My 1978 Hotel

"You must be joking. I'll bring it back for you to try."

Li Feng said with a smile. "By the way, Teacher Liu, don't tease Xiaohua too much, or she will bite you."

"Xiaohua is so well behaved that she won't do that."

"No, that's not necessarily the case. It's a leopard after all."

"Ah, leopard?"

Good guys Liu Wen and Wu Jing, Chen Long stared at Li Feng with his eyes wide open. "Boss Li, you are not kidding, isn't Xiaohua a cat?"

"Who said that, Leopard?"

Li Feng said with a smile. "Just give it a try and you'll know. This little thing doesn't meow."

"No wonder, I thought Xiaohua had a problem with her voice, but it turns out not to be the case." Liu Wen was a little scared as she looked at Xiaohua approaching. This was a leopard, a ferocious beast.

"Go aside."

Li Feng kicked Xiaohua, who then ran away with a whimper and a grin. "But don't take it too seriously. It's just a little kid, it's not time for it to show its teeth yet."

"Boss Li, are you planning to raise this thing?"

"Keep it for now, and then release it into the mountains."

Li Feng said, "I was planning to take it back, but it's really hard to deal with it back home, so I just left it here for now."

"Ah, that's it."

Wu Jing and Chen Long thought to themselves, there really is everything here. Just think about it, they can even eat South China tiger meat, so leopard meat doesn't seem like a big deal.

"Hey, why are you all squatting outside?"

Brothers Gao Ju and Gao Cheng came back from get off work at the furniture factory and saw Li Feng and others squatting outside the yard, and asked in confusion.

"It's okay, it's easier to talk outside."

Li Feng patted his butt and stood up. "It's just right that you're back. Come with me into the yard and take a look. I caught a piece of wood while fishing today, and it looks like sunken wood to me."

"What, dark wood?"

The Gao Ju brothers were filled with surprise that such a good thing could happen to them. The two brothers followed Li Feng into the yard and came to the wood.

"How about it?"

Seeing that the two brothers looked at each other for a long time without saying anything, Li Feng couldn't help but ask, he felt that the problem was not big.

"Yes, Boss, this is really a piece of dark wood."

Gao thought the boss was just too lucky. "And the color, boss, look at it, it's a bit golden yellow. I'm afraid it's from locust wood. It's not as beautiful as golden nanmu, but this color is pretty good among dark woods."

"Such a large piece must be worth a lot of money."

"Valuable?"

Liu Wen, Wu Jing and Chen Long saw with their own eyes how Han Anmin and his companions pulled this thing out with a fishing net. After that, Li Feng paid five dollars and it was basically like picking it up for free.

"How much is this piece of black wood worth?"

Don't say it, no one knows this. It depends on the seller. Li Muchen squatted down to take a look, knocked on it, and the sound was really good. "Two million, Boss Li, I want it."

"How many?"

Wu Jing, Chen Long, and even Liu Wen looked at Li Muchen in disbelief and asked for two million.

"My dear, your price is too high."

Li Feng probably has some knowledge about sunken wood. This kind of locust wood is not top-notch. Such a big piece actually weighs less than a few hundred pounds. Although the grain and color are good, and the shape is also good, it can probably be used to make a tabletop.

But if you say two million, one million is considered high. This thing is not golden nanmu or sunken wood, where hundreds of thousands of dollars per ton is normal. Li Muchen paid a price higher than the market price.

"I feel fine."

"Okay, fine, I'll give it to you. You can go back and get two more Angong Niuhuang Pills." Although the auction price of Angong Niuhuang Pills is hundreds of thousands, it is actually not that expensive. Li Feng won't lose out by buying two.

"Thank you, Boss Li."

"It's me who's thanking you."

Two million! Li Feng thought that an ordinary person might never see so much money in his entire life. Even Liu Wen, who came from a well-off family, looked surprised, not to mention Wu Jing and Chen Long, whose salaries were not low.

It's still possible to make three or four hundred thousand a year, but even so, it's still hard to accept that a piece of black wood can be sold for two million. This money is too easy to make.

"How about we go dig the silt tomorrow?"

Wu Jing joked. "Maybe I'll be lucky and dig up a piece of dark wood. It's not this big, but if it were smaller, it could sell for a million or so."

"You're quite bold, but I'll do anything else. I might as well dig the mud. Who knows, you might find some treasure."

“You guys are really.”

Liu Wen didn't know what to say to them, but the two million was certainly impressive. "Alas, I just realized now that I can't compete with these rich second-generations."

"No, we are just white-collar workers drinking Starbucks. The coffee chef invites us home and lets us drink whatever we want."

"You're still feeling emotional."

Li Feng didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Okay, stop being sentimental. It's time for dinner. We have steamed cornbread today."

"Steamed buns again?"

This guy eats steamed buns all day long. Wu Jing and Chen Long feel like they are almost becoming like steamed buns.

“Isn’t this whole grain healthy?”

