"Good boy, it seems your legs and feet haven't become rusty even though I've been away for these days."
When Jiang Yilu entered the room, Huo Wu attacked him from behind the door. Jiang Yilu had been prepared for this move and dodged it flexibly. The two men then fought each other.
Huo Wu's movements were fierce and powerful. He showed no mercy and punched Jiang Yi hard. Jiang Yi had a hard time staying under his attack.
Although he could be considered diligent in practicing martial arts, he did not have the talent of Tiezhu, and he also did not have the long time and rich experience of Uncle Dawu. After struggling for ten minutes, he was defeated by Huo Wu and was pinned to the cold marble floor by Huo Wu's backhand.
"I've managed a few more moves, which is considered some progress." Huo Wu let go of Jiang Yilu's hand, stood up and stretched his fists and feet, looked at him and nodded, saying with satisfaction.
Diligence can make up for lack of talent. During the time when he was not with Xiaobao, he still did not give up these basic skills, which shows that he did not make a mistake in accepting this apprentice.
"Okay, you start fighting as soon as you meet. Xiaobao just got home and he didn't even have time to catch his breath. This is an unfair victory." Ruan Yuanjiang glanced at Huo Wu and said with a smile. As a biased old man, he now stands on Xiaobao's side.
"I'm not tired." Jiang Yilu shook his head and stretched his sore wrists and legs. Uncle Dawu had shown no mercy in the fight just now. He felt that the places where he was knocked down should have been bruised. But he didn't think that Uncle Dawu did anything wrong.
After all, your enemies will not be kind to you. Besides strengthening your body, isn't the purpose of learning martial arts to be able to protect yourself? He hopes that Uncle Da Wu can teach him more during the next period of time they spend together.
"You two masters and apprentices should just protect each other. I'm old and can't control you anymore." Old Master Ruan sat on the comfortable leather sofa and looked at the two of them with a sad expression.
Everyone knew it was a joke, so they just laughed it off and no one took it seriously.
Long before Mr. Ruan sent a letter to Jiang Yilu, he had arranged for an aunt hired by the family to carefully clean up a room. The bedding was newly replaced and the cotton was newly fluffed. In the few days before Jiang Yilu arrived, they were taken out to dry every day. They were soft and fragrant. Jiang Yilu put down his luggage and lay on the bed, reluctant to get up.
While lying on the bed, Jiang Yilu suddenly remembered the doubts he had just had.
The houses that were confiscated were all divided up, and many of them were occupied by more than a dozen families. The originally good houses were ruined, but the small house where Grandpa Bai lives now is well preserved. Whether it is the European reliefs on the exterior walls or the exquisite decorations inside the house, there is no sign of damage. Even the furniture seems to have been left behind.
Why is this?
However, Jiang Yiliu only thought about these minor issues and did not intend to delve into them. After all, it was a good thing that the house was not damaged, and it saved the money for renovation.
"Xiaobao, it's time to eat."
Uncle Huo Wu yelled downstairs. Jiang Yilu rolled over on the soft big bed greedily, let out a long breath, and climbed up.
These days, he had hardly had a good rest because of the trip to the port city. In addition to arranging the transportation of all the pickled vegetables, he also had to prepare the secret base for the pot.
Now that the year is coming to an end, everyone wants to eat something good. Jiang Yiliu really can't bear to close the hot pot restaurant that makes a lot of money. But the secret seasoning can't be told to outsiders. Finally, Jiang Yiliu thought about it and told his second sister, third sister and fourth sister who were also in the capital. It was only at this time that Jiang Erni and her sisters knew that their brother had quietly opened a store and the business was so prosperous.
The store belonged to his younger brother, and the sisters were not jealous at all. Instead, they were happy that his younger brother could make money. Jiang Yiliu told them about his idea that he wanted one of the three sisters to stay and prepare the hot pot base when he was not in the capital.
First of all, Jiang Erni was busy. Mr. Bai had informed her early on that he would let her go to the hospital to learn from him as soon as the holiday came, to gain some experience, and then go home when the New Year was approaching.
Jiang Sanni has always been most interested in food. Not only does she like to eat, she also likes to study how to make food delicious. Although her monthly living expenses are limited, in the past one or two years, Jiang Sanni has swept through the famous canteen windows of most universities in the capital.
So when Jiang Yilu mentioned this matter, she was moved and volunteered to help.
My grandmother would make hot pot several times every winter. Apart from a few new bases developed under the inspiration of Jiang Yilu, Jiang Sanni quickly mastered the other bases. And she was not alone, Sini also helped her. After Jiang Yilu taught her several times, she gradually got the hang of it.
When it comes to food, maybe foodies are really more knowledgeable.
