Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chen Nian doesn't know why Xiamen in this period doesn't seem to have any special features of its own.

But what he knew was that Xiamen in this period was not as prosperous as later generations. The current Xiamen should be called Xiamen Island, which belongs to the jurisdiction of Tong'an County.

It was not until almost 20 years later that Siming County, which was drawn from Tong'an County, was called XM City, and after several twists and turns, it finally became a municipality directly under the Central Government of FJ Province.

"However, it should be a good place to play in future generations. After all, although Chen Nian has never been there, he has heard of Gulangyu Island.

Chen Nian just cooked and ate while drinking some wine with Lucas. Now Lucas is completely acceptable to rice wine, and even likes it a little.

"Chen, I don't know how you manage these things in your kitchen. If possible, I want to bring more wine like this when I get off the boat." Lucas said.

Chen Nian smiled when he heard this: "If it's too much, I don't think so, but if it's too little, I don't think it's a problem."

"Then I'll go back and ask if I can buy some rice wine to take back."

"By the way, Lucas, do you want to go home and have a look?" Suddenly Chen Nian asked, because he remembered that Lucas hadn't been back since he left many years ago.

Always traveling around the world.

"I think I will go back and have a look. After so many years, I also want to see how the family has developed. My father is probably old too. Those children who couldn't even walk when I left should be He has grown into a young man." Lucas said and took another sip of wine.

Only then did Chen Nian realize that the other party was actually a middle-aged man in his 40s.

After all, during this period of getting along, Lucas and Chen Nian and even Tonio are also very harmonious, whether it is chatting or joking, it does not feel that Lucas looks like he is in his 40s.

But time can't hide it.

Even with a young heart, there is no way to bring Lucas back to his youth.

"It's time to go back and have a look. In our country, there is an idiom called Falling Leaves Returning to Their Roots." Chen Nian said while drinking with the other party.

Lucas nodded: "I know this word, and I've been working hard to learn Chinese recently, but I feel that I'm still very young. After you, I now have a very strong interest in the Eastern Kingdom."

"You can go and have a look, but you must protect yourself when the time comes, after all, the current situation may be a bit unstable." Chen Nian warned again.

"Don't worry, I haven't seen any big wind and waves. I'm not that kind of weak artist. Do you believe that if you fight with me now, I can knock you down in five seconds?" Lucas said He stood up, rolled up his sleeves and put on a boxing stance, wanting to fight Chen Nian.

As a result, Chen Nian looked at the other party's wobbly appearance, and almost laughed out loud. He had already drunk so much that he had to fight against himself. Probably this guy drank too much again, and he still had to drink because of his poor capacity for alcohol. .

"I believe, I can't beat you. How powerful are you? Why haven't I seen you in so many years? But I don't want to fight you. We all have to work tomorrow. What if you are missing an arm or a leg? it is good?"

Chen Nian comforted with a smile.

"Don't worry, I will definitely not play such a heavy hand, come on, let's fight!" Lucas said, not giving up his intention to single out with Chen Nian.

"Forget it, it's not convenient for me today, let's practice another day." Lucas finally sat down.

But at this time, the two of them had almost eaten and drank enough wine. The age was not bad, but Lucas was a little too much.

He hurriedly tidied up the kitchen, but Chen Nian was still a little worried afterwards, so he personally sent Lucas back to the room.

On the next morning, in order to prevent Lucas from oversleeping again, Chen Nian told a waiter to call Lucas after ten o'clock.

In the next period of time, Chen Nian has nothing to do here. Tomorrow, he will cook, read books, and learn Italian.

Day by day, Platinum Star is getting closer and closer to San Francisco, USA.

It can be seen that the mood of the colleagues around them is also different from before. After all, after this voyage is over, they can rest for another three months.

According to Chen Nian's understanding, most people don't actually have any special plans. In fact, many old employees have a fixed place to live in the United States. After staying on this ship for a long time, they naturally don't lack money. There is no pressure to buy a small house here.

Every time I come to the shore, I come back here to clean it up, and then board the ship after staying for three months.

