My 1978 Hotel

When Li Feng got home, he saw Zhang Susu with Daya and Erya. They had already put the stewed wild rabbit meat into a bowl, fried some pickled bamboo shoots with chili peppers, added some cold cucumber strips, and even prepared half a bottle of wine.

This was leftover from a few days ago. Zhang Susu, who hadn't seen the guest, asked Daya, who had stored the wine, to take it out to entertain the guests. According to the rules of Hanjiaba, women were not allowed to sit at the table, even though Li Feng had repeatedly expressed disdain for this rule.

The third girl followed the rules and ate some pickled bamboo shoots with her mixed grain rice. Li Feng saw this guy and took the stewed rabbit meat. "They didn't do anything, why would they eat meat? Come on, Susu, Daya, Erya, you eat first."

"Guests, please eat."

Daya whispered, "We have guests here, so we must eat the meat first. We can't seem to be ignorant of etiquette." "Then get a bowl and share some among you. Really, this rabbit was caught by your sister Susu, and you cooked it, and you can't eat a single bite? That's not right."

"cut."

Li Ran muttered softly, who likes to eat rabbit meat? His father is so nice to these girls, he has never seen him be so nice to his own son.

"Cut what?"

Li Feng glared at Li Ran. "Your sister Susu, Daya, and Erya worked all morning. What's wrong with eating some meat? Besides, your sister Susu dug out this rabbit."

"I didn't say you can't eat it."

Li Ran was unhappy. He thought he couldn't have a father like that anymore. When he got home, he told his mother, "Hmph."

"Brother, I just cooked and tasted it."

Zhang Susu said with a smile, "You can serve the guests."

"Yeah, Dad, I ate too."

Erya was younger after all, and she was drooling at the sight of the rabbit meat. In fact, they just smelled the meat and drank the soup, and didn't really eat the meat. There were many guests at home, and Erya also understood that the meat should be given to the guests first.

Liu Wen, Wu Jing and Chen Long had not spoken much since they arrived at Hanjiaba. They had just discussed in a low voice when Li Feng went to the team. Although Liu Wen was still a little unconvinced, Wu Jing and Chen Long began to believe what Li Feng said.

This might really be the small mountain village of 78. The two of them were confused as to why they came here. As for eating, they were in no mood to eat. Seeing Li Feng giving in to the rabbit meat, the three of them didn't pay much attention.

Li Feng picked up two large pieces of rabbit meat for Zhang Susu, Daya, and Erya before putting the bowl on the table. "Brother, my two cousins, it's time to eat."

As for children, you have to serve yourself rice and pick up dishes to eat, because no one will take care of you here.

"I have no appetite, you can eat."

Liu Wen was feeling quite confused and had no appetite to eat. Wu Jing and Chen Long looked at each other and said, "Okay, let's eat something first. We are still a little hungry." The other children, Wu Xiaotian and Zhang Xiaole, did have appetites, but after looking for a long time, they didn't see anyone helping them to punish themselves.

"Uncle Li, how can we eat without rice?"

Wu Xiaotian looked at Li Feng and asked.

"There are bowls and chopsticks in the kitchen, serve yourself some food. Come here, I tell you, do your own things, and help out at home if you have spare time. Okay, go to the kitchen and serve yourself some food." Li Feng greeted Wu Jing and Chen Long.

"Drink?"

"Row."

The two of them were fine with drinking, so Li Feng poured them a glass and said with a smile, "Let's not drink too much. After dinner, you can take them around and explain the rules to them."

"No problem, I'll tell you after dinner."

Li Muchen was about to collapse when he thought about the two of them learning that they would need to learn a farming technique to return to the modern era. It must be quite interesting to think about it. Of course, the current task was to eat. Stewed rabbit meat was good, so he had to eat two more pieces.

There might not be any meat to eat in the next few days. Li Muchen was already an experienced tourist, and he knew exactly what to do. "Eat more. You've consumed a lot of energy here."

"Oh?"

Wu Jing and Chen Long were wondering what the high consumption was. They didn't quite understand. Li Muchen smiled at their bewildered expressions. "Wait, I'll tell you."

"what?"

Wu Jing and Chen Long were stunned. No, as soon as they came here, they had to work and learn a farming technique.

"If you don't learn, you can't go back. Isn't this too bad?"

Wu Jing felt that he would definitely beat that friend to death when he returned. What kind of place was he introducing? It was just an illegal kiln. He just said it was from forty years ago. He just came and wanted to work and learn skills. He was just a trainee and was learning farming.

Let alone him, his father doesn't know how to farm. As for farming, only his grandfather's generation knows it. Chen Long feels that farming is a very distant word. He saw his grandfather farming when he was a child, but as for him...

