Back home to start a farm

After Qu Chi had just explained to the villagers who came to help and asked them to prepare the ingredients in advance, he ran to his father to have a look: "Dad, the machine is okay to use."

With the roar of the machine in his ears, Qu Deyun wore earplugs, guessed what his son was going to say, and replied with a loud voice: "This chestnut peeling machine is very useful."

Simply put the chestnuts in, and what comes out are clean yellow chestnut kernels, even the most difficult layer of skin is clear and clean.

"It seems that these hundreds of dollars are worth the money." Qu Chi smiled, and then told his father, "Dad, don't throw away these chestnut shell powders, and put these chestnut shell powders in sacks after the chestnuts are all peeled. "

Qu Deyun took off the earmuffs on his ears, pulled his son to a place with a lower voice and asked, "Son, there are only fifty or sixty people in total, and the chestnuts don't need so many."

"There are definitely not only so many people who came to the Chestnut Banquet." Qu Chi said with a smile. The news of the Chestnut Banquet has been released. There are so many tourists who came today and there are still many people who have not left. There must be more than [-] or [-] people. .

Sure enough, the sound outside the courtyard became more noisy. The second cousin directly delivered half a head of pork, followed by many tourists, all of whom came to listen to the news of the chestnut banquet.

I couldn't participate in the chestnut event in the afternoon, but the chestnut banquet in the evening sounded lively, and they were willing to pay for it, so they should be allowed to participate this time.

Immediately afterwards, Qin Shi walked over with the phone in his hand, and brought good news: "Chef Deng has brought some Protestant apprentices to the entrance of the village."

After the autumn comes, all kinds of busy farming, corresponding to the harvest of a large amount of ingredients, Wuwei Restaurant, which cooperates with Qu Chi, would have come to visit again.

From the opportunity to cooperate with Qu Chi at the beginning of the year, until the end of the year, Wuwei Restaurant has made a beautiful turnaround.

The previous downturn seemed to be non-existent. Now Wuwei Restaurant has become the most famous restaurant in Yang City, and has a good reputation throughout the province. The next step is to expand to other cities.

Therefore, while Mr. Deng Chengbin was worrying about the restaurant, he also brought in many new disciples. He planned to throw them out to open a branch after their skills matured. During this period of time, he was thinking about when the assessment would be.

When Qu Chi heard the news while chatting with Mr. Deng, he simply asked people to come here for assessment, and he could also look at the ingredients here, and help organize a chestnut banquet by the way.

Ten minutes later, Deng Chengbin brought the newly brought apprentices from the crowd into the yard.

These apprentices came to participate in the assessment, let alone happy, their faces were tense because of nervousness, and when they walked in, the overall momentum was different from those who came to play, which attracted many tourists to discuss in whispers.

"The old gentleman at the front seems to be Deng Chengbin from Wuwei Restaurant, Chef Deng." Someone remembered who the familiar face was.

Most of the people who come here are from the province. Even if they come from other places, as long as they search for places worth visiting in Yangshi, almost every answer has Xishan Village and Wuwei Restaurant.

"It's really Chef Deng? Are you right?"

"I've also met Chef Deng, there's nothing wrong with that, the group of people following him seem to be Chef Deng's apprentices."

"Why did Chef Deng come here?"

"You don't know, the reason why Wuwei Restaurant was able to rebound from the bottom is because they signed a contract with Xishan Village first, and all the famous new dishes now use ingredients from here."

"It turns out that's the case, we really don't know."

"Five Flavors Restaurant has a cooperative relationship with Xishan Village. Chef Deng brought his disciples here at this time. Could it be...they are in charge of today's chestnut banquet?"

"real or fake?"

Regardless of whether it was true or not, the crowd began to commotion, and they ran to the people of Xishan Farm to ask questions. Even Zhao Zhu and several villagers who were hiding nearby to kill chickens were surrounded.

After hearing from the people of Xishan Farm, tonight's chestnut banquet was actually Chef Deng's apprenticeship assessment, and the tourists were completely excited.

Regardless of whether it is used to assess the apprentice, doesn't this sentence mean that Chef Deng's apprentice will be in charge tonight, and he is about to leave the master, and his craftsmanship must not be bad.

