Chapter 286

It's not only the chubby guy who asks questions who thinks that.

Everyone present thought the same.

The entertaining meals at Yagangchang have always been Shazhu's responsibility; the food prepared by other chefs seems never to have won over the stomachs of the inspecting comrades and superiors.

Shazhu's culinary skill is Yagangchang's calling card.

When Deputy Factory Director Li looks for Shazhu, ninety-nine percent of the time it's about the entertaining meal.

Every time someone helps Shazhu with the entertaining meal, they can learn something.

More skills never burden you.

Learn a little more.

In the end, it's correct.

Shazhu didn't avoid them either.

Some dishes.

Even if you demonstrate it a thousand times before them, these people still won't learn.

A proper amount of leftover ingredients is enough for them to ponder.

"It's not about the entertaining meal; it's about the sixteenth workshop."

The apprentices who just joined Yagangchang.

The first thing they learn.

Is to know the importance of the sixteenth workshop.

Upon hearing that Deputy Factory Director Li sought Shazhu over the sixteenth workshop matter, the people of Ershitang led by Thus: Thus: Mahua and the chubby guy all backed out.

Without a diamond drill, don't take on porcelain work.

One must not lose the big picture over small gains, lest it disgust some people.

"Master, you didn't say anything to us, and we heard nothing."

The chubby guy is ultimately a bit more lively than Thus: Thus: Mahua.

Those who laugh are about to make Shazhu act out a farce of talking nonsense with eyes wide open.

Shazhu understands the chubby guy's feelings.

Liu Lan, as the famous loudspeaker of Ershitang, dare not casually spread remarks about the sixteenth workshop.

What are everyone's thoughts?

Shazhu's mind is as clear as a bright mirror.

He waved his hand and said to everyone: "The matter of the sixteenth workshop, I will personally handle it; Thus: Thus: Mahua, the chubby guy, and Liu Lan, you three are responsible for helping me organize the materials, and throughout the process there must be two people."

Thus: Thus: Mahua, the chubby guy, and Liu Lan understood the seriousness of the matter.

The bold will be stuffed to death, the timid will starve to death.

If they truly follow Shazhu and make a contribution to the sixteenth workshop, they might possibly get a promotion; the three eagerly accepted the task Shazhu assigned.

From Deputy Factory Director Li's meaning, those people in the sixteenth workshop have upset stomachs.

A good doctor treats illness.

Shazhu, who understands the current situation clearly, is that divine doctor who treats illness; he knows why those people have stomachaches.

It's probably because they haven't eaten meat for a long time.

Plus the work is busy.

Their bodies are extremely lacking in nutrition.

Under limited conditions, Shazhu can only do his best; he instructed Thus: Thus: Mahua and the chubby guy to get eggs from logistics, and also told Liu Lan to evenly cut the remaining one jin of tofu from the noon stir-fry into small pieces.

This is a dish Shazhu personally figured out in his previous life, a specialty of his.

The dish is named Huangbai Tianri.

To put it bluntly.

It's just adding some tofu to the egg soup, simmering over low heat so the egg's fragrance permeates the tofu, and letting the tofu's fresh aroma intertwine with the egg's deliciousness.

Truly it is a soup with simple ingredients and delicious flavor; eating it with cornbread and sorghum cakes, as long as you drink this soup, you will feel refreshed.

For those who know, it's not difficult.

For those who find it difficult, they cannot do it.

Over two lifetimes combined, having cooked meals for decades, the steps, heat control, etc., are etched into Shazhu's bones.

A dazzling array of operations.

Shazhu's carefully cooked egg tofu soup just came out of the pot; after greeting Deputy Factory Director Li, Shazhu led Thus: Thus: Mahua, the chubby guy, and others toward the sixteenth workshop.

At the entrance of the sixteenth workshop.

Put down the food.

After exchanging a few words with the Security Section personnel standing guard at the sixteenth workshop's entrance, we watched as the Security Section delivered the food into the sixteenth workshop.

Originally there were no security personnel outside the sixteenth workshop; a few years ago a theft occurred, and several processed parts were lost inside the sixteenth workshop.

Out of the idea of mending the pen after losing the sheep, the former head of Yagangchang had the Security Section personnel patrol around the sixteenth workshop more often when they had nothing else to do.

After Deputy Factory Director Li became the acting head, he drew over ten people from the Security Section to form a new team, fully responsible for the security of the sixteenth workshop and several nearby workshops and warehouses.

Top-notch craftsman.

This is a term that popped into Shazhu's mind as he watched the bustling sixteenth workshop before him.

In Yagangchang with over ten thousand people, the number of Level 8 technicians, at most, is fewer than twenty; this includes Yi Zhonghai, who got his Level 8 status through seniority alone, a deadweight.

There are two or three deadweight Level 8 workers; the remaining sixteen or seventeen all earned their Level 8 reputation through genuine skill.

Most of these people work in related jobs in the sixteenth workshop.

Outsiders may not know what the sixteenth workshop is doing.

Shazhu could only guess roughly.

These people.

They could be called treasures.

They used outdated machine tools to manually manufacture parts, whose indicators in every respect far surpassed those of foreigners; on some products that cannot be described in words, these manually manufactured parts were installed, from as small as a tiny screw to as large as a rotating bearing.

No wonder Workshop Sixteen became the only safe haven of Yagangchang.

Unexpected.

One day.

I could also participate in it.

A smile appeared on Shazhu's face; he gestured with his eyes to Thus: Thus: Mahua and Pangzi, telling the two to wait for the meal cart, while he turned and went back to the cafeteria.

As the cafeteria director, I still have this authority.

Just entered the cafeteria.

Hadn't spoken two sentences.

Was again summoned to the office by Deputy Factory Director Li.

Through the glass, I instantly saw Deputy Factory Director Li's gleeful, beaming cheeks.

Shazhu guessed that it was likely his cooking that had earned the approval of those people in Workshop Sixteen.

As expected.

After Shazhu entered the room, Deputy Factory Director Li kept praising him, as if bestowing a flower upon him.

"Zhuzi, I thought I had a clear idea of your cooking skills, but you threw another bombshell at me; the best thing I've done in my life is meeting you, He Yuzhu, recruiting you to Yagangchang as its head chef—you are practically my lucky star—this is for you."

Shazhu looked.

Good partner.

Radio ticket.

Wanting to refuse.

After thinking.

With a clear conscience, I slipped it into my pocket.

Previous life.

Bicycle tickets, radio tickets, sewing machine tickets—Shazhu really went to great lengths, either begging for this or commissioning that.

That was truly difficult.

The key point, however, was not guaranteed to succeed.

This life.

These things ended up in Shazhu's hands unintentionally.

……

Workshop Nine.

Qin Huairu was again enjoying a rare, troublesome feast.

This time.

The director of Workshop Nine personally took action.

Qin Huairu's act of going over the workshop director to ask Deputy Factory Director Li for a job transfer, spread intentionally by some interested parties, reached the ears of several Workshop Nine leaders within less than ten minutes.

The biggest workplace taboo is jumping the chain of command.

If you succeed.

Those people won't be able to manipulate you.

If it's an unlucky matter—you jump the chain, offend some people, and still haven't met your set goal—then you can only knock out your teeth and swallow them.

Facing the workshop director's furious onslaught.

Qin Huairu said nothing.

Things have come to this.

What's there to say?