The story of a cook

Chapter 332
When the master and the master were young, the master called them "Furong fish maw".It turned out that Master did better than Uncle Shi, but Uncle Shi was not convinced, and he has never been a master after several times of comparison, so he has a deep memory of the Furong fish maw made by Master.Today, when I ate the Furong fish maw I made, it felt like it was made by Master. I asked Mr. Li and Mr. Liu if Master was cooking here. Mr. Li and Mr. Liu didn’t know that Master was here, they just knew that Master was no longer As a chef, I have nothing to do fishing every day.

But master shi ate hibiscus fish maw and felt a bit like master made it. In addition, he hadn’t seen master yet when he returned to China, and he didn’t know where master’s home was. It was hard to find Master.Because of my doubts, I asked the waiter to call the chef who made the hibiscus fish maw, and then I came.Only then did the plot of the old brothers meeting between the master and the master master.

A plate of "Furong Fish Maw" triggered the story of the meeting of the brothers who had been separated for 20 years.

Mr. Li and Mr. Liu worked together with their master and master master when they were young. They were all cooks. The four elder brothers are better.Later, Mr. Shi went abroad to develop, and Mr. Li started to open his own restaurant in the late 80s, and the restaurant was very successful.Now I have also retired, leaving the hotel to my children to take care of.Mr. Liu no longer does this business, and the wholesale shoes business in Nanta is also very good.

When the four brothers met, it was inevitable that they would sigh for a while. I sat there and listened to the past with great interest.

The master asked the master: "Junior brother, you have not participated in the competition since I left?"

The master said: "I also plan to participate, but the old man didn't let me go. You don't know my old man. You are afraid of things. It's useless to say that you don't participate. Even if you win the championship, you can do nothing. Besides, your first three competitions are still real. Craftsmanship will not work in the later stage, it is all bought with money, it is meaningless to participate or not.”

"Yes, the taste of the competition has changed in the later stage." Li Lao said with deep feeling: "I participated in one more time and won the second prize, No.2. Is there any use when I come back? What should I do? I'm okay. I want to come back with No.2. The unit still can’t give me a salary increase. Even if I don’t raise the salary, I can give it to a small leader. If I don’t think about it, I won’t get anything. I still cook with a big spoon. I stayed without pay, borrowed some money from my relatives, and opened a restaurant by myself."

Mr. Liu said: "It's right if you don't do it. It's not very good now. If you want money and money, you need things. You even have grandchildren. Who of us can enjoy you."

The master asked, "Lao Li, how old is your grandson?"

Mr. Li said: "I'm four years old. I'm a rarity. I think about it every day I don't see him. That kid will come to me. When I see him, I call out 'Grandpa, Grandpa, I miss you'. Buy the ones that fail."

Master Shi said: "In the next life, my two grandsons are also very rare. The older one is in school, and the younger one is three years old. Now I am at home and have nothing to do. I just take care of my grandchildren."

Master asked, "Did you bring your grandson back this time?"

Master Shi said: "No, this time your sister-in-law and I came back just to meet our old friends. We haven't seen each other for so many years, and we're all getting older. We don't know how long we will live—" "

Mr. Liu said: "Brother, live, live well, we are just old, we are in our 62s, and you are older. You will be [-] this year. It is time to enjoy the blessings and enjoy them."

Master said: "We are not called old. If we were placed in the central government, we would be our age. They are the young and middle-aged cadres that the country wants to train."

In a word, everyone laughed out loud.

Master Shi said: "It's about cultivating national leaders. At our age, we have reached retirement age."

"It's good to retire, the good days are just beginning." Mr. Li said, "Brother, you have been abroad for almost 20 years. What's so good about going abroad? You can't understand the language, you can't understand the words, it's better to come back. Well, when we come back, we old brothers can get together and drink some wine, it’s no better than you being abroad alone.”

"I want to come back, but the children are all there. Who cares about me when I come back? Besides, I miss my grandson." Master Shi said.

Master said: "People say that fallen leaves return to their roots. You are old and you can come back. None of these old buddies can send you to the soil."

"Old Huang, you speak straight and have a bad mouth!" Liu Lao said.

"That's the way it is. What can people do when they're old? It's okay to rely on their children to support them? If it's not like that, it's better to leave early and go to a nursing home by yourself. Anyway, there is labor insurance. Every day, I will spend time with a group of old people. It's fun to be together too much." Master said.

Master Shi said: "It's like that in the United States. The elderly go to nursing homes and don't stay with the children. We can't do it. The Chinese are traditional and willing to be with the children. I took my grandson there, and many American neighbors looked at me. I feel novelty, but I don’t understand.”

"Americans are impersonal." Master said directly.

