From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Early in the morning, just as the sky was getting light, Feng Zhengming suddenly heard a shout from outside the tent.

"Hey, what do you do?"

The next moment, Feng Zhengming almost immediately turned over, grabbed his clothes, put them on, and walked out of the tent.

As soon as I walked out of the tent, I saw Ding Yuan, Gao Yongfu and Hou Dong, who had already knocked down five or six people.

Then I heard several people who were knocked down begging for mercy loudly.

Feng Zhengming walked over and looked at a few people. Judging from their clothes, they should be from the countryside.

With the help of some light from the sky, Feng Zhengming carefully looked at the faces of several people.

Two of them looked quite old and had a hint of ferocity in their expressions.

There were four younger ones, and one of them looked only about ten years old.

The six men came strolling over from the river early in the morning.

I just happened to see Feng Zhengming and his group’s camp.

A few people observed for a while and felt that the people in the camp had not woken up yet.

Then he bravely sneaked into the camp.

They saw the pots and bowls that Feng Zhengming and his team had not cleaned up last night, as well as the marching backpacks placed next to the tent.

The six people immediately became interested and decided to have a wrap-up party.

All of Feng Zhengming and his friends’ belongings were taken away.

But when he was picking up the things, he kicked a jar, making a noise which alarmed Ding Yuan, Gao Yongfu and Hou Dong.

Three people immediately rushed out of the tent.

The six people were so scared that they grabbed their things and turned to run.

But how could the six of them be faster than the three who had served in the military?
So the six people were quickly captured by Ding Yuan and his three companions.

Although they were captured, the six men were completely powerless to resist Ding Yuan and his two companions.

But the two older men were still quite fierce.

"Let us go, please let us go quickly. Let me tell you, this is our place. You set up tents and slept here without informing us."

"Yes, you set up tents and slept in our place without informing us. We took your things and charged you for them."

"Let go now, or else the rest of us will come and you'll see what happens."

Ding Yuan started beating him without any hesitation.

"What are you talking about? Do you really think you are so capable? Come, let me see what you are capable of."

After being hit a few times by Ding Yuan without any courtesy, the few people who were shouting just now immediately became timid.

Feng Zhengming looked at the men and asked, "Which village are you from? Do you often rob people on the road here?"

Hearing this, without waiting for a response from the others, Hou Dong immediately shouted: "If this is the case, we have to send them to the police station. We can't let people like this continue to harm others."

Feng Zhengming nodded: "Well, it would be better to send him to the Public Security Bureau."

When they heard that they were going to be sent to the police station, they became even more timid.

The three younger ones in particular began to beg for mercy.

"No, don't send us to the police station."

"Yes, yes, we won't dare to do it again. We won't dare to do it again next time."

"We really didn't mean to do that. They were the ones who instigated us."

Seeing the three young ones start to beg for mercy, the two older ones immediately started scolding the three young people.

"Assholes, what are you three talking about?"

"What are you three afraid of? Hurry up and do it. We have more people. How can we be defeated by the four of them?"

As a result, the three young men didn't dare to take action after hearing what they said.

But the young man started to take action and even took out a small knife from his waist bag.

Seeing the young man take out a knife, Gao Yongfu hurriedly tried to protect Feng Zhengming.

However, Feng Zhengming was not afraid at all. He reached out and grabbed the boy's wrist.

Then Feng Zhengming exerted force on his hand, and the boy screamed in pain.

The knife in his hand slipped out immediately.

Feng Zhengming reached out and caught the knife.

Seeing this situation, the three young men begged for mercy even harder.

The two older men didn't dare to say anything.

The boy still wanted to struggle.

Feng Zhengming warned with a fierce look on his face: "You'd better not move, or I'll cut off your arm. Do you believe it? I usually kill pigs and chickens without blinking an eye, so I can easily deal with you, kid."

The young man was frightened by Feng Zhengming's warning with a fierce face.

Then Feng Zhengming asked the other three to control the few people, and then he went to pack up the things in the camp.

After carrying all the belongings, the four men escorted the six people towards a nearby town.

When Feng Zhengming and his men entered the town with a few people.

It immediately attracted the attention of people in the town.

"Hey, look, these guys have been arrested."

"Great! These guys were finally caught."

"This time I met a powerful person and was caught in no time."

"He deserves it. He usually blocks people on the road to ask for money and steals things from passing cars from time to time. He should have been arrested long ago."

