Chapter 123 Meeting an old friend by chance
"Sir, do you think we can finish it?"

Chen Fei looked at the large plates on the table and the goose tumbling in the iron pot, and swallowed with some difficulty.

"It's okay. Didn't I tell you to pack up what you can't finish?" The smile on Su Chen's face seemed a little forced.

He never imagined that the portions of dishes in Northeast China were so large.

The plate is bigger than his head, and a plate of sweet and sour pork only costs about ten yuan. If it were sold somewhere else, if it cost thirty yuan less, the customers would feel they were getting a bargain.

As for the chicken stewed with mushrooms, Su Chen thought it was just some cut chicken to stew together, but who would have thought it was a whole chicken.
Uh. Su Chen only then realized that the "small chicken" that people in the Northeast refer to is a whole chicken. If anyone comes to the Northeast for the first time, they will not understand it!
As for the tomato and egg soup, needless to say, it is very filling and filling.

"Eat it. Eat as much as you can. You can pack up the rest and have it as a midnight snack."

Chen Fei was stunned when he heard this, and gave him a midnight snack.
No way, boss, how can such cold words come out of your 37-degree mouth?

I have to say that the dishes from Northeast China are not only large in size, but also taste really good.

The sweet and sour sweet and sour pork is quite appetizing.

After a simple tasting, he entered the eating mode. Su Chen didn't say anything and just concentrated on eating.

In order to avoid having midnight snacks, Chen Fei also ate as much as he could, not even ordering rice and only eating vegetables!
"This Northeastern cuisine is really delicious!" Su Chen said with some pride, touching his stomach and the two dishes and one soup on the table that were almost empty.

Chen Fei wasn't feeling much better. His stomach was so full from eating so much that he leaned back in his chair and didn't want to move at all.

At this time, the elder sister who had received the two men came over and said, "Brother, I'll clear the dishes for you. The goose in the iron pot is almost done!"

Hearing this, Su Chen remembered that he had also ordered a goose stewed in an iron pot, but he had forgotten about it because it was pressed by the plate.

After the eldest sister took away the plates, she opened the lid of the pot and a fragrant steam spread out.

It did smell delicious, but Su Chen had no desire to eat it at all.

"Big sister, pack up this goose!"

"Hahaha~ I told you that you couldn't finish it. Those of you who came to Northeast China for the first time just wouldn't believe it. You had to try it once before you would believe it!" The smile on the elder sister's face was not a mocking one. Instead, it was a very warm one, as if she was seriously considering you.

"As they say, one won't turn back until he hits the wall. We should just adapt to the local customs!" Su Chen quite liked this kind of atmosphere. There was no deliberate flattery or fake pandering.

"Wait a moment, I'll get you a big box!" said the elder sister and left quickly.

Chen Fei waited until the elder sister walked away, then he made a bitter face and muttered softly: "Sir, you won't really let me take it back to the hotel for a midnight snack, will you?"

"Midnight snack, you have a nice idea."

Su Chen looked out the window and saw an auntie in an orange sanitation uniform, squatting on the curb and eating a steamed bun with a kettle in one hand and a steamed bun in the other.

Chen Fei followed his gaze and spotted the sanitation worker. From what he could tell, the sanitation worker must be at least sixty years old!

"Sir, which aunt do you want to pack for?"

Su Chen thought about it after hearing this and rejected Chen Fei's proposal.

At this time, the eldest sister also came back with a large take-away box. Just as she was about to pack the goose in the iron pot, she was stopped by Su Chen.

"Big sister, I won't pack this bag for now. I also want to ask you for a favor!"

Su Chen spoke out his thoughts and pointed at the sanitation worker squatting on the curb.
"Okay, no problem. Leave it to me." The eldest sister didn't expect that Su Chen was such a nice person.

Instead of choosing to pack up the goose and give it to the sanitation lady, the elder sister asked the aunt to invite her in to eat, which was considered to be a small consideration for the old lady's self-esteem.

As for the leftovers, she could pack them up and take them home to eat in the evening, and of course Su Chen would pay for all the expenses.

After paying the money, Su Chen nodded to the eldest sister and took Chen Fei away for the tour, but the two did not go far.

I didn’t know what the elder sister said to the sanitation lady, but after a moment I saw the elder sister taking the sanitation lady into the store.

When entering the store, the eldest sister nodded at Su Chen and the others to indicate that the task he had assigned had been completed.

I also heard the sanitation lady constantly saying words like thank you.

"Sir, this lady is quite interesting. She agreed without even asking the boss's opinion. What if the boss sees her as the sanitation lady when she goes in later?" At the end, Fade Chen didn't know what to say next.

Su Chen glanced at him and knew what Chen Fei wanted to express.

It's nothing more than wearing the sanitation uniform to eat, which makes some people feel dissatisfied.

Such incidents are quite common. Su Chen had seen a report online before about several patrolmen who were kicked out by store clerks for eating box lunches at the door of Starbucks. It caused quite a stir online at the time.

Just think about it, even the patrolman was driven away for eating at the door, and a sanitation lady was sitting inside and eating openly, how could she not attract attention.

Of course, we can't generalize, just like the small restaurant where Su Chen just ate.

