The Pentium Era - South to North

When Zhang Xiangbei and the others returned to Haicheng, it was already past ten o'clock. After taking a shower, it was already eleven o'clock. Neither of them were sleepy yet. It was not surprising that Zhang Xiangbei was not sleepy. On the way back, he was in the car. She took a nap, but she didn't feel sleepy when driving south, which was a bit strange.

Zhang Xiangbei asked: "Are you not sleepy?"

Xiang Nan shook her head and said, "I don't know why, but when I arrive in Hainan, I don't want to sleep at night. Do you think it's strange?"

Zhang Xiangbei laughed.

Xiang Nan said: "Don't laugh. I'm serious. It was the same when I performed in Sanya. Anyway, as soon as I arrived in Hainan, I couldn't sleep at night. It was still very early at twelve o'clock. Let's go. Let’s go shopping.”

The two of them went downstairs, reached the hotel entrance and then went back. It was too hot outside. Xiang Nan said that he had to take a shower after walking around for a while, so forget it and decided not to go out.

The two of them sat in the lobby for a while. There was a woman sitting at the other end of the sofa. Zhang Xiangbei felt that she looked familiar. After thinking for a while, he remembered that she was one of the two women who gave him a small card last night. Zhang Xiangbei suddenly felt embarrassed. Last night, he lied to her that he was staying at Xinyuan Hot Spring Hotel, not here.

The woman seemed to recognize Zhang Xiangbei, smiled at him, and kept blinking at him. Zhang Xiangbei didn't know what she meant, so he could only pretend not to see it.

Zhang Xiangbei and Xiangnan said, "Let's go up."

"Sit for a while longer," Xiang Nan said, "or you can pull me up."

Zhang Xiangbei stood up, stretched out his hand to pull Xiang Nan up, ignored the woman, and the two of them went upstairs.

Back in the room, the two of them sat down on the sofa in the living room outside. One person occupied one end of the sofa. Xiangnan was scrolling through Weibo. Zhang Xiangbei was on Facebook and was looking at the pictures he posted on Facebook of Hainan official dates. , there were a lot of messages below, and there were two guys who wanted to chat with him, so Zhang Xiangbei started chatting with them.

Xiang Nan was on the other end of the sofa. He didn't know what he saw was funny, and he chuckled. Zhang Xiangbei sat on the sofa, rubbed Xiang Nan with his feet, and asked:

"What are you laughing at?"

"Nothing, I'm chatting with Zhou Ruoyi." Xiang Nan said. It turned out that she was no longer browsing Weibo.

The leisurely time passed quickly, and it was twelve o'clock before I knew it. Zhang Xiangbei remembered and asked Xiangnan:

"Where do you want to play next?"

Xiangnan put down his phone, turned to look at him, and said, "Zhang Xiangbei, can you stop being so hypocritical?"

"What's wrong with me?" Zhang Xiangbei put down his phone and asked.

"Are you still interested in playing now?" Xiangnan asked, Zhang Xiangbei smiled.

"No need to go anywhere, just wait here. When the matter in Qiongzhong is settled, we will go back. You prepare yours. I also want to go back and see how Ding Yousong and the others are preparing. To be honest , I was always worried about what might go wrong in the preparations for the festival," Xiang Nan said.

Zhang Xiangbei said yes, this place has been settled, I have to plan carefully, and we will return to Hangzhou first.

When they returned to Hangzhou, the Yongcheng International Street Theater Festival was about to open, and Zhang Xiangbei would still be in Hangzhou, waiting for Mikiya Taguchi and Mr. Zhang to arrive.

Xiang Nan nodded.

Zhang Xiangbei's phone rang. It was Bao Tianbin. Zhang Xiangbei picked it up. Bao Tianbin asked, "Mr. Zhang, are you asleep?"

Zhang Xiangbei said no.

"Okay, just wait, I'll be there soon." After Bao Tianbin finished speaking, he hung up the phone.

"Is it Lao Bao?" Xiang Nan asked.

Zhang Xiangbei nodded and said, "Shen Shen Dao, he said he was coming over."

Xiang Nan laughed and said, "Then they must be asking us to have supper. Just wait, you foreigner, let's see what surprise Lao Bao, a native, has in store for us."

Zhang Xiangbei also laughed after hearing this. Bao Tianbin came to see him at this time, just as Xiangnan said.