Although Jiang Sanni had only been in this business for a short time, she had helped Jiang Yilu a lot. First of all, she knew how to eat and could sensitively distinguish the quality of ingredients. Although most of Jiang Yilu's current ingredients were collected uniformly from the rural areas near the capital, the quality of vegetables, chickens, ducks, fish and meat provided by different families was slightly different.
Not long after Jiang Sanni took over the shop, she quickly turned down several suppliers whose vegetables were a little old and whose chicken and duck eggs were not fresh, and established long-term supply relationships with some honest farmers. As long as the quality was guaranteed, she would give priority to that supplier.
In order to maintain the business for a long time, the other party dared not do anything small.
Secondly, Jiang Sanni also added a lot of ingredients to the hot pot restaurant, such as crispy meatballs with water chestnuts, fish tofu, a specialty of Province Z, which the third aunt had sent to the siblings, and soft and sticky rice noodles... Some hot pot dishes that Jiang Yiliu had not thought of for the time being were enriched little by little by Jiang Sanni, and the already sufficient dishes became even more dazzling, making the diners who came here unable to help but be dazzled.
Looking at his third sister running around the capital, trying to find more and better sources of goods, and his fourth sister helping her run the store, Jiang Yilu finally felt relieved.
Thinking back to the present, Jiang Yilu tidied his messy hair and walked downstairs quickly.
There were four dishes and one soup on the table, all of which were Jiang Yilu's favorite dishes.
Duck soup, drunken crab, mushrooms and Chinese cabbage, boiled chicken and fried shrimp, both meat and vegetables, both land and sea, three people can eat a rich meal, in order to take care of Jiang Yilu's taste, Mr. Ruan specially reminded the aunt at home to change the sweet fried shrimp that Haicheng people are used to eating to salty and spicy. Jiang Yilu, who was growling with hunger, almost swallowed his saliva when he smelled the fragrance of the food.
These meals were cooked by the old aunt hired by the family. Although her cooking skills could not compare with those of Old Lady Miao, they were still pretty good. Aunt Hong did not eat with them. Her home was not far from the Ruan family. Old Man Ruan gave her 40 yuan a month and she was responsible for cleaning, washing and cooking.
Normally, she can go home to take care of her grandchildren. The work is leisurely but the salary is quite high. For Aunt Hong, who has a rural household registration and cannot eat the food supply in the city, this is an extremely good job.
After the three of them finished their meal, Aunt Hong would help wash the dishes and then go home to cook and eat with her family.
"Bang, bang, bang." There was the sound of knocking on the big iron gate outside the western-style building.
Ruan Yuanjiang, who was originally chatting kindly with Jiang Yilu, put down the bowl and chopsticks in his hands, with a somewhat ugly look on his face.
"Sir, I'll go and take a look first." Ruan Yuanjiang has now resumed his position as professor, so Aunt Hong has always called him Mr. Ruan.
She came out of the kitchen, wiped her wet hands on her apron, and walked out of the house.
"If it's those people, just let them go." Ruan Yuanjiang said lightly. Aunt Hong obviously knew what he meant and nodded.
Who were those people? Jiang Yiliu thought about it and soon figured it out.
"This is my father's room, why can't you let us in?"
"Dad, I've brought your grandchildren to see you. Please let this woman let us in."
"dad"
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The loud shouting outside could be heard clearly in the house. Ruan Yuanjiang moved the corners of his mouth, picked up the chopsticks, and said to Jiang Yiliu and Huo Wu: "Eat, the food is getting cold."
At the beginning, those confiscated things from the Ruan family had not been returned yet, and those people wanted to curry favor with the old man in exchange for the opportunity to enjoy a good life in Gangcheng. Now, the dozen or so houses confiscated from the Ruan family have been returned, and old man Ruan has also received a considerable compensation. How could those people who live a hard life just watch and not covet it?
Jiang Yilu thought that it seemed that the lesson he had taught them in the past was not enough, which was why they still had the energy and shamelessness to disturb Grandpa Ruan's peace.
Because of the interruption of those people, the originally happy meal suddenly became dull. Although Ruan Yuanjiang was talking to Jiang Yiliu with a forced smile, Jiang Yiliu could see that Grandpa Ruan was upset.
Being betrayed by his own flesh and blood has always been a thorn in his heart, a thorn that cannot be removed. As long as those people continue to appear in front of Grandpa Ruan, this uncomfortable and depressed mood will not disappear.
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The day after Jiang Yi stayed there, they set off for Shenzhen City, because if they wanted to go to Gangcheng, they had to pass through Shenzhen City.
It took five days of layer-by-layer inspection and review, and Ruan Yuanjiang and his two companions finally set foot on the port city's land on the fifth day after arriving in Shenzhen.
Ruan Yuanjiang's second brother sent a driver to the border early to meet them. The three people got on the car and were excited and nervous. After all these years, I don't know what Ruan Ruan has become.
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