When I went out to get into the car, I still walked down the stairs in the backyard, and went directly to the side of the road from the backyard aisle. After sitting in the car, Qi Tianxiang seemed to relax slightly, leaned back on the backrest, and closed his eyes, but his heart fell into contemplation like a river and a sea.

When he came over at noon, Lin Dongsheng looked at Qi Tianxiang suspiciously as soon as he got out of the car, and he was very puzzled about entering the store from the back door, and when he understood Qi Tianxiang's good intentions, he smiled with relief and said: "Today's inspection will start from now on." He didn't stop too much while talking, and leisurely entered the door and went upstairs.

Thanks to this century-old layout in the front and back yards, this simple and not simple lunch started smoothly and ended peacefully. This traditional shop is still preserved in the old way. There are passages and doors in the front and back, usually facing the street in front of the door and facing the road at home, that is, the pedestrian path that is generally more secluded. Family members usually only take the backyard door and path to enter and exit, and generally do not enter and exit from the front door.

Whether it is a restaurant in a restaurant, or a pharmacy, a silk village, an antique calligraphy and painting shop, the traditional model is the front store and the backyard, and the big businessmen who pay attention to a little bit, there is a cross courtyard between the front store and the backyard, which is the place where the shopkeeper, the account room and the guy live, or a simple workshop and operation room. It is separated from the inner family living in the backyard, although there is a small door to figure it out, but except for the boss or the shopkeeper and other people in charge, as well as the young man who should run errands, others are not allowed to enter and exit, including the ladies and ladies of the main family, and they are not allowed to come to the front store casually. The front store and backyard that seem to be figured out are actually not something that everyone can cross freely, and it is not only the tradition that separates them, but also the culture, customs, rules, and so on.

For those who pay attention to a little bit, in addition to the front store and backyard, the main house may have other houses, so that the backyard may be used for other purposes, such as warehouses, storage rooms, or the residence of the shopkeeper and the account room, but as a large business, there may be such a small business such as a courtyard or a restaurant, and there is still no such capital and strength. The only reason may be that the business premises are cramped, or the need to expand the storefront, so the boss and his family have no choice but to squeeze out of the backyard and find another house to live in.

Lotus leaf bun shop is such a situation, in the late Qing Dynasty, the ancestor of the shop surnamed He dragged his family from his hometown in Haidong to Hezhou to join relatives and friends, which is also the origin of many businesses in those years, not a disaster year or no livelihood, let the ancestors rely on the land for generations to survive farmers leave the land, it is a painful choice, after all, the emperor is thick soil, or the most practical reliance on farmers, is the basic way to obtain food and clothing by hard work and sweat. Unless there is some natural disaster that is difficult to deal with**, leaving the land and leaving the hometown is unimaginable.

For what reason did the ancestors of the He family leave their hometown in Haidong, the history is long and difficult to trace, and there is no meaning in pursuing it, and the existence of reality seems to be more revealing than pursuit and exploration. As long as you remember that your ancestors brought your family from their hometown in Haidong, and their initial intention was to join relatives and friends, rather than going out to start a business in high spirits, it is enough to understand this.

It is helpless to leave home, and it is even more helpless to join relatives and friends, especially to take refuge with family and mouth, which is a difficult thing for the person who takes refuge and the shelter home, and there is more bitterness in the helplessness, and there is forced to accept it helplessly. The difficulties and confusions of the initial scenes, as well as the unspeakable embarrassment, are now difficult to explore. Probably after a short period of joy, it is an unbearable reality of survival, and the result is that the ancestor of the He family opened a small restaurant, which may be able to explore the development trajectory after joining relatives. It is certain that the relatives of the He family are not official or noble, otherwise the ancestors of the He family will not start a new business, let alone open a small restaurant to make a living, and the professions of cars, boats, shops, and teeth are extremely humble and extremely hard in the past, with a very low social status and a bad reputation, and no one will be willing to engage in such a profession unless it is absolutely necessary.

And you can get a glimpse from the location of the bun shop, which is located on the side of the road in a complicated residential area outside the west gate, and now the west gate is the central area after the city wall, but many years ago it was a deserted area that was excluded from the city, and it was an area where the last people who could not enter the mainstream society lived. In fact, the people served by the bun shop are the people who are strapped for income. If you don't have the financial ability to eat meat, eating a few meat buns is also an important way to satisfy your cravings. This is also the main way to improve the diet of many poor families in the past, or dumplings, or buns, made by themselves, or bought and eaten, can make the bland coarse tea and light rice more surprise and fun.