After hearing the discussions of the people in the town, Feng Zhengming and his friends knew that they had really caught six bad guys.

After finding the police station in the town, Feng Zhengming and his men took the man to the police station.

The people from the police station also came out and looked at them in surprise.

Soon, the town director came out.

"You are?"

Feng Zhengming and others introduced themselves.

He also took out his ID card and showed it to the other party.

Gao Yongfu and Hou Dong also took out their military ID cards.

Everyone at the police station was shocked to see the military ID.

Unexpectedly, these six guys who usually roamed around outside the village and committed crimes would actually run into a few soldiers and were caught in one fell swoop.

Feng Zhengming and his companions did not ask for the other party's thanks. They handed the person over to the police station, asked for directions, and then said goodbye to the police station and left.

After leaving the police station and walking in the town, many people in the town came out to see them off and expressed their gratitude to Feng Zhengming and his friends.

Feng Zhengming and his friends easily found out from the words of many people in the town.

The six people they caught really caused headaches for the surrounding villages and towns.

They have been lurking on the roads outside the surrounding villages and towns.

Hiding in woods and some rivers.

From time to time they would show up and block the road to steal things.

Because they always appear in groups, people in the surrounding villages and towns are caught off guard.

Although many people called the police and the police also searched for them in the surrounding area.

We even went into the mountains to look for them, but we were never able to catch them.

The main reason is that there is a shortage of police force in villages and towns, and there is no way to catch all these people in one fell swoop.

Many times, when the police target one or two people, they always take advantage of their familiarity with the surrounding area and call other partners to escape from the police's surveillance.

This time, because it was early in the morning, several people just woke up and planned to walk around and find something to eat. As a result, they saw Feng Zhengming's camp in the wild and became malicious.

But they didn't expect to meet three soldiers.

In addition, the area where Feng Zhengming and his team were camping was relatively open and there was nothing to block their view.

Running in an open area, how could six people be a match for three soldiers?
As a result, they were successfully captured by Ding Yuan and his three companions.

Feng Zhengming and his colleagues rejected all the thanks from the townspeople.

Together they said goodbye to the people in the town and left quickly.

Hou Dong felt a little excited after leaving the town.

"I didn't expect that we could help fight crime and eliminate evil."

Gao Yongfu corrected him with a smile: "At best, they can only be regarded as road bullies, and they are the kind of cowardly road bullies."

Ding Yuan nodded: "They should be very familiar with the surrounding area, so they dare to show up from time to time to intercept passers-by."

Feng Zhengming also spoke up at this time: “If the person is forced, or encounters some difficulties and seeks help from others, perhaps it can be forgiven once or twice.

But these people clearly intended to do evil, and this time it’s thanks to the three of you who caught them, otherwise who knows how much trouble they would have caused in this area.”

Receiving Feng Zhengming's praise, Ding Yuan and the other three smiled with a little pride.

Capturing the six road bullies was just a minor episode and did not affect Feng Zhengming and his team's itinerary.

Next they walked to the Yellow River and headed east along the river.

When we actually walked to the river, the scene before us was not that beautiful at all.

The river water in front of me is quite yellow.

It can be clearly seen that the river water contains a large amount of silt.

A large amount of silt has also accumulated on both sides of the key river embankment.

As a result, both sides of the river bank are completely sandy.

If the wind blows, it will really blow up a lot of sand.

The three people who were traveling with Feng Zhengming were stunned by the scene before them.

They never thought that the Yellow River would be like this.

Feng Zhengming saw the surprised expressions of the three people and sighed: "Do you think the scene before your eyes is different from what you imagined? In fact, the Yellow River carries a lot of silt.

Look at both sides of the river, it is almost all sand, and this sand will continue to be washed into the river.

As the river flows, the silt will also be washed into the sea.”

Hearing this, Hou Dong suddenly asked in surprise: "Doesn't that mean that if a large amount of mud and sand continues to rush into the sea, it may fill up the sea?"

These words shocked both Ding Yuan and Gao Yongfu.

Gao Yongfu quickly waved his hands in disbelief: "Impossible, impossible, how can this mud and sand fill up the sea?"

Ding Yuan didn't say anything, but he obviously didn't believe that the mud and sand would fill up the sea.

Feng Zhengming lamented: "I don't know whether the sea can be filled up, but the coastal desertification should continue to worsen, and the area available for farming will continue to shrink."

