My 1978 Hotel

"This is incredible."

Liu Wen was stunned. This was still a picky eater. Even Zheng Guanwen, who had mild anorexia, finished all the food in the bowl without leaving any leftovers, although he gave one of the multi-grain buns to his younger brother Zheng Guanwu.

But this child is not just picky about food, he really has anorexia. Liu Wen was shocked.

"This is normal."

Wu Jing ate three large multi-grain buns but was still a little hungry. She was reluctant to throw away even a little bit of the soup. "Let's not talk about them. I usually don't eat multi-grain buns like this, but today they're so delicious, I could eat two more."

"you do not say."

Chen Long agreed. "I usually don't eat pumpkin, but today I ate all of it. I was so hungry that everything tasted good. Look at the soup, it's not oily at all, but I thought it was delicious."

Liu Wen wanted to retort, but then she thought about how she had just eaten heartily, devouring three large multi-grain buns, which she probably couldn't even finish one normally. "No wonder my grandfather told me that people in the past could eat more."

"Yes, in the past, I only heard it from the elderly and thought it was unbelievable that a person could eat two or three kilograms of rice at once. Now I think it is not impossible." Wu Jing was filled with emotion. It was only the second day that he almost became a glutton.

"I'm afraid that in two days, our appetites will be even bigger."

Liu Wen is a nutritionist and she has some understanding of her physical condition. Now her appetite seems to have increased suddenly, which means that the fat accumulated in the body is being consumed rapidly. If the fat is not enough, the food can make up for it. However, according to the current food, it is still not enough.

"My appetite will get bigger."

Wu Jingxin said that she was really going to become a good-for-nothing.

"It's better if they're older. These kids won't need to be treated for their picky eating and anorexia," Chen Long said with a smile. "But I wonder if those two little fat kids will get even fatter because of their improved appetites."

"Will not."

Liu Wen looked at Wu Xiaotian and Zheng Guanwu and shook her head slightly. "And the weight loss effect will be very obvious. Those two little fat guys will probably lose a lot of weight in a few days."

"Ah, why?"

"There's no oil here, and most of the time I'm considered pretty good if I eat until I'm 60% to 70% full."

Li Feng brought a bowl of food with two steamed buns on it and sat down next to them with a smile. "In about ten days or half a month, these two kids will be able to lose weight to normal."

"Isn't this too fast? Will there be any problems?"

Losing weight isn't just about the results; it also involves considering your physical condition. Losing weight healthily shouldn't be about sacrificing your body for weight loss. Wu Jing and Chen Long looked at Liu Wen with some concern. "If we continue with the current diet, there will definitely be problems."

The consumption is too great, and it is not enough to replenish energy, let alone nutrition. For Wu Xiaotian and Zheng Guanwu, such rapid consumption and weight loss will definitely cause problems if they also eat some non-nutritious food every day.

"It's okay, I'll figure it out when the time comes."

Li Feng pondered whether to repair the system when he returned or replenish it here. "Tomorrow, I'll make some snake soup to replenish everyone's nutrition."

"No……."

Before Liu Wen could finish, Li Feng interrupted her. "What's wrong? Is snake soup not nutritious?"

"Yes, but..."

"It's okay, one of these can be sold for hundreds of dollars, I'm willing to give it away, so don't feel bad about it." When Li Feng said this, Wu Jing and Chen Long rolled their eyes. Teacher Liu was really feeling bad about it.

Liu Wen also rolled her eyes and thought, forget it, she might as well not eat it. Snake soup is indeed quite nutritious, especially in the current situation where meat is difficult to obtain, let alone some high-nutrition and high-value nutritional supplements.

"Then it's settled."

Li Feng stood up with a smile and handed the bowl and chopsticks to Daya. "I haven't finished eating yet, Daya, please help me take it home. I'll eat it tonight."

"Ah."

Daya took the dishes and chopsticks and took her sister home. Li Ran watched from the side with a frown on his face. His father was so kind to his two adopted sisters that he even wondered if he was from the Wang family next door. "Uncle Li."

"Pfft."

Liu Wen and the others couldn't help but say, "Good boy, calling Uncle Li is so affectionate." Li Feng looked at Li Ran in confusion. "What's wrong?"

"It's okay, I just called out, it's pretty smooth."

Li Ran was quite proud. Humph, Li Feng was speechless. This kid is really a bit naughty. I will deal with you later. "Work hard this afternoon. Tomorrow, I will teach you some skills. If you don't study well in the future, you can use them when you go home to farm."

"cut."

Li Ran muttered, he knew his father, his grandmother said that his father did not do farm work when he was a child, and he was still teaching himself. Haha, he was afraid that he didn't even know how to farm.

As they were talking, Han Mingliang ran over. "Uncle."

"What are you doing?"

My goodness, he is covered in mud. Where has this kid been playing mischief again?

