Chapter 26: The Middle Door Opens to Welcome Guests
The deli is located about 100 meters due north of Lao Gaoqiao. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, Lao Tianqiao was a famous miscellaneous place in Beijing. When talking about Beijing, you have to mention the sky bridge. Youdao is the "Wine Flag and Drum Sky Bridge"
City, how many tourists don’t remember home?”
Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, many Jianghu entertainers performed their tricks here. Gradually, this place became a gathering place for various religions and nine streams. Many small merchants and hawkers took a fancy to the market here and began to gather here. Snacks and cooked food from all walks of life came into being.
Health. Among them
The most famous one is undoubtedly the secret braised pork of the "You Xiaoduer" family in the late Qing Dynasty, which is unique in the capital. "You Xiaoduer" relies on the craftsmanship passed down from its ancestors to gradually make "Xiaoduer Zhai" bigger and stronger, spreading it to
Even three generations cannot escape the fate of being shared. Xue Xiang
What he wanted to go to at this time was the "Xiaoduer Zhai" which was passed down from "You Xiaoduer" and was renamed "Xianghong Delicatessen" by the joint venture. Xue Xiang placed an order here three days ago, for 100 kilograms of pig ears and 200 kilograms of pig ears.
Peanuts are here to pick up the goods at this time.
The small sidecar was already filled with stewed vegetables. Lei Xiaotian and Chen Fusheng were sitting on the spare tire of the sidecar, and the other was sitting in the back seat of Xue Xiang. Xue Xiang did not slow down and galloped towards Baofang Bridge. Sit down
Lei Xiaotian, who was on the spare tire, kept shouting: "Slow down, slow down, it's going to fall." Marezi, who was always so bold, had to huddle up and tremble.
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It was nearly five o'clock, and in the 500-square-meter dining room, there were a row of large Eight Immortals tables coated with yellow paint spread out across the four and ten directions. Each table was equipped with four benches. Each bench was wide and long, and could easily seat three strong men.
.At this time, each dining room
Lu Wanzhu had already arrived quite a lot, sitting in twos and threes at the table, smoking cigarettes and cracking melon seeds. Xue Xiang was very thoughtful. In order to prevent everyone from sitting around waiting, he placed three bags of jade and a large plate of melon seeds on each table.
To welcome visitors.
Xue Xiang was welcoming guests outside the dining room at this time, and Chen Fosheng held a cigarette in his hand, ready to offer cigarettes to visitors at any time.
"Third brother, I haven't seen you for a while. Today you are setting the table, and I, Lao Zhang, came shamelessly, haha..."
"Old Zhang, it's meaningless for you to say this. I'm setting up the table so I can't kiss you. It's not mine, so you can't hold on to her. Don't talk nonsense. Come in quickly. I'm blocking the door for you."
"Third brother, it's me. You remember, I'm Wei Dayong from Xicheng. Last time I went to your house to give you stamps. I'm not like them giving them randomly. What I gave was a 'big piece of red'
, that was cut from my dad’s envelope…”
"Remember, why don't you remember, wasn't there a brother who came with you that day? Why didn't he come with you today? Fosheng, please smoke."
"I asked him to come with me, but the boy said he didn't send any stamps, so he was too embarrassed to come. I said you were a coward, what kind of person is the third brother, but he just didn't listen."
"Then go and call him over. There's still time. I'm waiting for you. How can I let the brothers go in vain? It's a thank you that you can send it to me. Yes, I'll have someone take you there on a motorcycle."
"Okay, I'll just say it, third brother, you are really loyal."
"Third Brother, my Qiangzi came not too late. You asked me to inform people. I have notified all the bosses in the Forty-Nine City. I have brought ten brothers with me. They are all tired and sweaty. They broke a pair of my shoes. You
You have to compensate me."
"Don't follow me, the poor guy here. Mr. Wu from Xicheng has arrived. You can go in and accompany him for me."
"You have the order, please do it well"
"Hey, isn't this Hao Yunlai? What are you doing standing outside the factory gate? Why don't you come in?"
"Third brother, hehe, third brother, I heard that you were setting up a table, so I wanted to come over and see if there was anything I could do to help. I saw that you had already arranged everything here. How could I be embarrassed to come in? Last time
I said I would like to invite you to dinner, but I have always been short of money. I haven't found Mr. Qian, and I'm embarrassed to see you. I heard you were looking for some stamps, and I searched everywhere, but there wasn't even one you wanted.
