The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 514 Dinner with Yaru
The afterglow of the setting sun is shining, and it is time for the smoke in the countryside.

The wind is gentle, blowing tired.The cloud is red hot, and the irritability is dissipated.A pot of cool well water washed the muddy legs, and a pot of tempting food fragrant the farmhouse.

As the sun sets, the mountains are stained with heavy ink, the river is glowing with rays of light, and the fields of millet with tassels are quietly golden.The peasants were happily toiled with smoke, and the leisurely cattle mooed the beautiful valley and wandered around.

Lao Tan cooked four dishes, and brought them to the table in the yard one by one. Two mugwort ropes were lit next to the table, and the fragrance was overflowing, attracting mosquitoes.

Yaru brought out the rice, took the bowls and chopsticks, and poured wine for himself and Lao Tan respectively.

"People are sick and can't drink, but you're good, drinking constantly every day." Yaru said.

"Drink some in moderation." Lao Tan said: "Habits developed over the years, you can't just quit, that's not good." Then he gave an example: "If you have lung cancer, you should quit smoking immediately. It may be two years if you quit, although the doctor doesn't say it clearly, but most of them are like this."

"Here's a fallacy."

"Hehe, but it makes sense. I've been ill for a long time and have become a doctor, so I understand a little bit. If you are sick, don't be afraid first, don't panic, what to do, this is the most basic.

The second is to cooperate with the doctor to actively treat, take medicine and injections, maintain a good mood, and live every day as the best day, don't waste it, smiling is better than anything else.

Don't be hospitalized unless necessary. Hospitalization is good, clean and hygienic, but watching life and death aphrodisiac dramas every day makes you feel discouraged and affects your mood.When people are gone, think about when you are gone, and if you are gone, is it the same? When the little white cloth is covered, the car is pushed, followed by a group of crying and crying. "

Yaru was amused, and said, "Look at what you said, it's time for the real thing."

"It's not true, everyone has to go that way, sooner or later. Well, let's not talk about this, try my cooking."

The four dishes are Stir-Fried Nail Mushrooms with Minced Beef, Fried Eggs with Minced Chives, Home-Stewed Tofu, and Braised Beans with Eggplant.

Stir-fried nail mushrooms with minced beef are filled with chopped celery and chili rice, and coriander pieces are scattered when the spoon is taken out. It looks good and tastes delicious and refreshing, very authentic.

Stupid egg fried leeks look simple and easy to make at home, but it takes a lot of effort to cook them well. It takes patience to control the heat, drain the water from the eggs and leeks, and fry them golden and crispy on both sides.

Golden is easy to fry and crispy, but if you want it to be crispy, add a little cornstarch and salt to the egg liquid, and you can't put chicken essence and monosodium glutamate, otherwise it will diverge and have an earthy smell.

Home stewed old tofu must be pure marinated tofu with pulp, a little bit of chopped green onion, and a little pepper noodles.Don’t cut the tofu by hand, just stew it with slurry water, lower the heat, and simmer until honeycombs appear on the tofu, sprinkle a little garlic sprouts on it.

At this time, the tofu has a strong flavor and a pure home taste. The more you eat, the more you want to eat it.

Eggplant and beans are also particular. It must be tender purple eggplant with skin and [-] beans. Big white beans can’t be made, and they will become watery after eating.Cut the eggplant into strips, cut the [-] beans into sections, and cook them with oil before cooking. When cooking, add more garlic and less sugar.

Yaru first tasted the stir-fried nail mushrooms with minced beef and said it was delicious, and then she tasted fried leeks with stupid eggs and gave a good review.

"I found that your cooking is better than before," she said.

"The main reason is to calm the mind, plus not to put those messy seasonings in the restaurant, the original taste." Old Tan said.

"Hmm—" Yaru tasted old tofu and roasted beans with eggplant, and they all said they were delicious.

"Come on, drink." Old Tan raised his glass and said.

Yaru raised his glass and touched Lao Tan's cup, and took a sip.

"How is the business in the store?" Old Tan asked after taking a sip and putting down his glass.

"Very good, better than last year." Yaru said.

"How is Shangguan Qingyuan doing?" Old Tan asked again.

