My 1978 Hotel

Anchun, Anqing, Anli and others couldn't help swallowing when they heard Antun say that there was meat to eat.

"What are you talking about? Get in the car quickly."

"coming."

A few people happily climbed onto the ox cart, and the convoy arrived at the state-owned hotel in a mighty manner.

"It's so lively."

"Of course not. It's dinner time now."

Li Feng said with a smile. "Uncle Fuqiang, how do you decide on the arrangements?"

There are a lot of things in the ox cart, furniture, and other things, so they definitely require people. At least three or four people should be left to watch over them and call for help if anything happens.

"An Min, An Bing and I will look after the ox cart and furniture. You take An Arrangement and the others to eat first. Just bring me two steamed buns later." Han Fuguo hugged his briefcase and was so nervous that he didn't dare to go to the restaurant.

"I'll just take two steamed buns like Uncle Guofu."

Han Anmin also said, Li Feng didn’t know what to say about this guy.

"alright."

"Let's go inside first, otherwise if more people come in soon, I'm afraid all the tables will be gone." Li Feng said and looked at Han Anton. "Anton, take Anchun and the others in to see if there are any vacancies and take a few seats first."

"okay."

This wasn't Anton's first time here, so he knew how to grab a seat. He called out to Anchun, Anli, and Anqing, pushing the door open for them as they entered the state-owned restaurant. When they saw a seat available, they would step onto the bench. By the time Li Feng came in, half of the table was already occupied.

Great, that speed! Li Feng gave a thumbs-up to everyone and glanced at the small blackboard hanging on the window. "Hey, there's also braised pork."

"Master, four servings of braised pork."

Li Feng opened his mouth and ordered four portions of braised pork. Not only did the people eating there, but even the lady who was taking the bills glanced at him. "Braised pork is 60 cents a portion."

"Sixty cents, so cheap."

Li Feng muttered. "Six servings, then."

"Three more servings of fried tofu."

"Three servings of meatball soup."

"Three servings of stir-fried shredded pork."

Li Feng took a look and saw that today's staple food included multi-grain rice and white flour steamed buns. "Another three pounds of white flour steamed buns." Don't underestimate these three pounds of white flour steamed buns. This is a lot of steamed buns made from the dry flour you bought.

"Three more pounds of rice."

Li Feng said, "First, fifteen bottles of soda. If that's not enough, we'll see. Let's get the receipt."

Li Feng took out a Great Unity and a grain coupon and handed them to the elder sister who issued the coupons. "This guy, wow!" The elder sister looked at Li Feng and thought, "This is really generous." Judging from the way he dressed, he didn't look like a rich man.

"Can you take the bowl out?"

"Fifty cents deposit."

"to make."

Li Feng directly handed over a dollar, issued a ticket, and went to the seat. "Sit down, don't stand."

"Call us later and we'll serve the dishes."

Six servings of braised pork had already finished all the braised pork in the restaurant, and the braised pork on the blackboard was wiped off. Li Feng thought that the state-owned restaurant was not generous enough. It was only six servings, and they had already finished all the braised pork.

"The food is ready."

"coming."

Li Feng asked An Tan to serve the dishes. The sight of six servings of braised pork was enough to make anyone salivate. An Tan raised his head high, his face brimming with pride. "An Chun, An Qing, bring two bowls of braised pork, one serving of fried tofu, and the meatball soup."

"okay."

After swallowing their saliva, Anchun and Anqing hurriedly carried out the braised pork, steamed buns, fried tofu and meatball soup.

"Let's eat first."

Li Feng grabbed a steamed bun, put a piece of greasy braised pork in it, and put it in his mouth. "Delicious."

"fragrant."

"How can it not be delicious? These are white flour buns and braised pork."

Everyone's mouths were filled with grease. Three pounds of rice, three pounds of steamed buns, and four servings of braised pork were all gone in no time. "Stop licking it, it's embarrassing," Li Feng kicked An Chun, who was licking the braised pork bowl.

"Hey, there's still oil on it."

"Okay, let's go."

Li Feng took the deposit and greeted An Dun and others.

"okay."

After leaving the state-owned restaurant, An Chun and the others were so proud that their heads were about to turn to the sky. They even wiped the grease from their lips. When someone walked by, An Chun even raised his voice. "This state-owned restaurant is a state-owned restaurant. The braised pork is delicious."

"No, it's just a little less. That's all for a bowl."

"It's still not enough. One bowl costs 60 cents. We finished six bowls."

Seeing how cocky they were, Li Feng didn't know what to say. "Alright, get back to work and get the car."

"Got it, Brother Feng."

