When I woke up in the morning, the wind was rustling outside, and the fallen leaves were swirling down from the branches, leaving a ground full of dead branches and leaves.
Xiaoliu was cooing in the yard, and after cooing twice, she laid an egg.
Tong Xuelu woke up, looked at the light outside the window, stretched her back, and then got up for breakfast.
She came out of the quilt, shivered, and then sneezed, waking up the little ball on the bed.
Tong Mianmian blinked her long and thick eyelashes, revealing her rosy face from under the quilt: "Sister, are you going to get up?"
Tong Xuelu rubbed her head: "You can still sleep for a while, sister will call you later."
Tong Mianmian smacked her lips twice and muttered: "Sister, Mianmian just saw Xiaojiu."
Seen?
It should be a dream, right?
Tong Xuelu asked while getting dressed: "What did Xiaojiu say to you?"
"Xiaojiu said he wanted to be Mianmian's wife, but Mianmian refused him."
"Puchi--"
Tong Xuelu couldn't help laughing when she heard it: "Why did you refuse Xiaojiu? Isn't Xiaojiu very beautiful? How nice it would be to be your wife?"
After the words fell, the little dumpling did not answer, and closed his eyes and fell asleep again.
Tong Xuelu covered her with a blanket and went out to make breakfast.
As soon as she opened the door, the autumn wind blew over, and she couldn't help shivering again.
It's really cold.
But it's better to be a little cold, so that her next project will have a market when it is launched.
Tong Jiaming has already gotten up. As usual, he went to the study to review his homework after cooking the porridge.
Compared with Tong Jiaxin, he is really self-disciplined and hardworking.
Tong Xuelu went to pick up the eggs laid by Xiaoliu. Xiaoliu saw her and cooed, as if to take credit, saying "Look, I laid eggs again."
Tong Xuelu: "I know, I'll make you something delicious later."
The drama dog Yuebing behind him heard about food and was more excited than Xiaoliu. He jumped around and scared Xiaoliu to giggle.
Tong Xuelu took the eggs and made some fried eggs, and also fried some vegetables, so it was a combination of meat and vegetables.
After dinner, she sent Tong Mianmian, who still didn't get enough sleep, to the Wei family, and gave her the money for this month's meals.
Shen Wanrong accepted the money after a while of nagging.
When they arrived at the hotel, Meng Qingqing and a few others had already arrived.
They didn't know what they were talking about, but Guo Chunyu laughed so hard that her face turned red, and her voice was so loud that you could hear her laughter from far away.
Guo Chunyu saw Tong Xuelu and joked with a smile: "Manager Tong, you're here. We've been waiting in front of the door for a long time!"
Tong Xuelu smiled but said nothing.
She felt that the current situation was good. She didn't have to see Tan Xiaoyan's square face as soon as she arrived, and she didn't have to be scolded from time to time.
After opening the door and going in, Tong Xuelu gave them a meeting before cleaning.
"From today on, we have to prepare for war. I plan to restore our hotel's turnover to the previous level within half a month!"
Guo Chunyu: "Manager Tong, what are we going to do next?"
Tong Xuelu glanced at them with her almond-shaped eyes and said word by word: "Make spicy hot pot!"
Spicy hot pot?
Meng Qingqing and the other two had confusion in their eyes.
Tong Xuelu explained: "Malatang is to put meat and vegetables on bamboo sticks and cook them together in sauce and soup. Qingqing, did you bring the things I asked you to bring?"
Meng Qingqing nodded quickly and took out a large bag of bamboo sticks: "My dad said that this is all we have now, and we will bring another batch in two days."
Guo Chunyu and Guo Weiping came up and looked at the bamboo sticks in the bag with curiosity.
Tong Xuelu took out the bamboo sticks and checked them, then nodded with satisfaction.
The bamboo sticks were made of uniform size and smooth surface, so there was no need to worry about cutting your mouth when eating.
