Life is a Game

After returning home, Jiang Feng found that Wu Minqi was lying on the sofa in pajamas and applying a facial mask. While applying the facial mask, she was listening to music. The US version of the Good Taste China-US Kitchen King Competition, which was updated last week, was playing on the TV. While taking care of your skin, you don't forget to understand the enemy's situation. This spirit is very touching.

Jiang Feng glanced at the TV, and the picture was showing a boy who looked okay and was squeezing cream on muffins. Unfortunately, he didn't see this boy at the rehearsal scene this afternoon. Obviously he was eliminated up.

"Fengfeng, why are you back? Have you eaten yet?" Wu Minqi asked poisedly, and reached out to grab the mobile phone that was playing music on the tea table to check the time.

With an exclamation, a carp straightened up, a mask that was hastily torn off.

"I forgot to set the alarm clock, and it took two minutes longer."

Jiang Feng:?

Although he doesn't understand what can happen if the mask is applied for two minutes longer, he can see that it is obviously not suitable to discuss with Wu Minqi now the feasibility of diverting the thickening method of Babao Chestnut Pigeon into Jiang's Ginseng Soup, which they have already discussed for a long time topic for a few days.

After Wu Minqi washed her face and did the skin care that Jiang Feng didn't know the specific steps, she came out of the bathroom and repeated the question just now.

"Not yet, Master Qin hasn't fully recovered yet, so I ate according to the doctor's orders, so I didn't eat at Yongheju. I wanted to come back and buy pancakes and fruits at the entrance of the community, but I didn't expect that the couple didn't show up at the stall today." Jiang Feng Dao, sitting on the sofa and not wanting to get up, "I'll just cook a bowl of noodles myself later."

Wu Minqi nodded and yawned: "I don't know why I feel so sleepy after I came back today. I felt that there was nothing wrong with the rehearsal. I just asked us to walk on the stage a few times. Hey, I'm so tired. I have to go sleep."

"By the way, Uncle Jiang put the ginseng soup you didn't finish this afternoon into the refrigerator for you, and Sun Jikai probably won't be able to go to the store tomorrow. His father is here."

"Uncle Sun is here?" If Wu Minqi hadn't mentioned it, Jiang Feng would have almost forgotten that there was such a person as Sun Changping.

"I arrived at night, and Sun Jikai rented out the one-bedroom house on the first floor. There is also a small yard on the first floor. He said that if his father really can't find something to do, he can plant flowers at home. Vegetables." Wu Minqi said.

Jiang Feng recalled the small yard on the first floor, which was only a few square meters, and felt that if Sun Changping really wanted to grow vegetables at home, he could only grow two cabbages.

"Does Uncle Sun have any plans?" Jiang Feng asked.

"I don't know, and I didn't ask." Wu Minqi yawned again, squinting her eyes, she was obviously really sleepy, "No, I really can't hold it anymore, I'm going to sleep first, Fengfeng you Remember to cook the noodles later."

After speaking, he rubbed his eyes and walked back to the room with sleepy and even a little trance-like steps.

Jiang Feng, who had lost the opportunity to chat with his girlfriend, collapsed on the sofa, watching TV and feeling bored. There was a food show for brokers with a chef from a Michelin-starred restaurant. The contestants in it didn't even say shit. What's the meaning?

It’s no wonder that American audiences have rave reviews about the American version. How can audiences who are used to watching Chef Arnold tolerate this group of chefs who are not good at cooking and good at cursing people?

Jiang Feng slumped on the sofa and played with his mobile phone for a long time, feeling that the mobile phone was boring. Wang Hao hasn't posted to Moments for three days. Obviously, life has smoothed the edges and corners of his sand sculptures, and the occasional Moments are also soulless Moments that some companies require to repost. Now that his career is going well, he doesn't need to come to Taifeng Building to look for inspiration on weekends. Not only has he paid off all his father's money, his hair is getting thinner, his belly is getting bigger and bigger, and he looks more and more successful.

Jiang Feng sent a message to Wang Hao and Wang Hao didn't reply in a second, which made Jiang Feng feel emotional that it seemed that he really lost this traitor.

Jiang Feng lay on the sofa.

Jiang Feng turned over.

Jiang Feng turned over again.

so boring.