Well, after this meal of braised pork, everyone almost became Li Feng's lackeys, calling him Brother Feng and Brother in a very affectionate manner. The car quickly arrived at the meeting place. Li Feng raised his hand to check his watch. There were still more than ten minutes left.

There was already someone waiting here, so Li Feng quickly jumped off the ox cart and walked over to meet him.

"Brother Wu, Brother Cao, you guys are really early."

Li Feng shook hands with the two men. It turned out that these two men were quite to Li Feng's liking.

"Lao Cao and I just happened to run into each other, and we ended up chatting while walking."

Wu Chuan said with a smile. "I heard that you have a new masterpiece recently."

"It's not a masterpiece, just a play for the sake of eating meat."

Li Feng waved his hand. "Brother Wu, how is Brother Cao doing lately?"

"It's just a matter of three taels of silver."

The two shook their heads slightly. They had indeed written a little, but they hadn't thought it through carefully, so it was difficult to show it to others. As they were talking, a few more writers arrived, along with a few literature enthusiasts.

"Everyone is here, let's not waste any more time."

"The furniture is all in the car. Let's follow the map and visit each house. I'll also get to know the houses. When I have time, I'll visit you in person." Li Feng smiled and bowed, and the others expressed their welcome.

"correct."

Li Feng thought of something. "It's just something I made for fun, please don't mind." He gave each person a bamboo pen holder. Although it was simply polished, the carvings of bamboo and orchids on it gave it a very cultural feel.

"really not bad."

"I didn't expect that you have such skills, Brother Li."

"Teacher Li, I like this so much." Xu Qingqing, a literature lover, held it in her arms like a baby.

"I'm glad you like it." Li Feng smiled and bowed. As he spoke, everyone got on the ox cart and delivered furniture to each family. Li Feng talked and laughed along the way, but Han Fuqiang was very nervous. There was more and more money in his wallet, and he looked at everyone with strange eyes, as if he was going to rush over and snatch his wallet.

Not to mention him, Han Anmin and Han Anbing were also a little nervous, after all, the amount of money was increasing.

"Brother Wu, don't send me off."

Li Feng waved his hand. "Teacher Wu, I'll take care of the publicity. Also, please tell everyone about the furniture replacement. I enjoy researching old things. If anyone has old furniture that's outgrown its original appearance, please contact me. We can either replace it with a new one or sell it."

“Can old furniture be replaced with new furniture?”

Zhao Guodong, a literature enthusiast, murmured quietly. "My grandmother's family has some old furniture passed down from their parents. Some of the better ones are still missing parts. Teacher Li, I wonder if we can exchange them for something like that?"

"Let's take a look first. We'll look at the extent of the damage and the amount of wood. Then we can estimate the price or how much we can deduct by replacing it with new furniture."

"Is that so? Then I'll take you there when I have time."

"I have some old furniture at home, Teacher Li, why don't you go and take a look?" Xu Qingqing was also tempted. Who doesn't want new furniture? But new furniture is expensive, and her parents will definitely not be willing to part with it. But now the old furniture can be used to offset part of the money, so the cost of replacing new furniture will be reduced a lot.

"Okay, let's put it this way. I'm afraid I don't have time today. When you're free next time, tell me and I'll go with you."

"You're both free these few days, how about tomorrow?"

Xu Qingqing was the most enthusiastic, and several others also agreed. Wow, Li Feng hadn't expected these people to be more anxious than he was. "Okay, then wait at the entrance of the department store at nine o'clock tomorrow morning."

"to make."

After talking about it, I also looked at a few of the last few families and confirmed that two of them wanted to exchange their old furniture for new ones. The wood was not good, just ordinary old cabinets and old beds, and the wood was still sufficient for about one-third of them.

"How many new orders have you attracted?"

People had already bought desks and bookshelves, but they never expected that Li Feng would offer a trade-in program and furniture subsidies, and he actually fooled several people into agreeing to exchange their furniture, which was originally acceptable.

"well enough."

Li Feng looked a bit cocky, and Han Anmin didn't know what to say. "Uncle Fuqiang, here's the balance."

"Oh, this is the last one, right?"

"No."

"Finally, the deliveries are finished." Han Fuqiang patted his briefcase and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Uncle Fuqiang, do you think we should go back to the team or stay in the county for one night?"

It’s not early anymore, almost three or four o’clock, and I’m afraid I’ll have to travel a long way at night to go back.

"It's better to go back."

He was a little worried about this guy spending the night in the county with so much money. "Besides, he didn't bring any fodder."

"Or buy some fodder from the cart shop."

The bunk beds in the inn didn't cost much to sleep on for a night, and there was fodder for the cows, donkeys, mules and horses. Of course, the bunk beds were not very comfortable, and they were not very safe either.

