jdhmnovel Chapter 294 Cafeteria Competition
Chapter 294 Cafeteria Competition
In order to make members satisfied with the public canteens, each commune has recently held a canteen competition to see which canteen performs better and get more recognition and praise from members.
This is also one of the cadres' political achievements.
Each canteen has given almost everything it has and done its best to provide not only unlimited food but also a variety of dishes, which should not be repeated in a week or even in half a month.
Make dumplings today, fry glutinous rice cakes tomorrow, eat lean meat porridge the day after tomorrow, and steam buns the day after that.
Sometimes you can order food and tell the chef in the kitchen what you want to eat. As long as the ingredients are available, you can have your favorite meal the next day.
When eating fried glutinous rice cake, you can dip it in white sugar. The sugar is not scooped with a bowl, but held in a colander. You can dip as much as you want.
In everyone’s mind, this is what a happy life should look like.
Everyone couldn't help but sing: "The public canteen is a flower, men, women, old and young all love it, the food is hot, the dishes are delicious, the service is good, and the production and labor enthusiasm is high", calling it the "socialist family."
In this "big family", meals are free and you can eat as much as you want, regardless of the canteen you go to, or even across districts.
For example, if you go to the cafeteria in Area 1 or Area 5 to eat, no one will say anything to you and will even welcome you warmly.
A food cooperative has been established in each administrative area, and all breakfast stalls and delicatessens in the market have been merged into the food cooperative.
Those people selling sesame cakes, frying dough sticks, making rice cakes, and selling braised dishes on the street all became waiters inside.
Small private shops run by only 1-2 people, or shops not under the control of the municipal government, are either merged into large stores or factories, or incorporated into the logistics department of public canteens.
The four food stores in Zhoujiawan have closed down. Yan Xiuzhu and her friends are resting at home for the time being. They didn't have many holidays in the past, so they just took it as a holiday for themselves. Anyway, they have savings at home and can go to the public canteen for food and drink. They can also experience a happy life...
Near the shop where Zhou Rong and his colleagues worked, there was a restaurant that was converted into a public canteen.
Previously, there were couplets about prosperous business posted on both sides of the restaurant's door. After it was changed into a public canteen, the couplets were also changed.
The first line reads: The canteen skillfully cooks meals for thousands of families, and the second line reads: The commune feeds and warms the hearts of thousands of people. The horizontal banner reads: The people's commune is good.
The breakfast in this canteen is very simple. It is either porridge with steamed buns, or steamed buns with porridge. Occasionally they will make steamed buns, fried dough sticks, or dough sticks, but the quantity is not much, so you have to get up early if you want to eat.
Lunch and dinner consist of two meat and two vegetable dishes, which taste pretty good. Zhou Rong and Xu Man usually come here to take a look first.
If the food is not good, just walk a few more steps to the public canteen of the department store. The food there is absolutely amazing. I heard that the chef who cooks the food is from the imperial kitchen.
Whether it is the residents in the area or those who come here to try the food, the cafeteria is packed every day, and people who are not physically fit cannot squeeze in at all.
Zhou Rong and Xu Man went to try the food once. The food was indeed delicious, but they also sweated a lot. It was so crowded that there was no room for anyone to breathe.
The two of them didn't want to squeeze in the meat pie, and they wouldn't go to the cafeteria unless it was absolutely necessary...
At the entrance of the cafeteria, there is a blackboard with today's dishes written on it: four-happiness meatballs, sweet and sour pork tenderloin, fried pumpkin, and fried beans.
Before the end of work time, some elderly people, women and children who did not go to work, or people like Zhou Rong and Xu Man who could skip work at any time, had already occupied most of the tables and chairs in the cafeteria.
Zhou Rong and Xu Man savored today's dishes while watching wave after wave of people pour into the cafeteria.
Soon, the cafeteria became lively. The high voices of women with sharp lips, the shouts of children, and the laughter of young people were heard continuously, like a different kind of symphony, echoing in the ears.
