Chapter Seventy-Eight: Caviar
You're in control! Bai Baoxiang walked up the stairs briskly.xstxt.org
Walking up to the door of 203, he pulled out the key, inserted it into the lock hole, and twisted it twice. The door was locked, and Bai Baoxiang couldn't move.
Belch! What kind of trick is this girl playing. Bai Baoxiang was a little anxious, "Jiajia, open the door!" ”
A crisp voice inside the door was very resolute, "Tonight is my last night of single life, and I want to spend it quietly alone." ”
Bai Baoxiang came on the spot, but he didn't expect to encounter a closed door, so he had to go downstairs in a huff.
"Chairman Bai, let's go!" Yun Lan was waiting for him downstairs, "It's been a long night, let's find a place to drink." ”
According to the rules just laid down by the Ministry of Rites, men must be 20 years old and women must be 18 years old before they are old enough to get married.
Miao Qiushui is seventeen years old this year, and Yunlan has to wait for another year. In the past few days, the young man's alcohol addiction has come up a lot.
Bai Baoxiang turned his head to look at the lights in Ma Jiayi's room, and secretly spat on it, "Let's prepare a few dishes first, I still have two bottles of good wine over there in the executive committee dormitory!" ”
At the beginning of the month, Anlan Commercial Company opened more than a dozen shops, taverns, cafes and ...... on the high street, and the shopkeepers and associates of these shops were all selected from the immigrants of Dunang Island.
Many of the immigrants from Dunan Island had been engaged in business in the past, and Qian Shuiting selected some of them with good faces and good words to serve as clerks in commercial companies after some training.
Anlan Commercial Company is in charge of Wu Wu, which is a subsidiary of Anlan Logistics Group, and the 200-meter-long Anlan City Commercial Street is owned by them.
After the opening of these shops, the business is very prosperous, yesterday the Dinghai army came, and tonight the business is even more hot.
The living area of Anlan City is inhabited not only by cadres who have crossed the country, but also by a large number of indigenous people. At the beginning of this month, so many silver dollars were issued, and people's consumption suddenly soared.
With the exception of one Daming Bank, which closed early, several hotels were full, and the deli shops were also crowded.
Store shelves are filled with shampoos, soaps, tooth powders, toothbrushes, skin creams, toilet paper, and plenty of snacks like peanuts, melon seeds, sugar cubes, and more. The store is also surrounded by a lot of customers.
Although Taiwan's industry is just getting started, Shanghai Huafu has already opened many factories and produced a large number of quasi-modern daily necessities.
In the past, the team adopted a supply system, and these quasi-modern daily necessities were all distributed as living benefits on a per capita basis. At the beginning of this month, the team canceled the supply system, and the distribution of living benefits was also canceled.
Li Dorn walked alone in the shopping street, and he often came to the Upper Island Cafe alone to spend time these days.
It has been half a month since I came to Keelung from Hong Kong, and there is still no time to go to the Americas. Although he and Chen Deng live in the same unit, the two seem to have a relationship of fire and water, and they can't get together at all.
Although the decoration of the Kamijima Cafe is relatively simple, the coffee taste is very ordinary, and the proprietress is also an ordinary village woman from Japan, far less beautiful than Li Xiaoxiao in Watson's Tea Room, but he just likes to sit quietly by the café window and let the strong aroma of coffee permeate the surroundings.
The strong aroma of coffee is different from the aroma of wine and tea, it is light and elegant with some bitterness, and after the aftertaste, it is endlessly fragrant, refreshing, which makes it difficult for Li Dorn to refuse.
The popularity of the commercial street is too high, and there is no vacant seat in the Shangdao Cafe, Li Dorn is very disappointed, and he said that there are still too few commercial outlets, which can not meet the needs at all.
As soon as he was about to turn around and return, he saw Bai Baoxiang and Yunlan walking out of a shop with a few bags of peanuts and other foods in their hands.
Because they were active in Anlan City, Bai Baoxiang and Yunlan did not bring guards. They greeted people along the way, declined many invitations, and bought a few packets of peanuts at a store.
Bai Baoxiang and Yun Lan had just returned to the fort, and before they entered the room, Qian Shuiting's figure appeared in front of them.
"Old money, why can't you ~~ go back to the fort?" Yun Lan was quick to speak, and almost asked Qian Shuiting why he was also kicked out, but fortunately, he only said half of it, and he changed his words in time.
Qian Shuiting, Aibeibei and Qian Duoduo's family of three also live in Diaoyutai.
"There has been a lack of oil and water for the past two days." Qian Shuiting glanced at Bai Baoxiang and said with a smile, "Standing upstairs just now, seeing the two of you walking together, I knew that there must be something good." ”
Because Qian Shuiting is overweight, he belongs to one of the three highs (high blood lipids, high blood pressure, and high blood sugar), so Ai Beibei has special control over his diet.
Yunlan shrugged, "Chairman Bai has two bottles of good wine there, but unfortunately there are no appetizers." ”
"It's very simple to eat snacks, put a few cages on the beach in the morning, and go to collect them in the evening!" Qian Shuiting smiled and stepped aside, and a small soldier walked in from outside carrying a wooden barrel.
"That's a lot of seafood!" Yunlan looked down and saw that the bucket was full of crabs and shrimp, as well as a few oysters.
The turret kitchenette was quick to move and quickly brought a large pot of cooked seafood to the table.
Bai Baoxiang, Qian Shuiting, and Yunlan had just sat down around the table, when Li Dorn knocked on the door and walked in from outside, carrying a big bag on his back.