Chen Long thought he was probably like more than half of the city dwellers. He could tell wheat from rice, and even rapeseed from cabbage. Most importantly, he could tell leeks from wheat seedlings. As for Liu Wen, shock was beyond words.

She had never farmed for generations, and now she was told that she had to learn farming by working in the countryside, just like in the past. This was simply too much. Although she knew what leeks looked like, she had no idea what wheat seedlings looked like.

She can tell the difference between cabbages, but not rapeseed. This is a nutritionist. Vegetables are okay for her, and she recognizes grains that have been shelled and ground into flour. As for when they were first grown as crops, she really doesn't understand them.

"Do I have to learn it?"

Liu Wen felt that this was too overbearing, so she didn't ask any questions and just asked him to learn.

“It’s okay if you don’t learn.”

Li Muchen said with a smile. "At the beginning, we had similar ideas to you."

"What then?"

"Later, I just gritted my teeth and learned."

"why?"

Liu Wen knows Li Muchen's situation. He is a real rich second-generation, a playboy. Is it true that he can learn farming?

"If we don't have food to eat and one more thing we can't learn, we won't be able to return to the modern era."

Li Muchen smiled when she saw that Liu Wen didn't seem to care too much about this. "Teacher Liu, you don't know what it feels like to be hungry yet, but I don't recommend you try it."

"You really won't give me anything to eat?"

"Here, some steamed bread with a cut throat. Do you want to eat it?"

Li Muchen sighed. "Compared to you guys, those kids are the ones who are really suffering."

"Oh, can't you?"

Chen Long and the others were surprised when they saw the car change. Those were children, and among them was Boss Li’s biological son.

"Then let me tell you about Boss Li's plan. Please listen."

When Li Muchen first learned of Li Feng's plan, he was speechless for a long time and could only give a thumbs-up. It was ruthless, really ruthless. "Let's talk about Wu Xiaotian first. Arrange him to stay at Han Andun's house. You are not from Hanjiaba, so you don't know the situation of Han Andun's family."

"What's going on?"

The three of them were curious about the story behind this Han Anton family.

"Let's talk about his parents first. His father has a lame leg and has difficulty walking, and his mother is unconscious, yet she gave birth to seven children. Han Anton is the eldest, 18 years old, and the main labor force of the family. He has six younger siblings, the youngest of whom is only five years old." Li Muchen said. "Their family has always been on relief food. Of course, not to mention the living conditions alone, I'm afraid Wu Xiaotian will have to work hard to overcome them."

"There are three thatched houses in total."

Li Muchen said, "It's not a B&B. It's small and low. Most importantly, they only have one bed. The other kids all sleep on the grass. Ugh, grass, you can imagine how full of fleas it is."

"Ah, ugh."

Liu Wen almost vomited. It was bad enough that they were on a meadow and the weather wasn't cold, but there were fleas here. This was too much.

"Fleas are nothing."

There's still something on the head. Li Muchen doesn't need to talk about it, he feels a little scary. "This is just accommodation, there's also food."

Li Muchen looked at the three of them. "They usually eat two meals a day, but now, maybe they eat three meals a day."

"Three meals in two days, you mean three meals in two days?"

My goodness! Chen Long, Wu Jing, and Liu Wen were stunned. This kind of operation was even possible. "Aren't these conditions too bad?"

"It's not finished yet."

Li Muchen thought to himself, "Just shiver." "Three meals a day are still rice, steamed buns, maybe porridge with pickles, and steamed buns."

"The porridge is not rice porridge, it's made of dried sweet potatoes, corn bran, and maybe some good wheat bran."

"Isn't wheat bran used to feed pigs?"

Chen Long had seen this when he was a child, and his eyes widened when he heard it.

"Sweet potato chips, corn dregs, right?"

Li Muchen smiled. "Have you ever seen steamed bread?"

"Of course I've seen wowotou. I've highly recommended it. It's healthier than steamed buns and rice." Liu Wen said subconsciously.

"Hahaha, that's a modern steamed bun. The steamed buns at Han Anton's house are not that good. They don't even have corn cob flour. They may add some rice bran, wheat bran, and dried wild vegetable. It's okay to eat it hot, although it may hurt your throat. But when it's cold, it's no different from a lump of earth." Li Muchen tasted it and the taste was hard to describe.

"this……."

Wu Jing and Chen Long swallowed their saliva. This was too miserable. How could this family live like this?

"Don't they have any ideas to make some money?"

Wu Jing was puzzled, and Li Muchen smiled. "It's '78, not the 's. Money isn't easy to come by. Just getting a letter of introduction is a hurdle. Besides, the rules for farmers moving to the city are much different now. They're much stricter. Aside from a few days to see a doctor or visit relatives, you're dreaming of staying in the city long-term to find work."

