Siheyuan: He Yuzhu since 1958

He Yuzhu answered very straightforwardly: "If you can't get married, then your brother will support you. With your brother's ability, it will be no problem for him to support you for the rest of your life."

He Yushui said: "You are fine. By then, my sister-in-law will dislike me as an old girl."

He Yuzhu said, "Don't worry! I'm not the kind of brother who forgets about his sister because he has a wife. If you can't get along with my partner, I'll change someone else."

He Yushui stood up, moved a stool to He Yuzhu's side and sat down, then asked with a smile: "Brother, can you tell me about your partner?!"

He Yuzhu stretched out his hand and scratched He Yushui's nose, saying, "She is not your brother's girlfriend yet. We are just friends who have just met. As for who she is, I won't tell you now. Wait until you meet on Sunday, and then you can get to know each other."

"Boring!" He Yushui muttered, then put on a smile and said, "Brother, you can always tell me about our mother's family affairs, right?!"

"That's fine!" He Yuzhu responded, and then told He Yushui the details of Lv Bingxin's family. When He Yushui heard He Yuzhu say that her fourth uncle was missing and her fifth uncle was sacrificed, tears flowed unconsciously and she said, "I never thought that I would have a hero uncle."

He Yuzhu said: "They are all heroes, but our father is a coward. Fortunately, we both take after our mother."

He Yushui rolled her eyes at He Yuzhu and said, "You said you take after our mother?! Tell me, how do you take after our mother?!"

He Yuzhu scratched his head awkwardly and said with a smile: "Of course my temper is like our mom's?! Look how easy-going I am?!"

He Yushui said, "You're still easygoing?!" Then He Yushui reacted and said, "Brother, I'm sorry!"

He Yuzhu asked: "What are you saying sorry for?!"

He Yushui snuggled into He Yuzhu's arms and said, "If it weren't for you, after our father passed away, we would have been eaten up by others without leaving any residue."

He Yuzhu suddenly felt like his daughter had grown up, and patted He Yushui on the shoulder and said, "Those things are in the past, let's not talk about them."

"Dongxu, you're back?!" As soon as He Yuzhu finished speaking, Qin Huairu's voice was heard outside.

Jia Dongxu walked to the table and sat down, then asked, "Is the meal ready?!"

Qin Huairu replied, "It's ready! It's warming on the stove! I'll get it for you right away!" Then Qin Huairu walked to the stove, put the pot on the table, sealed the stove, put a kettle on it, walked to Jia Dongxu's side, looked at Jia Dongxu who was eating voraciously, and said, "Dongxu, you must be starving today! How's our mother?!"

Jia Dongxu looked up at Qin Huairu and said, "What can we do there?! There's not enough food there, and we have to do heavy work. How can our mother be well?!"

Qin Huairu was speechless. Jia Dongxu pretended to ask, "Did the police come today? Is there any news about our child?!"

Qin Huairu shook her head and replied, "There is still no news."

Jia Dongxu sighed deeply and said, "This is the fate of these two children. I hope the police can find them as soon as possible. Don't be too sad. What if you hurt yourself from crying?!" As he spoke, Jia Dongxu glanced at Qin Huairu unconsciously and continued to eat.

There was no conversation that night. The next morning, after breakfast, He Yushui suddenly didn't want He Yuzhu to take her to school. He Yuzhu was also happy to be free. After telling He Yushui about the evening plan, he watched He Yushui go out, locked the door, and followed him out with his bicycle.

When He Yuzhu arrived at the office, he had just made the tea and hadn't had time to take a sip when Gao Yao rushed in from outside and called out, "Zhuzi!"

He Yuzhu asked: "Director, what's the matter?!"

Gao Yao said, "I just received a notice from the factory director's office that comrades from a sister unit will be here to supervise the exam today. I asked the canteen to cook a few dishes as a reward for them."

He Yuzhu asked: "How many of them are there?! What's the standard?!"

Gao Yao replied: "The factory manager's intentions don't have to be too good, nor too bad. Just eat better than the workers in our factory. There are thirty of them in total."