"It's also very good, not inferior to Li Shuang, and the employees are very convinced."

"That's good."

"Gu Yi and Sister Wang went on a trip to Guangxi."

"Really, envy, fairy couple."

"What else are the couple talking about - you don't have to worry about eating and drinking, and the restaurant makes money, so why not be chic?" Yaru said enviously.

Old Tan smiled noncommittally, and lit a cigarette casually.

"Why are you still smoking?" Yaru asked with a frown.

"Not always smoking—" Lao Tan said.

"The trachea is not good, smoke less, and quit slowly."

"Ah."

The two were silent for a while.

The sky was getting dark, and the voices coming from the west courtyard were obviously that the couple had finished their meal and were going to watch Erren Zhuan in the farmyard.The couple from the East Yard also went out. Instead of watching Errenzhuan, they were going to take a stroll at the entrance of the village.

"This place is good, with mountains and rivers, and quiet." Yaru said.

"Well, the development is good." Lao Tan then added: "The main thing is to find a good cadre and do practical things for the common people."

"I heard it's Zhou Xiaomei's second aunt."

"Yes." Old Tan nodded.

"Our village can't do it. The village head corrupted the secretary and took bribes. He has been in there for two terms, and the current one is still the same."

"Is there no first secretary?"

"Yes." Yaru said, "It's the same as no one. Go to the village and stay for two years to be gilded, and then go back so that you can move up the ranks, so that people won't offend others."

Old Tan thought about it too, and sighed helplessly.

Yaru went on to say: "Officials don't care about things, and ordinary people don't take it seriously. They turned around and left as if they hadn't seen them. I remember that when I was a child, I was afraid when I met the village head. If someone's family had a big affair The first one to arrive is the village head, and the couple will fight."

"That's not true. At that time, being a village head was tiring, and he took care of everything. He was a pure Communist Party cadre. It's the same now, but he doesn't serve the common people anymore."

Yaru looked at Lao Tan and suddenly smiled, and said, "If you don't come out to work, you may be the village head of your village now."

Old Tan was stunned for a moment, then smiled, and said, "It's almost—it's enough. I need money to be a village head, and I don't have it."

"There is still no money. You haven't earned any money these years."

"Hehe, you don't spend your money on it, you spend money to be an official? Humph! It's not necessary, the common people scold me, it's not worth it." Lao Tan then said: "Besides, why should I be an official when I have money? Don't worry about it. Not at all."

"Don't you like being the boss?" Yaru asked.

Lao Tan said: "This and that are two different things. That is an official, and this is management. I like management. To put it bluntly, I like to work in restaurants. I like to lead a group of brothers to work together, earn money to support the family, and live a good life. people look down on.

Hey, like those of us who came out of the countryside are either poor or difficult, so we want to come out and scratch a little bit to make life better.

Those who come from the countryside are afraid—it’s better now, and there are not many people who look down on the rural people.At that time, people in the city looked down on us and treated us as beggars, and they didn't even look at us seriously.

Having said that, it is indeed a bit of a fucking disappointment, full of dirty words, no swearing or talking, clothes washed every half a month are good, hair is felted and I don’t know how to cut it, grit my teeth and fart, no wonder people look down on me. "

Yaru said: "There is such a thing."

"If people want to be respected, they must first respect and love themselves, take themselves seriously, and make themselves whole, like a human being.

To tell you the truth, apart from cooking to earn money to live a better life and not to be looked down upon by others, I spend most of my time improving the working environment and benefits of our migrant workers, giving training to everyone, and teaching them how to live. As a human being, how can you respect yourself and love yourself, why not be looked down upon by others.

It is my ideal to make Aqiao the whole country.But—it’s easy to do the whole country, but it’s hard to do it well——

Running a restaurant is the same as being a person. If you want to do a good job in a restaurant, you have to do a good job in people. One person can do a good job in a restaurant, but how about a group of people?How about a large group?
What Aqiao gives is that the dumplings are delicious, the wine is delicious, the dishes are delicious, the service is warm and welcoming, and the price is fair.Thinking about it carefully, Aqiao has done a good job, knows how to be a human being, and is only today because of her popularity. "

(End of this chapter)