The Garden Life of a Little Gardener

Zhou Quan and Chef Bao, who had been on the plane for several hours at Suizhou Airport, came out of the exit. After picking up their luggage, the first thing they did was to go to the bathroom to help Zhou Quan change his clothes.

In order to keep warm, he carefully listened to Chef Bao's suggestion, and when he left, he still wore cashmere pants.

Originally, he wanted to change his clothes on the plane after getting on the plane, but he never found a chance, so he had to wait until he got off the plane.

It took a few minutes to change clothes, put away the down jacket and thermal clothes, Chef Zhou Quan and Bao, dressed in long pants and a sweater, walked out of the airport refreshed.

Finding an empty and conspicuous unknown place, Chef Bao took out his mobile phone and made a call. A few minutes later, a Buick commercial vehicle slowly drove up beside them.

The driver with sunglasses on opened the door and said to them with a smile: "Senior Brother Bao, long time no see, get in the car, everyone is waiting for you."

While talking, the driver master opened the trunk, jumped out of the car to help them carry their luggage, packed everything, several people got into the car one after another, and soon drove out of the airport.

For the convenience of talking in the car, the driver took off the sunglasses on his face and hung them in his coat pocket.

Zhou Quan, who was sitting in the back seat, finally saw clearly the face of the driver through the mirror.

It was a young-looking young man, not tall, with a round body, dark skin, small eyes, thick lips, and he seemed to be a very simple and honest person.

But after listening to his chat with Brother Baoyan, Zhou Quan soon realized that his judgment was wrong. This gentleman is very similar to Bao Erlong in terms of attributes, both of them are well-informed and like to talk and make trouble. Noisy temper.

Probably because I haven't seen him for many years, Chef Bao's younger brother, surnamed Dou and nicknamed Xiaodouzi, has been full of chatter since he got in the car, and he hasn't stopped all the way.

Finally, Chef Bao found a gap, gave them a brief introduction, and then asked his younger brother, "Have you received those birthday gifts from Zhou Zhoubei?"

"Received, you didn't see the expression on Shizu's face when the express package was opened. It's probably because I haven't received the native products from the Northeast for too many years. Shizu likes those things very much. Dongxi has devised several new dishes, which will be used to entertain guests and friends during the birthday banquet."

Hearing his words, Zhou Quan, who was sitting in the back, breathed a sigh of relief silently, as long as the old man likes it, it's not in vain for him to put in so much thought.

Letting go of the thing that worries me the most, Zhou Quan feels much more relaxed. Most of the issues discussed by the senior couple in front of him are about cooking skills. Yes, I turned my head to the side and concentrated on looking at the scenery outside the window.

Before coming here, Chef Bao once said that the main store of their ancestor's Mingyuelou is located in the old city of Suizhou City, and his ancestor and his elders also live there.

There is still a long distance from the airport to the place they are going to, seeing how busy their seniors have been for a long time, Zhou Quan is also happy to be at leisure.

When the scenery outside the car changed from tall buildings and mountains to buildings with the European style of the Republic of China, Zhou Quan suddenly realized that they should have driven into the old city that Brother Baozhen once told him about. So is it almost there?

Just when he was about to ask, Chef Bao, who was discussing the recipe of a dish with his younger brother, suddenly asked, "Xiao Douzi, have you all come back?"

Brother Dou, who was thinking about the skills his brother taught just now, subconsciously said: "Well, except for Shimu and Brother Zou, everyone else has already returned, so you are late."

"Zou Xu and the others haven't come back yet?"

"No, Senior Brother Zou and Senior Wife... Uh, it's Senior Aunt and the others who said that the originally booked flight seems to be unable to depart due to the weather. They have already changed their booking, and they will arrive almost tomorrow night."

"Really, everyone is here. It's really lively. I won't talk about masters and uncles. The brothers and sisters of our generation can add up to 30 or [-] people. The master's house is spacious, but it can't fit so much." How are they arranged?"

"Don't worry about this. Master has arranged everything. He rented hotel rooms for everyone not far from Shizu's house. It's only one street away from Shizu's house."

"Then the wedding banquet for the birthday is still held in Mingyue Tower?"

"Of course, which year isn't Mingyue Building? Our Mingyue Building is big enough, and even a hundred tables can be accommodated on the third floor."

While speaking, the car drove into a street and stopped in the underground parking lot of a famous hotel chain.

Junior Brother Dou got out of the car and helped Zhou Quan and the others unload their luggage. The group came to the front desk of the hotel. After completing the formalities, Junior Brother Dou asked the service staff for two key cards.

Chef Kabao took only one of the two cards and said, "We live together, one is enough."

"Wait a minute, brother..."

"What's the matter, you booked a single room, can't two people live together?"