With excellent ingredients and superb cooking skills, it is impossible to imagine how good the dishes will taste tonight, and this opportunity should not be missed.

If Chef Deng also cooks himself, the meal will be even more worthwhile.

The [-] people who participated in the competition in the afternoon sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, especially when they saw other tourists trying their best to participate, they felt that they were very lucky today.

Especially for the top three groups, the six people who were able to participate in the chestnut feast for free were all delighted from ear to ear.

There are also a few people who only got half price to participate in the discount. Originally, they would not pay the remaining half of the money, but exchanged it for products of the same value at the Xishan Farm online store, which would completely dispel this idea.

Compared with their leisurely appearance, tourists who did not participate in the chestnut activities were anxious to ask.

Just tell me how much it costs, and they'll just sit here.

Fortunately, they didn't have to wait long. Zhang Yun told everyone according to Qu Chi's explanation. Although the price was a bit expensive, it was much cheaper than that of Wuwei Restaurant, and people immediately went up to sign up.

More than half an hour later, Qu Deyun looked at the queue at the door, and began to worry that there were not enough chestnuts. When he caught sight of his son, he blurted out something other than chestnuts: "Why didn't you see Qin Shi?"

"He's gone to pick up someone, Zhang Wenbin and my college classmate Meng Fan." Qu Chi was busy coordinating various personnel, satisfying Chef Deng's various requirements by the way, taking time to answer his father, and then let his father go to his mother help.

As the friend who first knew Qin Shi's location, Zhang Wenbin had to hide it from Lin Yuan and the other five at Qin Shi's request.

Later, Lin Yuan and the others came to Xishan Village when they heard the news. Zhang Wenbin knew that they didn't dare to do anything to Qin Shi, but they definitely dared to do anything to him, so they didn't dare to come here when they were there, and put all their energy into it. at work.

After they left, Zhang Wenbin finished the work at hand and ran over again.

As Qu Chihao's classmate, colleague, and friend, Meng Fan played an extremely important role in the initial publicity of Xishan Farm's online store. However, this person was too busy with work, and every time he said he wanted to come to play, he couldn't because of the company's pressure. do it.

This meeting finally found an opportunity to come here. It wasn't that he asked for leave from the company, but that he directly fired the company and came here to relax.

The two of them were lucky in this regard, they met this chestnut feast as soon as they arrived, and they happened to be on the same train number, Qin Shi could pick them up both of them in one trip.

"Son, there are more than 300 people attending the Chestnut Banquet. There may be more people coming over later, but it will not exceed [-]." Qu Deyun walked in and told Qu Chi the latest news.

In fact, there were not many people there. Qu Chi didn't advertise in advance at all. He still set the chestnut banquet at night. Many tourists who were there during the day didn't even know it, so they left the village in the middle of the afternoon.

Among the more than 300 people who signed up to participate, basically all the tourists who have not left Xishan Village are included.

As for the villagers, quite a few came, but they all came to help.Tables, chairs, benches and so on are arranged according to the example of the last fish feast. Qu Chi prepared dishes, chopsticks, cups and plates in advance, and cleaned and disinfected them all.

The tables and chairs are all set up in the open space. Visitors to the Chestnut Banquet find people they know well, or sit at the same table with strangers.

Older people and parents with children all received patient explanations from the villagers that the dishes at the table for the elderly would be softer and the dishes for the children would be lighter, so they were arranged to sit alone.

The yard is full of noise outside, so you might as well let more people in the yard. The villagers outside the kitchen are busy cleaning all kinds of ingredients, and the chefs in the kitchen are all showing their skills one by one.

Qu Chi and others were on the right track in all aspects, and after he didn't need to worry about it, he went to the kitchen to watch.

Mr. Deng Chengbin didn't make a move yet, but stood in the kitchen and watched the apprentices make a move, which was no different from the inspectors in the examination room.

The performances of the apprentices he brought out were also different. Some of them completely forgot that this was an assessment and put all their attention on cooking. However, some apprentices might be too nervous, and sometimes they were absent-minded, and even the song was late. can be seen.

But even if they haven't found the status, the basic skills they have cultivated over the years are still there, and they can cook very quickly, and the color and aroma are absolutely fine.

