Go back to the prosperous days and become a layman

Chapter 353 Chapter 352 Mooncakes
Tang Zhitong did not pick up food or pick up Xiao Wang after school, but went straight to Ma Jian's house.

Mark Jian's letter was brief and clear in content, asking Tang Zhitong to go directly to his home after school on September 9th, without mentioning anything else.

As an adult, Tang Zhitong understood that this was Mark Jian's caution. Both of them knew the matter and just set a date.

Tang Zhitong didn't come empty-handed this time. After much deliberation, he packed more than ten kilograms of nuts. This one was big enough and had a lot of grease.

In order to make it easier to take it out, I also packed it into four packages with newspapers.

When Tang Zhitong arrived at Mark Jian's house, he was the only one at home. A layer of loess fell on the cucumber seedlings in the yard, and no one cleaned it.

The two brothers lit up their cigarettes in the yard.

"Euclidean, my master asked me to ask you if you really want to learn, or if you just want to buy some mooncakes." Mark Jian came up and asked.

"Hey, have you alerted your master? It's not on the market that's why I want to make it myself. If I can buy it, I won't make it myself. It's quite troublesome." Tang Zhitong felt a little sorry after hearing this, and Mark Jian said The person inside is the master, not the master.

Nowadays, many skilled industries use the "master-apprentice system" to teach, help, and teach. This master-apprentice system is a great improvement over the apprenticeship system in the old society.

In the current master-apprentice system, apprentices are paid. In order to encourage masters to not hide their personal interests and devote themselves to imparting skills, it is stipulated that as long as the apprentice becomes a master, the master will also receive corresponding material and spiritual rewards.

If it hadn't been for this compliment, how would a little chef still be handled in an external unit?

"It has nothing to do with you. I have only been in the company for a short time and have insufficient qualifications, so I went to seek help from my master. My master is a good one. He introduced his nephew to me and said that I can go to him whether I want to buy or learn. But. Tell me to ask you first whether you want to buy it or learn it. My master's original words are that it is worth learning about moon cakes. It is troublesome to learn and troublesome to make. "Mark Jian 1510. He told Tang Zhitong what happened.

"It has nothing to do with Third Brother. It's just me who didn't think well." Tang Zhitong took care of himself. He should express his sincerity first when doing things, and should not talk in vain.

What the two have in common is the status of master, who is also a father.

"We brothers don't talk about this. I have a very good relationship with Master and there is no need for this." Mark Jian saw Tang Zhitong's actions and stopped him without caring about what was in the bag.

"Third brother, my dear third brother, many relationships need to be maintained. You have to make others feel that it is worthwhile to help you. If they helped you this time, will they help you next time?" Tang Zhitong said sincerely. Speaking from the bottom of his heart, Mark Jian was sincere to himself, but he was not as good as himself in terms of human sophistication.

"My surname is Fu, my name is Fu Quan, and I am the master chef of the dim sum factory." Ma Kejian briefly introduced.

As time goes by, if Mark Jian still does not make progress, what will happen when this compliment slowly fades away?
"I understand. I don't want the things. I'll take you to find my senior brother. It's almost time for the appointment. Just give these to him and take care of your affairs first. I know the master's side." Mark Jian I understood, but still refused to accept Tang Zhitong’s things.

The person who praised Mark Jian was not just ordinary people, he was a giant who was as stable as a rock, landed safely, and died!

"Third brother, listen to me on this matter. No matter how good the master is, he is not his biological father. If I ask for Uncle Ma, I will definitely not do this." Tang Zhitong's attitude is also very determined. He knows that Fa Xiao is highly valued by the master, otherwise his cooking skills You won't get such a high promotion within a year, but if you ask Faxiao to do favors for you, Faxiao doesn't have the intention to honor your master, so you can't do things like this!

The apprenticeship system in the old society generally followed the principle of "three years of apprenticeship and two years of service", that is, working as an apprentice for three years, and then working for two years after graduation. During the five years before and after, the master or the employer was only responsible for food, clothing and housing, and the income was approximately zero.

"If you don't ask my master, this matter can't be done." Mark Jian sighed and laughed at himself: "I overestimated my reputation, so I went to Master Bai An privately, but he only said that making two cakes is okay, but one I heard that I was going to learn how to make mooncakes, so I found reasons to reject it.”

"No, it's only a few steps away. It's just behind." Mark Jian pointed in the south direction and led Tang Zhitong that way.

"Okay, let's go and get things done first." Tang Zhitong stopped writing, took his hand out of his satchel, and followed Mark Jian out the door.

Tang Zhitong knew the cause and effect of why Mark Jian was in the current unit. Wu Haiyang played a certain role in it, but the more important thing was the praise Mark Jian received at the construction site last year!