The TV is not good, the mobile phone is not fun, no one can chat, there are not enough ingredients in the kitchen to cook, I have watched the instructional videos of the recipes over and over again, and the CD cool-down period for the rewind function has not yet expired.

so boring!

Finally, Jiang Feng clicked on the properties panel and went to the props bar, and began to study the only two unread memories in the props bar.

【A memory of Ouyang Yang】

【A memory of Han Guishan】

Regarding these two memories, Jiang Feng had already made a decision in his heart. He reached out and clicked [A Memory of Han Guishan], and clicked Yes.

A fog.

For some reason, Han Guishan's memory is always filled with a strong sense of age. The last time Jiang Feng entered Han Guishan's memories, he saw the railway station in the provincial capital of Shudi in 1987. He saw Jiang Weiming in 1987 and Wang Jing in 1987.

This time, he saw Han Guishan in 1990 and Wang Jing in 1990.

As soon as the fog cleared, Jiang Feng saw Han Guishan dragging a huge snakeskin bag and holding a newspaper that had been crumpled long ago. Beside Han Guishan was also dragging a smaller snakeskin bag, carrying a huge The backpack was tanned for some reason, and the skin was a lot rougher. It was not at all like the white and beautiful former state-owned hotel waiter Wang Jing.

"Old Han, didn't we go to your house? Why did we leave here?" It was summer, the sun was high in the sky, and Wang Jing was already sweating profusely with so many things, even the new-looking cotton Most of his white shirts were soaked with sweat.

"It takes half a day to go to my house by car, and you have to transfer to a shuttle bus when you get off the train. You can also take the shuttle bus here, but it will take longer. Let's have a meal here and find a hotel to rest for a day. We have been on the train for two days. If this continues, people will fall apart." Han Guishan said, holding the newspaper and looking left and right, but he didn't know what he was reading.

Wang Jing wiped the sweat off her brow, and was speechless for a while, not knowing whether to laugh or get angry: "What happened to the two-day train ride? In the past two years, we have been in the donkey cart for two days. If you want to toss about like this, you don't feel tired."

"What are you looking at? I'm not hungry now. The steamed buns I ate this morning are too hard and I can't digest them. It's too hot. Let's find a place to rest and drink some water." Wang Jing couldn't stop fanning the air with her hands. It's a pity that this weak wind can't play any role, and the big beads of sweat are still wading down his cheeks like water.

"It's too hot, it's really too hot. I thought my house was already hot enough, but I didn't expect it to be even hotter here."

Han Guishan was actually not much better, his clothes were already soaked with sweat, but his face was not as sweaty as Wang Jing's, so he didn't look so exaggerated.

Realizing that their top priority now is to find a place to drink a bowl of tea and rest their feet, Han Guishan finally gave up on studying the unknown newspaper published on May 29, 1990, and led Wang Jing to find a small teahouse to drink a cup of herbal tea to calm down. calm.

After two cups of herbal tea, Wang Jing calmed down a little.

The facilities in the small teahouse were very simple, with no air-conditioning or even an electric fan. The boss saw Wang Jing and Han Guishan's big and small bags, disheartened and extremely hot, so he gave each of them a big cattail fan to fan himself.

Wang Jing was sitting on a chair fanning wildly, while Han Guishan was fanning him. This scene seemed inexplicably sad and inexplicably inspirational.

"Where are we going now? Can we find a hotel near here and stay first?" This is a place Han Guishan is familiar with. Wang Jing has never been here and doesn't know anything. He has to listen to Han Guishan for everything.

"I don't want to live here. Let's live in the county tonight. There is no shuttle bus to my house in the city." Han Guishan said, and began to study his newspaper again.

In this way, Jiang Feng couldn't help but have a deep interest in the newspaper in Han Guishan's hand, and he also took a look at it.

The typesetting of the newspaper is very dense, one by one, and every day the report can only stand up to the size of a tofu block. People who saw the small black typefaces all squeezed together had headaches, and even Jiang Feng had a headache when he saw them. Not to mention Han Guishan, who was not very literate at the moment, it was simply a kind of torture, more torture than the scorching sun in the sky.

Soon Jiang Feng found the report that Han Guishan had been studying over and over again. It was a very small section in the corner, and it was praised even if it was a piece of tofu. The writing is not beautiful, it reads a bit like a journal written by a primary school student, and the things it talks about are also very simple.

