Chapter 183 Visiting the old man, the old man ridiculed Zhang Yu
Zhang Yu quietly wiped the corners of his eyes and suppressed the longing in his heart.
"Okay, just listen to big brother, let's drink again tonight."
The three of us have a glass of wine each. Even if we don’t enjoy it to the fullest, we’ll make do with it!
After dinner, the family went to the brigade again, and this time Mengyi also went.
Zhang Yu originally wanted to let Zhang's mother accompany Mengyi at home while he took Mengguo Mengxue for a walk in the mountains.
Mengyi is very curious about this meeting held by the brigade. She has nothing to do at home, so she might as well go and listen.
The family parted ways, Zhang Yu took Mengguo Mengxue with him, and Mengyi followed Zhang's parents and Zhang's mother.
For safety reasons, Zhang Yu found the shotgun at home, loaded a bag of bullets, and set off with Mengguo Mengxue.
Zhang Yu took Mengguo Mengxue to the old man's place first.
When I came to the wooden house, I opened the window and took a look, but I didn’t see him.
He reached out and knocked on the door.
"Pound pound pound!!"
"Master, are you at home?"
"Hey, I'm here, wait a minute!"
The old man had a drink at noon. As soon as he lay down and was confused for a while, he heard someone knocking on the door.
The old man is still wondering, why are there people coming at this time?
I put on my shoes and opened the door, and what I saw was Zhang Yu.
"Oh, you stinky boy, hahahahaha, you know you've come back to see me."
The old man hugged Zhang Yu and patted Zhang Yu's juniors hard.
"Cough cough cough...!"
The old man's hand was still as strong as before, and it made Zhang Yu cough.
The old man thought Zhang Yu was sick.
"What's wrong? I have a cold. It's hot and cold at times. Remember to dress warmly."
"No, no, no, I'm not sick. Your hands are very strong just now, and there are some problems."
"Come on, sir, let me introduce to you. These are my younger brothers and sisters. I brought them to the mountains to play."
Zhang Yu introduced Mengguo Mengxue behind him to the old man.
"Mengguo Mengxue, this is our master."
"Hello grandpa!!"
"Okay, okay, they are all good kids!"
With a smile on his face, the old man touched the tops of the two children's heads.
"Come on, come on in, sit down for a while, and have a drink of water."
The old man led Meng Guo and Meng Xue into the house. Zhang Yu followed behind and closed the door.
The mountain wind in October is quite strong, and the temperature is a few degrees lower than at the bottom of the mountain, making it a bit cool.
The old man was rummaging around in the house and found a large piece of dried meat.
The old man made this by himself. He lives in the mountains, and the most indispensable thing is meat. He eats a lot of wild animals in the mountains.
In order to save the meat, the old man made the meat into bacon or dried meat.
The old man still has this craft. When he was a soldier, a comrade from Hunan taught him this skill. Since he settled in the mountains, the old man has been doing this every year.
When Zhang Yu was a child, if he was hungry for meat, he would come to the old man and ask for a piece of dried meat.
Meng Guo and Meng Xue looked at the tempting dried meat in front of them. They resisted the temptation and did not reach out to take it. Instead, they looked at Zhang Yu.
Zhang Yu knew that the two children were strangers to each other, and their family’s education did not allow them to take advantage of others at will.
"Watch what I do! I'll give it to you two, and you two can continue!"
Seeing that Zhang Yu agreed, Meng Guo and Meng Xue stood up and took the dried meat with both hands.
I haven’t forgotten these old men.
"Thank you, grandpa!"
As the old man gets older, he likes young children. When he sees them, he seems to see what he looked like when he was young.
"No thank you, no thank you, hahahaha, we are all good boys, do you want to try the jerky made by grandpa himself?"
Mengguo and Mengxue took a big bite of the dried meat and were immediately conquered by the unique aroma.
"Grandpa, how did you make this jerky and why is it so delicious?"
"That's right, my brother-in-law, I can't make this flavor!"
Meng Guo and Meng Xue each said a few words, making the old man smile.
"Hey, hey, you're not allowed to flatter me and step on me!"
"Is there any comparison to this? This is what I have been honing year after year. There is no way that a young man like me can compare."
This isn’t Zhang Yu’s modesty. The old man’s jerky is really not just an imitation.
Even if Zhang Yu follows the recipe, he may not be able to make it taste like this.
Although it is just a small dried meat, it contains a lot of experience. Zhang Yu really can't make it taste like this.
The old man doesn’t think so. He thinks that youth is capital, and you can’t learn everything now.
Zhang Yu is still so young, he has learned the recipe, and he will learn to make it slowly in the future.
The old man has tasted Zhang Yu's craftsmanship and has a solid foundation. It is not difficult at all to learn how to make dried meat.
"Hey, they say that the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, and each wave is stronger than the last."
"Wait a minute, I will give you the recipe. You go back and follow it, it will be delicious."
When Zhang Yu heard that the old man was going to pass on the formula to him, he was immediately overjoyed.
"Hahaha, sir, I've been waiting for this recipe from you for many years, and you've finally come up with this!"
The old man knows Zhang Yu and loves to eat the dried meat he makes. At the end of last year, the old man wanted to give it to Zhang Yu.
If you are in the city in the future and miss this bite, you can make something to satisfy your craving.
It's just that Zhang Yu never said this. The old man thought Zhang Yu didn't like it, so he didn't say it.
"You are looking forward to the formula. If you hadn't told me earlier, I would have given it to you if you had told me earlier."
"This is what I am good at. If you are willing to learn, I will be willing to teach you. You are a coy kid and not a man at all."
"Hey, how dare I, sir, this is your unique secret recipe, how dare I open my mouth!"
In fact, Zhang Yu’s skill list includes Hunan cuisine, but Zhang Yu doesn’t have many opportunities to cook Hunan cuisine.
Bacon accounts for a high proportion in Hunan cuisine. The skill bar includes how to make bacon. Zhang Yu, probably for various reasons, did not learn to make bacon for a long time.
However, Zhang Yu felt that even if he made it himself, it wouldn't be as delicious as the old man's dried meat. After all, he had experience.
The old man hates vain people. His many years of military career have allowed him to develop a courageous character.
No matter what I do, I do it vigorously and directly, and when I speak, I speak with spit and nail.
"Go, go, go, get out of here, what are you talking about?"
"Stop learning to be polite to me, how did you ask me for dried meat when you were a kid?"
"I didn't see you having difficulty speaking back then!"
The old man's sarcasm made Zhang Yu uncomfortable, but he didn't dare to retaliate, so he had no choice but to let the old man do it.
Meng Guo and Meng Xue were enjoying themselves secretly on the sidelines. It was the first time they saw that Zhang Yu had someone he was afraid of.
The old man's topic hasn't ended yet, he's still chattering.
"If you didn't ask me for it, I thought you didn't like it."
"Looking at how cowardly you are, I have to write it down and hand it over to you."
"No, no, no, sir, how could I dare to think so? I'm just being stupid. I shouldn't be so polite to you!"
Zhang Yu quickly found a place for himself to get off the stairs. The old man saw that Zhang Yu had a good attitude of admitting his mistakes and was too lazy to talk to him anymore.