Civilian Edition Traveling Farming Diary

The sky has cleared up, which is really great. A spring rain and a warm day have added a bit of warmth today.

After leaving the yard, the dirt road on both sides became muddy. Fortunately, it was mixed with stones, so even if it was muddy, the shoes would not sink in.The flowers on both sides of the road are blooming more colorfully. This is just a rain. It is conceivable that the poetry meeting ten days later will really fit the theme of "Flowers".

"Fanhua" means "prosperity", which is excellent. This is the words of the prefect passed down by the master.

Hope this prosperity can last for a while longer!

When cooking in the morning, I brought the chicken back, and Mrs. Zhu cleaned the chicken very well.

Chen Xiang cut off a large piece of chicken meat, and chopped the rest into small pieces, saying that it was fried for lunch. After saying this, I realized that I hadn't eaten Chen Xiang's chicken for a long time, and my mouth watered all at once.

Chen Xiang cut the chicken into small pieces, and removed the fascia from the chicken legs. He said that it would be more tasty. When the chicken was all cut, tsk, there were quite a lot.

He found a small pot, poured the chopped chicken into it, mixed it with green onion and ginger, then found a bowl, mixed it with wine, soy sauce, pepper, salt, cumin powder and a little sugar , grabbed two, let me taste how it tastes.

I:"……"

I don't want to taste it.

He snorted, poured the pile of seasonings into the chicken bowl, mixed them evenly, and then left them there to marinate.I think he was just kidding me just now, he didn't try it himself, did he?

I suspect this guy has learned badly.

I went to the venue today, and it rained for two days, and the venue became a bit horrible. Cui Changyu said that other things were okay, except that a footprint on the ground would not work.

So he told the engineering team to lay some stone slabs, so that even if it rained before the poetry meeting, it would not affect the activities of the poetry meeting that day.

The budget has increased again, and we are under a lot of pressure.

I said that it cannot be fully borne by us. The shops that benefit from it will have to pay some money. Cui Changyu said that this time we can’t. People ask for money, which is not very authentic.

I had to admit that he was right.

Cui Changyu and I are organizing almost all aspects of this poetry meeting. The host only takes action in some general directions, and does not care about others.

I understand what he means, I want to train Cui Changyu, and find him a good helper to assist him, and that helper is me.

The Cui family is probably the same as shopkeeper Du's side. They want to gradually hand over all the business to Cui Changyu. People from generation to generation have been trained in this way.

Cui Changyu asked me if I was wronged.

I don't understand.

He said that I came here only to work, I didn't get any money, and I had to pay for a chicken, did you feel wronged?

I smiled, shook my head and said, "I'm not wronged, I can't be so cheeky as to ask for money for doing nothing, just look at this poetry fair, I will prove my worth."

Cui Changyu patted me on the shoulder and said, "Mr. Zhang, follow me and work hard, we will definitely make Cui Ji bigger!"

I said: "Okay, I still have a lot of ideas in my head, let's toss Master Hu together."

Cui Changyu laughed out loud, his laughter was hearty, and my heart soared when I heard it, and I feel that I am full of ambition now!

We went to the workshop together, and Master Hu came over with his hands behind his back and asked Zouji Gardening Store to pick up a large stack of oiled paper, if it was a good thing I did.I said yes.

He said: "Okay boy, the sale will start now, what did you ask me for some oil paper yesterday?"

I smiled and said, "We're going to make some snacks and sell them at poetry fairs, and use oiled paper to make a utensil."

Master Hu: "What's delicious?"

Me: "Chicken Popcorn."

Master Hu: "!!!"

I really feel refreshed when I hear the chicken, or why my surname is Hu.old fox.

Under the urging of Master Hu, I went home and took a look. Chen Xiang was wrapping the marinated chicken in noodles. He said that it should be wrapped in a layer, and then rolled in the noodles and fried to make it crispy. .

I reckon I will go back in a while and tell Master Hu that they are working on it and there is no rush.Unexpectedly, this old man has an unimaginable obsession with eating chicken, so he followed me home and waited by the pot.

Cui Changyu also followed.The three of us stood by the stove, Chen Xiang was speechless and a little panicked.

While waiting, Master Hu asked me how I tricked Boss Zou into buying that stack of oiled paper. Although there are not many of them, gardening shops really rarely buy oiled paper.

I told him the idea of ​​wrapping the bouquet in oiled paper, and Master Hu said that such a good idea would be given away for free?

I said that is free, isn't this selling a stack of papers!

Master Hu smiled and said yes, he said that it is a good thing that I can always think about the workshop.

While talking, the first pot of chicken popcorn came out of the pan, and the golden chicken popcorn was still sizzling when it was pulled out of the oil pan. Master Hu couldn't wait to try one, Chen Xiang hurriedly said: "No, now It's too hot and it hasn't drained the oil."

