Chapter 208: Conquest
Start, after all, now infected with the zombie virus, the future way out is not yet known, if the real white-haired person sends the black-haired person one day, Zhang Qiao can only spend more time with him now to talk about filial piety.
The conditions of Zhang Qiao's family are not good, the ancestors have been farmers for generations, and their parents used to work outside all the year round, but their parents are honest and hardworking, can endure hardships, and are willing to work, and they have been valued by the boss in the restaurant, from a small dishwashing worker, and finally became the chef in charge, and they have learned the stunt of beef noodles first-hand, and after saving a little money, they took out a loan to open a beef powder restaurant, because the taste is good, the portion is sufficient, and the business is very hot.
The beef flour of Imjin County is a very famous specialty snack nearby, as a specialty, well-known all over the country, legend has it that during the Yongzheng Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, a Hui army in Xinjiang was stationed here, the Hui soldiers were used to eating beef noodles, but the local people lacked flour with rice as the main food, the general ordered to make rice flour with rice, slaughtered the cattle, and made delicious beef powder, and later the Hui settled here, the recipe of beef powder was handed down, and after continuous improvement, the formation of various schools with different flavors, how to make the yard on the powder, that is, the various cooking of beef, in each genre is not passed on the secret。
Zhang Qiao's father worked hard for more than ten years, through his own efforts, and finally won the approval of the master, learned the secret recipe of beef powder, first of all, we must strictly select beef, old, tender, fat, thin, that part has its own requirements, and then soak in water after repeated rinsing and squeezing, drain blood water, and finally boil with a special incense medicine bag, the secret of the real deliciousness is in this fragrant medicine bag, Zhang Qiao's beef is boiled with more than 20 kinds of Chinese herbs and spices such as large and small fennel, sand kernels, cinnamon branches, male and female dices, etc., so that the beef soup is delicious and delicious, with spicy, rolling, Fragrant and fresh characteristics.
It is not easy to open a powder restaurant in this small county, all kinds of powder restaurants are lined up, the taste is slightly bad, the taste is not right, there may be no diners in the future, Zhang's father has to get up at 3 o'clock in the morning every day to go to the vegetable market to pick the freshest beef, go a little later, the good meat is picked up by others, and then stew beef, make yards, soak rice noodles, in order to attract customers to fry some free side dishes to give, there is no rest time every day, in order to earn a little more, Zhang's mother often gets until one or two o'clock in the morning, just to serve those Internet café all-night students, drunk drunk with an empty stomach。 Two people work in shifts and can only sleep a few hours a day.
After more than 30 minutes in the car, Zhang Qiao finally returned to his small shop, "Zhang's beef noodles" The original bright signboard has now been smoked a little dim, a few tables, a few benches, the back is separated as a kitchen, the small attic is the place where Zhang's father and mother rest at night, Zhang Qiao found that his shop was so small for the first time, the furniture has been a little old, and the space is boring, his parents have dedicated their youth and sweat to this place, looking at the busy figure of his parents, it seems that he is starting to be a little rickety, and his sideburns have begun to have gray hair, Zhang Qiao found that his parents are also old.
"Eh, son, you're back, come in quickly, why are you standing at the door stupidly," Zhang's mother, who had just finished cleaning up the table, found her son standing at the door of the store, his face full of surprise, Zhang Qiao walked in front of his mother, and silently looked at this woman who had dedicated most of her life to the family, as if she had never looked at her carefully, "What do you see?" Is there something dirty on my face, is it hard, put down the things quickly, what do you want to eat, and wait for your mother to go to the vegetable market to buy it for you." ”
Just about to take over the backpack on Zhang Qiao's back, he heard the diners at a table outside shouting: "Boss, check out!" "Okay, come right away, you wait a minute" Zhang's mother, who was going to have a good chat with her son, seemed to have no free time for a moment, "Mom, you are busy, I will greet myself myself" Zhang Qiao said to his mother, "Then you go to the attic to rest, and wait for me to finish this while" After saying that Zhang's mother was a whipped spinning top, and another gust of wind got busy, Zhang Qiao smiled easily, put his backpack away, skillfully put on his sleeves, and began to help his mother clean up and beckon the guests to get up.
In the evening, the family sat together, and Zhang's father made a big table of dishes, "Son, eat more, I made you your favorite braised pork, is it that the food in the hospital canteen is not to your taste, you see that your face is pale, like a malnourished" Zhang's mother said in a reproachful tone while serving Zhang Qiao's vegetables.
"Where is malnutrition? The food is very good, I have gained weight, and my skin is a little white, because I don't see the sun when I work indoors every day, and it will be good to bask in the sun more in the future!" Zhang Qiao argued, it seems that it is always the parents who know their children best, Zhang Qiao changed slightly, and was discovered by his mother.
Zhang's father put down the dishes and chopsticks, lit a cigarette, took a deep breath and said, "Son, you have been working for three years now, and the problem of compilation has not been solved.
"Don't go, what are you going to go!" Zhang Qiao became excited, "Dad, have you forgotten? In order to find a way to get me into the hospital, you begged people everywhere, and on a hot day, you waited in the corridor at the door of the leader's house for four hours, and your pants and shoes were full of sweat, and others didn't open the door for you, I didn't let you go, I didn't want you to beg someone, and you were embarrassed!"