The origin of the name of the lotus leaf bun shop, some say that it is the name of the proprietor, some say that it is because of the use of dry lotus leaves instead of cage cloth, no matter what the reason, the lotus leaf buns exist because of the unique fragrance, and not only have the fragrance of lotus leaves, but more importantly, the genuine buns have won the reputation, the real pork and green onions, the juicy and fragrant filling, and the thin skin and big stuffing buns gave the He family ancestors a stable lifeIt has become a two-storey bucket arch ridge in the front store, a towering shop with blue bricks and red tiles carved beams and painted buildings, and has become a solid family living and working in peace and contentment. Buns have achieved the food and clothing of a foreigner's family and the peace and contentment of a family.

Passed down from generation to generation, the old He family relied on these buns from generation to generation to survive, experienced the fall of the late Qing Dynasty, the warlords of the Republic of China, and even the bullying of foreign insults, the bun shop has experienced upheaval and world changes, and the buns are still the original without any changes. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the public-private partnership, the owners and employees of the lotus leaf steamed bun shop have become employees of local state-owned enterprises, doing the same work and doing the same real business. The old people go, and the new ones keep coming. When the tide of restructuring came, employees became shareholders overnight, and the people of Lao He's family became bosses and shopkeepers again, and there seemed to be no difference, and there was no difference.

It's just that the lotus leaf bun shop has changed its appearance, the original front store two-story antique façade is still the same, has become a more valuable golden signboard, the backyard bungalow has been turned into a brick and concrete structure building, the area that can be used in the courtyard has been fully utilized, the bun shop has become a big restaurant, the bun shop in the front store is just the traditional door face, and the essence of the backyard is the bun shop. The building in the backyard is up and down by stairs, and the entrance and exit are also completed by the back door.

Although it is just a simple meal of steamed buns, security is not simple at all. Under Qi Tianxiang's vision, Fang Jianshe walked to the side with a clear understanding and made meticulous arrangements, not only not to clear the field and close the road, but also to make the process of eating natural and smooth, and not to alarm anyone, just like usual, to ensure absolute safety. Behind these seemingly ordinary phenomena is the nervous busyness and exhaustion of the security personnel. The usual practice is to avoid contact with anyone, let alone communicate with anyone, and the simple way is to book all private rooms in advance, or to charter the entire floor. It is the noon rush hour, and this practice is obviously not good, so it can only be more people who pretend to be dining guests and are on duty at key positions, which seems to be idle and ordinary, but in fact shoulders a great responsibility.

Housing construction is such a helpless emergency means, internal security personnel and public security officers, quietly enter the lotus leaf bun shop in advance, set up a guard post around the front store and the backyard, book the private room upstairs in the backyard, and a special person is on duty near the corridor or private room. When Qi Tianxiang arrived with Lin Dongsheng and Chen Nengliang, everything seemed very normal and calm, but there were many people inside who were sweating and were also vigilant.

"I really want to look at the front door! Which majestic high lintel, carved brick carvings, and antique couplets, set off with the black background gilt plaque of 'lotus leaf bun shop', looks extraordinary! After Lin Dongsheng sat down, he smiled faintly at Chen Nengliang and said: "You may not feel these things obviously, for me, the buns here are not only a beautiful precipitation in my memory, but also a concrete manifestation of deliciousness and enjoyment." ”

Lin Dongsheng spoke, and continued unsatisfied: "At that time, I was single in the factory, and I was tired of eating the big pot dishes in the canteen of the unit, which lacked oil and taste, and I was able to eat a basket of steamed buns from his house beautifully, which felt like a fairy. The steaming steamed buns are on the table, looking at the tempting oily and shiny filling, a steamed bun tremblingly clamped up and put it in the mouth, the hot soup and greasy meat aroma, from the mouth to the throat, and then to the stomach, I feel that the whole body is wrapped in fragrant, not to mention eating, it is simply a kind of indescribable beauty enjoyment. So it is a rare enjoyment, because although the delicious is good, it is not always able to eat, although each cage is only three cents, but for us who are only a few dozen yuan a month of wages of the little young workers, that is, the salary dare to come extravagantly to fight the tooth sacrifice, usually I dare not think of it, and it is when I am single, I dare to enjoy it so recklessly. After getting married, I basically quit this mouthful, the salary is not high, the two families still have elderly people to support, relatives and friends in the countryside need to help, this kind of gluttonous enjoyment can only be imagined beautiful! ”