"Chairman Bai, Qian Shoufu, and Committee Member Yun, you haven't eaten enough boiled seafood!" Li Dorn shook his head and took out whiskey, caviar, and cigar smoke from his bag, "These are all from ghost animals when I was in Hong Kong. ”
These luxuries were already the last of Leedorn's stockpiles.
Yun Lan frowned, "This is not appropriate!" ”
"Nothing out of place!" Li Dorn smiled, "There is no refrigerator now, and these canned caviar can only be stored for six months at most, and if you don't eat it, it will go bad." ”
When Bai Baoxiang saw the caviar, his eyes lit up, and he stuffed two bottles of unopened Wuliangye to Li Dorn, "Come, throw it in peach, and repay it with Li." Otherwise, it's not appropriate. ”
What a caring person! Bai Baoxiang has sharp eyes and a good memory, he clearly remembers that he came out of the store just now and had a face-to-face with Li Dorn.
Li Dorn was not hypocritical, he naturally accepted the two bottles of Wuliangye, and then opened the canned caviar, "Chairman Bai, I have been in Keelung for half a month, how long will I have to wait to go to Europe and the United States?" ”
"Soon, Wang Sima said, let the 'Keelung' and 'Kaohsiung' rest for two days, and if there is no problem with the mechanical debugging, sail away!"
Bai Baoxiang looked down and saw that the grains of fish roe were plump and round, shimmering with golden glow like black pearls. He scooped a spoonful and put it in his mouth, gently crushing the caviar one by one with the tip of his tongue.
Okay, this caviar is really good, the taste is sweet and not fishy at all, a little salty, and you can hear a small "beep peeling" sound when you crush it.
Yun Lan found another teacup, opened the whiskey, and filled the four cups. Seeing that Bai Baoxiang looked very enjoyable, he also tasted a bite of caviar.
"What a weird smell!" After eating, Yun Lan felt a rich taste, tightly stuck in his mouth and throat, he couldn't stand it, and took a big sip of wine.
"You, cow chewing peonies." Bai Baoxiang shook his head and tasted the caviar again, "It's still your comrades who work behind enemy lines." ”
"Relatively speaking, life in Keelung is indeed relatively hard." Saying that, Li Dorn opened the cigar box, took out a cigar, and cut off the tail with small scissors, "Although we are tired from work in Hong Kong, life is not bad, especially when we go to Li Xiaoxiao's café every day to have afternoon tea, black tea with lemon, and then German-style chocolate cake, I feel like I have returned to the days in Germany." ”
"Keelung has just started, and it is developing very quickly, and when you return from Europe, I believe it will be a different scene." Qian Shuiting took the cigar, put it under his nose and sniffed, "Is this the legendary Cuban cigar?" ”
"It's an Indian cigar, not the Havana cigar smoke you're familiar with." Li Dorn wiped a match and helped Qian Shuiting light the cigar.
Qian Shuiting took a few hard breaths, and the fragrance of the cigar quickly spread throughout his mouth. He moved his throat twice, and slowly exhaled the smoke, so pleasant!
After a long time, Qian Shuiting shook his head, "I'm really not familiar with Havana cigars. When I was in North America, I never left the cigar side, and I only smoked the best Cuban cigars a few times. ”
Li Dorn cut the tail of another cigar and handed it to Bai Baoxiang.
Bai Baoxiang grabbed the big crab with one hand, and gently shook the whiskey in the teacup with the other, "I rarely smoke, and I haven't touched a cigar." ”
Yunlan even refused, he was only interested in whiskey and seafood.
"Cigar smoke is very hygienic, you don't need to inhale your lungs!" Li Duoen lit the cut cigar cigarette for himself, and smiled and persuaded Bai Baoxiang and Yunlan to try one too.
"Chairman Bai, let's have one!" Qian Shuiting took a sip of wine, with a hint of drunkenness, "This thing, it doesn't hurt your body when you smoke it, it's just a panache." ”
After a few glasses of wine, Bai Baoxiang became a little enthusiastic and reached out to take the cigar.
The cigar was lit, and Bai Baoxiang followed the example of Qian Shuiting and Li Duoen, holding the cigar and smoking it slowly, and then gently exhaled the smoke ring. It was indeed good, and he felt a soothing and pleasant taste.
"Not bad!" "Cigars are less harmful to the body, we can use them to set the fashion curve, and we can also use them as a source of money." ”
"In five years, there is no hope." Bai Baoxiang put down his cigar and took a sip of whiskey, "If tobacco wants to become a pillar industry, it must solve the problem of raw materials. ”
Taiwan does not produce tobacco leaves, and if it wants to develop the tobacco industry, tobacco leaves can only rely on imports.
"The tobacco industry can let the comrades in North America develop first." Qian Shuiting had already thought about these things, "Now there is more sugarcane in Tainan, and when we win the whole of Taiwan, we will serve rum." ”
Saying that, he dug a spoonful of caviar fiercely, "Taiwan mullet roe is also very famous, it is a precious ingredient, we can explore it well." There is also kvass, rum, mullet roe, kvass, all of which are high-grade, and the money comes quickly. ”
Molasses is the scrap of cane juice and can be used to make rum strongly.
Kvass is a popular drink in both Russia and Eastern Europe, it is like a high-end soda and also contains a small amount of alcohol. The drink was made by fermenting rusks, and later developed to be made with sweet potatoes.
The four of them drank whiskey, ate caviar, seafood, and peanuts before they left for a long time.