Chapter 19: Cold Storage
After Ah Si took out the tray, he chuckled: "Our store is not allowed to bring mobile phones, daggers, watches, drinks, or condoms."
"Holy!" I was not satisfied and said to the dwarf, "You are stricter than the airport!" Why! ”
To be honest, I thought he would say this kind of that affects the dining experience, but unexpectedly, he told me an even more speechless and irrefutable answer.
The fourth man continued to laugh, and he replied to me:
"Anti-terrorism! The document just issued by the neighborhood committee! I'll show you! Here it is."
At this time, he took out a document from the tray that was no better than toilet paper, and the head of the document read: "*** Neighborhood Committee Anti-terrorism Notice"
"My day!" At that time, I was completely convinced. A trip to the Yin Store really opened my eyes, it turned out that everything can rely on anti-terrorism.
Wang Roar didn't wait for Ah Si to finish speaking, and became impatient: "Okay, okay, don't say it!" It's all up to you! Save you tired. ”
I was amazed at Wang Roar's joy, only to see Wang Roar remove his mobile phone and watch and put them on the tray.
You know, if we leave our phones behind, it means that our only contact with the outside world is gone. If something happens here, it's impossible to even call the police.
At this time, Wang Roar glanced back at me and smiled confidently: "Let's go in first." ”
It dawned on me that this product seemed to have a backhand
After handing over our phones and undergoing a simple body search, we passed the ordeal at the door. Then, I couldn't wait to walk into the interior of the "real private food".
There weren't many opportunities to enter the inside of the Yin Shop, and I opened my eyes wide at that time to see and see.
And the scale and layout of this yin shop are far more luxurious and weird than my counterpart.
After entering, I found that the concealment of the fence gate here is different from that of the gate, the interior decoration is brightly lit, and there are many cornices and arches that imitate the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, and there is a small fountain-like humidifier inside, and all kinds of antiques, celadons, fans, and scrolls are dotted in between. There is no imaginary horror of the "yin shop" at all.
However, these buildings, which look very pleasing to the layman, seem to me to be a different view.
I understand that everything in this world will "evolve", if this yin shop is still as weird and gloomy as the old society, I'm afraid there will be no customers, and the more you relax your spirit, the more you can't be paralyzed, maybe in the next second, there will be something unclean, halfway to kill it
Soon, we and the hostess came to a pantry reception room.
The hospitality was very warm to us, and she gave us a pot of dragon wells and then stood aside.
I exchanged glances with Wang Yao, and then I gave the waitress some tips and found an excuse to take her away.
When the waitress closed the door, Wang Roar asked me first, "How is it?" See what? ”
I told him that this is a bit of a doorway, and that the interior of the restaurant is made of sound-absorbing panels, and it looks like it is structurally complex, as if two-thirds of it is underground, and in short, it feels more like a prison than a private restaurant.
And those very cleverly arranged "small scenes", in my opinion, are all specially made to cover up the yin qi and sight here.
"Can you see so much? Was it also taught to you by your class leader? Wang Roar asked me with a little surprise.
I smiled and said, "When our hotel was expanding, I was busy inside and outside for half a year. I can't see this bit of Taoism on building materials, and I'm really busy in vain. ”
Of course, we don't have time to dwell on that.
After all, we are here to find a way to save the red leaves, not to dwell on its feng shui layout.
At that time, Wang Yao asked me again: "Since it is so complicated, where do we start to investigate?" ”
I rubbed my head slightly, sighed, and said, "I understand, let's start with the dirtiest part of the restaurant!" ”
Wang roared puzzled and said, "The most filthy place in the restaurant, the kitchen? Or a bucket of swill? ”
"It's not," I told him word by word, "Lao Wang, you remember, the most disgusting place in the hotel, and the place with the most secrets, is the cold storage!" ”
That's right, the most "dark" and most hidden place in the restaurant is not the kitchen, let alone a swill bucket, but a cold store.
Isn't the swill bucket where the cook cooks and goes to the garbage dirty?
I can only answer: dirty, but not dirty.
I told Wang that anyone who knows a little bit about the catering industry knows that if you really want to see the greasy and dark side of the cooking business, you shouldn't go to the kitchen, because you can't find anything in those places.
