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Chapter 14 Deep in the Mountains

"Master Liu! You are here!" The guy at the restaurant door saw Liu Zhen getting out of Yu Yue's car throughout the journey. After that, Yu Yue said something brilliantly to Liu Zhen. The two seemed to be familiar with each other, but the two appeared together early in the morning, which made people unable to imagine...

This guy is handsome and handsome, just in line with the current aesthetics of young people, but what's wrong with the constipated expression on his face? Liu Zhen nodded lightly and entered the lobby.

When you meet employees who are extremely enthusiastic, who will ignore someone who can decide their job?

Liu Zhen came to the lounge in the kitchen. Generally speaking, the restaurant was closed in the morning, and no one crawled out of the bed early in the morning to socialize, so except for a person on duty who was taking a nap, everyone else was not there.

Liu Zhen stepped forward and woke up the uncle on duty. He was sleeping soundly. In the hazy, Liu Zhen's enlarged face appeared in front of him. He was really startled and quickly wiped his saliva and cheered up.

"Master Liu!" I was still feeling upset. I came so early and I couldn't check the number of people...

Liu Zhen was quite embarrassed and smiled: "Thank you for your hard work."

"No, no, no, are you here?"

"I'm officially here to work in the restaurant today. I'll take over Master Jiang's work from now on. Let me tell you, I won't take up time alone. In addition, after Li Xiulian came today, he asked him to contact me. I have something to do in the morning, so you can listen to his arrangements for the time being." Liu Zhen explained clearly the purpose of the trip.

Although surprised, it is not surprising. The person who was airborne in front of him became famous in one battle yesterday. Not only did the Datang Group, but also in the city's chef circle. A young boy who was so arrogant defeated Mr. Jiang and took the position of Mr. Jiang.

"No problem! I must bring the words!" The uncle on duty was full of energy and shouted loudly.

Liu Zhen was out soon and was going to a far place today, so he went to find Yang Hui to drive first.

"You went to work? How do you feel?" Yang Hui followed Liu Zhen downstairs without combed her hair like a chicken coop in the morning.

"It's like that, maybe it will take time to adapt. After all, it's not in the original small shop, but I support one store by myself, and now I'm mainly in charge of people." Liu Zhen turned around, Yang Hui was slacking off his eyes, and suddenly felt like she wanted to laugh, why did she say so much to this little guy?

"Where are you going now?"

"A place." Liu Zhen didn't say much, and rubbed Yang Hui's chicken coop and got on the car again.

Walking across the Yanghe Bridge across the sea, I went south and entered the ram road of Queshan for half an hour. The more I went up, the quieter it became, and the summer sun became more and more vicious. Until I approached the top of the mountain, Liu Zhen stopped the car on the side of the road, got off and turned into a hidden cobblestone path.

There are towering trees growing in the mountains for several years, with dense branches covering the sunshine, leaving only a few wisps of them swaying and shaking.

Liu Zhen was a little fat. After walking for about twenty minutes, he was already sweating profusely. Finally, he stopped in front of a small courtyard surrounded by dry branches. The door was also made up of several wooden boards, which did not play any anti-theft role. It was more like not allowing the raised poultry to run around.

The door was hung from the inside by a loose thick yarn. There was no one in the yard. Liu Zhen symbolically raised his hand and knocked on the door twice, then hooked his fingers, loosened the yarn and stepped in.

There are chickens, ducks and geese, and there are even a pair of mandarin ducks, which are raised separately. The road leading to the thatched house is paved with pebbles. Rose is planted next to it, but it is not yet blooming.

Liu Zhen pushed open the door of the thatched cottage and shouted: "Qiu Po..."

No one answered, and shouted again, and then suddenly a faint sound came from the room, not like a response, as if he was old and sighed.

Liu Zhen was not in a hurry, so he just stood in the door frame and waited. It took time for the old man to come out inside.

After a rustling sound of clothes rubbing, an old woman with a hunched back came out, with her forehead smeared on her forehead, and down there were wrinkles as deep as a ravine. Her skin on her face had drooped, and her eyes were mostly covered by her eyelids. Her steps were extremely slow, and she swayed and came out with the wall. Seeing Liu Zhen laughing, her teeth were almost gone.

"It's changed." Qiu Po ​​looked up and down at Liu Zhen.

Liu Zhen smiled and reached out to help her: "I have found a new job these days and need to change my deputy storefront."

"There are many rules outside." Qiu Po ​​went out and sat down on a small bamboo chair. At the same time, the chair made a squeaking sound, and the surface of the chair had been polished to a shiny one.

"Grandma, what kind of work do you have to do?" Liu Zhen rolled up his sleeves.

"The two reed chickens flew to the firewood pile two days ago and laid eggs. You go and look for them."

Liu Zhengao, the firewood pile reached his neck, and after walking around, he found two eggs.

"Okay, okay, put it in the basket behind the door, and take it when you leave." Qiu Po ​​pointed to the door.

Liu Zhen walked over with a smile, without refusing. This is something that he must bring every time he comes back.

"Grandma, I went to work in the restaurant and earned more money from now on. Do you want to go shopping with me in the city?"

