A leisurely life reborn in the fiery age

Chapter 31 Let nature take its course
Red Star Rolling Mill, the first canteen.

The reception room on the second floor.

The leaders of several rolling mills are entertaining guests, and the table is full of rich food and wine.

It's not a difficult time yet, and the commune still has a lot of fish and meat, let alone a heavy industry enterprise as large as a rolling mill.

"Well, Director Yang, Deputy Director Li, and Deputy Director Nie, the cooks in your cafeteria are really good. I haven't eaten such authentic Tan family dishes for many years. This Caoru steamed chicken is really authentic. Oh, this dish is the best for my wife, but it’s hard to find someone who inherits the Tan family’s cuisine. I didn’t expect you to have one here. Director Yang, can you please bring out the cook? I’d like to ask for advice.”

Zhao Lianze, director of the tenth metallurgical project of the Ministry of Metallurgy, was very satisfied with the food. It seems that this is also an old man who loves delicious food very much, otherwise he would not make such a request.

Yang Wanli, the director of the rolling mill, laughed, and said to Li Huaide, the deputy director: "Deputy director Li is in charge of the logistics and canteen. Deputy director Li, call the chef and let Director Zhao meet?"

Li Huaide hurriedly smiled and said, "It's easy to talk about." Then he said to the logistics director Wang Zhaoguo: "Go to the cafeteria and call He Yuzhu."

After finishing speaking, he explained to Director Zhao: "This Comrade He Yuzhu is a family heirloom of Tan's cuisine, and he is also proficient in Sichuan cuisine. He is an eighth-level chef in our cafeteria.

Zhao Lianze was surprised: "Since the craftsmanship is so good, how can you be an eighth-level chef? It's a matter of background, and the ingredients are not good?"

The titles of chefs and workers are different. The eighth rank of workers is the highest, but the opposite is true for chefs.

Li Huaide was just waiting for this sentence, he smiled and said: "That's not true, He Yuzhu's family has three generations of farm laborers, and the composition is fine. It's just that this person is too shameless and unreasonable. When he was young, his father called him Shazhu. People who know him I almost forgot his name, He Yuzhu, and everyone called him Silly Zhu. This man can't speak, if he says something wrong later, Director Zhao, please don't get angry, our factory will punish him."

Zhao Lianze waved his hand and said: "No, no, since you know this comrade can't speak, why are you angry? Besides, for this kind of skilled workers, craftsmanship is the first priority. As long as the ingredients are okay and the thinking is okay, then the words If it smells bad, it smells bad. I don’t know about other departments, but there are still fewer senior engineers with bad tempers under the Ministry of Metallurgy? As long as you are willing to serve the people, others, bear with it!”

Everyone laughed, and Yang Wanli said with a smile: "Director Zhao is so right. We are also good gentlemen when facing the eighth-level workers in the factory. When they lose their temper, we have to give in and coax them."

After a while, Silly Zhu was invited.

He still had an unscrupulous look, even though he was quieter, but his eyeballs flicked around, obviously he didn't take these officials too seriously.

Seeing him like this, Li Huaide frowned and shouted: "Silly Zhu, today is the leader from the Ministry, please show some respect."

Silly Zhu said, "I can't understand what you said. How can I respect you? Knock me? Then I don't know how to do it. How about you teach me?"

Zhao Lianze stopped Li Huaide, smiled and said: "It's okay, Comrade He Yuzhu, I asked you to come up to express my gratitude. Your craftsmanship is extraordinary, especially this Caoru steamed chicken, which is quite good. Can you tell me, this How is the dish made?"

When Shazhu heard that he knew the goods, he said happily: "Hey, this leader, you are the one who knows the goods. Usually they will order a small chicken stewed with mushrooms. It is so fragrant and delicious! This steamed chicken with grass is the real one. Top-grade home cooking. If you want to talk about how it is made, it is not impossible to say.

