Chapter 332 Gaining Insights

The interactions between people are sometimes so magical.

If Yue Feng and Master Niu have no other emotional basis other than business dealings, the other party may not be willing to help if he rashly asks for help even if he promises benefits.

Adjusting work in a mine sounds simple, but it is actually not that easy to do.

In a society where relationships are important, anyone with a little bit of ability knows how to maintain good relationships with relevant leaders.

Based on this situation, the departments that have comfortable living conditions and good treatment are definitely mostly populated by people with connections, both big and small.

As Master Niu said, “one carrot, one hole”. This is absolutely not an exaggeration.

However, the friendship between Yue Feng and Master Niu has been accumulated and deepened little by little since they started working together.

Yue Feng is a clear-headed person. If there are any benefits, he is willing to share them with his friends.

In addition, he has a special skill, and the relationship with Master Niu is mutually beneficial. As long as there is some room for maneuver, Master Niu is very willing to help Yue Feng.

That’s not even counting the favor I received for helping to hunt jackals in the mountains a few days ago and giving away a wolfskin mattress!
“Well, thank you for your concern! It’s getting late, I should go home. What time tomorrow evening?”

“Just come before six o’clock. I have to finish my work in the cafeteria before I can go home from get off work!”

“okay!!”

……

While he was talking, the apprentice who went to weigh the frogs reported the weighed amounts, and Master Niu signed the invoice without saying a word.

63 jin, three yuan a jin, one hundred and eighty-nine yuan! Round off one hundred and eighty! If we talk about the value of this thing, it is much more expensive than an ordinary wild boar!

Seeing that they had finished discussing the serious matters, Yue Feng, who was still thinking about going home early to eat the stewed female leopard, stood up from his seat, said goodbye and was about to leave.

It was late, and Master Niu would have to go to the kitchen to busy himself soon, so there was no need to keep him. Master Niu accompanied Yue Feng to the door before turning around and going back.

Coming out from the back door of the second canteen, Yue Feng breathed a sigh of relief.

Today’s trip to the city was fruitful. I got the tickets that my brothers from the hunting team wanted. My eldest brother and his wife’s work problems were also probably solved. The dinner with the deputy director of the Mining Bureau was also finalized.

That’s not all, the female leopard also exchanged some for tea and special cigarettes given by Wang Hu.

After dinner, I sent the goods to Lao Zhang Ganzi. When the leader in charge of organizing the selection and training of grassroots village officials saw the goods with the seal of the Military Control Commission, he must have looked up to Lao Zhang Ganzi.

After finishing his work, Yue Feng rode his bicycle back humming a little tune.

When I got back to the village, the last rays of sunset had just disappeared. I returned home in the night and the house was already filled with strange fragrance. The timing was perfect.

In the room, the three brothers Xiaowen, Xiaowu and Xiaotao had returned home to deliver some things and were waiting there long ago.

I’ll stew a big pot of female leopard, have a drink with my brother and uncle’s family, and brag a little. Life will be very comfortable.

“Brother! You’re back! Come into the house and warm up!” Xiao Tao heard the noise in the yard and opened the door to welcome Yue Feng into the house.

“Mom, how’s dinner? Is the toad stewed? ” Yue Feng asked as he walked into the house and took off his thick cotton coat.

Xiao Tao replied: “The fire in the stove has stopped. I just fished one out for me to try. It tasted amazing!

Auntie said to cover the pot and simmer it for a while, and then we can open the pot and eat when you come back!”

“Don’t be in a hurry to eat! Go to the east room first and divide the tickets among you!”

“What ticket? Did you get the bicycle ticket you asked me for last time?”

Hearing about the ticket distribution, Xiaowen, who was sitting in the east room and chatting with Yue Lei, also poked his head out.

“Well, two bicycle tickets, a sewing machine ticket, and two transistor radio tickets! The total cost is 240 yuan!”

While Yue Feng was speaking, he took out these scarce bills from his pocket.

These bills were for the three brothers, and Yue Feng’s family had already bought all of them in one go.

“Let me see, let me see! I have never seen what a bicycle ticket looks like!” Xiao Tao immediately stopped shouting about eating toads and came up with his face licking.

Yue Feng entered the east room, then took out several bills and showed them to several people.

“Fuck! We have bicycles and radios! How many people died just for this small bill?”

Xiao Tao looked at the bicycle receipt from top to bottom and sighed.

“It’s a planned economy, there’s nothing we can do about it, we can just get the tickets through our acquaintances!

If you want to buy anything big in the future, please tell me in advance. Brother Hu said that as long as we ask first and have the tickets, we will be given priority. As for the rest, no one else can do anything!

