My happy life in a courtyard house with triplets.

Chapter 267: Cui Dake Arrives at Nanjing University of the Arts

Soon, Zhang Lei found Li Huaide's secretary. Seeing the cigarette Zhang Lei offered, the secretary smiled and said, "Zhang Lei, what's up?"

Zhang Lei quickly found out the details of Sha Zhu's transfer from the canteen to the workshop. Hearing what Li Huaide's secretary said, Zhang Lei was somewhat surprised.

Li Huaide's secretary sighed, "Oh, this idiot Zhu is really stupid. He could have avoided all this with just an apology, but he insisted on being stubborn and going against his boss."

Zhang Lei nodded. He knew that what Li Huaide's secretary said was true, but he did not expect that Director Yang was also involved.

After saying goodbye to Director Li's secretary, Zhang Lei quickly arrived at the workshop. Seeing Sha Zhu working hard, Zhang Lei was both amused and exasperated. It seemed that Sha Zhu's life in the workshop was not easy either.

After all, Sha Zhu had a sharp tongue and often offended people when he was getting food in the cafeteria. Now that he was in the workshop, everyone wanted to take a jab at him. However, Sha Zhu also had his own temper. Looking at Sha Zhu's attitude, Zhang Lei realized he dared to talk back to anyone, no wonder he was assigned such heavy work. After thinking for a moment, Zhang Lei simply walked away, since Sha Zhu had brought this upon himself.

As Zhang Lei left the workshop, he suddenly saw two figures enter the factory. He looked at them in surprise, feeling they were very similar to the two people from Nanjing University of the Arts and Cui Dake in his memory. Seeing them walk towards Li Huaide's secretary, Zhang Lei quickly followed.

When Li Huaide's secretary saw Zhang Lei arrive again, he smiled and said, "Zhang Lei, did you see Sha Zhu?"

Zhang Lei laughed and said, "I saw him. He's working over there with his butt sticking out."

Secretary Li Huaide said with a smile, "This is deliberately to temper his temper." Then he introduced Zhang Lei, "Zhang Lei, these are Comrades Nan Yi and Cui Dake from the machine repair factory."

Upon hearing "two," Zhang Lei quietly pulled Li Huaide's secretary aside and asked, "What's going on? Didn't you recommend only one person from Nanjing University of the Arts? Why are there two?"

Li Huaide's secretary also shook his head and said, "I don't know either, but I heard that this Cui Dake volunteered himself, saying he wanted to learn. After all, he was recommended by the factory manager of the machine repair shop, so it's not easy to refuse him here. Anyway, the learning period won't be very long."

Hearing this, Zhang Lei looked at Cui Dake in astonishment, not expecting him to have such abilities. After thinking for a moment, he said, "You go ahead with your work, I'll go look around elsewhere."

Li Huaide's secretary responded, then led Nan Yi and Cui Dake to the personnel department. After processing their paperwork, he took Nan Yi directly to Li Huaide's office.

When Li Huaide saw Nanjing University of the Arts (NUA) approaching, he smiled and said, "You must be from NUA, right?"

Nan Yi looked at Li Huaide, who already knew from Li Huaide's secretary that Li Huaide was the deputy director of the factory. He immediately said nervously, "Deputy Director Li, I am Nan Yi. May I ask why you transferred me here?"

Li Huaide laughed and said, "You're a cook, so why would I transfer you here?"

Hearing Li Huaide say this, Nan Yi felt relieved, after all, apart from his cooking skills, he really didn't know anything else.

Li Huaide looked at Nan Yi and said with a smile, "Don't be nervous. The reason I transferred you here is because of your cooking skills. You should know that our factory has a lot of employees, so we have a lot of orders and a lot of entertaining, which requires your cooking skills. However, someone recommended you to me, so you need to demonstrate your cooking skills first."

Upon hearing that someone had recommended me, Nanjing University of the Arts asked, somewhat surprised, "How can I know who recommended me?"

Li Huaide looked at Nanjing University of the Arts and said, "This man's name is Zhang Lei, but his wife, Ding Qiunan, should work at your factory."

"What? Ding Qiunan married Zhang Lei? And Zhang Lei recommended me?" Nan Yi asked in disbelief.

Looking at the excited Nanjing University of the Arts, Li Huaide nodded and said yes. Li Huaide hadn't expected the Nanjing University of the Arts to react so strongly.

