"Your yard is quite interesting and united." On the way back, Jiang Sirui said to Jiang Yan.

"Interesting." Hearing this, Jiang Yan was dumbfounded.

"What are you laughing at, am I not right?" Jiang Sirui looked at Jiang Yan with some confusion.

"There is a saying that there are more than a hundred people, all kinds of people, and you will know when you move in."

"Phew! You are a scoundrel, who wants to marry you! Jiang Sirui's face was slightly red and disgusted at Jiang Yanjiao.

When eating, Jiang Sirui was still sitting next to her grandmother, and the dishes in this bowl were almost hairy, but people were still not afraid and played the role of a good cook.

"Zhuzi, can you go to my house to cook a meal at noon on the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve." After eating and chatting, Jiang Sirui suddenly said a word to He Yuzhu.

"No problem, sister-in-law, you tell me an address and I'll go straight over." He Yuzhu put down the teacup in his hand, smiled and quickly patted his chest to assure, how did Jiang Yan look at this guy's smile, it seemed that this was a little flattering.

"Sister-in-law, where are all the people who eat here! Can you tell me in advance, I'm a little prepared. ”

Hearing He Yuzhu ask like this, Jiang Sirui was a little strange, and she asked a little puzzled.

"Pillar, do you still need to know where to eat here?"

Seeing that Jiang Sirui was a little misunderstood, He Yuzhu hurriedly explained. "Sister-in-law is like this, people from different regions, their tastes are somewhat different, such as what we often say: sweet in the south, salty in the north, spicy in the west, sour in the east, knowing where the guests are, I can also adjust the taste."

Before Jiang Sirui could speak, Jiang Yan said: "The difference in taste is also due to some natural factors such as climate and geography, which also determines that the south eats sweet and the north eats salty. There are three factors.

First, the south is very humid, and the evaporation of the human body is relatively small, so there is no need to replenish too much salt. In the north, the summer is hot and dry, and the evaporation of the human body is very large, and there is a lot of sweating, so you need to eat more salty food to replenish the salt lost with sweat.

Second, the south has a low latitude, heavy rainfall, and good light and heat conditions, so the vegetables in the south can grow several times a year, and fresh vegetables can be eaten no matter what season. In the north, the winter is cold and dry, and there was no such technology as vegetable greenhouses in the past, so there were basically no fresh vegetables in winter. In order to preserve the vegetables for the winter and ensure that the vegetables will not spoil, the northerners can only pickle the vegetables and eat them slowly. Pickled food became a daily routine, so that northerners developed the habit of eating salty.

Third, the climate and environment in the south are more suitable for the growth of sugarcane. Sugarcane is an important sugar crop, the efficiency of sugar production is very high, the southerners occupy the right time and place, it is very convenient to obtain sugar, and naturally the habit of eating sugar has been formed. However, when sugar was transported from the south to the north, the price would rise, so for the north at that time, sweets and pastries would only be eaten during the New Year's holidays.

Of course, there is no shortage of sugar in the north now, and there are vegetables in winter, so there is no need to rely on pickles. But once the taste is formed, it is difficult to change. So much so that it has formed what is now often said to be sweet in the south and salty in the north.

Hearing Jiang Yan's explanation, Jiang Sirui nodded, but the adoring gaze in his eyes couldn't be hidden. After a while, she said to He Yuzhu: "My uncles all like spicy food, so they can just make Sichuan food." ”

"No problem, sister-in-law, I will definitely sell my strength."

As soon as the winter weather became cold, the people of Sijiu City began to store Chinese cabbage for the winter, and also prepared briquettes or honeycomb coal. Chinese cabbage can be bought enough, from the lunar calendar November has to eat until March of the next year, nearly half a year, the common people point to the Chinese cabbage to live, almost every household has hundreds or even thousands of catties of storage of Chinese cabbage, fortunately, this thing is cheap nowadays, a penny a catty, a thousand catties is only ten yuan.

At this time, the government came forward to buy cabbage in winter, and the cabbage was purchased and sold, and the grain was treated.

After the winter, the canteen of the institute also began to purchase a large number of Chinese cabbage, radish, potatoes and green onions, although the institute has less than 1,000 cadres and 1,000 workers, if the vegetable reserves are not enough, but there will be big problems. In order to store vegetables, the factory also specially built a warehouse, and the workload of storing vegetables is very large.

