The company that I went with Gao Xiang in the morning, and when I walked to the door, I happened to meet the car of the cold-faced god. Maybe it's really such a coincidence, I saw a cold face with a cold face, and I just nodded at the greetings of others.

After the company was assembled, the company sent a car to send us to the venue, the layout of the venue was almost done, the workers had already done the final finishing work, and the business personnel were debugging the use of stoves, refrigerators and various electrical appliances.

When the lunch was over, Gao Xiang's phone rang, and he picked it up and said a few words, then stood up, "What?" Can't come? "His voice was too high, and everyone heard it. Gao Xiang walked outside to answer the phone, which made us all nervous and didn't have the heart to eat. I followed him and listened to him on the phone.

"What's wrong?" When Gao Xiang came back, he was like a defeated rooster, and he was not angry at all.

Gao Xiang frowned, "One of the shops I hired was taken away by a rival company and stopped cooperating with us." ”

Nantian already knew about this matter, and immediately organized a meeting for everyone, this store was invited to be a new Manchurian full seat, and one of our bunks was going to open the skylight, not to mention such a loss for the time being, the impact is always far-reaching, it can be seen that the responsibility is not the responsibility that Gao Xiang can bear alone.

"Everyone hurry up and strive to contact the store that can be replaced within two days, our leaflets have been put out, and advertisements have been made, and it is impossible to open the skylight." Nantian has never been so serious, and he has never been so nervous in the last chocolate case.

In the afternoon, everyone began to call the stores they were familiar with, and some of them also went outside to contact, only me and Nantian were left in the venue, and Nantian also kept calling to contact, and the bunks on the Japanese side could not be increased, otherwise it would be off-topic.

I flipped through the phone, and there was a number that I had never dialed, and I couldn't use it until I had to. I was also anxiously waiting, and it was too difficult to find a store that could host the exchange meeting in two days.

In the evening, everyone returned to the company and put forward several proposals, all of which were vetoed. Nantian and they didn't give up, and organized people to go to Suzhou and Hangzhou to continue looking for them, and they were going to set off overnight, including Gao Xiang.

"Haven't gotten off work yet." In the pantry, I met the cold-faced god again.

I nodded, "Everyone is busy, and I don't have the heart to go back." ”

The cold-faced god stood in front of me and patted me lightly on the shoulder, "Don't worry, I really don't have a choice, I'll go." ”

I couldn't help but laugh, "We are making special Chinese food, and your craftsmanship is not good." ”

The cold noodle club smiled when she saw me, and the lines on her face softened, "In the morning, you came with him?" Suddenly, the cold-faced god asked about Gao Xiang.

"Ahh Everyone stayed with me last night and came together in the morning. "I don't want to hide anything, and besides, we don't have anything to do.

"So many people, can you live?" The cold-faced god seemed to be thinking back to my poor little room.

"I slept with Su Mei in the middle room, and the three of them slept in the living room. Now the weather is better, and it won't be cold when laying on the floor. "I didn't want to explain anything, but I said it anyway.

"Ahh The cold-faced god nodded, "Then you guys are busy first, and you can find me upstairs if you have something." ”

His words made me reflect, he didn't come down for a meeting today, how could he run down from the upper floor to fetch water. Could it be that he came down to ask me about this?

After arriving home in the evening, I made a phone call to Gao Xiang, who had just arrived in Suzhou and was contacting a familiar store. Su Mei and Lao Bai went to a meeting today, and the school arranged a hotel in the evening, and I was the only one at home. Looking at the room that was full yesterday, I inadvertently felt a little lonely again.

Finally, I took out my mobile phone and pulled it out, the phone rang for a long time before someone answered, and the commotion over there was not very clear, and the other party took a long time to know who I was, and handed over the phone to the person I was looking for.

"Girl, why did you remember that my old man was here?" Hearty laughter came from the other end of the phone.

……

On the day of the food exchange.

I waited at the entrance of the exhibition for a long time before I saw Fang Zhongyu running over, unexpectedly, he was not wearing a white suit today, but a gray jacket and jeans, plus his signature NIKE shoes.

"You came just in time, you are waiting here for Meizi and Lao Bai and them, I am about to start inside, go in first." Put the reception ticket in his hand, and ran in first, the exchange meeting officially began at nine o'clock, and now there are fifteen minutes left.

Fang Zhongyu answered, and shouted at me again, "Slow down, look at your feet." ”

Today's occasion with our company's requirements for female employees to wear skirts, wearing skirts with high heels, I finally chose a pair of heels that are not very high to wear at the feet, but still feel inconvenient, can not run at all.

"Xiao Xia, please sign the delivery list." The people in the food department were too busy to pull me in as an errand.

