Chapter 123
We had a day off on May 1st, Labor Day. We had planned to go out for dinner, but we were worried about the large number of people going out that day, so we went to a state-owned restaurant before noon.
The state-owned restaurant where they had dinner this time was the one where Bi Chunliu and Xing Fei first met, because Bi Weiguo said that his master said that the chef of this restaurant was from the Northeast, and his sweet and sour pork and stir-fried pork slices were very authentic.
Master Cai was familiar with the chefs at all the state-owned restaurants, so Bi Weiguo's words made Bi Qiuguo feel excited, as if he had learned the specialties of all the chefs in Nanshan. He even said that when he had money in the future, he would definitely try the specialties of all four state-owned restaurants! Then, Bi Weiguo named him the best eater in the family.
When they arrived at the state-owned restaurant, Xing Fei and Bi Weiguo went to order food, while Bi Chunliu and her two sisters looked for a seat. After finding a suitable seat, she let her two younger sisters sit down. Bi Chunliu went out again. She went to buy some sweet drinks to drink and also to reward Xing Fei who had returned home from a business trip.
Arriving at the supply and marketing cooperative, Bi Chunliu didn't look at anything else but headed straight for the soda counter. After buying her soda, she noticed the crowd at the pastry counter. She remembered Wang Xiaojun's announcement that Fang Yuanyuan was pregnant and how she'd asked her to make some chili sauce once the peppers were ready. After some thought, Bi Chunliu decided she could make a successful chili sauce business without having to start any other business. She wasn't worried about her grandmother's disapproval, as the chili sauce she was making wasn't the Korean recipe she'd taught her.
He walked around to the pastry counter and glanced at Fang Yuanyuan, who was standing behind the counter with her belly bulging, helping someone get something. After the buyer left, Bi Chunliu quickly went up to her and said hello, then told her that they couldn't make chili sauce yet because there was no chili sauce on the market.
Fang Yuanyuan whispered, "My mother-in-law's family is from the Northeast. They built a greenhouse there. My mother-in-law said she asked her brother to plant some, and then asked my husband to pick it up when the time comes."
Greenhouse?!
Bi Chunliu hadn't even realized greenhouses existed! If they were, the growth cycles of various vegetables would surely be less affected by the natural environment. It turns out that various industries have been slowly developing without him realizing it.
"Okay, then when your brother-in-law gets it, just ask him to send it to me." Bi Chunliu also gave Fang Yuanyuan the address of the courtyard.
Fang Yuanyuan put the note away and whispered into Bi Chunliu's ear, "Actually, I'm not eating for myself. You know our director? He's the one who married his daughter's classmate after his first wife died."
Bi Chunliu: Wow~!
She had heard Zhao Mei share this story, but she didn't know that this person was the director of the supply and marketing cooperative! She also heard Zhao Mei say that this man's daughter and his second wife have a good relationship until now. Many people who thought that they were going to fight didn't understand why it would develop like this. They all thought that they should have a big fight and then break up. In fact, Bi Chunliu also thought so, but she also thought that if the daughter thought that she had to have a stepmother anyway, it would be better to have someone with whom she had a good relationship.
"The wife I married later got pregnant last year and wanted to eat spicy and sour food, anyway, she wanted to eat anything. I don't know where he heard that my grandmother praised the chili sauce I bought for her, so he asked me for the chili sauce for his wife.
It turns out the guy actually liked it. Our director, while not a very reputable person in his private life, has a keen eye for the job. He told me that if I ever make chili sauce, I can sell it at our supply and marketing cooperative. He also said that if I wanted to sell it, he knew people at the pickle factory. Originally, chili peppers were seasonal, making it difficult to sell them all the time. But now with greenhouses, growing chili peppers in winter is no longer uncommon.
Chunliu, what do you think? I haven't told the director about this yet. If you have any ideas, I'll tell him. It will also help us sell more greenhouse vegetables."
Bi Chunliu knew that greenhouse vegetables had no trouble selling. She still remembered the precious tomatoes and cucumbers during the Chinese New Year.
"Sister Yuanyuan, can I go back and think about it?" Bi Chunliu didn't expect such an unexpected gain. She originally wanted to say that she couldn't buy peppers, but now she knows that there are not only peppers, but she may also have other out-of-season vegetables to eat in the future.
"Okay, there's no rush. Once the chili sauce is ready, you can make it for me first, and I'll give a bottle to the director's wife." Fang Yuanyuan readily agreed. She was hoping to get a deal on chili sauce, so she could get a good deal with the director. The director's cousin's older sister was Xiang, who worked in the Finance Department. Xiang was going to live with her daughter. If she could get a good deal with the director, she could then help her sister-in-law find a job for Xiang.
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On the other side, inside the state-owned hotel.
"Where is your elder sister?" Xing Fei asked after ordering the dishes and walking to his seat. How come his wife disappeared when he turned around?
Bi Qiuguo: "Sister went to buy soda. Brother-in-law, what did you two order?"
Bi Weiguo sat down and said, "Pot in Pot, Braised Pork, Stir-fried Pork, Three Fresh Vegetables, Shepherd's Purse Dumplings, and Mixed Vegetables."
Bi Qiuguo grinned, then sighed, "My third sister was so busy studying this year that we all forgot to go to the mountains to pick wild vegetables." She remembered last year's locust flower nest and spicy rabbit, and whispered, "Brother-in-law, last year my eldest sister caught a wild rabbit in the mountains and made spicy rabbit for us."
