Chapter 275 Eating Roast Duck
After leaving the street office, things are now relatively settled. But for Luo Cheng, there is actually another hidden danger, the matter of raw materials. The current raw materials are all brought by Luo Cheng from the future era. This industry chain is not closed loop. Once the higher authorities pay attention to this, it will be trouble.
Even the rope knitting factory that Luo Cheng made up must be built sooner or later. But if we really want to get it out first and then produce it, there is no need for Luo Cheng to do it. Just a few years have passed, the domestic and foreign debts have been paid off, and the disaster has been over for several years. He collects eels and loaches every day and can live a prosperous life.
In order to close the industrial loop before others notice it, Luo Cheng has to rush for time, and he still needs to develop in many regions.
Underdevelopment of transportation and information is an advantage that Luo Cheng can take advantage of, but it will also hinder his development. If it were in the future era, the work efficiency would be many times higher. Now it would take Luo Cheng ten days and a half to go to any place to do work. The matter discussed with the poultry factory will take more than half a month to operate casually.
Luo Cheng needs helpers, and Zheng Ke is one of them. It's best to bring in her friend Zhang Yueyue to help. There is even a chance for her to go back to school and ask her classmates and teachers for help, but she can't rush it now.
In the future era, there will always be parties here and there. Let’s find an opportunity and ask Zheng Ke to organize a party, and then let her ‘show off’ at the party. Show off that she can get a lot more work and supplies, and all through formal channels. It is guaranteed that many students and even teachers will take the initiative to contact Zheng Ke, and then a school's resources can open up a market.
But now, Luo Cheng can win over anyone, just like Zhang Yueyue's newspaper office. Luo Cheng asked her to get a batch of peaches for the newspaper. The newspaper would definitely want them and even thank Zhang Yueyue, and Zhang Yueyue might even owe Luo Cheng a favor.
Youth Magazine and Zhang Yueyue's newspaper are both in the urban area of Jiangcheng City, and they are not too far apart. It only takes more than 20 minutes to walk there. Because inviting Zhang Yueyue to eat roast duck was a temporary decision. She should have been notified at noon, but Zheng Ke insisted on asking for leave at noon.
Luo Cheng didn't know that Zheng Ke took an hour off to inform Zhang Yueyue when he went to work in the afternoon. Anyway, when Zheng Ke got off work in the afternoon, he waited in the dormitory for half an hour and saw Zhang Yueyue appear.
"Luo Cheng, I can't believe that we met on the train and you actually fell in love with Zheng Ke."
"I didn't expect that Zheng Ke is so beautiful. It's normal for me to fall in love with her. I didn't expect that she would have no problem with me and we would be together."
"Luo Cheng, you don't know how many people pursued Zheng Ke when we were in school, but she didn't like any of them. We have only known each other for a few days, and you have already settled Zheng Ke."
Facing Zhang Yueyue's surprise, Luo Cheng could only express his luck, but in his heart he felt that Zhang Yueyue was exaggerating. He didn't think Zheng Ke was difficult to pursue. However, if he didn't have the confidence to travel into the future, he might not even have the courage to get interested when facing Zheng Ke in this condition.
Zheng Ke was teased by his friend on the side, but he was a little shy, so he quickly took Zhang Yueyue to eat roast duck.
"Zheng Ke, after dinner, let Zhang Yueyue sit in your dormitory for a while. I'll go to the office. I bought some more cans privately at the cannery in the morning. I'll put them with you later and let Zhang Yueyue get some too. "
"Canned, what canned?"
Zhang Yueyue asked in surprise. Seeing her asking, Zheng Ke immediately explained to her. Luo Cheng is the purchasing section chief of the machinery factory. He purchased a batch of cans from the cannery in Jiangcheng, but in this industry, they can usually get some extra supplies privately. The cans Luo Cheng was talking about were obtained privately from the cannery.
Canned food is a luxury item these days, and most people can't buy it if they have money, mainly because they don't have the money. Canned fruit costs 60 to 70 cents, and canned meat costs several cents a piece. But even though there is a factory in Jiangcheng that produces cans, the supply and marketing cooperatives here still don’t sell cans. In other words, the supply and marketing cooperative has cans, but everyone can’t buy them without tickets.
