The Era of Hard Work

Chapter 558: Taifeng Garden

   Chapter 558 Taifeng Garden

After making the call, Lv Dong took advantage of not going to the company today, so he also walked around the Daji, from the south entrance of the village to Qiaotou Xiaoba, on a long market street, there were only more than 30 vendors selling things. The collection has just recovered, and it is only the second time. It can only slowly gather popularity. The current scale is at best a small market, and it cannot be called a big collection.

   Many of the people who sell things are from Lujia Village, especially some old ones.

   For example, Lu Dong’s second grandfather set up a stall to sell calligraphy and paintings, and also hand-carved seals.

  Lv Zhenjia and Li Maocai, who like to fish, put out some catfish, squid, white stripes and crucian carp caught from the Qingzhao River for sale.

  The people of Lujia Village have the collective dividends of the village, and no one is short of this money to sell things. The stalls set up early in the morning are more to join in the fun, and then to help the village gather popularity.

  The casting of Lv Jianren and Lv Zhending, why are they placed at the door in the morning? Also because of this.

   Lu Dong came to Lu Zhenjia's stall, squatted down to look at the fish in the two large aluminum pots, and said, "Master Zhenjia, I just caught this? The harvest is good."

Lu Zhenjia laughed: "In the past two years, Lao Qi's bear stuff has not been shot in the water, and there have been many small fish and shrimp, all of which have been caught in the past few days. Hey, Dongzi, you haven't gone to the river to set the net for a long time. right?"

   Lu Dong patted his forehead: "I've been busy all day, and I forgot about getting off the Internet. I'm fine in the afternoon. I'll go to Seventh Uncle's house to get the net."

Li Maocai next to him said: "Upstream shut down those chemical plants, and the county is doing dredging and pollution control. The effect is very good. The most obvious thing is that there are more fish in the river. dead fish."

"It's still a good policy." Lu Zhenjia replied, "The river channel has been widened and the embankment has been rebuilt. This year, the water in the river is rushing in the late autumn and early winter. It is not like before. Has the downstream become a pool of stagnant water?"

   Lu Dong also smiled: "We have a good time."

  I have had enough to eat, I have more money on hand, and the surrounding environment has improved, and I am about to move into the villa-style new village. These older generations who have come from hard times are in a particularly good mood.

All the way to the north, I went to the newly built stone dam at the bridge head. Lv Dong stood on a high place and looked south. There was an endless stream of people on Laoji Street, and people came over one after another. Lots of lively people.

  Go north along the embankment, go down from the dam, follow the newly built asphalt road, and enter Uncle Tie's processing factory.

   Lu Dong entered the office of Uncle Tie and Auntie Tie, Xu Man had already arrived, and the two sides began to discuss the cooperation of opening a new factory in another place.

   With the continuous development of Lvjia Village and the processing factory, Uncle Tie Tie Auntie is rejuvenated in the second spring of life. If he wants to become a big factory, he is dragged by the conservative Uncle Tie.

  The idea of ​​​​the two is not complicated, that is, to be semi-finished products processors for Lu's Catering and Lujia Village Food Company.

   However, it is not easy for Uncle Tie and Auntie Tie to open a factory in another place. The funds are not too abundant. If you don’t talk about running relationships and the like, you are a little bit blind.

  Aunt Tie had an idea to invite Lu Dong's Lu's Catering and a food company in the village to take shares, and borrow the resources of the two companies.

   Lu Dong was very interested in Auntie Tie's proposal. As Lu's Catering has developed to the present, having a controllable and stable processor is a must.

   Originally, this time I asked Xu Man to come over and talk about this.

  Aunt Tie brought it up, of course she would not refuse.

   But Uncle Tie has always been against it. With his character, let outsiders come in and share the equity of his own factory. Even if he knows that he can make it bigger, it is not easy to think about it.

  Aunt Tie took the initiative to start work for Uncle Tie. This kind of psychological barrier brought about by her personality for many years needs to be actively overcome by Aunt Tie.

   Lu Dong knew enough about Uncle Tie and Auntie Tie that Auntie Tie would eventually persuade Uncle Tie.

   Li Wenyue came over on behalf of the village for preliminary negotiation, and the village was also very interested in investing in major downstream suppliers.

   The negotiation was a bit bumpy, but it was relatively smooth. In the afternoon, Lu Dong left it to Xu Man to take charge. He went to Uncle Seven’s house to get a net and went to the river to catch fish with Uncle Seven.

   As Lu Zhenjia said, the river is no longer dry, and the living water is constantly replenished from the upstream. There are many fish and shrimps, and Lu Dong's most net catches more than five catties of fish, all small fish within ten centimeters.

   In the afternoon, Lu Dong and Seventh Uncle brought about ten pounds.

  The bigger fish and crucian carp were mostly given to Uncle Seven, and Lu Dong left a bunch of small fish and shrimp.

  When the sun went down, Uncle Tie left some for Lan Lan, and on the old street gave some to the neighbors.

   Back home, Hu Chunlan had already returned, filled two large iron basins with water, and asked Lu Dong to pour all the remaining fish into them.

   There are no big fish, just white strips, bean ponds, and quacks.

  Hu Chunlan glanced at it and asked, "Do you want to eat?"

   Lu Dong said, "I'll send some to Song Na's house to eat fresh."

"Alright." Hu Chunlan reminded him of one thing: "I went to the new house today to see it, and the renovation is progressing very quickly. Li Lin said that it will be finished in half a month at most, and you can go check the furniture when you have time. ."