Today's craftsmen are really amazing!
When she came back from the meeting at the Ministry of Commerce that day, she thought of using the Malatang method.
She had also thought about using a hot pot before, but she quickly rejected the idea because the hot pot was too time-consuming.
Now the hotel only has a few pots, so making hot pot is not practical.
But making malatang is much simpler. As long as the ingredients and seasonings are prepared, the food can be delicious, and it does not take up any tools or space.
So when she returned to the hotel that day, she asked Meng Qingqing if her father could make bamboo sticks.
She had heard Meng Qingqing say before that her father could make all kinds of furniture with bamboo, and many people in the production team asked him to do work.
Meng Qingqing nodded as soon as she heard it. Making bamboo sticks is much simpler than making furniture.
Tong Xuelu: "Very good, you go back and tell your father to make another batch according to this."
This is a normal purchase, purchased from their production team in the name of the state-owned hotel, so there is no need to worry about being reported for making private transactions.
Meng Qingqing's eyes sparkled, and she nodded repeatedly: "Okay, I'll tell my dad when I get back."
Last time, because she refused Liu Dongchang's request, her mother was thrown into jail for many days. And because she lost Liu Dongchang as her future son-in-law, her brother's job could not be regularized. Her
grandfather was very dissatisfied with her because of this. Now she is buying bamboo sticks from the state-owned hotel with her father, which can be regarded as creating income for the family.
In this way, grandpa should no longer look at her eyes that are not eyes and nose that are not nose, right?
Tong Xulu put the bamboo sticks back and said: "I'm going to buy ingredients now. There are a lot of things. Xiao Guo, come with me to carry the things!"
Guo Weiping nodded quickly.
Guo Chunyu and Meng Qingqing did not feel that it was unfair. After Tong Xuelu left, they started to clean up.
**
Tong Xuelu took Guo Weiping to the supply and marketing cooperative first.
When they arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, the two meat sellers saw Tong Xuelu and had no expression on their faces.
Tong Xuelu did not care and walked over and said, "Master Wu, is the meat for our restaurant ready?"
The state-owned hotel and the supply and marketing cooperative have always had a cooperative relationship, and the state-owned hotel has the priority to purchase.
Master Wu raised his chin towards the table and said, "It's all there."
Tong Xuelu looked over and saw a few pieces of pork bones and a small piece of meat on the table, and the meat was obviously the worst pork.
Seeing this, Guo Weiping's face flushed, and a line of words was written on his face: This is simply too much!
Master Wu and another employee looked at Tong Xuelu with the corner of their eyes, their eyes full of teasing smiles.
Tong Xuelu blinked her eyelashes, without a trace of anger on her face, and turned around and said, "Master Wu, I have something to ask of you."
Master Wu saw that she was not angry, and was stunned for a moment and said, "What is it? I told you in advance, if you want good meat, I can't help it. Our supply and marketing cooperative is not the only one that buys pork from you!"
In addition to the hotel under Tong Xuelu, there is another state-owned hotel nearby that purchases pork from this supply and marketing cooperative.
When Liu Dongchang was there, the two companies tied, and now Liu Dongchang is left with a rotten stall.
The hotel has a bad reputation, and there has been no business recently, so the supply and marketing cooperative has reserved all the good meat for another state-owned hotel.
Tong Xuelu's smile remained unchanged: "I don't want to talk about pork. I heard that Master Wu has been in this business for nearly 20 years and is a leader in the pig slaughtering industry, so I want to interview Master Wu and then write an article about Master Wu's hard stories and post it in our hotel."
"An advanced front-line worker like Master Wu must have many hard and great stories in the past. If more people can know Master Wu's story, it will inspire others and let everyone learn from your hard-working spirit and contribute to the construction industry of the motherland!" Master
Wu, a 1.8-meter-tall old man, heard this and his eyes turned red like a rabbit.
