Chapter 511 Heroes Banquet
Grandma Jiang's memory is like water in a sponge. If you squeeze it gently, it will disappear. If you don't squeeze it, it will evaporate naturally.
Jiang Feng and Grandma Jiang walked all the way while Grandma Jiang chanted. After Jiang Feng finished buying flour, Grandma Jiang was still reciting her Mosheke as if reciting a mantra. She didn't stop until she reached the time-honored store selling braised goose.
"Boss, take a braised goose. Don't chop it, just wrap it tightly."
The owner of the braised goose shop is quite old. You can only pay in cash and not by mobile phone. Jiang Feng put down his things and started to take out cash from his pocket. The pockets of his down jacket were quite deep and he took it out several times without getting enough money.
Grandma Jiang stared thoughtfully at the braised goose in the glass window. She didn't know whether she was deep in thought when she was staring at the braised goose or she happened to be staring at the braised goose when she was deep in thought.
"Hey, Xiao Feng, I remembered." Grandma Jiang patted Jiang Feng excitedly, and almost slapped Jiang Feng on the ground who was trying hard to pay.
Grandma Jiang developed a good hand when she beat her five fat sons in the early years, and this slap is not bad compared to other Jiang family members.
Jiang Feng staggered and just stood still, the expression on his face quickly changed to surprise: "Grandma, remember, what is the name of the dish grandpa cooked?"
"What is it? I remember why your grandfather and Master Huang made a whole-sheep feast that year!" Grandma Jiang was confused and what Jiang Feng was thinking about was not the same thing at all. "Why did I forget about this? Look, My memory really fails when I get older, well, I get old when I get older.”
"Hey, Xiaofeng, what are you buying? If you want to buy braised meat, you can also buy a braised goose. I almost forgot about it. How can we not sell braised goose during the Chinese New Year?" Grandma Jiang looked like she was waking up from a dream. look.
Jiang Feng:...
"Grandma, I bought the braised goose." Jiang Feng said helplessly, and the expression on his face soon turned into curiosity, "Why did grandpa and Master Huang cook a whole sheep feast back then."
"That was all decades ago. At that time, your father and the others had not yet given birth to me and I had just become pregnant with your uncle. I have forgotten the specific reason. Anyway, it caused a forest fire. Many fire officers and soldiers fought to put out the fire. He was injured, and it seems that a few people were killed. At that time, the radio, newspapers and street offices were discussing this matter, and it spread a lot. At first, many people said that it was deliberately set on fire, and some said that it was done by spies. Later, it was found out. It seems to be an accident." Grandma Jiang said.
The boss had already packed up the stewed goose and handed the change to Jiang Feng. Hearing Grandma Jiang talking about what happened decades ago, he added, "Are you talking about the forest fire 50 years ago?"< br>
"50 years? It's been so long?" Grandma Jiang thought about it and found that it was true. She couldn't help but sigh, "It's been so long. No wonder I didn't think of it."
"You also know?" Jiang Feng asked.
The owner of the braised meat shop became interested, put the packaged braised goose on the table, and started chatting with Jiang Feng about the past: "How could I not know this? I was in elementary school at that time, and this matter was a sensation."
"A sensation?" Jiang Feng was a little confused, "Was the forest fire serious?"
Although the surrounding area of City Z is mountainous, the trees are not densely populated. In Jiang Feng's memory, there should be no place that can be called a forest.
The owner of the braised food shop glanced at Jiang Feng and smiled: "You kids can't imagine that living conditions have improved and developed now. This was not the case here before."
"At that time, mountains were connected to mountains, and there were everything in the woods. Wolves were everywhere, and tigers could sometimes be seen. Those whose families lived in the mountains might not be able to go out to the mountains twice a year." The shopkeeper said.
"Yes." Grandma Jiang nodded in agreement, "Xiao Feng, don't look at the mountain in front of your uncle and grandpa's village. It seems that there are no trees and very few trees. It turns out that the mountain was full of trees, and there were wolves in the forest."< br>
"What happened to the forest fire?" Jiang Feng asked.