"Okay." I called for a moment, and then ran to the front of the bunk, the masters from Japan did not know Chinese, and they asked for things and could not find anyone.

I was busy until nine o'clock, and finally everything was put in the right place, and with a salute, the food exchange meeting officially began.

Because it was a weekend, there were a lot of people who came to the exhibition venue, and there were citizens who came to taste delicious food, and there were also people who came to look for business opportunities, but the purpose of everyone was the same, that is, to find food. Many people have gathered in front of our four stalls, especially in front of the two takeaway stalls, which is very conspicuous.

"Boil!" With a loud shout, the lid of a large casserole was opened, and for a while, the strong fragrance hit the face, and everyone was stunned.

"It smells so good." Seeing everyone's expressions, I can know that in everyone's hearts, there is no one who will not be impressed by its deliciousness, and no one can resist its taste.

"Girl, soup." A bowl was handed over, I took a sip and tasted it, "Absolutely first-class!" He raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

The white-haired old man in front of him had a smile on his face and handed the spoon to the young man next to him, "Twilight, open up." ”

Two nights ago, I called my cousin Xia Duchun, and I knew my relationship with him by name, but it was said that his grandfather's grandfather and my grandfather's grandfather were cousins, so we had such a relationship. His grandfather once worked as a chef in the palace, and he cooked a hand of secret dishes, and his grandfather now runs a private secret restaurant, and there are countless people who have reservations, but his grandfather only opens a table of secret dishes every day, and he is no exception. When a national leader came to inspect the food, he waited for three days before he could barely persuade a merchant who had ordered a meal to cancel his reservation and eat the dishes cooked by his grandfather. My grandfather himself has been unknown in the food industry for 60 years.

The hot name out of the pot is "Ten Bacteria Fresh Soup", which is the treasure of the secret restaurant, because the pot outside can not make the taste of fresh soup, and the tools are brought out from the secret restaurant, including the seasoning. Because this soup has to be boiled for seven hours, Grandpa and Twilight have been preparing it since last night, and they have not rested until now.

Ten mushrooms fresh soup, hence the name, there are ten kinds of mushrooms as the main ingredient, these ten kinds of mushrooms, all from the Changbai Mountains, now different from before, these are raised in my grandfather's vegetable garden, but the taste has not changed at all, and it is more refined than before. Because of other people's patents, it is inconvenient for me to write the recipe for this soup here, but I will roughly write about the things included in it: red dates, which must be produced in Shandong; wolfberry must have come from the Ningxia Plateau; Ginseng, Changbai Mountain's more than 50-year-old ginseng, this one pot is used; black chicken soup, half-year chicken, grass-fed; Snake soup, together with black chicken soup, is called dragon and phoenix soup; After the sweet orange is flavored, and the wormwood is burned, there is this pot of soup.

In fact, before the soup came out of the pot, I noticed that there were a few people standing in front of the bunk, and after waiting for the soup to rise, they all walked into the store and stayed. Because of the restrictions in the venue, my grandfather's private dishes are all prepared, according to the per person, each person has five small dishes plus a soup and a bowl of rice, and the cost ranges from 100 to 500 yuan. Nantian Wei was a little dissatisfied with this price, feeling that it was too expensive, but I told him that this price was a charity sale at all, and he didn't believe it at first, but after eating it himself, he felt that this price was a bit of a loss.

Gao Xiang was in charge of my grandfather's bunk, and I did him a great favor. I didn't want him to feel like he owed me anything, so I asked him for a meal as compensation.

Less than ten o'clock, a few cars drove outside the venue, and many people surrounded the people who came out, which showed that the identity was not ordinary, and went directly to my grandfather's bunk after entering the venue, because there were only more than 20 people sitting in the bunk, and the followers were waiting outside.

"Isn't that XX from the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress?"

"It seems to be the XX of the political situation."

People whispered, but no one dared to take a step forward. On the contrary, these people who entered the bunk met, Zhang Lao and Li Lao greeted each other, and then they all sat down, ate the food brought by the waiter, and after eating, they didn't say anything, and quietly led people away.

"That's what charm is." Gao Xiang said as he stood behind me.

Because of this one, there were more people around in the afternoon, many people were curious to buy a 100 yuan set meal, sit in the food stall outside the bunk to eat, and some people bought take-out food while waiting for the seat.

In the afternoon, the situation was even worse, the news spread quickly, someone had already come by plane, just to eat a private meal of grandpa, and someone had already called to reserve a seat for the evening.

