Chapter 11 Wotou
The nest is the food of the poor.
There are often relevant ridicules in the Beijing dialect.
"When I was a child, I ate a nest and a sharp head, and when I grow up, I will become a big official!"
"Look at your head!"
"Look at your wretch!"
"You've got only two pockets of money left in your pocket!"
Wait a minute......
Like the nest in these words, they all interpret a meaning - poverty.
But to be honest, Ning Weimin didn't have much feeling about it in his previous life.
This is because the wotou he has eaten is all dim sum.
In the era of considerable economic prosperity, the chestnut noodles that the Empress Dowager Cixi loved to eat were no longer sold in Beihai Fangshan Restaurant.
Almost all of the capital is mass-producing these things, and then putting them in beautiful packaging boxes as gifts.
And the nest head in large and small restaurants has become a fashionable dish with a variety of renovations.
What is fried wotou with leeks, fried wotou with cabbage vermicelli, fried wotou with oil residue and pepper salt, fried minced meat with chili pepper with wowotou......
There are simply too many recipes, a variety of side dishes, and different tastes.
Therefore, Ning Weimin once thought that people in the past would mention the bitter days when they mentioned the nest, which seemed to be a bit of hypocrisy of not knowing the blessings in the midst of blessings.
How good this thing is in Wotou, and its nickname is "Golden Tower".
It's nutritious, healthy, delicious, and not diabetic.
If not, how can it be more expensive than rice and white flour?
This is called value discovery.
I don't even like to eat, what do you want to eat?
But when he also returned to this era when the economy was just starting, and had to be with this thing every day, he didn't think so.
In the environment of lack of salt and oil, wotou is no longer an ornament on the banquet, but has become an inevitable staple food at every meal.
In the words of the folk proverb, it is "a big nest all day long, and the old pickled radish has no oil".
So suddenly the thing had recedered from the ornate framing and accessories, and all that was left was the dry, coarse, toothy taste, and shabby holes.
And this directly led to Ning Weimin's attitude towards Wotou, which also took a 180-degree turn.
He went from eating voluntarily and liking to eat in the past to forcing himself to eat and having to eat.
Even because it is difficult to swallow, I have figured out a lot of simple tricks.
For example, adding some saccharin to the nest can make the nest have a hint of sweetness.
For example, cut the nest head into slices and bake it on the fire, which can bake a browned crispy shell, which is crunchy when you bite it.
Another example is fermenting cornmeal, and the steamed nest will be much fluffier and easier to swallow.
In short, during the days of crossing, he guarded the head of the nest every day, changing the law to coax himself to swallow.
It's just to have a stable stomach and not to go hungry.
Where can we talk about whether it is healthy or unhealthy, and whether nutrition is not nutritious?
The leisure and leisure of the past have long been thrown away from Java.
The end result is that he confirmed one thing with his personal experience - the nest is not delicious!
The reason why people regard this thing as a symbol of hard life is not mixed with the slightest element of prejudice and exaggeration.
Fortunately, the days of holding the nest and gnawing like this are not very long, and more than 20 days have passed.
Today, these bitter memories have been transformed into a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment that makes people feel particularly happy.
That's right! There is nothing better than the bitterness of life.
The most interesting part of life is the rotation of feng shui.
In the dim light, Ning Weimin put the pig's ears, deboned meat, powder sausage and peanuts on the table in turn.
These foods that were quite ordinary in Ning Weimin's eyes in their previous lives not only exude an attraction that is no less than the delicacies of the mountains and seas, but even have some philosophical flavors.
Life seems to be playing out the joys of life's ups and downs in an extremely affordable way.
After setting up the wine and food, in front of Kang Shude, Ning Weimin unscrewed the bottle cap and began to pour wine again.
He filled it for the old man first, and then poured a glass in front of himself.
And very respectfully stood up, raising his glass with both hands.
"Old man, let's touch one, I really have to thank you. ”
Kang Shude was very satisfied with Ning Weimin's courtesy, his eyes were warm, and he picked up the wine cup.
But he waved his hand very generously.
"Thank me, just to give you an idea? ”
Unexpectedly, Ning Weimin was really sincere.
