First, a generation of famous chefs, the legendary life
Hu Guisen, Jixi County, Anhui Province, Hu hometown people (Department of the author's wife's aunt), a generation of famous businessmen, well versed in martial arts. Republic of China seven years to the eve of the war in Wuhan, Hui cuisine restaurant industry, tea line business history occupies an important position, business penetration of Wuhan three towns, enjoy the "Hu Guisen Wuhan half of the red" reputation. At that time, Hankou warlord Wu Peifu also respected him. Hu Guisen's life is full of legend, published in 1992, "Who's Who in Anhui Province" has a paragraph about Hu Guisen's record: Hu Guisen (1877 - 1950), the word Lin Yi, 14 years old, went to Langxi, Wuhu and other places of apprenticeship. 1910 in Hankou to open the "Hu Qing Yuan restaurant". 1925 joint venture in Wuchang, "Huzhou Garden Qing". In 1925, the joint venture was established in Wuchang as "Huzhou Garden Restaurant", and in Hankou, "Hu Yuantai Tea House", "Hu Qinghe Restaurant", and "Dahe Restaurant" were opened. "After 1928, the business developed to Zhumadian, Henan Province, Placebo, Huangshi Harbor and Shexian County, Huizhou Province. *** There are six valves of Hui cuisine restaurant, eight valves of tea store. He was the president of Hankou Chamber of Commerce. In his hometown sole proprietor of the Dundee Elementary School until liberation. During the Japanese invasion of China, most of the stores closed down, blindness at home. 1947 Township Public Security Committee Director, died in 1950.
Second, suffering childhood, grandchildren dependent on each other
1877, Hu Guisen was born in Huangjia Village in the mountains of South Anhui Province, Anhui Province (now Jixi County, Hujia administrative village resident. It is said that the village was named after the yellow snapper that was abundant in the Shangxi River. Yellow turtle is also known as the "yellow Lading fish", and the countryside is commonly known as the "yellow corner thorns", harmonic gag "Wang Bashi thorns", Huangjia village is so jokingly referred to as the village of Wang Bashi, the name of the village of the change of flavor is very indecent, and the reputation of the village is tainted. Damage to the reputation of the village, so in the Republic of China (1912), Hu Guisen according to the village residents to the Hu family name most of the nomination to change the name of the village, and approved by the provincial government to change to Hujia Village.) A poor peasant family. On the day of his birth, when the osmanthus blossoms were in full bloom in front of his house, his parents happily named his son Hu Guisen, which means "Gui (Gui) Son" in the future.
The couple got a son in his middle age, and regarded his son as the jewel in the palm of his hand, and loved him a lot. However, the sky has unpredictable winds, in Guisen 5 years old, his parents unfortunately died of disease successively. The youngest of the two is a young woman, who has been living with her grandmother since the beginning of her life, and she has been living with her grandmother since the end of her life.
Guisen is very young, but very understanding. Seeing the grandmother alone tiptoe busy, follow the grandmother's model to learn, their own things to insist on their own, do not want to help the grandmother. Sometimes follow the adults carrying a small bucket outside the village to pick up some dry pine hair home, so that the grandmother cooking fire a little on the fire. 8 years old when Guisen is as strong as a small calf. As the saying goes: the poor man's child is an early starter. That summer, he followed the adults to 15 miles away from the soldiers pitfall to cut and sell firewood. His tender shoulders were red and swollen, his hands had blood blisters, and the blood blisters on his feet were worn out, but he didn't say a word. When Grandma held the few coins Guisen had earned from selling firewood, her tears fell like rain. When she lifted Gui Sen's clothes, his shoulders were swollen like buns, and when she took off his shoes, his feet showed bright red flesh, Grandma took her grandson in her arms and sobbed with pain. But Guisen tilted his head up and stretched out his little hand to dry his grandmother's tears and said, "Grandma, don't cry, don't cry, I'm a man now, I'm not afraid of pain!" Since then, the grandmother insisted on not letting Guisen go to cut wood to sell firewood, sent him to the village relatives to herd cattle to make ends meet.
Three, coincidentally, the nobleman, leaving the countryside to learn to cook
In 1891, Guisen was 14 years old. A neighbor of the same village businessman home for the Mid-Autumn Festival, saw Gui Sen smart, strong body, between the eyebrows through a spirit of wit, the heart secretly happy, then asked: "Gui Sen, want to learn to do business?" Guisen looked at him and said, "Uncle, I would like to, but I don't know if I'm good at business." The neighbor laughed: "Ideas and motivation is good, as long as you listen to do seriously, there is nothing that can not learn to do not be able to do things?"
Guisen opened his eyes wide, seemingly in thought, but also seem to understand. The neighbor thought he did not understand, added: "Learn to do business, open a store as a boss, you can earn a lot of money, do not have to help people herd cattle."
Gui Sen thought for a long time, suddenly came out a sentence: "But I can not read." The neighbor laughed and said, "You don't need a lot of culture to do business, you just need to recognize money and your own name."
After dinner, has always liked to help the grandmother to do housework Guisen, but sat in silence. The grandmother saw, asked with concern: "Gui A, what's wrong, people are not comfortable?" She quickly reached out and touched Gui Sen's forehead. Gui Sen gently pressed Grandma's hand, asked Grandma to sit down, and said tentatively, "Grandma, I want to learn how to do business." Grandma gazed at Gui Sen's eyes full of sincere expectations, looking very serious, knowing that what Gui Sen said was not nonsense. Grandma stroked her grandson's head and said, "My grandson has grown up, grandma is happy. Good grandson, have you thought about it? Learning to do business is going to take a lot of suffering." Gui Sen gently nodded his head. Alas, grandma sighed, said sadly: "grandson a, your parents named you Gui Sen, counting on you to have a future, family prosperity out of the noble son, but unfortunately, your parents life is short, grandma is a woman and no ability, no money for you to study and literacy, the examination is impossible, now the way to go is to learn to do business. Grandma also had this intention long ago, just see you are still young, has not told you, unexpectedly you now understand, grandma really relieved, you go ahead!" Gui Sen cried: "Grandma, but I don't worry about you, you should take care of yourself at home, when I get a firm foothold outside, I will pick you up." This night, the grandparents and grandchildren hugged each other and murmured their goodbyes. (To be continued)