During this period, I was busy with He Yushui’s college life and the affairs in the courtyard.

Ignored the most important thing for Shazhu.

It was not until Zhao Kangcheng and two other people entered the cafeteria that he remembered.

These two people were none other than Sha Zhu’s two apprentices, Fatty and Ma Hua.

The fat guy’s name is Zhang Yu, he is 18 years old, and he is very smart. He looks very familiar to Zhao Kangcheng.

Ma Hua is about the same age as him, but he is more honest and seems a bit dull. He just follows the two men obediently.

“Director He, these are two new apprentices in our cafeteria. Please arrange for them.”

This is interesting.

Zhao Kangcheng, the canteen director, can take the two apprentices directly to the kitchen. There is no need to talk to him specifically and ask him to make arrangements.

Looking through Sha Zhu’s memories, during this period, Sha Zhu’s mind was full of thoughts on how to bring lunch boxes to Qin Huairu, and he never cared about these two apprentices.

The two men saw that Sha Zhu was in a bad mood, so they didn’t dare to mention it in front of him. So Sha Zhu never knew how these two apprentices got into the steel mill until he died.

He Yuzhu was young before, and the people in the kitchen were all older than him, so he was embarrassed to accept an apprentice.

He is old now, so taking in an apprentice is not a big deal.

However, he did not agree immediately.

No matter what, we have to test it.

As for whether they can succeed in learning it, it depends on the talents of the two people.

“Let’s go to the cafeteria first and do odd jobs with Big Zhu. Let’s see how he does it.”

After arranging these two people, He Yuzhu took Zhao Kangcheng to his office.

“Director, why are there two people coming in at this time?”

Zhao Kangcheng said: “Master Qian from the second canteen has retired. His children have jobs, so he gave the job to Zhang Yu.

Ma Hua was assigned to a poor family by the street office. His father was bedridden, and the five members of his family all depended on his mother’s odd jobs to make a living.”

Ma Hua’s identity is not a big deal, the key should be that he is fat.

Sure enough, Zhao Kangcheng said after a while: “Well, Zhang Yu’s uncle is a section chief in the grain depot. He and I are friends.

I am asking for a favor from you. If you want to accept a disciple, please accept Zhang Yu.”

He Yuzhu thought to himself, no wonder Zhang Yu is so fat.

“Then why don’t you send him to the grain depot? The treatment at the depot is better than at our factory.”

Zhao Kangcheng said: “I won’t hide it from you. Zhang Yu’s parents once saved Section Chief Zhang’s life.

This job is the last favor.”

He Yuzhu nodded, and he said, if the fat guy’s background was really that strong, why did he study cooking with Shazhu for so long.

“I agree to this. But you know I’m still young, so it’s not a good idea to just accept me as a disciple.

Let them practice with the kitchen staff first, and after two years, when I have inspected them thoroughly, I will accept them as apprentices.”

Zhao Kangcheng was very satisfied to see He Yuzhu giving him so much face.

He Yuzhu saw that it was almost time, so he went to the kitchen to arrange cooking.

When he arrived at the kitchen, Ma Hua was washing potatoes diligently, using a knife to cut off the damaged parts.

The fat guy hung out with Liu Lan, and the two of them had a pretty good chat.

“Big Zhu, Lao Yang has gone to the second cafeteria and he probably won’t be back. You have to take charge of the lunch preparation.”

Chef Qian from the second canteen was about to retire, so he handed over the canteen work. In order not to delay the cooking, Chef Yang was transferred from the third canteen.

Big Zhu temporarily took over the position of chef team leader.

The meaning of He Yuzhu’s words was very clear: from now on, the position of chef squad leader would belong to Zhu Dage.

There are no other benefits for being a chef squad leader, except that he can get an extra two dollars and fifty cents in labor pay every month.

Zhu Dazi has been asking He Yuzhu for advice for many years. His cooking skills have improved rapidly and he can now support the kitchen.