At this time, his heart was surging with passion and his nose was sour. He had a lot to say.
People in his profession think they are glamorous and can eat as much meat as they want, but who the hell sees how hard they work?
They have to go to the slaughterhouse to kill pigs at three or four o'clock, and then rush to the supply and marketing cooperative to sell the meat.
Killing pigs is not only a technical job, but also a physical job. After killing pigs, they are so tired that they don't want to move.
Especially in recent years, he is getting older and older, and he is worried that he will not be able to kill pigs in a few years.
But now someone finally understands his hard work, how can he not be moved?
Master Wu forced back his tears and coughed, saying, "Manager Tong, is what you said true?"
Tong Xuelu nodded, "Of course it is true. I will make a series later and specifically interview advanced workers like you, Master Wu. I will never interview anyone who is not advanced!" Master Wu
became more and more excited, "Then when will the interview be done, Manager Tong? I'm a little dirty now. How about I go back and change my clothes before coming over?"
Tong Xuelu waved her hands, "Master Wu, don't worry. I still have to go buy other things. I'm also busy today. Let's do it tomorrow. I'll come over tomorrow afternoon."
As she said that, she turned around and was about to pick up the meat on the table.
Master Wu ran over and stopped her, saying, "Manager Tong, the meat is wrong. This is for other people. I haven't prepared yours yet."
Tong Xuelu smiled and said, "So that's how it is. Master Wu, please give me some big bones, pork liver, pork offal, and some lean pork belly and tenderloin. Don't use too much."
Master Wu agreed repeatedly, and acted quickly and accurately. He gave Tong Xuelu all the meat that was originally reserved for another restaurant, and all of it was the best parts.
Tong Xuelu gave the money and tickets and was about to leave.
Another employee, Xiaosun, came over and said with a flattering smile: "Manager Tong, I also have a lot of hard stories to tell..."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Master Wu: "You have been killing pigs for less than ten years, what hard stories do you have?!"
What a joke, only the hardest and most advanced workers are qualified to be interviewed, such as him.
What is the fun of Xiaosun's family here!
If their stories are put together, wouldn't it lower his level?
Tong Xuelu smiled and said: "Next time, this time we will interview one representative figure in each industry."
One representative figure in each industry!
Master Wu heard this and became more proud and confident, his chest puffed up, like a victorious rooster.
Upon hearing this, the youngest grandson said with regret: "Then if Manager Tong wants to interview again in the future, he must think of me."
Tong Xuelu quickly said that she would give him priority, and the youngest grandson smiled.
Coming out of the supply and marketing cooperative, Guo Weiping was holding pork, his eyes still wide open. Is
n't Manager Tong too amazing?
He used to come here with Liu Dongchang to purchase, and Liu Dongchang would try to please the two butchers when he saw them.
But even so, the hotel sometimes couldn't get the best meat.
But with just a few words, Manager Tong made the two butchers voluntarily give the best meat to their hotel.
It's amazing!
Tong Xuelu ignored Guo Weiping's admiring eyes and took him to the vegetable station to buy vegetables.
She did the same thing and also won over Manager Zhou of the vegetable station.
**
Back at the hotel, she started making Malatang.
Today was the first day, so she only had to make small portions.
First, this was a new food, and second, people hadn't accepted the hotel yet.
So there shouldn't be too many people coming.
Tong Xuelu asked Meng Qingqing and Guo Chunyu to come in and help wash the vegetables, and then the eldest sister put the vegetables and meat on bamboo sticks together.
She prepared fried tofu, various mushrooms, black fungus, pork liver and other pork offal, as well as vegetables.
After everyone accepted it, she added other things like meatballs and fish balls.
After doing all this, Tong Xuelu began to boil the red soup needed for Malatang.
She didn't let anyone else help with this step.
Malatang doesn't actually require any skills, the only secret is in the ingredients.
Although she thought that Guo Weiping and others were good people, she still had to be on guard against them.
