The afterglow of the setting sun is shining down, and it’s time for smoke in the countryside again.
The gentle wind blows away the tiredness. The red-hot clouds dispel the irritability. A basin of cool well water washes the mud legs, and a pot of tempting meals fills the farmhouse with fragrance.
As the sun sets in the west, the mountains are dyed with heavy ink, the rivers are filled with rays of light, and the millet fields with hanging ears are quietly turning golden. The farmers roll their dry tobacco and work happily, and the leisurely cattle moo around in the beautiful valleys.
Lao Tan cooked four dishes and brought them one by one to the table in the courtyard. He lit two mugwort ropes beside the table. The fragrance was overwhelming and attracted mosquitoes.
Yaru took out the rice, grabbed a bowl, and poured wine for herself and Lao Tan.
"People are sick and can't drink. It's good for you. You keep drinking every day." Yaru said.
"Drinking in moderation is fine." Lao Tan said: "It's a habit that has been developed over many years. It's not good to just quit." Then he gave an example: "A person who got lung cancer quit smoking immediately and lived for half a year. If he didn't
If you quit, it may take two years. Although the doctor doesn’t say that, it’s generally like this.”
"False lies."
"Haha, but it makes sense. I have been sick for a long time and have become a doctor, so I understand a little bit. When you are sick, first of all, don't be afraid, don't panic, just do what you need to do, this is the most basic thing.
Secondly, cooperate with the doctor for active treatment, take medicine when necessary, take injections when necessary, maintain a good mood, live every day as the best day, don't waste it, smiling is better than anything else.
Don't be hospitalized unless necessary. Hospitalization is good, clean and hygienic, but watching aphrodisiacs about life, death, and death every day can make you feel discouraged and affect your mood. Watching others die and thinking about when you will die, and whether you will be like that if you die yourself, little one.
As soon as the white cloth was covered, the cart was pushed, followed by a group of people crying and wiping their tears."
Yaru was amused and said: "Look at what you said, it's true."
"It's not true, everyone has to take that road, sooner or later. Okay, don't talk about this, try the food I cooked."
The four dishes are minced beef and stir-fried nail mushrooms, fried eggs with minced chives, home-cooked tofu and eggplant and roasted beans.
Stir-fried mushrooms with minced beef are filled with chopped celery and chili rice. When the spoon is taken out, the coriander segments are scattered. It looks good and is fragrant and refreshing. It is very authentic.
Fried minced chives with stupid eggs may seem simple and easy to make at home, but it takes a lot of effort to make it. It requires patience to control the heat, drain the water from the eggs and leeks, and fry both sides until they are golden and crispy.
It's golden but not crispy when fried. If you want it to be crispy, add a little corn starch and salt to the egg liquid. Do not add chicken essence and MSG, otherwise it will spread and have an earthy smell.
Home-cooked tofu must be pure marinated tofu with a paste. Add a larger pot of chopped green onions and add a little peppercorns. Do not cut the tofu and break it off with your hands. Just simmer it in the paste water. Lower the heat and simmer until the tofu becomes honeycombed.
Just add some garlic sprouts.
The tofu at this time has a strong flavor and a pure taste of home. The more you eat it, the more you want to eat it.
There is also something special about roasting eggplant and beans. It must be tender purple eggplant and eighteen beans with skin on. Big white beans cannot be cooked and they will become watery when eaten. Cut the eggplant into strips and the eighteen beans into sections, cook them with oil and then burn them.
If you add more minced garlic and less sugar, the taste will be better. Eat it with rice.
Yaru first tasted the stir-fried nail mushrooms with minced beef and said it was delicious, and then tasted the stir-fried fried egg with minced chives and praised it.
"I found that your cooking tastes better than before," she said.
"The main reason is peace of mind, plus not using those messy condiments in restaurants, so it's authentic," Lao Tan said.
"Hmm------" Yaru tried the old tofu and eggplant-roasted beans again, and both said they were delicious.
"Here, let's drink." Lao Tan raised his glass and said.
Yaru raised her glass, touched it to Lao Tan's glass, and took a sip.
"How's the business in the store?" Lao Tan asked after taking a sip and putting down his glass.
"It's pretty good, better than last year," Yaru said.
