Chapter 19 Yi Zhonghai has another idea

Yi Zhonghai stared at Jia Zhangshi in surprise with his eyes wide open. What was this person thinking? But he had to help. After all, Jia Dongxu was his apprentice and was usually filial to him.

"Let's put it this way. Everyone is in a difficult situation. Only Zhuzi and Li Shengli in this courtyard can get some good things. I will go to discuss it with Li Shengli when he comes back." Yi Zhonghai thought for a moment and said calmly.

"Well, thank you, he's the great uncle." The wrinkles on Jia Zhang's face were squeezed together with joy. If there were two cooks to bring food to her family in the future, just thinking about the taste of the meat, Jia Zhang's mouth began to drool again.

After wiping the corner of her mouth, Jia Zhang returned home happily. Yi Zhonghai thought about how to tell Li Shengli.

Just this day, when Li Shengli was about to go out, old man Yi Zhonghai came to see him again.

It was another Sunday, and Li Shengli was getting ready to go out. He had accepted another banquet today. Life was getting better and better, and more and more people were inviting people to prepare banquets on the street.

Sha Zhu doesn't have so much to do. One reason is that Sha Zhu mainly studied Sichuan cuisine. Every family that prepares a big banquet will serve Sichuan cuisine. Sha Zhu is not as proficient in other cuisines as Lee Seung-ri. And there is Sha Zhu's Tan family cuisine. I don't know if Sha Zhu has learned it, but this dish is not something that ordinary people can afford.

Therefore, Shazhu is far less popular than Lee Seung-ri in the market.

"Shengli, wait a moment." Li Shengli was stopped by the voice behind him. It was Yi Zhonghai.

"Uncle, is there something wrong?" Li Shengli said to Yi Zhonghai while turning around with his bag on his back.

"Shengli, this is what happened. Qin Huairu just finished her confinement and her body is not getting enough nutrition. Xiao Huaihua has nothing to eat, so your Aunt Zhang came to me."

"There's nothing I can do, uncle." Li Shengli spread his hands with a question mark on his face to indicate that he was also in a difficult situation. Is it really okay to ask a single man like him to do such a thing?

"And, uncle, as far as I know, our street office provides milk coupon subsidies to every family with a newborn." Li Shengli looked down on the Jia family and Yi Zhonghai in his heart. The street office sold the milk coupons themselves, but asked him to bring back his own special cooking. What was he thinking? Could he have some shame?

"Look what I said, you are going to prepare a banquet, can you bring back some fish or something for Qin Huairu to replenish her nutrition?" The old man was not embarrassed and thought of the lunch box that Li Shengli would bring next.

"No, sir. I don't have the final say in this matter." Li Shengli refused. If you want fish, go to Shichahai and wait. There are many fishermen there, so there will always be someone selling fish.

It seems that Yi Zhonghai is reluctant to spend money and wants him to help him, Li Shengli thought to himself.

"Uncle, you know." Li Shengli sighed and paused before continuing.

"Our cook is a hard worker. The master has the final say on everything." Li Shengli gave an example to Uncle Yi Zhonghai.

"When I go out to prepare banquets for others, I usually get three to five yuan, and the host will give me cigarettes, alcohol, wedding candies and so on."

Li Shengli took out a cigarette, lit it, took a deep puff and continued.

"We have a set number of tables, unless some shameless chef over-reports the food, or if there is leftover and the host is in a good mood, he will let you take the food home after you finish eating. Needless to say, everyone who comes to eat has taken the food home."

"Uncle, you have attended so many grand banquets, so you should know this." Li Shengli said after exhaling a puff of smoke and retorted to Yi Zhonghai.

"So after I finish the banquet, it's not up to me to decide whether I can take anything with me or what I can take with me. And I have professional ethics and never report more than I should."

After Li Shengli finished speaking, he glanced at the old man Yi Zhonghai with a hint of disdain.

"How about this, after you finish cooking, bring some of the food back to the Jia family. Let Qin Huairu get some nutrition." Uncle Yi Zhonghai was not angry, but just took a small step back. This was Yi Zhonghai's plan. As long as Li Shengli's special cooking was given to Qin Huairu, it would be easier to handle it later. "Okay, we'll see when the time comes." Li Shengli replied indifferently. If he wanted to bring something to the Jia family, he would have to wait until the next life. Qin Huairu's family was a bottomless pit. Whoever got involved would know. At this moment, Li Shengli suddenly remembered something.

"Uncle, instead of waiting for something uncertain from me, I might as well give you a suggestion." Li Shengli looked at the yard and saw that uncle Yan Bugui, the third uncle, had already gone out.

"How about this, you go find Third Uncle. Third Uncle goes fishing every week and he must know a lot of people. You can just ask Third Uncle to buy the fish caught by these people." Li Shengli suggested with a smile.

"I will go to discuss it with the third uncle, but you can't relax." The first uncle Yi Zhonghai narrowed his eyes.

"Uncle, please don't have any idea of ​​hitting on me." Li Shengli was also annoyed. He wondered when this matter would ever end.

"Even if I brought a lunch box, I would not give it to Qin Huairu. She lives a better life than me." After saying that, Li Shengli turned around and walked out of the courtyard without waiting for Uncle Yi Zhonghai to say anything. Qin Huairu was reluctant to spend money and had everything on the black market.

Uncle Yi Zhonghai didn't say anything, he just stood at the door, not knowing what he was thinking about.

After walking for half an hour, Li Shengli arrived at the place where the banquet was to be held.

"Master Li, you are here. Everything is ready." The host's surname was Zhao, and he was also a worker in the steel rolling mill. When he saw Li Shengli coming, he came forward to greet him.

"Don't worry, Mr. Zhao. Leave this matter to me." Li Shengli followed him into the house with a smile.

Coming to the kitchen, Li Shengli started cooking according to the menu prepared in advance. Everyone ate voraciously. Li Shengli's cooking skills were impeccable.

After the meal started, Li Shengli finished his work and sat in the kitchen to eat. The food was all the same dishes as on the wine table.

After the meal, when most people had left, Zhao Weimin came over and shook Li Shengli's hand.

"Thank you so much, Master Li."

"Well, what's the big deal? You pay, I provide the technology, we can benefit each other." Li Shengli responded with a smile, shaking Zhao Weimin's hand vigorously. This should give face to the master, so that he can think of me when there is any work in the future.

"Please keep these things as your service fee." After saying that, Zhao Weimin stuffed a red envelope into Li Shengli's pocket.

"Oh, thank you." Li Shengli took the red envelope with a smile, without opening it. This was all discussed in advance. Judging from Zhao Weimin's cheerful look, there must be a lot of things inside.

Mr. Zhao stuffed two more packs of cigarettes and a bag of wedding candies, melon seeds and other things over.

"Master Li, you should also enjoy the good fortune."

"That's great. Thank you, thank you." Li Shengli was not polite either. These were all given by the host.

Li Shengli took the cigarette and put it in his pocket, and the two men exchanged a few polite words.

"Okay, then I won't disturb your family anymore." After the two of them finished talking, Li Shengli was ready to leave.

(End of this chapter)