Chapter 145 The Value of Recipes
Time flies.
It was New Year's Eve in a blink of an eye.
Early in the morning, Su Dapeng came and took away the 40 [Dezhou Braised Chickens] that were made last night and hurriedly delivered them to people. These braised chickens will become a dish for the New Year's Eve dinner of some families, and those who don't have some means can't buy them even if they want to.
Du Shaojie made some more yesterday, and in the morning he took the time to send a [Dezhou Braised Chicken] to Principal Mao's family, Liang Meiqin's family, Chen Jizhou's family, Zhai Yucheng's family, as well as Liao Yongxin, Dong Yunxian and Zhong Fuxiang.
Yao Liwen and Wang Xuejun didn't get this treatment. After all, their relationship was not that deep. Sending things rashly would make it look like flattery, which would be bad.
Liao Yongxin kept his word and brought his wife over before the New Year. The day before New Year's Eve, his son and his family also arrived.
Wang Liwen finally couldn't avoid the duty. She worked the night shift on New Year's Eve and couldn't come to Du Shaojie's house for dinner.
Du Shaojie got a haircut at work in the morning and then ran outside. He said that he didn't have a holiday today, but in fact, the company had been on duty at noon, so he returned home early.
As soon as he entered the house, he started to get busy. This year's New Year's Eve dinner has eight dishes and one soup, including [Scallion-fried Sea Cucumber].
The sea cucumber started to swell a few days in advance. This thing has been in Du Shaojie's storage space for a long time, and it was not taken out until now. The main reason is that there has been no chance, just taking advantage of the New Year to let the family taste it.
At half past six, the eight dishes and one soup were served, and Wang Yuxiu, Xiaomei, and Xiaoya looked at Du Shaojie.
"It's the New Year, I wish our family a better life, I wish my mother good health, I wish Xiaomei a good score, and I wish Xiaoya to grow up healthily! Come on, use your chopsticks."
Du Shaojie said a few auspicious words symbolically, and everyone started to eat together.
The most popular dish is [Scallion-fried Sea Cucumber]. After all, Wang Yuxiu, Xiaomei, and Xiaoya have never eaten it before. After tasting it, it is indeed delicious.
To be honest, although Du Shaojie is a good cook, he has no time to cook at home.
He is often invited to banquets during breaks. Sometimes Xiaomei and Xiaoya can eat his brother's cooking once or twice a month.
Du Shaojie opened a bottle of wine and drank by himself.
At this moment, he suddenly thought of Liang Meiqin. Recently, he often read newspapers and listened to the radio. The southern line has been restless.
If he remembered correctly, the charge on the southern line was about to sound. I wonder if Liang Meiqin will participate in it?
I hope she will be safe.
After dinner, Xiaomei and Xiaoya went out to set off firecrackers, and Du Shaojie took his lunch box and rode his bike to the People's Hospital.
"Wow, so many delicious foods, there are sea cucumbers!"
Wang Liwen is on the night shift today and will not get off work until the early morning.
The unit arranged meals before, but she didn't eat them, so she waited for Du Shaojie to deliver them.
When she opened the lunch box, the fragrance hit her face. He brought a total of four dishes, including [Scallion-fried Sea Cucumber].
When they came, the lunch box was wrapped with two layers of cotton pads, and the journey was not far, so the food was still hot.
Wang Liwen was not polite and started eating directly.
"If you really can't eat anymore, I'll keep the remaining dishes and return the lunch box to you later. You should go back and rest early, and don't have to sit on the bench with me."
Wang Liwen actually wanted to keep Du Shaojie. She got off work at one o'clock in the morning, and she wanted to go back to her residence to have a few drinks with him.
However, he would definitely say hello to Wang Yuxiu when he came out to deliver the food, and she was afraid of causing misunderstandings from the elders.
Du Shaojie didn't say anything, sat for a while, and then got up and left.
When he got home, Xiaomei and Xiaoya were still waiting for him, so the family of four sat at the table and started playing poker. The radio was playing the crosstalk performed by Teacher Ma and Teacher Tang, which was very joyful.
After playing for more than an hour, Xiaomei and Xiaoya couldn't stand it anymore, so they went into the house to sleep.
"Xiaojie, Mom is much healthier now. I want to find something to do after the New Year. Don't you know someone from the supply and marketing cooperative? If I open a sales agency, do you think it's okay?"
Wang Yuxiu and Du Shaojie were still staying up all night. There was a pot of tea, several plates of melon seeds, peanuts and candies on the table.
The two chatted while eating melon seeds, and Wang Yuxiu suddenly talked about her plan.
Her health has indeed improved a lot. Sometimes she doesn't feel tired even if she sits in front of the sewing machine for an hour or two. However, manual work does not bring much income, so she thought about doing
some small business. She didn't have a job in the first place. In the past few years, she was not in good health and couldn't even get into the small collective enterprise in the street. She didn't care about what others thought of her.
"Sales agency? There's no point, right?"
Du Shaojie didn't object to his mother doing something within her ability, but he was not very interested in the "sales agency" she proposed.
Sales agencies have always existed. In name, they belong to the terminal sales outlets of the supply and marketing cooperatives and are operated by individuals. The business scope is mainly soy sauce, vinegar, salt, loose wine, and some small miscellaneous items such as candles and matches.
There is only one agency store in Chunfeng Lane, and some people have to walk a long way to buy soy sauce, which is very inconvenient. According to the radiation range of the agency points, it is more reasonable to set up four or five agency stores in Chunfeng Lane.
Wang Yuxiu's idea is correct, but the problem is that this thing can't make much money.