"Hey" Zhang's father sighed, "It's Dad who is useless, he has no culture, and other people have a relationship, so I can only get you a temporary worker and be bullied", "Dad, don't say that, it's my own uselessness, I didn't study hard and only got admitted to a third-rate university, so I embarrassed you for me, it's not easy for you to provide me with education over the years, and I can't let you spend money on things like I work for" The father and son said as they spoke, their voices seemed to be choked.
"Today's son finally came back, Lao Zhang, what are you talking about, come, son, open two bottles of cold beer, our family has a good time, drink two glasses" Zhang's mother saw that the atmosphere was dull, and started a round, after being full of wine and food, Zhang Qiao helped her mother clean up the housework, picked up her backpack and prepared to leave, "Mom and Dad." I have something to do in the hospital tomorrow, so I'll go there early", "Son, come back more when you have time, and tell your mother if you don't have money, do you hear!"
Looking at his aging parents, the wrinkles on his forehead seemed to be becoming more and more obvious, "I have a lot of money, the hospital has raised my salary, you don't have to worry, I'm leaving" After speaking, Zhang Qiao picked up his backpack and got up to leave, when Zhang Qiao's figure disappeared on the corner of the street, the concerned eyes of his parents still followed him, far away.
You know, Zhang Qiao's hometown is in the countryside, it takes several hours to go back, his parents rarely go back to the countryside in order to take care of business, and live in the attic of the store for a long time.
"Imjin County Hospital was built 120 years ago by Swedish missionaries to China" This is the history of the hospital, in addition to a variety of long history for themselves, it seems that there are no examples of ancient dignitaries, "because the concubine of Zhu Yueyao, King of Huayang in the Ming Dynasty, was buried in the south of the mountain, so it was named Huanggu Mountain, the original temple of Huanggu Mountain cliff, and the ancient trees reached the sky. "I can't imagine that there is a small hill opposite the hospital, and there is such a big source, could it be that this imperial aunt is buried in this giant coffin?" Zhang Qiao thought to himself.
Legend Chuang King Li Zicheng rebelled, conquered Beijing to overthrow the Ming Dynasty, but after Wu Sangui led the Qing soldiers into the customs, Li Zicheng lost the battle, and finally fled to the vicinity of Imjin County, the book records that Li Zicheng really went to Imjin, his generals died in this battle, and his subordinates scattered, abandoned the ride, and went to the Linjin Jiashan Temple as a monk, and the legal name was the great monk of Fengtianyu, "Is this tomb a subordinate of the King of Chuang? It seems that there is a chance to go to the Jiashan Temple to see."
I didn't expect a small Imjin County, all kinds of legends are so rich, Zhang Qiao's head is dazed, but I have never found a record of zombies, it seems that I have to ask the acquaintances of the County Cultural Relics Bureau to see if they have any clues, Zhang Qiao put down the book, and although he didn't feel tired after reading the information for a day, he still wanted to go out for a walk to change his mood.
Zhang Qiao's favorite place for a walk is on the embankment of the Imjin River, the grass under the embankment is lush, there are a few cattle and sheep scattered in the middle of the leisurely grazing, the bridge is full of traffic and people, the river under the bridge is rushing forward, rushing endlessly, the boats in the river come and go, it is very lively. Zhang Qiao likes to face the sunset the most, looking at this scene, slowly moving forward on the gravel road, until the sunset, the sky is getting dark, and he will think of going home.
In the past, there were many boats in the water, when the land transportation was inconvenient, everyone took a boat to go to various places, especially when the bridge was not repaired, people on both sides of the river could only cross the river by ferry, the bustling crowd, the long whistle, this is Zhang Qiao's deep childhood memories, now the water transport is declining, most of the people on the river are towing sand boats, the boats are full of sand and pebbles, slowly moving forward, walking on the embankment, Zhang Qiao suddenly saw a strange scene, a towing sand boat has no goods in it, is speeding forward in the river, and what is more peculiar is that there is a person standing at the bow of the boat, a woman!
Many years later, Zhang Qiao looked back on this scene, and he didn't remember the other details very clearly, except that she only remembered that she had black hair and a snow-white body, like a fairy who does not eat fireworks in the world.
Jin Yong described Xiaolongnu and said, "The world often uses the four words of beauty to describe the beauty of women, but no one knows how to beautify the fairy. The whole body is like a layer of light smoke and mist, it seems to be real and illusory, it is not a person in the world" Zhang Qiao used to think that this description was exaggerated, but when he saw it today, he realized that there are really fairy-like characters in the world, and he has such an ethereal demeanor.
The boat is getting farther and farther, the figure of the woman in white is gradually blurred, seeing that she seems to be carrying a long cylinder behind her, which seems to be a painting tube, maybe she is a painter, experience life, read beautiful scenery, and I don't know if I can still see her, it would be nice to take a closer look at her face, Zhang Qiao was still immersed in the amazement just now, fate is always so ingenious, and different people are arranged together in a wonderful way. A person never forgets and plants the seeds of love, but a person doesn't know it, only thinks about his own thoughts, and doesn't know that someone on the shore is watching him, this is the first time Zhang Qiao and her met.