MTL - Go Back To 1980 and Enjoy It

 Chapter 333 Tan and Zhang fight for hegemony

 Monday, the twenty-fourth day of the ninth lunar month.

 Suifeng Hotel.

Today is Deng Shirong’s 50th birthday. He has no idea of ​​celebrating his 50th birthday. If he really wanted to celebrate his 50th birthday, it would not be this year but last year.

 Celebrating a big birthday generally refers to tenth birthdays such as 50 years old, 60 years old, 70 years old...100 years old.

 In our country, there is a saying that if a man is over nine and a woman is over ten, it would be most appropriate for him to have a birthday of 50 years old last year.

Of course, in this era, 50 years old can be called a longevity. In later generations, because Chinese people’s life span has become longer, a birthday generally refers to a tenth birthday such as 60 years old, 70 years old, 80 years old...100 years old.

 A birthday over 60 years old can also be called a birthday.

Although I have no idea of ​​celebrating my birthday, it is still my 50th birthday, and it is still very necessary to have a good meal with my family and relatives to celebrate.

Deng Shirong is cooking today. During his previous trip to Sichuan, he bought a lot of high-quality dried chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns, as well as the soul of Sichuan cuisine, bean paste. After reaching a deal with the descendants of the Chen family, they also gave him some traditional Chinese medicine as a gift. High-quality bean paste made with craftsmanship and fermented for more than three years.

With such a good condiment, he naturally wanted to put it to good use and cook some classic Sichuan dishes for his family and relatives to try.

Deng Yunzhen responded with a smile: "This is my dad cooking Sichuan cuisine!"

Of course, the so-called ability to eat spicy food is only relatively speaking. If we classify it according to mildly spicy, medium spicy, super spicy, and abnormally spicy, 90% of the people in Bobai are at the stage where they can only eat mildly spicy food. Only a few can eat medium spicy food, and only a handful can eat super spicy food.

Liang Yunfei also praised: "I have heard people say that Sichuan food is delicious before, but I have never had the chance to taste it. Now I finally have it. It is indeed well-deserved!"

The diner regretted: "That's true, I can't eat spicy food. I can't even stand the spiciness of green peppers. It seems I don't have the appetite to eat Sichuan food!"

Mrs. Zhu wanted to try it, but when she saw the chili pepper and color on the twice-cooked pork, she shook her head and said, "Forget it, I won't try it, lest I can't eat it and waste such a good dish."

 Every one of them had a surprised expression on their face.

Deng Yunzhen shook her head and smiled: "No, I made this for myself. This Sichuan food smells fragrant, but for us white people, Sichuan food is still a little spicy. Many people can't tolerate the spiciness."

Everyone present obviously didn’t know this. When Deng Shirong mentioned the four major cuisines, Zhu Junjie couldn’t help but ask: "Uncle Deng, besides Sichuan cuisine, what three other cuisines are there among these four major cuisines?"

Deng Shirong is currently making the classic twice-cooked pork in Sichuan cuisine. Twice-cooked pork is a very down-to-earth home-cooked dish. It is also a classic dish in Sichuan cuisine. It occupies a very important position in Sichuan cuisine and has always been considered the first of Sichuan cuisine.

The finished product is as shown below:

I have to say that the twice-cooked pork stir-fried with authentic Pixian bean paste is really delicious.

Deng Shirong smiled and said: "What's wasteful? Now is not the time a few years ago when it was difficult to eat meat only once a month."

Deng Shirong smiled and said: "I just pay more attention to this aspect, plus I travel a lot, so I naturally know a little more."

Although there is already a concept of the eight major cuisines, it is not as well-known as it was in later generations. People who don’t follow relevant newspapers really don’t know what the four major cuisines and the eight major cuisines are.

After swallowing the food, Mrs. Zhu praised: "This Sichuan food is really delicious!"

 Later, a large number of cuisines such as the “Big Four”, “Big Five”, and “Top Ten” gradually became popular.

When the other relatives saw this, they all put their chopsticks towards the twice-cooked pork, regardless of whether they could eat spicy food. They also wanted to taste how delicious this dish that was praised again and again by others was.

