Hairy mung beans are more expensive than bright mung beans
Jiang Shikai
During the summer vacation of my third year of junior high school, I went to my aunt's small melon shed to help guard the watermelons. Lying on the small bed with a mattress in the melon shed, listening to the semiconductor radio leisurely, looking at the green melon field, boringly changing the channel, I overheard the host of the economic channel talking about this year's mung bean market is rising, which is the most in the past. Suddenly, on a whim, I thought in my heart if I resold some mung beans, would I be able to make a lot of money, and I had an idea in my heart, so I couldn't sit still anymore.
After leaving my relatives' house on the third day, we were there once a big gathering in five days, I rode a bicycle and hurried to the market to understand the market of mung beans, and asked a number of grain and oil vendors to have a general understanding of the price of mung beans, and then went directly to the post and telecommunications bureau of the township government to call Liu Dongfang, a classmate in the county, and entrusted him to understand the mung bean market in the county, I sat by the telephone and waited anxiously for his news.
More than two hours later, I received a call from my classmates that there was a difference of 1.2 yuan per pound between the price of mung beans in the countryside and the city. One morning, I ran down, contacted a grain and oil store, and verbally agreed with the store owner to ask for 100 catties of mung beans, and the goods would be delivered five days later.
When I got home, I told my parents about my plan, and my father said that I was young and afraid of being cheated, so he didn't agree with me to do it, and my mother echoed me. I couldn't get the support of the family, and I was very depressed, so I thought of my grandfather, he appreciated me since I was a child, and when I arrived at my grandfather's house, I explained my thoughts, and my grandfather was very supportive, and went directly to the closet and took out 103 yuan, and said that if the money was not enough, go to the town to get it for me, and I quickly said that it was enough. Before leaving, my grandfather chased me to the gate and encouraged me: Let me rest assured, if you lose money, don't tell your parents.
Out of the gate of my grandfather's house, I was worried again, and there was still a gap between the money to buy 100 catties of mung beans, what should I do?
In front of my grandfather's yard is the fourth uncle's house, and the fourth uncle has always loved me, always likes to listen quietly to my thoughts, and always affirms my thoughts. So I went straight to the fourth uncle's house, and carefully said that I wanted to do a mung bean business but the money was not enough, and the fourth uncle didn't say a word, and handed over the money he had just sold watermelons to me.
It's time to catch the market again, early in the morning, the sky is unknown, I carry this huge amount of money, carefully tell my mother who is spreading pancakes about going to sell mung beans, my mother quietly taught me how to look at the scales, how to be careful, for fear of waking up my sleeping father, for me to play cover, I picked up the package and scales, and rode my bicycle to the market without hesitation.
There are not many people in the market, and the people who sell mung beans are all retail farmers in the countryside, and they are reluctant to eat the mung beans they grow at home, so they come to the market to exchange money to subsidize their families.
Turning around, I began to clumsily put away the mung beans from stall to stall, the mung beans were uneven in variety and color, and I was in a trance for a while. When I was in a hurry, someone behind me tapped me on the shoulder, and when I looked back, it was my father who rushed over, it turned out that he had already known about today's events, and as soon as I went out in the morning, he followed me closely. Seeing my predicament, my father took me to find the second brother who sells sesame oil in the market all the year round in our village, and the second brother took me and my father to buy 108 catties of mung beans in one go. During this period, I was convinced, he not only lowered the price, but also pressed the scales in a timely manner, 8.3 catties to the stall owner directly according to 8 catties, the stall owner did not agree, he went to buy the next one, some operation, 108 catties of mung beans I only paid 100 catties of money at the lowest price.
In order to save money, my father did not follow, before getting into the car, my father asked me uneasily, what should you do if you send the goods to people's homes? I said he didn't want it, I sold it to the mung bean sprouts seller, you can rest assured!
The mountain road is rugged, bumpy all the way, and finally arrived at the destination, the owner of the grain and oil store is an old Jianghu, picking and choosing, saying that the quality is not good, and saying that the price is high, and saying that your mung beans are two varieties, one is edamame mung beans, and the other is bright mung beans.
The two are mixed together, the edamame mung beans are expensive, the bright mung beans are cheap, in short, the goods are not good, I don't want it, and there are endless arguments on the issue that the edamame mung beans are more expensive than the Ming mung beans, and the deal that almost got in hand is yellow.
In a hurry, I dragged the mung beans and left, telling him that I had contacted several companies that sold mung bean sprouts, you don't want it, I sold it to them, in fact, I didn't know where the mung bean sprouts were in the county.
Seeing that I insisted on moving the mung beans away and not selling them to him, the other party said good things again, negotiated again, and finally succeeded, making some less money than planned. I'm satisfied, though.
When I got home, I bought two boxes of chicken cigarettes, which were the most expensive in the era, and when I repaid the money, one box was given to my grandfather and one box was given to my fourth uncle.
More than 20 years have passed, and eddy mung beans and bright mung beans have become the necessities of my life. Looking back, what I can't forget the most in my heart is the trust and selfless support of my grandfather and fourth uncle, the silent attention and timely care of my father and mother, and the rugged mountain road.
