Culinary Specialization through Farming

The weather is getting warmer, and the crops in the fields are beginning to harvest.

Li Maoshan drove straight to the county seat. This was his second trip to the county seat today.

Early in the morning, he sent Chen Yan to Lu's restaurant, and he also loaded a cart full of vegetables to the restaurant.Because Chen Yan launched a new dish today, the business of the restaurant is booming.

The ingredients in the kitchen would be used up in half a day, so he had no choice but to go back and help add a lot of fresh vegetables.

As soon as the car stopped behind the restaurant, a clerk came to help.

Since Chen Yan promised Boss Lu to be the cook, Boss Lu has refurbished the original noodle restaurant and opened a family food shop, which specializes in selling Chang Xiaochao.

There are many ordinary people coming and going here in West Market, and home-cooked stir-fries are very popular.

Because of Chen Yan's relationship, Li Maoshan also sold the ripe vegetables from the field at home to the grocery store, which saved him a lot of effort.

After moving the vegetable basket behind the car into the kitchen, Li Maoshan greeted the clerk, and followed the scent to find Chen Yan who was busy in front of the stove.

A bib was tied around his waist, and thin sweat leaked from his forehead. Chen Yan occasionally raised his hand to wipe it, but he was always concentrating on the work in his hand.

What he is going to do today is a pot of meat.

The marinated pork tenderloin slices are evenly coated with starch paste, and the oil in the pot has been heated. Chen Yan puts the pork tenderloin slices into the pan, deep-fries them until golden and removes them immediately.

The sweet and sour sauce he prepared in advance was placed by the stove, and Chen Yan started to stir-fry minced garlic again.The aroma of garlic was stir-fried in an instant, and he poured in sliced ​​pork tenderloin and stir-fried together.

Pour the sweet and sour sauce, and the pork tenderloin slices suddenly become more tempting and mouth-watering.

In the kitchen, a helper boy swallowed his saliva, staring straight at the pot of meat in Chen Yan's hand, and forgot to pick up the plate in a daze.

"Xiao Xin."

Chen Yan had no choice but to call him out.

Xiao Xin quickly came back to his senses, sniffed, and boasted to Chen Yan: "Brother Yan, your job is better than the previous ones."

Chen Yan just smiled, "It's so delicious when you're hungry. Hurry up and serve the food, and you can eat when you're done."

This is his last dish of the day, and he can go back after cooking.

Boss Lu invited him to be a chef, not only paid a considerable salary, but also had more time.After this month's work, Chen Yan was very handy, but it was troublesome that Li Maoshan had to pick him up every day.

"Okay, I'll go right away, Brother Yan, you should finish work earlier. There is a temple fair today, so it's very lively."

While talking, Xiao Xin walked out of the kitchen with a plate, but happened to meet Li Maoshan who was waiting.

They were also familiar with each other, and after greeting each other, Xiao Xin hurried to serve the dishes.

Li Maoshan stepped aside, and when Xiao Xin left, Chen Yan noticed that he had been waiting at the door for a long time.

"Why are you in the kitchen?"

Chen Yan saw Li Maoshan half leaning against the door, looking at him with a smile on his face, and he smiled back.

"I brought some more food, just waiting for you to call it a day."

As Li Maoshan said, he stepped forward and helped Chen Yan untie his bib.The bib was a bit dirty after using it for a day, so Li Maoshan casually threw it aside. At this time, there were only the two of them in the kitchen, so he hugged Chen Yan and bowed his head and kissed him.

Unprepared, Chen Yan was kissed. He was stunned for a moment, then raised his arms and hugged Li Maoshan back, responding to the other party's enthusiasm.

When they parted, Chen Yan's face had already blushed, and he let him half lean in Li Maoshan's arms.

Li Maoshan wanted to do it again, but was stopped by Chen Yan.

"Someone should be coming later." Chen Yan pushed a few times, and calmed down, "I'll clean up first, and then go to the temple fair."

Today happened to be the [-]th day, and they didn't go to the temple fair last month. On this day, Chen Yan discussed with Boss Lu early to call it a day.The two planned to stay in the county town tonight, so they were not in a hurry. By the time Chen Yan cleaned up, someone else had already taken over the cooking in the kitchen.

After greeting each other, Chen Yan dragged Li Maoshan out of the restaurant.

The county town at night was particularly lively because of the temple fair, so they didn't plan to have dinner, but walked along the street and ate snacks all the way. Their stomachs were a little bulging after eating, and Li Maoshan stopped Chen Yan's plan to continue eating.

The two came out from the crowd and found a tea stall to rest.

The owner of the tea stall is an old man, although the old man has gray hair, but he is well dressed and in good spirits.He took the teapot and poured tea for the two of them, then walked back slowly.

Chen Yan glanced at the old man, and saw that the old man was lying on a deck chair, casually looking at the passers-by, with a contented smile on his face.

Taking a sip of the tea, Chen Yan found that the tea was very fragrant, unlike any tea he had ever drunk.

He couldn't help but tasted a few more mouthfuls, but he couldn't even drink what it was made of.

Li Maoshan saw his doubts, and explained with a smile: "No one knows what this is made of. Even if you want to ask, the tea uncle will not tell you."

"Why?" Chen Yan asked.

