The Pentium Era - South to North

All four pots were served on the table, and the wine was hot. Zhang Chen couldn't wait, but Huijuan didn't allow him to taste it first. Instead, he had to wait for her to serve it before they started eating together.

Zhang Chen smiled and said, "Is this the rule of your hotel again?"

"Yes, this is the latest rule today." Huijuan said.

After she quickly cleaned the stove, she sat in the box and said to Zhang Chen, "You don't know, if the stove is not cleaned, I can't even eat well. Sitting here, I will still think about it." After cleaning up the kitchen, it felt like it was really over.

Huijuan filled both of their glasses with wine, and then opened the lids of the four casseroles one by one. Zhang Chen's chopsticks reached into the vegetable pot almost as soon as she opened the lid, and picked up a chopstick of vegetables and put it in the pot. Go into your mouth.

The reason why I chose this as my first target was that Zhang Chen had never eaten green vegetables in a pot before. The vegetables he had eaten were all fried green and shiny, but the vegetables in this pot were stewed to a pulp and the vegetables were lost. The green turned into yellow, like roasted bran, and a lot of soy sauce was added.

When Zhang Chen picked up the vegetables, Huijuan stared at him, her eyes full of nervousness and urgency. After Zhang Chen took a bite, he frowned, and Huijuan asked eagerly:

"How's it going? Isn't it delicious?"

Zhang Chen chewed and said, "Didn't you say that if it doesn't taste good, you're not allowed to say it?"

Huijuan sighed in frustration and said with a grimace: "Okay, okay, you are allowed to start criticizing."

Zhang Chen smiled and said: "Then can I praise it? Can I say, this is so delicious?"

"Really?" Huijuan stared at Zhang Chen and asked.

Zhang Chen nodded and said, really, if it doesn't taste good, I will really keep silent, but if it tastes good, I have to say it. It is really delicious, and I don't know, green vegetables can do this.

Huijuan giggled: "Then try this."

As she spoke, she scooped a spoonful of tofu into the bowl in front of Zhang Chen. Zhang Chen saw that the tofu had been stewed empty and tasted it. It was extremely delicious. The fragrance of Jinhua ham and the spiciness of dried chili peppers filled the stewed space. Every crevice in the tofu is completely flavorful.

Zhang Chen kept nodding and said it was delicious. Huijuan told him that if the tofu pot is delicious, the most important thing is not to cook it, but to choose tofu. You must buy salt-braised tofu to make it delicious. And, you Do you know why I need to stew the chicken in pot at the same time?

Zhang Chen shook his head, and Huijuan smiled and said, that can be done when stewing. Chicken soup is added to this tofu pot and fish head pot. This is more delicious than any other soup.

Zhang Chen nodded and said, "Didn't the person who ordered the local chicken suffer a loss? His soup was taken advantage of by others."

"I eat this all for myself, not for sale. Is there any point in taking a loss or not? Besides, I only added a little. If you add too much, you will get tired of it."

Zhang Chen was surprised: "Why can't this be sold?"

He remembered that when Huijuan's sister opened a shop here, the style of the dishes seemed to be closer to this.

"Didn't I tell you, this is a local dish. It is a dish that is only served when we have a banquet in the countryside. No restaurant in this city can serve this." Huijuan said.

"Wrong, wrong, absolutely wrong. In this hotel, no matter what the food is, deliciousness is king. Your dishes are much more delicious than that fake first-class chef." Zhang Chen said.

"Really?" Huijuan asked.

Zhang Chen nodded and said, "Of course it's true."

Huijuan smiled and said, "I thought these dishes wouldn't be on the table."

Huijuan served chicken and fish head soup to Zhang Chen. Zhang Chen ate it and praised the deliciousness.

"Who did you learn this skill from?" Zhang Chen asked, "I saw you in the kitchen earlier, and your hands and feet were very fast."

"Of course, I learned it from my father since I was a child." Huijuan said.

"Your dad is a chef?"

"No, my father is a farmer, but he just belongs to the countryside. He is the kind of person who is very good at cooking and can make big dishes. So in our place, whenever there is a wedding or wedding event, he will come to ask him to cook. I My sister and I have always liked to follow him to help out since we were young, mainly because we could eat with him."

"No wonder." Zhang Chen smiled, "It's still a craft passed down from our ancestors."

Huijuan nodded and said, "It's true. My father learned it from my grandfather when he was a child."

"Come here, I respect you, and also your father and grandfather, for allowing me to eat such delicious food."

Zhang Chen raised his glass, and Huijuan laughed and raised it too, clinking them together. The two of them took a sip, but both glasses were half full.

Adding rice wine, shredded ginger, and spicy and delicious hot pot, both of them felt warm and talked casually and relaxed. Zhang Chen asked Huijuan:

"By the way, have you adopted the demolition policy here?"

"Come down."

"Is there any compensation?"

"No." Huijuan smiled, "Except for the refund of rent and a reward of 800 yuan, there is nothing else."

"Then you can still laugh?" Zhang Chen asked strangely.

"Then what should I do? Do you cry every day?"

Huijuan asked back. Zhang Chen was stunned for a moment and couldn't explain, but he just felt that her reaction was abnormal. Huijuan continued:

"When the notice didn't come out and I was undecided, to be honest, I was very nervous and restless every day. I couldn't sleep at night. I just wanted to cry when I thought about it alone. I really don't know how many times I cried. ." Huijuan said, "When the notice came out, I had no hope. I made up my mind, but I felt more at ease and stopped thinking about it."