To avoid trouble, she didn't plan to let them know for the time being.
There are many ingredients for making red soup, some of which cannot be bought at the supply and marketing cooperative, so she asked Wei Guozhi next door to help in advance.
Wei Guozhi has a friend whose family used to be an old Chinese medicine doctor. Although he doesn't treat patients now, he still has various Chinese herbal medicines at home .
Tong Xuelu bought a lot of Chinese herbal medicine ingredients from them privately through Wei Guozhi, such as Amomum villosum and cinnamon.
After everyone finished lunch, Tong Xuelu asked Guo Weiping and others to help move the stove, spatula and other things to the outside door.
Everything was ready, and Tong Xuelu started to cook spicy hot pot.
The big pot was placed on the stove, and a burst of fragrance kept wafting out while it was cooking.
The smell was so strong and tempting that passers-by could not help but drool.
"What is this restaurant cooking? Why does it smell so good?"
"Look at the skewers on the table. Why is it so strange? I have never seen this way of eating before."
"Me too, but no matter how delicious it is, you can't go in. Eat less to save your life!"
Words like this kept coming into my ears.
Meng Qingqing and the others were so anxious that they wanted to explain.
Tong Xulu's face was indifferent, and she was still not in a hurry.
This situation is normal and it will be fine in a few days.
After a while, five or six bicycles stopped in front of the hotel, and a group of young and beautiful girls got off the bicycles.
Fang Jingyuan walked in front: "Xuelu, we are here to support you!"
Tong Xuelu saw the group of people from the art troupe and smiled: "You came at the right time. I made a new dish today. You can try it."
Fang Jingyuan smelled the fragrance early in the morning and came over with sparkling eyes: "Is this the new dish you are talking about? Eat it with a bamboo stick?"
Tong Xuelu nodded: "This is called Malatang. Take a look at what you want to eat and I will give it to you. Cook it, add spicy or not as you like."
Fang Jingyuan smelled the aroma of the noodles, her stomach growled: "I want to eat this, this, and this, can I have one of each?"
Tong Xuelu nodded: "Of course, there are noodles here, if you are afraid that you are not full, you can also order noodles to cook together."
Fang Jingyuan ordered one of each and asked for noodles: "I want spicy, and I want green onions."
Then other people came over and asked for some too.
Seeing this, Meng Qingqing and the other two smiled so hard that they couldn't close their mouths: Finally, there are customers!
The group of people from the art troupe came to show their support for Fang Jingyuan's sake, and also gave Tong Xuelu face to try the new dish.
But they didn't expect that this thing called Malatang was so delicious!
The taste is spicy and salty, and the soup is rich. My hands were frozen after riding my bike all the way here.
After eating the spicy hot pot, my head was sweating and my whole body was warm.
Usually, if you want to eat meat, you have to order a pot, and one or two people can't finish it. The key is that it is expensive!
Now you can eat different vegetables and meat for less money than usual.
It's really a good deal!
Some people ordered less, and asked for more while eating.
Some people saw that the people from the art troupe had gone in, and they were eating so deliciously, so they were eager
to buy something outside. Some people hesitated for a long time and wanted to come over to buy one, but unfortunately it was sold out.
Tong Xuelu didn't prepare much, and Fang Jingyuan and others had a lot, so it was sold out in an instant.
Once it was sold out, Tong Xuelu asked Guo Weiping and others to pack up the things.
Those who hesitated immediately regretted it.
Fang Jingyuan ate until her stomach was full, and smacked her lips as she left: "I'll come again tomorrow, remember to save some for me."
Others quickly followed suit to make reservations.
At night, Tong Xulu stopped selling spicy hot pot.
Scarcity makes things valuable, and things that are unavailable make people itchy.
Although there were still no other guests on the first day, some people came to ask about the price, which was a small improvement.
On this day, everyone in the hotel was beaming with joy, as if it was Chinese New Year.