When the aroma filled the air, not to mention the master chefs who were cooking other dishes in the kitchen, they looked at it sideways. Even family members, relatives and even other diners sitting in the restaurant chatting were twitching their noses at this moment, smelling this extremely delicious aroma. Special scent.

Deng Shirong said: "The other items may be a little spicy, but this twice-cooked pork should not be too spicy. You can try it, relative."

On this birthday, although Deng Shirong invited relatives to have dinner with him, he only invited relatives in the county, such as Mr. and Mrs. Bu Dashi and his sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bu Zhongshi and his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Chen Bangguo, Chen Bangli, Chen Bangfeng, and Zhu Junjie and His parents, Zhang Guangzong, Zhang Guoan, etc.

 Soon, after Deng Shirong prepared these Sichuan dishes, he asked the waiter to serve them and got ready to eat.

 The birth and popularity of my country's "cuisine" roughly occurred from the 1950s to the 1970s.

When the Ministry of Commerce organized the compilation of "Chinese Recipes" in the 1970s, it mentioned the "Four Major Cuisines". The "Four Major Cuisines" were Shandong cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, Huaiyang cuisine, and Cantonese cuisine.

When other diners heard the word spicy, they all shook their heads. There were not many people of their generation who could eat spicy food. It was not until the next generation that the number of spicy food eaters gradually increased, and then the young people of later generations could almost eat it. hot.

Other diners also echoed: "Yes, it smells really good. Boss Deng, are you planning to add Sichuan cuisine to Suifeng Restaurant?"

 The twice-cooked pork stir-fried with Pixian bean paste is really fragrant, fat but not greasy, making it one of the best side dishes.

When Mrs. Zhu saw this, she stopped being pretentious. She picked up the twice-cooked pork in the bowl and put it into her mouth. Then she took a mouthful of rice and chewed it together. The spiciness was acceptable, and the more she chewed, the more fragrant the dish became. , it goes very well with rice and is really completely different from the lighter local dishes.

Until 1980, "Finance and Trade Front" published an article titled "my country's Eight Major Cuisines", which counted Shandong, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Hunan, Fujian and Anhui as the eight major cuisines. This is " The earliest origin of "Eight Major Cuisines".

Deng Yunzhen directly put a piece of twice-cooked pork into the bowl of her future mother-in-law and said, "Auntie, give it a try. If you can't eat it, you'll vomit. It'll be fine."

 Can eat extremely spicy food, probably not even born yet.

 Others also looked at Deng Shirong curiously when they heard this.

 As for various white-cut dishes and local classic dishes, they are made by other master chefs.

Mrs. Zhu said with a regretful look: "You said this Sichuan food is so delicious, but it's a pity that I can't eat spicy food. It's really a bad taste!"

Deng Shirong gave them a brief knowledge of the eight major cuisines, and finally said: "We actually have a lot of specialties in Guangxi, but unfortunately they are not systematic. The eating habits of different regions are different. For example, in the southeast of Guangxi, I prefer Cantonese cuisine, northern Guangxi prefers Hunan cuisine, and northwest Guangxi prefers Yunnan and Guizhou cuisine.”

When it was time to start eating, the very authentic Sichuan dishes made by Deng Shirong were very popular. He knew that everyone couldn't eat too spicy, so dishes like boiled fish that should be heavy on peppers used as little pepper as possible.

Zhang Guangzong tasted several Sichuan dishes made by Deng Shirong before sighing: "Boss, these Sichuan dishes you made are really great. They taste similar to the Sichuan dishes I had in the past, maybe even better. It's really amazing." ah!"

An old regular customer couldn't help it and asked: "Boss Deng, what are you cooking in the kitchen? Why does it smell so good?"

With so many relatives and friends, plus my own family members, naturally there was no room for one table, so it was divided into two tables.

Deng Shirong said: "This Sichuan cuisine is indeed unique. There are so many provinces and autonomous regions in our country, but the dishes from only four provinces are listed as the four major cuisines in "Chinese Cookbook", and this Sichuan cuisine is one of them. It shows that Sichuan cuisine is indeed amazing. ”

An old regular customer asked curiously: "Is this what Sichuan food tastes like? It smells really good!"

