Siheyuan: Started from a blind date and being cut off

Li Ye smoked a cigarette, took stock of the ingredients, and then decided what to cook based on the ingredients.

Oh, there are actually a few crabs.

Seeing those crabs, Li Ye decided on the first dish he was going to make.

Crab meat lion head, this is the most authentic Huaiyang lion head.

Last time, the ingredients in the canteen were limited, and Li Ye could only make a braised lion head.

Dishes with full color, flavor and flavor were born from Li Ye's hands, such as crab meat lion's head, cabbage, Wensi tofu, and braised silver carp head.

Considering that the leader’s wife is from Sichuan Province and likes spicy food, we also prepared spicy seasonings such as dried Sichuan peppercorns, chili peppers, and millet.

Li Ye cooked twice-cooked pork, boiled fish fillets and other famous classic Sichuan dishes, and finally stir-fried a light and greasy green vegetable to complete the meal.

Li Ye had cooked these dishes in advance and put them in the pot to heat up. When Leader Liu started the meal, he could serve them all as soon as possible.

Leader Liu led Li Changming and several middle-aged leaders out of the study room and said with a smile: "Okay, we've almost finished talking about the business, let's all stay for a meal."

Leader Liu invited everyone to take a seat, and seven or eight Huaiyang dishes and two or three Sichuan dishes were quickly served.

Leader Liu was a little surprised. Looking at the more than ten steaming dishes, he said in surprise: "The dishes were served so quickly today."

"Boss, the little chef worked meticulously today. He prepared the dishes in advance and heated them in the pot so that they can be served at any time."

The leadership secretary explained.

I paid Li Ye several prostitutes for nothing, and Li Ye was nice to talk to, and he was really meticulous in handling things. It was not impossible for the leader’s secretary to praise Li Ye in front of Leader Liu.

Besides, this is not a boast, he is just reporting the actual situation to the leader.

Leader Liu was obviously very happy. He glanced at Li Changming and said with a smile: "The little master who cooked today is the same as the little master who cooked that day, right?"

"Exactly, the leader, didn't you say that Xiao Li's cooking skills are good? I'm thinking of bringing him over and asking him to cook some dishes for the leader."

Li Changming had an expression that said "These are all things I should do."

Leader Liu smiled knowingly, pointed at Li Changming with his index finger, laughed heartily a few times, and then said to the leader's secretary: "Why haven't you seen the young master? Ask him to come here."

The leadership secretary went to lie down, and two minutes later, he took Li Ye to the dining room.

"Hello, Leader Liu, hello all leaders."

Li Ye had a smile on his face and greeted the leaders enthusiastically.

"Little master, it must be hard for one person to cook so many dishes. Let's eat together with a bowl and a pair of chopsticks."

Leader Liu said calmly and generously.

If it were Xu Damao, and the leader invited that guy to have dinner with him, he would immediately turn into a licking dog and lick the leaders wildly.

As an old social worker, Li Ye understands that eating with the leaders at the table is not necessarily a good thing.

Which one of you here is not a leader with dignity and status? He is a cook and eats at the same table as the leader. Does he talk or not talk while eating?

If you don't speak, you'll be embarrassed and look like a fool.

Let's talk, everyone here is a leader, how dare you, a cook, talk to the leader and give advice? What you say is not nutritious, and the leader thinks you are useless.

What you said is full of useful information. You, a cook, are smarter than the leader in every aspect. Do you want to join in?

If you want to have a harmonious atmosphere when dining with leaders who are too senior to you, you can only play the role of a clown like Xu Damao, responsible for making the leaders happy.

Li Ye didn't deserve to belittle himself like that.

Secondly, from the moment you act as a clown to make the leader happy, in the eyes of the leader, your clown persona has been fixed, and there is a high probability that you can only continue to be a clown in the future.

"No, no, all the leaders are experienced leaders. I am just a cook with little talent. I have to think over what the leaders say several times before I can understand them. How can I be embarrassed to eat at the same table with the leaders?"

Li Ye politely declined Leader Liu's invitation, and by the way, he blew the whistle on all the leaders present.

"Hahaha, you are such an interesting little master. Okay, if you don't want to, I won't force you. But you have to drink this glass of wine."

Leader Liu didn't really want to invite Li Ye to have dinner with him, he was just being polite.

He personally admired Li Ye's general knowledge, so he poured the wine himself to give Li Ye some face.

This time Li Ye couldn't refuse anymore. Any further refusal would be a slap in the leader's face. He said thank you to the leader, immediately took the glass of wine and drank it down, sighing that it was the first time he drank such a good wine.

Next, Li Ye returned to the kitchen and sat, drinking tea to relieve his boredom.

After a while, a woman came.

This is the leader's wife. Li Ye just saw her sitting next to Leader Liu in the dining room.

As soon as the leader's wife entered the kitchen, Li Ye stood up immediately.

The leader's wife took a look at Li Ye. He was tall, tall, and had a tender and handsome face. Coupled with that person's harmless and friendly smile, it was hard to be disgusted.

The leader's wife moved her eyes away from Li Ye and glanced around a few times. She found that the kitchen was tidy, the kitchen garbage was collected cleanly, and the unused condiments and ingredients were put aside in an orderly manner.

It's pleasing to the eye.

The leader's wife's favorable impression of Li Ye increased even more, and she said, "Little master, I can't tell you are so young. Not only do you cook Huaiyang cuisine very well, you also cook Sichuan cuisine very well."

"Thank you, madam. I have such little ability. I learned cooking from my father when I was a child. It took me more than ten years to learn a little bit about it. The leader and the leader's wife don't mind that my cooking is unpalatable.

That’s fine.”

Li Ye said very humbly.

He is capable at a young age and knows how to be humble. This young man is good.

The leader's wife looked at Li Ye with admiration and said that it was a pity that he was a cook. If he had a higher education and a better family background, he might be able to do something in the future.

Then again, when someone came to their home and worked so hard to cook a large table of dishes for their family, they did a pretty good job, so they definitely deserved a reward.

"Master Xiao Li, the leftovers will be taken back to the kitchen later, you can just watch and deal with them.

I still have some unused tickets here, take them back and use them."

The leader's wife took out more than a dozen food stamps, meat stamps, cloth stamps and other various kinds of stamps and gave them to Li Ye as payment for Li Ye coming to their house to cook today.

Things like this may be difficult for ordinary people to obtain, but for people at their level, they are inexhaustible.

Li Ye was not polite to the leader's wife and directly accepted the tickets: "Madam, if you want to eat authentic Sichuan food in the future, just let me know and I will be there as soon as possible."

What the leader's wife wants is these words from Li Ye.

It's quite difficult to find a chef in Beijing who can cook authentic Sichuan cuisine that suits her.