Chapter 260 Many people rescue Liu Hongshen

When Duomen heard that the master chef was actually Liu Hongshen, he thought to himself that it was indeed him, and he was indeed an old friend of many years.

"Boy, go and ask your master to come out and tell him that an old friend is here to see him." Duomen sat on a stool, crossed his legs, and gave orders to his little apprentice.

The young apprentice was also a smart man. Seeing that Duomen was extraordinary, he did not dare to neglect him and quickly responded, "Okay! Please wait a moment. I will go and ask the master."

As he said this, he ran into the inner room. After a while, he came out with a middle-aged man in his fifties with broad shoulders and a strong waist.

This man is Liu Zhiye’s fourth uncle and the old man’s fourth brother. He has loved eating since he was a child and is particularly interested in cooking.

He first learned Shandong cuisine from a famous Shandong cuisine chef in Beijing, but unfortunately the chef died early. Then he went to Tianjin to learn Muslim cuisine from the master Qian Shuyuan.

He is also a fellow apprentice of the famous "culinary eccentric" Mu Xiangzhen. Compared to Liu Hongshen, who is not as famous as him, his fellow apprentice is quite famous.

Several decades ago, a famous Muslim chef named Mu Xiangzhen appeared in Tianjin. He was a legendary figure.

He once hosted the "Great Man of the Century" Einstein, he once attracted thousands of people to visit Nanshi, he once skillfully cooked exotic dishes such as stir-fried ice cores, and he once won the gold medal in a national cooking competition with spinach vermicelli.

He left a precious intangible cultural heritage to the catering industry and trained a group of cooking masters for the culinary world. At the same time, he also left the industry with bitterness and regret.

With such a powerful senior brother around, who also comes from the same school, the other junior brothers can’t be much worse.

After Liu Hongshen finished his apprenticeship, his master recommended him to work as the chef at Hongbinlou in Beijing, where he worked for more than ten years. He had superb skills and a low-key personality, and was deeply respected by his peers and diners.

"Who is looking for me?" As soon as Liu Hongshen went out, he looked around and asked, and finally fixed his eyes on Liu Zhiye.

"Master Liu, do you still remember me?" Duomen lowered his head and knocked the pipe on the sole of his shoe, then stood up and bowed with a smile.

When Liu Hongshen saw that it was Duo Ye, he looked at him in disbelief. He rubbed his eyes and took another closer look. He found that he was indeed his benefactor.

Liu Hongshen was very excited by Duo Ye's appearance. Without saying a word, he rushed forward and knelt down in front of him.

"Master Duo! We finally meet again. Let me kowtow to you first!" As he said this, he was about to bend down and kowtow.

The young disciples who came out from the side were very surprised to see their master suddenly kneeling down and kowtow to others. They didn't understand why their master did that.

They have followed the master for so long, but have never seen him so humble. It makes people wonder what has happened to the master?
Duomen quickly stepped forward to hold him up and prevent him from falling, and said, "Hey, what are you doing? Get up quickly and talk."

Liu Hongshen's eyes were red and he refused to get up. He had to kowtow to him before he would get up.

How could Duomen let him knock down? He took great efforts to stop the burly Liu Hongshen.

"Master Duo, I'm lucky you were there at the beginning, otherwise I would have been killed." Liu Hongshen said emotionally while wiping his tears.

Duomen smiled and persuaded: "It's all in the past. The wailing stick who framed you and those bastards who harmed the people have now met with a bad end. They have all been publicly tried and shot. Take it easy..."

It turns out that Duomen and Liu Hongshen are old acquaintances. When Liu Hongshen was a chef at Hongbinlou, his superb cooking skills conquered the gourmet master Duoye.

Every time he came to Hongbinlou Duoye, he liked to discuss cooking experience with Liu Hongshen, and they became friends after a while.

Although Liu Hongshen did not know Duo Ye's home address, he knew that he was a patrolman. He did not ask for other information. The two of them had a close relationship.

At the end of 1948, the KMT and its secret agents in Beijing felt the end was near and went crazy, hunting down and killing Communists, progressive figures, and innocent people in an attempt to resist stubbornly.

As the situation worsened, they became extremely crazy, but they could not save themselves from the successive defeats on the front battlefield.

The domestic situation became increasingly tense, and a storm was about to come. They tried to stop the process of national unification through killing, but in the end they could not resist the torrent of history.

One day, a patrolman from Beijing named "Kusangbang" and others came to Hongbinlou to have a meal. They ordered a table full of dishes, but after eating and drinking, they refused to pay and wanted to leave.