Put the grass ru in a bowl, add warm water and cover it tightly with a plate. After soaking the grass, remove it. Keep the original soup in the bowl for clarification. Wash the grass in warm water to remove the sediment, remove the roots, tear off the skin, and rinse with clean water.Cut the hen chicken into pieces and add cassava, mix the clarified cassava soup with salt, soy sauce, sugar, cooked chicken oil, wet starch, scallions, and ginger slices, mix well, put it in the drawer and steam it for 10 minutes and take it out , Pick the scallions, ginger slices, and put them on the plate.

However, it sounds simple, but when it is actually done, the heat, the amount, etc. all take into account the craftsmanship.

So even if I teach you, you probably..."

He shook his head, obviously he didn't think Zhao Lianze was so smart.

The corners of Li Huaide's eyes twitched, and he warned: "Silly Zhu, don't get carried away. You can learn what kind of person Director Zhao is, but can Director Zhao learn?"

Silly Zhu said seriously: "That's enough! Anyway, you can learn it after listening to it once. I've only met one person. The others are all good!"

Zhao Lianze laughed and said, "Is there really something you can learn by listening to it once?"

Shazhu was a little depressed and said: "Really, there are people in our courtyard house, who also works in a rolling mill, and works as a doctor in a worker's hospital. Hey, that kid is the smartest I have ever seen. No matter what kind of food, you can remember it once you teach it. The more you do it, the better. It’s okay to cook well, but the level of medical skills is still high, this person is really a first-class talent!"

Listening to what he said was lively, but everyone here is an old Jianghu who has seen countless people and experienced many things. He only thought he was talking silly words. Yang Wanli smiled and said "Yo", and said: "Our factory still has such a genius?"

Silly Zhu smiled, looked at Nie Yuanchao, the deputy factory director who had been smiling and reticent, and said inscrutably: "Deputy factory director Nie must have heard of it."

Nie Yuanchao's expression remained unchanged, and he smiled and said, "Oh? How do you say that?"

Silly Zhu said happily: "Deputy Director Nie, don't you know? Go home and ask your daughter. My brother Li Yuan is very famous among the unmarried lesbians in our rolling mill. How many people deliberately go to the Chinese Medicine Department Look at him, he was chased away by your niece in the end! Today, the cafeteria is..."

"Stupid column!"

The logistics director Wang Zhaoguo's face turned black, and he reprimanded: "What nonsense are you talking about? Comrade Nie Yu is trying to keep irrelevant people from disturbing the normal order of the Chinese medicine department. Why are there so many messy things?"

Silly Zhu had always looked down on this logistics director, squinting his eyes and sneering coldly: "I'm talking nonsense? If you don't believe me, go out and inquire, and find out if it's me talking nonsense, or someone is just talking nonsense."

"It's okay, silly Zhu, it's none of your business here, you can go out."

Li Huaide was outrageous, if it wasn't for this kid's really good cooking skills, he would have thought of a way to send this grandson to the workshop.

With just one mouth, he's making blind comparisons all day long.

Nie Yuanchao is low-key, and usually does not show his mountains and water, but Li Huaide learned from his high-ranking father-in-law that Nie Yuanchao's back is hard.

It's just that people are used to not fighting or grabbing, and keeping a low profile.

It's really a disaster for the reputation of the girl, no matter how good-tempered she is, she has to lose her temper.

Zhao Lianze was also a little curious. He obviously knew some basics, so he asked Nie Yuanchao, "Old Nie, why didn't your girl go to 301?"

Nie Yuanchao shook his head, as if he didn't want to say much, he just said: "She is determined to be a glorious working class, and it's good to be here."

After Zhao Lianze smiled deeply, he stopped mentioning the matter, and only said to Yang Wanli: "It seems that the strength of the rolling mill should not be underestimated, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon! Director Yang has done a good job..."

Another round of teasing and drinking started, but I don't know what effect it will have on Li Yuan.

……

On the east side of Jingdong, Sanyanjing Hutong.

"Dad is back?"

In the carpeted living room, Nie Yu, who was sitting on the sofa reading, heard the movement at the door, looked up, and shouted happily.

Siheyuan is different from Dazayuan, Dazayuan is Dazayuan, and Siheyuan is Siheyuan.