Master Hu anxiously said: "Isn't it just a little oil? You don't have to save so much, little brother. I'll just send you a barrel some other day."

Chen Xiang was speechless. He weighed the colander to drain the oil, then poured it into bowls and divided it into three bowls, one for each of us.

Master Hu picked up a piece and blew it, threw it into his mouth, chewed it twice before swallowing it, and shouted: "It's delicious, give me another bowl!"

I took some salt and pepper and poured it into Cui Changyu's bowl, and added some to my own bowl, then handed it to Master Hu: "Here, it tastes better with salt and pepper."

Master Hu snatched the salt and pepper bowl and muttered, "Why didn't you say it earlier, and kept it hidden!"

I wanted to laugh at what he said, so I pinched a piece dipped in salt and pepper and stuffed it into Chen Xiang's mouth. Chen Xiang glanced at me and ate it with a blushing face, which meant that there was an outsider, so be careful.

I thought it was nothing, so I ate a piece myself, tsk, it was really delicious!Super tender, crispy, fresh from the deep fryer, hot and amazing.

Cui Changyu also loves to eat. After we finished a bowl, Chen Xiang's second pot was fried and dried, and we ate the second pot...

But I saved some for Chen Xiang, so I didn’t eat them all myself. I’m not like him who doesn’t even remember to keep it for his husband when he makes mixed vegetables!Hmph, I will always remember this matter, and often use this as an excuse to ask Chen Xiang for some compensation, the kind of compensation for meat.

Poor Chen Xiang, probably never thought that he would plant on a pot of vegetables, hahahaha.

We ate all the chicken popcorn, Chen Xiang had no choice but to fry the remaining chicken bones under the "forced" by Cui Changyu and Master Hu, and we ate them again with salt and pepper. My fried chicken was gone .

But it’s also fun to share food with friends!Master Hu strongly suggested that Chen Xiang open a snack bar specializing in selling fried chicken, and he could invest in it.

After sending Cui Changyu and Master Hu away, I helped Chen Xiang clean up the kitchen. I felt that Chen Xiang was in a good mood. When I asked him, he said that he was really happy that his cooking was liked by everyone.

I said, "Then do you want to consider opening a fried chicken restaurant as Master Hu said?"

Chen Xiang shook his head with a smile, and said: "I just like to cook for you, and I also like to cook for your friends to eat together, but if I open a store and sell food day and night, I don't like it very much. gone."

Me: "Okay then."

Chen Xiang looked at me sideways and asked, "Are you disappointed?"

I:"???"

He said: "In fact, I just want to make some food and sell it at poetry fairs to subsidize my family. I have failed your expectations of me."

I laughed, I understand, I talked to Chen Xiang before and asked him to find what he wanted to do, and he started to do it slowly. He has always taken it to heart, but until now he has not found what he wants to do, and he has not set it for himself. I am a little anxious about the future development path, tsk, this guy regards this as a task, so he thinks that I am finding a way for him, and then he will feel a little guilty if he refuses.

I patted his head and said, "My expectation for you is to be safe, healthy and happy, and I will be satisfied if you do this."

Chen Xiang widened his eyes and said, "But don't you want me to do something?"

I shook my head: "I just want you to find what you want to do and enrich your life. I don't mean to force you to open a store to make money. If you find the best, you can't find it. As long as you are happy, I can always afford it." you."

Chen Xiang lowered his head and blushed, and said, "I know!"

I squeezed his red and soft face, he knocked off my hand, and said: "Brother Zhang Cheng, you got a deal for my boss today, and my boss seems very happy."

I didn't realize it for a while: "Business?"

He said, "Yes, the one from the gardening store."

Oh, this little guy, such a small thing is a performance in his opinion.

I smiled and shook my head, took Chen Xiang back to the bedroom and sat down, and I said to him: "Do you think I went to Boss Zou to solicit business for the workshop?"

Chen Xiang tilted his head and asked, "Isn't it? Then what are you doing for?"

I smiled and said to him patiently: "Boss Zou uses paper to wrap flowers, how much can he use? Then a stack of paper is just a drop in the bucket for the workshop, even if it is stolen from the warehouse, it will not be stolen." I found out that I didn’t sell paper to Boss Zou when I went to him, it was just a cover.”

"Pretend?"

"Yes, what I really want to sell is my idea, and what I earn is a scratch in Shopkeeper Zou's mind."

I analyzed it to Chen Xiang in detail, and I said: "A Xiang, the idea of ​​wrapping flowers in paper is worthless to Cui Ji, but it is an idea that can make money to Shopkeeper Zou, so I will send it to him. This idea, give him a way to make money, let him know that I have a brain, and it is beneficial to associate with me, and I am also very generous, sharing ideas without being stingy, and not talking about conditions, who would not want to be with such a person? What about people?"

