Crystal shrimp

#游戏新春创作纪 #

On summer weekends, I took my wife and children to Jinxi Ancient Town to play. Unfortunately, as soon as I arrived in Jinxi, it rained heavily. After getting off the car with an umbrella, the stream in Jinxi Ancient Town in front of you flows through the scene, and the rainy days show the beauty of the people in Jiangnan Water Town. Famous attractions such as the Chen Fei Water Tomb, the Ancient Lotus Pond, and the Wenchang Pavilion are all hidden in the pervasive rain and fog, giving people a hazy beauty that is rarely seen.

After touring the sights, it was already noon, and we ate at a restaurant in the ancient town. When we came to the water town, we naturally wanted to eat lake fresh, so we ordered a few famous local aquatic products, one of which was called crystal shrimp.

But when the crystal shrimp dish was served, the wife muttered: "This is the crystal shrimp?" Isn't it boiled red like other shrimp? ”

After hearing this, the owner of the restaurant came over and explained: "The lake shrimp are all red when boiled, there is no difference." Crystal shrimp means that when it is alive, it is mostly transparent, while lake shrimp in other places are mostly turquoise. ”

My wife understood the origin of the crystal shrimp. After eating, we took a break in the restaurant. The rain outside was getting heavier, there were few tourists on the stone street, and there was no business in the restaurant, so the owner started talking with us. When he learned that both of us graduated from college, the boss was envious and mentioned that his dream when he was young was to go to college, but later because his father died of illness and the family's financial difficulties, he had to give up his studies.

I comforted him and said, "You envy us, and we envy you!" We opened such a big restaurant at a young age, and our income was much higher than that of our work. By the way, since your family had no money at that time, how did you think of opening a restaurant? It costs a lot of money to invest in the beginning, right? ”

As soon as my voice fell, the boss's face suddenly turned red like cooked crystal shrimp, and he stammered: "When... Being a chef is my child... My childhood dream is to dedicate the delicious food I made with my own hands to everyone, which is both happy and satisfying. ”

The boss's words sounded high-sounding, as if there were some scruples, and they were inconsistent. I just said that my dream is to go to college, how did I become a chef in a blink of an eye?

I smiled and said, "Many people's entrepreneurial experience is full of business secrets, you can rest assured, my current job is okay, even if you tell me everything, I will not open a restaurant, let alone disclose it to others." ”

After hearing this, the boss said embarrassedly: "You misunderstood, opening a restaurant is all open door to do business, what great trade secrets can there be?" It's just embarrassing to say it..."

So, the boss told us about the old past. Sixteen years ago, when he was a sophomore in high school, his father became seriously ill, and treatment not only drained the family's savings, but also left the family in debt. Fearing that his father's condition would deteriorate, his academic performance plummeted. But then his father went anyway, leaving only a notebook for his family, which recorded the amount of money he borrowed from relatives and friends for medical treatment, almost 20,000 yuan.

After reading the notepad, his heart suddenly cooled for a long time. He knew that even if he went to college, his mother's meager salary would not be enough to pay him tuition.

The turnaround came one night. When he returned home from study hall the next night, he picked up a leather bag on the side of the road, opened it, and saw that there were actually two thick piles of banknotes and several documents inside, he was ecstatic, grabbed the leather bag and ran home. And the mother is preparing to cook a basket of crystal shrimp that she caught in the afternoon.

He closed the door, pulled his mother to the back room, and pulled out the bills in his purse. The mother asked in surprise, "Where did you get so much money?" ”

He told his mother truthfully, and her mother bit her lip, her eyes filled with tears, and said categorically: "These money are not ours, we can't ask for it..."

Seeing that his mother asked him to return the money, he was anxious and said, "Mom, I understand all the big principles you said." But with this money, our family was able to pay off all the debts, get through the storm, and I was able to go to college. After making money in the future, I will definitely find a way to double it back to the owner and ask for the owner's forgiveness. ”

The mother sighed and said, "Son, do you know why our crystal shrimp in Jinxi are so famous?" Just because it's transparent and clean. We must be as bright as this crystal shrimp, with a clear conscience! Are we not as good as this shrimp? ”

Under his mother's repeated persuasion, he finally handed over the money and purse to the police station. That night, the police found the owner through the documents in the purse, and returned to Zhao.

Early the next morning, the owner came to the door to thank him and prepared a red envelope for him. But the mother resolutely did not want it, and the owner was stubborn, so she had to say: "So be it!" I'm going to invite customers and employees to a year-end dinner at a hotel in the city tonight, so since you don't accept red envelopes, please come and have a light meal together! I'll send a car to pick you up in the evening. The mother agreed.

In the evening, in a five-star hotel in the city, they learned that the owner turned out to be the chairman of a company, surnamed Liu. At the banquet, all kinds of mountain and sea delicacies, famous cigarettes and famous wines are available. After the wine was full, Liu Dong called the waiter to come over to settle the bill, and the eight tables of banquets actually cost 20,000 yuan.

When he and his mother heard it next to them, they were stunned, and the huge amount of money for them turned out to be just the money for a meal that Liu Dong invited customers and employees to dinner.

Speaking of this, the owner of the hotel smiled shyly and said: "At that time, I was really surprised, and it was the first time I knew that opening a restaurant turned out to be so profitable. In order to reduce my mother's burden and help the family make money as soon as possible, I gave up the college entrance examination and went to a technical school to learn cooking skills, and asked Boss Liu to borrow 5,000 yuan for tuition. In order to facilitate the care of his mother, he returned to Jinxi Town and opened the current restaurant. Sorry, I lied to you guys just now, I learned to cook just to make money. ”

After listening to his narration, we were full of emotion, we did not expect that a crystal shrimp would involve such a twisty and touching story.

My wife said with emotion: "Learning to make money is as important as going to college!" If it hadn't rained heavily, I would have liked to take my son to your home to visit your mother. The owner of the restaurant smiled and said, "You have already met, and she is the old man who helped you serve tea and water and boil crystal shrimp before!" Now there is nothing going on in the hotel, she just went home to take her grandson. ”

Before parting, I specially bought a pound of live crystal shrimp from the restaurant owner, and told him that next time, we would come back to meet his lovely mother and taste her favorite dish, crystal shrimp.