In the courtyard, there are also high and low points.

For example, the second courtyard of Nie's house, although it doesn't look like mountains or dews from the outside, actually there is something else inside.

The biggest difference is that this courtyard house has access to the upper and lower water, and there is a bathroom in the bedroom.

This alone is beyond the reach of ordinary courtyard houses.

Nie Yuanchao looked at his little daughter and smiled, "Xiao Yu, why are you staying here? Are you waiting for Dad?"

In the past, such a well-behaved daughter could not be seen waiting for him to come home.

Nie Yu laughed like a flower, she was wearing a white cashmere sweater, she stepped forward and said flatteringly: "It's nothing, I miss Dad, can't I?"

Nie Yuanchao chuckled, he has four children in total, Nie Yu is the youngest and only daughter, so naturally he dotes on him a lot.

The other three big ones are all in the army.

After Nie Yuanchao sat down on the sofa, Nie Yu walked behind with a smile, held his father's shoulders, and said, "Dad, are there any guests in the factory today? Why don't you come back for dinner? Mom made soup, you If she didn't come back to eat, she was very angry."

Nie Yuanchao asked, "Where's your mother?"

Nie Yu smiled and said, "In the small study, she is the editor-in-chief of Children's Publishing House, and she has a lot of tasks."

Nie Yuanchao said: "Then can I trouble Comrade Nie Yu to invite Comrade Li Cuiyun here so that we can have a family meeting?"

Feeling faintly guilty, Nie Yu asked, "Father, why do you want to have a family meeting all of a sudden? Did you hear any rumors..."

Nie Yuanchao smiled and said: "No big deal, just discuss some small things. Why, do you have something to hide from me?"

Nie Yu hurriedly said, "No...well, I'll go invite Comrade Li Cuiyun now."

After all, he tiptoed out the door.

Looking at his daughter's back, Nie Yuanchao shook his head slightly, with a helpless expression in his eyes.

After a while, I saw Nie Yu and a middle-aged woman with outstanding temperament and fashionable clothes entered the door. This person was Nie Yuanchao's wife, Nie Yu's mother, Li Cuiyun, editor-in-chief of China Children's Publishing House.

"Lao Nie is back? You haven't had enough meetings at the rolling mill, so go home and continue?"

Li Cuiyun joked and poured Nie Yuanchao a cup of tea.

In fact, in terms of rank, she is no lower than Nie Yuanchao, and even has a greater influence.

After all, Children's Publishing House is a national publishing unit.

The rolling mill was originally a product of a public-private partnership. Even though it has expanded a lot now, it is far from the status of Shougang.

Nie Yuanchao smiled and said: "The rolling mill will be business affairs, and the family affairs will be family affairs. They cannot be confused."

Li Cuiyun seemed to appreciate her husband's stability, and sat down with a smile, "Okay, let's talk about family affairs. What's wrong with Xiaoyu?"

Nie Yu said guiltily, "What's wrong with me? Comrade Li Cuiyun made a mistake of idealism!"

Li Cuiyun rolled her eyes and looked at Nie Yuanchao.

Nie Yuanchao didn't care about his daughter's pleading eyes, so he decided to tell his wife: "I got news today that your daughter made a big fuss in the workers' hospital in order to compete for her sweetheart, keeping other female workers away and hiding her behind like a food protector. In front of Lao Zhao from the Ministry of Metallurgy, he still joked about it."

The smile on Li Cuiyun's face disappeared in an instant, and she glared at her daughter, and said seriously, "When did you talk to him? Comrade Nie Yu, you actually did something sneaky?"

Nie Yuanchao said speechlessly: "Is she still sneaking around?"

Nie Yu nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, I'm not sneaking around at all."

Li Cuiyun gave her a blank look, looked at Nie Yuanchao and said, "Be serious! She is looking for a doctor, right? Chinese medicine? The worker's hospital in your rolling mill is very ordinary. Can you practice good medical skills?"

Nie Yu hurriedly said: "Mom, Li Yuan's medical skills are very good, and he is famous today!"