The waiter chased after them and asked for money, but "Ku Sang Bang" and his companions looked disdainful and said, "I didn't bring any money today. Put it on the account first and we'll settle it together another day."

The shopkeeper also came over and said with a smile: "Sir, you have a lot of accounts outstanding. Can you please settle them? Our small business can't afford your troubles!"

After hearing this, "The Crying Stick" flew into a rage. He glared at me and said, "Are you afraid that I can't afford the meal? Or do you think I'm eating for free? If you don't explain it to me clearly today, there will be no let-up between us." As he said that, he grabbed the shopkeeper by the collar and slapped him hard in the face. The shopkeeper was immediately dazed.

Seeing this, other customers all avoided it, fearing that they would be involved in this incident.

The shopkeeper covered his face and looked at the "crying stick" in horror. Not only did this person eat without paying, but he also beat people. Is this fair?
So he pointed at the "crying stick" and said tremblingly: "You, you, you... why are you still hitting people? Is there any law?"

"The Crying Stick" laughed and said, "The law? We are the law! You old bitch, you want to die? I think you are tired of living." He raised his hand and was ready to slap the shopkeeper in the face again.

His arrogant attitude caused dissatisfaction and onlookers from other customers, but they did not dare to step forward to stop him.

Because these people are "black dogs", each of them is evil and corrupt, they specialize in extortion, cheating, drinking, gambling, and smoking, and they are all villains who oppress the common people.

However, the slap with the "crying stick" did not land, but someone grabbed his wrist tightly and he could not move.

"The Crying Stick" was furious. He glanced sideways and found that someone was trying to stop him. It was the master chef Liu Hongshen.

He was busy in the kitchen at the time and heard the waiter come in and shout that someone was about to cause trouble, so he hurried over to stop the "crying stick" from hitting people.

Liu Hongshen grew up in Liujiazhuang and had acquired superb skills. He was tall and strong, with broad shoulders and a round waist. One could tell at a glance that he was a man of extraordinary skills.

"The Crying Stick" was as thin as a stick. Although he was noisy, he was just bullying ordinary people because of his profession. Facing a tough guy like Liu Hongshen, he didn't dare to provoke him.

He only saw this person trying to stop him, and everyone from Hongbinlou came out, holding iron pots, kitchen knives, and stools, and there were diners watching. Everyone glared at him, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

"Crying Stick" and his men were just lowly patrolmen who had no guns in their hands, only a broken baton. They felt that if they started fighting, they would get nothing good, so they could only run away with their tails between their legs in anger.

Before leaving, he pointed at Liu Hongshen and threatened: "Don't fall into my hands, otherwise, hum! We'll see what happens." Then, he gave him a vicious look and turned away.

Looking at his back, Liu Hongshen couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, as if he was being stared at by a poisonous snake.

From this point on, Liu Hongshen and the "crying stick" had a feud. At first, he didn't care, thinking: "I'm in Hongbin Building and I won't go anywhere, what can you do to me?"

However, this "crying stick" was definitely a wicked bastard, and he kept causing trouble for Hongbinlou and Liu Hongshen.

Fortunately, the boss of Hongbinlou was no pushover either, and had some connections among officials. He used his connections to give "Crying Stick" a good beating.

This made "Crying Stick" even more resentful, and he thought: Since I can't take care of Hongbinlou, can't I take care of you, a little punk?

This opportunity soon came.

That day, the police station and the secret service jointly acted to catch an escaped underground party member. They set up a dragnet and waited for the other party to be caught.

However, at this critical moment, the underground party member cleverly broke into the back kitchen of "Hongbinlou".

The kitchen was filled with the rich aroma of food, and the chefs were busy preparing dishes.

The underground party member hid cleverly and took advantage of the chaos and concealment in the kitchen to successfully escape the pursuit of the police and the Secret Service.

The failure of this arrest operation made the secret agents of the "Secret Bureau" very angry.

They accused the police officers present of not doing their job properly and tried to shift the blame to these "black dogs".

Upon seeing this, "Crying Stick" suddenly thought of a brilliant way to take revenge on "Hongbinlou" and Liu Hongshen.

He reported to the police chief Xu Hancheng and falsely accused the police of having a communist in "Hongbinlou". Otherwise, how could the hidden communist just escape into "Hongbinlou" and disappear.

Police Chief Xu Hancheng was also a slippery character. He thought to himself: "What the mourning stick said makes sense. Even if there are no Communists here, it doesn't matter. It's a good opportunity to extort some money from the owner of "Hongbinlou".

The two cunning men were plotting, but were overheard by Duomen who was passing by. Duomen heard a familiar name - Liu Hongshen, who was Duomen's friend and could not ignore him.

(End of this chapter)