Food Bureau

Lai Congshan is old.

Even though these eight years have not been as hard as outside, it is more of psychological pressure. Time is not forgiving. Even though I go to see him every month, I still clearly feel that I am getting old.

"Dad, how is your autobiography going?"

He smiled, two creases appeared on his slender cheeks, "I can only write recipes, I can't write anything else, and I'm not a legend."

I looked at his gray and plain hair, and thought about waiting for him to come out, have his hair styled, and then dye it, maybe he can also look ten years younger.

"Acquaintances, just wait for Dad to come out," he continued, "you won't be under so much pressure then."

I'm not used to such provocative conversations between my relatives, so I touched my nose, "Huh? I don't have any pressure. I'm living a rough life. I sleep until I wake up naturally."

He nodded, "How much have you saved?"

I was taken aback by the question, "Hi, not much."

"How far is it?"

My heart skipped a beat.

"It's not bad, so what, I really want to ask you something today."

He paused, "Say it."

"You used to have a dish called 'Luoyipoyu'. I tried it a few times but it didn't work."

He seemed to recall, "Oh, the tofu and bean skin are made, right?"

I nodded and told him about my failures.

"This dish is not easy to make, you should think about other dishes." Lai Congshan directly advised me to give up.

"Oh no..." I glanced at him, then looked away again, "I met a new customer, just like this one, I want to make it for someone." The more I spoke, the lower my voice became.

He thought for a while, "Just this one..." He said to himself, "It's not ordinary people who can enjoy this one. This dish was originally served privately, and it's not available on ordinary tables. You can eat it There is nothing wrong with this dish, it can be served well..."

He didn't say enough, I probably knew what he meant, "A high-level executive of a company probably had dinner with his family at that time."

"Why with the family?"

"Oh, she was probably about 20 years old at that time, and she was probably going to eat with her family," as I said, I felt that it was too far-fetched, "Anyway, I really want to make this dish, tell me , where is the trick?"

Lai Congshan thought for a while, and smiled wryly, "Chill the tender tofu in advance, and the opposite for tofu skin, boil it in boiling water first."

Tsk tsk, I shook my head, "Father, all housewives know about it, you just put it here to fool me."

Lai Congshan smiled, and smiled for a while, "Male or female?"

"what?"

"You guest, male or female?"

I don't know why he asked this, I was a little guilty, and avoided his gaze, "Female."

He nodded and thought for a while, "Don't treat women too hard all at once. If you touch someone for a while, you may not be able to touch them forever."

"What..." I muttered, but I could feel the heat on my face, "I'm learning cooking, what are you talking about..."

"Change the dish, it's not worth it."

I got a little angry, "I just want to learn tofu from you, why is it not worth it!"

"It's not easy to do."

"Why is it so hard to do? If you can do it, I can't do it?"

My dad laughed, "For people or for food?"

"For the food!"

At that moment, it was really for the dish, it was true, Shang Wan and everything were left behind by me, so I got into a fight with my father, and I had to learn this dish.

"It's good for the dishes. I heard that there is nothing wrong with your steps and skills. The key to the success of this dish is the ingredients. Do you still remember that my father had a friend who jokingly asked you to call him Uncle Niu of?"

I thought about it for a long time, "I seem to have this impression."

"The reason why he is called Lao Niu is because he has a tofu factory. Lao Niu eats tender tofu. We all tease him like this. You have to use his tofu skin to make this dish."

"Hi! You said it earlier! I thought it was some amazing technology!"

Lai Congshan shook his head, "You can't get his tofu anymore, he closed the factory a long time ago, so I keep saying that this dish is not easy to cook."

"Huh?" I was really disappointed when I heard it.

"Not only is the factory closed, the old cow should hate me, he got infected later..." He made a smoking gesture to me, "I introduced him to smoke, he doesn't know how to control, how much to play with I've grown up, become addicted, can't quit all the time, and ruined my family... I don't know what's going on now."

I gasped, "You can do it, you can do it..."

Lai Congshan sighed, "Change the dish."

When I got back from prison, I was downcast. Sometimes people are so cheap, but when you have a choice whether to do it or not, you may not care about it. But if you want to tell you that you can’t do it, you have no choice, you just think about it, and you’re right. It's the same with people.

Until the next morning, I woke up before the alarm went off, got up quickly, and went to find my dad's old address book.

I found the address of Lao Niu, there are two places, one is in the community not far from here, and the other is in the suburbs to the west of the city.I hid a hatchet knife in my pocket, hailed a cab, and first tried my luck at an apartment in the city.

I probably don’t look like a bad guy. The property management registered me and let me go up. When the elevator reached the tenth floor, I found the door, held a short knife in my pocket with one hand, and rang the doorbell with the other.

The person who opened the door was a woman in her thirties and 40s. She heard me say that she was looking for "Uncle Niu" with an expressionless face. She took a full three seconds to look at me from head to toe, "Why are you looking for him?"

"Buy tofu."

