Che Yaoxian joined the CPC in 1928, according to the instructions of the party organization, in order not to reveal his identity, Che Yaoxian, with his own favorite cooking specialty, he successively opened "New Noodle Shop" in Chengdu's Pai Fang Lane as the boss, and "Shuji Restaurant" in 1929 in the left side of the gate of the People's Park. In 1929, he opened the "Effort Meal" in Sanqiao South Street. In order to meet the needs of low-income workers, the "Effort Meal" offered low-priced set dishes, combined dishes, and inexpensive and high-quality big buns and dumplings. Cha Yaoxian named the restaurant "Endeavor Meal", meaning "to make unremitting efforts to solve the problem of feeding the toiling masses". Che Yaoxian once wrote a meaningful inscription on the wall of the upstairs seat of the restaurant: "To solve the problem of food, work hard!" Che Yaoxian often said to the chef: "the people to us here to eat, we must find ways to let them eat well, to achieve good value for money." Therefore, "Endeavor Restaurant" also sells steamed dumplings with meat and steamed rice for the public on time every day while cooking famous Sichuan dishes. As soon as the restaurant opens its doors, rickshaw workers, newspaper boys, students, and the urban poor come in droves to eat the steamed rice and steamed dumplings with meat. In addition to providing food for the poor laborers, the restaurant also provided free meals for revolutionaries who had difficulty in eating, as long as they gave the password: "one dish and one soup".

Che Yaoxian to operate "hard meal" restaurant as a cover, to participate in the special group directly under the Military Commission of the Western Sichuan Special Committee, engaged in the work of the military campaign, and later served as a member of the Military Commission of the Western Sichuan Special Committee of the Chinese ****, and the use of hometown relations into the 24th Army of the warlord Liu Wenhui, the development of the party organization, and participated in the planning of the 1930 "Guanghan riot", the "Guanghan Riot". "He also participated in the planning of the 1930 Guanghan Riot and engaged in united front work among the Christians in Chengdu. After the September 18th Incident in 1931, he devoted himself to anti-Japanese salvation activities, and on May 9th, 1932, he held a meeting in Chengdu's Shao Cheng Park to discuss the May 9th Incident. "On May 9, 1932, Che Yaoxian denounced Chiang Kai-shek's policy of selling out the country and surrendering to the Chinese government at a mass meeting held in Chengdu's Shao Cheng Park. The reactionary warlords closed the meeting place, under the cover of the masses, Che Yaoxian escaped from danger and moved to Shanghai. Half a year later, he returned to Chengdu and lost contact with the Party. In 1934, when Che Yaoxian was a teacher at the Chengdu Normal School and the Women's Normal School, he propagated the anti-Japanese idea of national salvation and helped young students to take the path of revolution. During his tenure as a teacher at the Chengdu Provincial Normal School and the Women's Normal School in 1934, he publicized the idea of anti-Japanese and national salvation and helped the young students to take the revolutionary path and join the revolutionary struggle.

Che Yaoxian had his own unique management experience and style in hotel management. He recruited young children from poor families to apprentice in the hotel, after the daytime work of the hotel, closed the door at night, Che Yaoxian gave these poor children cultural lessons, teaching them to read and write, telling stories of the revolution, the history of the struggle, etc., the hotel has become a red school to teach the revolutionary principles.