Less than ten minutes later, Zhang Xiangbei's phone rang again. He picked it up and Bao Tianbin said, "I'm here, Mr. Zhang, please come down."

"Lao Bao, what are you going to take us to eat?" Zhang Xiangbei asked.

Lao Bao laughed on the phone and said, "Salt-baked chicken, Haicheng's very cool salt-baked chicken."

Zhang Xiangbei and Xiangnan went downstairs and got into Bao Tianbin's car. The place to eat salt-baked chicken is not far from here, on Yilong West Road. It only takes seven or eight minutes to drive there, but on this street, there are many It's a late-night snack shop, and the roadside is full of cars.

Bao Tianbin pointed to a shop called "Jiaji Salt Baked Chicken" and told Zhang Xiangbei and the others, this is it, why don't you go first?

Zhang Xiangbei said: "Don't be in a hurry, just take your time."

The car continued to drive forward, and after driving for more than two hundred meters, I saw an empty parking space on the side of the road.

After parking the car, the three of them got out of the car and walked back. On this road, there were three stores selling salt-baked chicken, as well as one selling raw porridge and mother's porridge, and one that was known as the No. 1 store in Yilong Beef Brisket.

Walking back to "Jiaji Salt Baked Chicken", I found that the business here is better than the other ones selling salt baked chicken, and the store is also the largest. There are dozens of tables inside and outside the store, almost all seats are occupied, and there are several takeaways. deliverymen, waiting for their goods.

Bao Tianbin told them that this is a time-honored restaurant that has been open for more than ten years.

Although there were many customers in the store, few drank, and the turnover of customers was very fast. They only waited for two or three minutes, and two tables of customers immediately got up, and they chose a table outside to sit down.

When ordering, Zhang Xiangbei discovered the reason why there were so few drinking customers here. The menu here was written on the wall, and all the dishes were only one kind, which was salt-baked chicken. This is a chicken restaurant. It is not suitable for guests who drink.

Bao Tianbin ordered two chickens and asked Zhang Xiangbei if he wanted to go to the kitchen and see?

Zhang Xiangbei said yes.

The two stood up and wanted to take a look at Xiang Nan. Bao Tianbin put his bag on the table. Zhang Xiangbei asked, would it be unsafe?

"It's okay, I can see it. I'll be back soon," Bao Tianbin said.

The three people walked to the door of the kitchen inside. Indeed, there was nothing interesting in the kitchen. There was a large pot on the kitchen entrance. The large pot was filled with a pot of white coarse salt. There was a blazing fire underneath, and each pot was wrapped in paper. The chickens are buried in the coarse salt of this large pot. They are cooked and thoroughly stewed by the salt.

The chicken sellers are very experienced. You can tell which chickens are cooked by pressing your fingers on the chickens.

The real kitchen is actually outside the kitchen. There is a shed set up there. The chickens are killed and blanched there, and then placed in two large stainless steel buckets. They are also baked with coarse salt. The chickens in the big pots inside are quickly cooked. When they were sold, they dug out the stewed chicken from the bucket outside and buried it in the big pot.

The three people returned to their seats, and the chicken they ordered came. Along with the chicken, there was a pot of white porridge, a small bowl of dried radish, and a plate of green vegetables blanched in boiling water. Bao Tianbin told them, You can refill the white porridge and dried radish as much as you like.

Zhang laughed to Xiangbei and Xiangnan.

Peeling off the paper wrapping the chicken, the chicken fat inside was bright and yellow and full of aroma. The aroma of the chicken was mixed with the aroma of spices. The three people put on disposable gloves and started eating the chicken. Bao Tianbin broke off the chicken. One chicken leg was first given to Xiang Nan, and then the other one was broken off and given to Zhang Xiangbei.

The chicken had been braised until thoroughly cooked. He broke it apart with his hands. Bao Tianbin then opened the belly of the chicken. In addition to chicken gizzards and liver, it was also stuffed with Codonopsis pilosula, astragalus root and wolfberry. After breaking it open, a stream of The smell of Chinese medicine spreads.

Zhang Xiangbei took a bite of the chicken leg. The meat was delicate, neither greasy nor woody, and extremely fragrant. Especially the yellow chicken skin, which was slippery and delicious.

