Chapter Ninety-Six: Steamed Fish Head in Soy Sauce
As the dividing line between Central and Sheung Wan, Wing Ji Street has always been famous for its many shops, restaurants and buildings.
In Hong Kong, where Chinese and Western cultures collide and blend, the Zhang family is an alternative to the Chinese family, adhering to the feudal tradition of Chinese social family 'living together and sharing wealth', and abiding by the quintessential ancient style of the country.
At this time, Su Jingxian, who came out of the office building, sat opposite Zhang Yuliang, the fourth elder of the Zhang family, on the second floor of a tea restaurant on Yongji Street.
"Liang Shao, the first time we met, I am glad to meet." Su Jingxian looked at Zhang Yuliang, who was a few years older than him, and nodded with a smile.
Twenty-five-year-old Zhang Yu was angry, looked at Su Jingxian slightly, and then laughed: "Brother Hui has added a new member to the fitness club, I thought it was the son of a commercial house, it turned out to be Boss Su, fortunately." ”
Su Jingxian waved his hand and said in a humble tone: "In front of Liang Shao, the word boss is really unaffordable, everyone is from Guangfu, and Liang Shao can call me Ah Xian." ”
It's not that Su Jingxian deliberately tricked it, but compared to the Zhang family, Su Jingxian's current net worth is nothing at all, so even in the face of Zhang Yuliang, the youngest of the four sons of the Zhang family, he didn't dare to hold it up.
From Shi Jianhui's mouth, it was learned that the Zhang family began to run a business in the hands of Zhu Shan, his hometown in the thirties, and Zhang Zhushan started as a weaver and founded Zhang Kum Kee Grocery Store in Guangfu, specializing in all kinds of woven products and mountain goods, and fed a large family.
But the real development of the Zhang family has to start from the generation of the four sons of the Zhang family.
In the mid-to-late thirties, his hometown advocated that Zhu Shan died of illness, and when Guangfu fell, the Zhang family had to abandon the land and property and arrive in Hong Kong with 3,000 yuan of the current ocean.
After arriving in Hong Kong, under the development of his mother Guo Geng and Zhang's son Zhang Yujie, the Cheung family re-established Cheung Kum Kee Grocery Store on Staunton Street in Central, Hong Kong, and the business was more prosperous than that of Cheung Kum Kee in Canton.
During the Japanese occupation, Zhang Yujie, the son of the Zhang family, successively established Zhang Kum Kee branches in Macao and Guangzhou, the second Zhang Yuqi returned to the inland to study, the third Zhang Yulin ran the Macau Zhang Kum Kee, and the mother Guo Geng fled to Zhanjiang with the fourth Zhang Yuliang for refuge.
In recent years, the economic situation has been very good, and the Zhang family has opened a number of stores in Hong Kong, such as Cheung Kum Kee Shan Goods Store, Zhu Hing Foreign Company, and Taihe Hong Bank. Especially since last year, after the start of the Korean War, the Zhang family began to get involved in the western medicine business, cooperated with the British Gallion Pharmaceutical Company, and founded the European Coast Company in Chiu Lung Street, Hong Kong.
So far, the Zhang family's business has gradually changed from the initial retail business to the import and export trade, and the snowball is getting bigger and bigger.
The youngest proprietor of the Zhang family in front of him, after graduating from King's College, has gradually begun to take over the family business in the past two years, and now he is in charge of the Lilai West Pharmacy on Yongji Street.
"Okay, then I'll call you Ah Xian." Zhang Yuliang didn't care about the salutation question, and said with a smile, "Everyone is a friend of Brother Hui, so you don't have to be too angry." But I'll call you Ah Xian, and you can't mention the word Liangshao again. ”
Facing Zhang Yuliang, who was six years older than him, Su Jingxian smiled and nodded: "Brother Liang." ”
Zhang Yuliang grinned, turned his face and raised his voice a few degrees: "Yutouxin, I brought a friend to eat with you, but you haven't even served a bowl of soup until now, do you want me to add you land rent?" ”
Not long after this sentence came out, Yu Touxin, the owner of the tea restaurant, quickly personally carried the tray, approached the table where the two were sitting, and put the dishes in the tray on the table with a smile on his face.