It is roughly speaking that a certain county has become prosperous and prosperous under the spring breeze of reform. Many foreign businessmen will pass by that county, and truck drivers will also choose to settle in the county. Therefore, many restaurants have been opened in the county, among which The business of a restaurant on XX Road is extremely prosperous, and there are often long queues.

As far as this content is concerned, the UC Shock Department is probably too lazy to take a title for such a report, no wonder it can only have such a small page.

But it was such a small board, Han Guishan stared at it and studied it for ten minutes, and looked at his posture and continued to study it for another ten minutes.

What's so interesting about this is that I can copy this report in ten minutes.

"What are you reading? I've seen you read this newspaper for two days since you were on the train, and you haven't finished it yet. What's there to see?" Wang Jing was also confused.

Han Guishan handed out the newspaper, pointing to a word on the third-to-last line of that board: "Jing, what does this word read?"

Wang Jing looked at it for a while, and thought for a while: "Qiu (qiu twice)."

Wang Jing glanced at the report roughly, showing the same confused expression as Jiang Feng: "What are you looking at, what's so interesting about it. I thought you were looking at some store information advertisement after studying for two days, didn't you say Shall we buy a shop and settle down to do business? It feels like we can’t make any money running around now, and people in the village who are all building roads can go out, and they don’t care about the goods we specially bring in.”

"I don't plan to buy it here in Shencheng. It's too expensive. If we buy it here, we will use all our savings in the past few years. If we lose money, we will lose everything." Han Guishan put away the newspaper.

Wang Jing raised her hand to signal to the boss to have herbal tea for another night: "Don't buy it here? But isn't it easy to do business here? Everyone is doing business here now. If we don't buy it here, where should we buy it? Do we go back to my house? Buy? The business in the provincial capital is actually not good. Do you remember the state-owned restaurant I worked in a few years ago? Master Jiang retired and returned to the countryside. Now the business in the store is even worse. Still talking to me about luckily I resigned and came out to run business with you, the other two waiters in the shop haven’t been paid for half a year.”

Wang Jing asked too many questions at once, and Han Guishan didn't know where to start to answer, so he could only pick up the answers he remembered: "I was going to discuss with you in two days, I think you can go to City A or go directly to Beiping to buy a store. They are all good choices. Beiping is the capital, and the opportunities are not less than those in Shencheng. City A has developed very well in the past two years, and I have heard that there will be a group of shops in very good locations for sale in a while."

"I think City A is pretty good." Wang Jing gave City A a thumbs-up, and drank the tea that the boss just brought to the table. Just looking at the way he drank the tea, he looked a bit like a hero in a high school girl, " I feel much better now, is this far from the county you mentioned? Why don't we go first so as not to waste time. "

"My mother's salted bacon is all in this bag. It's been delayed for a long time, and it will be broken when it arrives at your house."

Han Guishan got up to pay, and wanted to help Wang Jing take his snakeskin bag, but Wang Jing refused.

"Why did you bring so much bacon all the way here?"

"Look at what you said, making it seem like bacon is worthless. A few years ago, bacon was a rare item that could only be eaten during the Chinese New Year, okay? You have been doing business in my house all these years, and your relatives over there I’m familiar with them all, and I haven’t met your relatives yet, but I’ve heard you say that your brother and your sister don’t know what they like.” Wang Jing stubbornly dragged the snakeskin bag outside, Started sweating like crazy.

"Your home is in Shenzhen. You must have seen all the rare things. I can't afford them too rare, so I can only bring some local products." After speaking, Wang Jing patted the backpack proudly, "I know there are a lot of things in it. What does it contain? They are all kimchi! There is also a can made by Master Jiang, I begged it from his apprentice!"

When he heard that the kimchi was made by Jiang Weiming, Han Guishan's eyes lit up. Before he could speak, Wang Jing blocked his mouth with the next sentence: "Don't even think about it, this is for your brothers and sisters."

Han Guishan: ...

The bus station was a bit far from the teahouse. Han Guishan called three rickshaws, two for people and one for east and west. It took about 30 minutes to get to the bus station.

