"Ruizi, are those eels you raised mature enough to be released from the pond?"
Lao Bian rubbed his sleepy eyes and said excitedly. Fang Rui was about to say no, but then the man muttered again, "That's not right. How long have you been raising the eel? It's grown so fast? Ruizi."
What kind of special feed does your boy know how to feed, with added hormones? My brother has been deceived enough, please don’t deceive me!"
"Damn it, Old Bian, why are you yelling? I told you that the eels in the pond can come out of the pond? And please don't complain about that magic horse. I will use special feed and hormones to raise the eels.
"It's not like you don't know what the eels in my pond are fed with." Fang Rui said unhappily. The cockatrice eels he raised were not mixed with any water.
"Ruizi, don't, don't be excited. Didn't you just wake up and your mind is not clear yet? By the way, Ruizi, you asked me if there is a shortage of eels in the restaurant. Have you gone to catch eels again? There are not all the seedlings in the fields now.
Boss, is it inconvenient to arrest you?"
"Old Bian, you just like to make subjective assumptions and make random guesses... Didn't I buy some eel cages yesterday?"
"No, even that thing made of gauze can be used to hold eels?" Lao Bian said in surprise. Yesterday he saw those ordinary cages and heard Fang Rui say they were for eels, but he didn't think so.
"Okay, don't worry. I have more than fourteen pounds of eels here. I'm going to take the bus now. I'll call in more than two minutes and you can pick me up at the bus station." Fang Rui said.
"How much? Fourteen pounds?" Lao Bian was even more surprised when he heard that number.
"Hehe, it's all on point." Fang Rui smiled proudly.
"What, it's all high-grade? If you add the unprepared food, wouldn't it be more than twenty pounds? Damn, what kind of cage is this? It's amazing... Well, Ruizi, don't come here in the car, I'll drive
Just come and get the eels... Oh, you also need to buy some cages. You are too greedy... Come on, don't set off in a hurry. I'll drive over now and I'll call you when it's about time.
Come over here carrying the eel."
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After hanging up the phone with Lao Bian, Fang Rui went to dig a pond.
After answering Lao Bian's call more than an hour later, Fang Rui carried the eel and walked to the road at the entrance of the village.
As we approached the entrance of the village, we saw a lot of people measuring something on the hill, and then they were drawing lines and driving piles. This was really fast. It is estimated that as soon as the route is drawn, the construction can officially start.
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After waiting on the roadside for a while, Lao Bian drove over in a Cheetah.
Fang Rui picked up the bucket, opened the door and sat on it. Lao Bian took a look into the bucket and saw that the eels were all big, ranging from one to two to seven or eight, and the big ones weighed almost half a catty. Lao Bian smiled and seemed relieved.
He said in a tone, "Is this the urgent need finally solved?"
"What's the urgent need?" Seeing his brother's expression, Fang Rui asked in confusion.
"Forget it, let's stop talking." Lao Bian chuckled, reversed the car and drove towards the city.
"Old Bian, why are you becoming more and more girly?" Fang Rui rolled his eyes at him.
"It's better not to talk about this." Lao Bian said with a sneer.
"Did you encounter any difficulties?" Lao Bian was usually carefree and cheerful. Seeing him like this, Fang Rui vaguely understood something.
Lao Bian smiled dryly and said, "So."
Fang Rui glared at Lao Bian and swore, "Damn it, if you don't tell me if you have any difficulties, why do you still treat me like a brother?"
"It's not that I won't tell you, it's just..." Lao Bian controlled the steering wheel with one hand and lit a cigarette with the other. He took a big puff and exhaled the smoke. After hesitating for a while, he still said, "Remember what I told you last time...
…The reason why my restaurant is unable to expand its operations and develop a chain is because it does not have special dishes. Even the few dishes that can be put on the table are not unique to my restaurant... And since you came back, I have served you
After eating your mother’s delicious food twice at home, I decided to try my best to make local game specialties…”….
Hearing what Lao Bian said, Fang Rui couldn't help but interrupt, "Wait a minute, the local game you mentioned is indeed a specialty, but the problem is that at least two or three of the ten restaurants now use local game as a sign?
"
Lao Bian said disdainfully, "You know it's just a sign. What is the so-called sign in the catering industry? The sign is just a cover... Hum, there's a lot of water in it... It's really earthy and gamey, and the cost is higher.
At least more than half. The cost is just that. The price can be raised a little. The key is that nowadays local food and game are hard to come by... So most of the restaurants nowadays sell dog meat as sheep's head, saying it is local food.
In fact, game meat is not bought from the vegetable market, it just requires two more steps in processing and more seasonings..."
Fang Rui said thoughtfully, "You mean, this is what happens in your restaurant too?"
Lao Bian flicked off the butt of his cigarette, "My original intention was to buy authentic local game. I also went to a local game store in the neighboring city to buy some goods, but I never thought about that so-called local game.
What the store sells is basically parallel imports. They have tampered with the goods. Most people can't tell the difference. Even my chef was fooled... In the early stage, I really thought it was local game, but I don't know what unscrupulous person was trying to catch it.
, actually reported my restaurant to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau and the Consumers Association..."
"With your father's support, it's not a big deal." Fang Rui said with a smile.
"Damn it, it's because of his connections, otherwise nothing would have happened." Lao Bian spat out of the car and said unhappily.
"Isn't my dad the top leader in his unit about to retire? Once he retires, the throne will be vacant... But there are more wolves than meat. There are too many people staring at this position. The few leaders in the unit are superficially
He is amiable and friendly, but secretly he is strangling you to death, wanting to put the other party to death... Fortunately, my father's behavior is pretty good on weekdays, and he doesn't have any big reasons for people to catch him... No, those grandsons will take action whenever they want.
It's all on me, it's so fucking disgusting..." Lao Bian said bitterly, "How could my father let me let something go wrong at such a critical time? As soon as he got the news, he didn't say anything to me. He said last night
I immediately invited the boss of industry and commerce and several people in charge of the Consumers Association to come to my restaurant..."
There are so many things in the officialdom. The story is quite exciting. Fang Rui couldn't help but smile and said, "Your father will not kidnap a child and send him to the execution ground to destroy a family for justice."
Hearing Fang Rui's analogy was interesting, the indignant old Bian couldn't help but laugh and said, "That's not the case. Even if he was tied up and sent to the execution ground, they would still save me some face and let me go... But you still have to
Not to mention, for those who are officials, other things may not necessarily be good or bad, but the taste on top and the touch on the bottom are absolutely unique, and people can tell the authenticity just by moving their chopsticks."
Fang Rui said, "You are so awesome as an official? How will this end?"
Lao Bian smiled bitterly and said, "The Industrial and Commercial Industry and the Consumers Association didn't do anything to my restaurant, but at midnight last night after delivering Fangfang, when I went back humming a little tune, I never thought that my dad was still sitting in the living room, and I was still there.
I thought the old man couldn't sleep because his precious son hadn't come back, and he was waiting for me... I was so moved that I wanted to show off, but to my surprise, the old man slapped me in the face and gave me a bloody scolding... What should I do?
Business should be a serious business, don't imitate other people's nonsense and cheating... He also ordered me to either do it in a proper manner and follow the old way, or to do local products and game in a serious manner."
Fang Rui frowned and said, "Then what are you going to do now?"
Lao Bian said helplessly, "It's depressing. I'm slowly starting to make my local specialty. Now the restaurant business is 20 to 30 percent better than before. I'm really reluctant to give up... But let me go back to the old days."