After Li Feng finished speaking, he looked at Liu Wen. Liu Wen rolled her eyes. What she said was correct, but the situation at that time was different from the current one. Liu Wen did not speak first.

"Just kidding, I stewed fish tonight, and the steamed buns were made with filtered cornmeal."

Li Feng is not mentally ill, so he will endure hardship without any consequences.

"Stewed fish and steamed cornbread, today's meal is really good." Li Muchen said with a smile.

"That's not."

Zhang Susu dared to say that the food at Big Brother's house was the best in the county. "Little brother, I'll give you a big one."

"Thank you."

"whee."

Li Feng couldn't help but touch Li Muchen. "Take it easy, kid," he said. "Uncle Futian's An Xin looked at Li Muchen with a strange look in her eyes. Zhang Susu seems to have shown some signs of this recently. Who made the little brother so handsome? This guy always looks at his face."

Don't make trouble. Girls these days are different from those in later generations. Who knows what might happen. Li Muchen was a little confused. What's wrong? He didn't think too much about this. The guy had just broken up with his girlfriend not long ago.

"Eat, eat."

Li Feng didn't say it directly. The girl was too shy to point it out to her face. He would find time to tell Li Muchen later. "Tomorrow, we're going to the region. I'm afraid it will take two or three days to get back. Brother, you'll have to work hard these days."

"Cousin, don't worry, I'll take care of the house and make sure everything is fine."

"Kids, thank you for your hard work."

Li Feng looked at Liu Wen, Wu Jing, Chen Long and others.

"We should."

After all, they were paid, and even though they had come here unexpectedly, it was their duty to look after these children. "Come, let's have a drink, just in time to relieve our fatigue." There wasn't much wine, just about half a pound, and they each drank a little to relieve their fatigue.

"Eat fish."

"Then we won't be polite."

Wu Jing and Chen Long did not give in, and even Liu Wen was not polite. After dinner, Li Feng went to the team. He had to deliver furniture to the region tomorrow. This was his first time, so he had to arrange the manpower.

"Fuqiang and Anbing, please follow us."

"Once settled, An Yu and his family will follow."

Han Fuguo looked at Han Futian. "Futian, what do you think? Should we ask two people from your yard to come over?"

"Okay then. Let An Lei and An Tao from the Fuyuan family come along too."

"Then let me know later."

Han Fuguo said, "Fuqiang, you need to keep an eye on them. Don't let these guys get too excited and cause any trouble."

"Don't worry, Third Brother."

Han Fuqiang patted his chest and promised, "When the time comes, I will punish anyone who disobeys me."

"Then I'm relieved." The manpower and oxcarts were arranged, but the transportation of the silt would have to rely on manpower, as getting the furniture into the city was the top priority. "This batch will cost about a thousand yuan, so be careful with the money."

"Don't worry, Uncle Tomita. With so many of us there, we can't be robbed by others."

Li Feng said with a smile. "Actually, this furniture isn't the most important thing this time. This is our first time in the region, so we're a bit unfamiliar with it. This trip is just a test drive. If we can open up the regional market, the orders won't just be one or two sets."

"Are you really planning to sell it for thousands or tens of thousands?"

"That's not."

Li Feng said with a smile. "It's a small goal, and you haven't achieved it yet. If you ask me, ten thousand yuan is nothing. If you really want to do it, a hundred thousand or eighty thousand is the real deal."

"You are so bold, boy."

Good guy, he doesn't even care about ten thousand yuan. This guy can do you. Han Futian doesn't know what to say. "By the way, don't worry about your award. It's a big deal for you."

"know."

"Tomorrow, leave early, don't be late."

Han Futian instructed. "Fuqiang, take your men and load the furniture into the car tonight, and leave before dawn tomorrow."

"I'll find someone to install the furniture right away."

If they wanted to get to the county town before nine o'clock, they had to leave at four o'clock at the latest. They couldn't wait until tomorrow to load the furniture, which would delay things. Li Feng saw that the matter was finalized, so he left the team and visited each family. The children were okay and were slowly integrating into the lives of each family.

This made Li Feng feel much more at ease, and he followed Li Ran to explain.

"What are you going to do in town tomorrow?"

Li Ran was a little panicked. Although this Lao Deng was a swindler, he was still Lao Deng after all. When he heard that Lao Deng was going to the city for two or three days at a time, he was really a little anxious.

"Go get your award and have the furniture delivered."

Li Feng rubbed Li Ran's head. "At home, you have to take good care of Dad, especially Wu Xiaotian and the others. Don't let anything go wrong. This is a matter of life and death for the B&B summer camp."

"cut."

Li Ran curled his lips. This boy, why does he only say one thing and then another? He is not cute at all.

"Go, go, go."

Li Feng waved his hand. "Okay, I've said everything I need to say." "Go to bed. I'm going home."

"go home?"

Li Ran snorted. "Got it. I'll help you keep an eye on Wu Xiaotian and the others."

Seeing Li Feng walk out of the pot room, Li Ran muttered softly, and Li Feng smiled as he listened. "This kid."

