Chapter 60: A Family of Foodies
Of course, people can't predict the future, if Xiang Yu knew that there would be a scene of Farewell My Concubine, would he let Liu Bang go at the Hongmen banquet?
Zhang Shaoshuai knew that he would spend the rest of his life like this, would he still insist on personally accompanying Jiang Zhongzheng to Nanjing? If Yang Hucheng knew about the development of the situation later, would he still actively admonish him?
Deputy Commander Lin knew that the whole family was going to collapse in the desert, would he still board the Trident plane?
Gaddafi knew that he would die on the streets in many years, would he have abandoned nuclear weapons back then?
At this time, Don Juan didn't think about what would happen later, the real four thousand eight current ocean in front of him was jumping in his bag, and he was still immersed in this excitement.
He is the kind of person who swells as soon as he has a little money, and the upper and lower ends often swell together. He patted me on the shoulder and said to me in a senior attitude: "Xiao Lu, my brother will take you to do an event in the evening!" ”
I said, "I should have asked you to invite my brother, I have been running with you for half a day, and I have worked hard, and you can see how you can thank me." I'm a little hungry right now, so I'll have dinner first. ”
"If you have a problem with dinner, come to my house and make sure you are full." He replied quickly.
I said, "You think beautifully, as the saying goes, those who see have a share, so prepare a few bowls of rice to send me away?" You pick, you pick, be careful that I burst your light and tear down your platform. ”
Don Juan smiled his trademark squint again, and two crescent moons hung on his face, "Hehe, no, I'm going to put some things back first." I thought so, the two of us went to my house to finish the meal first, and then we called Qian Cheng in the evening and they came out together HAPPY. Is it okay to make sure you have a good time? ”
The meal was served, and Don Juan and I had just finished a plate of the Four Nations military flags on the net and walked out of his room.
On the table, there are fried pork with chili, braised crucian carp, stir-fried choy sum, flavored field chicken, eggplant beans, fried chicken with ginger, and stewed soup with children's bones and kelp, a large table of dishes.
Wow, it's so hearty, it scares me. "You don't usually eat so many dishes in the house, do you?" I asked.
"That's not it, it's mainly to see you here today, and you see that you are so polite." Don Juan said.
I chose to remain silent in front of his parents, and just smiled at his exaggerations.
Tang Ma smiled and said: "Lu Tu is a rare guest, your Young Master Tang is also a guest now, it is rare to come back to eat in the house, knowing that you are going to come back for dinner, we don't prepare it seriously." ”
Don Juan stood on the edge of the table and took a little taste of the chicken with chopsticks to try the taste, and said while chewing:
"Mother, I don't know what you said...... Today's dish was made by Dad, and it tasted good. ”
Tang's mother continued to nag: "You can count the number of times you have come back for dinner this month, and you haven't counted more than 5 times." When I came back, I had to be a guest, never helped, and when the food was served, I had to shout before coming to eat ready-made ......"
I was a little embarrassed to know that she didn't mean this to me, so I ran to the kitchen to get my chopsticks and took the initiative to eat.
As a result, he was coaxed out by Tang's father, "Xiao Lu, you are here as a guest, it is rare for you to come back, you don't want to do these things, you go and sit, and it will be fine immediately." ”
After everyone sat down, Dad Tang also opened a bottle of Moutai, and the bottle was opened, and the fragrance was overflowing.
Don Juan himself couldn't help but ask: "What kind of day is today, so grand?!" ”
"Today is your mother's 50th birthday on the lunar calendar. We thought you knew, specially came back to celebrate the birthday, do you see what the use of raising cubs is? Although Dad Tang said so, he still had a smile on his face.
The love of parents for their children is beyond their children's return, and our parents remember every important day, but we often forget their birthdays, and it is easy to ignore their feelings in our daily life.
"Ah, yes, no wonder Dad cooked the kitchen himself today. Come on, Mom, I'll toast you, happy birthday, I'll give you another gift tomorrow! Don Juan poured her mother a small glass of wine, and we all toasted together.
Tang Ma took a sip, "I don't want you to buy gifts, don't waste money, as long as you have this heart." No matter how big you grow, you are my cub, no matter how far you run outside, you must have a father and mother in your heart. ”
Dad Tang kept persuading me to eat more vegetables, his skills are really good, and each dish is full of color, flavor, and flavor.
While eating, I wondered why Don Juan and his family of three were proud of their weight, mainly because they had a good mouth every day.
Don Juan said that Tang's mother usually cooks, and his father will only cook in three situations: an important guest, an important day, or a good mood.
Speaking of which, I know that Don Juan's family is also a family of chefs, and his uncle is now opening a restaurant in London, England, and the business is doing very well, and there are many dignitaries and celebrities in the store and taking photos with his uncle.
Tang Juan's grandfather studied under Liu Sanhe, one of the famous "Four Famous Chefs of Changsha" in the early Republic of China, and they were fellow villagers of Changqiao, Dongxiang, Changsha.
In the early years of the Republic of China, Liu Sanhe was rewarded by the overseer Tan Yan, and someone invited Tan to a banquet that year, if it wasn't for Liu himself to cook, he would never get off the chopsticks.
Later, behind the domestic goods exhibition hall on Zhongshan East Road, Sanhe Restaurant was opened, which was good at dishes such as "Li Roast Fang", "Three-layer Set of Duck", "Seven Star Sour Pork", "Fried Lamb Tripe Shreds" and so on. When He Jian was in charge of Hunan Province, he often feasted guests at Sanhe Restaurant.
In 1938, the "Wenxi" fire, a team of firefighters settled in Sanhe Restaurant, Liu Sanhe thought, rather than let the restaurant burn, it is better to let the firefighters eat. So the arsonists got drunk one by one, and when they woke up, the arson order had become a fire extinguishing order, and the area around Zhongshan Road was spared the disaster. Everyone in Star City said that Master Liu had really accumulated great virtue.
"My Moutai is absolutely genuine, I bought a few bottles from a friend in the provincial food company in the 80s, and this is the last bottle." Dad Tang said to me.
The wine is a little yellow, a little thick, a few glasses of wine down, talking about his youthful scenery experience, lamenting that character determines fate.
In the 90s of the last century, there was a saying in the business pattern of Star City that "Five Tigers Haunted Star City", and Tang Dad was the deputy general manager of Qiyi Stationery Group, one of the Five Tigers.
Tang Dad's military demobilization, because of his straightforward personality and unwillingness to compromise for the collective interests offended the leadership, he was marginalized in the transformation and transfer, and took the initiative to retire.
Everyone said that the famous store of the Western Han Dynasty located in Qiyi Square of Star City Gold Wharf has been an unfinished building for many years, and they can't help but sigh.