Siheyuan: Craftsmen of a Great Country

Chapter 12 Send a good guy card to Silly Zhu

Seeing that it was lunch time, Cao Jun took Jiang Chen to the staff canteen: "Hey, I thought I was the most handsome man in the No. 3 Steel Plant. It would not be difficult to find a wife."

"As soon as you come here, this person is afraid of comparison. The difficulty has skyrocketed. If I had known, I would have taken action earlier."

Jiang Chen chuckled: "It's no use. I'm naturally beautiful and I can't change it."

"Tell me who your target is. Maybe I can be merciful and not snatch it from you!"

Cao Jun sighed: "Tsk, what I am interested in is the current factory beauty, Bai Jing, the announcer of the factory radio station."

"She is so beautiful, with fair skin, good figure, cultured and well-educated, and she has a registered permanent residence in the city. It would be strange if you didn't snatch her from me when you see her."

Jiang Chen almost heard that she was a famous young woman in later generations, his first teacher in writing.

Wait a minute, factory flower?
  As gentle and beautiful as she is, she's not a factory flower, so isn't this Bai Jing?

Thinking of this, Jiang Chen was not sure whether he would compete with Cao Jun.

My lady, my gentleman is good.

Cao Jun pursed his lips: "Look, stop talking. Are you already thinking about Bai Jing?"

Jiang Chen chuckled: "I've never seen this person before. It's too early to say this."

"You have to have confidence in yourself and take action when it's time to take action."

Cao Jun sighed: "Originally I had confidence in myself, but you are taller than me, more handsome than me, and have a higher rank than me. If I were a woman, I would choose you."

"Forget it, at most it's a fair competition, let's all rely on our abilities. Maybe people like me like this, I feel safe."

While they were talking, several people had already arrived at the staff canteen.

Due to the rapid increase in the number of people in the No. 3 Steel Plant, although the canteen has recruited people and added a second canteen, there is still not enough space.

So now we adopt the method of eating in batches.

All clerical and non-production front-line workers have meals at 11:45, and front-line workers have meals at 12:15.

Of course, the meals are all the same, but now that the situation is tight, the cafeteria dare not treat them differently.

Jiang Chen and the two came to Xinxiu's No. 2 Canteen, where He Yuzhu is the head chef (or the squad leader of the cooks, but the head chef is more intuitive, so he is called the head chef).

When the two of them were in the canteen, Shazhu, who had finished cooking, was wearing an apron and chatting happily with several middle-aged women who were eating.

Silly Zhu beamed with joy: "Let me tell you, even if we don't add this second canteen, I will soon mention the chef. Our skills are here, and it will be a matter of time."

"From now on, for dinner, you all come to this second canteen, and I will ask Xiao Ma to prepare some more meat dishes for you."

A woman said: "Go, go, who wants you to be treated differently?"

Another one continued: "I say Silly Zhu, if you are so diligent, find a young girl to offer it to, and maybe a good thing will come of it."

Silly Zhu chuckled: "I am now an eighth-level cook, a head chef, and a leader. It is not easy to find a wife. It only takes one sentence if I want to."

"It's just that the young girls nowadays are not as interesting as you."

It immediately made several women burst into laughter.

But here, he also has bragging rights.

In factory restaurants, seventh-level cooks are already top-notch chefs, and several factories often cannot find a sixth-level cook.

In most factories, the cooks who cook large pots of rice are mostly apprentices and don't even have a rank.

As an eighth-level cook, He Yuzhu is an outstanding person in the staff canteen.

When Jiang Chen heard Silly Zhu's name, he turned around and took a look. He looked just like on TV, he looked honest and honest.

He is 23 years old this year, and he does look a little anxious. His vicissitudes of life are too young for a 30-year-old.

He Yuzhu is a person who likes to eat, drink, smoke, lust, and criticize. In addition to the story of steamed buns and guns, he is called Silly Zhu.

