Siheyuan: Fatty’s Counterattack

Silly Zhu spent a lot of money to please his wife and son today; the hot dishes include shredded pork with Beijing sauce, fish head steamed cakes, fortune hoof, and Peking duck.

I bought roast duck, but it was neither from Bianyifang nor Quanjude; where was it from? Just around here, tucked away in the alley of Jinbao Street is this restaurant - Quan Ya Ji.

The courtyard wall at the entrance is blue-grey, and the black plaque simply says 1949. If you weren't a local, you wouldn't know this was a restaurant when you passed by.

The remaining three dishes were cooked by Silly Zhu in Fatty's kitchen; in addition, he also made a bowl of beef vermicelli soup under the guidance of Ran Qiuye, and Fatty, as the landlord, also presented a steamed sea bass as a gift.

Ran Qiuye was very grateful and praised their craftsmanship: "I haven't eaten such delicious food for a long time. Although it is easy to eat Chinese food in Singapore, the taste is really different from that in China. Same."

The fat man didn't think much about it, just regarded it as a casual chat between friends, and naturally continued: "Although there are many Chinese in Singapore, the local cuisine is still mainly Indian and Malay. Chinese food has also been improved, such as curry chicken And curry fish head, it tastes weird." It was like he had actually eaten it.

In fact, Fatty did eat it. Thanks to the strong competitiveness of the emerging professional market, he traveled abroad frequently in another time and space.

So what he said makes sense: "Silly Zhu, do you know what is the most fun thing about Singapore? It is that when locals eat, whatever they eat must be paired with a plate of pickled chili peppers for dipping."

Silly Zhu scratched his head when he heard this: "Pickled chili peppers? The Sichuan one?"

Ran Qiuye took over: "No, no, just soak the dried chili peppers in soy sauce and eat it."

Silly Zhu found it unbelievable: "Huh? Can that thing be delicious? This one?"

Ran Qiuye was very shocked. Her impression of Fatty still stayed at that time.

At that time, Fatty gave her the same impression as Sha Zhu and Xu Damao. He was relatively low-key and very kind to her...

What surprised her most today was the knowledge in the fat man's belly. He could always keep up with Ran Qiuye's thinking and would never embarrass her no matter what topic they talked about.

Especially his knowledge of foreign countries simply overturned Ran Qiuye's understanding.

It was as if going abroad was a common occurrence for him. He had really traveled to many countries and experienced different customs and landscapes around the world.

No wonder he can afford to open such a big restaurant.

However, Ran Qiuye's self-cultivation did not allow him to get to the bottom of things. Instead, he did not ignore Silly Zhu next to him just because he met a fat man he could talk to. He took good care of his emotions and showed a very high emotional intelligence.

The fat man was also very curious about Ran Qiuye: "Teacher Ran, what do you teach in college?"

After Fatty reminded him, Silly Zhu came to his senses and said with admiration: "Yes, you don't know, right? The year when the college entrance examination was just resumed, Fatty and his family had a college student, who was very good at that time!"

Ran Qiuye was even more surprised now. Of course she knew how difficult it was to take the college entrance examination in China, let alone the year when the college entrance examination was resumed.

The fat man was still very modest: "My third sister is just lucky and caught up with the good times. The competition at that time was not as fierce as it is now."

No, times have changed. Now everyone knows that after being admitted to college, you will have the status of a national cadre, responsible for distribution and eating commercial food, so why don't you sharpen your head and dig in.

However, this year, the national college entrance examination began to implement a pre-examination system.

That is to say, before the official college entrance examination, there is a pre-examination. Only those who have passed the preliminary exam are eligible to take the college entrance examination.

The lethality of this pre-test is quite high. Take Beijing as an example, the elimination rate is 65%. For some rural high schools, the entire senior year of high school is even shaved off for two or three consecutive years!

Ran Qiuye didn't know that domestic competition was so cruel. After listening to it, she even felt that the UNS exam was easier than this.

Ran Qiuye explained: “I teach Chinese Studies at National University.”

As expected, he is always a top student no matter where he goes. Ran Qiuye teaches at the best local university.

While they were chatting happily, Liu Lan came up and urged: "Fat man, hurry up, we are serving the guests, the kitchen is too busy."

The fat man then took his leave: "You guys can chat slowly as a family, I'll go and get busy first. By the way, Silly Zhu, you can arrange a hotel for the night and don't let Teacher Ran go back to the courtyard. Don't you know the virtues of the people in our courtyard?" ?”

This reminder is a reminder to the point. After the fat man left, Shazhu hurriedly said to Ran Qiuye: "He is right, there are three ungrateful uncles in our courtyard!"

Ran Qiuye thoughtfully said: "You mean, Teacher Yan?"

"You mean the third uncle? He's a lousy teacher! Good guy, he taught two criminals. This is his family tradition!"

Ran Qiuye was confused: "Crime?"

So Sha Zhu simply told Ran Qiuye and his wife the criminal history of Liu Guangtian, Liu Guangfu, Yan Jiefang, Yan Jiekuang, and Bang Gang.

This made Xiaodang come up to chase people away: "Aunt Yu told me that if you occupy the private room again, you will be charged a service fee!"

"..."

The business at night is really not that good.

It just so happens that the busier I am, the more troubles I get.

No, Director Wang; Oh, retreat now, it’s time to call Lao Wang, he is here.

Lao Wang is now honorably retired. He is in good health and in a happy mood. He is doing well!

He is also the second largest shareholder of Qili Pavilion. He comes here to eat just to give the fat man face.

Especially Lao Wang, he did not come alone today.

As soon as the fat man entered the private room, he saw him chatting happily with several people. As soon as he saw him coming: "Hey, the big boss is here, remember to give me a portion of your zoo's sea cucumbers roasted with green onions."

The fat man answered him angrily: "No! This is a Huaiyang cuisine restaurant. Do you think you'd like to order Shandong cuisine when you come back?"

Before Lao Wang could speak, an old man beside him suddenly spoke: "Are you the one who calls me Fatty?"

The old man's Shandong dialect accent was very strong, and to the fat man's ears it was like asking him again, "Your name is Charlotte"...

The fat man observed that this man was about sixty years old. His hair was combed back meticulously and his eyes were bright. Especially since he came with Lao Wangtou, his identity was not simple.

Just when I was about to be polite, I heard the old man say: "Go and make me some sweet and sour carp."

Hey, your tone is not small!

The fat man heard nothing and went back to the kitchen.

Not to mention that the old Wangtou just winked at him with his eyes flashing like searchlights, but the demeanor of the old man who presented him with a difficult problem was extraordinary.

The fat man smelled the scent of his colleagues... Are you here to cause trouble?

The dish of sweet and sour carp has been cooked by Fatty since Director Liu first came to power.