This bus station is no different from the bus station in City Z that Jiang Feng saw when he was a child. Get on the bus and buy a ticket. There is no fixed departure time, and the bus will leave when it is full. There are also hawkers selling corn and tea eggs in bags inside the bus station. . Wang Jing didn't know whether she was greedy or something, so she bought two tea eggs. After getting in the car, she was one of Han Guishan and the other, and the two happily peeled the tea eggs, which made the children in front of them turn their heads and look eagerly at them. A tea egg in her hand.

Wang Jing ruthlessly ate the tea eggs in front of the children.

"Mom, I also want to eat balls." The child whispered to the mother beside him, expressing his inner desire.

"The car is already driving and you can't buy balls." The child's mother had a happy smile on her face.

The environment in the car is not very good. The old minibuses are basically like this. The outside looks tattered and the inside is actually tattered. When encountering bad roads, the people behind just sit and jump. Like a trampoline, if one is not careful, his head will hit his hand.

There were a few people in the car who had brought a lot of things like Wang Jing and Han Guishan, all of them were quite dark, and they were all exposed to the sun. At first glance, they were old businessmen who had experienced a lot of experience. Among them was a black and fat aunt who was probably in the restaurant business. Jiang Feng guessed that she was selling lo-mei, so she brought a sack of seasonings and various spices, which made the whole car full of spices smell terrific. I just want to eat tea eggs.

It took almost three hours on the way to the county seat. After getting off the bus, Han Guishan stopped the black and fat aunt, took out the newspaper, pointed to the report on it, and asked, "Sister, do you know the Hongqiu Road that was written in the newspaper?" What's the name of your restaurant?"

The worst part of this report is that it didn't mention the name of the restaurant at all.

Han Guishan's "sister" made the aunt's heart elated, she smiled, squinted her eyes and read the newspaper for dozens of seconds before realizing that she couldn't read, and said loudly: "I can't read and understand what is written on it, Hongqiao Road over there There are restaurants all around the road, if you are looking for something particularly delicious, it should be the noodle restaurant next door that took off the signboard, it seems that they took off the signboard two days before they moved out.”

"Thank you sister."

"You're welcome. If their house is closed, you can go to the noodle shop next door. It's cheap and delicious. This one is too expensive. It's not worth it to go to the business owners." The aunt reminded.

When Han Guishan was asking for directions, Wang Jing bought a piece of corn by the way, and was gnawing on the corn with a stick. When Han Guishan came back from asking for directions, she handed the corn to him.

"Not sweet, tasteless." This is Wang Jing's comment.

Han Guishan didn't dislike it either, he took the corn and gnawed on it: "Well, it doesn't taste good."

"Where are we going now?"

"I remember that there are quite a few hotels around here. Let's find a clean one and put away our things first, then take a shower and change clothes, rest for a while and go to dinner." Han Guishan said.

Wang Jing heard the conversation between Han Guishan and the aunt just now, and she complained as she followed Han Guishan out to find a hotel: "Why do I think you have to come to this county to take the bus because you want to eat at that restaurant? Are the dishes so delicious? Is it as delicious as that made by Master Jiang?"

"I don't know." Han Guishan shook his head, "It's true that the store is quite famous. Apart from the newspaper reports, I've heard it mentioned by many people. Do you still remember the boss Yang we met when we bought goods last time, Yang? The boss just walked across the store with me."

"By the way, what would you like to eat tonight?"

Wang Jing thought for a while: "I don't know what the taste of your food is. I heard it's quite light. If you have seafood, eat seafood. It's a pity not to eat seafood when you go to the beach."

"It's not actually facing the sea, but it's quite close to the sea."

The two talked to each other, and found a small and dilapidated hotel nearby, but it looked clean and opened two rooms. The price was quite expensive, nearly double the price of the hotel next door. It was when Han Guishan opened the house that Jiang Feng knew that Han Guishan hadn't married Wang Jing yet. The conversation between the two of them as an old couple along the way, Wang Jing talked about an old man, Jiang Feng thought that the two of them had been married for several years, but he didn't expect that they were still dating.

The room is quite small, there is only one bed and no cabinet, but there is a toilet and a bathroom to take a shower. After putting away his things, Han Guishan went to the front desk to buy two pots of hot water. After sending the hot water to Wang Jing's room, he went back to his room and simply wiped his body with hot water and changed his clothes. It was very casual.