Hearing this, the other three also fell into deep thought. They looked around and indeed could feel it.

There are almost no arable fields along the entire river.

Feng Zhengming called three people, and the four of them continued forward along the river bank.

Along the way, there was indeed no longer the beautiful scenery of mountains and rivers as before.

At a glance, both sides of the river are almost covered with yellow sand.

If it weren't for the river flowing beside us, I might really feel like I've entered a desert.

Looking at such a river, Feng Zhengming and his friends still felt a little heavy.

Walking along the river, we finally arrived at Dongying, the city where the Yellow River flows into the sea.

When we arrived here, we found that it was different from some of the desertified areas we had visited before.

Compared to some of the sandy areas before, this is an oasis.

The city has very good green areas, and a lot of water flows through the city, making the whole city very beautiful.

When Feng Zhengming and his companions arrived here, the haze of desertification of the land was immediately swept away.

Everyone was in a good mood and found a hotel to stay in the city.

After settling in, everyone quickly took a shower and changed their clothes that were covered in sand.

After changing clothes, Ding Yuan, Gao Yongfu and Hou Dong found Feng Zhengming.

"Brother Feng, do you have any great chefs you want to visit here?"

After hearing this, Feng Zhengming smiled and waved his hand.

"I don't really know anyone here, but it doesn't matter. We can go out for a walk and see if there's anything delicious here. We can find some small restaurants on the street to eat tonight."

This made the three people very happy.

These days, they have been walking along the Yellow River and have not eaten any good food on the way.

Now that I’m in the city, of course I have to have a good meal.

Having said that, Feng Zhengming led the three people out.

After leaving the hotel, the four of them walked around the city together.

Feel the bustling atmosphere of the city streets.

It was a stark contrast to the sparsely populated places I had walked through in the past few days.

The four people really felt like they were returning to the secular world after being isolated from the world.

Feng Zhengming and his friends did not go directly to a restaurant, but asked some people on the street and found an old street where the locals would eat.

There are all kinds of small shops on both sides of the old street, and there are also many people on the street selling all kinds of snacks either on carts or in small stalls.

While walking and eating, Feng Zhengming soon fell into deep thought.

Ding Yuan, Gao Yongfu and Hou Dong, who were standing next to them, had already walked a distance and turned around to find that Feng Zhengming was not following them.

The three of them hurried back and came to where Feng Zhengming was standing in a daze.

Seeing Feng Zhengming standing there with a dull look on his face, I wonder what he is thinking?
The three of them didn’t know whether they should disturb him?

Fortunately, Feng Zhengming came to his senses quickly.

Seeing the three people standing in front of him, Feng Zhengming laughed embarrassedly: "Hahaha, I was thinking about something just now, so I didn't notice it. I'm sorry to have made you worried."

The three people were relieved to see that Feng Zhengming was fine.

Then Feng Zhengming and his friends continued walking forward and soon found a small shop selling tofu pudding. Feng Zhengming and his friends went in and prepared to eat some tofu pudding.

Tofu pudding is made with pickled mustard tuber, soy sauce and sesame paste.

When this tofu pudding was served on the table, Gao Yongfu was stunned.

"Why is this tofu pudding like this?"

Ding Yuan and Hou Dong asked curiously: "Isn't all tofu pudding like this?"

Feng Zhengming asked Gao Yongfu with a smile: "The tofu pudding you eat in your hometown should be added with honey or sugar water, right?"

Before Gao Yongfu could respond, Ding Yuan and Hou Dong exclaimed first.

"What? What kind of tofu pudding is that? How can tofu pudding be added with honey and sugar water?"

Gao Yongfu looked at the two of them, unconvinced: "Why can't we add sugar water and honey? We have specially made syrup over there, and adding it to tofu pudding will also be delicious."

Feng Zhengming did not let the three people quarrel, he gave an explanation with a smile.

"There are differences in the way to eat tofu pudding in different places. In the north, tofu pudding is mainly salty. For example, here tofu pudding is added with sesame paste, soy sauce, and pickled mustard tuber. In some places, chicken soup is added, and there is tofu pudding with chili peppers.

The tofu pudding in the south is sweeter, so it is mixed with honey or sugar water, and the way of eating is different.”

After listening to Feng Zhengming's explanation, the three of them were also a little surprised.

They had never thought before that tofu pudding could be so different? (End of this chapter)