When the cold-faced god learned the news, he also rushed over. I had placed a heavy bet in front of him two days earlier, and he had given me the decision to make the decision on this bunk, and now he was a little unconvinced of this kind of scene. When the cold face god came, the outer justice had to go back to rest, and he handed over the following time to Twilight, and now Twilight can stand alone.

I introduced them, and my grandfather looked at the cold-faced god with a smile, "Young man, in three days, I will treat you to a big meal." Grandpa made a promise.

The cold face god was stunned for a moment, and then politely agreed, and sent my grandfather away, I gently said next to the cold face god, "You have a good mouth now, my grandfather only makes one table of banquets every day, and you are the first person to break his example and ask for a treat." ”

At first, the cold face god didn't understand, but after he sat down and ate, he realized how much face he had. Because of the drive of this bunk, the sales camp of our other three bunks is also very good. In particular, shrimp thins and various rice balls are not being made at a speed that can keep up with the speed of sales.

What's interesting is that the company that made the Manchu Han Quanxi actually sent several dishes to investigate, and also bought some food to go back to study. Grandpa just laughed when he found out, "If they can study thoroughly, haven't I learned in vain for decades?" ”

The exchange meeting ended at eight o'clock in the evening, but in the afternoon we asked them to go back to rest, and this shop was not open at night, which was explained by the cold face god, and it was only open from ten o'clock to three o'clock in the afternoon every day. He didn't care how much time he would lose in the remaining time, but told the old man and Twilight to rest well. After five o'clock, I can leave work, and someone will take care of the rest.

In the evening, I took the old man and the twilight spring to eat Pizza Hut, and the old man always wondered why young people nowadays like to eat foreign food.

"It's not tasty at all." After eating, the old man said, "I can make this stuff even if I add something on top of the pancake." The tone was the same as that of an awkward child.

I looked at each other and smiled, and Twilight took over the old man's shop very early, and looked much more mature than me, and when the old man fell asleep, he pulled me to the hotel bar to sit down and chat.

"I really don't know what kind of sacredness can make my third sister spend so much effort to move the old man out." Twilight had a mocking tone in her tone.

I took a glass of wine and smiled slightly, "Not what you think, not the person you see." ”

Twilight raised her eyebrows, we grew up together since childhood, and we had a good relationship, and I didn't avoid him if there was anything, "It's because of Gao Xiang, I'm here to help him." You know that if you mess up such an important thing, he doesn't have to mess around in the company. ”

"Third sister, I didn't say you." Twilight shook her head in a worldly manner, "Gao Xiang doesn't mean anything to you, why do you always help him?" What do you get? I've seen it since yesterday, he's thanking you, but there's nothing but thanks. ”

"Not what you think." I said to Twilight, "I don't do everything, I have to look for a why, maybe it was someone else, I wouldn't do it, but I won't sit idly by, and I'll do my best when I can help." But after all, Gao Xiang has been a classmate with me for many years, and the relationship is more intimate than others, so I can't ignore this matter. ”

Twilight nodded and said no more.

The food exchange lasted for a week, but the old man's shop was only open for four days, and after four days, the old man had to go back, because there was an important reservation, and there was no way to cancel it. On the third night, the old man was cooking in my nest, Fang Zhongyu, Lu Xiao, Gao Xiang and Jiang Xia, and Su Mei Lao Bai were all here. With so many people crowded in the nest at once, it seemed a little crowded. Grandpa insisted on not letting us do it, so Fang Zhongyu proposed to play poker and arch pigs.

A bunch of us sat on the floor of the living room, forming a circle, just Lao Bai lost, lying on the ground and playing pig arch cards. When the cold-faced god came, he saw such a scene. Everyone had different expressions about his arrival, Lu Xiao and Gao Xiang were a little surprised, Su Mei and Lao Bai looked like they were watching a good show, Fang Zhongyu frowned slightly, and Jiang Xia didn't know why.

Where has the cold face god played this kind of game, and he is not familiar with everyone, and the age gap is also large, so he just drinks tea on the side and watches us play.

"The two of us are in a group, and I'll teach you." I couldn't get used to him doing it there, so I pulled him over and sat behind me to play with me.

Su Mei was generous, greeting the cold-faced god, the others are okay, I am opposite Fang Zhongyu, the next family is Gao Xiang, the upper family is Su Mei, except for the son Fang Zhongyu, we are all two people in a group, and we sat in a circle. I whispered the rules of the game, and as I played, the cold-faced god sat behind me and watched, pointing out the tricks to me. Seeing us like this, Su Mei squeezed her eyes at me from time to time.

After a while, my grandfather made a dish, which seemed to be a simple home-cooked dish, but it was the result of years of cooking skills, and the most conspicuous thing was a pot of fragrant soup. As soon as the pot was boiled, the fragrance rushed out, Fang Zhongyu had always been greedy, and he was the first to come over.

