September 30th is Lisa's due date, so everyone is waiting for news from Xiangjiang. The later the time, the more anxious everyone becomes.
It's fine now. The news that mother and daughter are safe has come back. Everyone feels relieved and gathers around Chef Cao, who is smiling broadly, to congratulate or make jokes.
Two weeks later, Cao Yong came to the capital again.
Lisa gave birth naturally and everything went smoothly. After staying in the hospital for five days, she was discharged and went to a private maternal and infant hospital to continue her confinement.
There are professional medical staff in the hospital who take good care of Lisa and the little princess of the Cao family. Of course, the cost is high.
Zheng Ziyun and Lisa's mother also took turns accompanying each other. Cao Yong, the clumsy new father, was disliked by everyone, so they sent him to pick up Chef Cao.
Mr. Huang had moved back to his renovated home a few days ago.
Mr. Huang kept his promise and left the first room in the east wing to Sun Dahai, and the last two rooms to Sun Yuanyuan and Sun Dahe.
The three rooms in the west wing are used as guest rooms. Secretary Xiao Yan and driver Master Ye refuse to live in the west wing. They live in three reverse rooms in the front yard with the couple Lao Wu, a domestic servant assigned by the department.
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Secretary Yan is married and usually lives with his family in the dormitory assigned to him by the ministry. This place is just a temporary resting place.
Master Ye's wife and children were still in his hometown, and the ministry arranged for him to live in a dormitory with several people per room. When Mr. Huang found out, he asked him to live in his own home first, and when there was an opportunity in the future, he would transfer his wife and children to the capital, and then apply for a settlement.
housing issue.
Sun Dahai also stayed at Huang's home for a few days. In the past two months, Sun Dahai taught Huang how to do Tai Chi every morning. Although it was impossible to see immediate results, Huang himself felt that his health was much better than before.
Now that Cao Yong is here, there will naturally be a dinner party.
This dinner was held at Huang’s home. Huang’s home is a standard small courtyard with three entrances. In winter, when you need to eat indoors, because the living room is not big, it will be a bit troublesome when there are many people. But in this season, the atrium or back garden
, you can just place a table and chairs anywhere and have a meal.
The greening of Huang's hometown was naturally contributed by "Decorate Life". The combination of Professor Ma's artistic sense, Fang Lin's plant combination and matching, and Fang Datong's experienced cultivation and transplanting skills combined to produce a qualitative change.
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Huang Lao’s home has everything from the green plants placed indoors to the combined vines on the flower stands in the courtyard, from the locust trees and jujube trees in the front yard, to the pomegranates in the atrium, to the ginkgo and sycamore trees in the back garden, and the water lilies in the pool.
The plants are grown from small to large, intertwined with water, land and air, making the whole yard come alive. It can be said to be a clever combination and unique ingenuity. No wonder the person in charge of the construction of the renovation of Mr. Huang's house specifically asked for the contact number of "Decorating Life"
and address.
The dinner party started in the evening. The title of the dinner party was decided by Sun Dahai, and the name was "Hairy Crabs and Its Friends".
The hairy crabs did not cost money to buy, they were the result of Cao Yue's experimental team, and the sponsor was Cao Yong.
Due to funding issues this year, the experimental team originally planned to continue raising fish in rice fields, collect local materials, organize villagers to catch frogs, and increase frog breeding.
However, because the number of captured frogs cannot be controlled, which is not conducive to the analysis and research of experimental results, there has been debate in the experimental group whether to choose frogs as the experimental species.
Just in time, Cao Yong is here before the Spring Festival.
So, during the last group discussion before the Spring Festival, Cao Yue proudly announced that she had found a sponsor and could receive a few hundred yuan in sponsorship fees, which would be credited after the holiday to continue the experiment.
The experimental group, who was used to poverty, was overjoyed to be able to receive a few hundred yuan in sponsorship. After the subject teacher repeatedly asked Cao Yue for confirmation, he happily announced that this year, the two experiments of raising fish in rice fields and raising crabs in rice fields will be carried out simultaneously.
We will proceed and arrange manpower. After the festival, we will go to Gucheng Lake to purchase high-quality hairy crab seeds. The crab breeding area in the rice fields will also be renovated, and quicklime and other drugs will be used to clean and disinfect the ponds.
In this way, before Cao Yong knew there was such an experimental group, his good sister had already decided to sponsor it for him.
