Chapter 44 Interest is the best teacher
The fried dough sticks and the spicy soup are a perfect match.
He was sweating profusely from the spicy pepper.
After eating and drinking, Zheng Fei paid the money and walked home with the uneaten fritters.
"Yo, Xiaofei, did you just finish eating?"
"Yes, auntie, what are you doing here?"
"I'm not cooking today, I'm going to buy some spicy soup dumplings and go back to eat."
Every time I go to the market, there will be villagers who don't cook in the morning and go to the market to buy some spicy soup and fritters to eat.
In the past, at home, Zheng Fei often did this.
When he got home, Zheng Fei put the fritters in the cupboard and ate them at noon.
Thinking that he was going to Huangzhuang tomorrow to have a big banquet, Zheng Fei took out his mobile phone and called Huang Qingming.
After the phone was connected, Zheng Fei asked about the situation.
"Everything is bought and waiting for you to come."
"Alright, I'll be over later."
Hanging up the phone, Zheng Fei pushed the electric car and came outside.
Li Fengxia, who came out with the bowl, saw Zheng Fei locking the door, and asked, "Xiaofei, what are you doing here?" ”
"A few days ago, someone in Huangzhuang asked me to make a big banquet, I'll go over and take a look."
Hearing that Zheng Fei was going to burn the big banquet, Li Fengxia said with a smile: "You still have the ability, look at you, it's only been a long time since you came home, and you have already received so many big banquets." ”
"Makes a lot of money, right?"
"Not much, not enough to buy a car."
Zheng Fei said with a smile.
Zheng Fei told Li Fengxia before that in the future, if he has the money to buy a pickup truck first, and then recruit two people.
"If it's not enough, my aunt has."
"No need aunt, it's enough to finish this time, you eat, I'll go first."
"Okay, okay, you can go quickly."
Zhengzhuang is more than 20 miles away from Huangzhuang, and there are three villages in between.
The geographical location of Huangzhuang is very remote, there is only one village around, and the nearest villages to Huangzhuang are six miles away.
Riding an electric car, in addition to asphalt roads, you have to walk two sections of muddy loess roads along the way.
After walking the second section of the loess road, through the poplar forest, and then walking two miles ahead will see Huangzhuang.
Huangzhuang is not very large, with only more than 400 households.
It seems like a lot, but compared with the surrounding villages, the number of people in Huangzhuang is the smallest.
If nothing else, let's just say that Zhengzhuang has more than 600 households.
The most are the three surname villages.
Of the more than 2,700 households, I heard that there are now more than 3,000.
I don't know if it's true or not.
"Auntie, where is Huang Qingming's house?"
When I came to the entrance of Huangzhuang Village, under the shade of the trees at the entrance of the village, there were seven or eight old men and old ladies sitting and chatting.
"Are you a descendant of that family? Why haven't I seen you? ”
The eldest lady was still very vigilant, and when she saw Zheng Fei's face, she asked a special question.
Zheng Fei took out the prepared cigarettes and handed them one by one.
"Auntie, I'm from Zhengzhuang, and I'm here to make a big banquet for Huang Qingming's family." Zheng Fei said in a loud voice.
The eldest lady has some back of her ears, and her voice is so low that she can't hear it clearly.
Hearing Zheng Fei's words, the uncle sitting next to the eldest lady spoke.
He glanced at Zheng Fei curiously, and then asked, "Are you making a big banquet for Huang Qingming's family?" ”
Zheng Fei nodded.
"Zheng Zhuang, I'm familiar with it, whose child are you?"
"I am Zheng Heyuan, and Zheng Hedong is the uncle of my family."
"It turned out to be you, you are the descendant that Hedong said, I heard that you cook deliciously."
It seems that this uncle obviously knows Zheng Hedong, and he also told Zheng Hedong about him.
"You go forward, you come to a junction, then you go to the right, and the northernmost one is."
Knowing the direction, Zheng Fei didn't talk much with these uncles and aunts, and rode away on an electric car.
"Third child, whose child is that?"