Nan Yi felt as if he had been struck by lightning. He never expected that Ding Qiunan, whom he secretly liked, had already gotten married.

Seeing the disappointed look on Nanjing University of the Arts' face, Li Huaide asked, "Nanjing University of the Arts, what's wrong?"

Nanjing University of the Arts quickly composed himself and said, "Deputy Factory Director Li, I'm fine."

Hearing that everything was alright, Li Huaide said, "Alright then, you go to canteen number 3 first, be the head chef there, and cook some dishes. I'll go and try them with a few leaders."

Upon hearing Li Huaide's words, Nanjing University of the Arts nodded and was soon led to Cafeteria No. 3 by Li Huaide's secretary.

The people in the cafeteria were somewhat taken aback when they saw the people that Li Huaide's secretary had brought, but no one dared to question them. After all, they had to give Li Huaide's secretary some face.

Nanjing University of the Arts was still somewhat distraught, unable to believe what he had heard. However, cooking was not a difficult task for him, and he quickly prepared several of his signature dishes.

Li Huaide and some department leaders were already seated in Canteen No. 3, waiting to sample the cuisine prepared by Nanjing University of the Arts. When the dishes were served, the aroma drew them in, and they couldn't resist picking up some food to eat.

Li Huaide tasted the food prepared by Nan Yi and couldn't help but nod, thinking that Zhang Lei's introduction was indeed correct, and his cooking skills were comparable to those of Sha Zhu.

Li Huaide said to his secretary with satisfaction, "Nanyi's cooking skills are quite good. Here's what we'll do: don't let him work in Cafeteria No. 3 anymore. Let him go directly to the small cafeteria. From now on, he will be in charge of the small cafeteria and replace Shazhu's job."

Li Huaide's secretary thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "I understand, Factory Director."

When Nan Yi was confirmed as the head chef of the small canteen, everyone was shocked. Why did he leave so soon after arriving at Canteen No. 3? Nan Yi didn't know what had happened because he was not familiar with the steel rolling mill and only knew to do whatever his superiors told him to do.

Soon, news of Nan Yisheng becoming the head chef of the canteen spread. At this time, Sha Zhu, who was still working in the factory workshop, was unaware that his position had been taken over, and was still wondering when Li Huaide would come to beg him to come back.

After getting acquainted with everyone at the Nanjing University of the Arts and the cafeteria, he found Li Huaide's secretary to inquire about Ding Qiunan. He was incredibly surprised to hear that Ding Qiunan was at Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Then, after thinking for a moment, he said, "By the way, I remember a comrade named Liang Ladi also came. Is she at the factory now?"

Li Huaide's secretary thought for a moment and told Nanjing University of the Arts about the workshop where Liang Ladi was located. Nanjing University of the Arts quickly came to the workshop and found Liang Ladi.

When Liang Ladi saw Nan Yi arrive, she said happily, "Master Nan Yi, are you here to learn at the factory too?"

Nanjing University of the Arts shook her head and said, "No, I was transferred here."

Upon hearing that she had been transferred here, Liang Ladi's eyes widened in disbelief. "What? You've been transferred here?" she exclaimed.

Nan Yi nodded and said, "Yes, I heard that someone named Zhang Lei transferred me here. Also, do you know about Ding Qiunan? Why did she marry Zhang Lei?"

Hearing this, Liang Ladi said with a somewhat disappointed expression, "Qiu Nan, she has indeed married Zhang Lei, and it was Zhang Lei who helped Qiu Nan get into Peking Union Medical College Hospital."

Upon hearing this, Nanjing University of the Arts asked in surprise, "Ding Qiunan is really married?"

Liang Ladi nodded. Now, Liang Ladi's eyes were full of envy for Nan Yi being transferred here. She couldn't understand how Nan Yi could be transferred here so easily.

However, perhaps because they worked at the same factory, the two quickly started chatting. Liang Ladi smiled and looked at Nanjing University of the Arts, saying, "Nanjing University of the Arts, from now on I'll eat at your cafeteria, so please make sure you get me lots of food."

Nanjing University of the Arts said with a smile, "Don't worry, as long as you come, I guarantee the food will be plentiful."

After leaving Liang Ladi's place, Nan Yi kept thinking about Zhang Lei and Ding Qiunan. He couldn't believe that the person he liked had married someone else so easily, and he was also wondering why Zhang Lei had transferred him here.