dognovel Chapter 92 Great Sales of Supplies
Chapter 92 Great Sales of Supplies
Chapter 92 Great Sales of Supplies
He Yuzhu did not show any special treatment towards MCA, even though he had read the story and knew that this person was the kind of person with a conscience.
He Yuzhu will keep him by his side for a few years to observe him. Anyway, the other party doesn't know anything, so it's okay to learn the basics first.
TV dramas are TV dramas; as for what the real person is like, He Yuzhu will observe and evaluate the person himself.
My culinary skills are truly family heirlooms; I can't let others learn them easily. What if they betray me and my family? I'd be furious!
He Yuzhu doesn't comment on the feud between Sha Zhu and Ma Hua, or the fat man. Whether or not Sha Zhu should teach his apprentices cooking skills depends on the circumstances.
He Yuzhu doesn't owe anyone any favors, and he still takes a laissez-faire attitude towards taking on apprentices.
If MCA can satisfy Ho Yu Chu, passing on the culinary skills of a particular cuisine to him wouldn't be a big deal. If they can't satisfy Ho Yu Chu, he wouldn't be so eager to pass on MCA's culinary skills.
Liu Lan had noticed something and even asked He Yuzhu about it. They didn't need to hide their relationship from each other, after all, she had given birth to his son.
He Yuzhu didn't hide anything from the other party, only saying that he wanted to take on an apprentice.
Over the years, not only have people come to ask He Yuzhu to take on apprentices, but some leaders have also suggested that some of their collateral relatives come to become his disciples.
He Yuzhu always smiled and said that he was still young, plus chefs are very particular about the rules when taking on apprentices.
Now it's a new society, everyone is a worker, and no one dares to let someone work for free for three years without earning any money.
Not to mention others, Liu Dazhi had considered having Liu Dawei learn cooking from his brother-in-law, but He Yuzhu had persuaded him otherwise.
This is also why He Yuzhu later arranged for the other party to learn to drive; it was the reason he came up with to refuse his father-in-law.
When Liu Dawei heard that he could learn to drive, he naturally lost interest in being a chef.
Although Liu Dawei is now his brother-in-law, the Liu family is not the He family. He Yuzhu naturally has no obligation to pass on his culinary skills to the Liu family.
Even Liu Yulan didn't want her husband to easily pass on his cooking skills to others; she was hoping that her son and grandson would learn the craft and pass it down to the family.
Liu Yulan now considers herself a member of the He family. She will take care of her own family as she should, and she will not harm the interests of the He family.
Even his master, Wang Defa, who tasted He Yuzhu's cooking every year during the Lunar New Year, could not find any problems except to marvel at how good his apprentice's skills were now.
If the other party knew that He Yuzhu had achieved this level of skill without using a secret recipe, Wang Defa would probably laugh heartily and become a sensation in Beijing's culinary circles.
Of course, it's hard to say whether Wang Defa felt ashamed after laughing.
As for the second senior brother, he no longer dares to compete with He Yuzhu in cooking skills, as the gap between the two is too great.
It seems that since the junior brother finally figured it out, his cooking skills have improved by leaps and bounds, making his senior brother, the second senior brother, lose face.
He Yuzhu didn't want to show off because he was already making strides in his political career. He couldn't stay in the position of guesthouse director forever, could he?
If he doesn't intend to get promoted, revealing his culinary skills will naturally make him famous, and he might even be able to cook in the lake.
But so what? No matter how good a chef is, he is still just a chef.
Therefore, He Yuzhu plans to spend a few years training MCA, and when he is promoted, MCA can continue to stay in the guesthouse's small kitchen to be in charge of cooking.
Speaking of another apprentice, Zhang Shijie, he is the nephew of the head of the security department of the steel rolling mill.
The other party simply handed He Yuzhu a large yellow croaker, clearly indicating that they knew the rules of the chef's circle.
Three years of apprenticeship, two years of service. It's impossible to let the apprentice work for free now, nor can the master's interests be harmed.
This large yellow croaker represents the benefits the master is imparting to his disciple, and he insists that He Yuzhu accept it. Furthermore, he promises to take care of He Yuzhu in his old age and see him off in his final days, truly treating him like a father.
He Yuzhu declined several times, but finally had no choice but to accept. Seeing the Zhang family's sincerity, and after He Yuzhu had assessed Zhang Shijie, he finally agreed.
He has talent, but he's definitely not the cunning type.
He Yuzhu then took Zhang Shijie as his first apprentice. Zhang Shijie was eighteen years old and was the eldest disciple.
MCA is the candidate for the future second-in-command.
Since He Yuzhu intends to train apprentices, MCA is particularly strict with Zhang Shijie.
They'd yell at you for even the slightest mistake, and if they got really angry, they'd hit you with a spatula. He Yuzhu didn't want them to follow him for over ten years, nor did he want them to be able to run their own catering businesses.
To help them succeed as quickly as possible, He Yuzhu had no choice but to be strict with them. He couldn't possibly repeat the scenario in the story where, after Sha Zhu left, Ma Hua and Fatty couldn't even get proper tutoring.
The stricter He Yuzhu was, the more grateful Zhang Shijie and MCA were to him. Zhang Shijie and MCA weren't fools; they could easily tell whether their mentor was genuinely teaching or just fooling around.
Strict teachers produce outstanding students. Being strict with them in the early stages will help them build a solid foundation and graduate as soon as possible.
