Early the next morning, Wang Lidong had just arrived at the work unit. His eldest disciple Liu Zi was changing clothes. When he saw him, he immediately came up to him and said, "Good morning, master."
Early in the morning, smiling so happily, he opened his locker and asked casually, "Have Yanzi agreed to date you?"
Liu Zi shook his head and said, "Master, what do you think is wrong with me? Why does this swallow look down on me?"
You lie down at the food delivery window all day long and look at female customers. If you see a beautiful girl, you will call your friends. It is not normal for swallows to prey on you.
Wang Lidong put on his chef's uniform and took his hat, "I didn't know there was an old saying that a girl's thoughts are like a needle in the sea. Swallows must have good looks, and now they have become regulars. You guys can use some snacks. Maybe.
Oh my god, we just received Yanzi’s wedding invitation.”
Liuzi's color changed instantly. After thinking for a moment, he said with a stern look on his face, "Master, why don't you help me ask my junior sister?"
"Go away! I'm a big man and I'm going to ask a girl what she's thinking. You can't figure it out!"
"Master, you are Yanzi's master. Once you are a master, you will always be a father."
Because he was the master, he couldn't do it anymore. Wang Lidong walked into the kitchen. All his colleagues greeted him warmly. When Yanzi saw him, he immediately jumped up and called him master sweetly, and then introduced himself to him.
A strange girl next to her said, "Master, this is Xu Hong, the new apprentice. Director Yao said that she will work with me from now on."
"Haha, our swallows have apprentices." Wang Lidong looked at Xu Hong. She was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a round face, big eyes, and a ponytail. She looked decent, but she was too thin and felt like she would be blown away by a gust of wind.
Got it!
I don’t know what my senior brother thought about assigning such a little girl to Yanzi. Making snacks seems easy, but it is actually a very tiring job.
There are no dough mixers these days. Mixing dough with an egg beater and whipping cream are all laborious tasks with such a small body.
Xu Hong greeted him hurriedly and cautiously, "Hello, Master Liu."
"Hello, Xiao Xu." Wang Lidong smiled and nodded, and after saying a few words about working hard, Liu Zi pulled him to the workbench to test the results of more than two months of hard work.
Liu Zi picked up the potatoes, peeled them, shredded them, stopped the knife and looked at his work, and made an exaggerated gesture of invitation, "Master, please take a look!"
Wang Lidong reached out and grabbed a handful of shredded potatoes. The strands were about the thickness of a human hair and fairly even in thickness. Although there were a few knives, it was a sign of hard work to be able to cut them like this in two months.
Seeing Liu Zi looking at him expectantly, he nodded and affirmed, "Very good, the knife skills are up to par."
Liuzi was overjoyed and immediately asked when he would be taught how to make braised pork sausage. Wang Lidong was a little speechless. In the past month or so, he had taken on dozens of private jobs and had basically gone through the eight major cuisines. Why did this guy still care about braised pork sausage?
There's nothing technical about it, and he didn't have a good airflow. "Next, practice spoon-bumping and pot-bobbing."
"Master, you said back then that as soon as you finish practicing knife skills, you would teach me how to marinate sausages."
"I said this at the time. Now I give you two choices, one is to practice cooking, and the other is to braise pork intestines." Wang Lidong reached out and patted the eldest apprentice on the shoulder, "You understand, tell me.
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Liuzi scratched his head and suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said, "Master, can you choose both together?"
"You have a big appetite. If you had been born a few decades earlier, I think your son would at least have several concubines."
Liuzi didn't know what he thought of, and Le's mouth burst into tears. Yanzi snorted and took the new apprentice to learn about the baking machine.
Liuzi secretly yelled, "Master, you cheated me!"
Wang Lidong ignored these idiots, walked up to the attic, found a comfortable seat, moved a small dining table, took out a pen and paper from his pocket, and started writing the banquet menu.
Recently, more and more customers have come to their canteen for various banquets, and it takes most of the day to agree on the dishes.
He plans to compile several sets of menus with different prices and make them into leaflets, which will not only save time but also serve as advertising paper.
After finishing the lunch market, Wang Lidong was about to take a nap. The guard found him and said it was his elder brother who was looking for him.
When he came to the back door, he saw the cheap brother pacing back and forth in front of the door with an excited look on his face, "Brother, what happy event have you encountered?"
When Liu Yunchang saw his younger brother, he said happily, "Hongchang, I got the TV ticket." He took out a small ticket from the inner pocket of his jacket and handed it to him. Wang Lidong took it and looked at it, "
Ningguo City No. 1 Commercial Bureau TV purchase ticket for a Jinxing brand 14-inch black and white TV set. Ending at the end of 1980."