"It's getting late, and we have to travel late at night. Why don't you stay at my place for the night?"

"Where are you from?"

Han Anmin was a little confused, what did it mean.

"Hey, didn't Uncle Fuguo tell you?"

Li Feng was a bit surprised. He didn't even know about buying a house. That's not right, isn't this furniture factory just making beds? "Well, it's like this. I made a little money writing a book last time, and it just so happened that an elderly couple in the county were being taken to the provincial capital by their son, so they gave me this house."

"You bought a house in the county town?" Han Fuqiang, Han Anmin, Han Anbing and others stared at the boss with their eyes wide open. Buying a house in the county town was simply nonsense to this guy. Not to mention the household registration issue, how much would a house in the county town cost?

Houses can't be bought and sold casually these days, but there are ways around it. Street vendors generally turn a blind eye, or at least they'll handle it unless it's something too extreme. It's just that most people don't have that much money to buy a house.

Nowadays, the price difference between big cities, small cities, and even county towns is not that big, and the prices are not cheap. Ordinary people really can't afford it. Li Feng bought a house, and everyone was surprised. There was the issue of Li Feng's household registration, and where did Li Feng get so much money?

"Yeah, you don't know, Uncle Fuguo didn't tell you."

"No, Anda never said anything about this."

Han Fuqiang also shook his head. His third brother had not told him about this.

I really didn't say anything. Uncle Fuguo and Uncle Futian are really tight-lipped. Really, the furniture is almost ready, but no one knows about my house purchase. "Come on, sleep at my place tonight and go back tomorrow morning."

"Forget it. I didn't tell Da this morning. If I don't go back, I'm afraid I'll be worried." Han Anmin actually wanted to go and take a look at Li Feng's house, but he never thought that Li Feng would buy a house in the county town so quickly. He didn't doubt that Li Feng could move to the city. After all, his writing was so good, and the subsidies were coming. It was only a matter of time before he moved to the city.

I just didn't expect that Li Feng would buy a house so quickly. I thought I would have to wait for some time, and then Li Feng would be assigned to some cultural department and be allocated a small house.

"That's what I said."

Han Fuqiang said, "Next time, let's go back and tell Third Brother and Sixth Brother."

"OK then."

"Then I won't go back with you."

Li Feng had taken Wu Zhenhua and the others into the city early in the morning, but they had gone shopping at the department store, so they were probably all back home to rest. After seeing Han Fuqiang and the others off, Li Feng unpacked his folding bike and rode it to the grain station instead of returning to his own courtyard.

I bought a few kilograms of rice and noodles, and went to the market to buy some vegetables. The fish, shrimp and meat were all sold out. "I should have told Wu Tong and the others earlier and asked them to buy some meat."

Now that he could only eat vegetarian food, Li Feng wanted to buy some more food, but when he felt his pockets, he found that he had no tickets. "Forget it, let's go back first." He turned off the main road and headed towards his own courtyard.

"You bought a lot of things?"

As soon as Li Feng entered the house, he saw some miscellaneous items placed there. Wu Zhenhua and his friends had gained a lot after a day of shopping.

“Some of the little things are quite interesting.”

Wu Tong pulled out a tin frog. He had already bought this thing. "Picture book?"

"Quite interesting."

Good guy, nothing serious, Li Feng didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Have you eaten?"

"No, I'm waiting for you, Boss Li."

They did eat at noon, just a simple bowl of noodles. It didn't cost much, and Li Feng didn't give them many tickets, so they just made do with the meal.

"Then let's have noodles tonight."

We brought some pickled bamboo shoots last time, along with some chili peppers. They were perfect for making hand-rolled noodles with stir-fried pickled bamboo shoots. Li Feng got to work, and Wu Tong and the others helped light the fire. "Luckily, we still have a pot. Otherwise, we wouldn't have dinner tonight."

"That's not the case. State-owned restaurants are out of food."

Li Feng had just walked around and walked to the entrance of the state-owned restaurant. Oh my god, there was no food for dinner. Li Feng kneaded the dough while talking. He was strong, and the flour was hard after all, so it was very chewy.

"Down there."

The noodles are put into the pot, the boiling water gurgles, and soon the aroma of the noodles comes out.

"It still smells good now."

"This is pollution-free flour. It would sell for several yuan per pound in the future." Li Feng smiled and helped Wu Zhenhua and Wang Yin to make noodles. "Uncle Wu, Aunt Wang, you eat first."

"We'll do it ourselves."

"There's not much food. I'll see if I can buy some meat tomorrow."

As Li Feng spoke, he scooped himself a large bowl of hand-rolled noodles with some stir-fried sour bamboo shoots. It tasted quite good. "Help yourself, I'll eat first." (End of this chapter)