The cooks and canteen managers were very busy, cooking and serving dishes while asking for everyone's opinions on the food so that they could make improvements and get recognition in the canteen competition...
After the public canteen opened, the neighborhood committee mobilized each family to hand in their pots, pans, bowls, and food. Cooking at home was not allowed, and everyone had to eat in the canteen.
Everyone felt that the public canteen was lively and fresh. They just wiped their mouths after eating without washing pots or tables. They felt happy and free, and everyone supported it happily.
Zhou Rong would not go out of her way to destroy this "auspicious and warm atmosphere". When the neighborhood committee asked her to hand over all the food, pots, pans, and bowls in her home, she cooperated fully.
Anyway, there are only a few pounds of rice in the rice jar, and no other food such as eggs, noodles, sugar, etc., so just take it.
Zhou Rong had already used the dozen or so chickens in the chicken coop to make chicken soup. Some of them were left outside to be eaten, and some were stored in the space.
Zhou Rong originally wanted to store the live chicken in the space, but Xiao Shuai said that the chicken poop smelled too bad and other food in the space might be "contaminated", so she had to give up and turned the chicken into chicken soup...
As soon as the policy of setting up public canteens in rural areas came out in August, Zhou Rong went to find Zhou's mother and Zhou Gui, saying that public canteens would probably be set up in the city as well, and asked them not to stockpile food at home, but only buy ingredients for the day.
Zhou Jiahua, Zhou Jiafu and others were already eating in their respective unit canteens, so there was no need to notify them specifically.
Therefore, when the new policy came into effect, Zhou Rong and his group did not suffer much loss, but those families with large populations and who liked to hoard food suffered heavy losses.
But they did not dare to disobey the organization's policy, so they could only hand over the food stored in their homes with great pain, and then the whole family went to eat in the canteen.
Fortunately, the food in the cafeteria is good and not limited, so I can make my money back quickly...
Da Wa and Zhou Jiaguang would come back after dinner at school every day. The schoolwork in the third year of junior high school was quite intense, and most of their time at home was spent in the study discussing homework or doing small experiments.
Zhou Rong didn't want to disturb them, so after get off work he took Erwa and Nini to the cafeteria for dinner.
Opening a cafeteria is the happiest thing for the children. They no longer have to cook, wash dishes or wipe tables!
The public canteen in Chang'anli was converted from a teahouse facing the street. The space is not big, so if you want to get a seat, you have to get there early or wait for others to finish eating.
For fear that some people might take the food home and waste it, the cafeteria currently does not allow take-out.
When Zhou Rong and the other two arrived, the place was already full. When she was about to wait outside with her two children, Jiang Wenjuan waved at her: "Xiao Zhou, come here, there's a seat here!"
As soon as Zhou Rong arrived, Jia Deyang tactfully moved to his elder brother's table and squeezed in.
Jia Deyang took up a stool, leaving enough space for Zhou Rong, Erwa and Nini to sit.
"Thank you, Miss Jiang!"
Jiang Wenjuan: "Why should I thank you so much? It's just a simple thing!
I see that your two children always go to the nursery to eat. I have checked out the food there and it is too simple. I am afraid that your two children are not getting enough nutrition if they always eat there.
If you don’t have time to take care of them at noon, let them come to my house and I’ll take them to the cafeteria to reserve a seat.”
Zhou Rong glanced at Erwa and Nini, asking for their opinions with his eyes.
The two of them nodded continuously to show their agreement.
They are much taller than the other kids in the nursery, and they always eat for free, which is embarrassing...
Zhou Rong: "Excuse me, Miss Jiang."
Jiang Wenjuan: "It's not a big deal. We're neighbors, so we help each other!"
After her yard was expropriated, some snobs thought that her family was in big trouble and refused to talk to her when they met.
Only Zhou Rong's family treated their family as usual. When they met them, they greeted them warmly and did not treat them as strangers.
Since people are friendly to her, she naturally has to return the favor and make good friends with them, just in case she needs help from them someday.