Siheyuan: He Yuzhu since 1958

Seeing the happy faces of the father and daughter, Tan Lingya thought to herself, "This girl is such a fool. Your father almost sold you out and you didn't even know?! I guess I need to teach her more in the future, or she won't be able to judge people and end up losing herself in the future."

He Yuzhu returned to the factory and saw that the kitchen helper had already prepared the dishes. So He Yuzhu put on a bib and sleeves and started cooking. He Yuzhu was in the right state. For some reason, he used his cooking skills to the extreme. The fragrance could be described as spreading far and wide. Anyway, when the workers in the entire steel mill smelled the fragrance, they all stopped their work and showed an intoxicated expression on their faces.

At this time, several cars and jeeps drove into the steel mill. Director Yang and Hao Shuji received a notice from the guard and came to the square in front of the office building with their respective secretaries. When Director Yang and Hao Shuji saw the people getting off the car, they shouted in unison: "Hello, old leader!"

The middle-aged man smiled, looked at Director Yang, then looked at Hao Shuji, and said, "I didn't expect that you two are now working together. Very good! Very good!" As he spoke, the aroma of food uncontrollably penetrated into the middle-aged man's nose.

The middle-aged man tried hard to smell the aroma floating in the air, and said with a smile: "The chefs in your factory are quite skilled?!"

Director Yang and Hao Shuji looked at each other. Director Yang said, "Old leader, our factory now has three canteens. The only one who can make this aroma is He Yuzhu, the head chef of the third canteen. He just passed the second-level chef exam a while ago."

After listening to Director Yang's explanation, the middle-aged man laughed and said, "I never thought that your steel mill has hidden talents! Let's go! Take me around the factory."

When the country was first liberated, the steel mill had only four workshops. After several years of development, the mill has grown from four workshops to eleven workshops. The plant area has also expanded by more than three times. It took me nearly two hours to walk around the eleven workshops.

When Director Yang and Hao Shuji walked out of the last workshop with the middle-aged man, the bell rang. After washing their hands, the workers rushed out of the workshop with their lunch boxes. Seeing the workers in a hurry, the middle-aged man asked, "What's going on?!"

Hao Shuji said: "Old leader, they are going to the third canteen to grab a number."

"Grab a number?!" The middle-aged man was slightly stunned.

Hao Shuji explained: "Ever since He Yuzhu passed the exam to become a second-level chef, the factory workers are reluctant to go to the other two canteens. But the third canteen cannot satisfy all the workers. Later, the cooks of the third canteen came up with the idea of ​​issuing number plates at the canteen door. They issued the plates based on the number of one-third of the total factory workers. Those who did not receive a number plate could only go to the other two canteens."

The middle-aged man asked, "The workers have no objection to the cafeteria doing this?!"

Hao Shuji replied: "There were some at the beginning, but after they understood the situation, there were none. However, the workshop directors came up with a way to motivate the workers. If the workers can complete the work of the morning to a high standard, the workshop directors will let those workers leave the workshop early at their discretion. So the workers want to get the number for the third canteen in advance, and they are all trying to study the technology."

"Great! These workshop directors in your factory are great." The middle-aged man agreed, and then said, "You two go back and write a report on the progress of each workshop. Submit it to the department in two days."

"Yes!" Director Yang and Hao Shuji answered in unison. Director Yang said, "Old leader, it's time to eat. Why don't we just have a meal at our factory? Old Hao and I will treat you."

The middle-aged man glanced at Director Yang and Hao Shuji's faces twice, and said with a smile: "Okay! I'll beat you two local tyrants today!"

When he reached the canteen entrance, the middle-aged man saw the workers queuing in an orderly manner and asked casually, "Which canteen is this?!"

Director Yang replied, "The third canteen."

When he heard that it was the third canteen, the middle-aged man's face changed instantly. Hao Shuji said, "Old leader, we are also relying on you today. Usually we go to the second canteen which is closest to the office building to eat. We only come here when there is a reception task."

