Chapter 134: Picking up Dahei
This longevity peach attracted many people's attention as soon as it appeared. There was a "Shou" character on one side of the peach and a "Fu" character on the other side. Both sides were decorated with peach branches and there was a circle of small longevity peaches around the outside.
This type of Chinese pastry is common in northern China. It is called "huabobo" in Shandong, and "huamomo" in Shanxi and other provinces. Different pastries are made during festivals, weddings, funerals, ancestor worship, birthdays of the elderly, and full moons of children.
There are many varieties and they are extremely exquisitely made.
Due to different customs and habits, this kind of thing is rarely seen in port cities.
Fu Danqin obviously didn't expect there to be such a link.
Everyone looked at it curiously. Zhou Xuanxiong said, "Today's banquet is a combination of Chinese and Western cuisine. Since we have Western-style cakes, we naturally cannot miss Chinese-style birthday peaches. Sister Danqin, open it and take a look."
"Open?" Fu Danqin was a little puzzled.
Zhou Xuanxiong motioned for her to open the big birthday peach like opening a lid.
Fu Danqin did as she was told, and under the lid there were a pile of tiny, bite-sized mini longevity peaches.
"There are a total of one hundred and eight longevity peaches. I wish grandma lives to be one hundred and eight years old." Several grandchildren said together.
Fu Danqin was really surprised one after another today. The children didn't say that they would live to be ninety-nine? She smiled and nodded: "Okay."
Zhang Yunxian picked up a still warm peach and stuffed it into the old lady's mouth: "Try it."
The outer layer is a steamed bun skin with a milky aroma, and the inside is very delicate tangerine peel and red bean paste filling. Such a beautiful little thing is surprisingly delicious.
Old Mrs. Qiao also came over and took a small birthday peach to eat: "Come, let's share in the blessing of being 108 years old."
Friends and relatives came over one by one to take the small birthday peaches to eat, saying that it was a blessing.
In the past, Fu Danqin had never thought that there would be a day when she would be blessed by others. No matter how successful she was in her career, she was just an unlucky widow.
Fu Danqin ate the sweet longevity peach buns and thought about the person who made them.
Zhiyuan said that it was the little girl who reminded him to clear the rumor that she had raised Zhang Ankang for nothing.
Fu Danqin had heard about the saying that Zhang Ankang was useless. How could she not feel sad after hearing it? She always told herself that there was heaven above and earth below, and she just needed to be worthy of heaven and earth and had no need to explain to outsiders.
However, even Zhang Ankang himself thought so, saying that she deliberately made him useless in order not to give him the family property. Instead of deliberately making him useless, wouldn't it be better for her to let them fend for themselves?
Zhiyuan's move forced her to face reality. She had to sort things out while she was still alive and not create any trouble for the children.
Fu Danqin said, "Is Ningning done with her work?"
Zhou Xuanxiong stood up and said, "I'll go take a look."
Qiao Junxian said, "Grandpa Zhou, I'll go."
Qiao Junxian went to the kitchen familiarly.
Today's banquet is a combination of Chinese and Western styles, but when discussing the menu, the Zhang family said that it would be a buffet, but bird's nest, abalone, shark's fin, and fresh shrimp, crab, and fish must also be included.
In this way, there are Australian lobster, king crab, golden hook shark's fin, Jipin abalone, plus five-snake soup, a longevity peach bun and a crab meat soup dumpling. The Chinese dishes are not many, but they are the most important.
Today is the gathering day for many wealthy people in Hong Kong, so Yue Ning naturally did not dare to be careless. She had already brought people to distribute dry goods a few days ago, and today she was even busier. In the entire Ningyan kitchen, except for Ah Xing whose cooking skills were getting better and better and who could help her a lot, no one else could help her make birthday peaches. There were 108 birthday peaches of different sizes, and she had to make some more for backup, which took her a lot of time.
She had prepared several dishes in advance at Ningyan and had them shipped over.
She estimated that Chinese food might be popular, but didn't know it would be that popular. She had already prepared some extra soup dumplings, but they were all gone within minutes of being served. She used 40 kilograms of snake bones to make the five-snake soup, and brought over 500 servings, which were almost not enough.
After hearing the report from the front, she knew that everyone had almost finished eating and there was no need to restock a few dishes. She breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, there was nothing missing, otherwise it would have made the host lose face.
Yue Ning twisted his neck and leaned against the side to take a rest, when he saw Qiao Junxian, wearing a tuxedo and bow tie, walk in.
"Why are you in the kitchen?"
"Grandma Fu wants to see you."
It was her honor that the host wanted to meet the chef, so Yue Ning followed him out.
Qiao Junxian looked at Yue Ning, who was wearing a chef's uniform and had a tired look on her face. He said distressedly, "Take a good rest tomorrow."
"No, have you forgotten that I can pick up Dahei tomorrow. Dahei's vaccination certificate is effective." Thinking of being able to pick Dahei up, Yue Ning became more energetic.
As soon as Yue Ning appeared at the banquet, many people greeted her. She didn't know what other chefs were like? She opened a restaurant in both of her lives and made many friends.
This is why her hidden restaurant was so popular in her previous life. Is eating at her restaurant just eating? It's networking. She also helps people organize parties, make connections, and find investments and projects.
Yue Ning greeted with a smile along the way, and followed Qiao Junxian to the birthday boy. Fu Danqin took two steps to greet her: "Ningning, you have worked hard. Today's dishes are delicious."
Grandpa Zhou told Yue Ning that he and the old lady had known each other since childhood. Now that the old lady called her "Ning Ning", Yue Ning felt relieved and shouted, "I am so happy that Grandma Fu likes me."