  The exterior decoration of the new village is unified, and it is only the interior decoration. For the house of Lu Dong's house, Li Jiazhu's side is the priority, and the progress is very fast.

  Lv Dong looked at the furnishings in the house and said, "Moving to a new house, all the furniture is new."

  Hu Chunlan said again: "You call Xiao Song and let's go together."

  The older generation has suffered a lot, and it doesn’t matter if they are comfortable or not, they just hope that the next generation will be more comfortable.

   First call Song Na. When he went to work the next day, Lu Dong packed up the fish and rushed to Wenyuan, a school, to deliver it.

   took over the big convenience bag that contained the fish, and Song Na untied it and looked at it. Most of the fish were white strips and bean ponds that were five or six centimeters long, and there were hundreds of them densely packed.

   "I hit it from the river yesterday afternoon, and it was still alive when I came here this morning." Lu Dong urged: "Go back and deal with it quickly, fry it twice, and it's crispy and fragrant."

  Song Na looked inside the bag again and said, "I don't have to do anything else this morning."

  These small fish are crispy and crispy after deep-frying. You don’t even need to spit out the fish bones.

   Lu Dong smiled: "Fry and eat with the internal organs."

  Women are more particular about this aspect than men, Song Na said, "I'm off today, just when I'm free, you can come over for lunch at noon."

   Lu Dong replied: "Okay."

It wasn't too much in the morning. Before 11:30, Lu Dong came out of the company, had dinner at Song Na's house, chatted with Song Dad for a while, and returned to the company early. After a short wait, Ma Ming rushed over from Quannan.

   Lu Dong asked someone to bring tea over, stared at Ma Ming for a while, and said, "It's a lot whiter."

   Ma Ming said with a smile: "I haven't been outside for a few months, and I've slowly raised it back."

   Lu Dong asked, "Isn't it as busy as before?"

  The excavation of the Luozhuang Han Tomb lasted for more than a year. As a student of Prof. Fan, who was in charge of the site, Ma Ming was always looking forward to working outdoors.

"There are some finishing and auxiliary work left, which is much better." Ma Ming said casually: "I asked my senior brother about the matter you mentioned yesterday. There are factories in this area, but they are not large enough to talk about. Multi-professional."

   Lu Dong didn't understand this line of work at all, so he replied, "I'll ask the villagers, and if I can, I'll ask them to contact them again."

  Ma Ming handed Lu Dong a business card: "You can have someone contact my senior brother directly."

  Lu Dong put it away, turned around and said to Seventh Uncle: "Okay, let them contact themselves, I don't understand this."

  If you want to cast an enlarged version of the horse frame and copper ingot Chunyu and the like, the specifics of how to do it must be mastered by professionals.

Ma Ming's topic turned to what Lu Dong asked him to help him last time: "The yellow braised chicken you mentioned is the old brand in Luokou Town, Fuquanju, which makes Mengshi's yellow braised chicken. This time I will go back to Quannan to find someone. After inquiring about it, I have basically figured out the ins and outs."

It was mentioned on the phone yesterday that Lv Dong was not surprised that Ma Ming could inquire about it. Ma Ming’s family belonged to the old Quannan, and they were quite special. For him, it's just a few words.

  Ma Ming continued: "In those days, the industrial and commercial households were renovated and public-private joint ventures were conducted. Fuquanju and Sixian Village in Luokou Town were merged into Taifeng Garden. You know Taifeng Garden?"

  Lu Dong nodded slightly: "I know, the time-honored restaurant in Quannan, the representative restaurant of Shandong cuisine in Quannan."

Ma Ming added: "The yellow braised chicken is now one of the more famous dishes in Taifeng Garden." He smiled: "Taifeng Garden has been poorly managed five or six years ago. What kind of public restaurants are you doing? Everyone in the restaurant understands that it will be maintained anyway, so even the famous signature dishes of Taifeng Garden are not mentioned by many people now."

  Lu Dong himself is engaged in the catering industry, and I dare not say it elsewhere, but the situation of the catering industry in Quannan Base Camp is still roughly conceptual. The time-honored brands handed down from before liberation, especially those run by the public, have never had a better life.

  Chunjiang Hotel, Cheap Room, Taifeng Garden, Jufengde, Yanxitang, etc. Which one is not struggling to maintain it?

   "Are you interested in braised chicken?" It was obvious that Ma Ming couldn't see it: "After I inquired, I went to Taifeng Garden to eat it once. The taste was okay, but..."

   He couldn't find a suitable adjective for a while, and after a while he said, "But that's it, it's not really delicious."

   Lu Dong smiled: "I do mass catering mainly because I think the yellow braised chicken may be widely promoted."

   This involves Ma Ming's professional blind spot: "I don't understand the catering industry, and Taifeng Garden has a hard life. If you are interested, just go there and ask about the specific situation."

   "Brother Ma, thank you for this." Lu Dong said, "I'll treat you tonight."

  Ma Ming waved his hand: "It's nothing to do with this trivial matter." He was not polite to Lu Dong: "It's fine to treat guests, I have to go back to the museum site in a while, and there will be an impromptu meeting in the evening."

   Lu Dong did not insist on staying. After sending Ma Ming away, he called Xue Tian and asked her to learn more about the time-honored restaurants in Quannan, including Taifeng Garden.

   (end of this chapter)