Far away in Moscow

Chapter 94
After seeing off the Koreans after the meal, Li Baoqing moved to Hu Yi's side inexplicably: "What did you say to that girl just now? Buying kimchi?"

"Yes, I plan to ask her to help make a big box."

"Why do you want so many kimchi? Sell it with our lunch box?"

"I haven't made up my mind yet." Hu Yi bit his lip and pondered for a while: "I'm afraid it won't be possible to sell this thing separately, so why not...buy a box lunch and send pickles? What do you think?"

Li Baoqing leaned back in his chair lazily: "Send kimchi? Is this a good idea you came up with?"

Hu Yi suddenly came up with this idea when he was eating just now. Now that he thought about it carefully, he felt a little lack of strength, so he murmured with a smile: "This is just the first step. The important thing now is to develop ideas. Don't just confine yourself to building a car behind closed doors."

"That's right." Li Baoqing crossed one leg and lit a cigarette: "If I knew this, I should have learned a few more dishes when I was in the back kitchen of Huanghai."

"Yes." Hu Yi agreed, and suddenly something came to mind, and he stared straight ahead in a daze.

"Why don't I find time to go to Huanghai to ask them for advice?" Li Baoqing tried to ask, "It would be great if Old Wei was still around. He knows the two of us best, and he will definitely be willing to teach me a few things."

"Yes!" Hu Yi slapped his hands, "We can go directly to Old Wei!"

"That's great!" Li Baoqing said happily, "Can you find him?"

"I have his phone number!" Excitedly, Hu Yi took out his phone and was about to dial. After a moment of hesitation, he lowered his hand: "How about...call later. I haven't contacted him for a long time, I want to How do you want to speak?"

Li Baoqing looked at his watch, raised his head and yawned: "Okay, then I'll go home first."

"Go back." Hu Yi handed over half of the day's takeaway income to Li Baoqing, and patted him on the shoulder twice: "By the way, I remember that Peng Song's spicy chicken is very good. You two have a good relationship, take time Call and ask him to teach you."

Li Baoqing agreed and went out with his schoolbag.Hu Yi took out his books and finished his homework, went to the bathroom to take a bath, lay comfortably on the bed and smoked a cigarette, and then remembered to call Wei Wei.

Ever since he asked for Lao Wei's phone number from Chef Huang Hai a few months ago, Hu Yi has never contacted him.Counting it, the two hadn't seen each other for more than half a year, and they felt extremely cordial when they suddenly heard each other's voice.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Hu Yi asked cautiously: "Brother Wei, I heard that you are no longer working in the Yellow Sea, have you been doing well recently?"

"Hey, what's the matter, let's do some work." Old Wei paused for a moment, then said hesitantly, "Who did you listen to?"

"I met the head chef some time ago, and he told me."

"Oh?" Old Wei was silent for a moment, and his tone became a little unnatural: "Then...do you know why I left?"

"Hmm..." Hu Yi didn't want to mention this at first, but since Lao Wei asked, there was no need to pretend not to know, so he replied vaguely: "It seems... I heard him mention something."

"Hey!" Old Wei sighed, and then smiled heartily: "It's okay, it's been a long time, and I'm thinking about it now. I did everything by myself, are you afraid that others will know?"

Hu Yi breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly comforted him: "Speaking of which, it's really not a big deal for you, and it's all because that Maozi boss is too serious."

"I can't say that. In the final analysis, it's still my fault. There's nothing to complain about." Old Wei's tone was very serious: "Don't say anything. I remember you and Li Zi once persuaded me before leaving, but unfortunately, I didn't Take your words seriously, and you deserve to be fired."

Hu Yi felt a burst of emotion in his heart. He didn't want to talk about the old matter of Lao Wei anymore, so he changed the topic and talked about the situation after that.

After Lao Wei left the Huanghai Hotel, he felt aggrieved for a while, and stayed at home drinking for more than half a month.Later, a friend introduced him to work as a chef in a Chinese restaurant in the market, but the place was a bit far from his home, the working conditions were relatively poor, and the salary was not much, so he quit after less than two months.

For the time being, Lao Wei has not yet found a new place to go. Every day, he makes some braised meat sauce at home and sells it to the Chinese people in the building. Although his income is not stable, his life is quite carefree.

When Hu Yi said that he wanted to learn a few dishes, Lao Wei agreed very happily: "Okay, no problem. Just tell me what kind of dishes you want to cook, but cooking can't be said in a few words on the phone. I understand, it’s best to teach it on the spot.”

"That would be the best." Hu Yi was overjoyed: "When will you be free? Baoqing and I will go find you."

"I live far away, and you are usually very busy in class, so don't run here." Old Wei smiled honestly: "Besides, I live here with several people, and it's a mess. I'm afraid you will laugh at me. Make an appointment with me. Go to Youda and find you."

It is obviously not a good choice to let Lao Wei come to Building 10. First, the dormitory is poor and inconvenient to entertain guests. Second, he cannot be allowed to publicly teach cooking skills in the public kitchen.So they discussed it and decided to invite Wei to Zhou Dali's house on Saturday.

The temperature was very low on Saturday morning, and Hu Yi and Li Baoqing covered themselves tightly. They came to the subway station near Zhou Dali's house early in the morning to wait for Lao Wei.

Said it was "early morning", but it was already almost ten o'clock.But more than ten minutes have passed since the appointed time, but Old Wei still hasn't appeared.

The two of them were secretly worried when Old Wei called: "Hello? I've been here for a long time, where are you? I'm freezing to death!"

"Are you here early?" Hu Yi looked around: "Didn't you agree to meet next to the gate? Didn't you see you?"

"Yes." Old Wei muttered, "I'm indeed next to the turnstile."

"Then what happened? Did you get off at Belyaeva?"

"That's right!"

"Mouth A?"

"Yup!"

"This is really strange." Hu Yi wondered: "You must have gone wrong. Look again, what else is there?"

"Other things... There is a shop along the way. There is a cigarette seller and a magazine seller next to the turnstile." Old Wei snuffed his nose twice: "Don't tell me, this turnstile smells pretty good, very fragrant. You Have you smelled it? You can find me by following the scent."

"Shop? It's delicious?!" Hu Yi was stunned for a moment, waved to Li Baoqing, and walked quickly to the underground shopping street near the exit. When he turned the corner, he saw Lao Wei standing in a fried chicken shop with his neck curled up. Beside the window, two feet kept taking turns stomping the ground.

"Are you waiting here?" The two were annoyed and happy: "Brother, we said we will meet next to the turnstile at the exit of the subway!"

"Huh? There's also fried chicken at the exit of the subway?" Old Wei Hanhan smiled: "I didn't see it when I passed by just now."

"The gate! It's that machine!" Hu Yi stretched out his hand and gestured: "The subway ticket gate, that thing that blocks you from entering!"

Old Wei suddenly realized: "Oh! You call that thing a gate!"

"That's right!" Li Baoqing stopped laughing with difficulty: "What do you call that thing?"

"Hey, we don't know the scientific name, so we call that thing three sticks."

The three of them laughed loudly, and Hu Yi looked at the fried chicken shop next to him: "It smells good, let's buy one and eat it at noon?"

"No, don't you have to fry several dishes at noon." Lao Wei raised the plastic bag in his hand: "I also brought you some good things, try my cooking."

Talking and laughing all the way, the three of them went to the nearby large supermarket to buy some meat, eggs and vegetables, and came to Zhou Dali's house to introduce him and Old Wei. Li Baoqing then followed Old Wei into the kitchen.

(End of this chapter)