Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 564: Anton realized the commonality between Chinese food and traditional Chinese medicine, and Mrs. Zhou's precious gift (monthly ticket plus more)
"Your gifts are too valuable." Fangyan said to Bachukayev.

Hearing the dialect, Bachukayev shook his head:
"Only precious things can show our sincerity, and... these things only look precious in China, but in the Far East, they are not as precious as you think."

"Believe me, Davari, these things are very suitable and not too expensive. Compared to the changes you have brought to Anton and Sophia, and the grace of saving my father's life, these are nothing at all."

After that, Anton on the side also took over the conversation:
"Yes, Master. Please accept it."

Sophia followed closely behind:
"That's right, Master. It's actually much easier to get these things than you think."

Seeing this, Meng Jimin came up and said to Fang Yan:

"Lao Fang, since they all said so, you shouldn't refuse."

Then he lowered his voice:

"The Russians don't have that many twists and turns. Stop pushing them."

Fang Yan glanced at Meng Jimin. He really didn't mean to refuse. It was mainly because he had agreed with Sophia at that time that he only asked her to inquire about it. But the other party directly brought two large boxes and said that they were for him. This made him feel like he was asking his apprentice for something.

But after thinking about it, what Meng Jimin said makes sense. They don't have so many twists and turns.

Besides, there are no Chinese medicine practitioners there, so the expensive things that Fangyan sees may not be expensive things to them.

"Ok."

"Then thank you for your gifts." Fangyan said to Bachukayev.

Bachukayev laughed:

"Haha! That's right."

After saying that, he hugged Fangyan again.

After delivering the gifts, Fang Yan put them away and placed them in the study room next door.

Although this pile of stuff has been processed, the smell is still quite strong.

When I have time, I have to go over the dialects again so that they can be better preserved.

Then everyone in the family started chatting.

Some people don’t see each other very often on weekdays, but they actually know each other, and they can take this opportunity to communicate with each other.

For example, Meng Jimin, Bachukayev and Chen Kaige all knew each other earlier than Fangyan, but later Fangyan became closer to them.

Of course, the opening topic of today’s talk is the college entrance examination results.

Meng Jimin was the second highest scorer besides the dialect.

Then came the eldest sister Fang Jie, Sun Jialin, the younger brother Fang Chen, the sister-in-law Zhu Xian, the eldest brother-in-law Zhu Lang, Ye Yun, and last at the end was director Chen.

According to my father Fang Zhenhua and father-in-law Zhu Guangnan, the scores of their families are among the top in Beijing.

Even Director Chen’s score of 269 is actually a high score.

Many people haven't even reached the passing average.

However, with this score, it is probably a little difficult for Director Chen to get into Peking University’s Chinese Department.

But for other schools with slightly lower score lines, it is estimated that you will have a high probability of getting admitted.

It was just that when Director Chen filled out his application, he only filled in the Chinese Department of Peking University, and wrote the following for the rest: Same as above… Same as above… Same as above…

In addition, Fang Yan later told him about the entrance exam for Beijing Film Academy in 1978, so he has completely given up this year. The exam is more about participation and just accompanying his wife to experience the college entrance examination.

But if I really get admitted to the Chinese Department of Peking University, Director Chen will also go there.

It’s not a loss anyway.

As for other people, there is basically no problem with the schools they apply to.

So the atmosphere at today's gathering was quite relaxed and happy. Fangyan got full marks in all subjects, but everyone was not bad either, and felt that they all had a bright future.

Of course, Director Chen suddenly realized that his wife Sun Jialin would go to college before him, and he developed an inexplicable sense of crisis.

I always feel like something bad is going to happen.

But seeing that everyone was so happy, he quickly forgot about it.

Time soon came to four o'clock in the afternoon. Fang Yan saw that it was almost time, so he went to the kitchen to cook. There was a family gathering today, and although he was the protagonist today, in order to ensure the high standard of today's dishes, Fang Yan decided to cook by himself.

Anyway, he enjoys cooking.

Anton and Sophia also followed him into the kitchen out of curiosity and watched the chef demonstrate his cooking skills.

In the past, they only knew that Fangyan’s dishes were delicious, but they had never seen how he cooked these dishes in the kitchen. Today, they simply went into the kitchen to help.

Then Anton discovered that the details here have some similarities with traditional Chinese medicine.

For example, the selection of ingredients also focuses on origin and quality, and they also need to be matched according to their characteristics.

Just like the combination of beef and potatoes, the potatoes will become more fragrant after absorbing the beef broth, and the beef will become softer because of the starch in the potatoes.

Similarly, Chinese food and traditional Chinese medicine also pursue balance and harmony. Traditional Chinese medicine treats diseases and saves lives by harmonizing the balance of yin and yang in the human body. For example, for people with yang-dominant constitution, drugs that clear heat and purge fire are used to balance yin and yang.

When cooking, we also strive to harmonize the five flavors, matching sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty to achieve a balanced taste. For example, sweet and sour spare ribs, the sweet and sour blend together, is both appetizing and refreshing.

Chinese medicinal materials need to be processed to better exert their efficacy and change their properties. For example, after steaming and ripening Rehmannia, the effect of clearing heat and cooling blood changes to nourishing yin and replenishing blood. Ingredients also need to be cooked in different ways to change their texture, taste and flavor. For example, the French fries that the chef made today specifically to cater to their tastes are fried in fresh potato oil, so that the texture changes from soft and glutinous to crispy.