But it’s just big pot dishes and ordinary stir-fried dishes.

They couldn’t afford a real treat. Even if they had the ability, the factory leaders wouldn’t allow it. No matter how good their cooking skills were, they couldn’t compare to He Yuzhu’s. If they could eat He Yuzhu’s dishes, they would never eat anyone else’s.

Big Zhu smiled and said, “Thank you, Director He.”

He Yuzhu glanced at Fatty and Ma Hua and said, “Do you two have a foundation?”

The fat man said, “Director He, I have never cooked before. But I can learn. I learn very quickly.”

Ma Hua simply said: “I have cooked some dishes for my family.”

He Yuzhu already knew the answer. In those days of material scarcity, there was definitely no extra stuff for them to squander.

“Then start from the basics. Big Zhu, you can teach them when you have time.

Well, it’s getting late, everyone should get busy, so as not to delay the workers’ meals.”

Liu Lan is quite free and doesn’t have a fixed job. Fatty still wants to follow her.

He Yuzhu frowned and said, “Fatty, you and Ma Hua, wash the vegetables here and take care of the garbage.

You must remember that the purpose of our canteen is cleanliness and hygiene.”

The fat man was unwilling to give in and sat with Ma Hua to wash the vegetables.

He Yuzhu ignored him and called a kitchen helper to prepare for the reception.

The fat man nudged Ma Hua with his arm: “When do you think we can start cooking?”

Ma Hua did not stop what he was doing. While washing, he said, “Why are you in such a hurry? Didn’t you hear Director He say that we should start with the basics first?”

Do it quickly!

Look at how fast Master Zhu and his team are cutting vegetables. If we don’t speed up, we won’t be able to supply them.”

The fat man turned his head to look at the place where vegetables were being cut. A dozen chefs were standing neatly beside the chopping board, the knives in their hands falling continuously.

Soon a potato was cut into shredded potatoes.

“You can cut it so fast without worrying about cutting your hand.”

Liu Lan happened to pass by and slapped the fat man on the back of his head: “Even if you cut your hands, they can’t cut them. Just work hard for me.”

The fat man was so aggrieved that he couldn’t speak a word, and Ma Hua didn’t dare to say anything either. He quickly washed the vegetables in the basin.

No one paid attention to this little incident, and no one had the time to pay attention to it.

Cooking for more than a thousand people in the third canteen is not an easy job.

On the first day of work, the fat man was so tired that he couldn’t stand up. He asked several times in a row: “Why are there so many?”

“Just be content! Our canteen No. 3 is far from the workshop. Canteens No. 1 and No. 2 cook for three to four thousand people.

That’s a lot.”

The fat man was dumbfounded. He thought being a cook meant cooking, but he never thought he would have to do these things.

Ma Hua didn’t say anything and just kept working. Just do whatever others tell you to do?
He Yuzhu was actually secretly observing the two apprentices. The situation in Ma Hua and Sha Zhu’s memory had not changed much.

Sha Zhu was greatly influenced by Yi Zhonghai in choosing his apprentices, and he put filial piety, honesty, and obedience first.

Ma Hua just met those conditions, so it was natural for him to become Sha Zhu’s apprentice.

But how did the fat guy, with such a slippery personality, become Sha Zhu’s apprentice?

It couldn’t be arranged by the factory, so Sha Zhu agreed.

Sha Zhu has such a bad temper that no one can make him bow his head if he doesn’t want to do something.

He had the guts to not entertain the factory leaders, so he would care even less about the apprentices assigned to him by the factory.

But these memories are so vague that I can’t find the answers.

He Yuzhu shook his head in disdain, shaking off those memories of Shazhu. The answer actually didn’t matter anymore.

Many things have changed, and there is no point in continuing to pursue them.

He Yuzhu didn’t want to let go of Ma Hua, his apprentice. To develop in the future, what he needed most was loyal people.

As for the fat guy, he would not deliberately hide his secrets. He just needs to be more cautious in the future. (End of this chapter)