Reborn in 1977

Chapter 435 Interview

In the study on the second floor of the new house, Chen Fan stood in front of his desk, outlining on a piece of white paper with a brush. Before long, a simple drawing of a rural residence appeared on the paper.

Several single-family building renderings, construction drawings, and 12 different overall renderings were the results of his work these past few days.

Outside the open window, the sound of roaring could be heard from time to time, as cargo ships transporting dike repair materials and workers were busy.

After the heavy snow, a north wind blew for two or three days, and a few scattered snowfalls occurred. Finally, the sky cleared up, the temperature quickly rose, and the ice and snow on the ground melted. The dike repair project in Lujiawan also began in full swing.

Each team was assigned its own responsible section, and more than a thousand strong laborers dug mountains for soil, mixed it with the transported stones, and filled it onto the dike.

It was this year-after-year dike repair that transformed the Yunhu area, which was prone to flooding before the founding of the country, into a veritable land of fish and rice.

This water conservancy project, which lasted for more than 30 years, also laid a solid foundation for the water conservancy safety of later generations. After the 1990s, such a scene could only be partially reproduced in the winter of 1998.

Later, cement roads were built on the dike, and even if there were water conservancy projects to be constructed, they were all handed over to professional construction companies to handle. The peasants carrying the dikes became a thing of the past.

Chen Fan retracted his gaze from the distance, silently pondering in his heart the appearance of the future stone slopes and cement dikes, reflecting each other with the rural residences next to them. On the paper, several rows of dust-proof trees were added between the residential earthen slopes and the dikes.

A myna flapped its wings and landed on the windowsill, shouting loudly, "Noisy, noisy!"

Without turning his head, Chen Fan picked up a bean and threw it over.

The myna fell to the ground, "Dead, dead!"

Then it tilted its head and lay motionless.

Huang Ying came up with a tray, and happened to see this scene, and immediately laughed, "Great, we're having roasted myna for dinner today."

The myna suddenly opened its eyes wide and flew out with a whoosh, its cries fading away, "Bad guy, bad guy..."

Huang Ying chuckled and put the tray on the table, then picked up a small ceramic bowl from the tray and said with a smile, "Teacher Chen, this is crucian carp and tofu soup made by Huang Li, please try it."

Chen Fan put down his pen, took it and tasted it, smacked his lips, and then drank it all in one gulp.

Huang Ying's eyes lit up immediately, "Did it pass?"

Chen Fan put the bowl on the tray with a look of disgust, "Not even close. The ginger flavor is too strong, obviously too much was added. The fishy smell of the beans can't even be suppressed by the ginger. It's obvious that the tofu wasn't handled well.

A good crucian carp and tofu soup should have a milky white soup, a strong aroma, and the freshness of the fish and tofu should be integrated but still distinct. In particular, attention should be paid to the taste of the seasoning so that it doesn't overwhelm the main dishes, but rather highlights the freshness of the crucian carp and tofu. The most important thing is to remove the fishy and bean smell completely.

This soup doesn't have the fishy smell, but the ginger and bean smell are too strong. It's barely at the same level as Chef Zhu from the state-owned restaurant in the commune. You need to practice more."

Huang Ying pouted, "Then you still drank it all in one gulp."

Chen Fan snorted softly, "Isn't it just cold? Drinking some hot soup to warm up, can't waste it."

Huang Ying picked up the tray, "Okay, I will tell Huang Li your words verbatim."

She was just about to go down when she happened to see a painting on the corner of the table, and her eyes lit up, "Is this the design drawing for our Team 6?"

Chen Fan glanced at it and picked up the brush again, "A simple drawing, the landscaping design hasn't been added yet."

As he continued to paint on the unfinished drawing, he smiled and said, "My plan is to divide it into several steps. First build the houses, then transform the greenery, and finally transform the residential areas of each team into open garden-style residential areas, while retaining the rural residential characteristics of Yunhu Water Village."

Huang Ying blinked, feeling a little confused, "Gardens? Garden-style residential areas? What are those?"

Chen Fan turned to look at her and laughed, "You'll know in the future."

Huang Ying wrinkled her nose, but couldn't help grinning the next second.

Although she didn't understand, she could feel that Teacher Chen was very powerful.

At this time, Liu Lu ran up the stairs, holding a sleeveless jacket in her hand, and said excitedly, "Teacher, look at the jacket I made."

Chen Fan took two steps forward, took it and shook it, his face full of hesitation, "Well, not bad, you can wear it."

Huang Ying put down the tray in her hand, walked over and grabbed a corner to look at it, then turned to Liu Lu and said, "The clothes you make are much better than those sewn by hand, but that's thanks to the sewing machine. Later, let your sister show you her beige windbreaker carefully. That was made by Teacher Chen himself, and the craftsmanship is better than the clothes sold in department stores."

Liu Lu pouted, "My sister is stingy. She doesn't even wear that dress herself, let alone lend it to me. I've asked her to borrow it many times, but she won't."

Huang Ying smiled slightly, without saying anything.

If it were her, she wouldn't either. That was the first dress Teacher Chen gave them, and it was handmade. It would be strange to be willing to give it up.

