Ye Wubing nodded and said, "I understand. I will also shoulder my responsibilities."
Everyone grinned and drank one last glass together. Ye Zhiqiu and the others stood up to say goodbye. After all, it was already very late and it would take more than an hour for them to get back to Sanlitun.
The wind in Beijing was particularly strong at night, so the three of them didn't speak because they would be blown away by the wind.
By the time we got home, it was already 10:50. After locking the gate and parking our bikes in the utility room, we all went back to our rooms to rest.
Feng Xiaomei got up and helped Ye Zhiqiu take off his coat. She asked with a bit of worry on her face, "Zhiqiu, will you abandon me and run off to Hong Kong? After all, if you go there, you'll be a capitalist and might even have three wives and four concubines..."
Ye Zhiqiu laughed and said, "Ha... How could I possibly do that?"
He placed his forehead against Feng Xiaomei's and said seriously, "I swore to protect you for the rest of my life! Don't let your imagination run wild from now on. Wherever you are, I'll be there!"
Feng Xiaomei was a little emotional, and Ye Zhiqiu could only try his best to calm her down!
So the next day Feng Xiaomei went to the textile machinery factory to study as usual, but he slept until noon because of his ignorance and arrogance.
No one called him to get up because Ye Wubing also slept in, and Chen Yuqing reported to the factory today.
After Ye Zhiqiu washed up, he channeled his thoughts into the space, controlling the cutting of the pork into minced meat and the mixing of the dough before releasing it. He also brought out two chickens, preparing to marinate them for frying that evening, and filled the noodle, rice, and oil jars.
Then he had to wait for the dough to rise. He started to process the cabbage and radish and mixed the filling. Ye Wubing woke up and ran over.
"Brother, what are you busy with?"
"You've come just in time. I'll help you make the dumplings later. I just went out to get some meat. We're having fried chicken and meat dumplings tonight."
Ye Wubing nodded happily. He said with a smile, "With my brother back, the food at our house will be upgraded to a higher level!"
Ye Zhiqiu laughed and said, "Haha, that's nothing! In Hong Kong, as long as you have money, you can have all kinds of delicious food. You can buy whatever you want. When the weather is hot, there are fans to blow, and there are gas water heaters for showering every day!
"Second uncle's family has more than a dozen members, and there are sixty or seventy people in the family responsible for various things. That's why my eldest brother wants you to go there and experience a different kind of life, so that your life can be fulfilled!"
Ye Wubing muttered, "But if we move over there, I don't know when I'll be able to see you again, big brother. I'm not afraid of a new environment, nor am I afraid of learning a new language, but big brother, you've only been back from the army for a few months, and we're going to be separated again..."
Ye Zhiqiu was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Ye Wubing to say such a dependent word. However, he thought back to the past few years and realized that his younger brother had to learn everything from him.
He replied softly, "Second brother, you're grown up now. You can't act recklessly like you did when you were a child. At least you should study hard there. When you can start a business in China one day, you can come back anytime. With so many people in China, you can become a millionaire by opening a beverage factory and selling water."
Ye Wubing nodded and said, "Brother asked me to go, so I'll go! I hope to adapt to life there quickly. I heard that they speak Cantonese and English. We'll have to learn two languages when we get there..."
"Hahaha, don't worry about that. With Second Uncle and the others guiding you, you'll be able to learn it quickly. Big brother has learned a lot of Cantonese during his time there."
The two brothers chatted like this, and then the dough was fermented and the filling was prepared, and they started making buns.
The bun wrappers are rolled out relatively thinly, so that the steamed buns are not too thick and taste better.
Ye Zhiqiu rolled the dough while Ye Wubing wrapped the fillings. By the time they were done, all the steamers in the house were full. Then they placed the wrapped buns in a basket. This time, they made so many buns that they probably needed to steam them several times.
There is no need to worry about the weather now. It is still minus three or four degrees Celsius at night and the highest during the day is only five or six degrees Celsius. The steamed buns will not go bad quickly.
Several baskets were filled with buns. After the buns were steamed, the two of them took out the buns with a large basin and put them back in to continue steaming.
The two of them then washed their hands and started eating the buns. The buns had more meat and less vegetables, and they tasted really delicious!
Ye Wubing said happily: "I haven't eaten buns for a long time. I feel like I can eat six or seven!"
"Eat it. I packed so much anyway. It should be enough for breakfast tomorrow."
"Brother, what are you going to do with those two chickens?"
"Oh shit, I forgot to pickle it. I need to pickle it quickly."
He cut the chicken into various pieces, but didn't remove all the meat. He planned to keep some for frying the chicken racks. He marinated everything, washed his hands, and continued to eat the buns.
Ye Wubing said with a grin, "Brother, the spices you used to marinate the chicken are so fragrant. I think it will be even more fragrant when fried. What ingredients did you use?"
Ye Zhiqiu said helplessly: "It's in my notebook. You haven't studied it seriously. I wrote down the secret recipe for marinating fried chicken."
Li Wubing scratched his head and said, "Because I haven't had the chance to make it, I haven't really looked at those secret recipes seriously."
Ye Zhiqiu nodded and said, "You have nothing to do anyway, so just copy down all the secret recipes above! Many of my recipes can be used as signs. When you graduate one day, if you don't work in the family business, you can also find a secret recipe and open a shop.
As long as you master the secret seasonings and don't let others steal the recipe, you will have no problem supporting your family. Especially those braised food recipes and fried chicken recipes, they are all very suitable for starting a business and opening a store."
Ye Wubing was surprised and said, "Brother, didn't you tell me to study hard and participate in the family business after I go there? Why are you talking about starting a business..."
Ye Zhiqiu said seriously, "Because, in my opinion, the family business will only be viable for the next 20 to 30 years, and will eventually decline to a less profitable industry. Whether it's shipping, grain, or import and export trade, the country will handle it itself in the future."
The country is currently underdeveloped and indeed needs the help of family businesses, but it will gradually develop on its own. This is especially true for the grain trade; a country cannot leave such an important industry to an outsider.
No matter what, as long as they didn't return, the family business was no longer theirs. No matter how hard the second and third uncles worked, they would ultimately be no match for domestic companies.
Of course, you can just listen to it. After all, I'm just imagining what it might be like to do business in a few decades. Just treat it as a joke and don't take it too seriously.
"Hehe, in twenty or thirty years, that will be the time for us children to worry about it. By then, we brothers will be old!"
"Yeah, by then we won't be young anymore..."
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