And the same goes for Hong Kong.

It's just that the prices and housing prices in Hong Kong are very high, so they basically choose to buy houses in cheaper places around.

Or live directly in the hotel.

If you stay here often, hotels usually offer discounts, even discounts on meals.

All in all a very good deal.

Others choose to rent a house with other people, so that the rent can be saved.

On this morning, the broadcast on the ship announced that the ship can dock today.

Everyone was very happy after hearing this, and they learned the news in the morning, which meant that there was no need to cook in the kitchen at noon.

After the ship landed, the guests disembarked, and the employees could also leave after packing up their things.

It's just that the engineering department and the service department also need to clean up other places on the ship except the lounges of other employees.

You can hear the cheers from above just by aging in the room.

It seemed that the [-]-day voyage had exhausted them.

"But it's pretty good to be able to land."

Just as Chen Nian was thinking about his arrangements after he went ashore, suddenly there was a knock on the door.

After opening the door, it was Maddie.

"Mr. Chen Nian, don't bother me. This time, Mr. Huo asked me to ask you if there is any place to live after you dock."

As soon as Chen Nian heard this, he knew that it might be that Mr. Huo wanted to arrange a place for himself, and it was a relationship between master and apprentice anyway.

He was considering whether to live in Chinatown before, after all, he might be more familiar with the environment in the parallel world.

But when Mr. Huo asked this question, Chen Nian immediately fell into hesitation. Although it would not cost much to find a hotel in Chinatown for three months, it would definitely be inconvenient to cook in a hotel.

When you go to Mr. Huo's place, you don't need to be sure that there are all kinds of tableware, and it is very convenient to learn from the master. Even if you want to practice some dishes, the kitchen can meet all your needs without spending money.

Money is not of much use to Chen Nian, it is better to invest in knowledge, just like when Chen Nian was in Hawaii before, he spent a lot of money to learn to surf, and then spent a lot of money to buy a bottle of Xiao Huang Reserve grade red wine.

Now Chen Nian still has tens of thousands of dollars on him.

During this period, the gold content of the [-]-yuan households was quite high, not to mention that they were still holding US dollars.

Rounding it up, and taking into account the purchasing power of the US dollar and the exchange rate of this period, aging is equivalent to being a millionaire.

In the end, Chen Nian agreed to the other party, and planned to live with Mr. Huo during this period of time.

Seeing that Chen Nian agreed, McGrady took out a small envelope from his body and handed it to Chen Nian, then left.

Chen Nian touched the inside and found that there seemed to be a key inside.

After opening it, it was found that there was an ordinary key inside, and besides the key, there was a note with an address written on it. Don't think it must be Mr. Huo's address.

"It seems that I will not go there with Master at that time, maybe I need to go first, or go after finishing my own business." Chen Nian thought.

When Jie Luo and Anna got off the boat before, they said that they would come to play with them when they arrived in the United States. Now Chen Nian doesn’t know if what they said is true. After all, something like that just happened at home, maybe by now Neither is fully resolved.

Chen Nian looked at the presents he bought for them on the few occasions when he disembarked along the way.

Although wireless telephones have been invented during this period, this kind of thing is not available for the current age.

So Chen Nian couldn't get in touch with the shore.

Just after the boat docked, Chen Nian watched from his window those guests happily carrying big bags and going down the boat.

There were joyful smiles on their faces.

Just after they were almost gone, there were footsteps in the corridor outside Chen Nian's door.

But this time, Chen Nian's door was pushed open, and Chen Nian looked up to see that it was Huang Su.

"Let's go, we're going to the hall now. Mr. Huo will tell us when we'll come back to the ship, and we'll also send out the wages and bonuses for this time."

Chen Nian also nodded when he heard the words, got up and followed Huang Su.

And Chen Nian saw that Huang Su didn't wear a chef's uniform, so he also wore casual clothes.

When I came to the hall, I saw that Mr. Huo was already waiting here, and beside him were Maddie and some staff members on board, but those staff members felt as if they had never seen them for a long time.

After a brief introduction, Chen Nian knew that those people were the finances of the ship.

