Chapter 73 Chapter 73 Steamed meat patties with mushrooms and water chestnuts are fragrant and refreshing...
The next morning, Su Tianli happily rode her new bicycle to work with Yao Meiyu.
And Cheng Yu also began his busy day.
He has a lot of tasks now.
Zhang Wei, Mao Li and A Juan would go to the night market every night to set up stalls, and after returning at night they would have to study, so the three of them would sleep until around nine or ten in the morning;
Cheng Yu and Old Lady Su are the only two people in the family who get up early in the morning.
Mrs. Su prepared breakfast for everyone.
Cheng Yu would take out the ingredients that Zhang Wei, Mao Li and A Juan had given him last night and prepare them in advance.
For example, soaking kelp and mushrooms, washing various vegetables, sharpening skewers, etc.
After Zhang Wei, Mao Li, A Juan and others got up, Master Cheng continued to prepare with them.
After everyone has finished lunch, Zhang Wei, Mao Li and A Juan will rush to the Dadadi Night Market with a large number of prepared semi-finished ingredients.
At this time, Old Mrs. Su had prepared a simple and nutritious lunch.
Delicious steamed meat pie with mushroom and water chestnut. Of course, each person can only get a small piece.
Chop 50% fat-lean meat into small pieces, add 30% mushrooms, and 20% chopped water chestnuts, just add salt for seasoning, spread it on a plate to make a cake, and steam it.
This steamed meat pie with mushrooms and water chestnuts is simple to make, but the taste is top-notch!
The rich aroma of shiitake mushrooms, the deliciousness of the half-fat and half-lean pork paste, and the slightly sweet and crispy chopped water chestnuts...
Cheng Yu was a little reluctant to finish it in one bite.
You have to savor it slowly, bite by bite, to do justice to its delicious taste!
There is also a dish of stewed pumpkin.
The cooking method of this dish is even simpler - smash the garlic and stir-fry in a pan with oil, add the peeled and diced pumpkin, add salt and simmer for a while.
The pumpkins in this season are particularly sweet, and with a hint of salt, they are soft and glutinous with a rich sweet fragrance and just the right amount of saltiness.
Cheng Yu was very satisfied with the meal!
After lunch, Zhang Wei rode on his new tricycle, took Mao Li, A Juan and a large amount of baggage to the night market.
Cheng Yu finally had time for himself.
He was in no hurry to do anything else.
Instead, he took a notebook and a pencil in one hand and a small stool in the other, walked to the yard, and sat down next to the pile of junk he had found from the recycling station. He wrote and drew on the notebook while thinking, and rummaged through the pile of junk that was like a small mountain.
He kept in mind what Lizhi said - when running a night market snack stand, you must plan it well in advance. Setting up a stall to make money is the foundation of life, but it cannot be the whole of life. You must make overall plans and make good use of your time so that you can spare time to study and work hard for your dreams.
So these days Cheng Yu has been wondering, which tasks can be optimized?
At the moment, Cheng Yu feels that the most troublesome things are, first, sharpening bamboo skewers for the braised skewers, and second, kneading the dough for Mao Li and Zhang Wei to make Northeastern dumplings.
——To make skewers for the marinated skewers, not only is it a waste of time, but it is also difficult to find suitable bamboo.
The wild bamboo that Ajuan had found by the river had all been cut down, and now Cheng Yu had to go further away to look for bamboo.
How to say it, the price of braised skewers is very cheap, so the profit is very low.
But this is the signature business of "Shiqing Shiguang" and also the business with the largest daily sales.
Cheng Yu's initial idea was to make a tool for quickly sharpening bamboo sticks.
He thought about it for a long time and felt that bamboo was actually very difficult to find.
Well, can we just change it into small portions?
It seems not possible——
Because doing so will drive away some people who are more particular about hygiene, like Lizhi, Yao Meiyu and Mao Li.
After all, most people like to eat braised skewers, not only because it is cheap, but also because it is convenient and hygienic to eat.
Cheng Yu thought again: Is it possible...
How about making the bamboo sticks that cost two cents a string shorter, and the bamboo sticks that cost ten cents a string longer?
This seems to save more bamboo, but you still need to sharpen the sticks.
So he searched through the garbage with one hand and drew and wrote on paper with the other hand...
finally!
Cheng Yu came up with a good idea!
He can use -
"Cheng Yu!"
A familiar voice sounded.
Cheng Yu was stunned.
He wondered if he had heard it wrong...
Why did I suddenly hear Yao Meiyu's father's voice?
