pasture leisure

Chapter 124 Encounter
"Merry Christmas everyone!"

As soon as Aunt Phil entered the door, she immediately congratulated everyone in the restaurant on Merry Christmas loudly.

Every Christmas, Aunt Phil’s family is the first to come over for dinner, and Aunt Phil’s family is different from other families. Others serve American Chinese food, but Aunt Phil’s family has Chinese Christmas dinner. What to eat and materials are also provided.

"Merry Christmas Auntie".

Both Zhang Wen and Zhang Chi greeted Aunt Phil.

Zheng Huai followed Zhang Wen and called Aunt Phil.

"Yo, yo! Look at how beautiful this girl is, not only is she good-looking, she also has a good temperament!" Aunt Phil pulled Zheng Huai up and looked him up and down before starting to praise her.

"Thank you, auntie." Zheng Huai felt a little embarrassed.

"Dawen, you really have a good eye. When will the wedding be held?" Aunt Phil asked.

Aunt Phil grew up watching Zhang Wen, so it's not considered abrupt to ask. The two families are considered good friends, so as Zhang Wen's elder, Aunt Phil speaks a little casually.

If it is a foreigner, no one will ask this question, because it is a relatively personal matter.

"Next year, find a time next year," Zhang Wen said.

"Okay, okay, such a good girl has to act first." Aunt Phil likes girls like Zheng Huai who obviously have a Chinese temperament.

Aunt Phil likes Chinese girls and doesn't like those foreigners. She thinks that foreign girls are not as good at taking care of the family as us Chinese girls.

Gu Ying and Zhang Youliang from the back kitchen heard the movement outside and came out.

The two families wished each other a Merry Christmas.

"You really came in time. The roast suckling pig over there is just right. Let's eat now?" Zhang Youliang asked Aunt Phil's family.

"Eat, eat, if you are late, your business will be delayed."

Having said that, Zhang Chi and Zhang Wen began to serve the table.

Zhang Youliang directly brought up the suckling pig that the back kitchen had roasted for several hours.

The suckling pig is roasted very well. The whole piglet is lying on the plate, and the whole body is covered with that kind of burnt sauce color.

Zhang Youliang took the plate and began to cut the suckling pig. As soon as the edge of the plate came into contact with the skin of the suckling pig, there was a soft clicking sound in everyone's ears.

The pork skin is crispy, the pork is tender and fragrant, dipped in several dry ingredients, each of which has a different flavor.

Zhang Chi and Zhang Wen acted as waiters, and Aunt Phil not only ate for herself, but also bought some for Zhang Wen and the brothers from time to time.

I have been used to it since I was a child.

As for why not two families eat together?Want to know what time it is?In the busiest time of the year, even takeaways are not delivered today, so I don’t have time to eat with Aunt Phil’s family.

Besides, when will the two families not be able to eat, do they have to catch up with Christmas?
The dishes for Aunt Phil’s family were served quickly. According to Chinese habits, there are four cold dishes and six hot dishes. The cold dishes include preserved egg tofu, dry-cut beef, peanuts and salted duck. , What loofah scrambled eggs, fried beef and the like.

Of course, how can there be no fish when we eat during the festival, and it is auspicious to have fish every year, so besides the roast suckling pig, there is a steamed mandarin fish in the center of the table.

Aunt Phil's family was halfway through eating, and the restaurant started to take people up. Everyone is on holiday today, and they all know what the state of the Chinese restaurant is like today, so those who can come early will naturally come early. Line up at lunch time.

Foreigners' dishes are actually very good for Chinese cooks. They like sweet and sour dishes, and shredded dishes like shredded dishes are even more to their liking.

Zhang Youliang and Gu Ying were working in the back kitchen, Zheng Huai was helping out, delivering things, and the brothers Zhang Wen and Zhang Chi were running the kitchen.

The dishes came out very quickly, and the two brothers Zhang Wen and Zhang Chi almost kept shuttling between the kitchen and the guests' tables.

At eleven o'clock, the restaurant started to line up, and soon the line went outside.

I have to say that these foreigners are really anti-freeze. In such cold weather, throw a bench outside, and these guys can sit for half an hour.

As a restaurant owner, you can't let the guests sit like this. Zhang Youliang and his wife prepared ice water and sour plum soup for these people as usual.

This thing is cold!But most of these old Americans are not used to drinking hot water, so sitting outside in the temperature of minus ten degrees, drinking iced plum soup, may surprise people who are new to this place.

Zheng Huai now has a new job, which is to serve the customers queuing up outside.

Zhang Chi was so busy that he couldn't even touch the ground. He looked out the window, originally wanting to see how long the line was outside, but who knew that he saw Li Qiao's family.

So Zhang Chi walked out in his free time.

"Why are you here to join in the fun?"

Zhang Chi asked with a wry smile at Li Qiao and his wife.