In fact, Cao Yue didn't spend her brother's money indiscriminately. She heard Cao Yong say that since he hadn't been back home for many years, Cao Yong prepared a big red envelope for the New Year. He would give her and Sun Weihong one thousand yuan each during the New Year.
The red envelope is one hundred yuan for each of the children.
Cao Yue wanted to treat herself as lucky money and use it as experimental funds. She just borrowed it in her brother's name. She also knew the principle of "don't expose your wealth to the public".
Although Cao Yong is young and has only been working for a few years, his career has destined him to not only have a high social status, but also have a gold-collar income. Qianer's sponsorship of 800 yuan is insignificant to him.
After the holiday, he made a special trip to the Agricultural University, and used the identity in his passport to sign a targeted sponsorship agreement with the school and the experimental team. He only made one request, which was to remove the samples needed for the experiment after the harvest in autumn, and to keep the plan.
The portion that survives the winter is reserved as crab seed, and 20% of the remaining adult crabs belong to Cao Yue.
When my brother wanted to keep some fresh hairy crabs for his greedy sister, who knew that in the first year of his experiment, he got a bumper harvest of hairy crabs in the rice fields.
Relying on the clear and pollution-free water quality of this era, the rice fields without residual pesticide accumulation, and the scientific breeding process, the rice field hairy crab breeding experiment has achieved amazing yields. After estimation, excluding the seeds and experiments required, fifty acres of experimental fields were built.
At least 1,500 kilograms of adult hairy crabs must be produced.
At this time, the price of hairy crabs on the market was slightly lower than that of pork, at more than 60 cents per catty, which was one yuan and three dollars per kilogram. From an investment perspective, this was a very successful investment for Cao Yong, but it was a pity that it was a sponsorship.
What is even more pity is that no matter how many achievements the experimental team makes, they cannot be converted into direct economic benefits because they do not have the right to sell.
The leaders of the Agricultural University were shocked. They praised the experimental team with smiles and rewarded the experimental team with three hundred yuan of experimental funds for next year's experiment. They also obtained the distribution rights of hairy crabs as a result of this experiment.
The school decided to use half of the harvest to be handed over to the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Agriculture, which are directly under the leadership, and the remaining part will be used as school welfare and distributed to faculty and staff on National Day.
Of course, Cao Yue's 20% was requested by Xiangjiang's sponsors, and the school leaders were not so short-sighted as to touch Cao Yue's part.
Cao Yue was also very understanding. She only wanted 50 kilograms of hairy crabs in total and took the initiative to give the rest to the school.
The hairy crabs in the rice fields had to be caught and processed within a month. Cao Yue had to collect the crabs twice, otherwise they would spoil if they were not finished.
Today is the first time, so Sun Dahai decided that the theme of the party was hairy crabs.
The best way to cook fresh hairy crabs is to steam them, dip them in ginger-vinegar sauce, and warm them with rice wine. That’s how delicious they are.
However, crabs are cold in nature and should not be eaten in large quantities, so they can only be used as a main dish. Chef Cao and Sun Dahai also made braised frogs, marinated fish fillets, and braised prawns, combining the legendary Four Friends of the Rice Field.
neat.
It is also served with a few seasonal vegetables and a stewed pigeon soup specially made by Sun Dahai, in order to neutralize the coldness of the hairy crabs.
It sounds easy, because there are so many people, and every dish is served on a big plate or a big bowl.
Mr. Huang has gradually become accustomed to the excitement of eating with many people together. The new pots and pans purchased at home are all large ones specially commissioned by Chef Cao for the restaurant.
Now is the ninth month of the lunar calendar, which is the best time to eat the roe of female crabs. But crabs are not friendly to the elderly, frail patients and children, let alone pregnant women.
Looking at a large pot full of steamed hairy crabs, the three children were pitiful. Sun Dahai was lucky enough to get a male crab, but the younger brothers and sisters could only eat a few crab legs each.
While changing glasses, the last dinner party for everyone in 1981 began. Because Chef Cao will be leaving for Xiangjiang in a few days, and he will be back in May next year, when Cao Yue gets married.
Crab Chant
Holding the claws prefers the coolness of cinnamon, and pouring vinegar on the ginger will make you crazy.
A gluttonous king and his grandson should have wine, but a tyrannical son has no intestines.
Cold accumulates in the navel and is forgotten, and fishy fingers are stained and fragrant after being washed away.
Po Xian once laughed at being busy all his life because of the delicious food of the world.