Siheyuan: He Yuzhu since 1958

Chapter 240 Director Yang takes He Yuzhu out to cook

Li Huaide smiled and said, "Comrade He Yuzhu, you have a good understanding. Next Monday, when you arrive at the factory, you will report directly to Director Li's office!"

"Yes!" He Yuzhu responded. After sending Li Huaide away, the smile on his face disappeared, and he began to murmur in his heart: "I will have to cook for the big boss until next year. Who will I cook for this time?!"

Sister Zhang walked up to He Yuzhu and asked, "Zhuzi, what are you thinking about?!"

He Yuzhu came back to his senses and said, "I didn't think anything!" Then he asked, "Sister Zhang, what's the matter?!"

Sister Zhang asked: "Zhu Zi, are the food coupons awarded to you by the factory local food coupons or national food coupons?!"

He Yuzhu looked at the food coupons in his hand and said, "Local food coupons." Then he asked, "What's the matter?!"

Sister Zhang said, "Zhu Zi, can you transfer this food coupon to me?!"

He Yuzhu laughed and said, "What was I doing at that time? If you are short of food coupons, take them. When you have them, return them to me."

"Then I won't be polite! Thank you!" Sister Zhang took the food coupons from He Yuzhu and left happily.

After Sister Zhang left, Sister Huang said, "Zhu Zi, don't blame her. She has no choice. There are many people in the family, and only she and her husband go to work. Their salaries are not high. Originally, they could survive on coarse grains and wild vegetables. A few days ago, her parents-in-law were sick. She has been trying to make fine grains during this period, and several of her hair has turned white."

He Yuzhu said, "Everyone's life is not easy, so we should help if we can. Besides, we have been working together for more than a year or two, and we all know each other well. You ladies are perfect except for your bad mouths. I, He Yuzhu, am not the kind of person who doesn't know the ins and outs of things."

Sister Huang laughed and said, "I never thought you could be so eloquent now. No wonder you were able to trick such a beautiful wife into your hands."

He Yuzhu said, "Sister Huang, you are wrong. My wife and I are like a turtle and a mung bean, and we are attracted to each other. There is no such thing as cheating or not."

Soon it was the day that Li Huaide had told He Yuzhu. Early in the morning, He Yuzhu arrived at the factory, and after arranging things, he went directly to the door of Director Yang's office. He Yuzhu knocked on the door very cautiously. Director Yang heard the knock and shouted, "Come in!"

He Yuzhu pushed the door open and walked into the office, saying, "Director Yang, Deputy Director Li asked me to come and report to you."

Director Yang said, "Please sit down for a while. I'll finish the things I have on hand, and then we'll leave!"

"Yes!" He Yuzhu responded and walked to the side and sat down.

After about twenty minutes, Director Yang finished the work at hand, called his secretary, handed the document to the secretary, and left the office with He Yuzhu.

When He Yuzhu and Director Yang walked outside the office building, the jeep was already waiting at the door. Director Yang got on the back seat as usual, and He Yuzhu sat in the co-pilot seat. After He Yuzhu sat down, the driver released the brake and lightly stepped on the accelerator, and the car started moving immediately.

Although He Yuzhu had not been around the city much, he still had a general sense of the road. Judging from the direction, it should be a compound. When the jeep drove into Xueyuan South Road, He Yuzhu immediately realized that this was the compound of the Ministry of Metallurgy.

Soon the jeep was stopped at the gate. Director Yang showed his work permit and registered at the gate, and then the jeep started moving again.

When they were almost at their destination, Director Yang said, "He Yuzhu, your task today is to cook. As long as you cook the dishes well, you don't have to worry about anything else. After you go back from here, if someone asks you, just answer that you don't know. Do you understand what I mean?!"

He Yuzhu replied: "Director, don't worry! I know what's going on." At the same time, He Yuzhu muttered in his heart: "Could it be that the plot has been advanced?!"

The plot was not advanced. The place that Director Yang brought He Yuzhu to today was not the home of the big leader. Instead, it was the home of a chief engineer in the department. This chief engineer is now in charge of the upgrading and transformation of the steel rolling mill. Many factories are eyeing this chief engineer.

As the saying goes, the one who is close to the water gets the moon first. The chief engineer has a good relationship with Director Yang. Today is the 90th birthday of the chief engineer's mother. Although it is not allowed to have a grand celebration now, in order to show filial piety, the chief engineer still plans to set up two tables and invite relatives and friends to have a meal. However, the chief engineer's mother has been a vegetarian for many years, and there are not many chefs in the city who can cook vegetarian food. When the chief engineer was worried about finding a chef, Director Yang learned about this news and recommended He Yuzhu to the chief engineer.

As soon as the jeep stopped, Director Yang and He Yuzhu got out of the car. At this time, the door of the villa opened, and the chief engineer came out and said, "Old Yang, you came really early!" Then he looked at He Yuzhu and asked, "This is Master He, right?!"

Director Yang said: "He is He Yuzhu."

The chief engineer looked at He Yuzhu carefully, nodded slightly, and said, "Let's go into the house!"

After entering the villa, He Yuzhu asked, "Where is the kitchen?!"

The chief engineer didn't say much, and personally took He Yuzhu to the kitchen door and said, "This is the kitchen."

Although the kitchen was not very big, it looked like everything was quite complete. He Yuzhu asked, "Is there anything you shouldn't eat?!"

The chief engineer smiled and replied, "My mother is a vegetarian all year round. There are two tables today."

"I understand!" He Yuzhu walked into the kitchen, carefully checked the dishes on the table, then took off the shoulder bag, hung the bag on the wall, then took out the kitchen utensils from the bag, put them on the table, and began to clean up the dishes on the table.

The chief engineer looked at it for a while and left with Director Yang.

As time went by, more and more guests came, but the aroma in the kitchen became stronger and stronger. Smelling the aroma, the guests started chatting about family matters and gradually began to guess what dishes the chef would cook today. At 11 o'clock in the morning, the chief engineer's wife came to inform them that the food could be served.

The chief engineer was also full of curiosity at this time, and wanted to see what dishes the chef introduced by Director Yang would cook. When he walked to the table and saw the cold dishes on the table, the chief engineer and the guests were amazed. The chief engineer helped his mother to sit on the chair, and then asked everyone to sit down, poured a glass of wine, raised the glass, and said: "Thank you all for taking time out of your busy schedule to attend my mother's birthday party. Here I toast you all." After that, the chief engineer drank the wine in the glass in one gulp and said: "Please start eating!"

The guests, who had been salivating for a long time, picked up their chopsticks when they heard the chief engineer's words. One after another, as five hot dishes were served, the chief engineer's mother finally showed a long-lost smile on her face and asked in a low voice: "Son, where did you find this chef today?!"

The chief engineer replied: "Old Yang introduced it."

The chief engineer's mother said, "It seems that you have made friends with Yang Changzheng for good."

When Director Yang, who was sitting nearby, heard what the mother of the chief engineer said, he was relieved and thought to himself, "He Yuzhu is really capable. I'll give him more responsibilities later."