Chapter 17 Fish and Water Situation
It's been a while since the new store opened, but the enthusiasm of the masses to come to eat has not diminished, and there is still a long queue at the door when the meal is served.
It was another sunny day, and although the sun was poisonous and the ultraviolet rays were strong, it didn't stop the foodies from chasing food. In this procession, there were two elderly couples, both with snow-white hair. In one of the pairs, the old man wore a snow-white shirt with a pair of suspenders, and a pair of shiny leather shoes with shoe polish on his feet, and his wife wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, a pearl necklace of the same style around her neck and ears, a dress with small flowers, and a pair of small embroidered cloth shoes on her feet; The other pair of grandfathers and grandmothers wore very simple tunics, all of which were old tunics. But what they are the same is that the old man is holding the grandmother's hand, and the hand is very tight for fear of losing it, and the old grandmother is holding a handkerchief to wipe the sweat on her head for her wife. Seeing this scene, the young people in front of them took the initiative to propose to the two couples to change the number plate, but they were rejected by the four old men, and they said to the young people: "Thank you, young man and girl, although we are old, but we still persist for a while, we can't always rely on ourselves to be old people and enjoy what others have worked hard for, so we can't get over our conscience." A few young people saw that the old man was so persistent, and they didn't insist any longer.
The turnover rate of the restaurant was quite fast, and the four old men quickly sat down, and it was Liu Na, an employee of the original Champs, who served them
"Grandparents, what do you want to eat?" The plainly dressed old man didn't say a word, the gorgeously dressed grandmother touched her wife, and the old man remembered and said to the other grandfather: "Xiao Zhang, order food, why are you stunned, hurry up and order what you and your daughter-in-law love to eat." As he spoke, he pushed the menu in front of Grandpa Zhang, who didn't answer but stood up with a pouting and said, "The chief ordered." ”。“ You sit down for me, I've been retired for many years, and now we are both ordinary people. Grandpa Chief said. After listening to what he said, Grandpa Zhang sat down, but still straightened his back and replied, "But you are still the chief in my heart." "I survived because of you, but you were seriously injured, and I had already given you a position in the city agency, but you, alas." "At that time, someone was in danger, even if it wasn't me, someone would save you, although I was injured, but I got back a life, this is the biggest reward for me, I can't let the country feed me an idler, you see, I'm not alive very well." "Okay, okay, the men in northern Shaanxi are all hard-boned, listen to my eldest brother, you order." "Yes, Chief. Girl, do we have any Northwest cuisine in the store? Grandpa Zhang said to Liu Na. Uncle, there are very few northwest dishes in our store, but there are a lot of beef and mutton dishes. Liu Na replied. I'm from the Northwest, this once served as a soldier in the Northwest, we want to miss the old taste together, the taste of the young, girl, please get us two, the simplest is also done, I love this mouthful. Grandpa Zhang said. Yes, I haven't eaten Northwest cuisine for a long time, I really miss it, little girl, today we are an old brother gathering, please take care of it. Grandpa Chief said. Okay, grandparents, you wait a minute, I'll go to the back kitchen and ask you. After saying that, Liu Na walked to the kitchen. explained the situation to Miracle, Miracle was also stumped, paused and just wanted Liu Na to go to the front to tell the truth, but was stopped by Yan Fei, who had just come in, "You two are busy with yours, I'll take a look." ”
Yan Fei came to the old man's table, and then said: "Grandparents, I'm a gluttonous cat and I like to eat food, but his house is too hot, and I'm alone, so even if I get in line, I basically don't have a place, you see if I can share a table with you." "Cheng, as long as you don't dislike our old guys." Grandpa Chief said. "Then thank you grandparents." After speaking, Yan Fei pulled a chair and sat down. "Grandparents, you also heard that their food is delicious." Yan Fei asked. "No, we happened to be passing by here and saw a large group of people lined up, and when we asked, we found out that there was a restaurant here, and the taste was very authentic, so we just happened to have a meal, so we stayed." Grandpa Chief said. "Grandpa, you are so fashionable, dinner is a very popular word now." Yan Fei laughed. "Yes, haha, I'm also going back to fashion, but it's actually like this, my old brother came from the countryside to see me, and of course I, the master, have to treat my brother to a good meal." Grandpa Chief said. "You are relatives, otherwise this old man would not have walked so far to see you, but I think this grandfather should be very old." Yan Fei asked. "He's still young, only 70." Grandpa Chief said. "70 years old is still young, listen to what you mean, you must be older than him." Yan Fei said. "I'm fifty-five out of seventy this year." Grandpa Chief said. "Oh, what a good relationship between your brothers." Yan Fei said enviously. "That's a must, we're a lifelong friendship." Grandpa Chief said. "Oh! Then there must be a story in this, old man, if you don't mind, can you tell me the story? Yan Fei said.