The woman burst out laughing, "Lao Niu has stopped making tofu for a long time," and then looked me over again, "I don't live here anymore." After finishing speaking, she wanted to close the door.

"Hey, wait a minute," I put my hand on the door, "Then does he live in Zucchini Lane in the city now?"

When the woman was stopped by me, she had a look of wariness in her eyes, "You'll know if you look for it."

I went downstairs and walked out of the community, and sent a message to Ayou:

——I will go to the west of the city, No. A-27, Hulu Lane, and find a man named Liu Xiangzhi. If you can't find me after two hours, call the police.

As soon as the news was sent out, Ah You called.

"What are you doing? Making a movie?"

"Oh, that's it, I'm going to do business first."

"Acquaintance!" Ah You was a little annoyed, "Don't look for me if you have the ability, just tell me clearly!"

"Hey, I'm looking for an old friend of my dad's. He's on the right track. I'm afraid he won't be on the right track, so I'll say hello to you first, so that you don't see an unidentified body found in the west of the city on the news more than ten days later, which delays my reincarnation. .”

"Ah bah! Where are you? I'll pick you up."

"no need."

"If you don't tell me, I'll drive directly to Calabash Lane to block you!"

In this way, Ah You drove me to Calabash Lane in her little Mini.

"Just wait here for me. If you hear something in a while, don't go in, just call the police." I didn't forget to guide her.

"Stop rambling, go and come back!"

The person who opened the door was a little old man with cloudy eyes. I stared at that face for a long time, and then I recalled a little bit of his previous appearance.

"Uncle Niu, I am Lianlian, Lai... Lai Congshan's daughter, do you remember me?"

There was a fierce look in the old man's eyes, he looked at me, and spit to the side, but he didn't spit on me, probably because of his habit, "Daughter of Lai Congshan, why do you want me?"

"Uh... come and see you." As I spoke, I tightened the gift in my hand, two bottles of Moutai and a box of dim sum.

He obviously also noticed the things in my hand, "Why, the old man is in the cell, and he didn't forget to send his daughter to harm me?"

"Hi..." I sneered, "Uncle Niu is speaking out of anger. After so many years, I will visit you on behalf of my father, and I will also apologize to you..."

"Apologize?" He raised his voice by an octave, "Did you just apologize for what your father did to me?"

Damn, so confident, is that thing here to force you to smoke?

Thinking this way in my heart, I still had a smile on my face, "Obviously not, you see, my dad has also been punished by the people, isn't he? He has been in prison for eight years, and you should calm down?"

Grass!Just for a piece of tofu? ?

"Today, I am a junior to honor you. In the future, if you have anything to do, just ask me."

The old cow looked at me, probably thinking that I couldn't do anything bad, so he walked into the yard and sat down on the flower bed, "Tell me, what do you want me for? You won't look for me if you have nothing to do."

I put down the gift bag and gave him a hug, "Uncle Niu is very happy, first of all, I really came to see you today, and second, I really have a small matter to ask for. I want to ask you for a piece of tofu and bean curd."

He looked at me with a half-smile, as if he had heard Wu Sangui's rebellion against a woman, "You're just kidding, right? Didn't your father tell you that my tofu factory closed early?"

"I know, but I think Uncle Niu has the ability to make a piece of tofu."

He shook his neck with disdain on his face, "You want my old cow to grind it just to grind a piece of tofu for you?"

I suddenly wanted to laugh, so I held back, "Uncle Niu's tofu is so good, some dishes cannot be made without your tofu."

He thought for a while, "hehe" smiled, "Okay, since you are so sincere, I can't treat you badly, just wait."

As I said that, I went into the house, and I stood in the sun-baked yard, sweating a little.

After a while, Lao Niu came out with two small cups, "When do you want tofu?"

"Tomorrow night."

He took a sip of the contents of the cup and smacked his lips, "How about it? It's nothing to drink with Uncle Niu. Back then, he always came to buy me a cup, but I never bought it back, so you replaced him!"

My face turned pale, and I knew there must be something in the cup.

"How is it? Drink it, come get the tofu tomorrow morning."

I took it and smelled it, the smell of alcohol was strong, and I looked up at him, "If you drink it, you can get tofu?"

"Enough."

As soon as I closed my eyes, I drank it up with a "gudong gudong", and the cup let me "thump" and put it on the flower bed.

The old cow was stunned for a moment, "There is a seed! Come and pick it up at seven o'clock tomorrow morning."

I hugged him again, walked out of the yard quickly, and saw Ayou waiting for me from a distance.

I dug two fingers into my throat, stirred it up, and spat it out "Wow".

Ah You ran over with a terrified expression, "What's wrong with you??"

I raised my head, took out a napkin and wiped my face, and touched the corner of my lips, "It's done, it's all right."

The author has something to say: hold on!In the next chapter, the rivalry we are looking forward to is coming~

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感谢在2020-08-2710:58:13~2020-08-2810:56:36期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

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