Sesame Green Bean Garlic

Chapter 96 The Mid-Autumn Festival

This afternoon, Huo Zian was going back to the restaurant.As soon as he rode to the square, he found that there were lights and festoons everywhere, and many paper lanterns were hung.At the ticket office of the bell tower, there is a wooden sign with two lines engraved with the words "Temporarily accompany the moon and the shadow, and enjoy the spring".

He didn't understand the meaning of the poem, but when he saw the "moon", he suddenly thought of it—the Mid-Autumn Festival.He was so busy this week that he rarely even went back to the restaurant. This thoughtless "Mid-Autumn Festival" had long been forgotten by him in the Atlantic Ocean.He guessed that the people in the restaurant didn't want to increase his burden, and took up this political task without bothering him.

Huo Zian looked at the calendar, there were three more days until the Mid-Autumn Festival.Looking up at the big locust tree, the canopy is still dense, but the color has faded a little. After a while, when it rains, the leaves should fall off one after another.

He couldn't help but feel a sense of loss as the sun and the moon fly by.

At this time, someone stopped him from the front.is the father.

Huo Zian found it surprising that his father would come to the alley at this time.But Qin Youde said with a smile, "I still want to find you in the restaurant."

"Dad, what's the matter?"

Qin Youde: "The day after tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn festival, I'll come over to see how the preparations are going."

Huo Zi thought to himself, this "Mid-Autumn Festival" was indeed initiated by his father.But his father knows how to do things, but he doesn't have the time and energy to do specific operations, so he doesn't believe that his father will come to the alley just for this matter.

"Well, I heard that there are thirty tables. I was supposed to take the lead in preparing the banquet, but I forgot."

"Ha, this kind of trivial work, just leave it to the people below." Qin Youde said relaxedly, "But having said that, I really want to eat the food you cook. I will come the day after tomorrow, and you can make it for me Do you have some local dishes?"

Huo Zian was startled: "Are you coming to this Mid-Autumn Festival too?"

"Of course. I like this place very much. When I was drifting north, I wandered around the city with the group of painters. I sneaked across this drum tower in the middle of the night. At that time, it was not surrounded to sell tickets, and it was not strictly controlled."

Huo Zian imagined that his father's body width at that time was only half of what it is now, and it should be barely enough to climb up the narrow and steep stairs... He suddenly remembered something, "Dad, I was asking about your whereabouts a while ago, and I saw your whereabouts." Some friends. Gao Daqi, do you remember?"

"Remember! How is he now?"

Huo Zian couldn't say whether he was good or not, but said: "He said that if he finds you, he wants to get together with you."

Qin Youde recalled the past, narrowed his eyes and said: "Okay, Gao Daqi... Hey, it's not just him, I have lost contact with everyone who was hanging out with me at that time."

"It's been so long, but Professor Gao still misses you."

Qin Youde suddenly thought: "Ah, why don't you call them all over during the Mid-Autumn Festival! This day is quite appropriate, isn't it Zian?"

Huo Zian let out a "hmm".He had promised the great painter Lu Xia that he would arrange a dinner for him, but he closed the shop for renovation and failed to fulfill his promise. This time, he happened to pay off the debt together.

When Qin Youde and Huo Zian reached the entrance of the alley, Qin Youde stopped and said, "Zian, I have something I want to ask for your opinion."

Huo Zian was taken aback, and thought to himself, it's time to get to the point.This is the main purpose of his coming here.

Qin Youde said something to Huo Zian.

Huo Zian said in surprise: "Why didn't you discuss it with me first?"

"Hey, the people below me helped me with the matter by the way, and the other party was very straightforward. I wanted to discuss it with you, but it was too late. If you don't like it, then forget it. It's not difficult to deal with it anyway. "

Huo Zian hesitated.

Qin Youde smiled understandingly: "You think about it again and tell me before the Mid-Autumn Festival, huh?"

Huo Zi'an returned to the restaurant with a heavy heart.He hasn't been back for a week, but it feels like he's gone out to throw out the trash, only gone for a little while.

The moment he pushed open the glass door, his whole body relaxed, and he slumped on a chair, not wanting to move.

