"I don't think so. Look at all your fat bodies. You must have been secretly having a lot of special meals. You eat with wine and meat until you're all plump and strong. Oh, and you waste food. Ordinary people chew the chicken bones when they eat chicken. Look at the chicken skin you've spat out. Obviously, you've eaten a lot!"
I'm curious, how did you manage to hide such a large object as a chicken from everyone?
After saying that, Xu Qingqing opened the kraft paper, revealing the roast chicken inside, and asked about a topic that interested her.
Marvin shook his head. The food and other issues were all handled by his master. He didn't know anything about them and didn't care. He didn't dare to ask unless his master told him. Liu Cheng, on the other hand, knew that Qiangzi knew a little bit. It was when Qiangzi was drunk last time that he was struggling with whether or not to expose Qiangzi. At that moment, Qiangzi had already completed his master's task and was walking over here.
Now, most of the workers outside believe it's Xu Qingqing's fault. She's the one who caused Li Jianjun's injury and prevented him from cooking, which is why they're eating such salty food. Qiangzi sneered, "You brat, let's see how you handle this."
They strolled into the small warehouse at the back, the place where the apprentices secretly had private lessons.
When I opened the door and saw Director Li standing inside, and my fellow apprentices kneeling on the ground, my heart sank. I knew I was doomed. This was it.
Factory Director Li snorted coldly, staring at Qiangzi with a icy gaze: "Hmph! Tell me, what have you been doing outside? And how did Li Jianjun conceal the matter of the ingredients? Tell me everything!"
"Don't think that just because you don't tell me, I won't find out. It'll just take a little time."
All of this is a done deal. Director Li will not beg for mercy from Li Jianjun and his four apprentices. They will all be sent to the police station, and all those involved will be dismissed and their names posted on posters.
After Qiangzi confessed what he knew, the three brothers, their faces ashen, were escorted to the police station by the security guards, where they would face severe punishment. Afterwards, Director Li stormed off to the logistics department.
Xu Qingqing suppressed a laugh, broke off a chicken leg and handed it to him: "Hey, have a chicken leg to calm down. Actually, what they said is true, since you're the one who fits the description the most, hahaha—"
She couldn't take it anymore.
Factory Director Li looked at the chicken leg in front of him, turned his head, gritted his teeth, and refused: "No way, if I eat it, wouldn't that be admitting that I ate it all by myself, as they said?"
No wonder that bunch of good-for-nothings never noticed. They pinned the blame on him and of course didn't suspect anything. The thought of him bearing this accusation all this time made him grit his teeth in hatred.
With a dark expression, he walked into the logistics department, found the logistics manager's workstation, and saw the manager engrossed in looking at the accounts. He then banged on the table.
The logistics manager looked up and, seeing it was Factory Director Li, quickly stood up: "Hello, Factory Director Li!"
"What a load of bull!"
Factory Director Li sat in his chair and retorted to him in a bad mood.
Looking up, he saw Xu Qingqing still following him. He waved for her to leave quickly, but Xu Qingqing rolled her eyes. "Stingy," she thought, "I won't look then." She took a big bite of chicken and went back to her workstation.
*
At the entrance of the steel plant, Xu Qingqing held a large red paper and pasted it on a self-made shelf. The words "Hiring a Chef" were written on it with a brush. Just like the beverage shop billboards in her previous life, she also moved a table and a chair and placed them at the entrance.
This time, it was her turn to have a dark expression. How could Director Li be thinking of hiring a chef when he made her, someone from the publicity department, do it? Was it revenge? He was probably getting back at her for mocking him.
The incident involving Li Jianjun and his three apprentices has implicated many people, including others who abused their power. Many positions have become vacant, and since the canteen is temporarily closed, Director Li assigned her the task of prioritizing the recruitment of cooks. There are plenty of people for other positions, and they can be filled in half a day. However, it is not easy to recruit cooks, which is why the following scene occurred.
Xu Qingqing sat casually in the chair, propping her chin up with one hand, looking at the few pedestrians on the opposite side of the road. Some people noticed Xu Qingqing and walked over out of curiosity. Those who could read looked at her and left disappointed. Those who couldn't read asked Xu Qingqing, and left just as disappointed when they heard that she was a chef.
She sat there for ages, enduring the cold, but didn't see a single chef. Instead, she encountered many people pretending to be chefs, trying to trick her into entering the steel factory, much to her annoyance.
So, with a cold face, he wrote down three things he wouldn't do and three warnings.
First, we don't hire people who don't have cooking skills.
Second, they won't recruit anyone who knows anything about it.
Third, yes, but cooking is average, so I won't hire you.
Those who pretend to know what they're talking about, those who are shameless, and those who lack self-awareness will receive the above warning once. If they don't listen, they'll get a slap on the face.
At first, some people didn't believe it, until Xu Qingqing slapped them across the face, and then they believed it wasn't fake.
Xu Qingqing, her eyes vacant, touched her empty stomach and tilted her head back. It was so difficult. In her previous life, there were plenty of chefs, from five-star hotels to small street restaurants. But here, they were a rare sight. She hadn't been able to recruit anyone for several days, and her eyes were dark with exhaustion.
Heavens above! Please give me a real chef!
I'm willing to go three days without snacks!
She swore an oath to the heavens, and then a hoarse voice rang in her ears: "Excuse me, are you still hiring a chef here? I'm here to apply. If you don't believe me, I can show you my cooking skills!"
Xu Qingqing: "..."
Fan Guangshen waited anxiously for her reply. Since the incident at home, his father was arrested and sent to a farm for reform through labor, and his mother remarried with his younger sister. He and his grandmother were forced to sever ties with his father. Because his ancestors were imperial chefs, he had learned from his father since childhood and had excellent cooking skills, which was his source of confidence.
However, after his father's accident, his identity was distorted by rumors among the people around him, and no one was willing to hire him. He had been barely making ends meet by relying on the dowry jewelry that his grandmother had secretly kept. A few days ago, the last piece of jewelry in the family was used to exchange for medicine for his grandmother. Now the family has nothing to eat, and his grandmother's illness has not been cured. With nowhere else to turn, he heard that the steel factory was recruiting cooks, so he came to try his luck.
Seeing that Xu Qingqing remained silent, he gave a bitter smile. It seemed that even the heavens were not giving him a final chance.
Xu Qingqing came to her senses and saw that although the person in front of her was dressed in tattered clothes, his clothes were clean. She shifted her gaze to his hands and saw that he was holding them. She looked at him and said, "Hold out your hands."
Although Fan Guangshen was puzzled, he still stretched out his hands. Xu Qingqing looked at his fingernails; they were spotless, and there were thick calluses on his thumbs and forefingers, indicating that he had been handling pots and spoons since childhood. Looking at his overall demeanor, she could tell he had been carefully raised at home, and nodded in satisfaction.
"You're qualified for now, but don't get too excited. We'll have to see how good your cooking is before we decide whether to hire you."
Fan Guangshen was incredulous upon hearing this, his eyes reddening slightly. He was overjoyed but also heartbroken. Finally, he had succeeded!
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