The reason is very simple, these places are often closely watched by the "regulatory authorities", and the slightest mistake will be branded and warned. Hiding some unsightly ingredients in those places is greasy, and that's looking for death.
Moreover, more formal "private restaurants" like this often face high-level customers. This shop is also a "yin shop". It's even more impossible to put anything weird on the kitchen surface.
It's crowded and unsafe.
But cold storage is a different story, and it's a great place to hide some illegal and even obscure weird ingredients.
Cold storage, perennial frost accumulation, cold and dim, nothing is not easy to deteriorate, which provides good conditions for storage.
Of course, the most important point is that there are few people who go to this kind of place, and in addition to the flood of various peculiar smells and ice residues, it is not easy for the regulatory authorities to investigate thoroughly. If there are any forbidden ingredients, such as poppy husks, coca leaves, hallucinogens and even poisonous Gu, they will definitely be there. And often according to the freezer and storage requirements, the special "water-sealed ice casting" or "oil-sealed ice shell" method is used to conceal the storage of contraband.
After listening to my words, Wang Yao couldn't help asking, "Lao Tian, how do you understand these cats so clearly?" Have you ever done this? ”
I laughed and said, "Do you think I went to work in a hotel for nothing after I was discharged from the army?" The reason why I left also has a lot to do with these 'conventions' of theirs! Besides, I don't understand any of this, do you dare to take you deep behind enemy lines to 'intersperse'?! ”
Of course, there is a premise for what I say, that is, we can find the storage room before we can find out.
And this depends on his ability to roar.
Later, Wang Roar really lived up to expectations, showing the high-level qualities that a scout should have.
He took me to the depths of the restaurant as soon as he got out of the pantry.
He and I both wore sunglasses, and just ignored all the security guards and waiters and walked swaggering. I found an excuse to go to the bathroom.
At this time, I finally fully understood what Wang Roar meant by buying me a black suit.
As soon as those waiters saw Wang Roar and me wearing suits and sunglasses, they actually regarded us as the new "bodyguards" next to Boss Bai. A few people who seemed to be suspicious were also suppressed by Wang Roar's terrifying height and gloomy face.
In this way, we walked through the private room, walked through the kitchen, and quickly found and entered the cold storage.
It went smoothly, and I didn't feel normal.
When I entered the cold storage, my body shook violently because of the temperature difference between the inside and outside, and then I did. Suddenly, I felt something unusual.
I yelled at the king and said, "Something is wrong. ”
"What's wrong?"
Instead of answering immediately, I took off my shirt and walked around inside, finally putting my eyes on the fan of the cold storage refrigerator.
The cold storage where I am located is a medium-sized cold storage commonly used in a restaurant, in which are Bai Sensen's pork, white sheep and other ingredients neatly hung in the air with iron hooks, four rows of meat, about dozens of scale.
As far as the eye can see, in the phantasmagic surface fog of the cold storage, the scene is still a little spectacular.
Of course, in such a warehouse full of meat, people will inevitably feel a little uncomfortable, and I even feel that maybe hell is just that. In this small room of more than ten square meters, so many corpses. I'm afraid it's only in the catering industry that can be seen.
But for now, I don't care about what to sigh about. Because in this eerie space, I found something more disturbing to me than the carcasses of cattle and sheep.
"Temperature!" I blurted out.
"Temperature? Is the temperature too low? Wang asked me coldly.
I shook my head and told him, "It's not too low, it's too high." ”
"Huh?"
I told Wang that in the cook's shop, the temperature of refrigeration is also very different depending on the ingredients. The temperature in the cold storage we are in is too high to store the beef and mutton.
When I was in the army, I learned the rules of preservation, and the storage temperature of fresh vegetables is generally above zero and below five degrees, and the temperature of long-term storage of beef, sheep and pork is much lower, about minus 15 to 18 degrees, and it cannot be higher. Fresh seafood is the most temperature-critical. Those things, which are more precious, are often chilled with ice as soon as they go out to sea. The long-term storage temperature must be minus 18 degrees to minus 22 degrees, too low and too high, it will affect the freshness of the aquatic products after thawing.
But now I'm in this cold storage. I took off my coat and wore only a shirt, and I didn't feel very cold. I can even tell that the temperature of the cold storage I am in is only about zero degrees.