Liang Yunfei said in admiration: "Relative, you are really well-informed when it comes to eating!"

 In the kitchen, after making twice-cooked pork, Deng Shirong went on to make classic dishes such as fish-flavored shredded pork, mapo tofu and boiled fish.

 Once you taste it, there is nothing you don’t like.

 Sichuan cuisine is indeed the most popular cuisine in the country.

In addition to Sichuan cuisine, other dishes on the table are also carefully prepared by master chefs, and they are all very classic local delicacies.

This meal made everyone very satisfied.

 Deng Shirong’s 50th birthday was spent with the blessings of his family, relatives and friends.

 …

 After Deng Shirong celebrated his 50th birthday, time soon came to the tenth month of the lunar calendar, and the countdown to the day when his eldest daughter was getting married had begun.

Now the second floor of Naye Deng's community has been renovated and the sanitation has been cleaned.

The decoration is European and American style, which is very fashionable and beautiful in this era. The bed is naturally not a canopy bed, but the famous Simmons of this era. The sofa is also a very high-end leather sofa, and all other furniture are High-end goods of this era.

 The house has a total of nine rooms, three of which are master bedrooms with bathrooms. There are also three public bathrooms, a kitchen with an area of ​​more than 30 square meters, and a dining room with an area of ​​​​50 to 60 square meters.

 As for the living room, it is really huge.

The overall decoration is very high-end. Even Deng Shirong, who has really seen the prosperity of later generations, thinks it is okay. You can imagine how luxurious it is for people of this era.

Since this house was renovated, Deng Yunzhen has visited it countless times, but every time she sees this house, she still feels amazed. It is so beautiful!

 Deng Shirong was sitting on the sofa in the living room and asked: "Azhen, look at what is missing in this house?"

Deng Yunzhen shook her head repeatedly and said, "Dad, there is nothing missing. You have provided all the furniture and appliances."

Deng Shirong smiled and said: "Since there is nothing missing, then you can choose the master bedroom. You will get married in less than three months, and it is time to decorate your wedding room."

Deng Yunzhen said in astonishment: "Isn't this all decorated? How else to decorate it?"

Deng Shirong said: "There is no conflict between the decoration and the layout. If you are getting married, you must put up the characters "囍", put up window grilles, put up lanterns and colors. In short, the decoration must be more festive, so that you can have the atmosphere of getting married."

Deng Yunzhen said: "Dad, there is no need to put up window grilles and lanterns. At most, I can put up a word "囍" and change the quilt, sheets, pillows and the like into red, and that's pretty much it."

Deng Shirong said: "What's the trouble? Just prepare in advance and arrange it slowly. There is only one wedding in life. When your eldest brother and sister-in-law got married, the conditions at home were not very good, so they didn't arrange much. They just worked **** the food. .

Now that you are getting married, it is time to catch up with the good conditions at home, so it is natural to arrange it well. "

Hearing this, Deng Yunzhen was deeply moved. It is no exaggeration to say that there are really not many fathers in the world who can do this for their daughters, and they are unique in Bobai. Compared with other girls, she is really so happy. ! Deng Yunzhen returned to the original topic and said: "Dad, you choose the master bedroom first, and I will choose it after you finish."

Deng Shirong smiled and said: "This is a house for you. You choose the master bedroom that you are most satisfied with first. You don't need to consider me. I can live in any bedroom. Besides, the other floors have been renovated, so there are plenty of places for me to live!" "

Deng Yunzhen also knew that this was the truth, so she stopped being polite to her father. She chose a master bedroom that she liked, and then asked: "Dad, do you want to fire this house first?"

Deng Shirong said: "There is no need to start the fire first. Since we are all eating in the restaurant anyway, there is no need to start the fire here. If we start the fire first, according to the custom, we should keep it here for the New Year. You are a newly married person. It is best to stay with others for the first year." Go back to your hometown to celebrate the New Year so that others won’t gossip.”

After the new home is built, you can move in at any time. There is nothing particular about this in Bobai, but if you want to make a fire for cooking, you can't mess around. You have to find a master to choose an auspicious day to hold a ceremony. This ceremony is what Bobai calls it. Talk about getting into the fire.