Seeing that it was not long before the chestnut feast, Qu Chi called the villagers who came to help to start preparations, and first distributed the pomegranate juice and hawthorn juice packed in bamboo tubes to each table.

"Hey, something is coming, the chestnut feast is about to start!" The tourists who were near saw it first, and immediately yelled, and the tourists who were a little absent-minded while chatting all sat up straight and cast their eyes over there.

Qiao Yang came in front of the villagers, bought a loudspeaker like the one used by the teacher when he gave lectures, tried the sound lightly, and then focused everyone's attention on him.

"I am Qiao Yang, an employee of the farm. This month, the chestnuts planted on the farm's hills are coming to the harvest season, so today's chestnut event and chestnut banquet are held to let everyone know more about the chestnuts produced on the farm. Thank you for your support! Chestnut feast Now officially begins!"

"Wow!"

"Mom, the lights are on!"

"It's much brighter now."

As soon as the voice fell, the biogas lamp installed on the roadside tree was turned on at the same time, illuminating the place of the banquet as if it were daytime, and driving away the darkness that came because the sun was about to set.

Qu Chi received Qin Shi's call and ran to the pond next door, and saw Zhang Wenbin and Meng Fan who had just gotten out of the car.

It might be because the street lights here are not turned on, Qu Chi is a bit afraid to recognize it.

Meng Fan hasn't seen each other for more than a year, and the two of them usually don't know how to video, and Meng Fan is not a personality who loves to post photos.

When we met suddenly this time, the whole person looked sluggish, trying to cheer up but couldn't help yawning, and there were two dark circles under the eyes that hadn't faded.

The change on the head was even more obvious. Even though Meng Fan made his hair as fluffy as possible, he could still see the white strands mixed in the black hair, and the sparse top of his head.

From the head alone, Qu Chi feels that he and Meng Fan haven't seen each other for more than a year, but at least five years.

Why does it feel like he's five years older?

Meng Fan was still trying to suppress his drowsiness at first, but the moment he saw Qu Chi, he woke up instantly, his eyes were fixed on Qu Chi, especially Qu Chi's black hair.

"Meng Fan?" Qu Chi asked?

"Pond!" Meng Fan yelled and rushed up. Qin Shi originally wanted to go up, but gave up the idea before he lifted his feet.

Meng Fan stopped before and after reaching Qu Chi's body, instead of throwing himself into Qu Chi's arms and crying loudly, he just held his arm and complained: "I haven't seen you for more than a year, why don't you grow older and look younger?" , It’s almost the same as having a beauty face, if I had known that I would have resigned with you at that time, otherwise I wouldn’t have become like this at a young age.”

Qu Chi took out his arm, patted Meng Fan's shoulder, and asked sincerely, "What have you been through these years?"

"It's all because of the damn leader, damn [-]." Just now, he only complained, but this time Meng Fan was really about to cry.

In the past, although Meng Fan often had to go on business trips, it was difficult, but after the business trips, he usually had a few days of vacation, which was not too hard.

However, he later switched to a position that required him to stay in the company. Soon the company had a new leader and implemented a nine-nine-six working system, making the company's colleagues miserable.

Meng Fan has been working here since graduating from university, and now he is doing a good job and is expected to be promoted, so he is not willing to leave and change jobs, so he gritted his teeth and persisted.

Just because the working hours have become longer and the few breaks are not even enough to sleep, it is even less likely that he will come to Qu Chi's side specifically.

The reason why I resolutely chose to resign this time is because some of my colleagues collapsed while working.Meng Fan worked harder than this colleague, so he was terrified immediately and chose to resign within two days.

In fact, Meng Fan might not have survived until now if he hadn't eaten the food that Qu Chi sent over every day to nourish his body gently.

"My hair has gone bald because of work, and my girlfriend has also flirted with me." Meng Fan said with a sad face. Even Zhang Wenbin next to him felt very sympathetic to him, feeling that his experience was nothing.

Qu Chi patted Meng Fan, Meng Fan didn't mention it to him in the usual chats, but now seeing that his body was exhausted, he thought for a while and said, "The environment here is good, you should stay here for more time. Take care of your body. I just had a chestnut banquet tonight, I know you are tired from the car ride, but at least eat something before resting."

