Go to a windy place and wait for the wind to come

Chapter 5 The Madman and the Pigeon

"Wen Tao, Wen Tao, don't sleep."

Zhang Wentao rolled over impatiently on the bed, his slightly opened eyes closed again.

"Wen Tao, don't sleep, I've bought all the food for you, and the pigeons are already being cleaned up, just wait for you to come down and show off."

Hearing the obstinately familiar voice of the lunatic outside the door, Zhang Wentao sat up involuntarily. He would start a new trip tomorrow.

Madman is the only friend he has met since he came to LS. The two are about the same age. Although they have different personalities, they can at least get along with each other. Unlike Zhang Wentao who lives in the Shangri-La Hotel, Madman is a poor traveler.

When it comes to traveling, he's even better at it.

The two also met by chance once, and gradually became acquainted with each other because they have a common hobby and like to find local delicacies.After getting in touch with each other, Zhang Wentao simply moved out of the 5-star hotel and lived in the homestay where the lunatic lived, in order to have a better time together.

For about 8 months, the two went to many places together, basically playing XZ, XJ, and QH all over again.

The pigeon in the mouth of the madman is a friend of his who works in Dali of YN. This time, he came to find the madman because of the off-peak travel during the Spring Festival holiday. He came here specially to meet his friends who had played together many years ago.

"Could it be that you suffered from insomnia last night? Are you still not well?"

The lunatic looked at Zhang Wentao, who walked out of the room with sleepy eyes and lowered his head, and asked.

"Well, I didn't fall asleep until it was almost dawn." Zhang Wentao scratched his hair, took a breath, and then stretched.

The lunatic said concerned: "How about you take a rest, I'll go and help the pigeons, and then wait until you wake up?"

Zhang Wentao shook his head: "Come on, I'm already up, by the way, have you bought the red wine I want?"

"I bought it, but it's just average."

"Ordinary is fine, just eat whatever you want."

What he is going to cook today is a French main course, beef stew in red wine.This dish is not troublesome to make, but it takes a little work. The whole process takes about four hours to make, and it is best to use Burgundy red wine.

But Burgundy red wine is very difficult to buy in inland supermarkets. Generally, it is only available in supermarkets in first-tier cities. It’s just for cooking a dish, so there’s no need to go to such lengths.

Originally, the lunatic didn't know that Zhang Wentao was a French chef. It was only when the two of them were chatting together that Zhang Wentao slipped his tongue, so he knew that this companion who never cared about travel expenses and talked to foreigners every day had Such a skill.

"Brother Wen Tao, you're awake."

In the kitchen of the homestay, the pigeons who were cutting carrots and potatoes happily showed off the results of their work when they saw Zhang Wentao's arrival.

"Well, it's pretty good. There aren't many girls who can cook nowadays." Zhang Wentao walked up to look at the other side's chopped vegetables, and praised him casually.

"Hey, I'll leave the rest to Brother Wentao. I'll go prepare beef with Brother Crazy." Hearing the praise, Pigeon smiled at Zhang Wentao and handed the knife to Zhang Wentao.

"Go, just leave it to me here."

After receiving the kitchen knife, Zhang Wentao weighed the weight of the Chinese kitchen knife, and skillfully cut all the other uncut vegetables according to the required size.

Sort them into basins filled with water to prevent oxidation.

Make the vegetable stock first.

Without an oven, he first poured olive oil into a heated pan, added a sliced ​​carrot, a stick of parsley, and sliced ​​onions to the pan.

After slightly frying, pour in about 2 liters of water, and after the fire boils, add a bay leaf and a little pepper.

After stirring for a while, turn it to a low fire, and Zhang Wentao, who was closing the lid and preparing to cook slowly, turned his head when he heard a joke coming from outside.

"Wen Tao, can you see if the cut of beef is the right size?"

The lunatic came over with a basin and smiled with the pigeons.

"Okay, big pieces are fine. By the way, madman, let's drink the rest of the red wine tonight, and leave the rest alone, how about it?"

"Well, yes, it happens that everyone has to catch a plane tomorrow." It was Pigeon who spoke this time.

The short vacation is over, after eating and drinking tonight, the lunatic is going to Kathmandu, and she herself is going back to Dali to continue working.As for Zhang Wentao, he hasn't made any plans yet.

"Wen Tao, why don't you go to Nepal with me, how about we hike EBC together?" The lunatic looked at Zhang Wentao, who was staring at the vegetable pot, and suggested.

"Forget it, let's talk about it later."

"Okay." The lunatic replied, a little helpless.

After several months of getting along, there is such a playmate who is easy to make friends with, good skills and knowledge, and everyone will be a little bit sad to be separated suddenly.

Pigeon thought for a while: "How about Brother Wentao, come with me to YN Bar to have a look. The scenery in our Yunmiao Village is good, the air is also fresh, and there are few tourists. It is very suitable for people with your personality to go on vacation."

"What is there to do in Dali? Now it is as virtuous as Lijiang, and the atmosphere of commercialization is becoming more and more serious." The lunatic shook his head with a slightly disdainful expression.

When Pigeon heard that the lunatic slandered her proud workplace, she pouted and said dissatisfied: "What, our Yunmiao Village is not as bad as you said, it has just been developed, and it is not the same as other ancient town attractions. Okay?!"

"Well, if you don't believe me, watch the video I shot."

Fearing that Zhang Wentao would not believe it, she took out her mobile phone, clicked on the video and passed it to the two of them.

Zhang Wentao lowered his head and glanced at it. The scenery is indeed not bad. He has heard it many times during his journey in Dali for more than half a year, such as the ancient tea-horse road, Cangshan Erhai Lake, water-like poplar flowers, and endless wheat fields...

"Then what's the living environment like over there?"

"Don't worry, I'll introduce you to a small courtyard at that time. You will definitely be satisfied with that courtyard, and the price is not expensive. And if you go now, you will be able to pick mushrooms from the mountains and eat them in a short time. You are a chef. It must be very, very delicious when it comes out.”

In the past few days of getting along, the pigeon has heard some things about Zhang Wentao from the mouth of the lunatic, and knows that this person is easy to talk to, but he has some requirements for the accommodation conditions.

"Well, let me think about it."

Zhang Wentao let out a haha, neither expressly refusing nor accepting.

The lunatic on the side sneered calmly, this guy must be tempted.Every time you talk about considering it, you basically agree with the other party's proposal.

It's a pity that this partner I found with great difficulty will be abducted by my friends.

An hour later, the whole kitchen was filled with the strong and fragrant smell of vegetable soup. Zhang Wentao checked it out and asked Madman and Pigeon to filter it before starting to prepare the beef stew.

Heat up the frying pan, put a little butter, after melting, slowly put the beef cubes in one by one, after frying and changing the color, take it out for later use...

(End of this chapter)