"Dad, I heard that the Drum Tower Lamb Soup in Longcheng is good. How about we go and try it?"
At this time, Du Chen suggested.
Shanjin has been located on the frontier since ancient times, and Yuncheng is the famous Yunzhou, one of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun. Because of its frontier location, there is a lot of ethnic integration.
For example, Yuncheng residents prefer mutton. During Chinese New Year and other festivals, wealthier families would buy a whole sheep and over ten to twenty pounds of beef. While pork is also eaten, it's clearly not as popular as mutton or beef.
Du Chen had once drunk the Gulou mutton soup in Longcheng. This time when he came to Longcheng, Du Chen suddenly remembered this delicacy, so he directly suggested going to drink the mutton soup.
Comrade Lao Du originally loved eating mutton and mutton offal, so when he heard about drinking mutton soup, he agreed without saying a word.
"Wife, how about we go drink some mutton soup?"
Comrade Lao Du had just agreed to Du Chen, and immediately asked about his wife in a flattering manner.
"Okay, let's drink mutton soup!"
"Mom and Dad, why don't you ask me?"
"Okay, Du Bin, would you like some mutton soup?"
"Hah! Let's go, Dad. I'm hungry too."
"Look at you, you forced me to ask you, and in the end you still want to drink mutton soup! You're really taking it off..."
Comrade Lao Du was mumbling something, but before he could finish his words, Du Chen's mother patted him.
"The children are here, what are you talking about?"
"It's my fault, it's my fault. Let's go drink mutton soup now. Wait a minute, I'll go down and ask for directions!"
After a while, Comrade Lao Du found out everything, and the family drove directly to Gulou.
The road was not far, and after a while, the car arrived at the store door.
At the waiter's invitation, several people came to a small table, ordered their food and picked it up at the window.
Gulou Mutton Soup is also a time-honored restaurant in Longcheng. Although it was already evening, the restaurant was still crowded. Through the glass, you can see a large kitchen with several large pots inside, and milky white mutton soup was bubbling in the pots.
Each member of Du Chen's family ordered a bowl of mutton soup, and saw the chef in the kitchen quickly cutting the mutton, liver, lungs and other offal, then putting them in a large colander, putting them into the boiling mutton soup, blanching them for a while, and then pouring them into a large open bowl. Then another spoonful of milky white mutton soup was poured into the bowl and sprinkled with coriander. In this way, a bowl of mutton soup was ready.
A few roujiamo and a bowl of mutton soup for each person, everyone was full.
"Dad, the mutton soup is free to refill. You can add more soup if you want."
Seeing that Comrade Lao Du was wiping his mouth with a look of reluctance, Du Chen reminded Comrade Lao Du that he could get more soup for free.
"Really? Then I'll have another bowl!"
When Comrade Lao Du heard that he could refill his soup for free, he immediately took his bowl to the window and ordered another bowl of mutton soup.
After eating and drinking, the family drove again to find a place to live.
Comrade Lao Du took out the map of Longcheng City he had prepared in advance, gestured on the map for a long time, and drove off. After a while, he arrived at a slightly old courtyard.
"Lao Du, where is this?"
After getting off the car, Du Chen's mother asked Comrade Lao Du curiously.
"This is the Longcheng Bureau Guesthouse. I asked Mi Duan to write a letter of introduction before I came here. This is the guesthouse we can stay in."
Comrade Lao Du explained and then led his wife and children into the guesthouse.
Everything was settled. It was already eleven o'clock in the evening. The family was a little impatient and prepared to wash up and go to bed. They had important things to do tomorrow, so they didn't dawdle.
Fortunately, the railway system is relatively wealthy, and Mi Duan's letter of introduction is quite powerful. Comrade Lao Du and his companions lived in a suite, which was just enough for two people to share a room. Lying on the bed, they fell asleep one after another.
…
Du Chen woke up early the next morning. He had a good night's rest. Although he only rested for seven or eight hours, all the fatigue from the previous night was gone.
"Son, did you sleep well last night?"
Du Chen was lying on the bed and daydreaming when his mother came in and asked him.
"I slept well, Mom. How about you? Why don't you sleep a little longer?"
"I've rested well too, I can't sleep anymore."
"Boss, boss, get up."
After Du Chen's mother finished speaking to Du Chen, she called Du Bin who was standing beside her.
Without calling out twice, Du Bin opened his eyes and sat up. It was obvious that he was still asleep.
"Son? Wake up! Let's go out and do some work. After we're done, you can play or sleep as you like, okay?"
It was rare for Du Chen's mother to gently call Du Bin to get up. When he went to school, his mother had already thrown back the quilt.
“Ah~”
When he heard the words "do business and go out to play", Du Bin obviously woke up and stretched hard.
After a simple breakfast at the guesthouse, the family drove to their destination - the "Student Times" magazine.
After searching for a long time along the map and asking people twice, Du Chen and his family finally arrived at the magazine office.
"Student Times" is affiliated with Longcheng Daily, so both companies have offices in the same compound.
When they arrived at the gate, Du Chen's room 212 was stopped by the security guard, and Comrade Lao Du immediately took out the invitation letter from the magazine.
"Look, comrade, the magazine invited us here to discuss publishing."
Comrade Lao Du handed the invitation letter to the security guard. Although he was just a security guard, it depended on which security guard he was.
Longcheng Daily is the mouthpiece of the Longcheng Municipal Government and an official agency. If any misunderstanding occurs, it will be difficult to explain and may even affect Du Chen.
The guard took the invitation letter, looked at it, and then returned it to Comrade Lao Du.
"Wait a moment, I'll go inside and make a phone call to ask."
The guard also said something politely.
Du Chen sat in the back row and watched the doorman enter the lobby. He picked up the phone on the table, dialed a few words, and then walked out.
"Just go in and stop the car. Someone will come down to pick you up right away."
The guard opened the gate and pointed to the open space over there and said to Comrade Lao Du.
Comrade Lao Du quickly did as he was told.
After parking, the family got out and waited for someone to pick them up. Du Chen also took a quick look around. The buildings were typical of that era. The office building's exterior was a simple cement gray, without the numerous air conditioner units that were later installed.
There are many trees planted in the yard, and there are only a few cars parked in the huge parking lot. However, there is a bicycle shed at the gate with bicycles parked inside.
There are distinctive slogans on the courtyard wall, but there are no later propaganda columns. The whole courtyard looks very clean, and there is no noise from cars. Occasionally, you can hear the chirping of birds.
"Hello, are you the parents of Du Chen and Du Bin?"
Just as Du Chen was looking around the yard, a fair-skinned young man wearing glasses walked towards Du Chen and the others, greeting them as he approached.
"Hello comrades! We are the parents of Du Bin and Du Chen. These two are Du Bin and Du Chen!"
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