Li Qin said: "We have nothing to do today, and we don't want to cook, so we just want to come over for some food. Who knew there was such a long line when we came here."

"You really know how to pick your time, come here at this time" Zhang Chi really doesn't know what to say about these two people, how can ordinary Chinese people choose to come over for dinner at this time, just make a random bite at home to deal with it, and run to the team in the ice and snow what.

Li Qiao said: "Okay, you are busy with your work, I think you are so busy inside that you are almost like the Flash, your uncle and the others are really good, this speed of serving food."

Zhang Chi said with a smile: "I can't help it, I've practiced it. I won't chat with you anymore. If we continue to talk, my brother won't be able to hold it."

After talking to Li Qiao's family, Zhang Chi went back into the house and got busy.

When he was a little free, Zhang Chi took some snacks and gave them to Li Qiao's children, such as fried broad bean flowers and spiced beans.Of course, it is impossible to give only to Li Qiao's children, and the American children also share some.

In no hurry to ask the children if the food was good, Zhang Chi turned his head and went into the house to continue working.

After working like this until [-]:[-] in the afternoon, all the guests in the restaurant were served and left. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and found a place to sit. No one wanted to wake up for the time being.

Zheng Huai's work was lighter, but she still had strength, at least the strength to speak.

"Is it so busy every year?" Zheng Huai asked.

Zhang Wen nodded: "Well, it's so busy at this time of year."

"Uncle, Auntie, you still have to pay attention to your health, how can you be so busy, even young people can't hold on," Zheng Huai said.

Gu Ying laughed and said, "It's okay, I'm busy during the holidays. You told us not to do anything now, but I feel flustered. I can't think of anything during this work." , I feel very at ease.”

"Mom and Dad, I think it's better to hire someone, so you can relax a bit," Zhang Wen said.

Zhang Youliang said: "Who are you looking for, how many people want to do this job now, and even if they want to do it, they have to take it for a while, otherwise the taste will change, and the old customers will not recognize it."

What Zhang Youliang said is also true. Few people want to work in restaurants now. Even if they do, many people come here to learn. When they learn well, they will open a restaurant by themselves. Said, but also angry.

In this way, it is better to be like now, when the health is good, the restaurant will be open, and if the health is not good, the restaurant will be sold out.

We chatted for a while, and when our strength recovered, we prepared to eat.

After eating, we have to prepare dinner for the evening.

Naturally, it was another busy day.

This busy work lasted past nine o'clock. After eating, the restaurant was closed, and Zhang Chi was about to go home.

As soon as I went out, snowflakes started to fall outside again.

Zhang Wen said to Zhang Chi at this moment: "Xiao Chi, don't go back tonight, it just so happens that your brother Xiao Wu didn't come back, so you can stay at home."

Zhang Chi said: "No, I'd better go back, I have to look at the cattle at home, and I'm going back to China soon, some things need to be sorted out."

Zhang Chi doesn't like living in other people's houses. Although he has a close relationship with his aunt's family, he can go home in one step, so why should he live in his aunt's house.

"Don't forget to go to my house when you leave. I have something to bring to my uncles, uncles and aunts."

"I see, you said it last time."

Zhang Chi replied with a smile, turned around and walked towards the car, got in the car, waved hands with his aunt's family, and drove the car home.

When the snow fell, it directly covered the frozen surface, and the road was easier to walk than in the morning.Zhang Chi's car naturally accelerated a little.

The journey went smoothly. We only encountered a group of bison and a group of deer. We stopped for a while, and Zhang Chi continued walking after the road tyrants passed by.

When approaching the entrance of the town, about two or three miles away from the town, Zhang Chi suddenly saw a light in front of him.

I slowed down and walked slowly, for fear that there was a big car in front of me and I would run into it if I went too fast.

When I got to the side, I found that the two cars were stuck in the ditch. I don't know whether they slipped in or the driver drove in. Anyway, the two cars can't move now.

Looking at the license plate, Zhang Chi knew that the two cars were foreigners. He was obviously not familiar with the roads here. This is a mountainous area. Although there are no cliffs, there are many small sharp turns and small snake bends.

Usually it’s nothing, as long as the speed doesn’t change too fast, you can turn around, but at this time, if your speed is a little faster, the tires lose grip, and you will be in trouble.

Zhang Chi carefully parked the car on the side of the road, and went out to see what was going on.

"Hi! Dude".

As soon as Zhang Chi got out of the car, he heard a voice.

"Hello, what's going on".

Zhang Chi greeted several people standing beside the car in English.

Before waiting for these people to answer, Zhang Chi was happy.

Because he heard an all-too-familiar interjection.

"Oh, this is really unlucky," a figure complained.

"Chinese?"

Zhang Chi asked happily.

The opposite party was obviously taken aback, and immediately became enthusiastic: "Brother, are you also Chinese?"

Both sides are speaking Chinese, and even the air is a little hotter.

(End of this chapter)