After changing his clothes and feeling refreshed, Han Guishan began to tidy up his things after a brief rest, and opened the huge snakeskin bag that he had been dragging.

In fact, Jiang Feng has always been curious about what Han Guishan contained in this large snakeskin bag. At first, he thought that Han Guishan and Wang Jing were here to dump the goods. After listening to their previous conversation, he realized that Han Guishan came back to visit relatives. .

Wang Jing's snakeskin bag contained souvenirs for Han Guishan's relatives, but Han Guishan's snakeskin bag was actually full of clothes.

There are all kinds of new clothes, and they are very rich in color alone. There are more common ones, white, black, and gray, and some rare ones, purple, green, tops, trousers, skirts, and even hats and belts. The only thing they have in common is that they are not very valuable, and you can tell that the fabric of these clothes is not good without touching them.

In addition to clothes, there are also some cloth shoes, which should be handmade, and there are no leather shoes.

There is money hidden in the cloth shoes.

There is money hidden in each cloth shoe, which is sewn up with a needle. If you don't buckle the insole, you will never think that there is a dozen of money stuffed at the bottom.

A lot of money, one pile, Han Guishan only took out the money from one cloth shoe, Jiang Feng estimated that there was at least 1,000 in that pile, if the amount of money in each cloth shoe was the same, the snakeskin bag would have less money Ten to twenty thousand in cash. Even though ten thousand yuan households in the 1990s were not as rare as in the 1970s and 1980s, 10,000 to 20,000 in cash is definitely a huge sum of money, thanks to Han Guishan who dared to put the money in a snakeskin bag, so he was not afraid of being stolen or robbed.

Or maybe this is Han Guishan's strategy. A snakeskin bag of cheap clothes and cloth shoes is heavy and hard to handle, and the thief probably wouldn't bother to steal it.

Han Guishan counted a few pieces of money, about two to three hundred, stuffed the rest back, and sewed it up again with a needle and thread that he didn't know where he found it. The movements are skillful, and it is obvious that he has done a lot in the past.

The large bills were stuffed into the trouser pockets, the banknotes and coins of a few cents were put into the jacket pockets, and the snakeskin bag was placed on the floor of the room like this.

After finishing all this, Han Guishan went out and knocked on Wang Jing's door next door.

Not only did Wang Jing take a bath, she also washed her hair. She changed into fresh, clean clothes, and her hair was wet and draped over her shoulders.

"Let's go and eat."

"Wait, I'll wipe my hair again, otherwise it's too wet and it won't be easy to dry when I go out." Wang Jing wiped her hair with a dry towel for a while before going out. Before going out, she didn't forget to take a look at Han Guishan's door to make sure Whether the door is closed tightly.

"Is it okay for us to go out like this? The thieves are so rampant now that they dare to break open the door and steal things. You forgot the last time I went to pick up the goods and stay in the hotel. All the things were stolen. I wonder if the people inside did it." "Wang Jing obviously knew what was in Han Guishan's snakeskin bag.

"Don't worry, the owner of this hotel has something to do with it, and ordinary petty thieves won't touch it."

At this time, the benefits of being familiar with the locals are highlighted.

Han Guishan and Wang Jing walked down the stairs side by side. Wang Jing was talking about what she wanted to eat at night, and it was nothing more than fish and shrimp, although she couldn't even name the specific fish species.

Jiang Feng followed behind them, just in time to hear the murmur of the front desk sitting behind the counter eating melon seeds.

"They said they weren't husband and wife."

The small county town is very lively at night.

As Han Guishan said, because of its good geographical location, this county is a major traffic route, and there are a lot of tourists and truck drivers from other places, so it is very lively at night. Especially in the area of ​​Hongqiu Road, there are all restaurants and hotels, and there are many vendors selling cold dishes, stewed vegetables and snacks with small carts, just like a night market street.

Drivers usually sleep in the car to save money, and these hotels are for businessmen.

The hotel is a small hotel, and the shops are also small restaurants. A family runs a restaurant, and the proprietress enthusiastically stands at the door of the shop to welcome customers, asking passers-by over and over again if they want to eat. The street market is full of the smell of food, even those who are not planning to eat out, passing by this street by accident, may not be able to resist walking into a nearby restaurant and ordering a side dish or two.

