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Tài Duō Chúshī

Wǒmen gōngsī měi nián dōu huì bàn yí cì jùcān, jīnnián lún dào wǒmen zǔ lái zhǔnbèi. Tóngshìmen juédìng, zhè cì bú qù fànguǎn, dàjiā yìqǐ zài bàngōngshì zuò fàn, měi ge rén zuò yí ge zìjǐ de náshǒucài. Wǒ juéde zhège zhǔyi hěn yǒu yìsi, jiù juédìng cānjiā.

Jùcān nà tiān, dàjiā dōu hěn zǎo jiù lái le bàngōngshì, chúfáng li mǎshàng jiù biàn de hěn rènao. Xiǎolǐ shuō, wǒ huì yìdiǎn zuò cài, wǒ de náshǒucài shì fānqié chǎo dàn, suīrán jiǎndān, kěshì hěn hǎochī. Xiǎowáng shuō, nà wǒ zuò hóngshāoròu ba, wǒ zuò de hěn hǎo, dàjiā yídìng huì xǐhuan. Hái yǒu jǐ ge tóngshì yě shuō le zìjǐ xiǎng zuò de cài, chúfáng li yíxiàzi yǒu wǔ liù ge rén zài máng.

Wèntí hěn kuài jiù chūxiàn le. Chúfáng tài xiǎo, wǔ liù ge rén yìqǐ zuò fàn, dàjiā dōu xiǎng yòng lúzi, dōu xiǎng yòng guō, jiéguǒ shéi yě bù néng hǎohǎo zuò cài. Xiǎolǐ xiǎng chǎo jīdàn, kěshì lúzi bèi Xiǎowáng zhàn zhe zuò hóngshāoròu. Xiǎozhāng xiǎng qiē cài, kěshì ànbǎn yǐjīng bèi biérén yòng le. Dàjiā nǐ děng wǒ, wǒ děng nǐ, zuò fàn de sùdù fǎn’ér biàn de hěn màn.

Hòulái, wǒmen zǔ de zǔzhǎng kàndào zhège qíngkuàng, jiù shuō, zhèyàng bù xíng, wǒmen yīnggāi lúnliú yòng chúfáng, yí ge rén zuò wán, zài ràng xià yí ge rén zuò. Dàjiā tīng le dōu juéde yǒu dàolǐ, jiù kāishǐ páiduì, yí ge yí ge de zuò cài. Suīrán yào duō děng yíhuìr, kěshì zhèyàng měi ge rén dōu néng hǎohǎo zuò zìjǐ de náshǒucài, zuò chūlái de cài yě gèng hǎochī le.

Zuìhòu, dàjiā zuò de cài dōu duān shàng le zhuōzi, yǒu fānqié chǎo dàn, yǒu hóngshāoròu, hái yǒu biéde hěn duō hǎochī de cài. Suīrán zhōngjiān chū le yìdiǎn xiǎo wèntí, kěshì zuìhòu dàjiā chī de hěn kāixīn, yě liáo de hěn yúkuài. Zhè cì jīnglì ràng wǒ míngbái, rén duō suīrán rènao, kěshì zuò shìqing háishi xūyào yìdiǎn zhìxù, bùrán chúfáng li rén tài duō, fǎn’ér shénme dōu zuò bù hǎo.

Too Many Cooks

Our company holds a group meal once a year, and this year it was our team’s turn to organize it. Our coworkers decided that instead of going to a restaurant this time, everyone would cook together in the office, with each person making their own specialty dish. I thought this idea was really interesting, so I decided to join in.

On the day of the meal, everyone came to the office very early, and the kitchen quickly became lively. Xiao Li said, I know how to cook a little, my specialty dish is tomato fried egg — although it’s simple, it’s very delicious. Xiao Wang said, then I’ll make braised pork, I cook it really well, everyone will definitely like it. A few other coworkers also mentioned the dishes they wanted to make, and suddenly there were five or six people busy in the kitchen.

A problem quickly emerged. The kitchen was too small, and with five or six people cooking together, everyone wanted to use the stove, everyone wanted to use the pan, and as a result no one could cook properly. Xiao Li wanted to fry an egg, but the stove was occupied by Xiao Wang making braised pork. Xiao Zhang wanted to cut vegetables, but the cutting board was already being used by someone else. Everyone was waiting on each other, and the pace of cooking actually became much slower.

Later, our team leader saw the situation and said, this won’t work, we should take turns using the kitchen — one person finishes, then let the next person go. Everyone thought this made sense after hearing it, so they started lining up and cooking one at a time. Although it meant waiting a bit longer, this way everyone could properly make their own specialty dish, and the food that came out tasted even better.

In the end, everyone’s dishes were brought to the table — there was tomato fried egg, braised pork, and many other delicious dishes. Although there was a small problem in the middle, in the end everyone ate happily and chatted joyfully. This experience taught me that although having lots of people is lively, doing things still requires a bit of order, otherwise with too many people in the kitchen, nothing gets done well.

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