In fact, he is not stupid at all. He can talk very eloquently, but it is difficult to have a good career if he talks too much. If you have an impulsive personality, you will definitely retaliate. If you suffer some losses, you must find a way to make up for it.

But he was a bit of a bad guy, so someone took advantage of his weakness and did a lot of bad things that made his relatives happy and his enemies happy.

After hearing what he said today, Jiang Chen had a guess as to whether this silly Zhu had the same hobby as Prime Minister Cao.

A happy woman.

This can also explain why he married second-hand Lou Xiao'e and was easily manipulated by Widow Qin.

Seeing that several people were chatting happily, and they didn't know each other yet, Jiang Chen didn't go up to interrupt, and followed Cao Jun to get food.

Eating in the cafeteria is relatively affordable, with a 2-tael meal, a vegetarian dish and a meat dish, costing 2 taels of food stamps and 15 cents.

The total is less than twenty cents.

Even a big factory won't have meat to eat every day. Jiang Chen was lucky, there happened to be meat in the cafeteria today.

After finishing the meal, he sat down and tasted it. Not to mention that He Yuzhu's cooking was really good, at least it was much more delicious than what he made himself.

Jiang Chen, who was concentrating on eating, had no idea that the topic of conversation between Silly Zhu and the women had shifted to him.

"Silly Zhu, what's the name of the young man with Cao Jun?"

Although Cao Jun has only been here for less than two months, he already has a certain reputation in the female circle. After all, this guy is really good-looking.

He Yuzhu looked back and shook his head: "I don't know him, he must be new here. The one with Cao Jun is probably from the engineering department."

Another woman said: "Not to mention, the new ones in the engineering department are more handsome than the others."

When talking about his appearance, He Yuzhu's old face darkened: "Humph, you pretty boy, you can tell from the looks of it that you have no power to restrain a chicken, and it's useless to look at what you like."

"At most, I can just be a mascot and serve as spiritual food to soothe your empty hearts and make you work harder."

A woman spat: "Bah, who do you think is empty? We joke with men in the factory and have a man hug us when we go home. You are empty when you go home and stay alone in an empty house like this."

Another said: "Silly Zhu, go find out what the handsome guy's name is and is he married?"

He Yuzhu was taken aback: "Sister, your child is already a fool, why do you still worry about what others do, and want the old cow to eat young grass? I will not be your accomplice."

The woman said: "That's nonsense. My eldest sister's daughter is 18 years old and is looking for a good family."

"This young man is good-looking, well-educated in engineering, and his monthly salary is not low. If he is suitable, I would like to match him with him."

In any era, appearance is justice.

People with good looks can always get more opportunities, especially the right to choose a spouse.

He Yuzhu said: "Sister, don't you have a young man waiting to be married right in front of you, with an iron rice bowl in his hand, and a leader? Why are you still losing all your wealth to outsiders?"

"Besides, the engineering major knows a few more words than I do. He looks so young and his level must not be high, and his salary may not be as high as mine!"

The woman snorted and said without being polite at all: "My niece is very discerning and has high standards for appearance."

"Besides, didn't you just say that young girls are boring?"

He Yuzhu's face turned even darker: "You are so good-looking that you can be a meal?"

The woman said: "Shazhu, I know you are a good person, can you just help my sister? I will take you to heart."

As soon as the good guy card was issued, He Yuzhu couldn't resist, and slowly stood up: "Okay, I've already said that this is my job. If I don't help with this, it will look like I'm not transparent enough."

"Okay, I'll ask it for you. If your niece and he have an affair, the red envelope will be mine."

The woman said: "What's yours, what's yours, I'll give it all to you!"

He Yuzhu stood up, but did not come over directly. Instead, he went to the kitchen and ordered a new meat dish. He put a few more slices of meat on top: "Xiao Ma, this is mine. You can pay with me later."

This is for others to listen to. Who knows whether they will give you money or not.

(End of this chapter)