slack farmer in the wasteland

Chapter 467 The Novelty

Guan Qidong took a short break, and it was almost noon. Guan Qidong also refused Cang Hai's invitation to eat at home, and he decided to eat with the students.

When Guan Qidong walked out of the kiln door and came to the kitchen, he found that the chefs who cooked this time had changed. It was not the old Li Liren and his wife, but several people he had never seen before. Men, the clothes are all chef uniforms, and they are very clean and tidy.

"Several, haven't I seen you before?"

Guan Qidong took out a cigarette from his pocket and passed it around to the masters.

Several masters took the cigarettes and did not smoke, but clamped them next to their ears.

The oldest one, about 40 years old, opened his mouth and said, "We just came here yesterday, and if you come here later, you will see us often."

"Are you the head chef?" Guan Qidong pulled a small bench and sat down, and asked with a smile while helping to choose dishes.

The old man said: "What kind of chef, there are only three people under his command! My father and Li Erye used to be brothers, but now the restaurant business in the county is not doing well, and I am resting at home. No, Li Erye When they said there was work in the village that needed someone to do it, they thought of me..."

"Then what's your surname?" Guan Qidong asked.

"Miangui is also surnamed Li, and has the same surname as Li Erye, but they are not related. These boys are all nephews of my own family. The youngest grandnephew just graduated from high school last year, and he has no business to go to university, so he just followed me. rice," said the head chef, Lao Li.

Lao Li knew that all the people who came here this time were from Jingshi University. For the families in this area, being admitted to a university is equivalent to being a Wenqu star, and someone who has knowledge is a person worthy of respect, so Lao Li is quite polite to Guan Qidong. What to ask and what to answer.

It's the village's decision to hire a chef outside, and it's a bit uneconomical to keep Li Liren in the kitchen. How much does it cost to maintain a local chef team for a year?
Li Liren and his wife are all liberated, how much income can they bring to the village?Even if Hu Shijie is not good at arithmetic, he can still calculate it. Besides, Li Liren doesn't want to just be in charge of the spoon all day, and he also wants to get the first prize in the village.

The invited chef is the son of Li Liren, who learned to be a cook before, and his skills are quite good. In addition, there is nothing to do now. The economy in the Northwest is not good, and the industry and commerce are poor. The most restaurants on the street are restaurants. There are so many restaurants, but there are few customers. , so restaurants close almost every day, and new restaurants open every day, which has become a cycle.

Lao Li originally opened a restaurant outside, but the business was really not very good. Apart from the rent, water, electricity, and labor wages, there was not much money left every year, so he closed the restaurant and prepared to go to the south to look for opportunities during the slack season. It happened that Li Liren was looking for someone here, and he was the first one to think of, and the two hit it off, so Lao Li brought a few nephews and grandchildren over.

"It's good to be a chef. My student lives in this village. He likes to cook, and he can cook well," Guan Qidong said.

Lao Li then asked, "You're talking about Boss Cang, right?"

"Ok!"

"That's a capable person! I don't know how many villages are envious of such a person in Sijiaping Village. Let me tell you, every household is now forcing their children to go to school and work hard. In the past, many people didn't mind. Let the children go to work outside if they don’t study, and now because of Boss Cang’s deeds, everyone is looking forward to the children going to college to learn more culture..." Lao Li was very good at chatting, and began to praise Cang Hai.

Guan Qidong nodded and said: "That's for sure. In the past few decades, no matter whether you were illiterate or simply illiterate, as long as you were courageous and dared to do it, you could succeed, like the number one in the country. How many of the people who became rich were highly educated? But it’s no longer the case now. Look at the current business leaders, how many are not highly educated? I spelled a brave word, but now I can’t. Almost every industry has developed, and it’s hard to get ahead in the industry without knowledge.”

"Isn't it like you said!"

Lao Li patted his thigh: "I can't wait to take care of my two little ones and study for them, but it's a pity, it's useless, the grades are still as bad as shit, what you say to them is like spring wind pouring into a donkey's ears It’s the same—one ear goes in, the other ear goes out, and children can’t keep playing with bamboo shoots and fried pork when they grow up...”.

Hearing what Lao Li said was interesting, Guan Qidong laughed.

"Your clothes are quite new, aren't they?" Guan Qidong asked.

Lao Li showed off his clothes: "I just got on last night, don't worry, our place is absolutely hygienic, and the dishes are absolutely fresh! I'm not talking nonsense to you, you saw the regulations in the kitchen No? Every section is counted, and it is checked at any time, and there is a prescribed amount of deductions. If there are five failures in a month, we will not be able to continue... ".

"So strict?" Guan Qidong was a little surprised.

A young man interrupted and said: "It's so strict, I guess the county recruits don't have this requirement, and even stipulates the process of washing vegetables!"

"Do your job honestly. We are hired to do the work when people pay. If you eat other people's food, you have to abide by their rules. Why don't you say that you used to get 2000 yuan, but now you have grown to 4000 yuan? Work hard for me, don't ruin your own job, I will smoke whoever ruins everyone's job!"

Lao Li yelled at his nephews.

4000 yuan is considered a high salary here except for civil servants. As for tens of thousands of yuan, it is just heard of by ordinary people who have no skills and no education.

Originally, he turned his face, but when he faced Guan Qidong, he put on a smile: "The children are a bit lazy, but I will keep an eye on them. Don't worry, the food here is definitely no better than the food in your star-rated hotel. bad!"

"Then I'm here waiting to try your handicraft at noon?" Guan Qidong said.

Lao Li smiled and patted his chest: "Just look at it! Your side is the standard for working meals, two meat dishes and three small vegetarian dishes per person, enough rice?"

