The Era of Hard Work

After making the phone call, Lu Dong took advantage of not going to the company today, and went around Daji. From the south entrance of the village to Qiaotou Xiaoba, on a long market street, there were no more than 30 vendors selling things. It is only the second time that the market has just resumed, and it can only slowly gather popularity. The current scale is at best a small market, not a big market.

Many of the sellers are from Lujia Village, especially some old ones.

For example, Lu Dong's second grandfather set up a stall to sell calligraphy and paintings, and also hand-carved seals.

Lu Zhenjia and Li Maocai, who like fishing, put some catfish, Gaya, white stripes and crucian carp caught from the Qingzhao River for sale.

The people in Lujia Village have the dividends from the village collective, and no one is short of money for selling things. The stalls in the early morning are more to join in the fun, and the other is to help the village gather popularity.

Why are the castings of Lu Jianren and Lu Zhending placed at the door early in the morning? Also because of this.

Lu Dong came to Lu Zhenjia's stall, squatted down to look at the fish in two large aluminum basins, and said, "Master Zhenjia, you just caught these? The catch is good."

Lu Zhenjia chuckled: "In the past two years, Lao Qi's bear stuff has not been shot in the water, and there have been many small fish and shrimps, all of which were caught in the past few days. Hey, Dongzi, it's been a long time since you went to the river to cast a net. right?"

Lu Dong patted his forehead: "I've been busy all day, and I forgot about getting off the net. I'm fine in the afternoon. I'll go to Uncle Qi's house to get the net."

Li Maocai who was next to him said: "The upper reaches shut down those chemical plants, and the county is doing dredging and pollution control. The effect is quite good. The most obvious thing is that there are more fish in the river. It's not like before, just floating a layer at every turn. dead fish."

"It's still a good policy." Lu Zhenjia continued: "The river channel has been widened, and the embankment has been rebuilt. This year until late autumn and early winter, the water in the river is still rushing. It's not like before. The upstream reservoir gate is put to the bottom. Has the downstream turned into a pool of stagnant and smelly water?"

Lu Dong also laughed: "We have just met a good time."

Having eaten enough, with more money on hand, the surrounding environment has improved, and they are about to move into a villa-style new village. These older generations who have come from the hard times are in a particularly good mood.

Going north all the way, I came to the newly built small stone dam at the head of the bridge. Lu Dong stood on a high place and looked south. There was an endless stream of people on Laoji Street, and people came from nearby. Although the big fair in Lujia Village has just started, come and see There are many lively people.

Go north along the embankment, go down from the dam, follow the newly repaired asphalt road, and enter Uncle Tie's processing plant.

Lu Dong entered the office of Uncle Tie and Aunt Tie, and Xu Man had already arrived, and the two sides began to talk about cooperation in opening a new factory in other places.

With the continuous development of Lujia Village and the processing factory, Uncle Tie and Aunt Tie are rejuvenated in their second life. They want to further expand the factory. With the support of Uncle Tie, a conservative, Aunt Tie, who is a bit aggressive, will not be out of control.

The idea of ​​the two is not complicated, it is to be a semi-finished product processor for Lu's Catering and Lujiacun Food Company.

However, it is not easy for Uncle Tie and Auntie Tie to open a factory in another place, and the funds are not too abundant.

Aunt Tie had an idea to invite Lu Dong's Lu's Catering and the village's food company to become shareholders, borrowing the resources of the two companies.

Lu Dong was very interested in Auntie Tie's proposal. With the development of Lu's catering, it is a must to have a controllable and stable processor.

Originally, this time when Xu Man came to talk, there was this content.

Auntie Tie proposed, of course she would not refuse.

But Uncle Tie has always been against it. With his character, it is not easy to let outsiders come in to share the equity of his factory, even if he knows that this can make him bigger.

Aunt Tie took the initiative to work for Uncle Tie. This kind of psychological barrier brought about by her personality for many years needs to be actively overcome by Aunt Tie.

Lu Dong knew enough about Uncle Tie and Aunt Tie that Aunt Tie would eventually convince Uncle Tie.

Later, Li Wenyue came over on behalf of the village to conduct preliminary negotiations, and the village was also very interested in taking stakes in major downstream suppliers.

The negotiation was a bit bumpy, but it was relatively smooth. In the afternoon, Lv Dong left it to Xu Man to take charge, and went to Uncle Qi's house to set up a net, and went fishing with Uncle Qi in the river.

As Lu Zhenjia said, the river will not stop flowing, and the running water will continue to be replenished from the upper reaches. There are a lot of fish and shrimps. Lu Dong's net is the most, and more than five catties of fish are caught, all of which are small fish within ten centimeters.

One afternoon, Lu Dong and Seventh Uncle netted about ten catties.

Most of the larger fish and crucian carp were given to Uncle Qi, and Lu Dong left a bunch of small fish and shrimps.

When the sun went down, Uncle Tie left some for Lan Lan, and gave some to the neighbors in the old street.

Back home, Hu Chunlan had already returned, filled two large iron basins with water, and asked Lu Dong to pour all the remaining fish into them.

There are no big fish, just white strips, bean ponds and Gaya that haven't grown up.

Hu Chunlan glanced at it and asked, "Do you want to eat?"

Lu Dong said: "I'm going to pick the job tomorrow, I'll send some to Song Na's house, so I can eat something fresh."

