At around five o'clock in the afternoon, the day's work was finally over. Ma Hua, Shazhu and others got off work together and walked on the avenue of the steel rolling mill. Looking at the crowds around them, it suddenly dawned on them that they were now in a

In this special era, the workers around us were full of vitality and were making their own contributions to the construction of the motherland. This spirit of dedication is difficult to appreciate in later generations of workers. After all, the workers at that time were really just

They were workers, but now they are the masters and the pioneers of the times. Their status and social identity are very different.

Silly Zhu didn't bring a lunch box with him this time. There was no reception tonight, so naturally he didn't have anything good to bring. He just walked in front of Ma Hua empty-handed, looking around at a leisurely pace, and walked most of the way.

After noticing Ma Hua following behind him, he turned his gaze to Ma Hua with some surprise and asked with some doubts.

"What are you doing following me? Is there something wrong?"

Ma Hua took two steps forward, walked to Sha Zhu, and said quietly.

"Master He, you and I live in a courtyard house and just moved in yesterday!"

A hint of surprise appeared on Shazhu's face, he patted Ma Hua on the shoulder and said happily.

"It turns out it was your boy who moved yesterday!"

Silly Zhu had heard that Lao Li's family had changed houses with someone because of their children's schooling. He went back late last night and didn't see the new neighbor. He didn't expect that it would be MCA, so he became a neighbor.

It's a good idea not to get close.

Silly Zhu's attitude was obviously a little more cordial than before, and he and Ma Hua returned to the courtyard side by side. Along the way, the two chatted about some insignificant words, which could be regarded as a somewhat closer distance.

Ma Hua and Sha Zhu both live in the front yard, very close to each other. Sha Zhu now lives with his sister He Yuyu. When he goes home every day, the lights are on in the room, so he has company. Only Ma Hua is alone, looking at the dark.

In the dark room, he sighed, turned on the light, and started his own daily life of having enough food and clothing.

Ma Hua doesn’t have anything good at home, only some basic vegetables, and no pork at all. Buying meat these days requires not only money, but also meat coupons. He does have a few at home, which his father saved before. On weekdays,

I can't bear to eat it either. I only buy some pork during the holidays to satisfy my craving. This is how we live in these days when supplies are tight. In the whole courtyard, only Silly Zhu, a cook, can have a meal of meat every now and then.

, even more comfortable than Yi Zhonghai, an eighth-level fitter.

Ma Hua put the prepared vermicelli and cabbage into a bowl, then took out a few cornmeal buns that he had steamed, picked up the kuaizi and started to work. Don't look at this meal as very simple.

It’s good to eat. Materials are scarce in this era. Being able to have enough to eat is already a good life. For example, in Qin Huairu’s family, she is the only one with a job. There are elders and younger ones, so she often has to go from hungry to full.

Suddenly.

Why is Yan Bugui, the third uncle who is a teacher, so stingy? It’s not because there are so many children in the family that he can’t make a living even if he doesn’t care about living. Later, when his sons all worked, he still couldn’t change this bad habit, which seemed annoying

Somewhat boring.

Ma Hua had eaten a full meal and his body had warmed up. He had washed vegetables all morning today and his hands were very cold and were still tingling. This shows that life in this era is not easy. It is good to be able to eat enough despite being tired and suffering.

Wow, how many people still don’t have enough to eat even if they are willing to work hard.

There are no entertainment activities these days, and they usually go to bed early. If they have a wife and children, they can also have a hot bed with the wife and children. Ma Hua is just a sixteen-year-old boy, so he can only sleep on his pillow.

Early the next morning, MCA once again repeated yesterday's work and began the life of a vegetable washer. The most interesting thing every day was cooking. Today, MCA has mastered the essence of the rice cook. Every time, he deliberately washes the vegetables.

Filling the spoon, he flicked his wrist and smoothed it out immediately. The shaking was very good, which made many workers twitch in the corners of their eyes. Fortunately, MCA also knew how to measure. Every time the food he gave was no less than others, he just liked to watch.

The interesting change in the other person's expression over time made everyone in the factory aware of Ma Hua. They gave him the nickname "Jiao Tik Tok", which made everyone in the cafeteria and kitchen add a topic of gossip and tease him from time to time.

MCA.

In a blink of an eye, more than a year has passed. With his down-to-earth and hard-working nature, Ma Hua has been recognized by Sha Zhu. He has officially grown from a vegetable washer and vegetable boy to a chef apprentice, with a glorious career.

The kitchen worker has made rapid progress. The kitchen worker has been replaced by a fat boy who just came in. His surname is Sun. Because he looks chubby, everyone doesn't call him by his name. They call him Fatty.

This little fat guy is really good at things. He is sweet-tongued and has a sharp eye. He is very lovable. However, after two or three months here, his popularity is even better than that of MCA. He even flatters the chef, Silly Zhu, and the photos of Silly Zhu are very comfortable.

He looked at it differently, and it seemed that it wouldn't be long before he would be on the same level as MCA and become a glorious chef apprentice.

Ma Hua had a normal relationship with this little fat guy. He was just on the surface. He had long recognized this fat man as the kid who betrayed Silly Zhu in the future. He was evil-minded, opportunistic, and not practical enough, so Ma Hua was unwilling to have a close relationship with him.

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Ma Hua sat leaning against the door, lifted the curtain of the back kitchen, and took a look at the sky. It was almost ten o'clock, and it was time to start working. He stood up and walked to the eucalyptus board, reached out and picked up the kitchen knife on the shelf, and picked it up.

He picked up the potatoes in a vegetable basin on the side.

"Dang-dang-dang-dang!"

With the kitchen knife, Ma Hua cut out even and slender potato shreds one by one. The knife shadow was vertical and horizontal, very quickly. As soon as he finished cutting the potato in his hand, he picked up another potato without stopping at all.

, that rhythmic chopping skills made Silly Zhu couldn't help but stare at it for a long time, and nodded secretly in his heart, this is a good talent, he has only been working as a vegetable cutter for a while, but with such knife skills, he is really talented.

It can be said that Ma Hua's knife skills are among the best among the chefs. Even the chef, Silly Zhu, is not as steady as him. Ma Hua is a reincarnated person after all. He has strong mental strength since he was a child, and his ability to control the body is far beyond that of ordinary people.

It takes three years to practice knife skills, but it only takes a few days here. This made Silly Zhu dumbfounded at the time. He even specifically asked Ma Hua if he had learned cooking skills from a master before!

Several large pots of potatoes were in Ma Hua's hands, and they were all cut in half an hour. He also helped others with the radishes and cabbages. This was also the third child. There are very few vegetable greenhouses in China nowadays, and even in winter,
Chapter completed!