"Third brother, what unit is your senior brother in? What is his name?" Tang Zhitong took this opportunity to understand the basic situation.

"Hey, Master? Are you different in age from us?" Tang Zhitong was a little surprised. He thought he was a small character, but he didn't expect him to be a technical talent.

"Hey, the old man understands people and has caused trouble to the third brother. Send these to the third brother first. Don't worry about the mooncakes. I'll come back to see the third brother later." Tang Zhitong took out the nuts from his satchel as he spoke.

"This..." Mark Jian hesitated when he heard what Tang Zhitong said.

"Third brother, where are you? I'll take you there on my bike?" Tang Zhitong asked after Ma Jian locked the door, patted the bicycle seat.

"Well, if we didn't have this relationship with Master, I would have called people uncle when we met." Mark Jian replied with a smile.

"Okay, then I know it." Tang Zhitong nodded. He was old, had a family, and could still hold the position of a master. He probably understood the world.

After a while, the two of them arrived at the door of the dim sum factory. The door was locked. Mark Jian knocked on the door, said he was looking for Fu Quan, and entered with a face recognition.

After entering the door, Tang Zhitong looked around. It was called a snack factory, but it was not large in scale and could not be compared with the food processing factories of later generations. It was more like a small workshop.

"Senior brother." Mark Jian raised his hand to greet an uncle squatting and smoking at the door of the workshop.

Tang Zhitong locked his bicycle and followed.

"San'er is here. It's just two kilograms of mooncakes. Do you still need to make a trip?" Fu Quan heard Mark Jian's movement and stood up with a smile on his face.

"I'm just free right now." After Mark Jian finished speaking, he introduced Fu Quan and Tang Zhitong.

"Hello, Comrade Tang, I won't shake hands with you. My hands are sticky." Fu Quanyang raised his hands. There was indeed something sticky on his hands, but it was not dirt, but a mixture of flour, sugar, and oil.

"You can just call me Xiao Tang. I'll help you by calling you Brother Fu. The first time we met, I brought you some pine nuts. Where do you think you can put them?" Tang Zhitong's voice was not loud, but he could still ensure it. Fu Quan could hear clearly and patted his bulging satchel as he spoke.

"Hey, there's no need to do this. San'er came to see me two days ago. I can't do what my uncle said." Fu Quan waved his hand, the smile on his face remained unchanged, and he didn't show any rejection.

"Brother Fu, if you say that, I will turn around and leave." Tang Zhitong said this, but did not move his feet. He took out his cigarette with a smile and spread the smoke for the two of them. "Haha, if you leave like this empty-handed, then San'er and I won't be able to deal with each other in the future. Come in with me." Fu Quan took the cigarette, clamped it to his ear, threw the cigarette in his hand to the ground and stamped it out, Turned around and entered the workshop.

After a few minutes, with only a few words, Tang Zhitong figured out the clue.

Fu Quan came up and said nothing about teaching how to make mooncakes. He pointed out "two catties of mooncakes", which meant that he could get two catties of mooncakes from him.

After Tang Zhitong expressed "interesting", Fu Quan said, "Master did what he said, and he did it." What Ma Jian conveyed to Tang Zhitong was that his master said that he could go to Fu Quan whether he wanted to learn or buy.

After Tang Zhitong expressed his intention in a joking tone, Fu Quan led the two of them into the workshop.

Since those who received "meaning" were not shy about it, Tang Zhitong, the person who sent "meaning", did not hide it. He followed Fu Shenchen into the workshop and directly took all the pine nuts from the satchel and placed them on the table in front of Fu Shen superior.

"Xiao Tang, did you come here to buy? Or to learn?" There were no stools in the workshop, so Fu Quan tore the newspaper with his fingers, glanced at the pine nuts inside, and asked standing there.

"Brother Fu, I'm not afraid of your jokes. I only came up with the idea of ​​learning the craft after seeing that there was no one on the market. Now that I can buy it, I won't learn it." Tang Zhitong's face remained unchanged and he replied with a smile.

"You have to have ingredients to make mooncakes. They arrived late this year. The dim sum factory only started processing the mooncakes the day before yesterday. They will be available on the market in two days." Fu Quan was very satisfied with the pine nuts and explained.

"There's a queue and there's a purchase limit. You're here, so I'd rather trouble you." Tang Zhitong said cheerfully.

"Then you're here. It was just baked today. Look at the skin and the filling. It's so solid. Come on, have a taste." Fu Quan said, reaching for the mooncake from the side and breaking it open. Showed it to the two of them, the Cantonese style with five benevolences, and handed half to each of Tang Zhitong and Ma Jian.

