Yan Jiecheng's Leisurely Life in Siheyuan

Chapter 38 Birthday Banquet
Just when several people were eating with their mouths full of oil, Yan's father suddenly spoke.

"You don't know, Shazhu came home from get off work today in a four-wheeled car, so impressive!"

When Yan Jiecheng heard this, he thought of what Liu Lan had said to him today. It seemed that Sha Zhu had gone to cook for the big boss.

This is much earlier than the original plot. It seems that many things have changed because of my existence.

After casually saying a few words to Yan's father, Yan Jiecheng went back to his room to sleep.

The next day, after Yan Jiecheng finished his work at noon, Director Wang called him to his office.

Director Wang looked Yan Jiecheng up and down, his eyes revealing satisfaction.

"Jie Cheng, Director Feng from the meat processing plant called me back and praised you on the phone. You really did honor me and Director Li."

"This week, on our day off, you should still make an effort to go and follow Director Feng's instructions to be the chef for his boss's birthday banquet."

After hearing Director Wang's arrangements, Yan Jiecheng had no objection. After discussing the details of the birthday party with Director Wang, he left Director Wang's office.

The birthday banquet definitely doesn’t have to be for one table, and I definitely can’t handle it alone. It seems I need to find two helpers.

So Yan Jiecheng turned around and found Ma Hua and Liu Lan and told them about doing private work. They were both very happy when they heard it.

Especially Liu Lan. Even though Liu Lan and Li Huaide have an unclear relationship, you would think that she has made a lot of money from Li Huaide.

In fact, this is not the case. Since Liu Lan followed Li Huaide, she never publicized their relationship to the outside world. Even in the kitchen, only a limited number of people knew about it, and she never asked Li Huaide for money or property.

The only benefit she enjoyed was that when she entertained a banquet, she could pick up some leftovers and take them back to satisfy the cravings of the whole family.

Now that she can do private work to supplement the family income, how can she not be happy.

After making an agreement with the two of them, the three of them returned to the kitchen and continued working.

On the day off, Yan Jiecheng met up with Ma Hua and Liu Lan at the entrance of the alley early in the morning, and then went to a residential building according to the address.

This family building is of a fairly high standard, with guards at the entrance to the complex.

After explaining the situation to the security guard, someone came out to pick up Yan Jiecheng and his group shortly afterwards.

After arriving at the leader's house, Liu Lan and Ma Hua were stunned, just like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden.

Even Yan Jiecheng, a time traveler, was somewhat surprised by the scene before him.

This is the old city, and according to later generations' calculations, their location is also within the second ring road.

In such a place where every inch of land is valuable, there is actually a two-story Western-style building. It seems that Director Feng is a leader of a high level.

Just as the three were surprised, a middle-aged woman who looked like the leader's wife came up to them.

The other party politely welcomed the three of them to the kitchen.

"Master Yan, I'll leave it to you from now on."

"Of course. You go ahead and do your thing, and leave this to us."

After the middle-aged woman left, Yan Jiecheng took Ma Hua and Liu Lan with him and started to deal with the food piled up in the kitchen.

The menu for the birthday banquet had already been confirmed by Director Wang and Director Feng long beforehand, and the ingredients were also purchased according to the menu prepared by Yan Jiecheng, so the three of them were able to do the job with ease.

The host was also very polite. Not only did he prepare snacks for the three of them, but he also provided tea, water and cigarettes.

As the birthday banquet began, Liu Lan brought out dishes from the kitchen one by one.

Liu Lan was also a thoughtful person. When she saw that the guests were very satisfied with the food while serving, she returned to the kitchen and told Yan Jiecheng.

This was Yan Jiecheng's first birthday party, and he felt relieved when he heard this.

After the birthday banquet ended, Yan Jiecheng and the other two did not rush to leave, but went to the living room to clean up the mess. After all the dishes were washed and the kitchen was cleaned up, the three of them said goodbye to the middle-aged woman who was suspected to be the leader's wife.

The middle-aged woman was very satisfied with the three people when she saw the clean living room and tidy kitchen.

"Wait a minute, I'll let my boyfriend come out and thank you."

After hearing this, Yan Jiecheng confirmed that the woman in front of him was the hostess of the house.

Soon the middle-aged woman came into the living room accompanied by a man in his fifties wearing a white shirt.

Judging from the other person's attitude, Yan Jiecheng guessed that this person should be Director Feng's leader.

The leader spoke very kindly, making people feel like they were in the spring breeze.

"You must be Master Xiao Yan, right? You cooked very well for my mother's birthday banquet today. Everyone was very satisfied with the food. No wonder Xiao Feng praised you so highly."

Yan Jiecheng quickly said modestly.

"Thank you for the award, leader. I hope everyone enjoys the meal."

"Leader? Haha... Why, Master Yan, didn't Xiao Feng tell you about my identity?"

Faced with the leader's questions, Yan Jiecheng could only repeat the rules of diligence.

"Leader, we are diligent and disciplined. We just focus on our work and don't ask about other things."

The leader nodded with great satisfaction.

"Although the rules are like this, being able to do this is truly commendable."

At this time, a young man wearing glasses came into the living room carrying a package.

"Master Yan, thank you for your hard work today."

After saying that, he handed the package to Yan Jiecheng.

Seeing that the package in the young man's hand was not small, Yan Jiecheng looked at his leader hesitantly and said.

"Boss, I'm just following our director's orders. This package looks quite valuable, and I feel unworthy of accepting it."

The leader saw Yan Jiecheng looking restrained and couldn't help but laugh and said.

"It's not something expensive, just accept it. Otherwise, I won't be able to invite you to a banquet next time."

After hearing what his leader said, Yan Jiecheng had no choice but to accept the package.

After the three people said goodbye, the leader asked the man with glasses next to him to see them off.

Yan Jiecheng originally planned to refuse, but when he thought of the security guard at the entrance of the community, he swallowed the proposal.

On the way, the man with glasses was also very polite to Yan Jiecheng. Through chatting, he learned that the other party's surname was Chen and that he was the leader's secretary, so he called the other party Secretary Chen.

Secretary Chen accompanied the three of them to the gate of the community before turning back.

After leaving the community, Yan Jiecheng took Ma Hua and Liu Lan to a secluded place and opened the package.

Wow, there were quite a lot of things in the package, including a can of malted milk, about half a pound of White Rabbit milk, a two-pound piece of bacon, half a pack of special-purpose cigarettes, and an envelope.

Yan Jiecheng opened the envelope and saw only five dollars inside.

I have to say that Director Feng is really generous. Even Yan Jiecheng couldn't buy this package with two months' salary.

Looking at Ma Hua and Liu Lan beside him, Yan Jiecheng thought for a while and then figured out a distribution method.

(End of this chapter)