**
When the Su family was identified as villains, all the family's property and real estate were confiscated.
After Su Yueshen came back, he hurried to deal with these matters.
Finally, when the rest of the family returned to Beijing, he got the house back.
Their family used to live in a large courtyard house with a garden.
After it was confiscated, it was rented out by the government, and some parts of the house were ruined.
He has been very busy these days, repairing the house.
Today, the Su family finally moved into their home after four years.
Father and mother Su looked at the familiar environment and couldn't help crying.
After calming down, mother Su asked Su Yueshen, "When are you going to pick up Yilan and my grandson?"
Su Yueshen said, "I'll pick up Xiaojiu later."
Father and mother Su immediately heard something was wrong.
"What about Yilan? Don't you plan to take her back?"
Su Yueshen pushed his glasses on his nose and said in a light voice: "I will take her back after a while."
Su's father and mother looked at each other. Su's mother
frowned and said: "Yueshen, you don't want to remarry Yilan, do you? You can't do such a heartless thing!"
They have been in the cowshed for many years, and Yilan has been raising the child alone. If anything happens to them, Xiaojiu will be the only descendant of the Su family.
Many people who were sentenced as villains by their husbands took the initiative to ask for divorce. At that time, Yilan didn't want to divorce and wanted to go to the cowshed with them.
It was they who persuaded her to stay. In the past few years, the Gu family often asked people to take care of them secretly.
So the Gu family was a little soft-tempered, and they were too useless in Xiaojiu's matter, but people should not forget their roots, and she would never allow her son to do anything ungrateful!
Father Su did not say anything. With his understanding of his son, he knew that his son would take one step and look three steps ahead before doing anything.
He must have his reasons for doing this.
Su Yueshen said, "Don't worry, mom, I know what to do."
Remarriage will definitely happen, but before remarriage, he has to change the temperament of the Gu family.
Otherwise, there will definitely be more trouble in the future.
Base.
The three love rookies at the base are together again.
After Zhou Yan came back from the city, he changed his previous appearance of a dead and resentful husband.
The whole person seemed like a dead tree coming back to life, and he exuded one word from beginning to end: slutty.
Zhou Yan pulled his hair and boasted: "Xiao Yun has forgiven me. Yesterday she even specially left some chicken butts for me to eat!"
Wen Rugui: "..."
Huang Qimin: "..."
Zhou Yan: "What's that expression on your face? I tell you, chicken butts are delicious. You'll know I'm not lying to you next time you try it!"
Huang Qimin shook his head: "Forget it, but my girlfriend called me yesterday and said she would send me some food today."
When he said this, Huang Qimin's face was exactly the same as Zhou Yan's, showing off.
Wen Rugui put down his chopsticks, and his ears turned slightly red: "My girlfriend came to the base in person to give me food and made me longevity noodles."
Zhou Yan: "..."
Huang Qimin: "..."
They lost.
Their girlfriends have never come to the base to see them!
Wen Rugui has been in the spotlight these days.
Who in the base doesn't know that he has a beautiful, gentle and considerate girlfriend?
Zhou Yan and Huang Qimin are both thinking about how to turn the tables.
They feel very embarrassed to be overtaken by Wen Rugui, a latecomer.
Wen Rugui: "I read a book before, which said that if two people are attracted to each other, they can smell each other's fragrance. Do you have
this feeling?" Huang Qimin raised his eyebrows: "Is there such a saying? No wonder I always think my partner smells good. I asked her before if she had applied anything, and she always said no. I thought she was lying to me."
"She said I smelled like grass." Huang Qimin was so proud when he said this, and then asked Zhou Yan, "Zhou Laxi, what kind of fragrance does your partner say you smell like?"
Zhou Yan's face was a little ugly.
His partner said several times that she smelled sweat and smelly feet from him.
Smell should also be considered a kind of attraction, right?
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