Tang Zhitong took it and took a bite and praised: "Brother Fu's craftsmanship is amazing, it's delicious!"

Mark Jian watched from the side without saying anything or eating the moon cake. He held it in his hand and looked around.

"Alas, the materials that came this year are not complete, and we can't do much with this kind of solid materials." Fu Quan sighed, feeling thoroughly.

"It's a special period, I understand." Tang Zhitong can understand this. Tofu has begun to be processed with bean cakes, the quality of soy sauce has also declined, and other foods cannot escape this fate.

As far as Laosijiucheng is concerned, Cantonese-style mooncakes are completely alien, while Beijing-style puff pastry mooncakes are authentic.

However, as people from all walks of life came to Beijing, these snacks and snacks were exchanged and integrated, and Cantonese-style soft crust gradually became popular.

As for the fillings, this year, you can eat whatever you have, so you can’t be picky.

"My share is limited, so I can only give you this amount at most." Fu Quan stretched out his hand and made a six sign.

"Sixty?" Tang Zhitong asked tentatively.

Tang Zhitong's idea is relatively simple. Pine nuts are a rare commodity in the capital. One pound is more than four cents, and four packs of pine nuts are worth at least five yuan. The wholesale price of mooncakes from the Dim Sum Factory is at most 15% lower than the retail price. Based on the retail price of one yuan and two kilograms, the price difference is cents per kilogram. If you buy mooncakes from Fu Quan for less than kilograms, you will see a pile of pine nuts in front of you. Even Ben can't come back.

"Six kilograms. The total loss of this batch of snacks is not sixty kilograms." Fu Quan shook his head dumbfounded. After shaking his head, he emphasized: "Loss, understand? The ex-factory price is thirty cents per kilogram."

"Ouch, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, the other rows are like mountains. I want to cross the rows." Tang Zhitong quickly handed over his hands and complained. He realized that this was treating the finished mooncakes as losses. Calculated in this way, six kilograms The price difference is more than five yuan, which is acceptable.

"It's okay, it's okay. Do you think it's okay?" Fu Quan waved his hand and asked.

"No, no." This time it was Tang Zhitong's turn to shake his head, and before Fu Quan's smile disappeared, he added: "How can I take all of Brother Fu's share by myself? Give me four kilograms to celebrate the festival. That’s it.”

"I am too young to take advantage of you, so my uncle should criticize me later. Well, there is still some dim sum dregs in the factory, which is only thirty cents per catty. I will give you six jins of dim sum dregs, so I can make up ten kilos." Fu Quan is a bottom-line person, and he knows how much things are worth.

"If the relationship is good, then just do as Brother Fu wants!" Tang Zhitong readily agreed.

Dessert dregs refer to some snack crumbs produced due to insufficient shock absorption and bumps during transportation and handling. The taste is the same as that of complete snacks. However, due to poor physical shape, they are not sold on the counter and are counted as losses. in.

The dim sum residue is edible, so it will definitely not be thrown away. Instead, it will be given to shop assistants and related households at a relatively low price. Ordinary people cannot buy this kind of thing.

Each profession has its own path, and we cannot rigidly assume that everyone is selfless nowadays. That is nonsense.

If everyone is selfless, everyone is a model. Is there any need to build a model and promote a model?
Since the tree is a model, it means that the education has not reached the ideal state!
In an era where "the customer is God", some customers were punished by the restaurant owner just because they poured a little extra free vinegar during the meal. How much more so now?
Although Tang Zhitong has never heard of beating a customer, there are more than one or two waiters who add water to the free vinegar. Isn’t what he saves his own?

Materials have become extremely abundant, but some people are still sneaking around and expecting hungry people to abide by the law? It just doesn't make sense logically.

The current mooncakes, whether puff pastry or soft, come in twos and twos, and there is no "Big Mac" that weighs one pound or even two or three pounds.

Fu Quan rubbed his hands, took out some pieces of brown straw paper from the side, and wrapped mooncakes for Tang Zhitong, five in a package, four packages in total.

The difference from other dim sum shops is that this one does not have an external logo and focuses on being unpretentious.

In addition, there were a few bags of dim sum snacks, which Fu Quan carefully selected. They were relatively large, and Tang Zhitong was very satisfied.

Ten pounds totaled three yuan. Tang Zhitong handed the money directly to Fu Quan, and Fu Quan also thoughtfully found a net bag for Tang Zhitong.

Tang Zhitong carefully put the snacks into the net bag, said goodbye to Fu Quan, and pulled Mark Jian out.

You can't be careless, the quality of many things is declining, even the paper used to wrap snacks is no exception. When Tang Zhitong went to Chunshu Hutong for the first time, the snacks were still packaged in kraft paper, but now they have switched to straw paper.

(End of this chapter)