Chapter 693: Can’t Stay
Under the night
The northwest station is dotted with stars.
It is here that Yang Xiaotao knows what the starry sky is.
“Xiao Tao, you’ve been cooking this fish all night, when will it be ready?”
Zhang Laodao was holding his beard on the side, waiting very anxiously.
There were several people following him, all watching.
Yang Xiaotao picked up the pot lid, looked at the two braised fishes in the pot, looked at the soup, poured it on with a spoon, and the aroma was fragrant.
The master chef in charge of cooking on the side also looked intoxicated.
From the suspicion when Yang Xiaotao was about to cook in the afternoon, to the admiration when he showed his exquisite knife skills, to the delicious food now, this fire-headed soldier who has been working here for more than ten years has been completely conquered .
"Don't worry, just wait a few minutes for the soup to simmer."
Yang Xiaotao covered the pot lid, blocking the sight of several people, and then went to look at the baked noodles in the pot next to it. , the golden brown pancake is cooked just right.
Finally, there was a small pot in which Yang Xiaotao used half a catty of pork to make braised pork. Of course, there was definitely more than half a catty of meat in it.
Seeing what Yang Xiaotao said, Zhang Laodao immediately sent people away and asked them to go back and wait.
He was the only one left at the scene, and he kept staring at the pot, his throat swelling from time to time.
After waiting for a moment, Zhang Laodao shook his head regretfully. Yang Xiaotao saw it and said, "Lao Dao, what's your expression?"
"I was sighing. I didn't expect that you have this skill in cooking. They taste better than those made by women. You are simply inhumane."
"Oh, you. I shouldn't have revealed it earlier, otherwise I would have let you cook every day."
Yang Xiaotao rolled his eyes, "I'm not here to cook, so just think of it as a compliment."
After saying that, I felt that the heat was almost done, so I took the braised pork out of the pot and placed it on two plates.
The master chef here quickly took them and sent them to the cafeteria one by one.
Then Yang Xiaotao prepared to open the pot and get the fish.
“Alas, I won’t be able to eat such delicious food in the future.”
“It’s okay. When you go to Sijiu City, I will make something more delicious for you.”
Yang Xiaotao said indifferently, Zhang Laodao shook his head, "I'm afraid I won't have that chance."
"What do you mean?"
"The higher-ups are reviewing your affairs in the past two days. I guess the review is almost done, and that's just the past two days."
"You mean, we have to leave ”
“Nine times out of ten.”
In the base office.
Director Huang was holding the phone with a serious look on his face, and his mouth was dry as he spoke.
"Leader, we need him."
"His skills and abilities are fully qualified for the tasks here. Even with his joining, we can save manpower and material resources..."
Director Huang said seriously, and the phone on the other end remained silent.
It wasn't until Director Huang finished speaking that a hoarse voice slowly sounded.
"Old Huang, I know your intentions, but..."
"Let me tell you this, we can't keep him."
"Why? Isn't our work important?" "
"Important!"
"But the motherland needs too much. I can't tell you some things. But keeping him here will not make a greater contribution than going back."
After the voice on the other end of the phone finished speaking, Director Huang opened his mouth in shock. Is there anything that needs him more?
What on earth did this guy do?
"Leader, I understand."
Director Huang said bitterly.
He didn't go into details. These things may involve confidentiality. He knew the regulations.
After hanging up the phone, Director Huang sat on the stool and sighed in disappointment.
However, Director Huang soon became energetic. The work here was completed, but it was only the first step in a long march of thousands of miles.
In another experimental site, a deformation failure of the cartridge case was exposed, and it won't be long before they go there to help.
To be honest, he really wanted to take Yang Xiaotao with him in order to help solve the problem.
But now it seems that this hope has been dashed.
On the other side of the base, in Director Zheng's office.
Director Zheng took the documents approved by his superiors, and he breathed a sigh of relief when all six people approved them.
Obviously, the superior did not agree to his request and released Yang Xiaotao.