"I like it, I like it very much." Fu Danqin stretched out her hand, "Can I hug you, baby?"
Yue Ning went over and hugged her, and Fu Danqin whispered in her ear: "Thank you for reminding Zhiyuan and giving me such a good birthday present."
Yue Ning was a little embarrassed. She said, "Actually, I thought so at the beginning. It was Sister Huiyi who told me that you are a lady from a noble family and a woman of true morality. I was ashamed of my thoughts, and when I saw the opportunity, I told Brother Zhiyuan."
What an honest child. Fu Danqin let her go: "Thank you, good child!"
This banquet that attracted all the wealthy people in the city has finally ended, but the topic about this banquet has just begun.
The next morning, Yue Ning got into Qiao Junxian's car with complete information in hand. The host on the radio said that shocking news was announced at the banquet last night. It could also be said that the long-awaited question of the ownership of the property of Mrs. Zhang, now known as Ms. Fu Danqin, had an answer.
However, Ms. Fu Danqin's decision did not affect her relationship with the two sisters Zhang Anping and Zhang Anxi at all.
And Mr. Zhang Yaoting, the head of the Zhang family, also expressed his views.
The radio station broadcast an interview recording of the second son of the Zhang family: "I am a witness to the incident. Big sister... After last night, I decided to call Ms. Fu Danqin Big sister. Big sister suffered too much injustice back then. She had a thousand reasons to refuse to raise my brother's other three children, but she chose to raise them. She has treated me like a younger brother over the years. If she doesn't want to be our eldest sister-in-law, then she is still our sister. I want to tell Ankang that she has done the greatest kindness by raising you and bringing you up."
Yue Ning had heard from Cai Zhiyuan a long time ago that the second son of the Zhang family had always believed that Zhang Ankang was the only root of the Zhang family's eldest branch and should inherit all of the Zhang family's eldest branch's property.
Now when Fu Danqin left the eldest branch of the Zhang family, the second son of the Zhang family changed his mind quickly and immediately began to support Fu Danqin.
So for many things, changing your way of thinking will open up a new world.
Later, the radio station talked about the details of the banquet last night, emphasizing that Ning Yan prepared the Chinese food for the banquet. It also said that Ning Yan had no seats available for reservation before the New Year, except for a small number of lunches on weekdays.
After parking the car, the two crossed the border together, got on the factory van, and arrived at Qiao Junxian's Pengcheng factory. As soon as they arrived at the door, Dahei came running over with his butt twisted. Yue Ning looked at Dahei, who had gained a lot of weight after not seeing him for three weeks, and asked Qiao Junxian, "Did you ask someone to feed him the pig feed from next door?"
Speaking of pig feed, Mr. Shi, who produced pig feed, came over. He already knew that the dog belonged to Yue Ning.
He asked, "Ms. Yue, can you sell this dog to us?"
"It's a member of my family. How could I sell it?" Yue Ning bent down and touched the big black dog that pounced on her.
"Miss Yue, I'm so sorry. I've been so presumptuous. This dog is really great. It has caught all the rats in our warehouse. It can also keep watch at night. Last time, a thief came over and was chased and bitten by it."
Qiao Junxian nodded Dahei's head and said, "The dog is trying to catch the rat."
Dahei didn't understand, and his pair of dark eyes looked at Yue Ning and Qiao Junxian innocently.
Yue Ning rolled his eyes at Qiao Junxian and said, "Without Dahei catching mice and rabbits, I would have starved to death. He eats for himself and leaves some for me."
"Yes, yes, yes, I saw it catch a mouse and give it to your Ah Biao." Mr. Shi said with a smile, "It is very well behaved. It won't eat meat when I give it to you. It will only eat when I give it to you and feed it. I saw that it is so good and thought that the company really needed such a dog, so I took the liberty to bring up this idea. I didn't know that it is so important to Miss Yue. I am really sorry."
"Thank you for your kindness. It looks like you really fattened it up." Yue Ning lowered his head and touched Dahei's head. "You've only been here for a few days, and you're already being poached."
After saying goodbye to Mr. Shi, Yue Ning took Dahei to the school building. Qiao Junxian's factory had already been set up, and the equipment transported over were all old. The two old masters were debugging them together with A Biao and A Gen.
Xiuxiu and Sister Ge were sewing shoe soles. When they saw them come in, they came to greet them.
Yue Ning asked them: "How are you these days?"
Sister Ge pulled Yue Ning aside and said, "Ningning, Agen and Abia still have things to do, but Xiuxiu and I just sweep the floor and clean the windows every day, and there is nothing to do. But you know that your partner still pays us a salary, more than 30 yuan per person in half a month. In my hometown, a strong laborer only gets 5 yuan a month for living expenses, and the year-end dividends add up to just over 100 yuan a year. I appreciate your willingness to take care of us. But we can't be taken care of by you for nothing, right?"
"This wage is a competitive one set by Junxian after he asked someone to investigate the wages of workers in Pengcheng and added a little more. His factory hasn't started operations yet! Once it starts operations, you will have work to do," Yue Ning said to Sister Ge.
Sister Ge shook her head: "Then you can pay us after the work starts. We can't take this salary now."
"You are already factory employees. Once you are hired, you should be paid." Yue Ning explained to her
Sister Ge insisted: "Don't pay me a salary, your Uncle Agen is working! His share is enough for the two of us to eat and drink."
Yue Ning's original plan was to let Sister Ge settle down here first. She wanted to wait until she was done with this busy period and then talk to the comrades in the import and export company to see if there were any professional jobs available for veterinarians like Sister Ge.
"Don't return this month's money. I'll talk to Junxian later. Ask him not to count you as a worker in the factory."
"That's right!"
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