"It seems to be caused by dryness or some other reason. It's not man-made anyway. That's what the newspaper said." The owner of the braised food shop was not sure because it took so long. "I remember that at that time, our school teacher organized us to put out the fire. fire officers and soldiers wrote letters, and later became heroes. I remember the Heroes’ Banquet clearly. The newspaper said that the city hired two chefs from a state-owned hotel to organize it and used more than a dozen sheep. At that time, mutton was very expensive, let alone mutton and wool. The sweaters are displayed in the supply and marketing cooperative and can only be seen but not touched.”
"Heroes' Banquet?"
"Yes, Heroes' Banquet. At that time, our Chinese teacher asked us to write an essay on the theme of Heroes' Banquet. What did I write? I remember that my essay was very good and was later posted on the wall of my house by my mother. "What are you writing about?" The owner of the braised food shop fell into deep thought.
Jiang Feng and Grandma Jiang spoke to the owner of the braised food shop and left with their things.
Jiang Feng didn't expect that the old man would serve as the chef for such an important banquet when he was young. The most important thing was that the old man didn't mention a word about this matter. If Jiang Jiankang had such an experience, Jiang Feng estimated that he would be able to boast that his grandchildren, his own children, would be born.
"Grandma, why have you and grandpa never told us about this?" Jiang Feng couldn't help but ask on the way home.
Grandma Jiang, who only carried two bags of vegetables, looked relaxed and said with a smile: "What is there to say about this kind of thing."
"This is an important banquet. The owner of the braised meat shop just remembered what happened fifty years ago. Of course it is worth mentioning." Jiang Feng looked solemn.
If he could undertake such a banquet now, he would like to put up a banner at the entrance of Tai Feng Tower.
"The important thing is that the people eating the banquet are not the chefs, so what's there to say?" Grandma Jiang disagreed, "If you can talk about this over and over again, wouldn't your grandpa have to talk endlessly every day to make himself miserable? Talk about death.”
Jiang Feng was confused.
"Things at that time were not as serious as you think, they were all very common. At that time, the most powerful cooks in the nearby cities were your grandfather and Master Huang. They received the leaders and sometimes foreign guests and cooked. It was your grandpa and Master Huang who worked there. I remember that at that time, several neighboring cities would come to us to borrow people to cook,” Grandma Jiang said.
"This kind of foreign work is usually done by Master Huang, unless there are not enough people for your grandfather to go."
"Why?" Jiang Feng expressed confusion.
"Although this kind of foreigner has a hard time on the road, he has an extra bonus. Master Huang is in poor health and has to take imported medicines. Their monthly medicine expenses are huge." After speaking, Grandma Jiang sighed, "These things It sounds great, but it is just like that. Your grandfather and Master Huang seemed to be prosperous back then, but in fact, each family had its own difficulties, and it was not easy. ”
Jiang Feng nodded thoughtfully.
"It's the same in daily life. There are not so many great things, they are all ordinary little things." Grandma Jiang said earnestly, "Don't imitate your father and uncle who brag all the time. They can brag even the smallest things to the sky. I don't know. Who did I learn this from? Everyone is so excited.”
Jiang Feng silently glanced at Grandma Jiang:...
"We are all ordinary people. Qiqi's family seems to have opened a shop in Sichuan just like ours. They are also ordinary people. We ordinary people can just live a good life. You will understand when you get married."
Jiang Feng was nodding in agreement, but suddenly felt something was wrong.
Ordinary family?
Wu's Restaurant.
Tai Fung House.
Ordinary family?
Grandma Jiang continued: "Actually, all the hardships you have when you are young are worth it when you are old. Ordinary people like us don't expect great wealth. Being free from illness and disaster is the greatest happiness. You see, Grandma Chen, she knits sweaters, raises pigs, and plays mahjong with me every day, just leisurely." Jiang Feng:? ? ?
Grandma, do you have any misunderstanding about the four words ordinary people?
(End of chapter)