"What soup, so fragrant?" Fang Zhongyu's eyes widened.

"Go aside," I pushed him aside, "I'll know then, now go clean up the table." ”

In the afternoon, I borrowed a large table of eight immortals and a few chairs from the landlady, I don't have any of these, usually on the coffee table, today there are many people, and it is a formal occasion, can not be without requirements. Grandpa didn't mind, he was just busy in the kitchen.

After a while, the dishes were all laid out, everyone was done, and the cold noodle god brought two bottles of special Moutai wine to my grandfather, which made my grandfather happy, and my grandfather, who had never been a drinker, also poured a glass, and then said slowly, "Dusk rain, this meal is specially made for you." ”

I was stunned, for me?

My grandfather looked at me, "I originally wanted you to get married in order to get a seat, but I didn't expect that your marriage would not be consummated, and I would not have this wish." I'm getting older, and I'm going to have less and less to cook by myself in the future. I still remember that I promised you to make this table for you personally, so this time, I made it happen. ”

"Grandpa." I had a bad feeling, but I couldn't say it.

looked at Du Chun next to him, and his face was also heavy, "Grandpa, and me, if the third sister marries again in the future, I will take care of the banquet." Even if she marries in a foreign country, I will go with her to give her a banquet. ”

"What are you doing here?" Although it was plain, it made me cry straight down, "Grandpa, you can't fool me like this, say okay, you must do it yourself for my wedding wine, and I still want to drink the soup you made!" ”

Grandpa smiled, "I made this soup for you today, try it, fragrant fish pot." ”

Twilight distributed the soup to everyone, and the soup was so clear that there was no oil on it, and the fish was made into pearl-sized balls, floating sporadically on the soup, with a little bit of mugwort vanilla in between. The fragrance has not been swallowed, the aroma has occupied the sense of taste, drink a sip, there is no trace of fishy smell, but a faint refreshing feeling, the fish balls melt in the mouth, the umami of the fish has not run away at all, as if meat and soup are two dishes at all, not on the same layer of taste.

Everyone couldn't speak, they were all gulping down, even the cold-faced god just drank the soup and bowed his head and was silent. But from the look in his eyes, you can see his amazement.

At the end of the meal, everyone except my grandfather was able to eat. My grandfather was drunk, and he drank almost a bottle of Moutai by himself, and finally he ran to the side and sang while drinking, looking really cute. It was such an old man, but it was the last time I saw him, and four months later, he died of illness in Beijing, and I didn't even see him for the last time, which became the biggest regret of my life.

When I drove to the river, it was already midnight, and I stopped the car, opened the window, and lit a cigarette.

"Is there anything you want to ask me?" I've always had this feeling, but he didn't say it, so I pretended not to know.

The cold-faced god turned to look at me, "Why didn't you get married?" ”

I smiled bitterly, "It's actually very simple, he chose the future between the future and me, and he chose the latter in terms of love and interests." Because I couldn't give him any of this, he chose a woman who could give him everything, even if it was many years older than him. ”

The cold-faced god threw the cigarette out of the window, and then hugged me, tightly, but said nothing. I don't know how long I'll be with the Cold-Faced God, and I don't know if this is the way I should be. It's just that I can't do anything, and I don't know what else I can do.

The cold-faced god has never pursued me, and he has never even said that he likes me, and with him, it has always been faint, like the thick soup he drank today.

Soup? I woke up suddenly, pushed him away, opened the car door and jumped out of the car, and the wind outside woke me up. I know why my grandfather invited him, and why he made such a soup. It turns out that the person who sees everything through is actually my grandfather.

Originally, it was a light soup, but my grandfather called it fragrant, because the aroma was strong when I didn't drink it, giving people an illusion that the soup that I really drank was real, and the shallow and light taste was the real taste. The fish balls floating on the soup are not only as beautiful as pearls on the surface, but also hide all the fresh fragrance inside the small pearls, and if you don't taste them, you can't taste them.

It turned out that my grandfather's soup was the answer to me.

"What's wrong?" The cold-faced god stepped out of the car.

I smiled and shook my head, "Something suddenly came to mind, today's soup is nutritious, which makes my mind clear and my spirits refreshed." ”

The cold-faced god looked at me and frowned.

The next day, I took a day off, first to see off my grandfather and Duchun, and then to see off Su Mei and Lao Bai. Su Mei, who was reluctant to let me, took my hand and said that he had gained a full two kilograms, and it would be impossible to go back without losing weight. Lao Bai was very happy and told me that I must go to Beijing to play when I have time, and I sincerely agreed.

All of a sudden, the people were gone, and I was left alone.