Che Yaoxian in line with his own name "hard meal" purpose, in order to solve the problem of eating the masses, cooking suitable for the public taste of the famous dishes, to create their own characteristics, to achieve the best value for money, and effectively serve the majority of working people. Its main specialties are "steamed dumplings with meat", "steamed rice bowl for the masses", "Guohe Mixed Vegetables" and "Fish in White Sauce". "When the restaurant was opened every day, yellow-bag drivers, students, newsboys, and civilians came to eat. Che Yaoxian called them "revolutionary meals", and wrote a banner "To eat revolutionary meals, go to the 'hard meal'" and posted it on the wall for extensive publicity. Where the store diner, regardless of women, children, old and young, car Yaoxian follow their own writing as the motto of the restaurant, we must be open-minded to listen to the views of the inquiry, ask for advice, deficiencies, change at any time. Whoever heard of the restaurant out of the famous dishes, immediately sent chefs to taste, spend money to learn. After coming back, learn from the best of the best, improve the dishes, cooking and frying modulation and then promote. He often encourages the staff to "efforts to meal" into a famous restaurant in Sichuan. Che Yaoxian with his revolutionary spirit, with his hard-working hands and wisdom, with perseverance and integrity of the virtue of righteousness, won the four guests, "efforts to meal" more and more red-hot, famous Hibiscus City. Whether it is a native of Sichuan, or fleeing in Sichuan, Jin, Shaanxi, Henan and Lu people in the north, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Guangxi, all like to visit and taste.

The "hard meal" not only raised funds for revolutionary activities, but also became the underground secret contact station of the ****productivity party and the meeting place of the upper progressive people, and the secret workers from the south to the north were often in and out of the room. Wu Yuzhang, Deng Yingchao and other leaders of the Chinese **** in Sichuan at that time had a meeting upstairs in the restaurant, and Che Yaoxian hosted a banquet for Sha Liwei, Shi Liang and so on. Che Yaoxian and Luo Shiwen, who was then the secretary of the Sichuan Provincial Committee of the C***, often met in the hidden hut upstairs to analyze and study the revolutionary situation, discuss the strategy of the struggle, and lead the revolutionary movement of the whole Sichuan. The staff of the hotel grew up to be revolutionary communicators under the education of Che Yaosian's revolutionary ideology, and under the influence and inculcation of the environment. The "Revolutionary Meal" and "Strive Meal" attracted the attention of KMT agents, who once asked Che Yaoxian: "Mr. Che, why do you call the restaurant 'Strive Meal'? Mr. Che, why do you call your restaurant 'Effort Meal' and why do you sell 'Revolutionary Meal'?" Car Yaoxian frank smile, replied: "What's so rare yo, Mr. Sun Yat-sen said, 'the revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still have to work hard' Well!" A sentence, so that the secret agent jaw-dropping, speechless answer.

In order to expand the propaganda of anti-Japanese and salvation, Che Yaoxian followed the instructions of the Party, and in January 1937, successively founded the "Loud Weekly", "Tucun", "Dasheng", "Language Monthly" and other publications to propagate the anti-Japanese, democratic and progressive ideas and advocates. The editorial office of "Loud Weekly" and other publications was located in "Endeavor Dining", and Che Yaoxian was the president of "Loud Weekly", writing editorials and commentaries under a pen name, and publishing a large number of articles to publicize internal peace, external resistance, and exposing pro-Japanese conspiracies, which were well received and embraced by the masses of the people. After the outbreak of the war, Che Yaoxian was one of the leaders of the Chengdu North China Anti-Enemy Resistance Association. He insisted on the publication of the weekly magazine "Loud Weekly", actively publicized the anti-Japanese and salvation of the country, and helped a lot of young people to go to Yan'an to join the front line of the anti-Japanese resistance.

In December 1937, Che Yaoxian was approved by the Party Central Committee to restore the Party's organizational relations, and was directly contacted by Luo Shiwen, the head of the Provincial Work Committee, through a single line. He assisted Luo Shiwen to carry out united front work among the local upper class figures, and pushed the local military community in Sichuan to support the war. Soon after, Che initiated the establishment of the Sino-Soviet Cultural Association to carry out anti-Japanese united front work, and in the winter of 1939, he actively participated in the Chengdu Constitutional Movement to fight for people's anti-Japanese democratic rights. During the period of Che Yaoxian's underground work, his two daughters, Che Chongying and Che Yiying, risked their lives many times to assist Che Yaoxian in doing a lot of revolutionary work.