Chen Fan handed the jacket back to Liu Lu and said with a smile, "You haven't been learning tailoring for long, and it's already good that you can make it like this now. Take your time. As long as you find the shortcomings, even a little progress is good."

Liu Lu's low mood immediately brightened up, and she hugged the jacket in her arms, nodding and smiling, "Got it, thank you, Teacher."

Huang Ying, who was beside her, became unhappy, wrinkled her nose and said, "Teacher Chen, you are too biased. You still encourage Xiaolu for making it like this, but you only criticize my sister's fish soup."

Chen Fan snorted softly and said to her, "Liu Lu has never been exposed to tailoring before. She can make a jacket independently in just over a month, which shows that she has worked hard and made great progress.

What about your sister? She used to be in charge of the kitchen at home, and her home-cooked dishes were not bad. I told her the secrets, but she still can't make a good soup. Shouldn't she be criticized?"

Huang Ying pouted, lowered her head and didn't say anything, thinking that she must scold Huang Li later.

After the criticism, Chen Fan added, "However, we can't blame her for not working hard. Tailors can use scraps of cloth, or even leaves, to practice cutting and stitching, while learning to cook can only be practiced with ingredients. There are only three opportunities a day, and the practice time is not enough, so of course the progress is slow."

This cannot be compared with more than ten years later. At that time, there were plenty of dishes, and apprentices who learned to cook were generally in restaurants. There were a lot of ingredients, so naturally there were many opportunities to practice.

Even so, if you want to get on the stove, unless you go to a chef school that charges tuition, it is difficult to have the opportunity to get on the stove without at least one or two years of apprenticeship. This shows how difficult it is to become a good chef.

Tailoring is different. As long as the master is willing to teach, you can get started in three to five months, and you can reach the level of entering the factory in at most one year.

Of course, like chefs, if you want to become a top tailor, you still have to rely on time to accumulate experience.

Compared with Huang Li who learns cooking and Liu Lu who learns tailoring, Yang Mei who chooses to learn winemaking is simpler.

Winemaking is nothing more than those few processes. The most critical parts are the distiller's yeast, the recipe, and the heat. It is an easy-to-learn but difficult-to-master skill, which means that you can get started quickly and open a winery yourself after learning for a few months.

As for brewing top-quality wine, it depends on talent and luck.

At this time, Chen Fan's design drawings were almost finished, so he asked Huang Ying to put away the drawings, shook his hands and slowly went downstairs, and sat in the yard to bask in the sun.

When it snowed a few days ago, the temperature here reached a minimum of minus 10 degrees. When the sun came out, after two days of sunshine, it was warm again today, and the temperature rose to about 15 degrees.

Wearing a thin cotton-padded jacket and lying on a recliner covered with cotton wool, he felt warm and drowsy in a short while.

In the kitchen not far away, there was a burst of fragrance, which was Huang Li cooking lunch.

Now Liu Dan takes the initiative to give the cooking work to Huang Li, just to give her more opportunities to practice.

She, Yang Ju, and Huang Ying are preparing for their university studies together.

There are dozens of professional textbooks in the study on the second floor. They can find relevant professional textbooks by choosing journalism, mechanics, and foreign trade. They read books at the tea table when they have nothing to do.

In Chen Fan's words, those who can enter key universities are the most outstanding students from all over the country. The few of them can only stand out in this area of ​​Lujiawan. Getting high scores in the college entrance examination is still due to the early study. If they don't work hard enough, they will probably fall behind in college.

Chen Fan was so frightened that they panicked and immediately followed the study plan arranged by Chen Fan to preview in advance, and strive not to fall behind in college!

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After a while, Huang Li prepared lunch and called people to eat.

Chen Fan stretched his waist in the quilt, just about to get up, the myna bird landed on the tea table next to him and shouted loudly, "It's time to eat, it's time to eat."

Looking at this noisy myna bird, I regretted teaching it to speak human language.

Can't you be quiet for a while?

But now that we are familiar with each other, I am embarrassed to roast it and eat its meat, so I can only wave to Liu Dan who just came out, "Grab a handful of millet for it."

Liu Dan grinned and laughed, ran into the kitchen, grabbed a handful of rice and threw it on the open space next to him.

The myna bird immediately flew over to peck at it, but suddenly a dozen sparrows flew down from the sky and snatched food from it one by one, making it burst into swearing, "Bad bird, bad bird."

At this time, a voice came from the front slope, "I just came and heard the myna bird scolding bad birds. Is the hobby falcon bullying it again?"

On a branch above his head, the hobby falcon turned its head and called "Chirp chirp" twice, spread its wings and flew over someone's head, dropping a pile of bird droppings.

An Quan quickly dodged, breathed out a long breath with lingering fear, "Fortunately, I moved fast."

Then he raised his head and cursed, "What a bad bird."

Chen Fan walked to the edge of the field and looked at him with a smile, "Who told you to wrong it first."

An Quan rolled up his sleeves and walked inside, and said angrily, "It's really a coincidence today, I'm here to deliver a message, but it just happened to be in time!"

Chen Fan walked beside him and asked, "Deliver a message? What message?"

An Quan walked into the restaurant, looked at Huang Ying and Liu Dan who were adding chairs and setting chopsticks, and said with a smile, "Tell them two that they will go to the prefectural committee for an interview tomorrow."