selling chili peppers in chronology

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Stir-fried bacon and vinegared cabbage are served on the table.

While Chen Chen was serving rice, Du Xingwei went to get a bottle of Moutai, paired with two wine glasses.

Chen Chen was surprised when he saw it, "Good wine."

"I left two bottles before." Du Xingwei opened the wine, and then poured some, "Traveling in the car is tiring, drinking some is comfortable."

Chen Chen reached out to hold the wine bottle, "That's all."

Du Xingwei stopped, "Enough?"

Chen Chen responded, "Enough."

Du Xingwei is not a person who likes to persuade people to drink. When Chen Chen said enough, he said yes, then took the bottle away, but said, "Many people have to drink when they do business."

"Wine table culture." Chen Chen smiled and said, "I understand."

Du Xingwei poured himself a small glass of wine, which was much more than the shallow one in Chen Chen's glass.

Hearing Chen Chen's answer, he hummed.

Chen Chen saw that Du Xingwei had finished pouring the wine, picked up the wine glass, and had an obvious smile on his face, "Thank you for taking me in today."

Du Xingwei clinked glasses with him, "It's okay."

Moutai's wine is indeed delicious, much better than Chen Jianye's burning knife in the village. Even if Chen Chen hasn't drunk for a long time, he won't feel uncomfortable when the wine enters his throat.

Du Xingwei's cooking skills are also very good.

Bacon is stir-fried with garlic sprouts and dried chilies. It tastes very fragrant without adding too many ingredients. The vinegar-simmered cabbage is also cooked very well. The acetic acid contains the sweetness of the cabbage itself, and it tastes very refreshing. Stir-fried bacon is a perfect match.

Chen Chen didn't even hold back and asked, "Du Xingwei, have you learned how to cook?"

Du Xingwei's tone was very calm, "I used to work as a small worker in a restaurant, and I watched the chef do it."

Chen Chen was surprised, "Have you ever worked in a restaurant?"

Du Xingwei hummed, "At that time, I had no money and didn't know what to do when I first went out. It happened that there was a restaurant that wanted to recruit small workers. Because they were not considered regular workers, no one was willing to do it. If you don’t like it, you can still sleep in the store, so let’s go.”

The low salary is not considered a regular job, but the work is too much and complicated, such as moving goods, washing vegetables, cleaning dishes, etc., locals don't care about doing it, only Du Xingwei, a foreigner, if he doesn't live in a guest house, he has to sleep on the street, plus At that time, he had just left Pingba Village, had no money, and didn't know where to find work to earn money, so he saw the important person in the restaurant, so he applied for the job for the sake of food and housing. He has settled down in that strange city.

Du Xingwei didn't go into so much detail, but Chen Chen could already imagine it.

In the era of underdeveloped information, a person who goes out from a remote village to a completely unfamiliar city without money is sure to have everything he needs to feel lost and helpless.

"But you persevered." Chen Chen had a serious expression, "You have come to this day on your own."

Du Xingwei took another sip with his wine glass, his voice was a little low, not as cold as usual, "It's not on my own, I also met a lot of friends and got a lot of help."

Chen Chen asked: "Including the one you said you wanted to buy bad chili from me?"

"His name is Bo Xu." Du Xingwei said, "He took me to do my first business."

Maybe it was because he drank some alcohol, but Du Xingwei talked more tonight than before, and he talked about things he didn't like to mention in the past.

The Boxu family used to be landlords. During the war of aggression, their family spent a lot of money to fight against the war, especially for our party. Two members of the family died to help deliver medicines.

The Bai family's brains are very active. Even though the land in their hands was later divided out, the family background is still there, and the restaurant is also flourishing. In order to support the Anti-Japanese War, they even started many other businesses, desperately raising money to support the army/team .

The idea of ​​loving the nation is engraved in the bones of the Bai family.

After the victory of the war and the founding of the country, the Bai family has achieved great success in the long province with so many years of support and hard work, and many public/official/person/personnel have been produced in the family.

It was also because of these working people, seeing that the wind direction was not right, they immediately handed in all the things that could not be kept in their hands, including the restaurant.

After the restaurant was handed over, it was changed into a state-run restaurant.

It's just that with the development of history and the introduction of the self-responsible profit and loss policy, the popular state-owned restaurants have gradually gone downhill. The state-owned restaurants are not so popular, and their business is not as good as before.

In order to revitalize the state-run restaurants, the people in charge have carried out a lot of activities. There were indeed some achievements in the early stage, but in fact it was just a flashback.

Du Xingwei was the one who entered the state-run hotel at that time, and then met Bo Xu in the restaurant.

At that time, Du Xingwei didn't know that this state-run restaurant used to be the restaurant of Bo Xu's family, and Bo Xu didn't mention it, but he would go there for dinner from time to time, and he had seen it many times, and he became acquainted.

It wasn't until the two had fought together that they really became acquainted.

The spring breeze of reform/reform/spring came to Changzhou relatively early. Bai Xu read the newspaper and listened to the radio every day.

Du Xingwei also had ambitions, and quickly finalized the route through Bo Xu's information channel. They took the special products of Chang Province and took the train to Guangzhou Province, and then made a fortune in Guangzhou Province, and then bought things from Guangzhou Province Go back to Changzhou and sell it, and earn a lot of money.