"The tea uncle is dumb." Li Maoshan replied, he glanced at the old man, and said: "Since he appeared, he has never said a word. But every month at the temple fair, he will set up a tea stall here To give passers-by a rest, so everyone called him Chabo.”

Chen Yan was a little surprised, and couldn't help but look at Cha Bo a few more times.Perhaps the tea uncle felt Chen Yan's gaze, and smiled at him.

A little boy ran over and gave Chabo something.

Chen Yan didn't see it clearly, but saw that the uncle brought another thing to the child, and the child took it, then ran away laughing.

And Cha Bo always had a faint smile on his face, looking very amiable.

The two rested for a while, and when they were about to leave, the tea uncle came over to clear the teacups again.

Chen Yan said to him, "Thank you uncle Cha."

The uncle just smiled and made a gesture, but Chen Yan couldn't understand, so he had to ask Li Maoshan for help.

"Uncle Cha, see you next month." Li Maoshan just held Chen Yan with one hand, and waved at Uncle Cha with the other.

Leaving the bustling market, the flow of people is much less.

The inn was not far away, seeing that it was getting late, Li Maoshan took Chen Yan to find an inn and asked for a room.

This was Chen Yan's first stay at a hotel, and he was inexplicably excited.

After entering the room, he looked around and found that the room in the inn was not as good as he had imagined, it was just an ordinary bedroom. Chen Yan couldn't hide his disappointment.

Li Maoshan asked Xiaoer to fetch hot water, and said to Chen Yan who was lying on the bed, "Let's take a bath first."

Chen Yan struggled a few times and didn't want to get up.

Li Maoshan knew that he was busy during the day, and he walked around for a long time at night, so he must be tired.So he didn't force it, just took a basin of hot water and scrubbed him.

After the two of them washed up and went to bed, Chen Yan began to be dishonest again.

Li Maoshan had no choice but to press him down and make out for a while, before letting Chen Yan settle down.

Chen Yan panted and lay on Li Maoshan's body, grabbing Li Maoshan's clothes from time to time.

Li Maoshan put his arms around him and patted him gently, then suddenly said: "Father said that the day has been chosen."

This nonsensical sentence made Chen Yan stunned for a while, and then he realized it.

Chen Yan stared at Li Maoshan with bright eyes, and asked, "When?"

"The eighth day of next month!"

"Ah!" Hearing this, Chen Yan immediately sat up, not caring that the clothes on his body were half-covered to let out a lot of happiness, he frowned slightly, and said, "It's only about twenty days, can we make it in time?"

Seeing that he was a little excited, Li Maoshan sat up and helped him straighten his messy clothes.

"It's not too late. Dad wanted us to get married sooner, so he chose the nearest date. The eighth day of the next month happens to be a good day. He discussed it with his uncle and decided on the date."

It was because he happened to meet his father when he went back today, and his father hurriedly told him the time.

"But..." Chen Yan still frowned.

Li Maoshan had no choice but to put his arms around him, "Don't worry. The quilts and clothes have already been made by someone, and then you can just buy some things for getting married. It's a pity that there is no new house for you to live in, and the old house can only be slightly changed." Refresh it."

"I don't care if the new house is a new house or not." Chen Yan hugged him, he knew Brother Shan had always regretted not being able to build a new house, but he never cared about it.

Chen Yan was concerned about other things. He said in a muffled voice, "It's the busy farming next month. If we get married, what about the work in the field?"

Li Maoshan laughed softly when he heard the words, and said: "It's just a matter of picking those dishes for the wedding banquet, and it can save a lot of money."

"Well, so that's what you planned." Chen Yan was immediately happy when he heard what he said.

"So you don't have to worry, you just need to wait for that day to come with peace of mind."

Xu Shi has set a date, and there is hope for this time to pass.

During the day, Li Maoshan was busy preparing for his marriage, and before nightfall, he came to the county to take Chen Yan home.

Fortunately, the two of them had some small savings in the past month. Although it was not much, it was enough for Li Maoshan to buy a donkey. With a donkey cart for transportation, it was much more convenient to travel to and from the county.

On this day, Chen Yan finished cleaning the kitchen and was about to go back when Boss Lu called him to stop him.

"Brother Yan." Boss Lu called out, and handed a bag of silver to Chen Yan.

"Boss Lu, who is this?" Chen Yan was stunned, and was shocked when he found out that there were ten taels of silver.

"Since the little old man asked you to be the cook, the business of our restaurant is getting better day by day. No, you are going to get married in a few days. Take these as my congratulatory gifts to you."

"It's too much, I can't do it." Chen Yan immediately returned the money to Boss Lu and refused.

"I want it." Boss Lu shrank his hands and refused to accept it. "Marriage is a big event in a lifetime. How can you push the gift out. Hurry up and accept it, or I won't go to the wedding party, little old man."

Boss Lu immediately put on a straight face, glaring at Chen Yan with an unhappy expression.

It's not good for Chen Yan to push this heavy gift, and it's not good to accept it.

"Keep it away." Seeing his embarrassment, Boss Lu laughed instead. He patted Chen Yan's shoulder, pointed to the person not far away, and reminded: "Dashan is here to pick you up, go back quickly."

Chen Yan glanced back, and thanked Boss Lu again: "Thank you Boss Lu for this great gift."

The author has something to say: I can finally get married, and then I can have sex, give birth to a baby, ahahahahahahaha

Front Row Tip: This job won't last long.