The supply and marketing cooperative has set the purchase and sale prices for the agency stores, leaving only 5% of the profit in the middle. What can it do?
"Is it difficult to do? Then forget it. Mom will think about it again."
Wang Yuxiu followed the advice and gave up the idea of opening an agency store.
She thought that the [Dezhou Braised Chicken] made by her son should be good. Just look at how busy Su Dapeng is all day long, and you will know that it is very profitable. But she can't compete with the little guy for business, right?
She couldn't do that, so she didn't mention it.
Du Shaojie understood his mother's thoughts this time, but he didn't say anything, just thinking about it secretly in his heart.
New Year's Day.
Du Shaojie went out to pay New Year's greetings in the morning. He went around the Electric Power Industry Bureau, Guangyuan Hotel, and Chunfeng Lane. He didn't miss any of them.
Finally, he arrived at Liang Meiqin's house, and Liang's father insisted on taking him to drink.
He didn't refuse. When he said goodbye and left, he was a little dizzy. After all, he was a little drunk.
When he got home, he found that many people had come to his house.
Huang Tingting, Xiao Jianjun, Deng Gang, Gao Guoqiang, Yang Li and others came to pay him New Year's greetings. It was really hard for them to find the old house.
Su Dapeng was there too. He came to pay New Year's greetings to Wang Yuxiu before, and happened to meet guests at home. Du Shaojie was not at home, so he helped to greet Huang Tingting and others.
This guy is good at talking, and soon he was chatting with several people enthusiastically.
"Master Du, Happy New Year!"
"Happy New Year! Everyone sit down, why are you standing up?"
Xiaomei, Xiaoya and their classmates made an appointment to go to the teacher to wish a happy new year, and they haven't come back yet.
Wang Yuxiu had some leftovers at noon, and she wanted to make a few dishes again because there were guests at home.
"Don't leave, I'll make some food, and have a drink together."
The theme of the New Year is eating and drinking. Huang Tingting and the others came to the house for the first time, so Du Shaojie had to show his appreciation.
Several apprentices wanted to refuse, but Du Shaojie went to the kitchen without saying anything. The cold dishes were ready, including braised beef, Texas braised chicken, and a cold three-shredded dish and fried peanuts.
The hot dishes were two home-cooked dishes, and the emphasis was on speed.
Afterwards, Du Shaojie took out two bottles of wine and motioned Su Dapeng to drink a few glasses with the others. He himself couldn't drink anymore, so he could only show his appreciation.
Huang Tingting and Yang Li could drink two glasses, and Xiao Jianjun and the other three men could drink quite well. A bottle of wine was soon finished, and Du Shaojie wanted to open another bottle, but was stopped by them.
"Master Du, we've eaten and drunk well, and we have something to do later, so we'll leave first."
Huang Tingting and the others were embarrassed to disturb him for too long, so they drank some wine and ate some staple food before saying goodbye and leaving.
Su Dapeng helped Du Shaojie clean up the mess, and sat quietly at the table drinking tea.
"What's wrong? What's on your mind during the New Year?"
Du Shaojie glanced at him, picked up an apple and threw it over.
Su Dapeng's reaction was quite fast. After reaching out to catch the apple, he gently placed it on the table, and then sighed:
"I went to pay New Year's greetings to Section Chief Guo in the morning, and he kept asking about the recipe of [Dezhou Braised Chicken] in a roundabout way. I said that the recipe was not in my hands, and Section Chief Guo was a little unhappy at the time, and he turned his face away from me during the New Year."
Du Shaojie nodded, and this matter did not surprise him.
"An innocent man is guilty of possessing a treasure." His [Dezhou Braised Chicken] is very popular, so it is inevitable that he will be targeted by people with ulterior motives.
At that time, he only learned the basic recipe in the simulation training. Later, after his repeated improvements, the taste became better and better, and the comprehensive evaluation (simulation evaluation) was also higher and higher.
Du Shaojie was successful because he was a hacker.
He could try again and again in the simulation training, and he didn't care about the "trial and error cost" at all. If someone else tried it? Even if he went bankrupt, he might not get anything.
This recipe embodies Du Shaojie's countless efforts and sweat, and there is no reason to tell others easily.
"Dapeng, you don't have to care about Chief Guo's attitude. From last year to this year, the contract responsibility system has been quietly tried out in some places, and it will be fully promoted in the next two years.
What does this mean? It means that the supply of agricultural and sideline products will become more and more sufficient, and we really don't need to look at Guo's face. You take meat from him and pay tribute to him, but he is still not satisfied. There
is no need to discuss the recipe, I will not hand it over. Besides, there are more than one meat processing plant. If you have difficulty buying white striped chicken in the future, tell me and I will help you find a way."
Du Shaojie was not comforting the other party, it was indeed the general trend.
At the end of last year, Xiaogang Village secretly started the contract responsibility system, and many places quickly followed suit, forming a trend of sparks spreading across the prairie.
Probably by next year, the higher authorities will introduce policies to implement the "contract responsibility system" throughout the country, which will greatly stimulate the production enthusiasm of the majority of farmers.
Contracting production to households and vigorously developing the planting and breeding economy will naturally greatly enrich the supply of agricultural and sideline products.
In the future, the usefulness of various tickets will gradually decrease, and everyone can buy all kinds of meat without tickets in the free market. The price is a little higher, but there is no quantitative restriction.
Therefore, he told Su Dapeng not to take Section Chief Guo too seriously. If they can communicate, they can communicate. If they can't communicate, forget it.
(End of this chapter)
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