In this way, Du Xingwei and Bo Xudeng made a lot of money immediately. They realized that they had found a correct way to make money, so they went back and forth many times.

It’s just that Bo Xu didn’t want to do this anymore, because the state-run hotel couldn’t continue to operate. The Bai family operated it, and then the restaurant returned to the Bai family, so Bo Xu wanted to open the restaurant.

Since then, Du Xingwei has completely started to work alone, and has accumulated a lot of contacts and careers.

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For Du Xingwei, Bo Xu is actually his bole. If Bo Xu didn't pull him into the group, then he would not be where he is today.Du Xingwei has always remembered this kindness, so when Bo Xu asked to buy bad peppers from Du Xingwei's hands, Du Xingwei did not refuse.

You know, because Du Xingwei didn't have enough chili peppers to sell, he even gave up the idea of ​​taking goods from him and selling them elsewhere.

But when he saw that Chen Chen had some goods in his hands, he only asked for Baixu, without mentioning a word about his business.

Du Xingwei only talked about the past of his business with Bo Xu, but he could understand the latter words even if he didn't talk about Chen Chen.In terms of career, Bole must help if he should.

Chen Chen said with a smile, "Then I think the deal is half done."

The wine in Du Xingwei's wine glass was already empty, so he didn't pour it any more. He just took his chopsticks to pick up the bacon, "You can talk about whatever you want."

Chen Chen had his own thoughts in his heart, "I understand the truth when it comes to business."

Du Xingwei hummed, and stuffed the bacon into his mouth.

There is a coal stove under the dining table. There is no earthen pot or kettle on it, so the lid of the coal stove is used to cover it. There are dots of smoke coming out of the small holes, but it will not smoke people, and the legs and feet are very warm. .

The two ate while warming up the fire. After the meal, it was pitch black outside, and the light was turned on in the house. I don’t know if it’s because the wires are connected well or the bulb has a higher wattage. The light is brighter than the ones in the village.

The dishes and chopsticks were packed into the kitchen. Du Xingwei turned on the TV and told Chen Chen to watch TV while he went to wash the dishes by himself.

Chen Chen looked up at him, "Du Xingwei, are you drunk?"

Du Xingwei's eyes were very clear, "No."

Chen Chen said loudly, "Then you go, I thought you were drinking, I was afraid that you would drop the dishes while washing."

Du Xingwei smiled, "No."

Under the light, the already handsome man smiled even more prettily.

Du Xingwei didn't smile like this before, because he was always unsmiling. When his face is expressionless, it can scare people away, and if it sinks a little, it can scare a child to cry.

Even if Chen Chen and Du Xingwei got closer, even if Du Xingwei could smile, the smile was so shallow that it was almost invisible.

How can there be an obvious arc of laughter like now.

Combined with Du Xingwei's slightly more words and topics on the table than before, Chen Chen felt that Du Xingwei must have drunk too much alcohol, and the alcohol became different from before.

But looking at the appearance, I really can't tell, and when asked, he said he was not drunk.

Chen Chen was not at ease, and stood at the kitchen door watching for a while.The opponent's back was straight, and his sleeves were rolled up to the elbows, revealing half of his powerful arms.He was also steady in washing the dishes with a towel, and there was no sign of being drunk at all.

So... are you really not drunk?

Then why is Du Xingwei different from before tonight?

Chen Chen didn't know the reason, and he wanted to ask but it was not easy to ask. He went back to the living room thinking about it, saw the black and white TV that was playing, and temporarily put his thoughts to the back of his mind.

To be honest, Chen Chen was not used to this TV in various ways.

The picture on the TV is very rough, there will be faint snowflakes coming out, and it is black and white, which makes the scene inside a bit more blurred, and Chen Chen feels his eyes hurt after watching it for a while.

He got up and moved the coal stove under the dining table to the sofa, keeping a distance so that the smoke from the coal would not blacken the sofa.

Chen Chen stretched out his long legs and went over to bake. He touched a newspaper from the small bookshelf next to him and flipped through it.

Du Xingwei packed the kitchen and came out to see such a pleasant scene. He was stunned for a moment, and after looking at it for a while, he walked over and asked, "Do you want to go out for a stroll?"

Chen Chen raised his eyes, "Is there any place to go shopping in the provincial capital at night?"

People in the village basically don't turn on the lights at night. Everyone uses the moonlight to enjoy the coolness and chat. Now that the weather is cold, they basically go to bed as soon as it gets dark and eat. There won't be too many entertainment items.

Although the provincial capital is called the provincial capital, it is such an era after all, and I don't know if there is a nightlife.

Du Xingwei said: "There is only one street to visit."

Chen Chen asked: "Is it far?"

Du Xingwei: "Not close."

Whenever someone else mentioned this matter to Chen Chen, he would reject it when he heard this, but now the person who brought it up is Du Xingwei.

Go out to the night market with Du Xingwei, you must go.

Chen Chen directly put down the newspaper and stood up, "Go, but does this stove need to be sealed?"

Du Xingwei was surprised, just now he thought Chen Chen didn't want to go, "No seal, boil a pot of water."

Speaking of Du Xingwei went to fetch a pot of water, Chen Chen opened the lid, seeing that the coal was burning vigorously at the moment, he asked, "Do you want to add another piece of coal?"

"No need." Du Xingwei said.

"What if it turns off when you come back?"

"probably not."

"Row."