Siheyuan: It’s so nice to be Lao Liu

As soon as the food was placed on the table, the nine leaders who were sitting and talking in the study suddenly stopped their conversation. A burst of tempting aroma wafted in. They smiled at each other and immediately understood what they meant.

Seeing this, the head of the host family said, "It looks like you old guys are in for a treat today. I can smell the chicken stewed with mushrooms and sweet and sour pork. I didn't feel hungry just now, but now my stomach is protesting when I smell the aroma of the food."

He stood up and said to everyone, "Hurry up, the chef has brought the food. Isn't it a bit inappropriate for us to be here?"

Since the host had spoken, they, as guests, had to follow the host's wishes and quickly got up and went to the restaurant.

Seeing the six dishes and two soups on the table, everyone gave them full marks for both color and aroma. The only thing left was to taste them.

"Hurry up and eat the food while it's still hot." Aunt Hong asked everyone to take a seat quickly. Since they were all acquaintances, she sat down with them.

One of them saw that there was a plate still covered, and couldn't help but ask Aunt Hong: "Sister-in-law, why is this one still covered?"

Aunt Hong smiled mysteriously and said to everyone, "This dish today took the most time to make. The chef and I worked together to make it. How about you guess what this dish is?"

Everyone became interested upon hearing this. The leader named Chen put his nose close to it. As a gourmet, guessing the names of dishes is his specialty.

But after he sniffed it for a while, he couldn't help but become suspicious. There was no smell at all!

He looked at Aunt Hong suspiciously, his forehead slightly wrinkled, and after thinking for a while, he asked, "Sister-in-law, why don't I smell anything? Is there any food in here? Are you kidding me?"

Because we are on close terms, we are always straightforward when we speak. But when I think about the personality of the sister-in-law opposite me, there is a possibility that I am being fooled, so I have this question.

After hearing what the leader surnamed Chen said, Aunt Hong knew that they could not guess it. Her sense of showing off was satisfied, so she stopped keeping the secret and stood up, picked up a thermos from behind, and introduced it with a smile: "To be honest, this dish is still a semi-finished product. It needs to be added with the broth in my hand to be considered complete."

As a leader from Sichuan, Chen's mind immediately came up with a dish he had eaten at a state banquet. The scene was similar to what he saw before: boiled cabbage. After the dish was served, a special person poured broth on the cabbage, and the cabbage naturally unfolded. Before the cabbage unfolded, the aroma was restrained and only contained in the cabbage. After pouring the broth, the aroma was mellow and refreshing, and it was not greasy.

If this was boiled cabbage, the fragrance would be restrained now, which shows that the chef has very high cooking skills.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask: "Sister-in-law, this dish is not boiled cabbage, right?"

Then he said, "It takes seven or eight hours to make the Chinese cabbage soup. This chef has only been here for two or three hours. How can he make Chinese cabbage? Isn't this destroying his reputation?"

As he was talking, the leader surnamed Chen couldn't help but reveal a hint of doubt. Apart from boiled cabbage, he didn't know what other dish was so mysterious.

Seeing that everyone looked thoughtful, Aunt Hong decided not to keep them in suspense and directly opened the lid, revealing the full appearance of the dish to everyone.

Seeing this, leader Chen became even more confused. Is it possible to cook boiled cabbage in two hours?

Aunt Hong saw the confusion on leader Chen's face, but ignored him and slowly poured the broth in her hand over the cabbage.

The cabbage slowly unfolds like a blooming flower.

"Xiao Chen, this dish is a signature dish of Sichuan cuisine. You, a Sichuan cuisine connoisseur, please taste it." Aunt Hong said.

Since we are all family, there is no need to worry too much. I just scooped a spoonful into my mouth. A familiar memory came into my mind. The soup was fragrant, and an indescribable fragrance kept lingering on my mouth.

He felt that what he was eating now was better than what he had eaten at previous state banquets, and a look of enjoyment appeared on his face.

Suddenly remembering that they were still at the dinner table, his expression returned to calm, and he pretended to sigh, "It's not delicious, not authentic at all."

As he spoke, the leader surnamed Chen reached out for the plate of boiled cabbage, wanting to bring it directly in front of him and eat it all by himself.

They are all thousand-year-old foxes. They all saw the enjoyment on the face of leader Chen just now. How could they let him keep all the good things to himself?

"Old Chen, this is not very kind of you. When the war started, you just liked to eat more and take more. We didn't say much because it was all for the country. Now you are becoming even more shameless. We haven't even tasted a bite, but you are planning to pocket it." A fellow villager of the leader named Chen scolded with a smile.

