Because Luo Qingxue's father was very busy, although Luo Qingxue's grandfather called him, Mayor Luo still found time to visit his father half a month later.

Grandpa Luo Qingxue lived in the army's sanatorium, from Shenzhen to the south, along the coast of an inconspicuous highway, after 40 minutes of walking, the sanatorium is close to the mountains and the sea, the scenery is pleasant, before entering the sanatorium, a "military restricted area" signboard stands on the side of the road, and the security personnel carefully check every vehicle and personnel entering and leaving the sanatorium.

Although Luo Qingxue often came, the guards still blocked Luo Qingxue and his party, and the guards checked Luo Qingxue's temporary pass, but Zhang Daqing had no documents, and the guards responsibly called the general to confirm that it was correct before issuing the trip.

General Luo's yard is located at the foot of the sunny mountain, built by the mountain, the back of the house is covered with tall kapok, this is General Luo's favorite tree, there is no one, because the kapok begins to bloom when it has not yet grown leaves, and the big red kapok will decorate the whole tree like a fire, so the kapok tree is also called the hero tree. During the blooming season, the entire hillside is like a fire.

General Luo likes the kapok tree very much, looking at the fiery and bloody flowers, he seems to be in the war years of the year, this flower, just like the fire! Like that blood! The old general is stirred all the time.

Standing in the middle of the garden, you can see the sea in the distance, the beach, and the coconut trees on the shore, but it is a peaceful scenery.

When Luo Qingxue and Zhang Daqing arrived, Luo Qingxue's father had not yet arrived, and the orderlies took them to the garden and asked them to wait, and the old general was doing tai chi in the garden. Every morning and evening, the old general will play Tai Chi in the garden to exercise, this habit the old general has adhered to for half a century, except in the era of self-defense and counterattack, because of the war only interrupted for some time, the middle has never fallen.

Luo Qingxue and Zhang Daqing both knew the habits of the old general, so they waited quietly beside them. Until the old general "hugged the circle and returned to one", he closed the frame. Zhang Daqing hurriedly took the towel from the orderly, walked over and handed it to the old general. "Old chief, your body is getting stronger and stronger."

The old general took the towel and wiped his sweat while pretending to be angry: "Xiao Zhang, you finally came to see me, a bad old man." Xiaoxue come here, don't be with this ungrateful person, you won't come to see me for so long, and your father, I haven't seen anyone for half a year. ”

Luo Qingxue hurriedly went over to support her grandfather, excused Zhang Daqing and said, "Grandpa, didn't people come to see you today, and brought you your favorite lotus mist." Uncle Zhang has long said that he is coming to see you, but he has not been able to spare time. It's the same with my dad, he often says he wants to see you, but it's too much. ”

"Old chief, you see that I didn't come to visit you." Zhang Daqing changed the serious expression of the company's president, and said with a smile: "It's my little Zhang who doesn't have a long memory, and he doesn't come to visit you often!" This should be hit, come, old chief, knock here. ”

Zhang Daqing stretched his head in front of the old general's eyes, patted his head with his hand, and the old general snapped his fingers on Zhang Daqing's head with his fingers, and laughed heartily: "Ha, ha, it's still a little Zhang." Xiaoxue, do you want to come for a while, haha, I forgot that he is your leader. ”

"It's all off work, and there is no leader, I call him uncle, do you say yes, leader." Luo Qingxue said jokingly. The three of them laughed again, and the old general hadn't been so happy for a long time.

Before Luo Qingxue's father arrived, Luo Qingxue and Zhang Daqing accompanied the old general to sit in the garden for a while, and the orderly cleaned the lotus mist brought by Zhang Daqing and put it on the table. Although the old general retired, the rank was there, so they were all equipped with orderlies, cooks, and health doctors.

General Luo picked up the washed lotus mist, took a sip, and kept saying, "Yes, this is not a domestic variety, right?" ”

"Grandpa is really interested, as soon as I taste it, I know that Uncle Zhang specially asked people to bring it from abroad, it is 。。。。。。。" Luo Qingxue said.

