Return to Singapore 1995

Li Xiaofan said: "Uncle Tang, Brother Ming has helped me a lot, thank you very much!"

After chatting for a while, Mr. Tang took everyone to the restaurant to have dinner.

The dinner was sumptuous, but what impressed Li Xiaofan the most was the Buddha Jumping Over the Wall made by their chef.

According to Aunt Tang, because Mr. Tang liked this dish, they started simmering it in the afternoon.

Their Buddha Jumps Over the Wall uses the finest abalone, sea cucumbers, fish lips, scallops, king oyster mushrooms, tendons, yak hide glue, flower mushrooms, cuttlefish, quail eggs and other ingredients, and brings them together, adding broth and ingredients native to Fujian. old wine, simmered over slow fire.

Mr. Tang also likes to ask the nanny and chef to move the entire altar of simmered Buddha Jumping Over the Wall to the restaurant to open the altar.

There is almost no fragrance during the simmering process of Buddha Jumping Over the Wall, but when it is simmered in the restaurant, Auntie Tang slightly lifts the lotus leaf, and the fragrance wafts out. The aroma of wine and other fresh flavors is so fragrant that it goes straight into the heart and spleen.

It is said that Mr. Tang likes to smell this fragrance, which is appetizing!

Aunt Tang served Li Xiaofan the Buddha Jumping Over the Wall soup, which was rich in color but not greasy. When eating, the aroma of wine mixes with the aroma of various foods, and the aroma spreads everywhere. It is rotten but not rotten, and the taste is endless.

Because "Buddha Jumps Over the Wall" simmers dozens of ingredients in one pot, it not only has a common meaty taste, but also maintains their own characteristics.

Let Li Xiaofan enjoy it!

"Afan, is it delicious?"

"It's so delicious. According to the saying in our hometown, it feels like your eyebrows are about to fall off!"

Li Xiaofan's words made everyone laugh.

Mr. Tang said happily: "Afan, it's rare for you to come to our house as a guest. Drink a few more bowls to replenish your health!"

Halfway through the meal, Tang Xinyi said: "Dad, I had a brief chat with Brother Xiaofan in my eldest brother's office in the afternoon. He recommended me the China Academy of Art next to the West Lake in Hangzhou, mainland China. I heard it was quite interesting. If you’re interested, when can we go to Hangzhou to investigate?”

"Well, yes, Xinyi, it's rare that you are interested in going to the mainland. It seems that Xiaofan's reputation is the most important!"

"It's just talk now! I still want to see it in person before talking about it. In addition to the China Academy of Art by the West Lake in Hangzhou, I also want to see the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. I have never been to the Palace Museum or the Great Wall. ! Dad, I want you to come with me, okay?"

"Well, let your elder brother arrange the time, and let's go for a trip together! By the way, we'll also go to Tokyo to see how your mother is doing there..."

Tang Jiaming said: "Okay, Dad, I will make a plan then..."

Mr. Tang ate relatively little. After eating, he went out for a walk to eat, accompanied by Irene and Aunt Tang as usual.

Tang Xinyi also wanted to go out together, but Tang Jiaming stopped her.

"Xinyi, please stay, I will give you a task!"

"What's going on?"

"Help Afan and I design a high-end sunglasses gift box!"

Tang Jiaming and Li Xiaofan took sunglasses samples and after a brief introduction, the smart Tang Xinyi immediately understood what they meant.

"No problem, I've got this small case bag, and I'll come up with a few styles for you to choose from tomorrow and the day after tomorrow!"

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After leaving the Tang family mansion and returning to Orchid Flower Village, Li Xiaofan used a public phone to call his old junior high school classmates Wu Xiuli and Lin Zhiyong overnight.

When she received a call from Li Xiaofan at home, Wu Xiuli was already ready to go to bed.

"Xiaofan, I took an international long distance call from Singapore so late. Is there anything urgent?"

"Xiuli, I need your help with something!"

"What's the matter, tell me!"

"Last time you introduced me to Luo Sining, your old classmate from technical secondary school, in Wenzhou. Later I went to several glasses factories he introduced and brought back some sunglass samples. This time, I negotiated a deal for 20,000 pairs of sunglasses in Singapore. Although the volume of business is not very large, it is very important to me. You'd better call that old classmate Luo Sining tomorrow and ask him to say hello to Dongfang Liming and other manufacturers and give him some information on price and supply. support!"

"No problem, it's just a matter of words! If you help them with their foreign trade exports, it's not too late for them to thank you!"

"That's the best. I'm afraid that if my order is small, other manufacturers won't look down on us! The leader of the Foreign Trade Bureau has said hello, it must be different! Also, is Lin Zhiyong at home these days?"

"Yes, you even came to my house to visit me at night!"

"You go to the trouble of finding him now and answer the phone. I'll call back in ten minutes!"

"OK! Xiaofan, Zhiyong now has a BB camera. If you have an emergency next time, you can contact him on the BB machine. I'll call him over right now!"

"OK, thanks!"

Ten minutes later, Lin Zhiyong came to Wu Xiuli's house to answer the phone. Li Xiaofan asked him to rush to Ouhai, Wenzhou, immediately tomorrow morning to take charge of his sunglasses order, and then gave him and Wu Xiuli his Singapore mobile phone number.

"Ayong, this business is very important to you and me! This is an important beginning for us, equivalent to the beginning of the 25,000-mile Long March. Do you understand?"

"Afan, don't worry, I promise to complete the task!" Lin Zhiyong took over the task without saying a word.

After finishing these chores, Li Xiaofan finally breathed a sigh of relief after a busy day. Suddenly he felt a little hungry. He had been a guest at Mr. Tang's house and had not eaten enough. He had already finished digesting the bowls of Buddha Jumping Over the Wall Soup.

I packed a portion of Fujian fried shrimp noodles at the market, and when I passed by the 7-11 convenience store, I bought a dozen Tiger brand cold beers and some potato chips, peanuts and other food.

It was already past eleven o'clock in the evening when I walked slowly back to the terrace house dormitory.

I bumped into Liu Mengchen who was about to go out to work late at night at the door.

"Hey, Li Xiaofan, I haven't seen you for several days! Why are you dressed so seriously today? Were you promoted to manager, or were you a best man?" Liu Mengchen teased.

"I like it!" Li Xiaofan laughed.

"You are dressed too exaggeratedly, you look like the doctors in our hospital..."

"Haha, you are really good at talking. Are you not going to work tonight?"

"Let's go, let's go. It's rare to meet you. Can't I chat with you for a few words? You are so fierce!"

"88, be safe at night!"

"Well, you should also go to bed early. 88!"

On the TV in the living room, the local entertainment program "Funny Action" starring Jack Neo and Mark Lee was coming to an end. Li Xiaofan likes to watch this local comedy program.

Then there was another old song program. Li Xiaofan half-lying on the sofa, eating fried shrimp noodles, drinking beer, and listening to Fei Yuqing's decadent music. Later, because he was too sleepy, he fell asleep.

"Afan, wake up, wake up!"

Li Xiaofan opened his eyes and showed a pair of white legs in a natural short skirt.