Siheyuan: Starting from a fitter

Chapter 84 Quanjude

In the past few months, Li Guocheng would practice carving every night whenever he had time, opening up his mind power every time until his mind power was exhausted.When I wake up the next day, my mind power will have slightly increased.The coverage area has increased very slowly, only increasing by 50 centimeters so far.But the power of thought has become more solid, flexible, and has a slightly subtle feeling.

What I saw most before was strips of thick or thin wood fibers. Now I can see some basic substances that make up wood fibers. Through searching information, I know that those are called cellulose, hemicellulose and minerals.

Today is the weekend, and I have made an appointment with Wu Liankui to have dinner together.

After finishing his daily morning class, Li Guocheng saw that it was still early, took out the wood carving that he had not finished last night, and continued carving.After almost an hour, I looked at the work in my hand and felt very satisfied. It seemed that my carving skills had improved again.

The wood carving is of a woman, with a valiant and heroic appearance, a face full of perseverance, and sharp eyes, lifelike.

Return the wooden sculpture to the horizontal board in the practice room in the secret realm.The horizontal board is now filled with works carved by Li Guocheng in the past few years, most of which are various cartoon animals and not many characters.Recently, I have carved several images of Zhao Ting in various forms, and I am planning to find an opportunity to give them to her.

Seeing that it was almost time, he went out to pick up Zhao Ting and went straight to Quanjude at the front door.

There was a definite chill today due to the wind.Zhao Ting shrank into her coat, hugging Li Guocheng's waist, and lost the desire to speak.

When I arrived in Quanjude, I found that the signboard had actually changed. The new signboard was called "Capital Roast Duck Restaurant."The old signboard is probably either put away by itself, or it is "drossed", and I guess the latter is more likely.

"Old Li, here it is!".

Following the sound, Wu Liankui was standing at the door of Quanjude.Wearing a brand-new double-breasted military coat, a pair of leather shoes that have been polished to shine, the small parted head is swaying from side to side in the cold wind, and the face is flushed from the cold. It would be more perfect if there is another runny nose.

"Old Wu, Director, you are too polite, you are standing outside to greet us!" Seeing the other party's sultry look that wanted to be more elegant than warm, Li Guocheng couldn't help but made fun of him.

Wu Liankui ignored Li Guocheng's teasing, but was startled by Zhao Ting who got off the back seat of the bicycle, "Sister Ting?! Are you Li Guocheng's partner?".

"You know each other?" Li Guocheng asked suspiciously.

"We are from the same compound, do you know me?" Wu Liankui couldn't help but glance at the scars on Zhao Ting's face, feeling filled with regret.

"You're frozen to death. Come in quickly."

"Right away," Wu Liankui said, taking a long drag on the cigarette in his hand, throwing it on the ground, stamping it out, and turned around to lift the door curtain.

"You came out to smoke, not to wait for us. I'm so moved," Li Guocheng said quietly as he passed by.

Wu Liankui leaned over and whispered: "Your sister-in-law doesn't like me smoking, so find an excuse to smoke one."

Li Guocheng looked at his grandson with disdain. He must have taken more than one pill, otherwise his face would be frozen like that.

Entering the lobby, Wu Liankui led the way to a seat near the window.

A very delicate girl with a bookish air all over her body stood up.

"This is my partner, Han Shumei, a middle school teacher."

"Hello, sister-in-law, I am Li Guocheng, and this is my partner Zhao Ting." Li Guocheng introduced himself and wanted to complete the introduction as soon as possible. Everyone sat down and chatted.

After the two parties shook hands, Li Guocheng asked Zhao Ting to sit inside and he sat outside.

When Li Guocheng talked about today's meal yesterday, he felt Zhao Ting's discomfort.When entering the lobby and seeing other people's faces, you knew what was going on.

No matter how strong she is usually, Zhao Ting is also a girl who loves beauty and cares about the scars on her face.Li Guocheng really wanted to tell these people loudly why she was injured.

After sitting down, Zhao Ting seemed not to be affected in any way and chatted politely with Han Shumei.

Li Guocheng quietly held her left hand, which was a little cold.Rub it gently, hoping to convey warmth to her.Zhao Ting turned to smile at Li Guocheng, and then squeezed Li Guocheng's big hand.

After chatting for a while, Li Guocheng stood up and was about to order, but Wu Liankui grabbed him.

"I've already ordered one roast duck. You go and order some other side dishes."

Li Guocheng glanced at Wu Liankui and nodded.

When I got to the counter, I took the menu from the waiter, read it carefully and ordered two cold and two hot dishes, namely: braised wings, mixed duck feet, sliced ​​mushrooms and bamboo shoots, and a large bowl of duck bone soup.Add 4 bowls of rice.

Back at his seat, Li Guocheng took out a card of great unity and pushed it in front of Wu Liankui.

