Dreaming of Lion Rock: Recipe in Hand

On this day, Chunni met a group of people on her way back from the county town. They were also very surprised to see Chunni. The leader walked up to Chunni and said, "Hello, comrade. How do I get to Lion Mountain?"

Lion Mountain is remote and few outsiders come. Chunni asked cautiously: "Are you going to Lion Mountain to look for someone?" Although that era has passed, Chunni still has lingering fears.

Seeing Chunni's serious face, the man smiled and said, "I heard that the scenery on Lion Mountain is beautiful, and there is a large cave that is warm in winter and cool in summer. It is very unique. We want to go and see it."

Chunni breathed a sigh of relief and hurried to help them find the way. It was strange, how could there be people who had the money and time to travel around now? But she didn't take it seriously and hurried back home.

Chunni didn't expect that He Yanqing would help her find a shop so quickly, and she hadn't prepared anything yet.

She went to have a look. The shop was only about 20 square meters and not very big. It was located not far from the county hospital and had a large flow of people. There were only two restaurants nearby, one of which sold steamed buns and fried dough sticks. After only two years of reform and opening up, people’s minds had not yet been liberated from the self-sufficient lifestyle. Few people sold things out for fear of being labeled as speculators. People had to go to state-owned restaurants for meals, and there were very few self-owned restaurants. But this did not mean that self-owned restaurants could not continue to operate. On the contrary, the service attitude and prices were much better than those of state-owned restaurants. Business was naturally booming. Chunni also wanted to be one of the first people to try it.

Chunni returned home, thought carefully for a while, and then went to talk to Yang Bangming.

Yang Bangming saw that Chunni was very excited and knew that this was a rare opportunity. He also agreed that Chunni should give it a try. He said: "Chunni, since you have made up your mind, why are you asking me?"

"Also, if you go to the county town to open a restaurant, what will you do with the land in the village?" Yang Bangming asked the question that was in his mind.

Although Chunni seems a little unruly, it can be seen from the fact that she didn't want to be a good teacher, but went home to farm after graduating from college. She is not a person who likes to be constrained, but she is not a person who only cares about the immediate benefits. It seems impossible to give up her ideals in order to open a restaurant.

Chunni laughed, and it seemed that she had an idea in mind. "I will definitely plant the land. Knowledge gained from books is shallow. One must practice it to know it well. However, time waits for no one! Ideals are full of hope, but reality is very skinny. The land cannot give me a satisfactory answer immediately, and it cannot produce beautiful fruits right away. I don't want to be a person who only knows how to study but not produce. My ideal requires time and money. Do you understand?"

In other words, Chunni wanted to take advantage of the reform to make some money before talking about other things.

In fact, Yang Bangming really wanted to ask Chunni, why was she unwilling to stay in school as a teacher as it could meet her financial needs and allow her to realize her dream!

But he didn't ask anything. People! You can't impose your subjective will on others!

Yang Bangming nodded to show that he understood.

Chunni added: "I think that I will return to Lion Rock next year at the latest. Before I come back, I want to find someone to help me plant the land so that it won't be left uncultivated and overgrown with grass!"

Yang Bangming thought about it and said, "I think it's feasible."

Chunni decided to ask the old man which family should be the most suitable to farm. He was more familiar with the families in Shizishan than she was. She still had to find an honest and hardworking family, otherwise the land would be full of grass and the harvest would be little.

Chunni had already made up her mind, so Yang Bangming stopped trying to persuade her and asked about the restaurant: "What kind of restaurant do you want to open?"

"I want to open a restaurant that uses rabbit as the main ingredient. I want to serve ginger rabbit, pickled pepper rabbit, double pepper rabbit, roasted rabbit, etc. But I don't know if there are enough rabbits in Shizishan to sell."

In the past two years, the villagers living under Lion Rock no longer handed in rabbits, so many families stopped raising rabbits. Only a few families still raised rabbits, and the old man's family was one of them.

"Don't worry about that. It's enough for you for now. When your demand increases, we will raise more rabbits so you don't have to worry about anything." The old man raised rabbits carefully. All of them were shiny and plump. If Chunni's store wanted too many rabbits, he would just let his mother raise rabbits at home. When the demand grew, he would turn it into a special rabbit farm.

From this we can see that Yang Bangming is no longer a frog in the well. Traveling back and forth over the years has broadened his horizons and expanded his vision, and he no longer just looks at the little piece of land under his feet!

Chunni was very happy to hear this.

What is family? It is your strong support when you encounter difficulties.

The two chatted about opening a shop for a while, and then Chunni went home. The shop was still short of staff, so she decided to go to Li Shuhua's house to take a look.