As soon as Zheng Fei left, an eldest lady asked him.
Huang Shangyou said: "Master Xi of Zhengzhuang has done a good job of cooking. ”
Huang Shangyou knew Zheng Hedong, but he didn't know Zheng Heyuan.
Following the direction that the uncle said, Zheng Fei came to the back street of Huangzhuang.
The northernmost one.
Passing through an alley, a two-story building came into view.
In the open space on the left side of the building, there are many tools for making large mats.
In front of the water pipe, there are still a few people washing vegetables.
Hearing the sound of Didi, several people raised their heads, Huang Qingming saw Zheng Fei, put down the food in his hand, wiped his hand on his body, took out a cigarette from his pocket and walked over.
"It's coming quickly, Master Zheng."
Zheng Fei parked the car to the side and said with a smile: "I'll come here after dinner." ”
"This is Master Zheng, so young."
"Yes, the big banquet made at such a young age is delicious, and I don't know if it's real or fake."
"Don't worry, since the eldest brother is looking for him, he must be very relieved of his craftsmanship."
"Yes."
The two chatted for a few words, and then Zheng Fei asked Huang Qingming to take him to see the ingredients he bought.
Huang Qingming's house has only a two-story building and no yard.
So, they built the kitchen in the open space on the left side of the house.
It's a big place, and I can put things out.
"How many tables are there?"
Zheng Fei said after reading the ingredients.
Huang Qingming said: "Twenty tables, prepare three more tables." ”
"Are these dishes enough?"
"Twenty-three tables are enough."
"Is there anything to say about the dish?"
Zheng Fei asked.
It was his first time here in Huangzhuang, and he didn't know if there were any taboos here, so Zheng Fei specially asked.
Huang Qingming took a puff of cigarette and said, "Master Zheng, we don't have any taboos here, but the food may be a little lighter, and the taste should not be too heavy." ”
Since the taste is a little lighter, the next dish is easy to make.
"Okay, I've made a note of this, I'll pay attention to it when I'm cooking."
In fact, with his craftsmanship, it doesn't matter if the taste is heavy, he is sure that even if the taste is heavy, there will be no leftovers.
However, since the main family has said it, it must be according to the requirements of the main family.
After all, people pay.
After resting for a while, Zheng Fei put on a chef's uniform and came to the kitchen with the kitchen knife rewarded by the system.
Several people who were busy saw Zheng Fei coming over in a chef's suit, and they all looked at him curiously.
"Yo, Master Zheng, are you still a graduate of New Oriental?"
Huang Qingming's son, that is, the groom Huang Minghao, said with a look of surprise.
Zheng Fei looked down at the words on his chest, and said with a smile: "Yes, I have studied at New Oriental for two years. ”
"Did you also learn the craft of making a big banquet in school?"
"How is it possible, the school doesn't teach you this."
"Oh, I thought I could learn a craft in school, but it wasn't."
Huang Minghao said disappointedly.
He's not too young, he's about to get married, he doesn't know anything, so he thinks about whether to learn some trades.
But he wasn't sure what to learn.
Seeing Zheng Fei's chef uniform, he was still very happy, thinking that he could learn cooking skills in school.
Now it doesn't seem to be what he thinks.
"Master Zheng, what do you think it's good to learn some crafts at your age?"
Huang Qingming knew his son's thoughts, he hadn't gone out for a long time, and he didn't know how far it had developed outside.
Since his son wants to learn a craft, he must support it, after all, if you have a craft, you won't be hungry in the future.
Zheng Fei thought for a while and said: "It's good to learn to barber, but the chef doesn't recommend it, it's too tired, and if you don't get home, your skills will be wasted."
The barber is good, the wind can't blow, the rain can't get wet, the salary is still high, and you can get started after two or three years of study.
If you don't work with others outside, you can go home and open your own barber shop, which is better than a part-time job. ”
Zheng Fei also thought about the barber industry at first, but in the end he still learned to be a chef.
Nothing else, just an interest in chefs.
As the saying goes, interest is the best teacher.