Nie Yuanchao rubbed his eyebrows and said, "That's not the problem..."

Seeing her husband like this, Li Cuiyun asked curiously, "What's the problem? This... Li Yuan? Is his character bad? Or is his composition bad?"

She didn't ask about her appearance, because she believed that her daughter would definitely find a good-looking one.

Nie Yuanchao smiled wryly and said: "Neither, the problem is, she didn't like our girl, so she avoided her like a tiger!"

"Um?!"

Li Cuiyun looked at her daughter in disbelief, and said in puzzlement, "It's not that ugly..."

Maybe because I work in a juvenile and children's publishing house, my childlike innocence is still there, and I lack a lot of the seriousness that this era should have.

Nie Yuqi's pretty face was flushed, and she stomped her feet and said, "Mom, what are you talking about?"

Li Cuiyun said with a chuckle: "Is your father still telling lies? Tell me, why does that Li Yuan look down on you?"

After hearing what her mother said, Nie Yu suddenly felt aggrieved for some reason, tears dripping down her cheeks, and said, "He said, he said that we are not in the same world, we are not friends. We can be friends, but not..."

Seeing his daughter so sad, Nie Yuanchao said distressedly: "How can such a sensitive and inferior man be worthy of my daughter?"

Nie Yu shook his head while weeping: "He is not sensitive and inferior. Anyone can joke with him, and he never gets angry. Sometimes when there are no food stamps at the end of the month, he will ask people to borrow them, and he will borrow them generously." He paid it back generously, and never took advantage of others. We didn’t let him pay it back, but he smiled and said that a gentleman is always poor, but a villain is too poor. He is willing to let us cook for him..."

After Li Cuiyun and her husband looked at each other, they were surprised and said: "Since he doesn't care about the difference between rich and poor, and he is generous, why did he reject you because of family reasons? Don't say one thing and do another, do it on purpose..."

Nie Yu was so sad that he shook his head and said, "Today he told me that Gao Men is full of right and wrong. He just wants to live an ordinary life and learn medical skills steadily. I hope I don't disturb him, otherwise no friends will do it." Yes. Mom, I wish he could say one thing and do another..."

Looking at their crying daughter, Nie Yuanchao and Li Cuiyun were heartbroken, but what else can they do if they talk about this?
If you rush to post backwards, it will no longer be a joke, and there will be no dignity.

Li Cuiyun stepped forward to hold her daughter in her arms, and comforted her: "Every girl's liking is very precious, especially when the love is first opened. But only when you like each other with people who are in love with each other, can you get real happiness. The old saying , it’s not unreasonable that twisted melons are not sweet.”

This is something that the vast majority of ordinary people in this era cannot say, and only people like them can get in touch with books, movies, and music from the outside world, and cultivate ideas that are ahead of the current era.

Nie Yu didn't want to believe it, and said with tears in his eyes, "I think it's not that Li Yuan doesn't like me, it's just that he dislikes my family background..."

Comrade Li Yuan, who was far away at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, suddenly received a total of [-] negative emotions from Nie Yuanchao and Li Cuiyun.

After all, Li Cuiyun is a cultural person, and she did not categorically deny or forcefully suppress her. She smiled and said: "Since you have this confidence, why not let nature take its course and leave it to time to witness? True love will not fade with time, but will Like wine, it becomes more mellow and sweet. Don't force it for a while, or it may backfire."

After appeasing Nie Yu and returning to his room to rest, Li Cuiyun asked Nie Yuanchao, "Do you want me to meet this guy?"

Nie Yuanchao shook his head and said: "It's better to do as you say, just let nature take its course. But it's convenient for me to see if this person is really ambitious, an elegant scholar who really despises the public, or is he a fame-seeker!"

But in any case, although neither of them said it out loud, there was a consensus in their hearts.

It is impossible for their daughter to marry an ordinary Chinese doctor in a small worker's hospital...

It's not that I look down on it, but objectively speaking, it's really difficult to go on with family backgrounds of different levels, and it will only make life a mess.

They are reluctant.

……

(End of this chapter)