"No, they are all business rooms. Although there is only one bed in it, it is very wide and big enough to sleep two people."

"That's fine, we won't be too crowded, and save some money for Master."

"Master, you don't need to save yourself if you say it, alas, senior brother, wait for me."

Confused, Junior Brother Dou followed Zhou Quan and Chef Bao on the elevator, and when he came to the room, he put his luggage aside and said, "I'm going out to answer the phone."

Junior Brother Dou closed the door to answer the phone, Chef Bao was busy packing their luggage, Zhou Quan walked slowly in the room with nothing to do.

This is a standard business room like that of an express hotel. The bed in the room is really big enough. After a thorough visual inspection, I think there should be no problem sleeping two people.

After a day of catching a plane and driving for more than an hour, Zhou Quan, feeling a little tired, jumped onto the big bed, kicked off his shoes and rolled on it.

Fortunately, he still remembered that there were people outside, so he got up again after rolling around twice.

When Chef Bao was packing up, Junior Brother Dou opened the door and came in and said, "Brother, Brother Quan, Master called just now and said that he knows you are exhausted, so you don't need to go there in a hurry, let you take a rest at the hotel first. I also I advise you not to go there first, because the ancestor is not at home. When I came out to pick up people this morning, the old man was carrying a fishing rod and said that he was going to go fishing with his old friends. He probably hasn’t come back yet, and you won’t see anyone if you go , I still have to wait, it is better to rest here."

Since the master had this opinion, and the younger brother also said so, Chef Bao followed their advice and planned to take a rest and go to the ancestor's house in the evening.

After seeing off Chef Bao's junior brother, Zhou Quan was finally able to lie on the bed justifiably. He didn't even change his pajamas, he was wearing a denim T-shirt, and slept directly on the bed.

Chef Bao wanted to ask him what he wanted for lunch, but he leaned over and saw that he had already fallen asleep.

Unable to bear to disturb him, he covered Zhou Quan with the quilt and went out alone with his room card. Others had already arrived, so he could not go there but he had to call his master and master to say hello.

In the afternoon, when Zhouquan woke up from a good sleep, it was already three or four o'clock in the afternoon. He missed lunch because he was woken up by the growl of his stomach.

As if he knew what he wanted to wake up, just as Zhou Quan opened his eyes, Chef Bao pushed the door open and entered.

"Wake up? Do you still want to sleep? If you don't want to sleep, get up, wash your face and wake up, let's go to the street to eat."

Zhou Quan, whose stomach was rumbling, got up quickly after hearing the words, went to the bathroom to tidy up, put on his coat, and went out with Chef Bao.

The old neighborhoods of Suizhou have a different flavor, especially when Chef Bao leads Zhou Quan through those old-fashioned Western-style buildings, it feels like walking through the ten-mile foreign market in those days.

"What are we going to eat?" Zhou Quan couldn't help asking after following a few blocks.

"Go and eat Phoenix reincarnation."

"Phoenix reincarnation? Is this the name of the dish?"

"Of course, this is a famous Hakka dish. I heard from Xiaodouzi that when Hakka people are in confinement, this phoenix reincarnation is an indispensable dish. I know an old restaurant whose signature dish is phoenix reincarnation. It is very good. Honestly, that's my private restaurant, I wouldn't take it there unless I know someone I know."

Hearing what Chef Bao said, Zhou Quan looked forward to it even more. When Chef Bao led him through the streets and alleys and came to the old shop, Zhou Quan looked up and saw that the signboard said pork belly chicken.

Isn't it Phoenix reincarnation?How did they become pigs and chickens?

After three o'clock in the afternoon, this is not the time when there are many customers for meals, but when Zhou Quan and Chef Bao pushed the door into the store, Zhou Quan found that half of the tables in the store were actually full of customers.

Even if the scale of this small shop is not large, with only a dozen tables, it is remarkable that half of the seats can be filled in this time.

Zhou Quan, who is also in the restaurant business, knows the strength of a restaurant that can retain customers even if it is no longer a restaurant, so it is inevitable that it is full of expectations for this restaurant.

The proprietress of the store is an aunt in her 50s. When she saw Chef Bao, her eyes lit up immediately when she was serving food to other tables.

"Ah, are you Ah? It's been a long time since I saw you, when did you come back?"

"Aunt Lu, I didn't arrive until noon, and I just wanted to visit your family. I'll come over after a short rest."

"If your child can really talk, he will make Auntie happy."

"I'm not kidding you. You see, I brought my friends here. Auntie, please stay the same, and I'm adding an emperor's sausage clay pot rice."

"Zhila, find a place and do it well, and Auntie will send it to you in a while."

The author has something to say: Phoenix reincarnation is another name for pork belly chicken, which is a famous Hakka dish