Guan Qidong nodded after hearing this: "Well, it seems to be like this."

In the past, when everyone came here, they just ate and drank. Because there were few people, only a few people were treated as guests.

But it can’t be done like this now. Sijiaping Village doesn’t expect to make money, but it can also lose money. It’s like paying a little money like before. Every meal is full of fish and meat, even at home. Eat something cheap.

So when we came here this time, everyone negotiated the standard, and every student and teacher are the same, standard box lunch.

"Today's steamed fish slices, small river prawns with leeks, and our special big bowl of meat, and braised duck pieces in braised sauce. I won't list the vegetarian dishes. You can choose whatever you like," Lao Li said.

"Okay!" Guan Qidong nodded in satisfaction when he heard that it was quite rich.

After choosing dishes for a while, I walked around the kitchen and found that a lot of equipment was added to the kitchen. The original wood stove was replaced by a standard gas stove. There were four stoves in a row, and Two steamers.In a corner of the kitchen stood two gas tanks as tall as a person.

Look at the cafeteria, it has also been remodeled. It was originally a cloth shed, but now it has been replaced with a steel frame main body. The antique-style building is spacious and bright. The rows of chairs are all solid wood, and only a layer of varnish has been applied. The beautiful original wood texture can be seen in the varnish. A table with two long benches can seat almost six people for dinner, and the entire restaurant can accommodate about 200 people.

There are bamboo chandeliers on the top of the restaurant. These dull lights are very distinctive, some are like bamboo baskets, some are like bamboo hats, full of farmhouse style, and the roof is not suspended, directly exposing the steel frame and wooden boards above. Textures, as well as air-conditioning ducts, refreshing, tidy and pleasing to the eye.

One look at this restaurant and you can tell that it has been designed. The pool and the vegetable collection box are arranged in a very organized way. It is definitely not something that a half-toned designer can play around. Just by looking at it, Guan Qidong saw his student in it. The small style, I guess it is the handwriting of my students.

Looking around carefully with his hands behind his back, Guan Qidong's heart is full of mixed feelings. He saw the talent of his students, but he also knew that his students would never be able to calm down and inherit his mantle in this life. Yes, I feel a little lost.

Turning back to his own kiln, Guan Qidong sat down and read a book for a while, feeling that he was still a little upset, so he went out for a walk again, and stood at the entrance of the small village, looking into the distance, looking at the endless rolling yellow The land suddenly felt relieved, and the depression in his heart was relieved a lot.

Just as I was about to go back to the village, I suddenly heard a burst of laughter coming from afar. I turned my head and found a group of students playing and taking pictures on the lawn under the slope.

Today’s students don’t seem to know how to live their lives without social media. When they go to a new place, they either post on Moments or Weibo. Guan Qidong also tried to play with the thinking of young people for a while, but I always feel that I don't know the point, and I don't know what is the point of young people brushing this thing every day.

Even so, Guan Qidong also tried to understand young people, because this society will always belong to young people. No matter how awesome you are, you will not be able to live for thousands of years. In the future, this society and this country will have to rely on these young people. People, because only youth is the future.

Guan Qidong carefully descended from the slope to the big lawn, only to find a group of people patted the poultry in the stream, and from time to time, a group of pigs could be seen coming out of the bamboo bushes. From time to time, an old sow will appear leisurely beside the creek with seven or eight mixed-breed young wild boars.

As for rabbits, not to mention weasels and pheasants, they can’t be said to be in groups, but from time to time, one or two of these can always be seen jumping out, and then they are scared to the ground amidst the yelling of the students. and flee.

When the teachers who followed saw Guan Qidong coming, they immediately greeted the old man.

"Teacher Guan, I really didn't expect that this place is simply a small Jiangnan."

"Little Jiangnan, where can I find such a place in Jiangnan now? Some wild animals are probably caught by people. You see, the wild animals here are not very afraid of people. Just now a pheasant walked two or three meters in front of me. However, when I wanted to catch it, I just flapped my wings and flew away."

"Didn't you say there were bears? Why didn't you see any bears?" asked the only female teacher among them.

Guan Qidong said with a smile: "Now is the busy time of farming, and all the bears have gone to help."

"Bears can still help, don't fool me." The female teacher who spoke just now laughed.

"It's not considered helping, but it's actually just dragging some things. Then when it's time to eat, the villagers here will distribute some food to the bears. To put it bluntly, it's like training a dog. A well-trained dog will buy some food." As for vegetables, the IQ of bears is actually no lower than that of dogs. Forget it, you won’t believe me if I tell you now, but I’ll take you all to the place where the villagers grow melons in the afternoon and you’ll find out,” Guan Qidong said.

"The weather here is really nice, neither hot nor cold, just a thick layer of clothing." At this time, a student came up.

For majors that are linked to art, the relationship between teachers and students is more casual than that of pure science and engineering, and the relationship between teachers and students is closer.

"It's quite cold here at night, and it's around four or five degrees now, so when you come out again after the sun goes down, you have to put on a sweater."

After Guan Qidong finished speaking, he said again: "Actually, this is not the best time to come. If summer comes, you can eat watermelon. Don't think that the watermelon here is the same as the one you buy on the street. The watermelon here is very popular in the market. The ones that are not sold on the market are put into the processing factory when they leave the land. In the autumn, there are all kinds of wild fruits, and in the winter, they can have fun playing in the snow. Every year, many young people from the magic capital come here to ski. Winter swimming and eating hot pot, anyway, the seasons of the year are different. There are no wild fruits, no snow, and no watermelon at this time, so it is not the best time.”

(End of this chapter)