Chapter 111 Feeding the Cat
“Is this dish enough? If it’s not enough, let’s order more.”
Everyone came to a relatively high-end restaurant on Changsheng Street and ordered in a large private room. There were twelve dishes. After all the dishes were served, Brother Niu asked everyone to pick up their chopsticks.
"Brother Niu, we just finished eating not long ago and we are still full. Enough is enough." Lao Dou said.
Brother Niu is also a real person, so he stopped being polite when he heard this. He sat down and picked up a piece of fish, "Then you're welcome, I'll try this fish first." As soon as he took a bite, Brother Niu asked doubtfully: "Huh? Why does this Guangfu fish have no bones?"
"If you eat it again, there will be a lot of content in it." The second guy said with a smile. "Really?" Brother Niu took another bite and sighed: "There seems to be some fragrant mushrooms in it. It's delicious."
Lao Dou gave Brother Niu a piece of duck feet and said: " Brother Niu, try this duck paw. This duck paw is also boneless and contains crab meat and shrimp meat." Brother Niu was shocked. He took a bite in disbelief and found that it was really like this.
"Really, this is amazing." Brother Niu said in surprise: "How do you people in Guangfu raise things? How come the chickens, ducks, fish, meat, beans, and vegetables all grow together? That can't be a monster. Are you ready?”
“Brother Niu, do you think this monster is delicious?” Azu asked with a smile. "It's delicious, it's delicious." Brother Niu didn't even need to say it, you could tell just by looking at the way he was devouring it.
"We have known for a long time that we Guangfu people love to eat monsters. Why don't we northerners know how to bring these monsters back to breed and reproduce?" He is indeed a model of the first rich, and the first thing that comes to mind is Business. It's a pity that this business is destined to fail hahaha. "Brother A Niu, this is not called a monster, this is a very common dish in our Guangzhou, look at it." Xianglan pointed to the dishes on the table and said: "The one you just ate is called stuffed dace, and this one is called Baihua. Stuffed duck feet.”
"Stuffed? Is this fish stuffed?" Brother Niu was even more surprised. If it looked like this, we could say that nature is magical, but if it was artificially stuffed, we could only say that the chef was awesome. Xianglan nodded, "My mother-in-law, my second sister-in-law, and our nanny, Jiao Jiao, usually cook it at home."
Lao Dou said proudly: "We Cantonese cuisine can't be fooled. You’re not a foreigner.” Brother Niu agreed, “If you just pick up a delicious side dish, it’s really a masterpiece.”
“That’s a big deal. , You called it by name, Cantonese cuisine, the more you eat, the more you want to eat it." The second guy said with a smile, Kang Qirui ate it, thinking about the homophonic meaning of the dish.
Everyone chatted and ate like this. After more than an hour, when they were full, Lao Dou called the waiter and said, "Miss, pay the bill." Brother Niu was not happy and took the bill. Just kicked him into his arms. Lao Dou quickly said: "Brother Niu, I'm sorry. You are the guest and we are the hosts. How can we let you pay the bill?"
"Didn't we agree that I will treat you?" Brother Niu insisted If you want a treat, no one will accept it. "To be honest, I really don't want you to treat me to a meal, but I have a condition." Everyone became curious and looked at Brother Niu, waiting for him to say more.
"You have to send someone to take me out to find food every day." And it has to be Brother Niu. The conditions proposed by people who love to eat are so simple and unpretentious. "Brother Niu, don't you northerners say that all of us in Guangfu are 'cats for food'? I think Brother Niu is the real 'cat for food', hahaha." Lao Dou heard Brother Niu's conditions Then he joked.
"Brother Niu, are you here to inspect the food culture of Guangfu this time?" Ayao has been in the agency for a long time, and everything he looks at is inspected. "Culture? Don't talk to me about culture. I haven't gone to school for a few days. I'm just here to eat and drink." Brother Niu waved his hand. What culture or inspection is none of his business.
"Brother Niu, it doesn't matter if you don't go to school for a few days. The most important thing is to make money. My second brother is the least educated in our family, but he is also the richest in our family." Azu sighed. , "I am the most educated in our family, but at the same time I am also the poorest." Kang Qirui rolled his eyes and stared at Azu and said, "You said the second brother is the richest, I won't argue with you. But if you say that you are the most educated, I won’t agree. My worst students are more educated than you.”