Zhang Yueyue heard that the canned food was obtained in this way, so she naturally wanted such a good thing. But no matter how good her relationship with Zheng Ke is, she won't take this can for nothing. The money must be given, and she won't take it if she doesn't accept the money. Even if you give him money, you owe Luo Cheng a favor.
But when it comes to giving money, Zhang Yueyue also plans to owe some money first, and will have to wait until June's salary is paid before paying. She doesn't have much money, just enough to eat here. How could she get the money when she just started working? In fact, not only her, Zheng Ke also didn't have much money. Their family conditions are good, but they are not only children and they can afford to eat without going hungry. These days, their family conditions are considered acceptable.
If Luo Cheng invited Zhang Yueyue to dinner, Zhang Yueyue might be embarrassed. But now that Luo Cheng is Zheng Ke's partner, she can eat this roast duck with peace of mind, treating it as a meal improved by a rich man. When she finds a partner in the future, she will also invite Zheng Ke.
When I came to the roast duck restaurant here, I didn’t expect that there were quite a lot of people and I had to wait for a duck. In fact, the roast duck restaurants here in Jiangcheng are pretty good. If you want to eat roast duck in Sijiucheng, you have to make a reservation. If you don't make a reservation, it depends on your luck. Unless you go before dinner time, it’s considered a semi-booking.
Luo Cheng directly ordered three ducks, one for each person, which cost eighteen yuan. Zheng Ke and Zhang Yueyue are both interns now, and the money for these three ducks costs them half a month's salary.
Both Zheng Ke and Zhang Yueyue said two were enough, but three was too many. But in fact, people nowadays, even female college students like them, don’t have much fat in their stomachs, and their appetite is not as good as that of rural people, but they can still eat a duck. If rural people come to eat this roast duck, how much can they eat in one meal? Only possible.
"I asked the master to save some meat from the duck skeleton and cook it in porridge at noon tomorrow. The duck porridge will also be very fragrant. For these two, we have to gnaw all the bones clean. There is not enough to eat. That's it. One for each person, Zhang Yueyue will come over for duck porridge at noon tomorrow."
"Okay, Yueyue, just listen to Luo Cheng. Luo Cheng is a buyer, and his income is more than just his superficial salary."
Seeing Luo Cheng's arrangement, Zheng Ke immediately said in agreement, but when it came to the next words, he said it very quietly to Zhang Yueyue. She felt that Luo Cheng didn't need to hide his other income from Zhang Yueyue, just like the cans Luo Cheng got, Luo Cheng didn't hide it from Zhang Yueyue.
If everyone is reluctant to eat the canned food that Luo Cheng got, he can sell it to people in the work unit, and there will be no problems at all, and he can earn double the money. And the people in the unit should be grateful to them.
After waiting for a long time, Luo Cheng's three ducks were served. The roast duck in Jiangcheng is also cooked in Sijiucheng. It is said to be roast duck, but it is actually also called sliced duck. The duck is colored and inflated before it is put into the oven. The purpose of inflating is to make the duck bulge, which not only looks good, but also separates the duck meat from the duck skin.
Therefore, when the duck is served, the duck skin and duck meat are already sliced for you, and the meat and skin are separated except for certain parts. The duck bones are actually given to you, but they are usually separated very cleanly, unless someone like Luo Cheng goes out of his way to say hello. That way there will be meat left on the duck rack for you.
In Sijiucheng, roast duck is eaten with duck meat wrapped in dough and mixed with shredded green onions and some sauce. But here in Jiangcheng, there is no chef or anything like that, so it is changed to cucumber shreds, which is also very good.
To eat this roast duck, you have to wrap it up and take a big bite to enjoy it. Dough, also called noodle cake, if there is not enough, you can add a little more, but you can only add it once, and you will have to pay for more. Some people actually have fun eating roast duck. Seeing that there is a lot of sauce, they will ask for a few more pieces of dough, wrap it in the sauce and eat it directly.
With only one duck per person, the three of them can eat comfortably, but it is impossible to say that all the ducks are full. After all, there is still meat left on the duck skeleton. But it’s impossible to eat until you’re full during normal meals, otherwise you won’t be able to eat enough food. Just like this, Zheng Ke and Zhang Yueyue were very satisfied.