Chapter 7 Canteen Gossip
Li Shengli didn't have the ability to see and hear from afar, so he didn't know what the uncle Yi Zhonghai was planning. At this moment, he was holding the big bowl and smelling the food, and he didn't even think about sending a bowl to the old lady in the backyard.

The two of them are not familiar with each other, and I don’t have the habit of recognizing anyone as my grandmother.

Break the steamed bread into pieces and soak it in fish soup, and the steamed bread will not be so difficult to swallow.

After drinking the fish soup, Li Shengli cleaned up the dishes and put the remaining fish soup in the cupboard. Then he stood on a stool and hung the marinated fish on the beam.

It's not a good idea to hang it outside. There's no one at home and who knows who might take it away. Even if no one steals it, it would be a huge loss if it was taken away by a wild cat.

With this fish, I will stew it every now and then to improve my life.

After finishing his work, Li Shengli slumped in his chair and was in a daze. After a while of daze to digest the food in his stomach, Li Shengli read a book for a while and then went to bed early.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is already April. The weather in April is already very hot, and the snow outside has melted. During this period, Li Shengli has been living a life of going to and from work almost every day, occasionally taking some private jobs on weekends.

At noon that day, Li Shengli entered the factory and came to the back kitchen of the third kitchen. Almost all the people in the kitchen had arrived and were busy.

"Master, you're here." Apprentice Liu Xikui came over.

"Ah."

"You guys are here pretty early."

Li Shengli smiled and nodded to Liu Xikui, then greeted the others.

"Master Li." Others in the kitchen also greeted him.

"Is the squad leader not here yet?" Li Shengli looked around and found that the squad leader Wang Tiezhu had not arrived yet.

"Not here yet." Yao Qin replied quickly.

"Okay, let's wait for a while." Li Shengli replied and found a place to sit down.

He pulled out his large teapot from the drawer, rinsed it with water, and pinched a handful of tea leaves. His apprentice Liu Xikui took it with great tact, picked up the thermos and filled it with water.

"Master, your tea." Liu Xikui quickly handed over the teacup.

Li Shengli smiled and took the teacup, took two sips from it, and listened to the chatter in the kitchen.

"Hey, everyone is here."

The sound came before the person arrived. A hand lifted the door curtain, and a person walked in from behind the curtain. It was Wang Tiezhu, the canteen monitor of the third canteen.

"Team leader." Everyone in the kitchen stood up and greeted him.

"Okay, let's do it the same as usual today." Wang Tiezhu took off his gloves, dusted off his body and said to everyone.

"Got it, squad leader." Everyone responded, and Li Shengli also responded while holding a teacup.

After chatting for a while, everyone was ready to work. The good thing about the kitchen is that it is relatively quiet.

After resting for a while, Li Shengli prepared to teach Liu Xikui how to cut vegetables.

"Xikui, come here. I will teach you how to cut vegetables today." Li Shengli waved at Liu Xikui.

"Here I am, Master." Liu Xikui was very happy when he heard that Li Shengli wanted to teach him how to cut vegetables.

"Look, this is how you cut the cabbage." As he said that, Li Shengli picked up a cabbage and started to break it into pieces.

After breaking it apart, first use a knife to separate the cabbage stalks from the leaves. Use a knife to slice the cabbage stalks into pieces. Then stack them up and cut them quickly. In a short while, the cabbage stalks are all cut into thin strips. Then do the same with the cabbage leaves. In a short while, a cabbage is cut.

"Do you understand?" Li Shengli put down the knife in his hand and nodded to Liu Xikui.

“I understand it, but I don’t know if I can cut it out.” Liu Xikui looked embarrassed.

"It's okay, just take your time to cut it. It's still early. This is for you to practice." Li Shengli gestured to a pot of cabbage next to him.

"I understand, Master." Liu Xikui took a deep breath, picked up the knife and started cutting cabbage.

Li Shengli looked at Liu Xikui with satisfaction. He felt that it was not in vain that he had accepted this disciple. Now he could take some time off again.

I was so busy in my previous life and had no income. Now that I have a stable job, at least I can relax until the reform and opening up. Then I can do some business. It's better than working hard.

Everyone was busy preparing food. Li Shengli also washed some radishes and prepared to roast them. The daily menu was set. There were no greenhouse vegetables at the moment, so the vegetables for winter were all stored.

While everyone was busy, an apprentice who had gone out to pour out the slop came running in hurriedly, sweating profusely without even having time to wipe it off.

"Oh no! Something big happened in our factory." I heard his shouting before I even entered the door.

"Xiao Zhao, what are you doing in such a hurry? Didn't you go to pour out the slop? Something big has happened. Believe it or not, I will take care of you." Wang Tiezhu frowned and shouted while waving a kitchen knife.

"No, squad leader, please listen to my explanation." Zhao Zhiqiang was frightened by the way Wang Tiezhu wielded the kitchen knife, and he sweated even more heavily.

"It's like this. When I went out to pour out the slop just now, I heard people in the factory talking about an accident in our factory's ninth workshop." Zhao Zhiqiang quickly wiped the sweat off his forehead and explained.

"What happened?" Wang Tiezhu quickly put down the kitchen knife in his hand and walked up to Zhao Zhiqiang with a serious look on his face.

"Who told you that? Is it serious?"

"The news has spread throughout the factory. I heard that the person has fallen into a coma and has been sent to the hospital. I don't know if he can survive." Zhao Zhiqiang told every piece of gossip he had heard.

"Wow, that's serious."

"I don't know who he is, or whether he's married or not."

"Yes, once something happens, half of the family will be destroyed."

People in the cafeteria started talking and everyone stopped what they were doing.

"Okay, stop discussing." Seeing that everyone was discussing, Wang Tiezhu put down the work in his hands and couldn't help but scolding.

"If we continue discussing this, we won't have time to eat."

"Everyone is worried about what happened. But we can't delay our work. There are so many people in our factory waiting to eat." As he spoke, Wang Tiezhu stared at the people in the kitchen.

Not to mention, this big man from Northeast China is tall and strong, and with his wide eyes, he is quite intimidating.

Everyone was frightened, and the sound suddenly stopped, turning around and busying themselves with their own work.

Wang Tiezhu nodded with satisfaction. Well, he still has some dignity.

"Master, aren't you curious?" Seeing that no one spoke, Liu Xikui looked at Wang Tiezhu cautiously, then approached Li Shengli and asked quietly.

"What's there to be curious about? You'll know at lunch." Li Shengli kept cutting with the knife in his hand.

(End of this chapter)