After returning home, Li Feng washed up and went to bed early. Around 3:30 in the morning, there was a knock on the door. "I'm here."

After packing up his magazines, notebooks, and other belongings, Li Feng called out to the brothers Gao Ju and Gao Cheng. "Let's go."

"So early?"

Wu Jing and Chen Long were awakened by the noise in the house and opened their eyes to look outside.

"I have some things to do in the county town early in the morning, so you guys should go to sleep."

The oxcart was already waiting. Li Feng checked his watch and saw it was almost four o'clock. He had to hurry and got on Han Anbing to drive the oxcart. "Brother, you take a nap. We'll take care of it." Anton said with a smile, making room for him.

"Okay, I'll squint for a while."

There's a meeting in the county town soon, which might take several hours. Don't get sleepy then. Li Feng squinted all the way and didn't open his eyes until the sun came out. "How far is it to the county town?"

"It's not far, half an hour at most."

Li Feng looked at his watch. It was half past seven. That was pretty fast. "Let's go to the state-owned restaurant and buy some food and drinks."

"That's great."

When Antun heard that they were going to a state-owned restaurant, their mouths started watering. They had all been to state-owned restaurants before and knew the food there was delicious.

"Let's go to the state-owned restaurant to eat?"

It was the first time for An Lei and An Tao to ride in a car, and they had never been to a state-owned restaurant. They looked at An Tun and the others eagerly, and An Tun told them proudly about the last time they went to a state-owned restaurant to eat braised pork.

"Wow, braised pork."

The two of them were drooling as they listened.

"Exit."

An Tun was quite disdainful. It was just braised pork, but he was drooling just talking about it.

"Then let's have braised pork for lunch."

Li Feng joked that state-owned restaurants didn't sell braised pork every day after all.

"Really, brother, do you really want to eat braised pork?"

An Lei and An Tao took it seriously, so Han Anbing cracked his whip. "Brother Feng, pack up and go to the county. I'll take you to the county party committee compound first."

"Not urgent."

It wasn't even eight o'clock yet, and the commendation meeting was at nine. He also had to meet with the commune cadres later. After all, he hadn't come to Maya Commune alone. When he arrived at the county party committee compound, Han Anjun was waiting at the door.

"An Jun, why are you here too?"

Han Anbing jumped out of the car.

"Uncle Fuqiang, second brother..."

Han Anjun greeted everyone. "Secretary Wu asked me to wait for Brother Feng here. He said the county will prepare breakfast this morning."

"The county also prepared breakfast, which is great."

Li Feng had originally planned to invite Han Anjun to have breakfast with everyone. "Well, Uncle Fuqiang, please take everyone to breakfast first, and then we can go to my small courtyard to rest for a while." As he spoke, Li Feng handed the key to Han Fuqiang.

"to make."

After watching Han Fuqiang and the others leave, Li Feng followed Han Anjun into the county party committee compound. "There are quite a few people attending the commendation meeting this time, right?"

"There are more than 200 people in the entire county."

Han Anjun quickened his pace as he spoke, fearing that if it was too late there would be no food in the cafeteria.

"Secretary Wu."

Arriving at the cafeteria, Wu Feng waved for them to sit over. The meals were all prepared, including rice porridge, white steamed buns, and a plate of pickles. Although the county provided meals, they were not delicacies, but the white steamed buns and rice porridge were pretty good.

"If there are not enough steamed buns, add more yourself."

"okay."

Li Feng didn't hesitate. He was actually quite hungry, so he finished four large steamed buns and drank two bowls of rice porridge before finally feeling better. "Secretary Wu, are there only three of us in our commune?"

"And Zhu Xueqin from the pig farm said he'll be here soon."

Wu Feng said.

Han Anjun explained quietly to Li Feng, "Director Zhu returned to the county yesterday. He'll come directly here later. We won't have breakfast here."

There were also several team leaders, but they didn't eat in the cafeteria due to some matters. Oh wow, so that's how it is. They couldn't have used connections to get this.

"Come on, let's go out for a walk."

There was still some time before the conference, so after breakfast, they took a walk. Wu Feng introduced Li Feng to many people, most of whom were deputy secretaries and directors of revolutionary committees of major communes.

"An Jun."

Li Feng was a bit amused. Secretary Wu always introduced himself as a great writer to everyone he met, talking about his abilities, the articles he had published, and the impressive publications he had. "Why don't you tell Secretary Wu that we can take a break?"

"Just work harder."

Han Anjun said with a smile. "I'll treat you to a drink later. It's rare that Secretary Wu is happy."

"Alas, our Maya Commune doesn't usually have anything to show off."

Well, Li Feng thought to himself that he had become a show-off.

"Come, come, Li Feng, let me introduce you. This is Secretary Liu from the Meijie Commune next door."

"Okay," Li Feng whispered to Han Anjun. "One meal of wine is not enough, at least two."

"no problem."

Han Anjun smiled and nodded. Li Feng got the answer and turned to greet Secretary Liu. (End of this chapter)