Chapter 149 Dried Abalone The next day, Lu Guofu returned to the city early without even having breakfast. Last night Zhou Yimin clearly told him to have breakfast before going back tomorrow morning. However, Lu Guofu did have a mission, he needed to return to the factory and then show movies somewhere else. In addition, he felt that he had to go home and talk to his two sons about the rice cooker. "Uncle Lu went back?" Zhou Yimin was stunned. Luo Dapeng nodded: "Yes! We can't stop it." After breakfast, they were almost ready to go back to the city. However, Zhang Lu was reluctant to go back and kept begging her mother to stay in Zhoujiazhuang for another day or two since she didn't have to go to school anyway. Not to mention Zhang Lu, Zhang Yu and Zhang Yan were the same. However, they were a little old and were too embarrassed to speak up. Only the third sister was young and could be shameless. "Uncle Zhang, Aunt Zhang, if she wants to stay here, let her stay for another day or two! I will send her back to school then." Zhou Yimin said to Zhang Jianshe and his wife. The old lady also spoke.
Originally, Zhou Yimin's words were not enough to make Zhang Jianshe give in, but he had to consider the old lady's words. Finally, Zhang Jianshe and his wife allowed Zhang Lu to stay for another day or two, and told her not to cause trouble for the old lady. Zhang Yan and Zhang Yu also wanted to speak, but were frightened by their mother's look and swallowed their words back. So after breakfast, the four of them rode two bicycles back home, followed by Luo Dapeng, Li Youde, Zhou Dazhong and others. Zhou Yimin was not in a hurry to return to the city as there was nothing much to do if he returned. Today's 1 yuan purchase got me 100 kilograms of lotus root and 100 kilograms of dried abalone. There is nothing much to say about lotus root. It has a high starch content and can be classified as a grain. It is usually made into lotus root powder or stewed in soup. Lotus root and pork trotter soup is a soup that Zhou Yimin liked very much in his previous life. 100 kilograms of dried abalone is valuable. Dried abalone is sun-dried abalone. As we all know, abalone is a traditional precious food in China and ranks first among the four major seafoods. Abalone is often on the list of state banquets in my country. Zhou Yimin took a look at the quality. Although it was not a double-headed abalone, it was not small and could at least be considered top quality. After a while, Master Quan and two helpers also came to say goodbye. They also stayed last night to watch a movie. After watching the movie, Zhou Yimin arranged accommodation for them and they slept in other villagers' homes for the night. Zhou Yimin stuffed 10 yuan into Chef Quan’s pocket. After all, he cooked two meals, so 10 yuan was reasonable. However, Master Quan returned 5 yuan. "5 yuan is enough. If I charge more, wouldn't I be taking advantage of my customers?" Chef Quan said with a smile. Besides, he would have to accept more as his apprentice in the future! How could he have the nerve to accept more? Even if he didn't accept any, it would be justified. Zhou Yimin didn't argue and took back the 5 yuan, asking Master Quan and the others to wait. He went back to the house and packed 1 jin of dried abalone, 3 jin of raisins, and 6 jin of peanuts. "Master Quan, this is just a small token of my respect!" Master Quan opened it and quickly tightened the bag, then pushed it back to Zhou Yimin: "This is too precious."
As cooks, they knew very well how precious dried abalone was. To be honest, he had been a cook for so long, but he had very few opportunities to come into contact with dried abalone, especially during the years of material shortage. As for the raisins and peanuts, just pick them and that’s it. But that is dried abalone! It seems that there is still about 1 kilogram left. This kind of food can be exchanged for a lot of things in the future. Even if you cook for your boss in the future, you can definitely please your boss and it is very useful! "Master Quan, please accept it! It's a gift from a friend. If you don't accept it, how can I ask you for help in the future? Okay, that's it. I won't give it to you anymore." Zhou Yimin stuffed the dried abalone and other things over. It was hard to refuse such a kind offer, so Chef Quan had to accept it, thinking that if Zhou Yimin asked him to cook in the future, he would never say no and would not refuse. "Then I will obey your command. Thank you very much!" Chef Quan clasped his fists towards Zhou Yimin. After expressing his gratitude, he left Zhoujiazhuang with two kitchen helpers and returned to Sijiu City. After walking a long way, Master Quan divided the raisins and peanuts into three portions. Dried abalone was precious, so he was reluctant to share it. But he decided to divide the raisins and peanuts equally. In addition, each of them was given 1 yuan. These two people were apprentices of Master Quan, and they could have given them no money, but just some raisins and peanuts. But Master Quan was not the kind of person who exploited his apprentices, and he would always give them some of his income when he took his apprentices out. "Master, this money we..." The two originally thought that they would be satisfied with 1 pound of raisins and 2 pounds of peanuts. You know, these 1 pound of raisins and 2 pounds of peanuts are worth a lot of money. It's a bit ungrateful to take money for them. "Okay, take it! You also have to support your family. When your junior brother joins us in the future, remember to take good care of him." Master Quan said. The two of them naturally knew who the little junior brother the master was referring to. It's just that he is only a few years old. Even without their master's instructions, they would definitely protect their junior brother. Besides, the elder brother is so powerful, it's hard to say who will take care of whom in the future! The two of them made the promise quickly, silently keeping their master's kindness in their hearts. Their family conditions were not very good. If they were, they wouldn't have to become apprentices to cook. They were basically the eldest in the family, and the burden on their shoulders was not small. Especially Chen Youzhi, who got married last year. He has a blind mother and three younger brothers and sisters to support, and now his wife is pregnant. To be honest, if his master hadn't brought him out to earn extra money, he wouldn't have been able to support his family with just the salary from the factory canteen. This time I gained a lot. Not only did I get 1 yuan, but I also got 1 pound of raisins and 2 pounds of peanuts. …… When Lu Guofu returned home, he first praised his two sons. This action not only puzzled his wife, but also confused his two sons. "Didn't you say the day before yesterday that you wanted to invent a pot that could cook rice by itself? Your senior brother Zhou Yimin said that such rice cookers do exist in foreign countries," said Lu Guofu. When these words came out, his two sons were overjoyed. Yesterday, they also talked about this invention at school, but were laughed at by their classmates, who said that it was impossible to have such a rice cooker. But the seniors have confirmed that such a pot does exist and has been invented abroad. The two of them wanted to run back to school right now and slap their classmates in the face. "In the future, you should ask your senior brothers for advice and learn from them more." Lu Guofu continued.
"Dad, I'll go now." Lu Xuezhen couldn't wait to ask his senior how that kind of pot was made. Lu Guofu scolded: "Why are you going now? Your senior brother is still in the village and hasn't come back yet." Afterwards, he recited a few of the words Zhou Yimin said yesterday that he still remembered, hoping that they would be of some inspiration to his two sons. However, his two sons looked confused after hearing this and did not understand at all. That stupid, clear look made Lu Guofu feel that he had too high expectations. He should learn how to project a movie from him! As long as they didn't starve to death in the future, that would be fine. Thanks to brothers 08a and book friend 20170930015100821 for the 100 reward! (End of this chapter)