He also knows a thing or two about the reason behind this.
There was a knock on the door, and before he could speak, Ran's father walked in.
Since he left Yang Xiaotao in response to his superiors, although Ran's father has not turned against him, his attitude these days has been, "I'm angry with you, don't talk to me."
"Okay, don't do this to me."
Director Zheng said angrily, he should discuss this matter with Ran's father.
Ran's father sat on the stool. Before he could speak, Director Zheng handed over the documents first.
“Now, take a look, let them go. Now you can rest assured.”
Ran's father took the document, quickly found Yang Xiaotao's page, read it twice, and finally nodded gently.
But then he frowned again, "The superior let it go?"
"I'm going to the west. I heard that there was another problem with the shell of the thing, so he let it go so easily. "?"
Ran's father suddenly changed his attitude, making Director Zheng roll his eyes.
“I said Lao Ran, what do you mean?”
"I'm afraid it's you who will stay. Now let him go, and you're complaining about the leader's lack of vision. What do you mean, please say something sweet."
Ran's father was also asked, but he still felt I think it’s good to go home and take care of your family.
But I also feel that it would be more normal for an excellent son-in-law like Yang Xiaotao to stay.
Director Zheng seemed to have read through his mind. He leaned forward and gently came over, "Lao Ran, I asked you about this."
"He said that the last time he called Go up, and then there’s no sound.”
"Later, I heard that the superiors held a special meeting to discuss his stay. But in the end, he still left here."
"Old Ran, the important thing your son-in-law has done is obviously not this. ”
Ran’s father opened his mouth to digest the meaning of the words. It took a long time to come back to reality, "Shit, what big thing can be bigger than what we are doing now?"
"I guess I didn't need him, so I let him go."
Ran's father had an affirmative look on his face. Director Zheng also knew that this was his father-in-law's little pride, so he didn't say anything about it.
"Okay, this thing will be distributed tomorrow. I guess it will leave soon."
"How about you deliver it?"
Director Zheng said After that, Ran's father immediately shook his head, "I'm not going. I don't know what to say when we meet. I'm going to the west for a meeting tomorrow. It's better to let him leave early."
After saying that, he got up and walked out.
As if a worry was relieved, Ran's father left very quickly this time.
Director Zheng shook his head, knowing in his heart that Lao Ran was afraid of another incident, so he put the documents away without saying much.
"Alas, this kid didn't stay after all."
The helplessness of the superiors when conveying the instructions could be heard again in my ears. People from the Ministry of Agriculture, people from the northwest, and Sijiucheng People, even people from the southern military region said hello. This group of people together has huge energy.
Who would have thought that such an ordinary young man could have such great ability and attract the attention of so many adults.
It's simply unbelievable.
Turn off the lights, leave the office and go back to the house to sleep.
On the other side, in the station canteen, all the plates were cleared, and even the fish heads were chewed up and eaten.
After eating, no one was in a hurry to leave. They just sat in the cafeteria, chatting and joking with each other.
“Xiao Yang, where did your skills come from?”
Chen Chonghan was picking his teeth with a small wooden stick. He was sitting in front of Yang Xiaotao with curiosity, but of course curiosity was more helpless.
Nothing compared to a fitter, but now people can still catch fish. In these years of scarcity, being able to catch fish means that you have food to eat and can subsidize your family. This is not a small skill.
Not only catching fish, this guy also has good cooking skills, which is really incomparable.
“I am born to be self-taught.”
“Just blow it, I’ve asked you, as for your craft, even an ordinary master can’t teach it, let alone learning it yourself.”
"Forget it if you don't believe me."
"Hey, let's talk about it. You can teach me how to make braised pork."
"What you said is that ordinary masters can't teach you. He came out and it was obvious that he was stealing from me.”
< br>"Hey, don't we have a good relationship? Besides, if I learn how to do it, I will cook it for my family and I won't take away your job."