"Don't say it, let me guess." The old general interrupted Luo Qingxue's words and tasted it carefully. "It's an Indonesian breed, isn't it?"

"Yes, the old chief is really at stake, one guess is accurate." Zhang Daqing saw the old chief's happy appearance, and immediately praised the old general: "This is Indonesia's perfume lotus mist, it is big and crisp, and juicy, and it tastes very good, Xiaoxue, you can also eat one." ”

Zhang Daqing took a perfume lotus mist and handed it to Luo Qingxue, Luo Qingxue tasted it, it was indeed sweet and fragrant, the taste was very good, and there was a clear difference from other varieties of lotus mist, from this point it can be seen that Zhang Daqing's feelings for the old general were very deep.

Because Luo Qingxue's father hadn't come yet, the three of them sat in the garden chatting and waiting, the old general and Zhang Daqing used to be soldiers, and the army was their common topic, and the past eventful years made the two of them have endless topics to talk about. Luo Qingxue naturally couldn't interject, so she had to admire the flowers and trees in the garden on the side.

The old general knew that his son, as the parent official of the deep city, was very busy with work, although he had not come to visit him for so long, the old general did not blame him in his heart, but he still asked with a serious expression on his face: "Mayor Luo, did you come here after eating?" ”

In front of the old general, Mayor Luo completely lost the majesty of being a mayor at the moment, and hurriedly explained: "Dad, I just finished a meeting, so I'm late." ”

At this time, Zhang Daqing was also busy speaking for Mayor Luo: "Old chief, Mayor Luo is really busy, and he has to worry about so many things in all aspects of the city." I've been to him many times, and he's either out of the office or in a meeting. Luo City has been really tight for a long time. ”

"yes, grandpa." Luo Qingxue took the old general's arm to relieve her father: "Grandpa, you see how fast the Shenzhen market is developing now, I have never seen it in the United States." You can go out and take a look now, and you are sure that it will be completely different from the Shenzhen market you used to know. ”

"You're saying grandpa can't keep up with the times." The old general loves his granddaughter the most.

"No, grandpa, you are standing at the forefront of the times, you see, the other side of the sea is the Xiangjiang River. Do you say that you are at the forefront of reform and opening up? We're all standing behind you. Luo Qingxue shook the old general's arm and said jokingly.

Luo Qingxue's words caused the old general to laugh: "Okay, okay, then I'll take another step forward, isn't it unprecedented." ”

The old general was not angry with Mayor Luo, but now when he saw Luo Qingxue's coquettish appearance, he laughed and said: "Go, go, let's eat, I don't care if you two big men are hungry, but I can't starve my good granddaughter." ”

The old general's chef has been with the old general for many years, and the chef's dishes are a collection of common characteristics of Hunan cuisine and Sichuan cuisine, the old general is a native of Sichuan Province, but since he left Sichuan Province as a soldier, he has been living in Hunan, Jiangxi, and Fujian, from an ordinary soldier to a general, and finally settled down in Shenshi.

Although the old general still likes Sichuan cuisine, he likes Sichuan cuisine for a long time without the taste of authentic Sichuan cuisine, without the hemp of Sichuan cuisine, only retaining the spicy. A table of Sichuan cuisine has been made into the taste of Hunan cuisine, just like this mapo tofu, the chef uses tender tofu, tender yellow beef, and bean paste as the main ingredients, plus soy sauce, ginger and garlic, and chili pepper accessories to cook. It does not have the Sichuan pepper in Sichuan cuisine, and it has no hemp taste. However, it retains the style of Sichuan cuisine, but it is the taste of Hunan cuisine.

This mapo tofu is Luo Qingxue's favorite, and she has loved eating it since she was a child. Even studying in the United States, he often goes to Chinatown to eat this mapo tofu. Maybe the mapo tofu in Chinatown is too authentic, Luo Qingxue is always not used to that kind of numb taste, but she can't help but want to eat it. So I didn't eat happily until I returned to China and ate the old chef's authentic Sichuan-style Hunan style mapo tofu to satisfy my cravings.