"So amazing?! I won't go to work tomorrow and go up the mountain to take a look. If I can catch anything, I'll make something delicious." Xing Fei thought that since he was going to stay at home anyway, he might as well try his luck.
"What delicious food do you want to make?" Bi Chunliu came back with five bottles of soda.
Xing Fei took the soda and asked the three of them to take a bottle each. Then he said, "He said he was going up the mountain to look for wild vegetables or something. What took you so long to come back?"
"Oh, oh. I just spoke to Sister Yuanyuan for a few words. She... let's talk about it when we get home." Bi Chunliu finished speaking, wondering why he hadn't felt like going up the mountain this year. Could it be that he wasn't so hungry anymore? That couldn't be right.
"Tomorrow is Sunday, shall we go together? I still remember where that locust tree is. Let's go see if there are any still there. I can pick some and make locust flower rice. I remember the locust flower dumplings I made last year were very sweet."
"Okay, okay!" Bi Qiuguo still remembered that there were not many people at home last year, so her elder sister did not make locust flower rice.
Bi Xiahe smiled at her and pinched her sister's hand. This year, there was more flesh on her hand, not just skin covering bones. "When it comes to food, our Qiuguo has everything."
"Hahaha……"
After a while, the waiter called out from the window, "Table one, your food is ready."
Xing Fei, Bi Chunliu and Bi Weiguo went to serve the dishes. The waiter followed behind them and each of them brought six bowls of rice, five for their table and one for the table next to them.
"Wow~ Sister, you are so awesome!" Bi Qiuguo used several awesome words to praise the waitress. The waitress was so impressed that she couldn't stop smiling. She kept saying "No way, no way" embarrassedly, showing the humble pride of Dahua Country vividly.
When all the dishes were served, Bi Chunliu said, "Eat quickly. If it's not enough, just add more." Her bold words made the guests at the next table look at her. What kind of family is this?
We are a family and there is no need for you to push us around to pretend to be polite. Chopsticks are flying and no one is talking. The only sounds on the table are the sounds of picking up food and eating rice.
When no one was talking, people ate very quickly. The five of us finished our meal in just over half an hour.
Seeing that Xing Fei's belly was bulging from eating so much, Bi Chunliu glared at him and said, "You're such an adult, but you have no restraint when eating!"
Leaving the state-owned restaurant, Bi Chunliu glanced at Xing Fei, who was walking slowly, and said to him jokingly, "Are you feeling better now?"
Xing Fei laughed and nodded repeatedly, "Comfortable, comfortable!"
"Oh, I forgot to ask you yesterday, have you been to see Dad?" Bi Chunliu had been visiting Han Zhong almost weekly since they got married. The day before yesterday, she'd bought over a pound of beef and given half a pound to the old man. He'd asked her if Xing Fei had returned, and Bi Chunliu had said no, prompting Han Zhong to curse her out, not even bothering to send a message home.
Xing Fei nodded. "I told you, I went for a walk before picking you up yesterday afternoon. When the old man saw me, he just hummed but didn't say anything. He was busy playing chess with Uncle Wang and the others."
"Sister, how about we go to the mountain this afternoon? My classmate said there are a lot of fish in the river north of Green Mountain. Shall we go fishing?" During one of the holidays, Bi Qiuguo just wanted to go out and play.
Bi Chunliu looked unhappy. "Did you and Liu He get the fish from that place during the Chinese New Year?"
Bi Weiguo shook his head. "The river is wide, so we didn't go there. We caught fish in a small river. But I guess that small river also branches off from the big river. Sister, let's not go fishing. It's better to go to the mountains now. Of course, the best time is later, when there will be more delicious food."
He had heard his master talk about how to make beggar's chicken a while ago, but unfortunately his eldest sister said that it couldn't be made at home, and there were no lotus leaves now. It would be great if he could find a pheasant in the summer and try making beggar's chicken.
Bi Chunliu had no objection. If they didn't go today, they would go tomorrow. She glanced at Xing Fei and said that if Xing Fei wanted to sleep at home, then the four sisters would go for a walk in the mountains first.
"If you want to go, then we can go. Now, go back and pack your things?"
"good!"
"Hey, you're finally back. Chunliu, someone's looking for you. They're waiting for you at my house."
As soon as the group turned the corner, they met He Xi who was in a hurry to go out and a strange young man. Seeing Bi Chunliu, He Xi could finally put his mind at ease about his child.
She said anxiously and embarrassedly, "Chunliu, are you going out this afternoon? Can Gao Xin and Gao Nian have dinner at your house? His father and Gao Bu have returned to the countryside, and Tiantian has returned to her parents' home with the children. My brother said my father fell, and I have to go to the hospital quickly."
With such an emergency, the plan to go up the mountain naturally failed.
Bi Chunliu agreed: "Okay, sister-in-law, just don't worry. Go quickly. I'll take care of her sister and brother's meals. If no one comes back from your house at night, let them sleep at my house."
"Okay, thank you very much." He Xi shook Bi Chunliu's hand with gratitude and followed his brother.
Xing Fei, Bi Xiahe, and Bi Weiguo opened the door and went home, while Bi Chunliu took Bi Qiuguo to Gao's house. At the same time, she was wondering who was looking for her. Could it be that Zhaodi and her husband had finished taking the medicine?
"Sister Gao Xin, Gao Nian, my elder sister and I are here!" Bi Qiuguo called out as soon as he entered Gao's house.
The door curtain opened, and the person who came out of the room was not Gao Xin and Gao Nian, but a young man, followed by a young woman who was staring at Bi Chunliu.
Bi Chunliu: Who is this?
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