Chapter 254 New Apprentice

After talking to Han Qiuyu, Li Shengli rode his bicycle back to his restaurant. When he passed by the street office on the way, he told Director Wang to find a temporary worker to replace him tomorrow. In this situation, even temporary workers were in high demand. By the evening, all the work was done, and Li Shengli settled all the wages for Liu Jianjun. Li Shengli did not plan to use these educated youth again if he needed more people in the future.

It is said that those who are loyal are mostly butchers, while those who are unfaithful are mostly scholars. Hiring these educated youth as kitchen helpers not only made them feel that this job was humiliating, but even Li Shengli felt that these people were too rash in their work.

Two days later, Han Qiuyu took the two people to Li Shengli's restaurant when the restaurant was not busy.

"Brother-in-law, I've brought people here." Han Qiuyu pointed at the two boys behind him.

"This is Fang Yonglin." He is a tall and thin young man.

"This is Liu Haoyuan." This is a shorter guy.

"You two, I think you all know my requirements." Li Shengli narrowed his eyes as he looked at the two young men standing upright in front of him.

"Understood, Master Li." The two shouted in unison.

Li Shengli nodded and decided to try it out first. His sister-in-law would never betray him.

Li Shengli first sent the two to the back kitchen to familiarize themselves with the kitchen equipment, and prepared to ask Han Qiuyu what kind of people they were.

"Qiuyu, what kind of people are these two?" Li Shengli pulled Han Qiuyu to a corner and asked her about their personalities.

"Brother-in-law, you can try it first. Their family is engaged in communal cooking, so there should be no problem with helping in the kitchen." Han Qiuyu knew what Li Shengli was worried about, but these two people were brought up in a very strict family, and the salary that Li Shengli gave was also quite high.

"Okay, I'll try it for a while." Li Shengli expressed his agreement with Han Qiuyu's words. No matter what others say, seeing is believing.

"Okay, I'll drop the person off for you. I'll go back first. I still have work to do at the street office." Han Qiuyu looked at her watch. It was getting late and she still had things to do when she got back. So Han Qiuyu said goodbye to Li Shengli and left the restaurant.

When Li Shengli returned to the restaurant, he first let the few people get to know each other. They would be working together for a while, so they had to get familiar with each other in advance.

Li Shengli introduced to the two new guys what they should do and also explained that it was impossible for him to give them anything as soon as they arrived. Li Shengli liked to talk things out, which was good for everyone.

The two young men did not say anything. They came here because their families had repeatedly told them to do so. Their fathers were cooks in the army, and they had been exposed to the kitchen since they were young. After graduating from high school, they did not get into college. People like them usually worked as kitchen helpers or ordinary workers in factories, earning around 30 yuan a month.

Li Shengli was quite satisfied with the attitude of the two people, and he thought he could expand the scale of his small shop in the future.

After a while, it was the winter of 1962. Zhao Guangquan also resigned after working there for a while. It was said that he bought a job with the salary he earned from working for Li Shengli.

Li Shengli had no idea what these people were thinking, but he was determined to keep his iron rice bowl.

Xiaohui and Xiaomei are still working for Li Shengli, and Li Shengli has begun to teach the two new guys some cooking skills. Because they both have some basic cooking skills, they learn the home cooking dishes that Li Shengli teaches them very quickly.

"Dad, don't you like me anymore? You don't have time to play with me recently." One day, when Li Shengli came home from work in the restaurant, his daughter came to him with a wronged look on her face.

"Xiao Qin, what's wrong with you? How could dad not like you?" Li Shengli was a little puzzled as to why he said that.

Li Shengli looked at Han Qiuyun and Li Chengzhi with inquiring eyes, wanting to ask them what happened to his daughter.

The two looked at each other awkwardly, and then Han Qiuyun gave Li Shengli a look that said, "This is all your fault."

Li Shengli was now like a monk at a loss - he had no idea what was going on.

Li Shengli now turned his gaze to his daughter who was hugging him with a look of grievance on her face.

"Then dad, can you go to my parents' meeting?" Li Chengqin looked up with a wronged look on his face, tears in his eyes. Oh, this made Li Shengli feel so distressed. As a half-daughter slave, it was really wrong for him to let his daughter suffer so much.

"Why don't you let your mother go to the parent-teacher meeting for you?" Li Shengli looked at his daughter who seemed aggrieved and glanced at Han Qiuyun with a smile.

Han Qiuyun spread her hands to indicate that she had no choice. Who told your daughter to want you to attend the parent-teacher meeting?

Li Shengli thought about it and decided that he could let the two newcomers try out the restaurant business. After such a long time, they should be able to cook some ordinary home-cooked dishes quite well.

"Xiao Qin, you are still feeling wronged. Either mom or dad can go to the parent-teacher meeting." Although Li Shengli planned to hold a parent-teacher meeting for his daughter, she still had to be educated. After all, Han Qiuyun was her mother.

"My mother went to open the restaurant the last few times, but this time I want my father to go." Xiao Qin also felt a little aggrieved. Before her family opened the restaurant, her father often took her out to play. Now that her family is rich, her father doesn't accompany her anymore.

When Lee Seung-ri heard his daughter say this, he knew that she wanted him to spend more time with her. Lee Seung-ri also felt a little guilty. He was indeed so busy recently that he forgot that he used to take the children out to play every weekend.

Li Shengli stretched out his fingers and counted. He hadn't taken his children out to play in more than a year.

"Okay, Xiaoqin, I will accompany you to the parent-teacher meeting." Li Shengli agreed to his daughter's request.

The next day, Li Shengli came to his own restaurant. He first gave some simple dishes to Fang Yonglin and Liu Haoyuan, and watched them prepare them.

After the dish came out of the pot, Li Shengli tasted it and found it tasted okay. People who are not gourmets would not be able to tell the difference.

It seems that this store will be handed over to the two of them in a while.

On the day of Li Chengqin's parent-teacher meeting, Li Shengli specially put up a sign in the store: The chef is not in the store today.

Then Li Shengli asked Fang Yonglin and Liu Haoyuan to name their specialties. Today's restaurant's signature dishes are their specialties.

After taking care of all the matters concerning the restaurant, Li Shengli rode his bike and took his daughter to school.

Seeing his daughter looking a little proud, Li Shengli said jokingly, "Xiaoqin, are you bragging to your classmates again?"

"No, I didn't." Li Chengqin felt a little embarrassed when he heard that his little thoughts were exposed by his father.

"Hello, you are Li Chengqin's father, right?" A familiar voice sounded in Li Shengli's ears.

"Oh, isn't this Teacher Ran?" Li Shengli was a little surprised that he could meet an acquaintance here.

"Who are you?" Ran Qiuye looked at Li Shengli in surprise. Does this person know him?

"Oh, you may not know me. I live next door to Mr. Yan Bugui from your school." Li Shengli explained with a smile.

He really didn't expect to meet Ran Qiuye again.

"Dad, do you know Teacher Ran?" Li Chengqin seemed to feel a slight sense of crisis.

"Teacher Ran is a colleague of Teacher Yan who lives next door to us. He has been to our compound before." Li Shengli didn't think much about it.

"Oh, hello." Ran Qiuye smiled generously.

Li Shengli and Ran Qiuye didn't talk much, and they were not very familiar with each other. And judging from Ran Qiuye's appearance, she should be living a pretty good life. It was better than marrying Sha Zhu and being sucked dry by that family.

(End of this chapter)