By the way, this time when we went to deliver Toad, Brother Hu heard that Xiaona’s father had gone to participate in the organization’s study, so he brought some things for you to see!”

While speaking, Yue Feng took out the cloth bag tucked under his armpit and took out cigarettes and tea from it.

The packaging of the cigarettes for internal supply is very simple, and would look ordinary if it were not stamped with the seal of the Military Control Commission.

The box of tea was also of similar style, made of plain military green kraft paper, and also had the seal of the Military Control Commission stamped on the bottom.

“Are these the cigarettes and tea for supply? They don’t look like anything special!” Xiao Tao took it in his hand and looked it up and down for a few seconds and said casually.

Xiao Wen curled his lips and said, “You know shit! You can’t see these things if you are of a low level. You can’t buy them even if you have money!”

“There’s not even a trademark name! Isn’t it a fake?” Xiao Tao asked again.

Yue Feng smiled and shook his head: “This thing is not circulated on the market, why do we need a label name?
They won’t even admit to the outside world that these things exist! The only anti-counterfeiting mark is this seal!
If anyone is so bold as to cheat on this, he will be shot if caught!”

Yue Lei also took one of the cigarettes in his hand and looked at it for a few seconds in the light of the oil lamp.

Yue Feng saw that the old man seemed interested, so he said, “I gave you two packs of cigarettes. Why don’t we keep one for ourselves to try? One pack will also be enough for Xiaona’s dad as a gift!”

Yue Lei shook his head: “I am fine smoking this big pipe, I am not used to this kind of cigarette, you should give them all to your father-in-law!

These things are very useful as gifts. Wang Hu should have told you when he gave them to you, right? “

“Well, the grassroots matters were not worth his while, so he went to beg the old man for money and got the tea and cigarettes. He said that he could at least give him some face!” Yue Feng said truthfully.

“It’s more than just a bit of face. I feel that with these things, basically, your father-in-law’s organization of study should be a sure thing!” Yue Lei said very affirmatively.

“There’s still some Moutai in the cellar that Ye Jianjun gave me for the state banquet last time! After dinner, I’ll take two bottles and send them over, and add some fuel to the fire!”

“Okay! That’s what we have to do! The less we know about the details, the better it will be for Lao Wang’s progress! This is a great job!”

“What are you men mumbling about in the house? Clear the table and get ready to eat!”

At this time, Meng Yulan’s voice came from the kitchen, calling for dinner.

“Oh! Okay!” Yue Feng responded, then immediately went out of the house to the kitchen to serve the dishes.

Tonight, my mother cooked a big pot of at least 10 pounds of female leopard, adding soybean paste and some seasonings. When I opened the lid of the pot, a strong aroma rushed straight to my head. No other side dishes were prepared. Tonight, the main dish was the braised female leopard with soybean paste.

Two large basins full of female leopards were brought to the table, followed by wine glasses, chopsticks and other small items.

Jingjing, a little greedy cat, has been staying by the kitchen stove to help her mother light the fire since she came back from school. In the evening, she has killed at least several female leopards just in the name of food tasting.

At this moment, she and her mother did not sit at the table. They just served a large bowl of female leopard soup on the table outside the kitchen. The little guy didn’t care about the people drinking in the room at all, and his mouth was full of oil.

I would like to mention this in particular. People who have never eaten forest frogs may subconsciously associate it with the cooking and eating methods of bullfrogs in later generations.

In fact, objectively speaking, the difference is very big.

The biggest difference is that the female leopard taken out from the puddle of running water in winter has no dirt in its stomach.

Yes, you read that right, there is no dirt at all.

After the temperature drops and the forest frog returns to the water pool to spend the winter, it completely stops eating, and the residues in its stomach and intestines will be completely excreted from the body in a short time.

Based on this objective situation, both the female leopard and the female leopard need not be gutted before being prepared.

Those who are a little more particular will use boiling water to scald the mucous membrane on the surface of the body, then rinse it with clean water and put it in the pot. There is also another method, which is to grab a handful of salt and kill the toad before cooking.

When eating, there is no need to spit out the internal organs or anything. If you are picky, you may pick out the bile and not eat it. Most of the time, there will be nothing left except the bones.

With a sip, the seeds, fat and tender meat in the female leopard’s belly explode on the tip of the tongue, mixed with a little sauce and the aroma of minced garlic. The taste is simply indescribable.

The dishes were served and the wine was filled. Yue Lei said, “Stop waiting and start cooking!

This female leopard is really fat! Eat more, we men will try to give it a good meal!”