He Yuzhu didn't want his apprentice to end up like Jia Dongxu, a good-for-nothing for many years to come.
Within three years, the two must reach the level of an eighth-grade chef.
Within five years, at least one of them needs to break through to level three and the other to break through to level five chef.
Just around that time, I estimated that I would be promoted to the level of a full-fledged division chief or deputy director-general, which would also be the perfect time to leave the small kitchen.
Li Huaide is now the deputy factory director and concurrently serves as the head of the logistics department. Li Huaide has also instructed He Yuzhu to train a successor as soon as possible.
Looking back, the positions of deputy director and director of logistics were both reserved for He Yuzhu.
Compared to Director Yang, Li Huaide truly knows how to use people. Li Huaide's instructions also made He Yuzhu feel a sense of urgency; he couldn't let others keep his position for him while he couldn't afford to neglect his own career.
He Yuzhu plans to hand over Sichuan cuisine to Ma Hua and Shandong cuisine to Zhang Shijie, so that they will each have a skill.
The two of them will stay in the guesthouse's small kitchen, which will not only meet their work needs, but each of them will also have a skill that can be passed down through generations.
There is no particular order here; both Shandong cuisine and Sichuan cuisine will be highly valued in the future.
After all, Dongshan Province produces many cadres, and there will be quite a few Dongshan cadres in Beijing in the future.
The same principle applies to Sichuan cuisine.
He taught two different cuisines to two apprentices, but when it really comes down to it, He Yuzhu is still unique.
Things are tough outside now, so we can't have as many people treating us as before.
Since He Yuzhu can no longer host banquets outside, the number of family banquets has increased every month.
This shows that there are always people who don't lack supplies, at least now the number of meals at the guesthouse has been reduced to a minimum.
Sometimes there are only two or three tables a week, and at most no more than five tables.
On the contrary, He Yuzhu needs to go out almost every other day for family banquets. He's getting so many invitations to cook at his home that he simply can't keep up.
It's no wonder that He Yuzhu's popularity is soaring, given his excellent reputation, tight-lipped nature, top-notch culinary skills, and status as a government official.
Leaders won't give money directly; receipts are the most suitable form of payment for cigarettes, alcohol, and tea.
The tobacco, alcohol, and tea can be kept; some can be used by ourselves and some given to Liu Dazhi.
Liu Dawei, Qin Song, and Chang Wei, the two brothers-in-law, also frequently received some.
However, Liu Yuchun's husband, Zhang Ming, had a very bad relationship with He Yuzhu. It seemed that he and He Yuzhu had disliked each other from the beginning.
Over the years, Liu Yuchun would occasionally visit the He family, but Zhang Ming had never done so.
Liu Lan is going back to her parents' home in Qin Huairu's place, bringing only two bottles of wine and a pack of cigarettes.
This is even better than bringing meat and pastries.
There's no liquor priced below four yuan, and cigarettes are also priced at three and a half yuan for the Red Peony brand.
Two bottles of liquor and a pack of cigarettes cost almost fifteen yuan, and the key point is that you can't buy them without a ticket.
It can be said that He Yuzhu earned Liu Lan and Qin Huairu a great deal of face in their maternal homes.
This is also why the two women are now willing to stay with He Yuzhu.
Even during such difficult times, Liu Lan and Qin Huairu's families came to their door seeking help. All they had to do was tell He Yuzhu, and dozens of kilograms of cornmeal would be delivered.
At other times, this would only be worth a few dollars, but now it's a lifesaver.
Liu Lan and Qin Huairu, relying on He Yuzhu, are never afraid of encountering difficulties they cannot overcome.
Men have never let them down.
Now, Liu Lan and Qin Huairu are enjoying great prestige both in appearance and in their maternal family.
Meanwhile, Liu Lan and Qin Huairu's family had also guessed that their daughter had someone backing her.
Liu Lan had been divorced for several years, and Qin Huairu's husband was not capable at all.
However, neither Liu Lan nor Qin Huairu's family members would bring it up directly. Instead, they would subtly tell them to do their job properly.
The worry is that they won't be able to hold onto this capable man and will lose him. In the adult world, everyone only cares about interests; who cares about right and wrong?
He Yuzhu had too many tickets. Besides Liu Dawei, Qin Song, and Chang Wei taking a few bicycle tickets and watch tickets, the rest were gradually exchanged for small yellow croakers.
He Yuzhu himself didn't expect that his initial plan to exchange the small yellow fish for a 10% discount would actually come true.
There are now more than two hundred small yellow croakers and a full five hundred large yellow croakers in the space.
We need to merge the small yellow croakers into large yellow croakers as soon as possible, mainly because the shipments have been too heavy recently.
There was a severe shortage of supplies outside, and what He Yuzhu brought out was the most urgently needed.
Flour, meat, and peanut oil—these three things were considered more useful than gold by those old-fashioned people.
Every time He Yuzhu comes to Pigeon City, he wears a mask and a baseball cap, and carries two large bags.
One bag contains 100 jin of wheat flour, and another bag contains over 100 jin of braised meat, pork, mutton, chicken, duck, and fish.
These two bags can be exchanged for more than a dozen small yellow croakers.
Don't think it's expensive; He Yuzhu didn't intend to do business with poor people.
These supplies are not something the poor can even dream of.
Poor people nowadays only buy cornmeal, so selling goods to the right people will maximize profits.