Chapter 37: Hospitality

And the village cadres were obviously earlier than her, and each of them put on their best clothes.

Women's director Yang Suhua also borrowed her daughter's rouge and put two blushes on her cheeks, although it looked a little funny at first glance, but this was already the highest courtesy she could think of to welcome the leader.

"I'll go to the kitchen to prepare the food first. ”

"Okay, Xu Zhiqing, I'm sorry for you today. ”

After Xu Wanning finished the preparations, she stewed the chicken and mushrooms that took the longest time, and then began to prepare other dishes.

At about ten o'clock, she heard a long car horn, followed by the noisy cheers of children and the welcome of the village officials.

The leaders from Beijing are in place.

Xu Wanning didn't have such a strong curiosity, so she only did her own job and didn't go out to take a look.

A total of four people got out of the car, and at the front was a middle-aged man with a big belly, with a big back comb, wearing a leather jacket and a military coat on the outside, obviously underestimating the physical damage of the winter in the Black Province.

Behind him was a middle-aged man with a charity-looking eyebrow and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose. And beside him was a young man of about thirty, his hair was meticulously combed, and he was wearing a modified version of the Mao suit on his upper body, which made him look straight and tall.

Walking at the back was a slightly shorter man, carrying two briefcases in his hands, and his momentum was weaker than the two in the middle.

"Welcome a few leaders to visit our Dajiang Village, it is windy outside, let's go in to rest. ”

The young man raised his eyes and looked around, but he didn't see the figure he had been thinking about for a long time, so he lowered his head and whispered to the people around him, and then several people entered the team headquarters together.

Outside, the villagers all gathered together to set up a dragon gate array.

"I heard that these leaders are from big cities, and look at this temperament, they are a lot higher than the captains. ”

"Who's to say it's not? Especially the youngest young man, who is so handsome, and no one in our village can match him. ”

"Not to mention our village, even those educated youths from the city, there are few who can compare!"

In the makeshift living room, the captain personally made tea for a few people.

The rhetoric prepared earlier, when facing these leaders, he couldn't say a word, and could only persuade people to drink tea one by one.

The scene was a little awkward at one point.

The main thing is that the biggest leaders they have ever come into contact with are the leaders of the commune, and these people are from the capital.

The man at the back pushed a pair of black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose and said, "Let me make an introduction." ”

"This is Minister Zhang of the Ministry of Health of China, this is Deputy Director Xu of the Beijing Food and Drug Administration, and this is Director Sun of Jiangshi Chunhua Food Factory. ”

"Hello Minister Zhang, good Deputy Director Xu, good Director Sun. The captain hurriedly said hello.

After the greetings, Director Sun said with a smile: "Our Chunhua Food Factory is going to set up a branch factory in the township, no, we finally chose your Dajiang Village." It's just that whether you have the qualifications to establish a branch factory in Dajiangcun still has to go through our inspection. ”

"It's nature. The captain hurriedly said: "After a few leaders rest and eat something, we will go to inspect together." ”

"Don't worry, I have a few questions for you before the inspection. ”

In the kitchen, Xu Wanning prepared four meat, four vegetarian and eight dishes alone.

It's just a pity that she can't eat enough at the thought of not having enough food, and there are no beautiful dishes, so she can't do exquisite plating, so she has to use the basin prepared by Accountant Xu in advance to load the dishes.

It doesn't look good, but it's better than the quantity.

After finishing the work, Xu Wanning glanced at the time, eleven forty o'clock, and it was close to dinner.

But the meeting room was still talking, so she had to sit bored and sit on the stool on the fire in the kitchen and nap.

Not to mention, the burner of the stove is lazy and just wants to sleep.

In a trance, someone gently pushed her shoulder, and Xu Wanning immediately woke up reflexively.

"Xu Zhiqing, it's time to serve. ”

"Oh, good. Xu Wanning replied and put all the dishes in the basin: "Director Yang, I have to bother you to serve the dishes, I am a cook, and it is not good to meet a few leaders." ”

The women's director felt that what she said made sense, so she didn't force it, and ran a few more times to bring all the dishes to the table.

When Minister Zhang saw several basins and plates full of them, his face that had always been smiling collapsed instantly.

"It's just a light meal, where are you putting us in such a big way?"

"Minister Zhang, our farmhouse dishes are all packed in such large pots, and it looks like there is a lot of it, but in fact, there are not many of them. And this chicken was raised by the brigade headquarters itself, and the pork was not used much. We always keep in mind the advice of our leaders and dare not waste the slightest. ”

The captain was afraid, but fortunately, after listening to Xu Zhiqing's words at that time, he only prepared these dishes, otherwise he was afraid that before he had inspected, several leaders left angrily.

Deputy Director Xu also persuaded on the side, and Minister Zhang's tone softened slightly.

"Are you sure it won't affect the villagers?"

"Minister Zhang, please rest assured that there will be no impact. ”

Minister Zhang did not continue to pursue the matter and began to pick up vegetables.

"Looking at the ordinary vermicelli, the taste of this stew is really unusual, and this mushroom, this is a hazel mushroom, right?"

"Yes, hazelnut mushrooms are a specialty of our Oe Village. The captain smiled and said, "This is still specially picked by the descendants of the village in the back mountain, and it is fresh." ”

Minister Zhang took another piece of hazelnut mushroom, put it in his mouth and chewed it carefully, but he already had a plan in his heart.

Deputy Director Xu is more interested in casserole white meat.

He has eaten it a few times in Beijing, and almost every chef cooks it out with the same taste, but the dish in front of him has a different taste.

He couldn't tell what was different, but he just thought it was obviously a lot better.

He has never paid attention to appetite, but he couldn't help but eat a few more bites.

Compared with the concerns of Minister Zhang and Accountant Xu, Director Sun was obviously a lot more comfortable, and he didn't put down his chopsticks from beginning to end.

Until his already big belly became bulging.

"Village Chief Lin, are you inviting the chef of the state-owned hotel in Hedong Town to cook the meal?" said Director Sun, who was resting on the back of his chair.

He has eaten all the state-run restaurants in the towns and villages below Jiang City, and to be honest, the taste is very average.

"It's not the master of the state-run hotel, it's from our village. ”

Is there still such a good chef in Dajiang Village?

Director Sun didn't believe it.