This temperature is not suitable for storing beef and mutton at all. But there is so much beef and mutton here, it's too abnormal.
"Aren't they afraid that the beef and mutton will spoil? Or is it "Wang Roar wondered.
At this time, I suddenly thought of something, so I stared at the meat, and while observing, I shook my head and said, "Unless this cold storage is not meat at all, these meats are deliberately placed here to cover up something else." ”
Wang Yao wanted to speak, but I reached out to stop him.
I looked up and walked over to the nearest pork fan, staring at the headless "dead body".
Of course, I may not be right to describe it that way, but it gives me the feeling that it is a dead body. Especially in the context of the time.
Soon, I saw the clues.
The stomach of the pig carcass had traces of being stitched up.
I reached out and slowly touched the shallow suture. Suddenly, I found out that the sutures were actually made of sheep intestines.
That's a big article.
Sheep intestine is often used in surgery, because this kind of thread is made of animal fibers that can be absorbed by the human body, and the testing instrument can not be detected alone, but few people know that sheep intestine has a use in the food industry - advanced sealing line.
The so-called sealing material is the "spice" that is filled into the stomach when eating beef and mutton, chicken, duck and fish.
Sealing with sheep intestine will not have a peculiar smell, and the sealing thread will melt off after the pot, no need to remove the thread, and customers will not eat the thread, which is a necessary suture in the kitchen of the hotel.
After seeing this sheep intestine, I immediately felt that there was goods in the belly of this pig!
The lines are cleverly stitched, and there is a thin layer of frost on the belly, which almost completely hides the sutures on the belly.
I gently picked up some of the frost and poked the pork belly in the direction of the sheep's gut.
There's something bulging there.
So, I further thought that I am afraid that the temperature of the cold storage is not to preserve the pork, but to preserve the contents of the pig's belly, so it is deliberately adjusted to about zero degrees.
At the time, I wondered what kind of ingredients need to be preserved in such a way. Put it in the belly of the pig, and keep it at about zero degrees, it's unheard of!
It was at this time that I suddenly remembered the wild boar meat that Baturu had eaten back then. In the dark, I feel that I am afraid that the contents of these pig's stomachs have a huge relationship with the illness of Hyun Hongye and Baturu.
So, I took a step back, turned back to Wang and said, "Can you find a way to open this pig's belly?" I'm going to see what's inside. ”
Wang Roar walked up to the pork, thought for a moment, and nodded.
After that, Wang Yao untied his trouser pocket, and then I saw a disgusting scene that I will never forget!
He actually took out a mobile phone and a fruit knife from the hole under him!
"My day! Is this also what you were taught in the army? "My eyes almost fell out.
"You're wrong!" Wang Roar smiled awkwardly and said: "I'll teach you, this is the basic skill of anti-search, sandwich these things in the thighs, and put a diaper on the buttocks, and you can't touch the body search." So many things, where can I put my hole. ”
I looked at what Wang Roar was holding in my hand, and I had to smile dryly, not knowing what to say. Anyway, at this time, I finally saw the methods of him, the former reconnaissance platoon leader.
After all, we didn't have time to worry about this, so Wang Roar lifted his pants and quickly cut open the belly of a pig with a knife
To be on the safe side, I asked Wang Roar to cut a palm-sized "hole" first.
After that, with nausea and apprehension, I took the mobile phone handed to me by Wang Yao, turned on the camera and flashlight mode, and looked into the cave.
At first, it seemed to be empty, and I only saw a black patch, but the black felt unnatural to me, as if there were some uneven textures.
In short, it is not very clear.
Could it be that I'm too sensitive, or is there some black substance in it that can't even shine through the flashlight?!
I was slightly disappointed by the blackness inside. But unwillingly, after thinking about it for a while, I still bumped into my guts and put my hand in.
I hope to find a little bit of useful information about this shop. I wonder what their purpose is. And what methods do they use to cultivate and breed those "gluttonous" bugs?
Just as I put my hand inside, I quickly touched the black mass. I was a little surprised, instinctively grabbed a handful, and then took my hand back.
By the light of the flashlight, I finally saw the true face of those black substances
"How can there be such things," Wang Roar behind me was equally surprised.