Deng Yunzhen nodded and said: "Well, let's wait until next year to join the fire again!"

 …

afternoon.

 After dinner, Deng Shirong took the hookah to the door of the hotel to burn cigarettes as usual.

 Having just burned two tubes of cigarettes, I heard familiar music coming from the front:

 “If fate is destined to break up early

  There is no need to pretend to stay for me

 If love is eternal

How could we break up..."

Deng Shirong instantly recognized that this was Principal Tan’s song. Although he was past the age of chasing stars in his previous life, music is really loved by all people regardless of age. There are really only a handful of people who don’t like listening to music.

 Deng Shirong has no talent for singing, but he really listens to as much music as anyone else, and he used to follow some of his favorite singers. When music programs became popular in his previous life, he also watched those music programs every time.

This song "Love in Late Autumn" is one of Principal Tan's classic songs. Naturally, Deng Shirong could easily identify it. He followed the song and saw a trendy young man wearing bell-bottom pants and big sunglasses holding a tape recorder while playing Tan's song. The principal's song, while humming along.

Coincidentally, at this moment, from the alley opposite, a similar trendy young man came out with a tape recorder. The tape recorder was also playing a song that Deng Shirong was very familiar with:

 “I advise you to go back early

 You said you don’t want to go back

 Just ask me to hold you

The gentle sea breeze blows gently

 Cooling wildfires…”

 This is "Brother"'s famous song "The Wind Keeps Blowing". As a music lover, Deng Shirong naturally heard it immediately.

Two fashionable young people met not easily, and then they stopped in unison and looked at each other.

If special effects were added at this time, strings of lightning and sparks would appear when the two people looked at each other. Then the trendy young man walking out of the alley instantly increased the volume of the recorder to the maximum, as if to change the volume from As if overpowering the opponent.

Not to be outdone, another trendy young man also turned up the volume of his recorder to the maximum.

 At the same time, the two of them also mocked each other:

"What kind of **** song are you playing? It's really dirty to people's ears. Why do you have the nerve to play it so loudly?"

“What you play is **** songs. The songs you say are all flattering to you, and the sound is as disgusting as the chirping of a fly.”

“Who knows whose voice is disgusting? What kind of rubbish? How dare you argue with my principal? How shameful are you?”

“Haha, you’re in a hurry, aren’t you? What a **** principal, in front of my brother, he’s just a bullshit!”

　　　…”

 Seeing this scene, everyone else was confused.

Everyone knew that the two of them were quarreling, but the key point was that they couldn't understand the content of the quarrel. It seemed that they were quarreling over whose song was better?

These two people are full of food, right?

 What are you having a seizure with?

 Deng Shirong was probably the only one present who knew what was going on.

If he remembers correctly, from this year until 1989, the Hong Kong music scene ushered in an unprecedented struggle for supremacy between Tan and Zhang.

This all-round competition between the two music superstars ended in a lose-lose situation for both. One announced that he would no longer receive competitive music awards, and the other announced that he would retire from the music industry. There is really no winner in this competition.

　　When the two superstars launched a full-scale competition in the previous life, Deng Shirong was still hanging around in the countryside. At that time, information was closed and he didn't know about it at all. It was not until later that network information developed that he understood the causes and consequences of this competition in detail.

After understanding it clearly, Deng Shirong felt a little sad. Originally, the two of them may not be willing to compete like this, but in many things it is not the idol’s turn to make the decision, and those fans who have lost their minds took action on their own.

 My brother’s car was scratched, and his mailbox was filled with obscene papers and nonsense letters, which made my brother overwhelmed.

Principal Tan is also having a hard time. Since the award ceremony on May 18, 1987, Principal Tan has been ridiculed as "buying the award" almost every time he wins an award.

The newspapers headed by Jin Lao's "Ming Pao" are just watching the excitement and don't think it's a big deal. In other words, it's in the interest of the newspapers to say that a big deal is in the interest of the newspapers. After all, only a big deal will have sales! These newspapers directly disclosed the so-called "insider story" and used a large number of "supposedly" and "rumours" to write one article after another about "Insider Story of President Tan's Prize Buying."