Mao mung beans are more expensive than bright mung beans, this is a very detailed problem, with the development of my career, I feel more and more trembling, like walking on thin ice, more and more I feel that I know very little, not enough to learn.
Hairy mung beans are more expensive than bright mung beans, which profoundly told me a truth that I will never forget: if you miss a millimeter, you can miss it by a thousand miles. As a monk, there is more than enough to become a Buddha.
Canal Spring and Autumn Xiaolu Banquet
The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was built in the Spring and Autumn Period, is the world's longest mileage, the largest ancient canal, but also one of the oldest canals, and the Great Wall, Karez and called the three great projects of ancient China, and used so far, is a great project created by the ancient Chinese working people, is one of the symbols of China's cultural status. The Grand Canal is a precious heritage left to us by our ancestors, and it is a mobile culture, which should be protected, inherited and used well.
The establishment of the Canal Spring and Autumn Xiaolu Banquet is the first stop of the Canal Spring and Autumn brand, aiming to promote the traditional culture of the Canal and explore the classic food on both sides of the river. Mr. Jiang Shikai has been in the catering industry for 24 years since 1998. At first, he operated in Jining Old Restaurant, which was located in Liulishan Road, Shizhong District, Jinan City, for ten years, and conducted in-depth research and excavation of the special cuisine in the southwest section of Luxi along the canal, which won wide praise. Later, Shandong Jianzi Rumian Hotel Management Consulting Co., Ltd. was established, which consists of Canal Spring and Autumn Pork Rice Pulp Water Spring Store, Canal Spring and Autumn Pork Rice Hongshan Road Store and Canal Spring and Autumn Xiaoluyan Jiefang East Road Store, which is the executive director unit of Shandong Canal Economic and Cultural Research Center.
In 2012, General He Faxiang, former member of the Standing Committee of the Shandong Provincial Party Committee and former political commissar of the Provincial Military Region, happily inscribed the four characters of "Canal Spring and Autumn".
General Nanbingjun, former member of the Standing Committee of the Shandong Provincial Party Committee and former political commissar of the Provincial Military Region, commented on the Xiaolu Banquet: Innovation is the significant feature of the Spring and Autumn Xiaolu Banquet of the Canal. The canal fish that is presented to you now is the process of the year, and the bad fish is usually processed at night and cooked in the early morning of the next day. Through a series of production processes, the most essential part of the fish, the most mellow taste is extracted, and the "bad" fragrance is soaked into the cracks of the bones, which can be called a must in the canal cuisine! The bad fish is famous for being bad but not bad, the taste is mellow, and the wine is a good product. When Zheng Banqiao was an official in Jining, he wrote a hymn when he tasted bad fish one day, and the poem said: I have been in the eastern part of the country for eleven years, and I don't know that the crucian carp on the lake is fresh. Today, I can taste the taste of the Jun family, and a bag of bad fish is worth ten thousand dollars.
There are also abducted chicken and fried fish, known as "scarce, abducted chicken, characteristics, fried fish", these are more than ten years of hard work and excellence. There is also a plate of shredded pickles, which is made of Chengwu's sauce head, as far as I know, this sauce head is a provincial intangible cultural heritage product, and it takes three to five years from the beginning of planting to production. A carp is also a Yellow River carp raised with the water of the Yellow River. The innovation and persistence of the Canal Spring and Autumn Xiaoluyan are destined to be unique in the fiercely competitive environment of the catering industry, and it is also the foundation for being able to become stronger and bigger.
The word "Xiaolu" in the Spring and Autumn Xiaolu banquet of the canal comes from "Mencius: Wholeheartedly". Mencius said: "Confucius climbed the East Mountain and Xiaolu, climbed Mount Tai and the world, so it is difficult for those who look at the sea to be water, and those who swim in the gate of the sage are difficult to speak." If you have the skill to watch the water, you must watch it. The sun and the moon are bright, and the light will shine. Flowing water is a thing, and it is not possible to do it without Yingke, and the ambition of a gentleman is also in the Tao, and it is not in accordance with the rules. "The Qilu culture in the eastern section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is broad and profound, rich in heritage, and has a long history of food. The Spring and Autumn Xiaolu Banquet of the Canal features Shangxi River Fresh and Classic Lu Cuisine, which integrates Qilu culture into it, and creates excellent River fresh products and classic Lu cuisine with heart.
Things are expensive because of people, and people are elegant because of things. Located in the Jinan Central Business District, the Canal Spring and Autumn Xiaolu Banquet has attracted many diners at home and abroad since its opening, and has won wide acclaim. We have special feelings for the Grand Canal, and we are committed to doing a good job in canal cuisine and carrying forward the canal culture. At present, the Canal Spring and Autumn Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum is being prepared, and the Spring and Autumn Beijing-Tianjin Banquet, Huaiyang Banquet and Hangzhou Bang Banquet are gradually launched along both sides of the canal, so as to deepen the inheritance of the canal culture and promote the excellent food culture of the Chinese nation.
Jiang Shikai is the chairman of Shandong Jianzi Rumian Hotel Management Consulting Co., Ltd., the general manager of Jinan Lixia Canal Spring and Autumn Xiaoluyan, and the executive director unit of Shandong Canal Economic and Cultural Research Center.
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