This long street is really full of dining atmosphere.

With so many stores, the store Han Guishan was looking for was actually hard to find.

There are too many shops without signs.

It may be due to the fact that they are not worried about business or because they are casual. Many shops have no signboards. There is only a small shop with two tables inside and two tables outside. Find a few kids who are doing their homework.

There is no signboard, and it is next to the noodle shop. This option is too broad. Han Guishan and Wang Jing walked all the way and saw several options that met the requirements, but none of them looked like it.

The main thing is that the decoration is not like it.

Seeing that she couldn't find the restaurant Han Guishan was looking for even after walking the whole street, Wang Jing wanted to find a random restaurant for dinner.

She didn't eat lunch and only ate half a corn and a tea egg along the way, and she was really hungry now. After smelling the dishes all the way, she just wants to find a small shop to sit down and eat something casually, even a bowl of plain noodles will do.

"Old Han, let's just eat whatever we want. In fact, we don't need to eat fish and shrimp, even a bowl of noodles is fine." Wang Jing pointed to the noodle shop in front of him, "Why don't we eat here."

Next door to the noodle shop is a restaurant without a signboard. The shop is huge, larger than 80% of the shops on this street. There are no tables outside the shop, and the door is half open with no lights on.

It was already very dark at this time, and the store had neither lights on nor customers inside, so it didn't look like it was going to open at all.

"Jing, do you think this restaurant looks like it?" Han Guishan pointed to the unnamed restaurant with no lights on.

Wang Jing studied the exterior decoration of this restaurant and some of the interior tables and chairs she could see, and nodded: "It looks like it, the decoration is quite elegant, and the price should not be cheap, but this restaurant seems to be closed. , there is no one inside."

"There should be someone, the door is not closed." Han Guishan did not give up, "You wait outside, I will go in and have a look."

After finishing speaking, Han Guishan walked into the store, Wang Jing was waiting for him outside, and Jiang Feng followed him in.

In fact, the lights are turned on in the store, and the lights are turned on in the kitchen, but the kitchen is at the innermost side and the light does not come out.

It was true that there were no customers. The store was very empty. There were only four sets of tables and chairs in the huge store. Obviously, some of the tables and chairs had been cleared away. The wall was empty without any decorations. From the color difference, Jiang Feng could tell that there should have been paintings on the walls of this store before, and there should have been potted plants on the window sills before.

This store is supposed to be sold out, and the boss has already started clearing things.

"Is anyone there?" Han Guishan shouted loudly.

"Who is it?"

A female voice answered, but a man came out of the kitchen, someone Jiang Feng knew.

Zhang Chu.

This is the store where Cao Guixiang worked!

If Jiang Feng had heard the conversation between Han Guishan and Xu Cheng during the last test, he would have guessed that Han Guishan's memory must be about Cao Guixiang. But he didn't hear it. When he saw Zhang Chu coming out of the kitchen yesterday, he was ecstatic in his heart, and rushed into the kitchen through the wall without thinking.

Cao Guixiang is cooking in the kitchen.

From the strong smell of broth in the kitchen, Jiang Feng could smell that Cao Guixiang's cooking was definitely good.

Besides Cao Guixiang, there were two children and a fat middle-aged man in the kitchen. If nothing else, these two children were Zhang Chiyuan and Zhang Siyu. At this time, Zhang Chiyuan was already half a teenager, and he should have entered junior high school at about the same age, while Zhang Siyu was still a little radish with a chubby face, obviously well-raised.

Junior high school is a critical period for children to receive education, so it is no wonder that Cao Guixiang rushed to move to the city to change schools for Zhang Chiyuan.

Another fat middle-aged man is obviously Cao Guixiang's boss.

"Guixiang, do you really not consider continuing to do this job after you go to the city with such a good craftsmanship? If you don't want to work for others, you can open your own shop. If you don't have enough money, I will lend you. Isn't it very popular to buy shares now? I'll just be a shareholder, and I'll be paid for the meals." The boss persuaded earnestly.

Jiang Feng:? ? ?

There is also this operation.

"Boss Shi, I really don't plan to do it any more. You see, my two children are already this big, and Siyu is going to elementary school soon. I want to spend more time with my children."