"You don't eat well, what's wrong with you?"

Li Feng stayed away from Han Mingliang. The boy was covered in mud, so he didn't want to get it on him.

"Mingfan and I went to the reservoir."

Han Mingliang took a look and whispered, "Uncle, we caught a lot of fish. If you want, I'll send them to you later."

"Okay, according to the previous price."

"How about mooncakes or apples?"

"Okay, how about cream biscuits?"

Li Feng was delighted. This kid was quite greedy. Fish and shrimp were good things. It was hard to find anything to supplement the nutrition of Wu Xiaotian and his group of little brats. This was like delivering food to their doorstep. "How many did you catch? How many kilograms?"

"More than a few pounds, at least ten or twenty pounds."

Han Mingliang said this with a smug look on his face, and Li Feng was startled. "Good boy, you guys are really good. Are reservoir fish so easy to catch?"

"Hey, the water in the reservoir is almost gone, and a piece of it has become a small pond. Let's scoop out the water while we eat." Han Mingliang brought more than a dozen children with him, and he promised that each of them would get at least a quarter of a mooncake.

As soon as they heard they could eat mooncakes, these little brats ran to the reservoir right after finishing their meal. They desperately scooped water just to get a bite of mooncake, which is why Han Mingliang had so many fish.

"You're capable. Okay, I'll go back first. Bring the fish and shrimp over here so I can take a look."

As soon as Li Feng said that, Han Mingliang immediately ran to catch the fish.

"This boy."

Li Feng originally wanted to go to the furniture factory to take a look, but decided to go back home first.

"Hey, cousin, aren't you busy?"

Wu Jing, Chen Long and Liu Wen had just arrived home when Li Feng came back not long ago. The three of them were puzzled because Li Feng had just told them that he had something to do.

"I have something to deal with, so I'll come back and take care of it first."

As they were talking, Han Mingliang, Han Mingfan, Mingliang, Mingchang and other little kids came with broken wooden basins and water ladles. Wow, the tools were really varied, including two broken gourd ladles.

"This is?"

Liu Wen, Wu Jing and Chen Long had never seen such a scene before. They were all covered in mud like monkeys. It was a meeting of the Beggars' Gang. It was quite nice for this guy to beg for food by holding something.

"Wait, I'll get the tub."

Li Feng went into the house and took out the large wooden basin he had just made a few days ago. "Pour it in the basin, let me take a look."

There was a clattering sound of small fish, big fish, shrimps, loaches, and even eels. Wow, Li Feng counted them and there were probably no less than ten kinds of fish.

“So many fish?”

Liu Wen, Wu Jing, and Chen Long stared at the old man. Although there was a lot of mud and it looked like it hadn't been cleaned thoroughly, they could still see that all kinds of fish and shrimp filled the large wooden basin. "It turns out this is all fish."

Just now the three of them were confused. These kids were acting like the Beggars' Gang.

"Yes, Not Bad."

Li Feng squatted down and picked up some knife loaches, which weighed about two or three pounds. It was a good harvest. As for other fish, most of them were crucian carp, meat strips, ditch crawlers, and a few small-headed bream, carp, silver carp, yellow croaker, etc.

There weren't many loaches and eels, only about a pound or two. This whole basin of fish probably weighed at least 30 pounds. Although there weren't any big fish, the overall quality was decent. "Okay, uncle'll give you one dollar, four mooncakes, two apples, and a bag of cream biscuits. Is that okay with you?"

"become."

When Han Mingliang heard so many things, he nodded vigorously. The other children also cheered happily. Apart from anything else, each of them could get at least one-third of the four mooncakes.

There were also apples, enough for at least two bites, and a pack of cream biscuits, which were sure to be delicious. The dozen or so children were so excited that they didn't know what to say. They chattered happily. Li Feng smiled and went into the house to get the mooncakes, apples, biscuits, and a dollar, which he handed to Han Mingliang.

"Don't drop it."

"Don't worry, uncle, it won't fall off."

Han Mingliang waved his hand after saying this. "Let's go and share the mooncakes, uncle. We're leaving now."

"Slower."

A group of little guys cheered and ran towards the threshing ground of the team. This was their base, especially the area between several straw piles, which was hidden and could not be seen by ordinary people.

"Boss Li, you are really good at business."

Wu Jing and Chen Long saw they had picked up two or three pounds of razor-sharp loach. This alone was probably worth thousands of yuan, considering the B&B's health banquet featured it as the main dish. There were also other fish and shrimp. No wonder the B&B's fish and shrimp were so delicious; they were all wild.

"It's okay, although I gave you more."

Liu Wen was speechless. You call this a lot? But fish and shrimp don’t seem to be too expensive now. If you calculate it this way, it’s not a small amount.

"Leave this to me. You guys should take a break and do whatever you need to do. We have to go back to work soon."