At this time, the best meals have been brought out, and the fragrance is blowing here along the wind.

"I don't feel tired at all." Meng Fan suddenly cheered up, and Zhang Wenbin did the same.

Qu Chi took the two of them to the vacant seats reserved for them in advance, and told them to sit down. The rest of the tablemates looked at them curiously, and the food was placed on the table.

The first thing on the table was a chestnut roasted chicken wing. The bright color made people appetizing.

At this time, no one laughed at the two of them, and everyone's attention was on these dishes.

The two quickly picked up the chopsticks and moved towards the chicken wings, who knew that the chopsticks touched together.

Zhang Wenbin looked up at the top of Meng Fan's head, thinking of this man's pitiful experience, he moved his chopsticks aside.

Unexpectedly, Meng Fan noticed his gaze. Ever since he had a problem, he hated people paying attention to it. He also removed his chopsticks and glared at Zhang Wenbin: "What are you looking at!"

At this time, a third pair of chopsticks was stretched out from the side, and quickly snatched away the chicken wing just now, and said with a chuckle: "The snipe and the clam fight, and the fisherman wins. You two are still too young to quarrel in front of delicious food. "

After speaking, I opened my mouth to bite the fresh and tender chicken wings. The chicken wing meat can be squeezed from the bones. The pepper on the top stimulates the mouth at the same time. It is fresh, smooth, fragrant and spicy.

The middle-aged man looked at the two young people deliberately showing off, and sighed: "The taste of chicken wings can be said to be the essence of chicken."

There is a fixed number of people sitting on each table, and each dish is made according to these people.When everyone has waited for a long time and the food has just arrived on the table, it is inevitable to scramble.

Zhang Wenbin and Meng Fan had such a quarrel, their chicken wings were taken away, and they had no choice but to move to the chestnut next to them.

If it was later, I wouldn't even have to eat chestnuts.

Immediately after the table is chestnut, shiitake mushroom and choy sum. These ingredients have brought out their own umami taste. Only a little seasoning is needed to taste very good.

After a light dish, there is sweet chestnut braised pork. The color of the braised pork is excellent, and it is still trembling slightly on the plate. Even the color of chestnut has become very attractive.

Zhang Ya didn't dare to eat too fatty braised pork at first, so she moved a little slowly. She didn't expect that Zhang Tianle would grab it and put it in her bowl first, and then grab the rest.

"Tianle, you are so kind." Zhang Ya shouted happily, putting aside everything that was fatty or not, and started eating directly.

She was lucky after eating it in her mouth. Fortunately, Zhang Tianle helped her pick up a piece, otherwise she would have missed such a delicious dish.

The interaction between the two did not hide from the eyes of the people around them, especially at their table were all young people who participated in the chestnut activity in the afternoon.

The stewed pork ribs with chestnuts, peanuts and black beans was served next. It is not only delicious but also strong. The various ingredients in the clear soup are clearly visible. The white porcelain spoon is placed in it, which has attracted everyone's attention.

Different from the previous dishes, this soup dish must use a spoon to drink the soup, and there is only one soup spoon. At this time, it depends on who moves faster.

Within a few seconds after the pork rib soup was placed on the table, the winner was decided, and the winner was a boy from one of the temporary teams during the chestnut event in the afternoon.

Seeing that he had snatched it, the big guys went back to their seats, waiting for the second scoop. Unexpectedly, the guy scooped up a chicken leg with the first scoop. bowl.

Facing this move, the girl was stunned, her face slowly turned red, and after a small thank you, she lowered her head and ate under the eyes of the big guy.

The eyes of the young people around became excited, and this reaction meant that this pair would be successful.

When the boy who made such a move saw the girl's reaction, the corners of his mouth rose up crazily, and he even forgot to put the spoon back until it was snatched away by others.

A spoonful of pork rib soup was poured into the bowl, and the girl just now also got the spoon, and put the soup into the boy's bowl under the eyes of everyone watching.

It became.

Had it not been for the wrong occasion, they would have immediately applauded.

It might be Zhang Tianle and Zhang Ya, or it might be that the boys and girls had a bad idea, and then the painting style on their table became sweet and greasy.

It made people who accidentally caught a glimpse at the nearby tables feel a little bit thoughtful.