"No! I have anything to visit? I stayed enough when I was young, and it was not as comfortable as my dilapidated yard." Qiu Po ​​refused.

Liu Zhen knew that this was the case and didn't say anything more.

"How did you get into the restaurant? What are you cooking?" Qiu Po ​​asked again after quiet for a while.

"I'm not bad at eating the food in my small shop, so I'll go to work." Liu Zhen said.

"I haven't forgotten what I taught you?"

"How can I forget it! Grandma's things are peerless, I can't be a sinner for the ages." Liu Zhen said hurriedly.

Qiu Po ​​sighed long, "What a pity, now there are few people who are willing to make it with care. They eat things in their mouths and stomachs and do not pay attention to school... Back then, there were black-hearted people who added everything to the food for money. In the end, tens of thousands of people across the country were poisoned, and hundreds of people died..."

This is a story that Liu Zhen has heard from Qiu Po ​​countless times, and every time he thinks it is absurd. When her mother-in-law was young, she must have been in a war-torn era. At that time, she couldn't eat enough, so how could anyone focus on harming others?

Liu was really tragic. Qiu Po ​​suddenly grabbed his hand and looked at him with some muddy eyes: "Child, food is the most beautiful creation related to human beings, and you must keep it."

Liu Zhen was shocked and had never seen her like this before.

He was raised by Qiu Po ​​since childhood. Although he was a free farming person, Liu Zhen knew that she treated herself as a child, and that her mother-in-law taught her the ability to make a living.

My mother-in-law said that when she was young, she was also a very powerful cook. She liked cooking since she was a child, but she was born at the wrong time. She caught up with the anti-Japanese war, and the civil war had not stopped for decades. After finally reforming and opening up, her life became better and better. Her husband was doing business and became bigger and bigger. In a few years, she became one of the top major households in the city. Knowing that Qiu Po ​​likes to cook, she started investing in hotel business and Qiu Po ​​came to manage it.

Qiu Po ​​is talented and has amazing dishes. He has opened many restaurants, accepted many apprentices, and helped many poor families, so he has a very good reputation.

But a few years later, a sudden death occurred in a restaurant. Qiu Po ​​did not explain the specific situation in detail. He only knew that because of that incident, Qiu Po's husband and children were all implicated and persecuted, and died one after another. Since then, he has lived away from the world and adopted Liu Zhen.

"Mother-in-law, what's wrong with you?" Liu Zhen asked in surprise.

Qiu Po ​​shook her head: "Just remember what I said. I've been lately, maybe I can't do it anymore. There are always previous situations in front of me, including natural disasters and man-made disasters, and there are also joy, there are also fighting and killing. Those people... I always feel that they are still there, and I'm afraid!"

Liu Zhen couldn't understand after listening to Qiu Po's talk. Maybe he really used love to recall the past when he was old.

"Mother-in-law, just raise your chickens and gooses. You are only ninety years old and everyone is alive to 140! Don't worry, I'll be with you, don't always think about it." Liu Zhen comforted.

Qiu Po ​​sighed: "You don't understand, don't understand... You haven't experienced it, you will know in the future..."

Liu Zhen left in the afternoon. Before leaving, Qiu Po ​​suddenly said that the apricots planted on the back mountain were ripe. Next time he came, he must go and see if there were treasures under the tree.

Liu Zhen just thought Qiu Po ​​and coaxed herself as a child. He agreed with a smile, but didn't take it seriously.

After leaving Queshan, Liu Zhen returned to the food street and went to several families in the afternoon to sit down. It was already evening after he came out.

The next morning, the restaurant became lively. There were a bunch of people standing at the door. The restaurant staff were pushing and shoving with a few people who were not dressed in particular, some of them were wearing aprons, and the aprons were covered with oil. It was indeed very inconsistent to appear in the magnificent fresh fishing era.

"You are poor and didn't wake up early in the morning! Want to be a chef in our restaurant? Stop being funny!" Cao Ming stood at the door, pinching his waist, spitting all over the sky, looking at the group of roadside stall owners in front of him who were not on the table.

"Hi! I said, you are so arrogant. What are you? You have told you so many times. We were invited! Let us in quickly, otherwise you will have good fruits to eat!" Lao Liang, the owner of the ramen street in the food street, got angry.

"That's it! If you stop here, we will do it. Your little waiter still looks down on us. What qualifications do you have? Your mother didn't teach you how to respect the elderly and love the young!" The widow pointed at Cao Ming and cursed.

Cao Ming panted his cheeks and panted: "Okay, you said you were invited, who did you? Our dish can be as good as your half-month flowing water. You can save money to eat, we are afraid that we will forget our floor!"

Liu Zhen sat in the car and looked at the congestion at the door. When he got closer, he realized that it was the person who had arrived early, but when he got closer, he heard Cao Ming's humiliating words.

"Cao leads the team and knows me. I have the final say whether the floor is dirty or not. What qualifications do you have to shout here?" Liu Zhen's words were extremely penetrating and passed through the crowd and entered Cao Ming's ears.

Everyone turned around with their backs, their eyes widened when facing each other. They didn't participate in the show, and their faces turned into pig's liver.
Chapter completed!
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