Chen Langxin was the first to hear the sound.Seeing Huo Zian, he sneered and said, "Hey, are you still alive?"

Huo Zian knew that Chen Lang must have resentment in his heart, and sighed: "I'm alive now, but I'm almost exhausted. I can't sleep for five hours a day, and I can't eat on time. Look, my ears are starving."

Chen Lang scolded with a smile: "Are you a hobbit, with sharp ears!"

Huo Zian sold out miserably, and began to coax: "Hey, I think you are thinner than me, have you been working hard these days? Have you eaten well these few days, I'll make you a bowl of wonton later, it looks so distressing. "

Chen Lang gave a "tsk" in his heart, "Sweet words." But in the end it was very useful, and his anger went smoothly.Recently, Huo Zian has let go of the restaurant affairs, Oji is not good at Chinese and cannot communicate well, Wei Guoen is snobbish and dare not offend anyone, all decisions in the kitchen fall on her head.She was lazy, she secretly cursed Huo Zian so many times.

Huo Zian accompanied him with a smile and said, "Thanks to having you here, everything went well in the restaurant. How about we rest for a few days and go to Thailand to bask in the sun after we finish our work on New Year's Day?"

Chen Lang counted his fingers and sighed: "There are still more than three months before the holiday!"

Huo Zian: "Hurry up, hurry up, once you get busy, time flies..."

Chen Langxin sat down, seeing Huo Zian's tired face, he guessed that he was really exhausted during this time.She cared: "If you're not energetic, go home and have a rest."

Huo Zian shook his head and asked, "Then what Mid-Autumn Festival, how did it go?"

Chen Lang was upset and said: "There are so many things! Fortunately, Liangchen carried them all. He is usually the one to run and coordinate. For the thirty-seat meal, which one is responsible for what? The menu, drinks, snacks, servings, etc. The order of the dishes, the deployment of the staff of the waiters, I heard that they are all arranged. When it is critical, Liang Chen is quite capable of taking care of things."

Huo Zi'an breathed a sigh of relief, feeling at ease and dependent.The two of them shared the same bed every night, but You Liangchen never talked about the Mid-Autumn Festival to him, and took care of everything by himself.

"What about the good day?"

Chen Lang shrugged, "Let's go buy cigarettes."

Wei Guoen came out of the kitchen, saw Huo Zian, and said happily: "Teacher, you are back! I'll pour you a cup of tea!"

"Don't be too busy. Guoen, are you tired recently?"

"There's a lot of work, don't be tired!" He poured a cup of tea after all.

Huo Zian drank hot tea, feeling as comfortable as coming home.Wei Guoen asked for credit: "Teacher, there is nothing wrong with the work in the kitchen, but isn't there a Mid-Autumn Festival in the alley, and we need to prepare an extra big dinner. You are busy outside, and Oji and I decided the menu on our own. Take a look." !"

Huo Zian glanced at the menu and dish preparation program on the phone, then asked about the budget given above, and said with satisfaction: "Very well done."

Being praised by Huo Zian, Wei Guoen was so excited.Huo Zian is really relieved. In the past six months, Wei Guoen has made amazing progress, from mastering knowledge and technology to kitchen management, and now he can design menus and procedures reasonably like a chef; It took three years.

After a while, Ouji and You Dacheng came back from playing chess; Zhou Dongxi trotted back to work after class.Everyone was almost there, and Huo Zian returned to the familiar environment, facing his subordinates who had been working together for more than half a year, he felt extremely at ease.

He couldn't help thinking that this was the environment he wanted most.A cozy little restaurant, the food he wants to cook, acquainted and reliable colleagues.If it can go on like this...

No, it can't go on like this forever.He has seen the changes outside clearly, just like his father saw the future of the city in 1999, and he also had an enlightened understanding of the situation he was in.

He thought about the arrangements his father had made for him, and felt extremely entangled...

When You Liangchen opened the door and entered the room while drinking Yakult, he saw that the restaurant was bustling after a long time. "Are you going to have a meeting?" He asked Huo Zian.