Jiang Yan's family is actually not short of food, so even in winter, the living standard of the family is not bad, which makes the neighbors in the courtyard a little envious, jealous and hateful.

In winter, everything is bleak, Sijiu City is gray and abrupt, and the cold wind blows on the face like a knife cut. When I got home from work, I sat in a heated room, had a cup of jasmine tea after eating, watched the snowflakes fall outside the window when it snowed, or the Peking Opera cross talk on the radio, Jiang Yan felt that his current life was really good, he gradually stopped thinking about the things before he crossed over, and felt that he had integrated into this era.

Life here is not rich, the living standards of ordinary people are very poor, and they usually live frugally, and only when they celebrate the Spring Festival every year will they be as rich as possible. For the New Year, make a new dress for the children, buy as much chicken, duck and fish as possible at home, and eat a luxurious Chinese New Year's Eve meal, bringing a little comfort to yourself and your family after a hard year.

Unconsciously, the footsteps of the Spring Festival in the 60th year were approaching, and Jiang Yan and their institute entered the Layue Gate, and he also began to get busy. The task of producing engines and some alloy steel is in Jiang Yan's research institute, so they are also arranging overtime near the Spring Festival, although the Spring Festival is a three-day holiday, but the tradition of the Chinese people is that before the fifteenth day of the first month, they will not work very seriously. Therefore, after Jiang Yan discussed with the director, he simply pushed the production plan as far as possible, and it would be easier to do more before the year and after the year.

It's going to be the New Year, and the leaders are ushering in more entertainment. Since the institute is a newly established unit this year, it is indispensable to usher in the send-off, Jiang Yan has also been pulled into a strong man, but the research institute He Yuzhu, the chef, is in charge, the situation is much better, and everyone who comes here to visit is full of praise for He Yuzhu's craftsmanship.

Our country is a society of personal feelings, whether it is a unit or an individual, they all pay attention to personal courtesy. Especially in the two important festivals of the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Spring Festival, all kinds of relationships, superiors, subordinates, customers and friends, no matter how many or less, must move around. This form is not just for the sake of giving that little gift, but mainly a way of etiquette and emotional communication. The exchange of courtesies shows that there is you in my heart, respects you, and values you, if you really don't move around, it means that there may be problems in the relationship between each other.

The institute is a newly established unit, and it will need to deal with various departments in the future, so it is also necessary to pay homage to the temple gate in advance, but this gift is a university question, and you can write a book on who to give and what to give. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the social atmosphere was still very positive, and we should not do anything nonsense. At this time, the materials are not so abundant, so the New Year's gift visit is a headache for the leaders.

Therefore, Jiang Yan and the three of them also deliberately had a small meeting, after all, the three stinkers were not Zhuge Liang.

But after thinking about it, the three of them don't know what to do, local products and other things, don't prepare in advance, don't think about it, as for beef and mutton, it is estimated that there is no shortage of this in the leader's family. It's not easy to get something that stands out and makes an impression.

The three of them were worried and had been smoking there, and the director's office became a large-scale crime scene for a while.

was worried, Jiang Yan suddenly thought of the gift box of the later generations, but the kind of gift boxes in the later generations are mostly dried fruit specialties and the like, but there are also some braised meat gift boxes.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yan's eyes lit up, braised meat, you can make a braised meat gift box, this thing will not lose when you get it to the leader's house, and you can also add a snack to the leader.

Then Jiang Yan told his thoughts to the two directors, and when he heard Jiang Yan's words, the director's eyes lit up.

"It's still your young brains, but can we do it?" Director Wang asked.

"No problem, He Yuzhu in our back kitchen, his family is from the imperial kitchen, he knows a lot of secret recipes for braised pork, there is absolutely no problem with handing over this thing to him, so let him make a little bit today, you can taste it, if not, let's change things."

"Okay, you go and arrange, let's taste Master He's craftsmanship in the evening."

After receiving instructions from the factory director, Jiang Yan hurriedly arranged for the secretary to inform He Yuzhu to make braised pork.

(End of chapter)