"Secretary Lin's feelings have reached my heart, how can I not be like this!" Lin Dongsheng's memories and excitement deeply infected Chen Nengliang, and he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "You can enjoy the luxury of paying your salary, but I don't dare, the bursary of more than 20 yuan a month, except for buying books and eating, there is not much left." The food in the cafeteria is tasteless, and I am also a delicacy, and I can give out the small amount of bursary Hanamichi on time next time, so as not to add additional burden to my family, which is my greatest wish, in order to save money, I have not eaten breakfast in four years of college, and I often have to borrow the meal tickets of my classmates to support. ”

"Speaking of which, I would like to sincerely thank the education system at that time, if there was no free university education, no 21 yuan a month stipend, I, a peasant child in the Daba Mountain area, would not be able to go to university." Chen Nengliang gradually became a little excited, sighed deeply and said: "At that time, the biggest confusion was to go home during the winter and summer vacations, thinking of the poor life of lack of oil and salt for more than a month, I couldn't help but shudder, so I always found a hot pot restaurant to have a good time when I returned to the small county town of my hometown, looking at the pot full of boiling red oil, eating the long-lost spicy and fresh fragrance, it seems that I can't eat enough, as if I want to eat the deficit in the next month or so in advance." That scene, that taste, now I think about it as if it were yesterday, and I can't forget it. ”

Chen Nengliang said, looked at Qi Tianxiang enviously, and said slowly: "We, the children of peasant families, are not as noble as you city children, and we are more noble than us in our bones." ”

"You can't say that as if we were born with such a big difference." Qi Tianxiang looked at Chen Nengliang seriously, very disapprovingly what he said just now, especially the statement that he went home after eating and drinking was selfish, so he exchanged glances with Lin Dongsheng, and said sincerely: "If there is any difference between us and Secretary Lin and you, as well as the old house, it may be that I have not experienced the great hunger that lasted for several years, but the difficulties of life are the same, the only difference may be that the state guarantees the supply of food, so that the city can always buy food regularly and in quantity, this is the so-called difference between urban and rural areas." , but it's the same if you don't have enough to eat, and the efforts of parents racking their brains are still how to make us who are growing up full of food. So in my memory, the Spring Festival is the most anticipated and happy day, not only with new clothes to wear, but also good things to eat, which can be eaten with an open belly. ”

Qi Tianxiang looked at Chen Nengliang and Fang Jianshe in the private room with a smile, and said to Lin Dongsheng seriously: "When I was a child, there was always a confusion that I couldn't solve, it seemed that adults were always so busy, especially my father, the deputy director of a workshop, seemed to be in the workshop every day, either overtime or voluntary labor. In my memory, every morning when I open my eyes, my father has already gone to work, and when I go to bed at night, my father has not come back, which is a lot of pressure on me, a young child, it seems that I need to be busy when I grow up, and for a long time, I refuse to grow up in my heart, and it is not an exaggeration to say that I am afraid. It was much later that I came to understand that this was the enlightenment, the spiritual and spiritual motivation that sustained my father in doing these things consciously. ”

"It's like this all the time, and after joining the work, everyone seems to have nothing to think about except for the factory and work. Deep in my heart, I have an almost simple heart of gratitude, and I always think that the company has given me such a job opportunity, and if I don't work hard and devote myself wholeheartedly, I will be a little sorry for the remuneration I got compared to the company. In the past, when the children were young, I used to tell them about this simple feeling, the gratitude and gratitude in my heart, and the acquisition of these things was not due or necessary. The children did not understand at the beginning, listened perfunctorily, and began to refute it when they were older, thinking that this is what the society should provide, not only should not be grateful, but should be accepted calmly, and the society cannot provide it well, and should resist or protest. Lin Dongsheng thought about it and said, his tone became solemn, and he said slowly: "Tianxiang is a person with a heart, he saw these and understood the reason, so he knew it." ”

"In fact, this is the problem of perspective, that is, the problem of cultural thinking, just like Governor Chen just said that he was grateful for the education system of the year, which gave him higher education, and the past we see at this age is the beauty of the shortcomings, and the preciousness of the beauty, while the young people of today see the shortcomings in existence and the shortcomings in development." Qi Tianxiang saw the waiter coming in with buns, hurriedly stood up and took the cage drawer, put it on the table, and invited Lin Dongsheng and Chen Nengliang to taste it, and then said just now: "Chinese traditional culture is emotional, paying attention to learning and knowing, self-cultivation, or simply put, being a person first and then doing things. Western culture, on the other hand, is rational, a social form constrained by rules and the spirit of contract, whether it is a monarchy or a democracy, what is emphasized is the rights and obligations of both parties, and everything seems so free and natural. Just like what Secretary Lin said just now, the debate with the children was originally a collision of two cultural systems, and there was no correct standard answer. In the past, we talked about tradition, dedication and sacrifice, and then acquisition, but now we talk about freedom, treatment and conditions, and then we pay. Integrity, morality, and faith, which are precious to traditional humanities, all need to be priced. Gaia in ancient Greek mythology, infinite power, incomparably powerful, but the boulder can not be rolled up the mountain, and the tragedy of a tragic hero is sighed, but in traditional Chinese culture, there will be no such tragedy of personal struggle, behind Yue Fei's achievements is the courage of 100,000 Yue family army, the glory of Genghis Khan is accompanied by the iron hooves of Mongolian men, and even Jin Yong's martial arts is also a synthesis of East Evil, West Poison, Southern Emperor, and Northern Beggar, each with its own merits before it is integrated into the rivers and lakes. ”