Traditional Chinese medicine has strict requirements on the temperature of decoction, which can be divided into low heat and high heat. High heat can make the medicine boil quickly, while low heat is used for slow decoction to fully dissolve the effective ingredients of the medicine.

The heat is also critical when cooking, and different dishes require different heat.

Anton, who was in charge of helping to burn firewood, felt at this moment that he had realized that the essence of traditional Chinese medicine is also contained in Chinese food.

No wonder Master is so good at Chinese medicine, it turns out he was training while cooking!

So later, when Fangyan was almost done cooking, Anton said to Fangyan, "Master, I understand! In order to learn Chinese medicine well, I will also learn to cook Chinese food in the future!"

"Ah???" Fang Yan was slightly startled when he heard this, and turned to look at Anton, with a puzzled look on his face:
No, I didn't say anything just now, what do you know? Why do you have to learn Chinese food?

Sophia is equally baffling.

No, brother, are you so quick-witted?

What happened just now?

Just at this moment, the dog in the yard started barking again, and it was obvious that someone was coming.

Fangyan immediately thought of the couple Zhou Yaobang who had invited them.

He quickly asked Sophia, who was free at the moment, to open the door.

After hearing this, Sophia ran out immediately. After practicing this exercise, Sophia became more and more flexible.

The younger brothers who came out of the main hall later saw Sophia had already left the main courtyard in a flash.

Fang Yan said to the younger brother and older sister who came out of the yard later:
"It may be Mr. Zhou's family who are here. Please receive them."

Several people had already known Zhou Yaobang. This overseas Chinese businessman who wanted to use the dialect name to build a building in Union Medical College was a wealthy landlord abroad.

At this time, Sophia opened the door and saw Zhou Yaobang and his wife outside.

When they saw that the person who opened the door was a blond-haired, blue-eyed foreigner, they were also stunned.

Then Lao Zhou asked in English:

“Excuse me. We may have taken the wrong way. Could you tell me where Mr. Fang's house is?”

Then they heard the blonde girl in front of them ask in a puzzled tone in Beijing dialect:
"what did you say?"

Mr. and Mrs. Zhou: “…”

Lao Zhou’s wife said:

"Excuse me, we want to find Doctor Fang's house, but we may have remembered the wrong address. Do you know where his house is?"

Sophia says:
"Oh, you are in the right place. This is my master's home."

"Master?" Old Zhou and his wife were stunned.

Sophia says:
"That's right, my master Fang Yan, the one who is very good at both Kung Fu and medicine, is right here, you are not in the wrong place."

Mr. and Mrs. Zhou were a little surprised. They really didn't expect that Fangyan would accept such a beautiful foreigner as his apprentice.

What's happening here?
"Mr. Zhou! Mrs. Zhou!" At this time, Zhu Lin walked over and greeted them.

Finally seeing an acquaintance, the two of them quickly responded.

While inviting them into the yard, Zhu Lin quietly explained what was going on with Sophia. Only then did Lao Zhou and the others understand that this was the task assigned to Fang Yan by their superiors.

Just now they thought it was some new trick...

It seems that I am overthinking it.

When they arrived at the main courtyard, they smelled a fragrance coming from the kitchen.

At this time, Fang Yan also saw Mr. and Mrs. Zhou entering the yard.

So he hurriedly called out to them:
"Mr. Zhou and Mrs. Zhou, please come in and sit down. I'm busy cooking here and can't leave my hands. Please feel free to help yourself."

"Okay!" Lao Zhou nodded.

Mrs. Zhou looked around the yard. She was also a worldly-wise woman, and as soon as she entered the yard she felt that this was a particularly nice place.

I fell in love with it at first sight.

He turned around and asked Zhu Lin:

"Mrs. Fang, is there anyone next door to you? I wonder if I can sell it to you?"

Zhu Lin didn't expect that this rich family really didn't hide their thoughts at all, and said with a smile:

"Mrs. Zhou, houses are not for sale in our country right now."

"But your identities are different. You can ask Director Liao of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office for help."

Mrs. Zhou's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she nodded and said:
"Well, fine. I'll ask someone to find out later."

"If possible, we can be neighbors in the future."

After that, as soon as she entered the main hall, she remembered something, took out two boxes from her pocket, and said to Zhu Lin:

"Oh, by the way, Mrs. Fang, since this is the first time Lao Zhou and I come here, we don't have any good gifts to give, so we asked someone to buy two watches at the Friendship Store, one for Dr. Fang and one for you."

"I hope you don't mind."

After saying that, he handed two boxes containing watches to Zhu Lin.

As soon as Zhu Lin took it in his hand, he almost dropped it. It felt like there was a weight inside.

She wasn't really surprised when someone gave her a watch, but she was surprised when it was so heavy.

she asked:
"What kind of watch is this? Why is it so heavy?"

Mrs. Zhou smiled and said:
"Oh, just two ordinary imported gold watches."

PS: I got 100 more monthly tickets, so after updating this chapter, I still owe you 94000 words.

There's more in the afternoon.

(End of this chapter)