After an unknown amount of silence, Li Huaide suddenly said, "Brother, I've come up with an idea. See if it works."
"If you can do it, then come to work. If you can't, I won't make it difficult for you."
"Okay, Brother Li, you go ahead." Jia Dongsheng responded.
"Okay then."
Li Huaide said, "Look, my dear brother, your mother wants you to have a job, so you will have to find a job sooner or later. My solution is very simple. You still have to come to the steel mill to work, but I will give you full freedom during your working hours."
"What's the meaning?"
Jia Dongsheng was a little puzzled and looked at Li Huaide: "Brother Li, can you explain it more clearly? I'm a little confused."
“It’s very simple.”
Li Huaide seemed to think his idea was a good one, and he smiled confidently, "Here's what I think. The kitchen of the steel mill is entirely under my control, and the normal working hours are eight o'clock in the morning. But for you, brother, I can make an exception."
"As long as you don't miss lunch at the cafeteria, you can come to work at the factory whenever you want in the morning. You can spend more time with your mother at home. What do you think?"
"Oh my god, are you so nice to me?"
Isn’t this much better than the 996 work system of later generations?
As long as I don’t miss the canteen’s meal time, I can go there later and sleep in every day. My life is pretty comfortable.
"The same goes for off-duty time. As long as I don't have any entertainment tasks, you can go home at that time."
In fact, the steel mill provides two meals to workers every day, but not all workers will eat the evening meal.
After all, eating in the factory is not free. You need meal tickets, and meal tickets are exchanged for money and tickets. If you eat at home, you can save the money for meal tickets.
Therefore, the most important meal in a steel rolling mill is lunch. For a chef like Jia Dongsheng, in addition to preparing lunch and dinner, he also needs to prepare dishes for entertaining.
Don’t think that Li Huaide is the only one in the entire steel mill who can cook hospitality dishes.
It is such a large factory with many leading cadres, and everyone has some connections to build. However, the dishes for the reception are also divided into different grades, some require the best chefs to cook, while others do not.
Of course, the reception task that Li Huaide mentioned is of course the highest level of reception, which requires the use of Jia Dongsheng.
"Brother Li means that as long as I don't miss my two meals in the cafeteria every day, and you don't have any reception tasks, I can come and go from get off work anytime?"
"Yes, that's the truth."
"Brother Li, you are too nice to me, aren't you?"
"I can't help it. You want to accompany mom, brother. This is filial piety. As an older brother, of course I have to support you."
Li Huaide smiled. He felt that this matter should be done, but he didn't know how good Jia Dongsheng's cooking skills were. Would he surpass Sha Zhu's?
Li Huaide felt very uncomfortable when he thought of Sha Zhu, because in the factory, Sha Zhu knew that Li Huaide needed him to prepare dishes for the reception, so he never gave him face. Many times, he even embarrassed him when he was giving instructions in the kitchen.
If Sha Zhu wasn't really good at cooking, Li Huaide would have wanted to deal with him a long time ago.
"Brother Li, since you said that, wouldn't it be too disrespectful for me to refuse?" Jia Dongsheng said with a smile.
"No, there's no need to give face or not. It all depends on your opinion, brother."
In Li Huaide's mind, he is now making things difficult for Jia Dongsheng. After all, he doesn't want to go to work and just wants to accompany his mother. If it can succeed, it would be great. If not, Li Huaide will not be angry.
"Okay, since Brother Li has given me this much respect, I have to accept it. I'll listen to Brother Li and go to work at the steel mill."
Jia Dongsheng agreed, then asked with a smile, "I wonder what level you'll give me, Brother Li? You're not going to make me a temporary apprentice, are you?"
"Haha, of course not. You are so talented, how could I let you be an apprentice?"
Hearing that Jia Dongsheng had finally agreed, Li Huaide laughed happily: "Our steel rolling mill can also offer special conditions for special talents, but the level depends on your skills."
"After all, if I order too high, it would be a problem if the factory manager asked about it. So, your craftsmanship must be up to par."
"Haha, that's no problem."
Both Jia Dongsheng and Li Huaide understood that what Jia Dongsheng cared about was not the salary of a cook, but his status after entering the steel rolling mill.
If you are not a good cook but still have such a free job, you will definitely attract gossip.
Although Li Huaide is in charge of the cafeteria, if the commotion gets too big, it will definitely not be good for him.
"Brother Li, here's what you have at home. I have to show you what I can do to put your mind at ease."
Jia Dongsheng smiled and said, "It's a good opportunity for me to have a drink with you, Brother Li."
"That's fine. I have some good wine here. Let's have a drink."
When Li Huaide heard that Jia Dongsheng wanted to show off his skills immediately, he felt more relieved and said quickly: "Someone gave me a fish and more than a pound of meat before. You can do whatever you want with it."
"Fish and meat?"
Jia Dongsheng came to the kitchen, but there was no stove inside. In the tube-shaped buildings of that era, cooking was not allowed in the house.
If you want to cook, you have to go out. There is a public kitchen in the building with a coal stove for cooking.
When the city of Sijiu starts using gas tanks, we will be able to cook in our rooms.
I looked around in the kitchen and saw quite a few things, including a big carp weighing almost five pounds, which was definitely a wild carp. There was also a piece of meat, eggs, cabbage, potatoes and other vegetables on the side.
Although we have now entered a three-year famine period, one reason is that we have just entered it. Another reason is that even during the three-year famine period, only ordinary people were starving. Li Huaide was, after all, a deputy factory director, so he still needed some food.
"Okay, Brother Li, wait a minute, I'll show you my skills."
As he spoke, Jia Dongsheng began to clean up. As he did so, he asked, "By the way, Brother Li, where's my sister-in-law? Why didn't I see her this time?"
Jia Dongsheng had seen Li Huaide's wife when he came here before. She was a middle-aged woman in her forties, who looked very intellectual.
"I'm going to my father-in-law's place. I won't be back today."
Li Huaide waved his hand but didn't say much. Jia Dongsheng was curious. Could it be that the couple was not harmonious and had conflicts?
But this matter was not his business, so he quickly changed the subject and talked about other things.
Because there are sufficient ingredients, Jia Dongsheng can cook quite a lot of dishes. However, Li Huaide has seen a lot of things and must have eaten ordinary dishes, so he still has to cook them carefully, otherwise he won’t be able to fool him.
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