Li Feng planned to clean up the fish and shrimps before going to the furniture factory. The knife loaches were easy to clean up and could be thrown directly into the jar where they were kept. The loaches and eels could be thrown into the wooden basin. The other fish and shrimps had to be divided up so that they could be kept and raised.

The ones that are hard to keep need to be picked up and dried into small fish, or pickled and salted. Of course, there are also some left for making fish soup or frying fish in the evening. "It's a pity that there is not much oil left. Otherwise, I would have fried more."

It took an hour or two to clean up the fish and shrimp. Finally, he finished the work, closed the yard, and went to the brigade furniture factory.

"How's it going, Second Brother? How's the construction of the modular furniture at the commune going?"

"almost."

Gao clapped his hands. "We'll probably be done with the work today, and in two or three days the commune will have several sets ready for polishing."

"That's pretty fast."

Li Feng thought about finishing the commune's batch of furniture as soon as possible. After August 15th, Li Feng planned to go to the district. "I don't know, have you published your article yet?"

This is a novel, and its influence is much greater than short stories and novellas. However, Li Feng did not expect that while he was still thinking about the novel, his novella "Greening Tree" had already been published.

This time, the publishing house was quite sensible and asked someone to send a few magazines to Maya Commune.

"It's for Li Feng."

Wu Xiaofeng felt it and thought it was a magazine or a book, maybe a sample copy. "Xiao Li, I'm going to Hanjiaba to deliver a letter. Can you help me keep an eye on it?"

"Don't worry, I'm here."

Huang Xiaoli also went to the commune. It happened that Han Anjun also had a day off tomorrow, so she planned to go back home. He had been too busy recently and hadn't been home for a while. "Let's go."

"Once we finish this, we'll have to take care of our own business."

Han Anjun and Wu Xiaofeng talked about getting married.

"That's what my dad said, wait until we finish this part."

The drought is inevitable. The autumn harvest situation has been roughly calculated, and the output has been reduced by at least half. Because of this, Secretary Gao and Secretary Wu went to the county for meetings almost every day, and several county leaders visited the districts frequently.

"How about National Day?"

Han Anjun said, "My mom has prepared everything at home. She's already prepared the water bottle, basin, and floral fabric."

"My mother is almost ready. She made four quilts."

There were also high-end items such as thermos, urine bucket, washboard, washstand, and desk lamp. After all, her father was Secretary Wu, and he knew a lot of people in the county. He asked the department store for help to reserve the goods.

Especially for wedding clothes, he was equipped with two sets of shoes. Ordinary people would be lucky to have a brand new coat or even a shirt, but he had two sets, as well as leather shoes and a suitcase. This was definitely the best in Maya Commune.

"Why don't you ask Li Feng to write a toast for us?"

Wu Xiaofeng thought of something and looked at Han Anjun.

"This is too much trouble for others."

Han Anjun thought about it and decided that it was not necessary to go through so much trouble.

"OK then."

As they were talking, they arrived at Li Feng's courtyard. Li Feng had just returned from the furniture factory and brought a large wooden tub with him. The fish and shrimps had taken up the entire tub, leaving no space for bathing.

"Oh, Anjun, Comrade Xiaofeng."

"Comrade Li Feng, I was just looking for you."

Wu Xiaofeng opened the package and found about a hundred letters, most of which were from readers. "This is from the magazine. Take a look and see if it's a sample copy."

"Oh, let me see."

Li Feng took it and opened People's Literature. It was published, Greening Tree. This novella is definitely one of Zhang Xianliang's more representative works. Compared with the one adapted into The Shepherd, it has a different flavor.

Let me put it this way, if the adaptation of The Horseman's soul and flesh have an impact in the writer's circle, this Greening Tree will have an impact of at least five stars.

“People’s literature.”

Wu Xiaofeng is, after all, a half-literary youth, and is very familiar with People's Literature, a relatively well-known publication.

"I didn't expect it to happen so soon. Comrade Xiaofeng said last time that she would give you a book. Do you think this one would be okay?"

“That’s great.”

Wu Xiaofeng took it and quickly found Li Feng's article, but it was a bit long. "Thank you, Comrade Li Feng."

"You're welcome."

He looked at Han Anjun and said, "Anjun, I won't be polite with you. I'll keep these books."

"fine."

Han Anjun smiled. It would be fine for the couple to have one copy. He would wait until Wu Xiaofeng finished reading before he read it. "We're going home first."

"Wait, An Jun."

Li Feng hurriedly called out to Han Anjun to stay for a moment while he returned to the yard, gathered up a few crucian carp, and brought them out. "Take some fish back to eat."

"Ah, how can this be so embarrassing."

"What's there to be embarrassed about? This isn't a lot." He stuffed a few large crucian carp into his mouth, weighing about two or three pounds. (End of this chapter)