Huo Zian quickly put down the things in his mind, slapped his thigh and said: "That's right! It's been a long time since we have a meeting, let's discuss the menu after the Mid-Autumn Festival." Then he smiled: "However, I'm hungry at this point, we Eat first. I haven't been in the kitchen for a week, so I'll make wontons for you!"

The tiger prawns are hand-chopped, deliberately not chopping too evenly and finely, so as to leave uneven texture.Fresh shrimp meat is mixed with apple and salted egg yolk, wrapped in Japanese-style persimmon seeds and fried.All of a sudden, the kitchen was filled with aromas.

Huo Zian looked at the time, it was five o'clock in the afternoon.The bright sun hangs slantingly in the sky. The weather is fine. It is estimated that the moon will be round and bright tonight.

They still have an hour to prepare the dinner.

Other meals, all prepared according to a pre-determined schedule: Chicken thighs marinated in garlic powder, diced celery and sea salt, wrapped in dates, are skewered and placed in the oven; root vegetables and fruit corn are steamed , brushed with honey and paprika; someone squeezed cod puree and mustard on freshly baked baguettes; butter and lychees were frozen into small sorbets with liquid nitrogen, and they would be mixed in vegetable salads after the meal.The oxtail soup was bubbling in the pot, and Chen Langxin was cutting the puff pastry, waiting to be covered on the soup bowl before being baked in the oven.

Seven or eight helpers came to the restaurant, and they had no place to work, so they all set up tables in the yard to help.Seeing that the kitchen was in order, Huo Zian strolled to the square to see how the outfield was getting ready.Thirty tables were already set, covered with tablecloths and geraniums.Yu Liangchen was confirming the nameplates table by table.

Huo Zian walked up to him: "Baby!"

You Liangchen was startled, turned around and saw that it was Huo Zian, and said with a smile, "What did you call me?"

"Big baby!" Huo Zian called out shamelessly.

You Liangchen looked around and saw no one around, so he patted his butt, "I haven't seen you for a while, miss me?"

"Well, big baby, you've worked hard. I've never done such a big scene, and I must be in a hurry if I want to do it."

"Don't flatter. How's the kitchen?"

"Report to the captain, everything is going according to plan, very smoothly."

The two walked to the Spanish restaurant, and there was a pleasant smell of garlic from the restaurant.What this restaurant will do is cuttlefish rice, grilled octopus, mushrooms fried in garlic olive oil, and will serve mulled wine Sangria.The Spanish chef is an alcoholic, and he has gotten close to Yu Liangchen these days, so he affectionately calls them aside and invites them to drink red wine.

The Spanish chef told the two that he had found something interesting.He poured mulled wine boiled with fruit and cinnamon into a glass, mixed some syrup, and poured a layer of Erguotou on top.Erguotou has a low density and floats on top.The chef lit a match and stuck it into the wine.All of a sudden, Erguotou was lit, emitting a blue flame.Red wine and blue flame, gorgeous and beautiful.

"Suprise! Itreally burns!" The chef smelled the rich aroma of the wine intoxicatedly. He didn't dare to drink high-quality Erguotou, but the smell was also good.

You Liangchen smiled and said, this wine is 56 degrees, of course it can be lit, he can also crack an egg into the Erguotou, and when the Erguotou is cooked, the egg will be half-cooked.The chef seemed to have discovered a new world, so he hurried to the canteen next door to buy eggs.

Huo Zi was relieved: "This chef is quite fun."

You Liangchen told him that the Italian chef next to him is also a wonderful person, he likes stewed food most, and he can eat two ends of raw garlic by the way.The owner of the Japanese-style bar is from Taiwan. I don’t know how to catch up with You Dacheng. When he sees the sky, he asks the uncle to take him to the bird market to watch birds and fight crickets.

Huo Zian heard it interestingly: "They all enjoy life in Beijing here."

"Well, it means that you don't like stir-fried liver, stewed soy sauce, or walking birds to tease dogs," You Liangchen joked.

"Hey, I'm more serious. I'm in love with a Beijinger. I can't get rid of this problem for the rest of my life."

You Liangchen laughed, Huo Zian didn't catch anything in Beijing, but he just learned to be talkative.This problem is indeed very difficult to get rid of in a lifetime.

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