Regardless of whether it was washed properly, they just grabbed a cleaver and chopped it up.

Nan Yi stared at Ma Hua, mouth agape, utterly astonished. "These wild vegetables are still covered in mud!" he thought.

"This is only possible now. If it were before, who would be willing to blanch the animals? Blanching them would be so risky."

The wild vegetables will shrink, which is a huge waste.

So, when making "bitter-sweet" meals, you can't blanch the vegetables, understand?

Ma Hua directly explained to the bewildered Nan Yi and his apprentice.

Then I added some salt and small pebbles to the chopped wild vegetables. After adding all that,

Ma Hua then turned to Nan Yi: "Master Nan, look at this..."

This is what the working class in our old society ate. Isn't Jiao Min trying to recall the bitter past?

I think this approach works better; after all, our Director Jiao doesn't need to go down to the workshop.

But you need to supervise the workers properly. If you don't do a good job, they might beat you up.

"I don't care." Ma Hua looked at Nan Yi with a very serious expression.

Nan Yi nodded subconsciously, then shook his head. Goodness, he wouldn't dare do that.

I've never made such a bad dish since I started learning to cook.

"Hey, Yang Xiaodong, right? Come on, wrap them up like wild vegetable dumplings."

Remember to separate them when steaming later; this is specially supplied for Boss Jiao.

Ma Hua directly instructed Nan Yi's apprentice, Yang Xiaodong, to wrap the wild vegetable dumplings.

He then casually walked out of the cafeteria, took out a cigarette from his pocket, and took a satisfying puff. It felt so good.

Time flies, and before we knew it, it was lunchtime.

Ma Hua also stood at the cafeteria's food serving window. Nan Yi looked at Ma Hua beside him.

He whispered, "Are you really sure? You really want to do this?"

“Alright, I have my own plans,” Ma Hua nodded, the die was cast.

Besides, she provoked me first; if I didn't retaliate,

People really think I'm a pushover, someone they can easily bully. In this day and age, being soft means you're useless.

"Alright," Nan Yi said, seeing MCA's resolute expression, and said no more.

The cafeteria quickly filled up with people, and those at the front of the line saw that Nan Yi wasn't getting his food.

Somewhat anxiously, he called out to Nan Yi, "Master Nan, what's going on? Why haven't you served the food yet?"

"Yes, we've been working all morning, we're exhausted."

"Who isn't tired? I didn't eat breakfast this morning, I'm starving. Why haven't you gotten your food yet?"

"Ahem, everyone, it's not that I don't want to help, it's Director Jiao's arrangement."

She said that if she doesn't come, the cafeteria won't allow us to serve you food.

Nan Yi directly took the large ladle used for serving rice and banged it against the large rice bowl a few times.

The workers in line fell silent upon hearing the banging of the basin, but then they heard Nan Yi say something...

Although they were dissatisfied, they dared not show it, after all, Director Jiao was a ruthless person in the machine repair shop.

They even reported and brought down her own husband, Liu Feng, the factory director. How could we, with our meager strength, dare to mess with them?

After a long while, Jiao Min finally arrived with her entourage. As soon as she entered the cafeteria, she saw a huge crowd of people queuing up at the windows.

He immediately nodded in satisfaction. It seemed that Nan Yi had implemented his strategy very well.

"Comrades, I hereby declare the 'Remembering the Past and Appreciating the Present' campaign in our machine repair shop officially open." Jiao Min said no more.

At a single command, Nan Yi and the others began serving food to everyone.

Jiao Min went directly to the food serving window to observe the movements of the crowd.

Everyone waited for a long time, but the first worker in line realized that these weren't the cornbread they had sold before.

He immediately asked Nan Yi curiously, "Master Nan, who is this?"

"Wild vegetable dumplings, didn't you hear Director Jiao say that we're here today to reminisce about the bitter past and appreciate the sweet present?"

"Eat or not, I won't eat the next one." Nan Yi said to the man in an annoyed tone.

"Give me one first." The man said nervously to Nan Yi when he saw Jiao Min still standing there watching.

“Okay,” Nan Yi said, immediately grabbing one with a clip and handing it to the man when he asked for one.

The man had just received it and was carefully and cautiously putting the wild vegetable dumplings into his hands.

I took a bite, and alas, it was as bitter as I had imagined. It wasn't awful at all.

Instead, it has a rich, meaty aroma that's very refreshing; it's delicious.

Nan Yi saw the expression on the man's face change from bitterness to happiness, so happy that his eyes widened.

"I just asked for a few, was it just one? No, I need two more."

"No, four." The man immediately said to Nan Yi, "These wild vegetable dumplings are just too delicious!"

I need to buy a few more to take home and give to my family.

Jiao Min looked at all this with some confusion. Wasn't this supposed to be about remembering past hardships and appreciating present happiness?

There was something off about that person's expression.

Could it be that Nan Yi misunderstood his instructions? Should the food be cooked properly?

After several people reacted this way, Jiao Min couldn't stand it any longer and went straight to the cafeteria window with her lunchbox.

"Here, give me two to try."

Upon seeing this, Ma Hua immediately pushed Nan Yi aside: "Hey, Director Jiao, are two enough?"

When Jiao Min saw Ma Hua standing at the cafeteria window getting food today, she thought Ma Hua was planning to say, "Two will do."

Seeing this, Ma Hua didn't say anything more and simply picked up a wild vegetable dumpling he had made and gave it to Jiao Min.

After seeing Jiao Min turn around, Nan Yi whispered to Ma Hua, "You should probably slip away."

If she asks, I'll just say I did it. I've been in the machine repair shop for so many years, I'm not afraid.”

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