"It's not impersonal, they have that habit, that culture, children are adults when they arrive, and asking for money from their parents is borrowing money, and they have to support themselves." The master said: "Once American children arrive, they can live on their own. If you move out to live, you have to find a job to support yourself. If this is in China, let alone 28, even if [-] doesn’t marry him and start a family, he has to support himself at home. Some people still live with their parents after they get married. Drink old ones."

"That's the thing. I still think it's better to be with your children when you're old. After all, it's a family. What do you live in this life? Isn't it just extraordinary." Li Lao said.

"I think our China is better." Mr. Liu said: "Look at how good it is now. Do we dare to think about it before this day? We dare not even think about it. How much money we just earned after working for a month at that time, I remember The salary in the first month was 18 yuan, and at that time earning 18 yuan was considered quite remarkable.”

"You were earning a lot at that time. How much did I earn just now? Sixteen, no, it was fifteen yuan six." Master said.

"At that time, spending money was also prohibited. You can eat well for five yuan in a restaurant, and you can order a lot of dishes, and even drink enough." Old Liu said.

"I remember that a plate of meatloaf was [-] cents, and a plate of peanuts was [-] cents. When I first started drinking beer, it cost [-] yuan for a washbasin, and it was good to drink." Master said.

Master Shi said: "I still remember that we would go out to do private work on Sundays, to make extra money for people's weddings and errands."

Mr. Liu said: "At that time we cooked for others for a day, and the owner gave us five yuan each, and also wrapped wedding candies and a box of wedding cigarettes."

The master said: "At that time, what kind of dishes did you cook? You just made cold dishes, and you just pick and cook them briskly. If you have nothing to do, you still tease the little daughter-in-law who comes to help. The cooking is done by me and my elder brother."

"Cold dishes are not dishes." Mr. Liu retorted.

"Don't you still have Lao Li to help you fix it? It's certain that the two of you are slipping—" the master directly revealed the old truth.

Mr. Li smiled and said, "I'm not the one who contacted those jobs. You were never polite when you took the five yuan."

The master said: "Not to mention, the five yuan is nothing to worry about, and it's not a lot after a month. Remember that we all smoked cigarettes (filters) with mouthpieces at that time, and our monitor still smoked [-] cents. Production."

"The five yuan is an old matter. I just used the five yuan to buy the tape recorder, sewing machine, and sofa, and then got married. Otherwise, I would not be able to get married." Master Shi was deeply moved.

Mr. Li said: "I remember that when my eldest brother got married, it was Lao Huang's cooking."

The master said, "Yes, it's him."

Mr. Liu said, "I made cold dishes."

The master said: "You lost the old man that day and drank too much. The last banquet was made by Lao Li. You ran outside the shed and fell asleep."

Mr. Liu said: "Aren't we happy that big brother is getting married—at night, I remember that at night, we all drank too much——"

At this time, Mrs. Teacher smiled and said to Master Teacher: "Your marriage is very lively."

Master Shi said: "It's a pity that we didn't get together—"

The master said: "I don't blame you for this. If you want to blame, you should blame your old father-in-law at that time. He was a small official who was as big as a sesame and mung bean. He looked down on us as cooks. Otherwise, you would not be able to go abroad."

Mr. Li asked his master, "By the way, is that old man still alive?"

Master said: "It's long gone, not many years earlier than my old man."

Mr. Li said: "I heard that later it seemed that he was corrupt."

The master said: "I've also heard about it. I don't know the specific situation. I know that I didn't work for a few years before I came down. After retirement, I got sick and passed away."

Mr. Liu said: "There are not many old people in our unit."

The master said: "There are so many old people. They are like this. After working for a lifetime, there is an old insurance. They have nothing, and they have to go out to get food by themselves."

Mr. Li said: "Okay, if you still want the Communist Party to control you, I will find you another one."

The master said, "I am content. Everything is fine now. It's okay if I don't come out to work. I am grateful to the Communist Party."

That day, Master and Uncle Shi chatted a lot, and watching them chatting and listening was also enjoyable.

The catering stories of some older generations in the provincial capital also know a lot from their chatter.The older generation of craftsmen are very strict in their cooking and strive for perfection. They treat their dishes with the same care as they treat their children. Many people may not believe this. If they can chat with these veteran craftsmen, they will know what they are saying. It is not an exaggeration at all, it is precisely because of the craftsman spirit of their generation that the classic dishes that people will never get tired of are handed down.For example: hibiscus fish maw, pot-packed meat, snowy bean paste, squirrel fish, pot bottom meat, multicolored eel shreds, etc. These authentic old dishes are truly technical and are still favorite dishes on the table.

Many young chefs are dissatisfied, and there is no need to be dissatisfied. If you can also produce a dish that can be passed down for 50 years, you are also a master.

(End of this chapter)