After Lin Yi went downstairs, he went straight to the hot pot restaurant. The store was quite big and there were waiters at the door. When he saw Lin Yi wearing military uniform, he was not surprised.
There is no shortage of people in military uniforms in this town, whether they are militiamen or the People's Liberation Army.
"Comrade, how many are there?"
Lin Yi scratched his head and lied, "I'm looking for someone."
The waiter watched Lin Yi walk out of the hotel opposite. He could guess who he was and didn't dare to offend him. He had a smile on his face and said, "Do you need us to help you find it?"
Lin Yi shook his head quickly, "Don't bother, I can find it by just looking around."
Then he ducked into the lobby and at a glance, he immediately understood how this hot pot restaurant was opened.
The meats they serve here are all cooked food, such as beef, which is pressed in a pressure cooker in advance and then cut into slices and served. There are also fish and shrimps. These river delicacies are obviously cooked.
Lin Yi was still wondering at first whether it was because the meat was cut so thin that it could be cooked even in 80-degree water.
Now it seems that I was overthinking it, but there was indeed raw meat on the table, and it should have been added to the barbecue plate.
If you do it this way, hot pot will be boring to eat. The meat is most tender and tastes best when it is almost cooked.
Meat that has been cooked in advance will not taste as good if put in a hot pot to taste. It is better to eat it whole as a vegetable, which is more convenient.
But when I thought about the high altitude here, the food cooled too quickly, and I felt that it was inappropriate to cook the food. It was impossible to finish the meal in twenty minutes.
Besides, the oil in maocai is so big that once it gets cold, the taste will be too bad.
It seems that if you want to eat hot pot on the plateau, you can only cook the meat first. As for vegetarian dishes, it is much easier. Those that cannot be eaten raw can be cooked or steamed first.
For things that can be eaten raw, such as cabbage, cucumbers, tomatoes, etc., just blanch them in a hot pot to taste them.
After coming out of the hot pot restaurant, the brigade clerk looked at the door and hid immediately when he saw Lin Yi walking out of the hot pot restaurant.
Because Lin Yi disappeared for so long, Captain Liu thought that Lin Yi wanted to return to the army, so he immediately arranged for a driver to find him and said that he could be sent back first.
Everyone has retired from the army, and the army's requirements are indeed much stricter than them.
They can also understand it.
After the driver heard this, he immediately went out to look for someone.
At this time, the brigade clerk ran back and told Deputy Captain Liu about Lin Yi coming out of the hot pot restaurant outside.
Then he glanced at the people at the duty station, secretly took out his cell phone, and sent a message to the brigade work group.
It's best to have the kitchen cook a hot pot for lunch tomorrow. Inspector Lin likes hot pot.
All the webmasters are sensible people and know how pleasant it is to eat hot pot in the winter, so they all agreed: "I promise to complete the task."
Before Lin Yi could walk back to the hotel, she saw the militia driver coming out.
The driver thought that Lin Yi had been breathing for a long time at the door, so he quickly apologized and said, "Inspector Lin, is the food not to your taste? Are you full? Do you want me to take you to eat some street food? There are many people here.
It won't be over for a while, please be patient."
Lin Yi has already eaten enough. He has eaten less than three kilograms of meat and drank a lot of tea and drinks. Now his belly is full. "No, are you full? Why did you come out?"
The driver's food was okay, but he couldn't drink while driving, so he kept eating.
Just last year, a station manager was caught driving after drinking. After being caught, he was fired from his position as station manager that night. If he hadn't found connections later, he would probably have lost his status as a militiaman.
Nowadays, the enforcement of drunk driving is too strict. It is considered a red line in the mainland, let alone the border areas. It is simply a high-voltage line. If you encounter it, you will definitely be punished.
Therefore, the driver did not dare to drink at all. Even the station manager could be kicked off, let alone being a driver. He did not want to lose his job.
The driver replied: "I'm full. Our Captain Liu said, I will listen to your orders now. Do you want to go back and have something to eat and drink, or do you want to walk around the town?"
Lin Yi couldn't get along with the leaders. If it was just an ordinary gathering of comrades, there would be no pressure to chat whether they knew each other or not.
But now when it comes to the issue of inspections, when we are chatting, people will have a very obvious intention to please, which has changed the flavor, and how can we continue to talk.
Lin Yi didn't really want to wander around the town. It wasn't that he didn't want to get to know the place, but it was already dark now and he didn't want to stay outside longer. He wanted to go back to the army and rest early.
"Why don't you take me back? I have to patrol tomorrow."
The driver looked at the time and saw that it was only after eight o'clock. Because this place is located in the northwest, there is a two-hour time difference compared to Beijing time.
Eight-thirty here is equivalent to six-thirty in mainland time, which is quite early.
Even if he went to the brigade, he didn't go to bed until 12 o'clock in the evening. There was no point in sending him back to the brigade by himself. But if he didn't listen to Lin Yi, he would be unhappy. What if the inspection was a little stricter, that would be even worse.
trouble.
So he said: "Inspector Lin, you have just arrived at the border and you should be unfamiliar with the scenic spots here. How about I take you around?"
Going to attractions?
This time period?
Lin Yi was a little surprised, "But the sky is completely dark, can you still see the scenery?"
After hearing this, the driver smiled and said: "There is a view, just get in the car and follow me."
Lin Yi wanted to know what kind of medicine the driver was selling in his gourd, so he immediately got in the car. The driver started the car and headed back towards the brigade.
There was basically only one road in the plateau area. When Lin Yi saw that this was the way back, he was even more puzzled, "Tell me where we are going? You are not going to take me to visit your brigade, are you? I drank a glass of wine, and now
If the smell of alcohol has not gone away, you cannot enter the camp."
Lin Yi didn't know whether drinkers could enter the militia camp, but they couldn't enter the army camp anyway.
As for returning to the singles dormitory after drinking, it is fine, because the singles dormitory itself is half-military and half-civilian. After all, it is a family area, and the atmosphere of life will be stronger.
When you are not on duty, it is absolutely fine to have a few drinks at home, and you will definitely not break any discipline.
How dare the driver harm Lin Yi? Even if he didn't want to mess around, he couldn't make any mistakes. "I'll take you to an astronomical observation point next to our brigade. Our plateau area has a high altitude, and the airspace that can be observed is large. At night, the ground
It has little light influence and is particularly suitable for astronomical observations.”
Hey, these words cheered up Lin Yi, "Is there such a place? But is it open to the outside world? There won't be any problems."
The driver patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, there are spare keys at the gate of our brigade. I'm familiar with them and I can definitely see them."
At this moment, a flash of red suddenly flashed in the corner of Lin Yi's eyes. This red color made Lin Yi feel something was wrong.
So he immediately turned around and used the eagle eye skill to observe, and suddenly broke into a cold sweat.
He quickly looked at the driver and said, "There are wolves outside, on the top of the mountain to the east. There will be no less than thirty of them."
The driver was stunned for a moment, then turned on the on-board searchlight, and the bright light shot towards the top of the mountain. Sure enough, he saw a dense pack of wolves staring at the vehicle.
The driver did not dare to be careless, so he picked up the on-board intercom and shouted: "Report to the brigade headquarters that our vehicle has found a pack of wolves in area x. Please pay attention to safety at all duty stations."
Then he looked at Lin Yi and said, "It's okay, our car is very strong and powerful. Their target is definitely not us, but I don't know which herdsman's cattle and sheep will suffer again."