Azu didn’t feel embarrassed after being laughed at by Kang Qirui, and just kept to himself. Start drinking tea. Brother Niu asked doubtfully: "Hey, this little brother is hiding his secrets. Just now you said student, are you a teacher?" When Kang Qirui was about to speak, Xianglan said first: "Ah Brother Niu, our fifth uncle teaches in the most powerful university in Guangdong Province, and the associate professor who was promoted in September is not an ordinary educated person." Faced with Xianglan's compliment, Kang Qirui could only laugh it off. . "Xianglan, the in-laws you found are really good. You are lucky." Brother Niu sighed with emotion, then returned to the original topic, "I have earned enough money now, and in the remaining days, I just want to make a living." I have worked hard for my lofty ideals
Brother Niu is really awesome, and his tone is better than others. This was the first time Kang Qirui heard someone say that he had earned enough money. He smiled and said: "Brother Niu, what lofty ideals do you have? Tell us about it."
"Eat!" Brother Niu said decisively: "It's amazing to eat all over the country, isn't it?"
"You don't know, you caught up with the natural disaster in the 1960s. Right?" Brother Niu continued, "You are so young that you probably haven't caught up. You were so lucky in those years. It was a miracle that you survived. From that time on, I secretly vowed to wait. I became rich, and I ate dried radish every day. In those years, I followed the pickle truck for ten kilometers just to eat a few pickles that fell out of the cracks in the sack.”
Ah, everyone is really shocked. "Is it that exaggerated?" Azu asked on behalf of everyone.
“No, this is not an exaggeration, it is all true. Let me tell you, I have taken advantage of others before. I also took the salted fish that Wan Ling had dried at the door. One piece." In order to prove that those years were really difficult, Lao Dou did not hesitate to break the news. Zhu Wanling, the only party here who was barely considered a party, joked: "Then I have to get a salted fish back from home and give it to my mother someday, hahahaha."
What happened back then just passed with a smile. After laughing, Brother Niu sighed: "You have never tasted the feeling of hunger. If people are really hungry, they will even eat the bark of the tree."
< br>"Brother Niu, your original ideal was to eat dried radish as a meal, but now you want to eat it all over the country?" Kang Qirui saw that everyone was starting to remember the bitterness and think of the sweetness. The atmosphere was a bit awkward, He took the initiative to change the subject and asked Brother Niu.
“I changed my life goals only after I made money.” Brother Niu smiled sheepishly. "You want to change if you are rich. Of course you can't really eat dried radish every day if you are so rich, hahaha." Kang Qirui still tried his best to adjust in the direction of joy. What he just said about stealing things and eating tree bark was too depressing. .
“Hahaha, yes, yes, and look at me, I don’t smoke, gamble or whore. I have no other hobbies except eating. You have to find ways to make me spend my money. "Brother Niu's tone was as arrogant as ever, "Okay, okay, let's get down to business. Which one of you will accompany me to eat tomorrow?"
Zong Yaozu and the three of them raised their hands immediately. Come on, I heard Old Dou suddenly cough twice. Kang Qirui immediately understood what Old Dou meant. He pulled down the second brother's raised hand and said: "Second brother, how can you have time? There are still things in the store. Even though it is run by the boss and his wife, you also invested money." Then he said to Ayao and Azu: "It's even worse for you two. Tomorrow is a working day and you have to go to work. It's too late to ask for leave now. ”
The second guy originally thought that he would have a lot of time to build the road in front of the hardware store. He could eat and drink and try the taste of other restaurants, but he also noticed something strange about Lao Dou, so he followed Kang Qirui's words and said: " Then only Lao Dou is free. Brother Niu, how about letting our old man go to dinner with you tomorrow? Our old man is an old Guangfu, but he knows how to eat. It's settled hahaha. "Brother Niu naturally has no objection. The old man of the Kang family knows how to eat and drink, so of course it will be no problem if he keeps him company. But just one day later, he regretted it. When he returned to Kang's house the next night, he had a bitter look on his face. After Lao Dou went in to take a bath, he quietly complained to everyone.
"To tell you the truth, I was very tired after eating these two meals today. Each meal was more difficult than the last. Your old man started treating me from the second he ordered the dishes. After the exam, he was still not satisfied. He had to give me a lesson on the history of food. He told me when this dish was invented and when it was improved. My head hurt when I heard it. ”
"I'm not afraid of anything. I'm just afraid that others will force me to learn culture. How can I, a student like me, eat well with a teacher? I don't even know what the food tastes like today."< br>
(End of this chapter)