"Oh, it's made by Mingzhu. How much did it cost?"
The eldest brother said with a pained face, "A whole 520 yuan."
"How much does a TV cost?"
"I've already asked, 485 yuan."
"I don't have that much money with me. I'll give it to you when I get back tonight."
He Yunchang said anxiously, "No, aren't you taking a break now? Let's go back. I've already taken half a day off. We bought a TV this afternoon."
Wang Lidong was a little dumbfounded. It was just a broken TV. Why was he so anxious? "Mom knows where I put all my money. Just go back and let me get it."
"Hong Chang, let's go back together. When we buy a TV later, you can help me with my advice."
"What's so good about this TV? You give me the money and the salesperson gives you the goods."
Unable to survive the eldest brother's persistent pursuit, the two brothers went back home together, took five hundred yuan and went to the Ningguo City Department Store.
The purchasing process was not a pleasant one. The cheap guy was a bit picky. There was a dent in the paper casing of the first TV. I was worried that the TV had suffered internal injuries, so I asked the salesperson to change it.
The sealing tape of the second TV was cut open, and the elder brother was worried that the TV had been repackaged and had to be replaced. The salesperson was obviously very impatient and told Liu Yunchang that there were only two left, either this one or the one just now.
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The two refused to give in to each other and blurted out various organs and ancestors of each other. Just when the two were about to take action, the mall manager happened to pass by and came forward to persuade him to get a new TV.
When Wang Lidong saw that the packaging box was complete, he carried the TV and walked out of the mall. Liu Yunchang hurriedly shouted, "Hong Chang, put it down quickly and let me take a look. If there is a problem and we leave the mall, they will definitely not recognize it."
Wang Lidong said, "If something goes wrong, it's mine."
As for a TV, even if he is unlucky and picks a bad one, with his skills, he can fix it in minutes.
When the two returned home, before unpacking the box, Liu's mother and sister-in-law happened to come back from outside. They were surprised when they saw the TV on the table. Liu's mother frowned and said, "Where did it come from?"
The eldest brother Liu Yunchang took the scissors and carefully opened the seal, "Of course I bought it. Venus brand, 14 inches."
"How much did it cost and why didn't you tell me?"
"The TV is 485 yuan plus the TV ticket is 520 yuan, the total is 1,005 yuan."
"Yunchang, where did you get so much money?"
"Hong Chang and I are half together." He said to his wife, "Go and pour two cups of tea. I haven't seen either of us sweating so much."
"Oh." Yingzi hurriedly poured two cups of tea for the two of them, and then stared at the TV package with curiosity.
Wang Lidong drank a cup of tea and was about to return to his work. Brother Cheap hurriedly called out to him. It was still early, so he might as well install the TV before going to work.
He found the manual and asked his elder brother to follow the manual and install it step by step. "It's very simple. Even a primary school student can do it."
By the time Wang Lidong returned to work, it was already half past three, and the afternoon felt like a waste.
"Master," Liuzi came to him and said that he wanted to learn the skills of turning spoons and pots.
"Have you thought about it?"
"Think about it!"
He praised Liuzi happily, then went to the warehouse to find a broken iron pot, filled a small pot of yellow sand, and explained the skills and techniques of turning the pot and spoon to Liuzi in detail, "Every morning, noon and evening
Half an hour each, practice for three months first."
After three months, Liu Zi said with a bitter look on his face, "Master, how can I be considered qualified?"
Wang Lidong pointed at the iron pot and said, "Fill the pot with yellow sand and turn it over once. If not a grain of sand falls out, you are considered qualified."
The big turning pot is to turn the raw materials in the pot 180° at one time, which means that the raw materials can achieve the effect of "bottom to the sky" through the big turning pot. It is called big turning pot because of the large movement and turning range.
"Don't drop even one grain. This is impossible. Who can do it?"
Wang Lidong pointed to the broken iron pot and said, "Fill it with sand."
Liuzi suddenly felt energetic and trotted out of the kitchen with a broken iron pot. After a while, he returned to the kitchen with a pot full of sand. Wang Lidong took the iron pot, glanced at the workbench, and said to Liuzi, "
Wipe it clean."
"Okay," Liuzi took off the rag from his shoulder and wiped the workbench clean, "Master, it's done."
Wang Lidong stood in front of the workbench, flicked his wrist, and a pot of sand flew half a meter into the air, flipped 360°, and then fell into the pot.
Su Hou on the side reached out and touched the workbench. It was clean, not a grain of sand fell.