"How is Shangguan Qingyuan doing?" Lao Tan asked again.
“It’s pretty good, not inferior to Li Shuang, and the employees are very impressed.”
"That's good."
"Gu Yi and Sister Wang went on a trip to Guangxi."
"Really, envy, the fairy scroll couple."
"What else can the couple say? They don't have to worry about food and drink, and the restaurant makes money. Why don't they be cool?" Yaru said enviously.
Lao Tan smiled noncommittally and lit a cigarette.
"Why are you still smoking?" Yaru asked with a frown.
"I don't always smoke——" Lao Tan said.
"If the trachea is not good, stop using it and stop it slowly."
"Um."
The two of them were speechless for a while.
The sky was getting dark, and the voices coming from the west courtyard were obviously that the couple had finished their meal and were going to the farmyard to see Errenzhuan. The couple in the east courtyard also went out. They were not going to see Errenzhuan, but were going to the village entrance for a walk.
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"This place is nice, with mountains and water, and it's quiet," Yaru said.
"Well, the development is good." Lao Tan then added: "The main thing is to recruit good cadres to do practical things for the people."
"I heard that he is Zhou Xiaomei's second aunt."
"Yes." Lao Tan nodded.
"Our village is not good enough. The village chief corrupted the secretary and accepted bribes. He has been in the village for two terms, and it is still like that now."
"Isn't there a first secretary?"
"Yes." Yaru said: "It's the same as no. I stay in the village for two years to be gilded, and then I can go back and get promoted, so I won't offend anyone."
Lao Tan thought about it and sighed helplessly.
Yaru went on to say: "Officials don't care about things and the common people don't take them seriously. They turn around and leave just like they haven't seen you. I remember when I was a child, I was afraid when I saw the village chief. If someone has a big or small affair,
The first person to arrive is the village chief, who will take care of any fight between the two couples."
"That's not true. At that time, being a village chief was tiring and he was in charge of everything. He was a pure Communist Party cadre. The same is true now, but he can no longer serve the people."
Yaru looked at Lao Tan and suddenly smiled and said, "If you hadn't come out to work, you would probably be the head of your village by now."
Lao Tan was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "That's about right---that's a shame. I need money to be the village chief, but I don't have it."
"There is still no money. You haven't made any in these years."
"Haha, you don't spend it on what you earn, so you spend money to become an official? Humph! It's not necessary. The common people scold you, so you can't do it." Lao Tan then said: "Besides, why should I be an official when I have money? Why worry about that?
I don’t like it at all.”
"You still want to be the boss if you don't like it?" Yaru asked.
Lao Tan said: "This and that are two different things. That is official, and this is management. I like management. To put it bluntly, I like working in restaurants. I like leading a group of brothers to work together to make money to support our family in Hukou and live a good life.
It makes people look down upon.
Hey, for example, those of us who come from rural areas are either poor or have difficulties, and we want to scratch our heads to make our lives better.
The fear that comes from rural areas - things are getting better now, and not many people look down on rural people. At that time, city people looked down upon us and treated us like beggars and didn't take us seriously.
Having said that, I am indeed a bit unscrupulous. I am full of swear words. I don’t curse or talk. I wash my clothes every half a month. I don’t know how to cut my hair even if it is rolled out. I grit my teeth and fart, so I don’t blame others for looking down upon me.”
Yaru said: "There is such a thing."
“If a person wants to be respected, he must first respect himself and love himself, take himself seriously, and treat himself like a human being.
To be honest, in the past few years, apart from making money by cooking and making a better living for my family and not being looked down upon by others, what I spent most of my time doing was improving the working environment and welfare benefits for our migrant workers, and training and teaching everyone.
As a human being, how should you respect yourself and love yourself, and why should you not be looked down upon by others?
It is my ideal to make Aqiao nationwide. But ------it is easy to make AQiao nationwide, but it is difficult to do it well——
Running a restaurant is the same as being a human being. If you want to make a good restaurant, you must make good people. If one person can make a good restaurant, what about a group of people? What about a large group of people?
Ah Qiao gives people delicious dumplings, good wine, delicious dishes, warm and welcoming service, and fair prices. When you think about it, Ah Qiao is where we are today because of its good people, good conduct, and good connections."