At this time, shouldn’t Uncle Yao be working in the chemical factory?
Cheng Yu looked up and saw
I actually saw Yao Xingang holding a briefcase and standing outside the fence of the yard.
as well as--
Yao Xingang even winked at him???
Cheng Yu was confused.
But soon,
He knew why—the director of the chemical plant was here!
Cheng Yu knew what was going on.
The jokes everyone talked about about two days ago...came true.
"Hello, Uncle Yao." Cheng Yu greeted Yao Xingang.
Yao Xingang smiled and said, "Xiao Cheng, I came to talk to you... By the way, do you still know him?"
As he spoke, Yao Xingang turned sideways, revealing Zhang Yinan, the director of the chemical plant, who was following behind him.
Zhang Yinan also greeted Cheng Yu with a smile on his face, "Xiao Cheng, are you busy?"
Cheng Yu stood up and said, "Hello, Uncle Zhang."
Then he went over, opened the door, welcomed the two men into the yard, brought out small stools for them to sit down, and ran in and out to make two cups of tea.
Director Zhang first asked about Cheng Yu's condition, "Are you recovering well?"
Cheng Yu said without hesitation: "It's very bad."
Director Zhang: …
Cheng Yu told him a lot of things in detail.
To be honest, in the past he was injured so his thinking and speech were not quick, but that didn't mean he didn't know what was happening.
He just couldn't express it.
Now that Director Zhang had come to see him, Uncle Yao had also tried to use his expression to give him some clues...
So Cheng Yu knew that Director Zhang had really come to ask him to repair the machine.
In this case, of course he must get back all the grievances he had suffered before.
Then Cheng Yu told the truth and details of his fall from a high altitude:
"I was just an apprentice at the time, and Engineer He Jingdong warned me not to touch anything without permission. So I watched how he handled the machine failure with his apprentices, a few steps away from him."
"As a result, engineer He Jingdong violated the rules - in order to demonstrate to us, he took off his electrician's gloves and gestured to us, but then forgot to put them back on and just went straight to work!"
"Fu Yan was closest to He Jingdong at the time. When He Jingdong got an electric shock, he subconsciously asked Fu Yan for help."
"And Fu Yan, that idiot, actually hugged He Jingdong with his hands..."
"It was me who knocked Fu Yan down with a stick - only in this way would Fu Yan not stand in my way and delay my rescue of He Jingdong!"
"After I knocked Fu Yan down, at least he was separated from He Jingdong. Then I hit He Jingdong with a wooden stick and disconnected him from the machine..."
"But at this time, Fu Yan wanted to get up from the ground... There was nothing wrong with this. The mistake was that the idiot grabbed my legs and tried to stand up by pulling me."
"Then Fu Yan pulled me... and I fell off the elevated platform!"
Cheng Yu said angrily.
Upon hearing this, Director Zhang and Yao Xingang were extremely shocked!
Director Zhang murmured, "So... is that the case?"
Yao Xingang also said incredulously: "Why would Lao He do this?"
Cheng Yu sneered, "It's nothing more than face! He can't afford to lose this man... After all, he made a low-level mistake! If it gets out, where will he, a senior engineer, put his face?"
"Fortunately, all the people present were his disciples, so it was easy to silence them!"
"I'm the only temporary worker in the whole place, and I'm seriously injured and can't even speak... If he doesn't put the blame on me, does he want him to put the blame on Fu Yan?"
"Isn't Fu Yan the loser he found for his precious daughter? If he is punished for this, then his protection of Fu Yan in the past five years... is nothing? How will others view him, He Jingdong? They say that the son-in-law and apprentice he taught personally is still a loser after five years. Maybe he, He Jingdong, is also a loser?"
"Or does he want to spend more money and cost to let his other disciples take the blame?"
"Uncle Zhang and Uncle Yao, tell me, is there any more cost-effective solution than letting a temporary worker like me take the blame?"
Director Zhang was speechless for a moment.
Yao Xingang said quickly: "Xiao Cheng, actually when you got into trouble, Director Zhang immediately arranged for someone to send you to the Municipal People's Hospital... At that time, Director Zhang also said that he would pay for your full medical expenses."
"only--"
At this point, Yao Xingang looked embarrassed.
Cheng Yu said coldly: "I know that although I hit the back of my head and the symptoms of concussion are quite serious, I did not lose my senses."
"I heard with my own ears how He Jingdong pushed all the blame onto me and how Wang Aiqin kicked me out of the Municipal People's Hospital."
Director Zhang opened his mouth in shock.