"Come on, try this, it tastes different."

Bao Tianbin gave them the chicken breasts to try, and Zhang Xiangbei took a bite. Sure enough, the chicken breasts were penetrated by the medicinal materials. In addition to the fresh aroma, there was also a faint medicinal smell. And a hint of sweetness.

After a full meal of chicken, I drank a few mouthfuls of white porridge and ate some dried radish. My mouth, which was just a little greasy, became light again, and I could continue eating chicken immediately.

The three of them finished the two chickens and the first pot of white porridge and couldn't eat anything else. Bao Tianbin asked them, not far behind you, on Coconut Grove Road, there is a delicious seafood noodle restaurant, do you want it? Try it in the past?

Zhang Xiangbei and Xiangnan quickly said no, they couldn't eat any more.

"Do you want to force us to death?" Zhang Xiangbei asked, Bao Tianbin laughed, and he said okay, let's do it tomorrow.

After sending Zhang Xiangbei and Xiangnan back to the hotel, Bao Tianbin followed him into the hotel. After hesitating for a while, he made up his mind and said to Zhang Xiangbei:

"Mr. Zhang, I have something to tell you."

Zhang Xiangbei and Xiangnan stopped, and Zhang Xiangbei asked, "What's going on?"

Bao Tianbin pointed to the sofa in the lobby: "Can we go there to talk?"

Xiangnan smiled and said to Zhang Xiangbei, "I'll go up first."

The two of them walked to the sofa in the lobby and sat down. At this time, it was past one o'clock, and there was no one in the lobby. Even the big lights on the top of the lobby had been turned off, and the sofa was dimly lit.

Zhang Xiangbei and Bao Tianbin sat down on the sofa. Zhang Xiangbei asked Bao Tianbin: "What's the matter, Lao Bao?"

"Mr. Zhang, I'm wondering if I can start a breeding farm with you?" Bao Tianbin said.

"No." Zhang Xiangbei said.

"Why?" Bao Tianbin asked.

"You are now in 'Zhaixianshui', and your job and income are very stable. 'Zhaixianshui' now belongs to Dabao.com, and you are an employee of Dabao. There are so many people who want to join Dabao, but they can't. How can you?" If you say it, come out. If you go back after you come out, you won't even be at your current level." Zhang Xiangbei said.

"I will not go back after I come out. I will just follow you, Mr. Zhang." Bao Tianbin said.

Zhang Xiangbei still shook his head and said: "I am still in the entrepreneurial stage. I don't know what will happen in the future. How could I let you lose such a good job and come to follow me."

"This is my choice, Mr. Zhang. You don't have to think about it, including income. I'm willing to give you whatever you want. I just want to work with you."

Bao Tianbin looked at Zhang Xiangbei and continued:

"Besides, you also need me. You can't even speak Hainanese. Hainanese are not xenophobic, but if you want to have a close relationship with them, you really must speak Hainanese. Especially in Qiongzhong, once the project starts, you need to How many people have I dealt with? I used to work under Mr. Xie in engineering, so I have experience in this area."

Zhang Xiangbei had to admit that once his project was to be implemented here, he really needed an experienced and trustworthy helper like Bao Tianbin to oversee the project construction here, so that he could be free to do other things. However, Zhang Xiangbei felt that it was unreasonable for Bao Tianbin to leave Zhaixianshui to start his own business.

"Mr. Zhang, don't worry. I'm not the kind of irresponsible person. I will communicate with Mr. Wu. 'Zhai Xian Delivery' is in Hainan. I will definitely help select a successful candidate for our project. There weren’t that many things to do at the beginning, it was mainly about handling the procedures in this department or that department. If I have time, I will still volunteer to help ‘Zhai Xianshui’, and the transition will definitely be smooth.”

Bao Tianbin and Zhang Xiangbei talked. Zhang Xiangbei thought about it and said, "Old Bao, let me think about it, okay?"

Bao Tianbin said yes.

Zhang Xiangbei returned to the room and asked Xiang Nan what happened. Zhang Xiangbei told Xiang Nan what Bao Tianbin told him, and Xiang Nan said:

"If Lao Bao is willing to help you, that's great. You really need him. If you were to work on such a big project in the valley alone, I wouldn't worry. But with Lao Bao helping you, I would be relieved. .”

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