"Is there nothing else to do?"

"You have to work almost every day, where do you have the time?"

Li Muchen introduced the working conditions in the commune to them. The hard work usually lasted twelve hours, and the unskilled work lasted about ten hours. How much energy would they have to do other things after working all day? Besides, they were not allowed to have side jobs now.

There are restrictions on raising chickens and ducks, and besides, these all cost money. Han Anton's family really doesn't have any, and they haven't even solved the problem of having enough food.

"Where did you go?"

Li Muchen smiled and shook his head. "Do you think that arranging Wu Xiaotian to live with Han Anton can help him lose weight?"

"Well, isn't this a bit too harsh for the sake of losing weight?"

Wu Jing had no doubt that he could lose weight. This guy wanted to follow Li Muchen's words, eat, live and work together. This was not losing weight, this was a life-threatening situation.

"He's ruthless, of course. The most important thing is that Han Anton regards Boss Li as his benefactor, so he will definitely follow Boss Li's orders without compromise." Li Muchen looked at the three of them. "The other kids aren't much better."

"Let's not talk about other families, let's just talk about Li Ran from Boss Li's family."

Li Muchen shook his head when he said this. "To be honest, Boss Li is also ruthless to his own family."

"Oh really?"

Wow, this is treating everyone equally. Wu Jing and Chen Long looked at each other. In this case, Boss Li has been showing mercy to them.

"Of course, Li Ran was arranged to stay at the home of the yelling sister-in-law."

Li Muchen leaned back in his chair and said, "My sister-in-law is a widow. She has a blind mother-in-law and four children, the youngest of whom is four or five years old. The whole family depends on her alone. You can imagine what her living conditions are like."

"It's cruel enough."

Needless to say, one can imagine the living conditions of this woman who calls her sister-in-law. She must be eating rice bran and wheat bran. She is so cruel that she even treats her own son so badly.

“The other children are from similar families.”

Li Muchen said. "Whether you're picky about food or trying to lose weight, the arrangements are the same. You eat and live together."

After listening to this, the three of them were silent for a long time, not knowing what to say. Now they saw them working with Li Muchen, learning farming techniques, and eating and drinking at the Ling family. This was simply a fairy life.

"What if the children don't want to do this?"

"Don't want to?"

Li Muchen smiled. "This place is over ten miles away from the commune, and the nearest villages are four or five miles away. Besides, the conditions in the surrounding villages may not be as good as ours."

"If you're throwing a tantrum, there's no way you're going to escape. There are militia patrolling at night. If you get caught, you'll be in big trouble. The militia have guns."

Wu Jing and Chen Long looked at each other. These words didn't sound like they were directed at children, but rather like a warning to them.

"Brother, make it clear."

"Make it clear."

When Li Muchen saw Li Feng coming, he quickly stood up.

"That's good."

Li Feng said with a smile. "You guys take a break first. Tomorrow we'll start working and experience life in the production team. We'll also learn some practical skills along the way. I think everyone will have an unforgettable time."

"Thank you so much."

Liu Wen wanted to bite Li Feng to death, rolled her eyes and said unhappily.

"You're welcome."

Li Feng smiled and waved his hands. Liu Wen was speechless. You don’t understand what I am saying. Forget it.

"Young man, accompany me to take the children to their respective homes."

Li Feng packed up the food, mooncakes, and apples. "Each child should bring 20 jin of cornmeal, two mooncakes, two apples, and two yuan for vegetables."

"A change of clothes and a pair of shoes."

"Pack your backpacks, toothpaste, toothbrush, and towels, don't lose them," Li Feng said, looking at everyone. "I'll take you to your host family in a little while. You'll be eating and working with them for a while. You'll be their children then. Of course, if you have any questions, you can come to me."

"It's better not to look for me, because it's actually useless to look for me."

My goodness, Liu Wen, Chen Long and Wu Jing all rolled their eyes when they heard this.

"Let's go."

The kids didn't think it was serious, they just thought it was fun. "Boarding," Wu Xiaotian whispered to Li Ran slyly. "Li Ran, is this boarding your dad is talking about a formal or informal place?"

"What do you mean?"

"Boardwalk aunt, haven't you read it? It's a really good comic."

Wu Xiaotian looked so mean, Li Ran thought he must be a bad guy, so he took out his phone to search for him when he had time.

"Quiet, follow."

Wu Xiaotian and Li Ran quickly shut their mouths, and the other children quickly lined up. It's worth noting that none of these children were particularly rebellious, otherwise Li Feng could have taught them a lesson, but now they had no excuse. (End of this chapter)