Siheyuan: Traveling through Cai Quanwu, pretending to be Uncle Shazhu

noon.

Cai Quanwu looked at the boiling water in the copper hot pot and put in the hot pot base. After the hot pot base melted, he added beef, lean meat, cabbage, and potato slices one after another.

Not much variety, but too large.

After waiting for a few minutes and boiling, Cai Quanwu added some salt and stirred it with chopsticks. Then he tasted the salt and found it was about the same. He picked up the steamed buns heated on the stove and ate them.

While eating, I thought, Sister Zhao and Xiao Wu are not going to have a good meal today. They have to stick to their posts now, tsk tsk.

I moved so much food in the morning, and I was exhausted. I felt as if I hadn’t eaten the few buns I ate in the morning, and my stomach growled with hunger even after I hadn’t moved them for a while.

The steamed stuffed buns are delicious and don’t make you hungry.

After eating three steamed buns in one breath, the hunger in my stomach disappeared, but I felt that I could still eat it, so I kept picking up the vegetables in the hot pot with chopsticks. After a while, I ate all the vegetables in the hot pot.

When I was full, I put my chopsticks down, leaned against the table and burped. My mouth smelled of hot pot base.

After resting for a while, I cleaned the hot pot and sat on a stool waiting to be greeted.

Cai Quanwu guessed that it was not that fast. He and Brother Li moved a lot in the morning, but they were not sold out so quickly. The counter was so big that there was too much space to fit in.

Sure enough, after waiting for a long time, no one was looking for him. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Cai Quanwu ran to the grocery store to have a look. He originally wanted to see if there was anything he could use to make hot pot and buy some.

I went in and took a look around, but didn't find anything good. I was extremely disappointed.

In the era of scarcity of supplies, it was no joke. I finally bought some sesame butter and peanut butter, and I only bought them in limited quantities.

That is to say, the Chinese New Year is approaching, and the supply of supplies has been increased. Otherwise, sesame butter and peanut butter may not be available, and it would be difficult to buy them if you want to buy them.

After returning to the grain store and putting the peanut butter and sesame butter he bought into the house, Cai Quanwu went to the counter and saw that there were quite a few people queuing up.

After taking a look, Cai Quanwu slipped back. It seemed not good to be idle while others were busy. It was easy for others to envy and envy him, so he had to keep a low profile.

Around three o'clock, Brother Li's shout came from outside again, and the two began to transfer again.

Time passed very quickly when I started working. It felt like I hadn’t moved for a while. I looked at my watch and it was past four o’clock. Today’s transfer was almost over.

As soon as this was over, Cai Quanwu dusted himself off, washed his hands, and prepared to rest for a while before starting his own logistics support work.

……

When the bell rang for the end of the day, Cai Quanwu went to the counter to call people to come for dinner. He didn't know what time he would have to work until he was full before he had the strength to work.

"Sister Zhao, Master Chen, Xiao Wu, Sister Liu, and Brother Li, please make arrangements for who can take a turn to take a bite." Cai Quanwu shouted towards the counter.

As soon as Cai Quanwu said this, all the customers in line looked at him.

Seeing the looks everyone was looking at, Cai Quanwu thought to himself, look at what I'm doing. I've been tired all afternoon and can't I let people eat?

But you definitely can't say that. Cai Quanwu looked at the people lining up and explained to everyone with a smile: "I won't delay everyone's purchase. Let's take turns. I don't know what time it will be tonight. I've been tired all afternoon. If you don’t eat enough, you won’t be able to hold on.”

After hearing Cai Quanwu's explanation, the customers in line started talking about it.

"It is."

"Just don't delay things."

"The welfare of the unit is better."

……

After a while, several people agreed that Sister Zhao would go to eat first.

Asking Sister Zhao to go to her hut first, Cai Quanwu ran to the director's office to call Director Ma, but he couldn't forget the leader.

Pushing open the office door, he shouted inside: "Director, want to go to my cabin for a bite of cushion?"

Director Ma put down the pen in his hand, looked up at Cai Quanwu, and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll be here later. You go first."

"okay."