"Bah bang bang!" The colleagues in the kitchen applauded one after another. This hand was so beautiful. A few cooks and apprentices had itchy hands. They stepped forward to take the iron pot one by one and followed the same example, and all of them dropped it.
The table is full of sand.
Su Hou pushed Lao Qin and encouraged, "Old Qin, you should be fine."
Lao Qin said with a smile, "If I could do it, I would have gone to Ningguo Hotel long ago. How could I stay in our second cafeteria for the rest of my life."
After everyone got over their hand addiction, Wang Lidong looked at Liu Zi and said, "Are there any questions?"
Liu Zi hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, Master."
The news that Lao Liu's family bought a TV set spread all over Xinmin Alley in the afternoon. The TV produced by Mingzhu was 14 inches, which was a full 2 inches larger than Lao Qin's TV.
After dinner, the courtyard of Old Liu's family was filled with neighbors watching the fun. Liu's mother and sister-in-law Yingzi were busy serving tea and water to all the neighbors, while Liu Yunchang moved the TV to
In the yard, he fiddled with the antenna for several minutes, but the TV picture was still blurry. He was so anxious that he was sweating and his clothes were all wet.
"Yunchang, isn't the TV broken?"
"Yunchang, why don't you ask Xiao Qin? He should be able to adjust?"
When Liu Yunchang heard the word "Xiao Qin", he felt like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. He suddenly became furious and patted the TV casing. "My TV is a Venus brand. Xiao Qin knows a lot about it!"
At this time, the snowflakes on the TV screen suddenly disappeared, and a group of neighbors hurriedly shouted, "Yunchang, don't move."
"Don't move the antenna. That's it."
He Yunchang looked at the screen and could see people's faces clearly. A host was saying a bird song that he couldn't understand. He exhaled and finally got it done. He straightened up and felt a burst of pain.
After knocking twice, he took the enamel cup from his wife and took two big sips.
"Yunchang, what are you talking about? Why can't I understand you?"
Liu Yunchang picked up the newspaper on the table and read the TV program list, "It's called, English Lecture, What Wai Guoren Said."
"Oh, no wonder I can't understand."
"This 14-inch one looks bright."
"It seems much clearer than Lao Qin's TV."
"This is made by Mingzhu, Jinxing brand, a famous brand!"
Liu Yunchang listened to the kind words of his neighbors and felt as if he had taken a Shiquandabu pill. His legs no longer hurt, his waist was no longer sore, and his back could be straightened.
It was past nine o'clock when Wang Lidong finished his personal work. When he returned home, he found that the yard was crowded with men, women, old and children, and the yard was blocked tightly.
"Hong Chang, you're back."
"Hey, Hong Chang is back."
The neighbors immediately made way for an aisle. Wang Lidong greeted the neighbors with a smile and pushed his bicycle to the kitchen door.
Mother Liu, who was busy boiling water in the kitchen, heard the noise, leaned out and looked out, and found that her youngest son was back. She quickly got up and went to the kitchen door, "Why are you back so late today?"
Wang Lidong parked the car, walked into the kitchen, picked up the teapot on the table, and took a few sips, "I went to two places tonight."
Liu's mother said distressedly, "You go to work during the day and stay busy so late at night. Listen to me and do less personal work in the future. Don't break down your body."
"Yeah, I got it." Wang Lidong didn't explain anything and promised to take less private work in the future. At this time, the sister-in-law came into the house with two hot water bottles. After seeing him and saying hello, she raised her legs and closed the kitchen door.
, Mother Liu hurriedly called to her daughter-in-law, "The water has just boiled and is ready to be poured."
The sister-in-law's smiling face disappeared immediately. That night, she didn't even watch the TV a few times, she was just busy serving water.
Liu's mother snorted, "It's only been one day and you can't stand it anymore. Yingzi, I tell you, it will be like this every night from now on."
The sister-in-law said with a crazy look on her face, "Isn't this just spending money to buy happiness?"
"Now you know why I don't buy a TV. It's not that I can't afford it. If you want to watch TV, you can just go to your neighbor's house to watch it. If you have to buy one yourself, it's a 14-inch one. Now, everyone is crowded here.
Other families are comfortable, but my family is suffering."
The sister-in-law sighed, if she had known better, she would not have encouraged Yunchang to buy a TV.
Wang Lidong sneered twice, he also had a share of credit here.
At ten o'clock, a round "test picture" popped up on the TV, and all the neighbors reluctantly got up and left, going back to their homes to find their mothers.