"Think about it again." Obviously, Boss Shi was not the first time to persuade him, nor was it the first time he heard this answer.

Cao Guixiang smiled and said nothing. She went to the pot next door and lifted the lid to have a look. In the pot was braised shark's fin that was being stewed slowly. It seemed that the collagen in the shark's fin had been completely stewed into the soup, and the roots of the shark's fin were distinct. Plump and golden, it is obviously a shark fin of excellent quality.

Cao Guixiang put the lid back on the pot with just one glance, walked to the chopping board and began to process the duck, and asked while processing, "Boss Shi, what dish do you want to eat with this duck?"

"Just do what you see, and do whatever you want." Boss Shi answered very skillfully.

"Xiaoyuan, what do you want to eat?" Cao Guixiang asked his son instead.

"Beer duck!" Zhang Chiyuan shouted.

"Mom, I want to eat roast duck!" Zhang Siyu said in a louder voice.

"The roast duck is good, the roast duck is good." Boss Shi couldn't help nodding.

"This duck is not fat enough for roast duck, let me think about it..." Just as Cao Guixiang was thinking about what to cook with this duck, Zhang Chu came in from the outside.

"Boss Shi, there's a guest outside who wants to eat, he's from out of town, he came here because he read the newspaper."

"You didn't tell him that our store is going to close, isn't it open now?" Boss Shi was puzzled.

Zhang Chu helplessly raised the blue hundred-yuan bills in his hand. They were not new, but they shone brightly under the light. There were three of them, which were particularly dazzling.

"I said it, but the customer outside the door said that he doesn't choose vegetables, he can do whatever he wants, and he gave the money directly."

Boss Shi was also stupid. He has not been running a restaurant for a long time and has seen many rich customers. This is the first time he has seen this kind of operation.

"Why?" Boss Shi felt that it was too much money to do this. 300 yuan was enough to order all the dishes on their menu.

You know, the menu in their store has shark fin, bird's nest, sea cucumber, and abalone.

"That guest has only one request. He seems to be asking for marriage today. He wants Guixiang to put the ring in the dish for his fiancée to eat."

Boss Shi was startled again. He didn't expect this kind of game to be played, so he could only look at Cao Guixiang asking for help, as if Cao Guixiang was the real owner of the restaurant.

Cao Guixiang said helplessly: "Zhang Chu, let that customer come in first, let me chat with him, there are actually no other ingredients in the store today, just these few prepared dishes. How about we put the shark's fin..."

"No!" Everyone present said in unison.

Cao Guixiang: ...

Zhang Chu first called Han Guishan in from the outside. Han Guishan had been in business for a few years and became much more eloquent. As soon as he came in, he explained all his thoughts and requirements, which made Boss Shi dumbfounded, and began to reflect on his colleagues. Why do business people fail so much.

Look at other people's businessmen, they can talk a lot.

He just eats.

In the end, Cao Guixiang agreed to Han Guishan's request, and promised him that he would put the ring in the dish, but not wrap it in, but put it on the surface. If it was wrapped in the dish, Cao Guixiang was afraid that Wang Jing would swallow the ring directly when eating. in stomach.

But there are only two dishes, one is a duck dish that hasn't been cooked yet, and the other is braised shark's fin that is still in the pot. Cao Guixiang can give Han Guishan two bowls.

Boss Shi wanted to give Han Guishan money, but Han Guishan refused. Han Guishan left the ring and went out to call Wang Jinglai. Zhang Chu also went out to help them pour water and put the tableware. You can't let others in with just one pot.

"Mom, you didn't cook for those guests who came yesterday, why did you agree to this today?" Zhang Chiyuan expressed his confusion.

Cao Guixiang was looking at the diamond ring left by Han Guishan. It was not big, but it was very rare. At this time, few people would use a diamond ring to propose marriage. To be precise, few people would propose marriage.

Proposing with a ring is probably what Han Guishan learned from other businessmen who had traveled abroad when he was running a business.

"Because love is priceless." Cao Guixiang said with a smile.

Zhang Chiyuan:?

Zhang Siyu:?

Boss Shi: My shark fin QAQ

Cao Guixiang put the ring in a clean place, stared at the cleaned duck and thought for a few minutes, decisively steamed the whole duck in a pot, removed the bone and cut it into three pieces.