Although Yao Xingang helped Su Tianli for five days during the National Day holiday,
But he and Cheng Yu were not in the same group, so they had no interactions, and Cheng Yu didn't talk much...
So, Yao Xingang didn’t know this detail.
Now that he knew, Yao Xingang looked reluctant.
He thought to himself, Cheng Yu was such a miserable child. He was injured while saving others, and ended up being stigmatized by his own father!
When he was seriously injured and had no one to rely on, he was kicked out of the hospital by his adoptive mother!
All sources of income were cut off by his biological father...
And those who hurt him were all his closest relatives and elders!
What’s even more painful is that Cheng Yu was actually awake!
Not only is he sober,
He was also unable to express himself because of the injury!!!
This is even more heartbreaking.
Yao Xingang covered his heart.
When I think of the helpless Cheng Yu dragging his seriously injured body, relying on instinct to survive...
In particular, Cheng Yu is two or three years younger than Yao Xingang's son.
Comparing like this, Yao Xingang felt even more distressed.
He turned to look at Director Zhang, "Director, we..."
Director Zhang slowed down his tone and said to Cheng Yu in a friendly manner: "Xiao Cheng, I have also heard a little about your family affairs. In fact, no matter what the truth is, Uncle Zhang is on your side..."
This is the truth.
When Cheng Yu got into the accident, he instructed his subordinates to treat Cheng Yu like a formal employee of the factory and to follow the employee injury compensation procedures.
Unexpectedly, a few days later, He Jingdong came to him and sternly demanded that he cancel his care for Cheng Yu.
Director Zhang was shocked at the time and rejected He Jingdong's request.
Unexpectedly, He Jingdong turned around and called the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions to report the incident...
That day, Director Zhang received a call from the leader of the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions, asking how to compensate temporary workers for destroying machines worth tens of millions of yuan.
Director Zhang said bluntly at the time: Even if we want to hold the temporary workers responsible, shouldn't we first treat the wounded from a humanitarian perspective? A socialist collective cannot force workers to death, right?
Then--
Director Zhang was given a hard time.
…
There is no point in talking more.
Director Zhang came back to his senses and continued to say to Cheng Yu: "Xiao Cheng, Uncle Zhang also has a child of your age at home... To be honest, Uncle Zhang also feels sorry for your situation. So, what you just said... do you have any evidence?"
"No."
Cheng Yu said bluntly, "In fact, everyone present knows what the truth is..."
"Even if there are six or seven other people present besides He Jingdong and Fu Yan!"
"It's been so long since the incident happened...but Uncle Zhang, you don't know the truth at all. This actually proves what you think. After all, I believe you know what kind of person He Jingdong is."
"But it's also true that I have no evidence." Cheng Yu added, "...I have been an apprentice to He Jingdong for almost a year, and I am very familiar with the situations of his apprentices."
"——They won't testify for me." Cheng Yu emphasized.
Yao Xingang couldn't help but said to Director Zhang: "Can you ask those who were at the scene at that time?"
Director Zhang nodded, "Of course..."
He sighed deeply and said to Cheng Yu: "Xiao Cheng, I don't want to hide it from you. In fact, I came here today with a mission..."
"The machine in the factory is broken again!" Director Zhang sighed again, "The machine is made in the Soviet Union. It was always handled by He Jingdong. Now he is in the hospital, and no one dares to touch it..."
"Of course I didn't want to just sit there and wait for death, so I went to the machinery factory and invited technicians, hoping they could help us solve the problem."
"In the end, they couldn't figure it out either, so they recommended you to me - they said you were probably the only person in Guangzhou who had come into contact with Soviet-made machines."
"Xiao Cheng, you——"
Director Zhang said awkwardly: "Can you..."
"cannot."
Cheng Yu flatly refused, "Uncle Zhang, you may think that I don't have a sense of the overall situation."
"No, I didn't."
"I am just a helpless temporary worker. I have already experienced what it means to be kicked when you are down in your factory... According to what engineer He Jingdong said, I was injured because of my own fault. And I have to compensate for the losses of your factory, right?"
"So why do you think I'll help you again?"
Director Zhang is in a dilemma.
Yao Xingang took advantage of Director Zhang's confusion and quickly winked at Cheng Yu frantically, pretending to be distant and indifferent and asked, "Xiao Cheng, we just want to ask, do you... have any conditions? That is, if we still want to invite you to visit the factory?"
Cheng Yu smiled faintly, "Then I request that He Jingdong be dismissed from his public office, and that the factory stop paying for his current medical treatment."
Director Zhang took a breath of cold air.
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