He held the glass in both hands and carefully touched the lower end of the old man's glass.
"That's not the case. Without your point, I wouldn't have been able to find the north if I didn't want to break my head. It's a casual thing to say as if you were chatting, but it will be of great use to me. You are not mortal, you are a living immortal who ignites me. I'm going to dry this cup, feel free to do so!"
Seeing that Ning Weimin did it first as a respectful and swallowed the wine in one gulp, Kang Shude couldn't help laughing.
"I don't speak out of tune. What kind of fairy? I'm just an ordinary lonely old man. It's still up to you to catch the money......"
But when he said so, he really ironed it in his heart.
Because no one doesn't like to hear compliments, and they also like people who are grateful.
Ning Weimin can admit his feelings, and the old man feels that it is worth helping him.
"Hey, I didn't expect such an unpopular livelihood to make you make a lot of money. A hundred dollars a day! Okay, boy, this business is well done. Just rush at your brain, if you want to put it aside in the early years, I have to accept you as an apprentice. ”
Drinking the wine as soon as he finished it, put down the wine glass and pursed his lips, the old man couldn't help but praise Ning Weimin a few more words.
And the speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention.
Now Ning Weimin is full of news.
As soon as he heard this, he immediately poured the wine for the old man again, and climbed up the pole.
"Why wasn't it the early years? As long as you are willing to accept me, I will immediately kowtow to you. ”
But Kanshud was a little unexpected, and he didn't trust his ears.
"What? Do you really want to worship me as a teacher? What can I teach you now?
Ning Weimin still insisted.
"Why do you want to regret what you just said? Why am I learning to paste cardboard boxes? Of course, I am learning your old business. ”
Kangshude was stunned again.
"Honestly tease me, right? My old profession? That's all gone? What's the use of you learning that?"
Unexpectedly, Ning Weimin was quite serious.
"Don't say that. Profession can be abolished, but how can there ever be such a thing as learning? Not to mention, the imperial examination system has long been abolished, right? Then why do students still have to learn ancient Chinese in Chinese classes? It is really abolished, unless it is not true learning. ”
While speaking, Ning Weimin put pig's head meat and powder sausage in Kang Shude's bowl.
"Old man, others don't know, but I know best. As far as the contents of your stomach are concerned, they are all true knowledge that can conjure real money. It's useless, so where did the two of us come up with eating and drinking now?"
"Yes, you're not in a good mood right now, but that's just your bad luck. Where can people compete with the general trend? That is a side effect of the change of times. You have to think like this, thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, the general trend will change sooner or later. Sooner or later, people's luck will turn back. ”
"Isn't there such a saying, gold in troubled times, antiques in prosperous times. In my opinion, this is not only a thing, but also a person and a learning. For me, you are an antique in troubled times, a golden ...... in prosperous times."
It's good that Ben is here, to be logical and logical, to be reasonable and reasonable, Kangshude is a little bit attentive.
But Ning Weimin really shouldn't have touched the scene, and was moved by a pot of dead eyebrows next to the table full of wine and vegetables.
"And ...... Right now, this nest is the head of the nest. ”
The metaphor is a bit inappropriate, and the big turn is also very abrupt, which surprised Kangshu Deden, who was praised in the clouds.
"Wowotou?"
As for Ning Weimin, who was spinning around in his head, he smiled a little awkwardly and hurriedly explained.
"Don't get me wrong, I mean, though it doesn't look like much right now, it's like the cheapest thing in the grain. But coarse grains also have the benefits of coarse grains, and their nutritional value is stronger than that of rice and white flour. One day, it will be angry with the pancakes, ashamed of the steamed buns, and put them in the delicacies of the mountains and seas, which are more attractive than big fish and meat. Believe it or not? Even it has skyrocketing days......"
But it is obvious that his unintentional leakage of heavenly secrets will not be recognized by Kanshude.
With the old man's experience and knowledge, he couldn't imagine such a scene, so he only shook his head helplessly.
The expression on his face is like seeing him exchange all his hard-earned money for monkey tickets every day these days.
Very worried about his brain circuits.