Compared with the sweetness of love here, the young people sitting at the table a little further away seem to have lost that muscle.

Facing the classic stewed chestnut chicken that just came up, they were merciless in grabbing it, regardless of whether it was a boy or a girl.

The chestnuts are big and plump, and the inside is soft and glutinous but still maintains a complete shape. It is stewed with free-range roosters, which can be described as fragrant.

After one of the boys tasted it, he laughed: "This is called big chicken and big chestnut. If you want to eat chicken at night, you can eat more."

As soon as the words came out, the young people at the same table and around all laughed: "After the meal, let's all have fun together and see who can eat chicken."

The old people's table not far away didn't understand what it was, so they looked at it curiously and then looked away.

Their table is the same as the table for meals and bringing children, but it is slightly different from the table for young people. The color is lighter than other tables, and it is even easier to bite.

Especially the chestnut yam pearl balls just served on the table, like white pearls, with yam mud on the outside and chestnut paste inside, it tastes sweet but not greasy, especially the shape is extraordinarily beautiful.

Then a few more dishes were served, all of which were snatched up by everyone. At this time, the main food was also served.

"Savory and salty rice cakes are here!"

With shouts, a plate of thick rice cakes was brought to the table. Those who had never eaten this dish looked at it curiously, and saw small pieces of chestnut kernels and pork belly mixed with the emerald green rice cakes.

Someone first picked it up and tasted it in his mouth. The steamed rice cake was soft but sticky. The sweetness of glutinous rice and chestnut mixed with the delicious pork belly formed a unique taste.

People with a more inspired sense of taste chewed carefully and finally distinguished: "I said why it is green, it is glutinous rice and green garlic sprouts that are ground into powder."

The fat from the fried pork belly is absorbed by the chestnuts, and after steaming, the umami flavors of several ingredients are fully integrated and stimulated.I was a little unaccustomed to eating it at first, but I wanted to continue eating after eating it.

In addition to the savory rice cakes made with glutinous rice and pork belly, there are also chestnut ribs rice made with rice and bacon, which are mainly for young people with good digestion.

Eating too much at night is not easy to digest. Adults can eat as much as they want. At worst, eat some Jianweixiaoshi tablets, and the stomachs of the elderly and children will not be able to toss.

Therefore, the recommended staple food for the old people's table and the children's table is red bean and chestnut porridge. The red porridge in the white porcelain bowl is still steaming, and you can smell the sweet smell before you get close.

Children put spoons in their hands into the porridge, trying to collect all the ingredients in the spoon at once before putting them in their mouths.

The rice, chestnut, red bean, and lotus seeds become soft and waxy under the firewood, and they enter the mouth and gently pass through the lips and tongue, basically without teeth, and warm from the mouth to the stomach.

"Mom and Dad, this porridge is sweet and delicious." The child narrowed his eyes with a smile, and waved the spoon to let his favorite parents have a taste.

There are also sweet chestnut shortbread, the outer crust is crispy, and the crispy crust will fall off when you touch it lightly. The filling inside is sweet chestnut paste, which tastes extremely delicious.

Two kinds of rice, one kind of porridge, and one kind of cake are the staple food tonight. All tourists participating in the chestnut banquet can choose freely, and they are not necessarily restricted by age.

Some old people who thought they had good teeth tasted rice cakes, and some young people who liked sweets drank sweet porridge.

But it tastes just as good no matter what.

The lively chestnut feast came to an end when the sky was completely dark and the stars and the moon were all poked out.

The tourists who participated in the Chestnut Banquet lost their enthusiasm at the beginning, and their mouths were still moving, but they were talking most of the time, which was actually powerless.

"No, no, no, I really can't eat it, my stomach is bulging."

"The chestnut porridge is really delicious, I'd better have another sip, I don't know when I can drink it again when I leave tomorrow."

"Whatever to do, stay in Duolai Xishan Village, Bijiang Town for a few days."

"If I don't leave again, I'm afraid I won't be able to control my weight!"

"Then eat enough today. After I rest for a while, I digest quickly. After I rest, I can definitely eat another half bowl."

"Is anyone playing games? Let's form a team together, and continue to eat after playing a plate."

"When you finish playing, I'll probably eat up all these things!"