He Yuzhu said, "Director, I'm not being pretentious, but it's hard to grasp this standard! How about this, make eight dishes and one soup, six vegetarian dishes and two meat dishes. If I remember correctly, there are a few big bluefish in the small warehouse, make three, one fish, two dishes, and make an egg soup. What do you think?!"

Gao Yao thought about it and said, "Just do as you say."

He Yuzhu said: "Director, doesn't the technical assessment take more than half a month? How come it's suddenly brought forward?!"

Gao Yao said: "There are many units and people to be assessed this year, so it was brought forward."

"Oh!" He Yuzhu responded, and said, "Director, then you can make the order! I'm going to get the materials to prepare!" Then He Yuzhu whispered, "I'll keep the middle part of the fish, and I'll follow your instructions on how to arrange it."

Gao Yao immediately understood what He Yuzhu meant and asked, "Zhuzi, how do you think the middle part of the fish should be eaten?!"

He Yuzhu replied, "The common way is to braise it. If you want to be more sophisticated, you can make smoked fish; if you want to be more sophisticated, you can make fish balls. You can also remove the fish bones and make boiled fish. However, this dish consumes more oil."

Gao Yao made a decision quickly and said, "Use half to make smoked fish and the other half to make fish balls."

"Okay! I know what to do!" He Yuzhu gave Gao Yao a look that said, "Don't worry." Gao Yao also knew He Yuzhu's ability, so he took out a blank delivery note from his pocket and handed it to He Yuzhu. He Yuzhu understood Gao Yao's meaning, and took the delivery note with two kitchen helpers and two large baskets to the small warehouse.

Before taking the exam, you have no idea what you will get. You will know the result only after you finish the exam. As the saying goes, there is joy and there is disappointment. As the bell rang at noon, the assessment for level 5 workers and those below level 5 was over. The invigilators were taken to the reception restaurant on the upper floor of the cafeteria. People above the level of workshop director in the steel rolling mill went into the small restaurant behind the kitchen.

He Yuzhu originally planned to kill only three fish, but one of the fish seemed to have a white belly, and it might not live long. So He Yuzhu made up his mind and cooked one more fish. There were three tables upstairs, one with six vegetarian dishes and two meat dishes. The vegetarian dishes were all common ones, but He Yuzhu's were more delicious. The two meat dishes were chopped pepper fish head and braised fish, and the soup was just an ordinary egg drop soup. The small restaurant downstairs also had eight dishes and one soup. However, there was one less vegetarian dish than upstairs, and one more honey smoked fish, and the soup was fish ball egg drop soup.

Because there was an assessment in the afternoon, the factory leaders and the invigilator did not drink. In just over half an hour, they finished their meal. After sending the invigilator and the factory leaders out of the kitchen, when He Yuzhu asked the kitchen helper to clean up, Li Huaide appeared in front of He Yuzhu. Li Huaide thought He Yuzhu did not know him, so he said straight to the point: "Comrade He Yuzhu, I am Li Huaide, the head of the logistics department and the director of the office. I am very satisfied with your cooking skills. I am looking for you, and I need your help!"

He Yuzhu asked: "Leader, I'm just a cook, how can I help you?!"

Li Huaide said, "An old leader of mine has a birthday next Tuesday, and he wants to hold a family dinner at home tonight. We are short of a chef now. I would like to invite you to come over and cook a meal."

He Yuzhu pretended to think for a moment and said, "Next Tuesday night, no problem. It's not that I want to leave the factory early."

Li Huaide said, "Since you agreed, I will give you the travel permit next Tuesday morning. That day will not be counted as your leave, but as a business trip."

"Okay!" He Yuzhu responded and asked, "Is there anything you should avoid eating?!"

Li Huaide replied: "There is no taboo, just show your cooking skills."

"Okay!" He Yuzhu didn't want to offend a villain like Li Huaide before he infringed on his own interests. If Li Huaide didn't know how to advance and retreat and wanted to cause trouble in the future, He Yuzhu didn't mind sending him down to meet Yi Zhonghai.