"It's okay." Hu Chunlan reminded him of one thing: "I went to the new house to see it today. The decoration is progressing very fast. Li Lin said that it will be finished in half a month at most. If you have time, go and see the furniture. .”

The exterior decoration of the new village is uniform, and only the interior decoration is done. For Lu Dong's house, Li Jiazhu's work is the priority, and the progress is very fast.

Lu Dong looked at the furnishings in the house and said, "Moving to a new house, all the furniture has been replaced with new ones."

Hu Chunlan said again: "Call Xiao Song, let's go together."

The older generation has suffered a lot, so it doesn't matter whether they feel comfortable or not, we just hope that the next generation can live more comfortably.

Call Song Na first, and when he goes to work the next day, Lu Dong packs up the fish, rushes to Xuefu Wenyuan early, and sends it over.

After taking the big convenience bag containing the fish, Song Na unwrapped it and took a look. Most of the fish were five or six centimeters long white strips and bean ponds, and there were hundreds of them densely packed.

"I picked it up from the river yesterday afternoon, and it was still alive when I came here this morning." Lu Dong warned, "Go back and deal with it quickly, fry it twice, it will be crispy and crispy."

Song Na looked inside the convenience bag again, and said, "I don't need to do anything else this morning."

These small fish are crispy and crispy after being deep-fried, and you don’t even need to spit out the fishbone.

Lu Dong smiled: "It's fine to fry the internal organs together."

Women are more particular about this aspect than men. Song Na said, "I'm off today, and I happen to be free. Come over for lunch."

Lu Dong replied, "Okay."

There wasn't much to do in the morning, before 11:30, Lu Dong came out of the company, had dinner at Song Na's house, chatted with Song's father for a while, returned to the company early, and waited for a short time. Ma Ming rushed over from Quannan.

Lu Dong asked someone to bring tea over, stared at Ma Ming for a while, and said, "It's a lot whiter."

Ma Ming said with a smile: "I haven't been outside for a few months, and I have slowly raised them back."

Lu Dong asked, "Isn't it as busy as before?"

The excavation of the Luozhuang Han Tomb lasted for more than a year. Ma Ming, as a student of Professor Fan, the site leader, has been working outdoors for a long time.

"The rest of the finishing and auxiliary work is much better." Ma Ming said casually: "I asked my brother about the matter you mentioned yesterday. There are factories that do this, but the scale is not large, and we can't discuss it." Be more professional."

Lu Dong didn't understand this job at all, so he said, "I'll ask the village for help, and if it's okay, let them contact you again."

Ma Ming handed Lu Dong a business card: "Just ask someone to contact my brother directly."

Lu Dong put it away, and turned to Uncle Qi: "Okay, let them contact each other, I don't understand these things."

If you want to cast an enlarged version of the four-horse frame and copper ingots like Chunyu, you must master the specifics of how to do it.

Ma Ming turned to the question that Lu Dong asked him to ask last time: "The stewed chicken you mentioned is the time-honored restaurant in Luokou Town, Fuquanju, which makes Meng's stewed chicken. This time, I will go back to Quannan to find someone. After inquiring about it, I basically figured out the ins and outs."

As I mentioned on the phone yesterday, Lu Dong was not surprised that Ma Ming could find out about it. Ma Ming's family belongs to the old Quannan people, and they are quite special. For him, it's just a few words.

Ma Ming continued: "Back then when industrial and commercial households were transformed and public-private partnerships were established, Fuquanju and Sixian Village in Luokou Town were merged into Taifeng Garden. You know Taifeng Garden?"

Lu Dong nodded slightly: "I know, it is a time-honored restaurant in Quannan and a representative restaurant of Lu cuisine in Quannan."

Ma Ming said again: "The braised chicken is now one of the more famous dishes in Taifeng Garden." He laughed: "Taifeng Garden has been poorly managed since five or six years ago. What kind of public restaurant is it? Everyone in the catering industry understands that they are going to maintain it anyway, so even the famous signature dishes of Taifeng Garden are not mentioned by many people now."

Lu Dong himself is engaged in the catering industry, so he dare not say anything about other places, but the situation of the catering industry in Quannan Base Camp is generally conceptual. The time-honored brands that have been handed down since before liberation, especially those run by the public, have not had a good life until now.

Spring River Hotel, Cheap House, Taifeng Garden, Jufengde, Yanxitang, etc., which one is not struggling to maintain?

"Are you very interested in braised chicken?" It was so obvious that Ma Ming couldn't fail to see it: "After I inquired, I went to Taifeng Garden to eat it once. The taste was okay, but..."

He couldn't find a suitable adjective for a while, and after a while he said, "But that's it, it's not delicious."

Lu Dong smiled: "I work in mass catering, mainly because I think the braised chicken may be popularized on a large scale."

This involves Ma Ming's professional blind spot: "I don't understand the catering industry, and life in Taifeng Garden is difficult. If you are interested, go there and ask for details."

"Brother Ma, thank you for this." Lu Dong said, "I'll treat you tonight."

Ma Ming waved his hand: "This is a small matter, nothing." He was not polite to Lu Dong: "The treat is fine, I have to go back to the museum construction site in a while, and there is an impromptu meeting in the evening."

Lu Dong did not force him to stay. After sending Ma Ming away, he called Xue Tian and asked her to learn more about the time-honored restaurants in Quannan, including Taifeng Garden.