The eldest brother Liu Yunchang hummed a little tune and walked into the kitchen. When he saw the whole family there, he immediately excitedly talked about the feature film about China that was shown on TV just now, "These people from China are so courageous. They dare to travel around the world in a small boat."
Liu's mother interrupted her eldest son's words, pointed to the garbage all over the yard and said, "Xiaoying and I have been tired all night. Go and clean up the yard."
Liu Yunchang glanced at the yard and said to his wife, "Yingzi, go and clean the yard."
Yingzi glanced at Liu Yunchang, then carried two hot water bottles and walked to his room. Seeing that his wife dared to show off her face, Liu Yunchang let out a laugh, "Yingzi, you didn't hear what I said."
Liu's mother stretched out her hand and grabbed the boss's ear and said, "Yingzi has been tired for a long time. If you don't feel bad, I still feel bad. Sweep it away yourself!"
"Hey, let go, Mom, I'll sweep, I'll sweep." Liu Yunchang picked up the broom in frustration and walked out of the kitchen muttering. Seeing him gloating at his misfortune, Mother Liu immediately pointed at him and said, "Go and help, turn the TV on."
Bring the machine into the house."
Wang Lidong was speechless. Just now he said that he was working too hard, but after just a few minutes, he fell out of favor at any time.
You are the oldest.
Can't afford to offend.
He came to the compound, moved the TV back to the living room, and was about to take a shower and go to bed. Brother Cheap quickly called out to him, "Hong Chang, come here, come here."
"What's up?"
"There's something wrong with our TV."
Wang Lidong looked puzzled. It had been left alone all night. What was wrong with it?
"My master's house is also on Venus because of the bad antenna, so the picture is much clearer than ours." Liu Yunchang Barabala described how clear the picture and how three-dimensional and loud the sound was on his master's TV. Wang Lidong immediately understood what he meant.
, it’s just that he didn’t check the TV when he was in the mall and bought a defective product.
Looking at the resentful little look in the cheap brother's eyes, Wang Lidong said, "This is easy to handle. Just wait."
As he spoke, he entered the house, found a stack of letter paper, and spent a few minutes drawing the production diagram of the 'Yagi Antenna'. Liu Yunchang took the drawing handed over by his brother and asked, "What is it?"
"An outdoor antenna, with this thing, can receive at least seven or eight TV stations, and the picture and sound quality are better than your master's home."
The eldest brother Liu Yunchang quickly threw down the broom and walked into the living room. He looked at it carefully from beginning to end. It was very simple. It was just a few metal pipes put together. He asked doubtfully, "Is it really useful?"
"Definitely useful."
Liu Yunchang nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go to the factory tomorrow to make this thing. What kind of 'vibrator' can be made of any metal?"
"Both copper and aluminum will do."
Liu's mother walked into the living room carrying two hot water bottles and saw the two brothers huddled together muttering, "We'll talk tomorrow if we have anything to say. What time is it already? Let's sweep the floor quickly, take a shower and go to bed."
Liu Yunchang immediately took the drawing and told his mother about the outdoor antenna. After hearing this, Liu's mother immediately put down the hot water bottle, took out her reading glasses and looked at the drawing carefully. Liu Yunchang joked, "Mom, you don't know a few words, look.
It’s all in vain.”
Mother Liu glared at her eldest son, then turned to look at her younger son and said, "Hong Chang, where did this thing come from?"
Wang Lidong had already thought of an excuse, "Last week I went to an old professor's house to have a banquet, and I accidentally saw it in a magazine at his house."
Seeing his mother's serious expression, Liu Yunchang hurriedly asked, "Mom, what's wrong? What's wrong with this drawing?"
Mother Liu waved her hands and said, "If this outdoor antenna is really as good as Hong Chang said, will everyone who has a TV at home buy one?"
Wang Lidong secretly gave Liu's mother a thumbs up and gave her a thumbs up. She was worthy of being an old Jianghu who dared to "steal the chicken and lose everything" in the 1960s and 1970s. This was a sharp vision.
Liu's mother immediately asked her eldest son about the approximate cost of an outdoor antenna. Liu Yunchang looked at the parameters and made a rough estimate. If he used an aluminum tube, the material cost plus one yuan would only be four or five yuan. If he used a copper tube, it would be a bit expensive. At least
It costs ten dollars.
"Hong Chang, when you read the magazine, was there a selling price on it?"
"It seems like 80 yuan each."
The eyes of the mother and son were bright. Mother Liu told her eldest son to keep it secret and hide it during processing so that no one would know about it. If this thing is really useful, it will definitely make a lot of money.