Back in the hut, Sister Zhao was looking at the hot pot. Seeing Cai Quanwu come in, she hurriedly asked: "Quanwu, what is this? Why does it smell so good?"

Cai Quanwu pretended to be mysterious and said: "This is good stuff. It is my unique secret recipe. It is made with ninety-nine kinds of precious spices and tiger bones. Eating it has many benefits for people."

Sister Zhao didn't believe a word of Cai Quanwu's words. She rolled her eyes at Cai Quanwu and started laughing and scolding him.

"He doesn't tell the truth, and he has his own secret recipe. It's almost the same as the secret recipe he cheated from others."

"Nothing at all, let's start eating. It feels very appetizing. I feel hungry from the smell."

Cai Quanwu approached Sister Zhao and whispered:

"Wait a minute, director, I just called the director."

"You still know how to flatter me." Sister Zhao said with a smile.

"It's all for work." Cai Quanwu said without blushing or heartbeat.

Sister Zhao didn't reply, probably because she didn't want to pay attention to Cai Quanwu, and she didn't say a word of truth.

Fortunately, Director Ma didn't keep them waiting any longer. As soon as they finished talking, Director Ma pushed open the door and came in with a lunch box.

There is no disposable tableware now, we all bring our own.

When he walked in and smelled the fragrance, Director Ma was surprised for a moment, and then said with a smile: "It seems that it is right to let Comrade Quan Wu do the logistics work. The things are made to be fragrant."

"Director, this is Quanwu's unique secret recipe." Sister Zhao was using Cai Quanwu's words to block Cai Quanwu.

Looking at the copper hot pot on the table, the director smiled and answered.

"Then you should have a good taste. Come on, eat."

A few people stood and started eating. The conditions were a bit difficult, and who was asked to do revolutionary work.

While eating, Cai Quanwu added things to it, beef, cabbage, and vermicelli.

Especially the fans, Cai Quanwu has a lot of fans, and he is mainly about filling up the food.

"Come on, Director, Sister Zhao, there is some sauce here. I bought it this afternoon. You can eat it with the sauce."

"The grocery store is too stingy. There is a limit on what you can buy. It is not as grand as our grain store. You can buy whatever you want."

Cai Quanwu asked the director and Sister Zhao to dip their hands in the sauce while complaining about the grocery store. The two of them were overjoyed, and Sister Zhao even smiled and said something back to Cai Quanwu.

"Nothing at all. Don't talk nonsense and just buy whatever you want. When we sell grain, we also look at the grain book. The quota in the grain book is gone. Even if you want to buy it, you can't sell it."

The director said while eating: "Nothing at all. I have to say, this tastes really appetizing. I was sweating all over after eating it. It's just a bit spicy."

Hearing the director's words, Cai Quanwu said cheerfully: "I learned this from a cook at Shuangxi. The air there is humid. Eating more spicy food can remove the humidity. I add less spicy food here, otherwise it will be spicy. Director, you can’t put it in your mouth.”

"You still know how to eat it."

Director Ma praised and continued eating.

After a while, Sister Zhao felt that she had almost eaten, and said to Cai Quanwu and Director Ma: "Director, you eat slowly, and I will replace them."

After Sister Zhao went out for a while, Brother Li pushed the door in with a lunch box.

After another explanation, Brother Li started to eat big. He was really hungry. Not only did he have to transfer food, he also had to help at the counter.

Cai Quanwu also knew that he was more tired than himself, so he kept asking him to eat.

"Brother Li, there is meat in it. Eat more. Eat more fat meat. If there is not enough meat, I will rinse it in again."

"Director, you still don't believe me when I say three dollars is not enough. Look at my standard of food. You don't have ten dollars, so you have the nerve to take it."

Cai Quanwu was joking with the director while asking Brother Li to eat.

"Go away, you kid, don't push yourself too far. The standard is five yuan. If it's not enough, you can post it yourself first and talk about it later."

Seeing today's meal, the director also understood that five yuan would not be enough to buy it, but there was no way. Just the five yuan was much over the limit, so he could only go back and think of a solution.

(Take leave tomorrow.)