Principal Tan and his brother originally had a good relationship, but under the influence of these irrational fans, they had to compete. When the competition between the two was at its most intense, fans from both sides even got into physical conflict.

Although we are just in the initial stage of Tan Zhang's struggle for supremacy, it is normal for these two fans to quarrel with each other when they meet.

 In his previous life, Principal Tan, unbearable, announced in 1987 that he would no longer receive competitive awards.

After Principal Tan announced that he would not win the award, once his brother won the award, he was ridiculed, "It's your turn because our principal didn't want it."

 So my brother officially announced his retirement from the music scene in 1989, and this uproarous "Tan-Zhang struggle" was officially over.

Thinking of Tan and Zhang’s struggle for hegemony, Deng Shirong couldn’t help but think of the Four Heavenly Kings whose dominance was overwhelming.

In the entire Hong Kong music scene of the 1990s, the momentum of the four kings was indeed unmatched. They represented the pinnacle of the star-chasing phenomenon and directly monopolized the Most Popular Male Singer Award in Hong Kong in the 1990s. The four of them held more than 100 awards in total. He has held 1,600 solo concerts, and the sales of genuine records have exceeded 100 million, which is really awesome.

Thinking of this, Deng Shirong thought of a business related to these music superstars, that is, opening a video store that specializes in selling music tapes and video tapes. It is estimated that he can make a lot of money.

While Deng Shirong was thinking about business, the two fashionable young men did not fight. They just yelled at each other for a few minutes and then left with their tape recorders, leaving behind a confused audience who had no idea what they were arguing about. What.

　　I don’t understand anything about the principal or my brother.

　　It’s so frustrating to eat everything without knowing why!

 …

Time flies, and it soon enters the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, and Zhu Junjie's position is also confirmed, and he officially becomes the top leader of the County Public Security Bureau.

 Being able to be promoted before getting married is also a very happy thing for Zhu Junjie.

Originally, based on his personal conditions, Zhu Junjie was completely worthy of Deng Yunzhen. Normally, he shouldn't feel anxious, but his wife's natal family was really awesome, and the dowry they gave was so generous that he could hardly imagine it. Invisibly, I endured a lot of pressure.

 Now that I have become the top leader of the County Public Security Bureau, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Things like promotion should naturally be kept low-key. Zhu Junjie had no intention of publicity. He just asked his mother to buy more food, had a sumptuous dinner, and invited his wife Deng Yunzhen to come over to eat together. It was considered a celebration.

 Old man Zhu and Mrs. Zhu were very happy to know that their son had been promoted.

 The director of the County Public Security Bureau, for the old Zhu family, this is also considered as a proud ancestor.

Deng Yunzhen is also very happy. After all, this is her husband, and she will be with her for a lifetime. If her husband is capable, she will be proud of her as a wife.

After dinner, when Deng Yunzhen went back, Mrs. Zhu said: "Ajie, in more than a month, you and Azhen are going to get married. It's time for us to send the money to your father-in-law. What do you think is the appropriate price for this body?”

 Generally speaking, according to the marriage customs in Bobai, both parties have to give their worth to the woman before registering.

If you don’t register and get married directly with wine, then you need to give your wife’s worth of money before the wine is served.

It is rare for people like Zhu Junjie and Deng Yunzhen to register for such a long time without paying their net worth.

Zhu Junjie said: "If they don't need this money, our family can just give us an auspicious number."

Old Mrs. Zhu said: "I don't need this little money, but we can't be too casual. We still have to do our best to give a reasonable figure."

Zhu Junjie said: "Mom, you can do whatever you want. I don't have any objections."

Old Mrs. Zhu muttered: "Then give me 1399. I wish you a long and prosperous life."

 Zhu Junjie nodded and said, "Okay, that's a pretty good number."

 Old Mrs. Zhu looked at Old Man Zhu and asked, "Old man, what do you think?"

 Old man Zhu nodded and said, "It's up to you. I have no objection."

Mrs. Zhu agreed: "Then it's settled!"

 (End of this chapter)