Seeing this step, Jiang Feng already understood that what Cao Guixiang wanted to do was to handle the duck with firewood.

It's no wonder that this memory came out when Han Guishan was eating firewood and picking up ducks.

It was obvious that Cao Guixiang didn't make firewood ducks very often, and her technique was a little rusty, far less proficient than when Jiang Feng watched Master Xu making firewood ducks. But proficiency is proficiency, and good technology is good technology. As long as the technology is good enough, even if you are not skilled enough, you can still make excellent dishes.

At this time, Cao Guixiang's culinary skills should be at their peak. The middle-aged, energy, concentration, strength and flexibility of the wrist are all in excellent condition. reach a peak. Although I work in a restaurant in a small county town, the boss is cheerful and generous, and the ingredients are rich, and can even be called high-end. You can get a glimpse of it from the braised shark's fin in the pot. It must be a big dish, a rare dish.

Cao Guixiang at this time can definitely be said to be standing at the top of the Chinese food pyramid, even Peng Changping on the other side of the ocean may not necessarily be stronger than her.

Although I feel a little sorry for Master Xu by saying this, Jiang Feng still wants to say that the Chai Duck made by Cao Guixiang and the Chai Duck made by Master Xu are really two kinds of Chai Duck.

The Chai Ba duck made by Master Xu will make people focus on the shape. The shape of this dish is so unique that people who see it for the first time will be surprised. But the chai duck made by Cao Guixiang will definitely make people focus on wanting to eat it, and may even ignore the shape.

It doesn't matter whether it is made or not, the main thing is to taste the taste.

After Chai cooked the duck, Cao Guixiang spread a layer of bean sprouts on the tip of the uneven Chai handle, and put the clean ring on it. In this way, the ring becomes the center of the dish. As long as the dish is served on the table, the ring on the dish will be the first thing people on the table see.

The duck is ready, and the braised shark's fin in the pot on the other side is almost ready. The yellow braised shark's fin made by Tan Jiacai does not need to be thickened. The mellowness of the soup depends entirely on the collagen of the shark's fin itself. All it takes is time, patience and precise control of the heat. It takes about 6-8 hours to stew a pot of braised shark's fin. The long time and time bring the mellow and thick soup of braised shark's fin to its essence.

The pot of braised shark fin that Cao Guixiang is making now is very quintessential.

Jiang Feng had eaten Peng Changping's cooking before, but judging from the appearance, he couldn't tell the difference for a while - they didn't look like normal dishes, but more like the dishes in the little master's house that would glow golden when the lid was lifted.

The yellow braised shark's fin is golden, and it feels like a little master.

The dishes were all ready. Cao Guixiang was not in a hurry to serve the dishes. Judging by her appearance, there should be some dishes that were not finished.

Sure enough, after simply cleaning the pot, Cao Guixiang began to use the only half bowl of lean meat left on the kitchen counter to make lean meat soup.

Thickening is required to make soup.

Jiang Feng remembered that Peng Changping had told him that Cao Guixiang was very good at thickening cornstarch, so he kept staring at the movements of Cao Guixiang's hands, the more he dared not blink.

Soon it will be time to thicken the sauce.

It is very simple to thicken. It is either thickened with pigeon soup cooked in a pigeon rack like Babao chestnut pigeon, and there is no original soup for lean meat soup, or it is simply thickened with starch water.

Thin layer.

Very simple, very harmonious, very fast and very easy.

When the thickening water is slowly poured into the pot along the edge of the pot in a clockwise direction, it seems to be embracing, touching, stirring, and blending into one.

harmonious.

nature.

It was a very simple step, but Jiang Feng was taken aback.

He seems to... understand a little bit.

There is something called inspiration, which entered his mind the moment the thickening water was poured into the pot.

"Siyu, serve this dish to outside guests. The shiny side should face that sister. Be careful not to let the ring on it slip off when you serve it." Cao Guixiang brought the firewood and the duck to Zhang Siyu, Zhang Siyu took the duck with the firewood, his chubby arms were very powerful, holding it firmly, and walked cautiously towards the door step by step.

Zhang Chiyuan walked to the door one step ahead of her and opened it for her.

Jiang Feng also walked through the wall.

� go out.