all go home and sleep!"

Li Dagen didn't say anything the whole time, and he didn't need to say anything.

There were some things that He Yuzhu hid from the Xu family, but not from their family.

Yan Bugui waited until several people left before he reluctantly left through the window, then he began to sigh.

The third aunt said, "It's so dark, what are you doing?"

Yan Bugui couldn't help but tell what he had just heard.

"No wonder Zhuzi didn't agree to Lao Yi."

The third aunt said without thinking, "If it were me, I wouldn't agree to it either. We are all apprentices, so it doesn't matter where we work. Sha Zhu doesn't have a good relationship with Lao Yi, so why should he rely on Lao Yi's favor to work as an apprentice in the steel mill?"

Yan Bugui said, "Is that what I meant? What I meant was that Sha Zhu actually went to work as a chef at a steel mill."

The third aunt said, "Didn't I mean that Sha Zhu went to work as a chef in the steel mill? Oh, by the way, didn't you ask how much Sha Zhu could get paid?"

Yan Bugui immediately showed a look of regret on his face: "If Xu Fugui hadn't been making trouble, I would have asked him. But I don't think it should be too high!
I remember them saying that the highest salary for the cooks in the steel mill was only thirty-three dollars."

The third aunt said in surprise: "This is almost the same as yours, it's not a small amount. Why does he take so much?"

Yan Bugui said, "Shazhu said that he was the one who cooked the meal for the steel mill yesterday. If he really has such good cooking skills, he could have taken so much."

The third aunt was still a little unsatisfied: "That's too much. A cook's job is to serve people, not to be a worker. Why should he get so much?"

Yan Bugui thought the same. In their minds, He Yuzhu was a fool who could be played with by others. It would be strange if he felt comfortable that a fool got almost the same salary as a teacher.

He feels uncomfortable and he cannot make others feel comfortable.

After thinking about it, the person who should be most uncomfortable knowing that He Yuzhu entered the steel rolling mill should be Yi Zhonghai.

Yan Bugui was so eager to get up and tell Yi Zhonghai the good news about He Yuzhu to make Yi Zhonghai unhappy.

"Stop talking. There will be more trouble tomorrow."

The third aunt was not stupid either, and pointed in the direction of Yi Zhonghai in the Intermediate Court.

After getting Yan Bugui's confirmation, I couldn't help but smile and prepared to watch the fun tomorrow.

When Xu Xiaoling came back, Xu's mother pulled her aside and complained, "Why are you back so late?"

After returning home, Xu Xiaoling became much bolder and started talking.

Xu's mother was drooling at what she said: "It really is that delicious."

Xu Xiaoling nodded frantically.

Xu Fugui pointed at Xu Xiaoling and said, "Smell her fragrance. Is it more fragrant than usual? This is because they have been outside for a long time.

It seems that the meal at the steel mill yesterday was really prepared by Zhuzi."

Xu Damao rubbed his eyes and got up from the bed: "What are you talking about? Dad, Mom, you ate it secretly without my knowledge, how come it smells so good?"

Mother Xu slapped him in anger and said, "We are so useless that we still eat secretly in our own home. The fragrance comes from your sister."

Xu Damao approached Xu Xiaoling, sniffed her body, and then started to curse: "Damn Shazhu, he didn't even call me when he got something delicious. Don't expect me to help him in the future."

Xu Xiaoling shouted in dissatisfaction: "You are not allowed to say that about Brother Zhuzi."

Xu Damao was not afraid of her. He reached out and rubbed her head, ruffling her hair.

Xu's mother was angry with him and slapped him again and sent him to bed.

Xu Xiaoling looked at him angrily and decided to tell He Yuzhu tomorrow and let him teach him a lesson. (End of this chapter)