Siheyuan: Stab at Louzi at the beginning

Chapter 636: Different People, Different Places

Liang Ladi's classic pout.

Xu Damao saw it but pretended not to see it.

Director Liu waved his hand, and the welcoming employees tactfully dispersed.

It was then that Xu Damao noticed that there was a food window behind them, and the man inside, wearing a white apron and having a side-parted hairstyle, who looked a bit effeminate, was none other than Nan Yi.

Liang Ladi's description of it as "neither yin nor yang" is really quite apt.

This kid, everyone else came out to applaud and welcome him, but he was inside looking like he didn't care about anyone and didn't care.

It would be strange if someone with this personality could get along well.

Liu Feng personally stood next to Xu Damao and began to introduce: "This guy inside is the chef of our machine repair factory. His cooking skills are really amazing."

Seeing Liu Feng walking forward, Xu Damao had no choice but to follow him.

In the window was lunch, yellow steamed buns and porridge.

Xu Damao didn't even see where the food was.

It's not that you can't see it, the rice bowls are full, but there's no vegetables at all, not even in the big pot.

To be honest, the food was far worse than Xu Damao had expected.

According to Xu Damao's understanding, although life is a little harder, the factory unit should at least be able to guarantee big pot meals.

After all, factories are priority supply units.

To put it simply, workers are given priority, and those in the countryside have to tighten their belts and suffer first, so they can get a taste of the pie in the sky first.

Xu Damao knew about the hardships of the countryside. It was not just what the Five Rats said, he had also been there himself.

But here...

If we compare them this way, Sijiu City is much better than here. At least there are big pot dishes. In a heavy labor unit like the steel mill, you can't eat meat, but at least you can still see some oil. Here...

Could it be because the standard salary in the old city is high?
No wonder the machine repair factory was included in the Sijiucheng area. Some issues concerning the handover have not been resolved, especially the planned supply. This is to improve the salary. For such a large factory, the total amount of planned materials is so much. It was placed under the Baoding General Factory. That was stipulated before. If it is placed in Sijiucheng, will the salary be improved? If so, where will the materials be deducted from?

The total planned amount of materials remains unchanged. Some places have more and some places have less. If two places receive the same treatment, at least the resistance will not be so great because the total amount remains unchanged.

Before, Xu Damao had never understood that many things are divided by region, and different regions have different regulations and treatments based on different situations.

This is called tailoring to the individual and adapting to local conditions.

It turns out that this tradition has started from now on.

It will continue.

For example, in rural cooperation, medical care has different prices in different regions.

Another example is the college entrance examination. Different places have different scores and different test papers. This is called adapting to local conditions.

Speaking of it, the imperial examinations of the previous dynasties were the same. The questions for the "provincial examinations" were set by local leaders in different places, and it was only when it came to the "metropolitan examinations" and "palace examinations" that the examination papers were unified.

Of course, more people rely on "recommendation" and do not need to take exams.

What an ancient tradition.

Leaving the old city, this is the norm.

Although the land under our feet has now been assigned to the Sijiu City.

Think of the white flour buns from the steel mill...

Xu Damao didn't want to talk.

Seeing that Xu Damao didn't say anything, Director Liu secretly gave Nan Yi a wink.

Nan Yi took a spoon and knocked on the rice bowl twice to attract the attention of people outside.

"Director Liu, Director Liu, Director Xu, how many cornmeal and vegetable steamed buns would you like?"

Without a lunch box, there is no way to make porridge.

This yellow cornmeal steamed bread is not even made of 200 grams of flour, it is pure cornmeal, and it is absolutely irritating to the throat. It should be filled with wild vegetables.

Xu Damao has never eaten pure cornmeal.

However, it is said that the wild vegetable steamed buns made by the chef Nan Yi are very unique and everyone loves them.

"Director Xu, would you like to try it?"

"Then let's have two."

We are all one family, we are all brothers, we are all workers and peasants. If you can eat, then everyone can eat.

Moreover, Xu Damao also wanted to try the cornmeal and wild vegetable steamed buns that everyone liked to eat and how delicious they were.

The three people clearly smelled of alcohol, and it was after dinner. Xu Damao was sure that it was Director Liu who did it on purpose.

He took the two steamed buns and took a big bite without any hesitation.

The taste was completely different from what he had imagined. There was no fragrance at all. There was only one feeling in the mouth, which was dryness and astringency. There were indeed wild vegetables inside, but they were only a little salty. They should be boiled wild vegetables.

It was boiled in water without any oil and then salt was added.

After swallowing it in one gulp, Xu Damao felt a little choked.

If it were an ordinary person, he would definitely have to eat it slowly, taking small bites at a time. If paired with porridge, he would definitely choke.

At this moment, everyone here focused their eyes on Xu Damao. It was obvious that he had never eaten wowotou before. He ate it in big mouthfuls, thinking it was a steamed bun.

Seeing Xu Damao forcibly swallowing it, many people held their breath for him.

Seeing Xu Damao swallowing it down by force, I felt a little disappointed.

Liang Ladi had already gone to the kitchen in advance, took out three enamel bowls, placed them on the food window, and motioned Nan Yi to scoop the porridge with a spoon.

After the two men threatened each other with their eyes, Nan Yi finally compromised and scooped out three bowls of porridge.

Director Liu also had two steamed buns, one of which he had already eaten. He must have eaten a lot of them on a normal day.

"Director Liu, Director Liu, Director Xu, come on, come on, don't be polite, sit down first, the steamed corn bread must be paired with mung bean porridge, otherwise it will taste bland."

At Liang Ladi's strong invitation, several people had no choice but to sit down.

The difference between what we eat here and what we eat at hospitality restaurants is as huge as heaven and earth.

Xu Damao finished eating a steamed bun made with wild vegetables only after he sat down.

The granular texture of corn flour bursts in the mouth, and no matter how finely it is ground, it will always have a granular texture and can never be ground into the flour state of white flour.

To be honest, this cornmeal is worse than eating wheat bran.

'Wheat bran' is a by-product of wheat being ground into flour. It cannot be said to be an impurity because it is edible.

But this porridge is really good.

It is estimated that the only white flour, perhaps because there was too little, was not mixed with corn flour to make two-grain flour, but was used to make porridge.

Rice porridge is a special 'porridge' in some areas of the four provinces of Shanhe.

The method is to cook porridge with water. It can not only be water + rice, but also water + sweet potato + rice + yam + old pumpkin + red bean + mung bean, any water + one or more of them, or it can be just plain water. The important thing is to boil it.

First, put the flour and water in a bowl and stir them into a viscous state. Then pour it into the boiling pot. After stirring thoroughly, a bowl of porridge is ready.

In some places it is also called "congee" or "porridge".

The above approach is called 'playing dumb'.

You can also boil water in a pot, then pour the evenly mixed batter in the bowl into the pot, and then beat two eggs.

This can clear away heat and reduce fire.

Don’t ask why we do this and eat it this way, because porridge alone cannot fill you up and cannot be eaten as a meal. Adding batter to it and turning it into a porridge can provide more energy.

(End of this chapter)