He is also from Sichuan, and he couldn't forget the boiled cabbage he had eaten at the state banquet. Now that he has the chance to taste it, he can't let Lao Chen take it all for himself.

Seeing that he had angered everyone, Leader Chen felt embarrassed. He smiled awkwardly, quickly withdrew his hand, and said with a smile: "How could I have the idea of ​​monopolizing it? I just wanted to let you try the food. What if it is poisonous?"

After hearing what Leader Chen said, everyone laughed and started eating without the host's invitation.

"Old squad leader, this is really great. Not to mention the boiled cabbage, just take the Mapo Tofu. I dare say there are not five chefs in our city who can make it to this level. Please introduce someone to me later and see if it is possible for him to work in my Ministry of Industry." Leader Chen whispered to the host, Leader Liu.

"Okay, you tell me yourself later." Leader Liu was also helpless towards Leader Chen. If he didn't help, he might get himself into trouble.

After eating and drinking, Leader Chen couldn't help but say to Aunt Hong: "Sister-in-law, take me to see the chef!"

Aunt Hong rolled her eyes at him unhappily. Seeing that everyone had almost finished eating, she stood up and walked towards the kitchen. Before serving the dishes, Aunt Hong left some food for Yan Jiefang so as not to let the chef go hungry.

When I walked into the kitchen, I saw Yan Jiefang had just finished his meal and had just washed the dishes. I had a better impression of him.

"Little Yan, these old guys want to meet you, the master chef. Come with me!" Aunt Hong walked into the kitchen and said to Yan Jiefang with a smile.

Yan Jiefang knew that the leaders were satisfied with his cooking skills, so he did not refuse and followed Aunt Hong to the living room.

After Yan Jiefang followed Aunt Hong into the living room, several leaders showed expressions of astonishment. He is too young!

Leader Liu had met Yan Jiefang in the morning and knew that he was very young, so he was not surprised and praised him, "Master Yan, I never thought that your cooking was so delicious!"

"By the way, I haven't asked you where you work yet?"

After asking the question, Leader Liu glanced at Leader Chen unconsciously, as if to say, I am asking for you now, so please stop causing me trouble.

Hearing the leader ask this question, Yan Jiefang was delighted, but his face remained calm and he said, "I am still a senior high school student and will graduate soon. I plan to work as a buyer in the factory."

When Leader Liu heard this, he became interested. During this period of material shortage, all buyers have tasks to complete. If they fail to complete their tasks, they will have to run around outside every day. It is not a good job for people without connections.

After they decided to let Yan Jiefang cook, the people below investigated Yan Jiefang and his family. They had been poor peasants for generations and their family affairs were clear, so there was no possibility of any connection.

"Xiao Yan, you have such good skills, why do you want to be a buyer? Purchasing is very tiring." Aunt Hong asked curiously.

Before the system was built, his first choice was chef, but now that he had the mysterious space, purchasing tasks were no problem for him. For him, the "Sixth Old Man", being a buyer was the best choice.

But he can't say these!

So Yan Jiefang said righteously: "We have just experienced three years of natural disasters and material shortages. It is a problem for the workers to have enough food. What's the use of my skills? For them, having enough food is the most important thing. I want to help the workers purchase more materials with my efforts so that they can have enough food."

"Besides, I can go to the kitchen once a week to cook for the workers and improve their taste. This way, they can have enough food and eat well."

"Okay, be ambitious."

Without waiting for anyone to speak, Leader Chen spoke first, "Xiao Yan, do you know the Red Star Steel Mill? Do you want to work as a buyer there? With your high school education, you can be directly hired as a regular employee. Your salary should be 37.5 yuan. Considering your cooking skills, how about I give you 47.5 yuan?"

The others were speechless and didn't know what to say. They secretly complained in their hearts that this was a direct poaching move with a high salary. He was worthy of being the leader of the Ministry of Metallurgy!

They had no intention of competing. They just wanted to know where the person had gone. When they wanted to eat Yan Jiefang's food, they could just drag Lao Chen along.

Seeing the eager look in Leader Chen's eyes, Yan Jiefang said, "Leader, I have a girlfriend who is also graduating this year. She is a high school student like me. Can she work as a broadcaster at the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill?"

"Okay, I'll do it for you." Leader Chen agreed readily.

Yan Jiefang was immediately overjoyed. Now his and He Yushui's work was solved, and they could still work together. He couldn't hide the smile on his face and looked at everyone with a smile.