"The next boarding will be NO.15 in three months. Remember to bring your clothes. If necessary, you can prepare some thicker bedding, because it may be very cold then."

After exhorting, Mr. Huo began to call people's names, and then went to the front to collect wages. Everyone's money was put in an envelope.

From the outside, it is basically impossible to see how much money is inside.

Only after everyone gets the envelope can they feel the thickness of it. The wages paid this time include bonuses, so we can see that everyone has a satisfied smile on their faces after getting the envelope.

Of course, Chen Nian is no exception. Although money is of little use to him, the process of distributing money is still very happy.

After getting the envelope, Chen Nian squeezed it lightly and felt that the money inside was very thick, there should be about a hundred sheets.

"It's really generous. With this money, you can buy a big villa in some remote places in the United States. If it is more remote, it is possible to buy a manor." Chen Nian couldn't help thinking so.

However, the salaries of chefs are generally higher. When I was on the ship, I learned about the salaries of the waiters. In fact, they are not that high, and the salaries of the crew in the engine department are actually only higher than the ordinary salary level. Some.

After all, the work of the engine department is responsible for the operation of the ship, which belongs to the grassroots department, and the job of the chefs is to serve the guests, which belongs to the service industry, and the higher the status of the guests, the higher the status of these chefs.

The relationship between the server and the served is actually increasing or decreasing together.

In addition, Chen Nian was still the proud one among these people, so the bonus he got was naturally more.

After handing out the money, everyone dispersed, but Chen Nian saw Mr. Huo looking at him one more time on the stage. When his eyes met his, Mr. Huo smiled, nodded, and turned to leave.

But when Chen Nian was going to go back to pack his things, Huang Su came to find Chen Nian and asked where he planned to live when the time came.

Chen Nian said that he might go to Mr. Huo's place. After hearing this, Huang Su couldn't help feeling sour, but fortunately, he soon felt relieved.

But just after Huang Su finished speaking, Chen Nian asked about Huang Su's arrangement.

Huang Su said that he would go to Chinatown. There was a friend he knew there, and every time he came to the United States, he would live there for a while.

So Chen Nian asked the specific address again, and then bid farewell to the other party.

Then came Tonio.

After Tonio came, he didn't ask where Chen Nian lived, but directly said that he planned to leave with his teacher, Chef Geo, after all, his teacher also has a house here, and he can arrange for him to live. He came here this time just to ask if Chen Nian has any arrangements, if not, he can go with him.

Because he had already asked Jio at that time, and Jio said there was no problem.

"I will go to see my master at that time, we will meet again when we have time, anyway, we will be in San Francisco by then."

"No problem." Tonio saw that Chen Nian was also settled, so he didn't say anything more. After the two exchanged addresses, they went back to pack their things.

But just after walking out of the hall, Chen Nian met Lucas again.

"I'm going back to my family. I plan to take a good rest at home in these three months. Of course, I may go out to perform. If you can come then, I will be very happy." Lucas said slowly said slowly.

"Don't worry, Mr. Lucas, if I have time, I will definitely go, just remember to tell me where the performance will be, and I will buy tickets for you."

"Hahaha." Lucas laughed when he heard this, "Don't worry, although I, Lucas, have been away from here for more than 20 years, if I want to perform, I can still invite a few friends to watch it for free. At that time, I will send you the tickets in advance, as long as you remember to come and see them."

"Ok."

Chen Nian then told Lucas his address.

In this way, after Chen Nian went back to pack his things, he didn't leave in a hurry, but came up to find Mr. Huo again, and told someone else.

After all, this is his master.

And Mr. Huo also told Chen Nian to pay attention to safety on the road. Anyway, he has the key and address. If he wants to live there, he can go there directly, or if he wants to go outside for a while.

He also told Chen Nian that if he was bored, he could call some friends over to play with him, as long as he didn't enter his room.

And Mr. Huo himself will take a car with the captain to find their boss after a while.

"Good master, then I'm going to get off the boat first. I plan to go to Chinatown first, and I will go to your place tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, and then clean up there."