"When the Eastern and Western cultures collide due to the way of economy, it is not only us who are confused, but also Westerners are surprised and incredible. In the West, the integrity, order, and rules of life can be ignored and ignored in this ancient eastern country, and it can still be smooth, and the old people and those who openly trample on the rules can actually live a good life and gain more wealth and resources. Qi Tianxiang couldn't help but be excited, and asked himself deeply: "And in our place, we often hear the confusion of the bosses, the treatment and conditions for the employees are good, it can be said that it is far beyond what they should get, but the employees are still not satisfied, the work can not be done is still to get off work, so that employees can make some contributions than it is more difficult to climb to the sky." For these doubts, I don't explain too much to him, I asked him to organize employees to learn the 'old three', not once or twice, not for half a year, for a long time, and then read again. ”

Qi Tianxiang said, suddenly realizing that his anger and language were not suitable for such an occasion, so he looked at Lin Dongsheng with a smile and said: "Am I not a little bit of a class to get an axe, and play a big knife in front of the public gate, in front of the two Fang families, what is the comparison of Eastern and Western cultures, it is really a little self-conscious." ”

"I don't know if the class has an axe or not, I know that if you keep talking and not practicing, you won't be able to eat steamed buns." Lin Dongsheng pretended to be dissatisfied and glared at Qi Tianxiang, pointed to the buns on the table, and said sharply: "There is such a good thing in front of you, why don't you hurry up and eat it, the time to point out the country is a little, and there is not much time to eat." ”

Lin Dongsheng spoke, turned to Chen Nengliang, and said with emotion: "Although the buns are smaller than before, the taste is still the same, but they don't have the joy and expectation of the past, and now this kind of food that is too greasy can't be restrained." This illustrates a seemingly complicated, but simple truth, what you can't get is beautiful, and what you send to your eyes will not be cherished. ”

"Just like Tianxiang said just now, young people nowadays don't know how to cherish, not because they have a very clear and clear world view and methodology, but because they get everything they should or shouldn't get. In their minds, all this is as it should be, and like air and water, it must be provided by society, it is a natural existence, and there is no best, only better. I never thought about how this came about, what I did for this, and what I should have done. Lin Dongsheng seemed to be interested, couldn't help but open the chatterbox, looked around at a few people in the private room, and said slowly: "Tianxiang just said a very meaningful sentence, organizing employees to learn the 'old three', which seems to be ridiculous, but it is actually very meaningful. Our reform has been defined as the construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and it is still the primary stage of socialism, and such a definition has completely negated the achievements of economic construction in the past few decades since the founding of the People's Republic of China. That is to make it clear that all our political and economic measures are part of socialist construction, and we must also adhere to the socialist road, which is a firm direction, that is, we must also build socialist spiritual civilization, and we must also build socialist morality, civilization, value system and belief system, and economic development and progress must still serve political goals, and we must still have the goals pursued and struggled by this country and nation. Any loss or distortion is either a correction of direction or an ulterior motive. ”

Lin Dongsheng seemed to feel that his words were too harsh and too serious, so he smiled slightly and said to Qi Tianxiang: "Today's launching ceremony is very meaningful, let many young students and civil servants participate, and it is even more necessary to participate in voluntary labor after the meeting, which is like rereading the old three articles, that is, to use all means and methods to guide the younger generation to perceive the society, contribute to the society, and ultimately serve the society." To build a beautiful social form, there must be a generation of pure people of insight with high ideals and beliefs to participate, and there must be a generation of people who dedicate and sacrifice to it. The sooner this kind of work is done, the better, otherwise we will be sorry for the past, and even more sorry for the future. ”

Lin Dongsheng's words made the atmosphere in the private room serious, and it really entered a quiet state, and with the continuous buns, several people ate attentively.

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