Chen Chonghan said quickly, "Besides, you don't Eat this bowl of rice.”
"That won't work. I promised the master not to teach secrets at will."
"Didn't you just say that you were born to be self-taught?"
"Uh, you got me involved." Yang Xiaotao Speechless, he looked at Chen Chonghan and shook his head helplessly, "I can teach you, but you will need it in the future."
"Don't worry, it will definitely be unambiguous."
Chen Chonghan patted his chest and promised. With.
Yang Xiaotao told him how to make braised pork, and Chen Chonghan hurried back to the house to find paper to write it down.
After leaving here, Shen Rong came over to talk to Yang Xiaotao for a few words. He also realized that these people were leaving and wanted to have a good relationship, which Yang Xiaotao was naturally happy to do.
Liu Daming also came over and the three of them talked for a while.
Shen Rong said that he had already agreed with his family that his wife would take the children to see Liu Daming tomorrow, which made the old man very excited.
When everyone dispersed, Yang Xiaotao returned to his residence, lay on the bed, and saw that it was already eleven o'clock in the evening.
The sound of Liu Daming rummaging through things came from next door. It was probably because he was going to meet his disciple tomorrow and he was preparing gifts for the meeting.
I smiled in my heart, then closed my eyes and mentally contacted Xiaowei.
After a while, the image of Ran Qiuye appeared in his mind.
In the picture, Ran Qiuye is sleeping soundly, and the little Dragon Boat Festival nearby is covered with a quilt and sleeping soundly.
Seeing this scene, Yang Xiaotao curled up his lips and gradually fell asleep.
The next day, when he woke up early in the morning, Yang Xiaotao washed up and prepared to find Zhang Laodao to see if he could go out again today.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I found Zhang Laodao, I saw him looking in a hurry and asked him what was going on.
Zhang Laodao saw that it was Yang Xiaotao, so he stopped and said a few words.
He received a call from Director Huang early in the morning to organize people and go to other places to perform tasks.
Yang Xiaotao was surprised and asked quickly. "What about us?"
"You stay where you are, someone will come and arrange it for you."
Zhang Laodao glanced at Yang Xiaotao, with a look of reluctance on his face, but it quickly dissipated, "I originally wanted to get together again, but I didn't expect that we would. That’s it.”
“If I have a chance in the future, I’ll go to Sijiu City to find you, but don’t forget Lao Dao!”
Yang Xiaotao responded and nodded solemnly.
At this time, Shen Rong also walked in from outside, holding a little boy in his arms, followed by a woman leading a boy.
"Team Leader Shen."
"Xiao Tao, come here, this is my wife, Li Xiuming."
"This is brother Xiao Tao."
Yang Xiaotao stepped forward quickly , "Hello, sister-in-law."
"Hello, brother Xiaotao."
The woman looked like a woman from the northwest. Her skin was not white but very healthy. She showed a kind smile when she spoke and was very friendly.
"Call uncle."
"Hello, uncle."
The two children didn't recognize the child and started shouting. Yang Xiaotao nodded and took something out of his pocket. Shen Rong had eaten a handful of White Rabbit toffees last time, but he didn't expect that Yang Xiaotao could still keep them until now.
The two children didn't know what it was, so Shen Rong asked them to take it, "They haven't gone out yet and haven't seen it before."
Yang Xiaotao reached out and stroked the heads of the two children, "When I go to Sijiucheng in the future, my uncle will take you to see the flag raising and eat a lot of delicious food."
The two children smiled, and the mother beside them was equally doting on them.
"Team leader, sister-in-law, do you want to come too?"
Yang Xiaotao saw the small bundle on Li Xiuming's back, and Shen Rong nodded lightly.
“I have no choice, I’m going far away this time, and there happens to be a family elementary school there, so let them both go to school.”
Yang Xiaotao nodded.
It is a good choice to take your children with you, at least you don’t have to suffer the pain of lovesickness.
(End of this chapter)