Chapter 104: Slippery Fish
"Slippery fish?. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½ććć You... Are you a little dung?" Because Wang Fen's image has changed a lot, the middle-aged boss couldn't recognize who the young man with so much luggage was for a while, but relying on the name of the fish that was not in the recipe, and the somewhat familiar local accent, he recognized that the bald head on the opposite side was Wang Fen, who he hadn't seen for a few years.
"Uncle Chen, it's Wang Fen. Wang Fen smiled awkwardly, the nickname embarrassed him for a while, so he put his luggage in front of the table and walked to the counter. At this time, the tables in the store were already more than half occupied, and it seemed that business was still very good.
"It's really you, why haven't you come back for so long, and you don't say hello in advance when you come back. The middle-aged boss rushed out from behind the counter, slapped Wang Fen on the shoulder and said.
"I was too busy at work before, and I rarely had time, but I recently quit my job to start a small business, and I was a little free time, so I came back to have a look. But Uncle Chen, I've been in the car for seven or eight hours, and now I'm very hungry and want to eat your grilled fish. Wang Fen touched his shoulder, which was a little painful, and said to the boss, Uncle Chen, who was Wang Fen's mouth, that he didn't want to mention too much why he hadn't come home for several years.
"Good. Wait a minute, Uncle Chen will bake it for you personally, haha, speaking of which, I haven't baked it myself for a year or two, and I don't know if the craftsmanship is still there. I said that you resigned, in the past two years, our tourism industry in Xiaoshan has developed rapidly, and you also happened to come back to help you Uncle Chen, this is not my store has only expanded for a long time, and now I am a little busy, I am lacking a store manager, and your Uncle Chen is also old, if you come back to help, Uncle Chen will retire and enjoy the blessings, haha. Uncle Chen said as he pulled Wang Fen to his seat, he had also vaguely heard about Wang Fen in the past few years. The original champion of the whole village didn't mix well in the mountain city, as if he had done something to sweep the garbage and dig out the dung, no wonder he would react so much when he talked about his nickname, so uncomfortable, it seems that the rumors are true, pay attention to the next time you speak, try not to mention his nickname, so as not to stimulate him.
"Come on, come on, taste Uncle Chen's craftsmanship, have you regressed? After a while, Uncle Chen took out the steaming fish with a huge iron plate and put it on the table in front of Wang Fen, and then lit a small fire under the iron plate, and then a burst of thick fish fragrance permeated in front of him.
"Uncle Chen's fish is so delicious, I have eaten so many fish, it is still the best here Uncle Chen. Smelling the familiar and somewhat unfamiliar fragrance, Wang Fen couldn't wait to taste it, the fragrance was rich, the soup was red and bright, spicy but not dry, or the kind of taste in his memory, and he sighed in his heart, and he had been away from home for so many years unconsciously, and he almost forgot such a familiar fish taste.
"Come on some bar. Seeing Wang Fen's slightly excited expression when he ate fish, Uncle Chen also had mixed feelings in his heart, took out two bottles of treasured liquor from behind the counter, opened the cap and gave Wang Fen a bottle.
"Hmm" Wang Fen replied softly, took the wine bottle and poured it violently
Next, Wang Fen and Uncle Chen chatted while eating. Uncle Chen is a riverside fisherman that Wang Fen's family has known for a long time, Wang Fen liked to catch fish in the river when he was a child, and often went to Uncle Chen's house to play.
Slippery head fish is a kind of wild fish in the tributaries of the river, the meat is fragrant and the soup is beautiful, it is said that it is slippery because it is particularly difficult to catch and difficult to catch, and the production is becoming scarcer, and it is rare to see it on the table. And Wang Fen is particularly good at catching this kind of fish, when he was a child, he often caught Uncle Chen to roast, and later Uncle Chen felt that his roasted fish skills were okay, and there were fewer and fewer fish in the river, and he couldn't catch many fish, so he opened a grilled fish restaurant.
"Uncle Chen, how is my dad doing. Two bottles of white wine went down, and the two fish only had a skeleton left, at this time Wang Fen drank a big glass, put the wine glass down, and finally asked him the question he had been holding back for a long time.
"Your dad... "The same two bottles of belly, drunk red Uncle Chen poured himself a big cup, Xiaoshan this place has many mountains and rivers, perennial clouds and mist, in order to dispel dampness and invigorate blood, the locals are more able to drink, this is also a reason why Wang Fen can have such a good amount of wine, exercised since childhood.
"Your dad is in good health, but he doesn't leave the mountain much now. Uncle Chen sighed and said, he has seen less and less of Wang Fen's father and son in recent years, "But you don't have to worry, your father has also made some money in the past few years, and there is no problem in supporting the family." Didn't you call your dad when you came back this time?"
"Not yet, Uncle Chen, can you help me contact a fishing boat tomorrow, I'll take a ride home, and I'll give the boat money the same." Wang Fen was silent for a while and said, he had better go home directly tomorrow, as for taking the boat, his hometown is in a remote village in the mountains without a road, and it is much more convenient to take the boat.
"Leave the matter of the ship home to me, don't mention the money, Uncle Chen still has this face. And it's not easy for you to make money outside as a young man, I'm serious, Xiaoshan's development has been okay in recent years, you just come back to help Uncle Chen, Jiajia is almost old, she has always admired you. Uncle Chen seemed to be drunken and talking, but his half-squinted eyes flashed with a faint essence.
"Uncle Chen said with a smile, Jiajia is so good, where can you look at me. Don't hide it from Uncle Chen, I didn't mix well before, but I have accumulated a lot of life insights and experience after several years of hard work. Now after a few years of dormancy, I have only recently started my own business, which can be regarded as accumulation, and the business is doing well, and I may be a little busy next, and I have no time to come back for the time being. After drinking so much wine, Wang Fen blushed for the first time. Before he had time to pretend to be high-profile, someone wanted to give him a target, and he couldn't help but be embarrassed and grateful, and hurriedly saluted Uncle Chen a cup to hide his panic.
Uncle Chen's words reminded him of the ass he grew up with when he was a child, the little girl who always wore a thick ponytail, and the girl who was arguing that she would marry him when he graduated when he was admitted to college.
Over the years, I haven't been in touch with her, and I don't know how she's doing.
"Uncle Chen, I'll leave the matter of the ship to you. I came back this time relatively suddenly, and I was in a hurry, and I didn't bring anything, so I brought you and your aunt and Jiajia some special products from the mountain city. No longer recalling the petite figure in his mind, Wang Fen picked up one of the three or five travel bags and handed it to Uncle Chen, pretending to be embarrassed and said.
After coming back for so long, Wang Fen finally waited for the opportunity to pretend to be forced, counting on Uncle Chen's surprised expression after opening it, and then pretending to be forced in a low-key manner, so that Uncle Chen knew that he was not the rumored little dung that swept the road, but Boss Wang, who had a successful career.