"Brothers, don't worry about this. I came early and ordered first to prevent it from being sold out." Wu Liankui smiled and pushed the money back.

"You're slapping me in the face in front of two ladies! I agreed to treat you. If you refuse again, you mean it." Li Guocheng pretended to be angry and said with a tigerish face.

"Come on," Wu Liankui picked up the money and put it in his trouser pocket, "Remember, you still owe me a meal."

"Then it depends on your performance." Li Guocheng took out a bottle of Moutai from his bag and placed it firmly on the table.

After a while, a whole roast duck was served on the table.A young guy in a black cloth coat, with blue sheaths on his arms, came over with a large dinner plate.On the dinner plate are two lotus leaf cakes, sweet noodle sauce, scallions and radish sticks, with a knife next to it.

The young man quickly sliced ​​and plated the duck rack and put it on another plate, unlike later generations who took it away directly.

Quanjude is the representative of "hanging oven baking".The skin of the duck roasted in the "hanging oven" is very thin and crisp, which becomes the most delicious part of the roast duck. The hanging oven has a furnace hole but no furnace door. It uses jujube, pear and other fruit trees as fuel and uses an open fire. When the fruit wood is fired, there is no The smoke and bottom fire are strong and the burning time is long.

The roasted duck is plump in appearance, maroon in color, crispy in skin, charred on the outside and tender in the inside, and has a fragrance of fruit wood.

In this era, there is very little material wealth, and there is not much on the table. A Quanjude roast duck can save people half a month's salary and wait in line to eat it.When friends from out of town come to BJ, eating Quanjude Roast Duck is a must-visit place just like going to Tiananmen or the Great Wall.

When eating roast duck, don't eat it directly, otherwise it will feel very greasy and make you feel like you have been cheated.

The most classic way to eat it is lotus leaf pancake with shredded green onions and sweet noodle sauce. They combine with the fragrance of duck meat and fruit wood and the crispiness of the skin to create a rich and wonderful taste. It is simple and crude, and directly hits the taste buds. It really makes people linger, unable to stop, and finally needs to A bowl of milky white duck soup with a mellow taste.

We are all old BJs and know that roast duck should be eaten while it is hot.

After the two people opposite got the lotus leaf cake, Li Guocheng moved quickly, got the lotus leaf cake, rolled it with duck skin dipped in sweet sauce, radish strips and green onions. As soon as Zhao Ting picked up a piece of lotus leaf cake, Li Guocheng snatched it away. He walked over and put the newly rolled one into her hand.

Opposite Wu Liankui just put the rolled duck meat into his mouth when he saw Li Guocheng's dog licking action.With the duck roll in his mouth, he turned to look at Han Shumei, not sure whether to take it out or eat it.The funny expressions made all three of them laugh.

After the atmosphere became lively, everyone chatted while eating.Other dishes were also served one after another.

When the duck meat was almost eaten, Li Guocheng opened the lid of Maotai and filled it for everyone.

"Come on, our two families have gotten to know each other today. We will move around more often from now on." After Li Guocheng finished speaking, he clinked glasses with everyone one by one and drank them all in one gulp.Then he looked at Wu Liankui.Wu Liankui raised his neck, and the bottom of the cup lit up when he was done.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Ting did it in one bite, and she was fine.

Seeing that everyone was done, Han Shumei hesitated for a moment, then raised her neck and did it too, and then coughed violently.

Wu Liankui hurriedly patted Han Shumei on the back, making her face even redder.

"Everyone drank the first drink, which is very good. Then you ladies can do whatever you want." Li Guocheng poured wine for everyone, and explained the way to drink next.

"Old Wu, I will be troublesome for you at work next."

"It's all revolutionary work, don't distinguish between you and me."

"Done".

"Done".

The two ladies saw their men chatting about work, so they started talking like girls.

"I'll probably get what you want in a week. If you need anything later, just ask."

"It's all in the wine," the two toasted.

"You have to be prepared. If the accuracy of the semi-automatic lathe can meet the design standard, the accuracy will be 0.01mm. You need to communicate with Director Li in advance about how to handle the follow-up. Grandpa Zhao Ting knows about this, so I will definitely report it to him."

"This is also what worries us. The Shuguang 1966 machine tool has now been clearly taken over by the First Machine Tool Factory. Director Li wants to produce the semi-automatic machine tool by himself," Wu Liankui said mysteriously in a low voice.

"So, everyone must be prepared and don't get into trouble when the disaster strikes."

The two toasted and drank another.

I drank to my heart's content, but the wine was gone.

"That's it for today. It's windy outside and it's not good to drink too much," Li Guocheng suggested.

"Okay, next time you come to my house to drink, you won't come home until you're drunk!" Wu Liankui was a little dissatisfied.

"It's settled, I'll invite you next time," Li Guocheng joked.

"You must please".

The remaining three laughed.

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