"Then what are you going to do next?" Zhang Chen asked.

"Didn't I tell you that you are already determined? Once you are determined, you have nothing to fear." Huijuan said.

"What's the meaning?"

"Simple, this is my store. If anyone tries to take it away, I will die with him." Huijuan smiled, "I have prepared three gas cans in the kitchen."

Zhang Chen was shocked. When he was walking around the kitchen, he did see several gas tanks. At that time, his hands were itchy, so he lifted them and found that they were all full. He was still thinking, there was no business, so many gas tanks were prepared. What does the gas tank do? It turned out to be what it was intended to do.

Zhang Chen looked at Huijuan and found that although she was smiling, there was a bitterness and emptiness behind her smile, a feeling of seeing through everything and letting go completely.

"Don't do stupid things." Zhang Chen said.

"No, I'm not stupid. This store is everything to me. If I take the store away, I will have nothing. This store is my life. If anyone comes to take my life, won't I fight with him? ?" Huijuan said, "If it were you and someone wanted to take your life, would you fight with him?"

Zhang Chen thought for a while and said: "Fight."

"By the way, I have to fight hard. I have thought about it clearly, so it is not a stupid thing." Huijuan said.

"I think it's not worth it," Zhang Chen said. "Isn't it just a matter of tens of thousands of dollars? If the money is gone, you can make more money, but if the people are gone, you can't make any more money."

Huijuan shook her head and sneered: "Tens of thousands of dollars? You said it so easily. This money may not be money to you, but to some people, it is his life, even... It’s not just his life, it also includes the lives of his parents.”

"It's not that serious." Zhang Chen said.

"Of course, just for these tens of thousands of dollars. Do you know what my sister wanted me to do when she came here a few days ago? My sister even wanted me to accompany those old people for these tens of thousands of dollars. The gangster sleeps.”

When Huijuan said this, she was still smiling, but there were tears in her eyes.

Zhang Chen sighed and said, "I didn't leave you a business card that day. I told you not to do stupid things. If you have any trouble, call me and I will help you."

"Why do you want to help me? My biological sister ran away when she saw me. We have only met for the second time today. Why do you want to help me?" Huijuan said, "To be honest, I felt that that day What you said was so false, I threw your business card away as soon as I got out of the car.”

Zhang Chen felt a little embarrassed and didn't know how to answer this.

Huijuan stared at him and asked, "Do you like me?"

Zhang Chen shook his head and nodded, then quickly shook his head again: "I don't hate you, I understand you, and I think we can be friends."

Huijuan waved her hand in front of her, as if to say, don't use such vain words. Zhang Chen couldn't help but blush, Huijuan said:

"Do you want to sleep with me? If you want to sleep with me, I think it's more real and I believe you will help me. Those old gangsters all want to sleep with me, but I don't want to. If you want to, I will be willing. I feel you are better than them."

Zhang Chen also looked at Huijuan, shook his head, and said, "I have a crush on you, but I don't want to sleep with you."

"Then forget it, everything else is in vain."

"No, listen to me. I said I understand you because I have gone through the same path as you. Fifty thousand yuan was once my life. So, when I said I wanted to help you, I wasn't just talking nonsense. of."

Huijuan smiled and said: "Open the door and go out. Most of the people on the street need help. Why don't you go to help them and come to help me?"

"I have said that I have a crush on you. Of course, it does not mean that people who have a crush on you must go to bed. Moreover, those people on the street did not come to me. You came to me. What I know about you , than knowing them better." Zhang Chen said.

"Am I here to find you?" Huijuan asked curiously.

"Yes, you were the one who stopped my car that day." Zhang Chen said, "If you hadn't looked for me, that day would have passed. You were just one of the countless boss ladies I've met, but you stopped me. The car and what you said to me made me feel that you are different from other people. In other words, you are closer to me.

"When people are far away, they will be indifferent to the plight of others. For example, if people starve to death in Africa every day, I won't feel it. But if the people around me are starving to death, I cannot be indifferent and can't stand it. Do you understand this feeling?"

Huijuan nodded: "I understand a little bit."

"Also, for example, if you want me to help you with one million or two million now, I will hesitate. Why? I will feel that our relationship is a relationship between friends, not a relationship between a man and a woman..."

Huijuan burst into laughter and said, "I understand, you don't need to break off the relationship with me again and again."

Zhang Chen also laughed and said:

"I feel that our relationship has not reached that stage yet. If it asks for 10 or 20 million, then I will refuse immediately, because it is not a matter of money, but, if I agree, I will think that I am crazy. But now, what you need is tens of thousands of dollars. For me, there is no pressure. If you help me, it’s just a little effort, do you understand?"

What Zhang Chen didn't tell Huijuan was that he vaguely felt that the extra millions of demolition funds he asked for were actually depriving countless people like Huijuan of their rights. He was not noble enough to refuse this money. Money, but the uneasiness in my heart is still there.

This kind of uneasiness will make him unable to bear it, and he will feel that he should help when he can. Of course, the premise is still this person, so that he does not dislike him, and even feels close to him. This kind of closeness It felt more like friendship, just like when Qu Tianlin saw him, she would help him, rather than saying that she had to go to bed to resolve this concern.

At the same time, even Zhang Chen himself didn't know if vanity was at work. That was what Huijuan said earlier. She didn't take what he said seriously at all and threw away his business card when she got off the car. This was also It was a bit exciting for Zhang Chen.

You think I won’t help you, but I just do.

You think there are no such good things in the world, but I want to make you think that there are still some.

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