I’m ashamed to find it”….
"You kid, you're still cheating on me. Come in, and if you see me outside like this again, just pretend we don't know each other."
"Thank you, third brother, thank you, third brother"
"Yan Zi, Bai Lan, Hao Sheng, why are there only three of you? Your good brothers are here. Why didn't you come over?"
"Third brother, Yanzi and Bai Lan said that they call too much and I'm afraid you won't be able to arrange it. Just the three of us will be the representatives."
"What bothers me the most is being represented. Why don't you be represented? Stop talking nonsense and call me."
"Come on, I told you earlier that Third Brother wouldn't be thinking carefully, why should we worry about it? This dirty thing was your idea, so you two just ran errands."
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Outside the hall, Xue Xiang was busy welcoming guests. Inside the hall, Kang Tong, Lei Xiaotian, and Kang Xiaoba were busy waiting for guests. At this time, the hall was full of people, saying hello, joking, and yelling, and it became a mess.
.When you meet someone with a conflict, you yell and curse.
In other words, I don’t dare to start a war on the spot without giving Xue Xiang face. Fortunately, the hall is vast, has many windows, and is located in the shade of trees, so the heat is greatly reduced. Otherwise, with so many people crowded together, they would have to faint from the heat.
Have the spirit to quarrel.
"Cai Guoqing, why are you here? Didn't you find the stamps that third brother asked for?" said a young man wearing a white "Chenliang" short-sleeved shirt.
"Ishikawa, why can't you keep your voice down and make me lose my reputation by shouting so loudly that everyone knows about it? I couldn't find it. Fortunately, I took apart all my old man's stamp albums. I didn't find any. Tell me something.
Do you want to memorize it? I have no choice but to find one with the highest face value in the old man’s stamp collection.
The big one was sent to Third Brother, who said he thanked me for taking the trouble and invited me to come to the banquet today. Third Brother has spoken, do I dare not to come?" Cai Guoqing wore his hair like a traitor and spoke in a very low voice at first.
It was low for fear of being heard, and then the sound became louder and louder for fear that others would not be able to hear it.
Ishikawa said: "You are just too shameless to send the stamps home that Third Brother asked for without finding them. Can Third Brother invite you instead of saying thank you?".
After hearing Ishikawa's sarcasm, Cai Guoqing felt ashamed and annoyed. His face turned red and he rubbed his neck and argued: "I am powerless, unlike you who had such bad luck and found a black inscription in the school mailroom.
'.Besides, I'm not the only one
People are like this, look at Zhang Weimin, Yuan Fei, and Jiang Guodong over there, aren't they all like this? Why are you always staring at me? I can tell you, don't yell and go out, let me be stubborn in Sijiu City.
If you are in trouble before the Lord, I am not done with you."
Ishikawa said: "Is that shit luck on my part? That's called intelligence and wisdom. Obviously there are a lot of letters and stamps in the school mailroom. If I don't go there to look for stamps, where can I look for them? Just like you, go back
I tore up my old man’s stamp album
?If you ask me, it is ultimately a matter of intelligence. Don't worry, as long as we have a small relationship, I can sell you. But, hush money is still required. For a pack of jade, no counter-offering is allowed. Yours
I just pretend I don’t know about it.”
Cai Guoqing said: "Ishikawa, Ishikawa, you are such a white-eyed wolf. I invited you to eat ice cream last time. Spit it out."
Ishikawa said: "You can't spit it out because you vomited it. You went to my toilet to look for it, and I pulled you out. No, you peed out."
Cai Guoqing said: "You are ruthless, please remember not to get into my hands. By the way, there is jade on the table, why don't you just take a bag of it yourself?"
Ishikawa's face changed drastically and he said: "Cai Guoqing, you are really insidious. You want to trick me. Look up and see which table does not have three packs of jade. Who dares to put it in his pocket? How shameless is it? Who is responsible for this?
If I do it, I will probably die of shame. You girl, aren't you just thinking about your pack of cigarettes? You actually resorted to such a cruel trick. Today, you and I are no longer friends. No, we are cutting off our robes. Let me take your clothes.
Cut."