At the command, the four Yue Feng brothers all started to eat. They picked up the round toad belly with chopsticks, took a bite with relish, and instantly narrowed their eyes.

“My aunt’s skill in stewing toads is simply unmatched! Delicious!”

Xiao Tao killed a female leopard in just a few bites, and then immediately picked up the second one.

The other people’s eating manners were not much better. They went in and out of Yue Feng’s house all day long to eat and so on. In the eyes of the elders, these children were no different from their own sons and they were not shy at all.

After eating several toads in succession, Xiaowen picked up the wine glass.

“Uncle, Brother Feng, let’s all drink together!”

“all!!”

Several people raised the wine glass in front of them and took a sip of the strong grain liquor. The aroma of the toad blended with the taste of the liquor, and they felt a warm current flowing from their throats to their stomachs.

That feeling is simply so comfortable!
A group of young men at the peak of their fighting ability ate two large basins full of toads. By the time they finished drinking the wine, there was not a single toad left.

After eating the toad and drinking the wine, when Yue Feng called his mother to bring some dry food, a bowl of steaming hand-rolled noodles was brought up.

Pour the stewed toad soup into each bowl, then pick up the hot and chewy hand-rolled noodles, stir it slightly, and take a sip. The aroma of grains and the flavor of sauce blend perfectly, and it’s so delicious that you can’t wait to swallow it.

After the meal, the five men at the table, including Yue Lei, were all stuffed! !

……

The meal lasted until about 8:40 before they cleared the table and ended the fight. Xiao Tao, Xiao Wen and the others went home with their heads held high and their stomachs covered.

Yue Feng was slightly stronger than them, but his strength was limited. After sending a few friends away, he struggled to take out two bottles of Moutai from the cellar.

A bucket of the largest and best-looking female leopard toads, a box of tea, two packs of cigarettes, and two bottles of Moutai liquor.

Except for the toad which was carried in a bucket, Yue Feng stuffed all the other hard goods into urea bags and strolled to Wang Jianguo’s house.

When he arrived at his father-in-law’s house, the light in the east room was still on. Yue Feng knocked on the door, and soon the dog in the yard started barking.

“Who is it here so late?” Father-in-law Wang Jianguo opened the door wearing a cotton coat.

“Uncle, it’s me, Xiaofeng!” Yue Feng responded.

“Xiao Feng, wait, I’ll open the door for you!”

Soon, the door opened and Yue Feng walked into the house with his things in his hand.

“What is this? Why are you bringing food home again? We haven’t even finished the meat we brought last time!”

Yue Feng burped and said proudly: “This time it’s not meat for daily life!

Xiao Na told me about your gift giving and I have prepared everything for you! Whether it is food, drinks, or gifts for later, we have everything!”

“There are female leopard toads in the bucket. This is good. It will definitely be enough for entertaining. It is quite big! What’s in the bag?”

“Open it and see for yourself!”

“You kid, you are still keeping me in suspense. I want to see what you have prepared!” Wang Jianguo opened the urea bag with a smile.

The first things that were taken out were the two bottles of State Banquet Moutai, which had packaging that was clearly different from that of ordinary Moutai.

Wang Jianguo didn’t understand why this thing was rare, but he knew that Moutai was a good wine, so he glanced at it and put it on the table.

Then he took out two packs of plain cigarettes and some tea.

At first I didn’t know what it was, but when I saw the seal of the Military Control Commission on it, my breathing became rapid.

“Are these the tea and cigarettes for internal supply that were taken out from the Military Control Commission?” Wang Jianguo asked.

“Well, my friend’s father is a high-ranking official in the Military Control Commission! He heard that you were going to organize a study session, so he specially got it for me! It should be used by people at that level!” Yue Feng said calmly.

“When did you meet such a friend? Why haven’t I heard you mention him before?”

Yue Feng: “Hey! We’ve known each other for a while, and our relationship has always been pretty good!”

“How much is a bottle of Moutai? I’ve never seen this kind of packaging before!”

The father-in-law, Wang Jianguo, usually prides himself on being knowledgeable and experienced, but he also showed his fear in front of the Maotai at the state banquet.

“This thing is priceless! Feitian Purple Maotai! The wine used for state banquets, not available on the market!

Last time, Brother Zhang brought Ye Xiaojun, his cousin and my friend’s childhood friend. He came to my house a few days ago and brought a box with him.

I have a few bottles left at home. You can use these two as gifts. It will definitely not be embarrassing!”

When Wang Jianguo heard the words “state banquet Moutai”, he could no longer hold back.

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