Chen Xiang asked: "But why..."

"Why are you dealing with these shopkeepers?" I said, "Ah Xiang, we have followed the Cui family to Fengzhou. Have you ever thought about what we will do in the future and to what extent?"

I went on to say, "I've thought about it, and today I'm just talking about this, so I'll tell you about my plan, and you can see if there is anything that needs to be supplemented or revised."

"First, we need to rely on the Cui family. Needless to say, I am working for the Cui family now, but which step should I achieve? Workers, buddies, stewards? No, I am very clear about what I am good at and what I am good at. Things that I am not good at, and the technical flow of the workshop can only be handed over to Master Hu. I can’t do it, so my goal is the shop of Cui’s family. To be more specific, I want to be the big shopkeeper of that shop. In charge of all business affairs, only when I get involved in this part, I feel that I have stood up."

"Secondly, we can't completely rely on the Cui family. Ah Xiang, who was born in the world, has to rely on himself if he wants to truly take root firmly. Don't think that the Cui family treats us well now, but what will happen in the future? I don’t know, we have to make two-handed plans, and I have frankly told the owner before this point that I want to open my own shop.”

Chen Xiang interrupted me and said, "That won't work. You have to be single-minded when working for others. My mother told me before she was alive that you can't eat what's in the bowl and look at what's in the pot. You have to be honest and responsible."

I laughed, how old is this simple child!

I said: "Ah Xiang, do you still remember the Fulai Restaurant? Why did shopkeeper Xiao Du take over after the shopkeeper Du left, and everyone wanted to run away? Things are impermanent. Just because we work for the boss doesn't mean we are inferior, we are equal Take me and the Cui family as an example, why did the Cui family hire me, and why didn’t they pay me before the poetry meeting? It’s because they want to see my value, and if I can create value for them, that is They will only use me if I can make money for them. You see, they are being polite now, but if the poetry festival fails, loses money, or gets a bad reputation, they will drive me away without any hesitation. will give it to me."

"Similarly, why I chose the Cui family, firstly, because we were desperate at that time, and secondly, the Cui family looked pretty good, and they should be able to give me a good salary, yes Ah Xiang, I work hard for them, for the money , just like the workers in this workshop, they are there to support their families, to feed and clothe them, if the boss doesn’t pay them, who would work hard here?”

"Our relationship with the Cui family is a kind of transaction. Mutual benefit is the best, but if there is any change, once the Cui family no longer deals with us, will we have to drink the northwest wind? Of course not. So we must have our own industry, To be independent and self-reliant, to stand on your own in the world.”

"It's not a big deal for me to provide recipes for dim sum shops and ideas for gardening shops. It seems that I mentioned it casually during my speech, but in fact I am sending them a signal. Simply put, I am useful. Life is alive , must be useful. Whether I want to sit on the position of the big shopkeeper or I want to develop my own industry, I need to have a good relationship with these people, and even more people in Fengzhou City. The more people think I am useful , the more people I interact with, the more I can gain a foothold in Fengzhou and the deeper my roots will be."

"I'm not planning for the Cui family, I'm planning for our future."

Chen Xiang listened in a daze, and it took a long time before he said: "So you do your best for this poetry meeting, and you have to check every detail by yourself. This is also to show your ability to everyone, not just to do things for the boss. So easy, right?"

I'm right, ability is for the owner to see, and it is also for everyone to see, and what you earn is your own reputation.

Chen Xiang leaned his head on my shoulder and said softly: "I understand. I always thought that living in Cui's house would make me stable. Our goal is to own our own home and buy a yard. I only know this when you say that. None of them are the most difficult, the most difficult thing is to truly take root here and survive without relying on anyone.”

I said: "Yes, we still have a long way to go, and we need more efforts."

He said, "Brother Zhang Cheng, you are so kind to me."

Me: "???" How did the topic turn to this?

He said: "I just realized that you have been under such great pressure. You didn't tell me, and you left me alone. If it were someone else, I'm afraid they would have driven me out to work and make money."

So this is what he was talking about. The little guy thinks a lot. I am a big man, 11 years older than my wife. He went out to work, since it is a world dominated by men, so what if I let my machismo raise him.

Ah Xiang is really gentle and cute.

So I pinched his ass, he jumped up and asked me why, I said with a grim face: "You still think about what will happen if you change someone else—"

"Who else do you want to change? I think you're right. I spoil you too much. I have to teach you a lesson tonight, hehe!"

Chen Xiang exclaimed, and instinctively fled to the bed, I rushed over like a big bad wolf, pinned him down, bit his ear, and said: "Even if you cry and beg for mercy tonight, I will not let you go! "

Chen Xiang was so ashamed that he buried his face in the quilt and shouted, "You are shameless!"

What the hell am I supposed to do!Haha, feel good or bad.