Cai Guoqing said: "To cut off and cut off righteousness is to cut off one's own clothes. How can you cut off other people's clothes? Besides, do you have any righteousness? You have to cut off your righteousness. Okay, I won't make trouble with you anymore. Tell me, third brother."
How much does it cost to set up forty tables? I remember that the largest table set up by the bosses of Sijiucheng was only eighteen tables."….
Ishikawa didn't fight back anymore. He thought about Cai Guoqing's question and said: "The food hasn't been served yet. It's hard to say. The cigarettes on the forty tables alone cost nearly 120 yuan, not counting the 1 yuan charged per person when entering."
Just offering cigarettes. Counting these 40 tables, there are at least 400 to 500 people. That is to say, at least 20 or 30 packs of cigarettes are offered. The cigarettes alone are one hundred and fifty.
About ten yuan. Also, look at the big wine vat next to the middle window. It’s 1.5 meters high and can hold eight people together. This is the special Jiannanchun from Yuhua Winery. It has a twenty-year-old label on it. This vat is
The wine is custom-made and weighs 888 kilograms. This kind of wine vat is specially used to store wine deep underground for aging. The wine in this vat costs at least 600 yuan."
After hearing this, Cai Guoqing was a little stunned. It took him a long time to come back to his senses: "The third brother is too generous. Each person only gave a few cents of stamps. He treated everyone so favorably. He is really the one who gets what he pays for."
, Anyway, the name of the third brother's "Timely Rain in Dongcheng, Hubaoyi in Beihai" is really not just a boast. Part 1
Months ago, Mr. Zhong Xiaoyi from Nancheng set up a banquet. There were only five tables set up, and the guests were all famous people. Guess what was served? You can’t guess it. One meat and three vegetables. The meat dish was stewed in Northeast China.
The big fat slices of meat were gone after each person picked them up with chopsticks, the wine was only 23 cents, and we even brought our own cigarettes."
Ishikawa asked suspiciously: "You didn't go, how do you know?"
Cai Guoqing said: "I didn't go, but Brother Ma, the eldest brother in our area, did. He also said that the oil was quite heavy and the food was comfortable. Hey, look at the table on our left, it doesn't seem to be from the stubborn circle.
Ah, why haven’t I seen it before?”
Ishikawa said: "That's the legacy of veterans. Now they are the only ones in Forty-Nine City who still call themselves veterans. That is to say, the third brother wants to see them, otherwise they would have been shoveled by us. Look at them, all of them are still wearing clothes in the hot weather."
It’s neat and tidy, and it’s not too hot to worry about.”
After Cai Guoqing got the explanation, he ignored the argument and said: "I guess it will be meat and vegetables later. You have to give me some mercy and don't take away all the meat. I haven't had any in almost two months."
It’s so meaty, my mother said we should keep the meat stamps at home for the Chinese New Year and not touch them.”
Ishikawa rolled his eyes at him: "What are you thinking of? I haven't eaten meat for a long time. I have forgotten the last time I ate meat. Why should I let you? Besides, even if I let you,
The guys here won’t be polite, everyone should do it according to their abilities.”
"you….."
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The hall was gradually filling up. Xue Xiang looked up his watch and saw that it was almost 6:50, and almost everyone who was due to come had arrived.
They arrived hand in hand, both of them carrying something in their hands.
Xue Xiang hurried forward to greet him and said with a smile: "I thought Director Zhang was too remote to come, but I didn't expect to be with Uncle Ma. It's an unexpected blessing that Uncle Ma can come. I don't know how to thank you."
As for you, please, I will offer you a few glasses of wine later to express my gratitude."
Fatty Zhang and Ma Liang are both deputy division level cadres. They are of the same rank in terms of rank. They have no supervisory relationship. In terms of real power, they are also close to each other. Fatty Zhang is far enough away that he is a guest, so he spoke first. Fatty Zhang spoke first.
He smiled and said: "Third brother, you blame me for being late. You really can't blame me for this. It's because you met me on the way.
Factory Manager Ma forgot to bring a gift, so he took me to the store with him." Fatty Zhang and Ma Liang met at the entrance of Hufang Bridge. The two did not know each other. Fatty Zhang only knew the woodwork factory.
In this area, I didn't know where the door opened, so I asked someone, and this time I asked Ma Liang.