After hearing what Hao Shuji said, the middle-aged man's face looked better. He said, "If we eat, won't there be fewer workers?!"

Director Yang said, "Old boss, how can a chef cook dishes accurately? Usually there will be a little more."

"Oh?! Director! Shuji! Why are you here?! Why didn't you tell me before you came?!" Director Yang and Hao Shuji had just walked into the kitchen of the third canteen with the middle-aged man when Gao Yao suddenly appeared in front of everyone and asked.

The middle-aged man asked: "Who is he?!"

Director Yang said, "He is the canteen director Gao Yao." Then he asked, "Gao Yao, have you distributed all the signs for the third canteen today?!"

Gao Yao immediately understood what Director Yang meant and said, "Director, the number plates have been distributed a long time ago. However, the radio parts factory and printing factory next door have a temporary reception today, so they arranged it in our factory."

The middle-aged man asked, "Doesn't their factory have a cafeteria?!"

Gao Yao looked at Director Yang and Hao Shuji. Hao Shuji said, "Just tell me!"

"Hey!" Gao Yao responded, and said, "The chefs in their factory are not as good as Comrade He Yuzhu in our factory. Since we are entertaining guests, who wouldn't want to use the best food?! Moreover, these factories are not far from our factory. Sometimes, if something in our factory is broken and we don't have the spare parts, we can ask their factory for replacement."

The middle-aged man nodded and said, "What you said makes some sense. Some things still need to be flexible."

Director Yang said, "Old leader, let's not stand here. It's not good for the comrades outside to see us."

The middle-aged man looked at Director Yang, then glanced at the cafeteria hall, and said, "This is your territory, you have the final say!"

"Hey!" Director Yang responded and winked at Hao Shuji. Hao Shuji nodded in understanding and led the middle-aged man to the small restaurant behind the cafeteria.

After Director Yang and the others left, Gao Yao immediately said hello to the kitchen staff. Today was a special situation, and everyone understood. So there was no fuss. Not long after, the dishes were served one after another. The two private rooms upstairs had already started toasting. In the small restaurant downstairs, the middle-aged man looked at the dazzling array of dishes on the table and said with a bit of laughter: "It seems that I will have a good time today." After that, the middle-aged man picked up the chopsticks, picked up a chopstick of shredded potatoes in front of him and put it into his mouth. Then the middle-aged man tasted several other dishes and asked: "Xiao Yang, why do four dishes taste different from the others?!"

Director Yang remembered what Gao Yao had said to him when he passed by just now, and said with a smile: "Old leader, you are amazing! You can taste this. The four dishes you just mentioned are all the dishes eaten by our factory workers. He Yuzhu used 100% of his cooking skills in all of them, and for the remaining dishes, He Yuzhu only used about 70% of his cooking skills."

After listening to Director Yang's words, the middle-aged man imagined it for a moment, then nodded and said, "Comrade He Yuzhu is good!" Then the middle-aged man reacted and said, "Xiao Yang, the highest level of chefs in your factory is only level six. If I remember correctly, He Yuzhu is a level two chef."

Hao Shuji, who was sitting next to him, felt a little nervous and thought to himself, "Another poacher?!" Hao Shuji said hurriedly, "Old leader, many units want to transfer He Yuzhu away, but He Yuzhu has feelings for our factory, and Xiao Yang has been very kind to He Yuzhu. So He Yuzhu said that if anyone wants to transfer him away, he will resign. In order not to discourage He Yuzhu and bury his talent, we gave him the highest level of chef in the factory, level 30, and also gave him a level clerk."

The middle-aged man pondered for a while and said, "You did a great job."

Director Yang picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and put it into the middle-aged man's bowl, saying, "Old leader, the food will not taste good if it gets cold. If you have anything to say, let's talk after we finish eating."

"Okay! Let's eat!" After saying that, the middle-aged man stopped hesitating and started eating.