"Liangshao, the guy who delivered the fish was sick and late today, and I was afraid that the fish head was not flavorful enough, so I steamed it for a while." Putting away the tray, Yutouxin apologized to Su Jingxian and Zhang Yuliang, "I'm really sorry to keep Liangshao and this gentleman waiting for a long time." ”
Seeing a few dishes on the table, Zhang Yuliang sniffled and showed satisfaction: "Forget it, today is to entertain friends, otherwise I won't urge you." The guy who delivered the fish, I remember his name was Servy? I will ask him to go to my pharmacy to pick up the medicine, and I will not charge him money. ”
Hearing this, Yutouxin complimented him repeatedly: "I'll just say that you are the most kind-hearted, even a young man like Xiwei remembers, I thanked Liangshao for him first." ”
Zhang Yuliang smiled, waved at Yutouxin, and motioned for him to step back.
"Try it, the owner's specialty of this tea restaurant, steamed fish head with soy sauce." Zhang Yuliang smiled at Su Jingxian, "The boss who served the food first is called Yutouxin, and you can know how good his fish head is when you listen to his name!" ”
Su Jingxian stayed in the office building all morning, and a bowl of boat porridge in the morning had already been digested, and now he smelled the fragrant vegetables, and his stomach was ready to move, so he picked up his chopsticks and tasted it with a slight nod.
Xu is a little hungry, and Xu is Yu Tou Xin's craftsmanship is really good, Su Jingxian really thinks that this steamed fish head with soy sauce is very delicious. Steamed soy sauce and garlic cooking, the original light fish head into the flavor of three points, the fish gills stuffed with broken tofu pieces are obviously specially made, there is no trace of beany smell, it tastes similar to the fish, making up for the lack of meat in the fish head, although it is just a home-cooked dish, but the materials are quite particular, and it is obvious that it is cooked with heart.
Zhang Yuliang saw Su Jingxian's chopsticks rise and fall, and the smile on his face was even stronger, after all, it was a happy thing for his favorite food to be recognized.
"If you think it's delicious, next time I come and I'll ask Yutouxin to make a few more in advance." Zhang Yuliang also picked up the chopsticks, took a piece of fish meat and put it in his mouth, "But this dish is troublesome to make, and it takes at least ten hours to process tofu, pound garlic, and steam and cook, otherwise it will be tasteless." I also had a whim yesterday and asked Yutouxin to prepare from the early hours of the morning, making two servings and saving them for the day. Just when you come, everyone will share the good things together. ”
Only then did Su Jingxian understand why it had only been ten minutes since he sat down, and this extremely time-consuming steamed fish head was served along with other dishes.
The two of them chatted while eating, and after the dishes in front of them were settled, they put down the chopsticks in their hands one after another.
Seeing this, Yu Touxin, the shopkeeper of the tea restaurant who had been staring at the two of them, brought up the gargle tea in a timely manner, and then served a pot of Pu'er again after the two of them rinsed their mouths, and served them meticulously.
But to be honest, Su Jingxian was not full of this meal.
At his age, the amount of food is rising, and he is really a little hungry, although the dishes served by Yu Touxin are exquisite, but there is no staple food, and he can't satisfy his stomach. This made Su Jingxian, who was accustomed to eating civilian food in the wooden house area, when he was carrying chopsticks, he wanted to ask the other party for a while, is there any rice?
"Brother Hui called me before you came, and he said that you should find a businessman who does western medicine business." Zhang Yuliang picked his teeth with a toothpick, looked at Su Jingxian and said loudly, "But I haven't figured it out since I sat here, what are you looking for such a person to be." ”
Zhang Yuliang got to the point, and Su Jingxian stopped grinding, raised his head and said straightforwardly: "I want to buy a batch of medicines from Brother Liang, thirty boxes of penicillin, and forty boxes of PAS lung tablets." ”
"I'll pick!" Rao is Zhang Yuliang, the owner of Lilaixi Pharmacy, heard the names of these two types of drugs, and still couldn't help but burst out foul language, "Special first-class contraband, you don't want to die?" ”