"Yes, as long as you're not bored. I was a soldier in the northwest, he was a local, and we usually got along very happily, and the villagers often brought us food, and we also helped the villagers with farm work. Our affair happened in a winter, the winter of that year was very cold, and wearing a big cotton jacket and big cotton pants couldn't stop the whistling northwest wind. At that time, there was no way to compare with now, and now you can eat fresh vegetables in the cold winter, and you can eat meat when you want to eat meat, but it would be good to eat a meal of meat during the New Year in that era, and as for the green vegetables in the winter, I dare not expect it. It's almost the New Year, I will improve the food for my soldiers, get some game for them to taste, so I took my guards to the river, but the weather is too cold, the river is frozen, but fortunately my hometown is in the northeast, when I was young, I always watched adults dig the river for winter fishing, I also learned, shouting the guards I used tools to dig a hole, the fish jumped up by itself, tossed until the night, we got a lot of fish, this is ready to go back, Before I left the ice, I saw a few green and blue lights on the ridge not far away, and at the same time heard the faint howl of wolves, we met the wolves, this is broken, we only brought fishing equipment but no weapons, don't throw this there, I and the guards don't dare to run, as long as we run, the wolves will definitely surround us, now they are observing, there are more and more wolves, I was really a little scared at that time, but I am a soldier of the People's Liberation Army, the invaders are not afraid of these hungry wolves, But my guard was still a child, and he was so frightened that he screamed for help, and at this critical moment, my eldest brother appeared, and he ran towards us with a whip and a torch in his other hand, and he waved the whip to drive away the wolves, and soon he came to us, and the wolf king of the wolves saw that there were only three of us, and he roared at his people, and suddenly several hungry wolves pounced, and the three of us repelled them with whips and torches, and then they prepared to charge a second time, So you have been going back and forth a few times we are exhausted, the wolves also seem a little restless, as if to launch the last attack, suddenly I feel the smell of the back, a hungry wolf sneaked behind my back and then suddenly launched an attack, before I could react, your grandfather pushed me aside and fought with the hungry wolf, maybe the noise just now was too loud, the villagers in the village held torches and shovels and pickaxes and shouted to rescue us, The wolf king saw so many people and disappeared into the night with a roar, and then I saw that my old brother had fainted on the ground, and his face was scratched by the wolf with many wounds, and the most serious thing was that one of his thighs was bitten through by the wolf, but the wolf was also killed by him. Brother Zhang was discharged from the hospital without saying any hello when he recovered from his illness, and he did not make any requests to the party and the government. I was later transferred back here as a small cadre, but this incident I have always remembered vividly, I had entrusted a relationship to arrange a government job for him, but he said that he didn't want to be an idler, didn't want the government to feed him in vain, I didn't force it after I knew, I would send him a sum of money every holiday, but this old stubborn man remitted it back to me, so many years and again like this, this finally retreated, just told him that I wanted to go back to the northwest to see him, but he took his wife to take the train overnight to see me, I also brought a basket of souvenirs, so I didn't take him out to the next restaurant, even if I reciprocated him. After the chief's grandfather finished speaking, he wiped away the tears that flowed. Grandpa Zhang's old face flushed and said, "Brother, what year is it, I still mention it, as long as we old buddies can see each other in this life." After hearing this story, Yan Fei was extremely excited, and then said: "Grandparents, I'm sorry, I'll go to the bathroom." In fact, he made an excuse, in fact, he asked these four old men to cook a table of authentic Northwest cuisine.
After a while, the waiter served stuffed skins, steamed pork, hand-handled meat, hand-pilaf, mutton steamed buns... Even the chief grandfather, who had seen the world, couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly asked, "Girl, we didn't order these." ”。 Grandpa Zhang said even more panickedly: "Girl, you are mistaken, why did you get so much, how much does it cost." ”。 Liu Na smiled at the four old men and said: "Grandpa and grandma, this table of dishes is cooked by our manager himself, and today you are free of charge, just leave directly after eating, and he also asked me to tell you, thank you for teaching him a lesson, let him know that this world is still true, please enjoy it slowly." After hearing this, the chief's grandfather understood, and told Liu Na: "Thank you for me, manager, by the way, there are not many young people like him in today's society, brother, eat, don't live up to the kindness of the young man just now." ”。 Grandpa Zhang said: "Yes, let's eat, the owner of this shop is a good boy, and his business will get better and better." ”。 At this time, Yan Fei stood at the front desk and looked at the old man at the table, and at the same time, his ears heard the voices of Grandpa Chief and Grandpa Zhang's appreciation for the authentic taste of the food. Yan Fei smiled, smiling very happily.