There are two reasons why the lady agreed so readily. Either she is the boss and can make the decision without worrying about what other customers say.

As for the other one, it is worth Su Chen's deep thought. That is, in Northeast China, it is normal for sanitation ladies to come into the restaurant to eat, and at most they will attract other people's curiosity and take a few more glances.

Whether it's first or second, it's always a good thing.

"Let's go, take a walk to help digest the food!" Su Chen saw the sanitation lady eating happily through the window, patted Chen Fei's arm and said.

This is not a good thing to do, I just don't want to waste food.

It can be considered a reasonable use of resources!
"Su Chen?"

A somewhat confused and weak shout was heard.

"Hmm? It sounds like someone is calling me!" Su Chen stopped and looked around, thinking he was hallucinating.

"Su Chen, look over here!"

This time the sound was much louder than before. The two of them stopped immediately and looked in the direction of the sound.

From the second-floor window diagonally across the road, a man was seen leaning half of his body out and waving at Su Chen and the others.

When Su Chen saw the figure of the person in the window clearly, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"Hmm? That's Boss Yu?"

"Boss Yu? Who is he, sir?" Chen Fei asked with some confusion. He had been with Su Chen for so long, but it seemed that he had never seen anyone with this surname before.

"When I went to Lijiang a long time ago, I met a B&B owner who was quite nice."

Su Chen thought about the milk tea making technique that Boss Yu taught him, but he had no idea where it was. Even the tea leaves that Boss Yu gave him were taken and drunk by his father.

"Let's go, let's go there!" What a coincidence. He had said before that I would call him after I went to the Northeast. Who would have thought that we would meet on the street.

If this isn't fate, then what is?
When Su Chen crossed the road, he saw Boss Yu wrapped in a mink coat, standing at the door of what looked like a company office building.

"Su Chen~Why didn't you call me when you came to Northeast China? If it weren't for my good eyesight, I would have missed it!" Boss Yu came up and patted Su Chen's arm, with a tone of complaint in his voice.

"You can't blame me for this. I just arrived in Bingcheng. Besides, how would I know that you went back to Bingcheng? What if you went to the second hometown of the Northeastern people?" Su Chen joked with a smile.

Sanya is of course the second hometown of people from Northeast China. Every winter, those who have a little money in Northeast China go to Sanya to spend the winter.

There’s nothing we can do, the weather in Sanya is so warm!
"Who said that? I warned you so many times before, why are you saying it's my fault now?"

After saying this, both of them burst into laughter.

Boss Yu then noticed Fade Chen following behind Su Chen, and quickly took out a box of Zhonghua cigarettes from his pocket and greeted him with a smile: "What's your name, brother?"

As he said that, he gave one to Su Chen and Chen Fei respectively.

Su Chen took it without hesitation, and Chen Fei took the cigarette without hesitation and introduced himself: "Chen Fei!"

Boss Yu seemed to notice that the relationship between the two seemed a little different, but he didn't think much about it and invited the two to go into the house.

After Boss Yu's introduction, Su Chen realized that this was a tea room specially built by Boss Yu for drinking tea with friends!
"Wow, tsk tsk, it's really luxurious!" Su Chen was a little shocked when he saw the scene in front of him.

It's not like he had never seen a teahouse before. There was a teahouse of nearly 50 square meters in a courtyard house in the imperial capital, but it was nothing compared to the one in front of him.

It’s not that the decoration is as luxurious as Su Chen’s courtyard house, but the variety is quite complete, it’s simply a hodgepodge.

Mahogany furniture, rosewood tables and chairs, and a Luohan bed!

There are also several cabinets filled with cigarettes, alcohol and tea. If you don’t know, you would think you have walked into a tobacco and alcohol store!

There were all kinds of bottles and jars, and an extra-large bathtub with two red dragon fish swimming in pretty good shape!
It is said that when businessmen in Northeast China get rich, the first thing they think about is how to live a carefree life, by building themselves a top-notch teahouse or buying a Rolls-Royce, etc., instead of using the money to expand their business like people in the South do.

Su Chen used to think it was just a rumor, but now it seems to be true!

"Please sit down and try my new tea. I got it with great difficulty from Yunnan Province. It is said to be a 20-year-old Pu'er tea!" Boss Yu carefully took out a package of tea cakes from the tea cabinet.

"Twenty-year-old Pu'er tea? Is that stuff still drinkable?" Su Chen looked at the tea cake in Boss Yu's hand and could faintly smell the fragrance of tea.

"Of course you can. You have to know that Pu'er tea is a post-fermented tea. Of course, only the top-grade tea leaves and tea-making techniques can allow Pu'er tea to be aged for twenty years!"

Boss Yu's tea-making skills were still so proficient, going through the whole process of scraping, rubbing, shaking and pouring. Su Chen was also stunned when he watched.

You know, if Su Chen wants to make tea at home, there doesn't go through so many processes. He just simply soaks the tea leaves in a kettle, and pours himself a cup when he wants to drink.

There is no harm without comparison. Compared with Boss Yu, what I did was not even drinking tea. I was simply wasting those good tea leaves.

(End of this chapter)