My 1978 Hotel

Chapter 21: Ten days of hard work, bringing a basin of small fish back to modern times

"Third brother, you came at the right time."

When Han Futian told Han Fuguo about Li Feng's plan to write an article, Han Fuguo's eyes lit up. It was a great thing to be able to write an article and get royalties at this time.

Besides, it's about scenes of farm work, which are even rarer.

"Okay, I'll count you as doing the writing."

Han Fuguo tapped his pipe against the sole of his shoe and said thoughtfully, "I only have one request: to take our Hanjiaba with you."

"Uncle Fuguo, don't worry."

This is paid vacation, so cool. "Then I'll go home first."

"Let's go back."

"Hey, Da, Uncle Futian, why did that kid Li Feng run away?"

Han Anmin, along with Han Anyu, Wu Gou and other members of the manure transport team, were just about to call Li Feng, but who knew that this kid smiled and waved and actually went home. What was going on?

"I'm going back to write the manuscript."

"Writing again?"

"This kid has some skills."

Han Anmin was a little envious. Not only did he get royalties for writing articles, but he also received rewards from the county and the commune. That guy had a lot of good things. Who wouldn't be envious? Wu Gou, who was standing next to him, almost had his eyes bleeding when he heard this. How could that pretty boy have such great abilities? God was blind.

Li Feng didn't know that the whole team started talking about him as soon as he left. Who wouldn't be envious when they thought about how Li Feng earned a lot of money and tickets from writing articles?

Daya and Erya held their chins high when they heard everyone praising their father.

The sparse yellow hair looked a little greasy, and the small, thin body seemed to be full of energy, as if seeing hope and a direction in life.

"Da Ya, Er Ya has found a good home."

With such a capable father, at least they won't starve in the winter and will survive. Shi Chunhua is also happy for the two little girls. Life is different now that they have a father. Although most of the children in the dam are told by adults not to bully Daya and Erya, children don't know much and they can't help but make fun of and tease the two girls.

Now, firstly, they are not very brave anymore, and secondly, everyone knows that Li Feng has the ability to get candy, so the little kids are trying their best to curry favor with Daya and Erya.

Li Feng was unaware of these subtle changes. He returned home and took a comfortable nap before getting up and slowly copying the manuscript in his mind.

I can't finish writing in the morning, otherwise how can I slack off in the afternoon? This guy has finished his task, and then he goes to work. It's too tiring, it's terrible. "Five hundred words should be enough in the morning, and another five hundred in the afternoon."

"Just do it."

Li Feng put his half-finished manuscript aside and began to think about what to have for lunch. "I'm out of pork, but I still have some lard. I'll have some lard scraps, so I can fry some goujiao (a type of shrimp) and some stir-fried vegetables with the lard scraps. I also have two eggs, so I can make egg soup."

There are less than five white flour buns left, so I'll leave them for the two little girls. I'll just cook some sorghum rice for lunch.

He got to work right away. When the bell rang for the end of work, Li Feng had already fried the vegetables and cooked the sorghum rice, just waiting for Daya and Erya to come back for dinner.

Who would have thought that Han Fuguo, Han Futian and several other brigade cadres would come along. This guy looked at the fried ditch crawlers, fried vegetables with lard and egg soup placed on the cover of the water tank.

Han Futian's eyelids were twitching, and Han Fuguo raised the pipe in his hand from time to time, unable to suppress it.

This bastard is no good. We need to continue to work on his ideological work and do it well. He needs to be criticized when necessary. He is like a donkey that will run away without a leash.

"Haha, Uncle Fuguo, Uncle Futian, you're all here."

"The food is good."

Han Futian's forced smile made Li Feng feel helpless. Really, why do they like to go to other people's houses for no reason at all? Why don't they go home for dinner? They are so idle. How come they are not tired after doing farm work for a whole morning?

"It's okay. I'm using my brain a lot when I'm not writing. I'm really hungry."

"How's the manuscript going?"

Not to mention this digression, both Han Futian and Han Fuguo's attention were drawn to the manuscript by Li Feng.

"good."

Li Feng brought the manuscript over. Five hundred words was a lot, nearly filling up two sheets of paper. "It's about halfway done, but I've got the next idea. I should have it finished by tomorrow morning at the latest."

"After a few more revisions, it can be sent to newspapers and magazines."

"You're not lazy yet."

Han Futian read a passage that was very vivid and interesting, and the driver's skills were also very good. This kid was really capable. He nodded at Han Fuguo and said that he was not talking nonsense.

"Okay then, go eat."

"Cook two fewer dishes later."

"know."

Well, after seeing off a large group of brigade cadres, Li Feng breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, they didn't stay for dinner, otherwise this little food wouldn't be enough to fill his stomach. "Quick, Daya, Erya, serve the rice and eat."

"Ah."

Daya and Erya didn't dare to say anything for a long time. Sandie looked a little scary, and he raised his pipe several times. Daya was afraid that Sandie would hit her father. "Try the fried fish. It's crispy and delicious. Eat it while it's hot."

"Uh-huh."

Of course, I didn’t dare let him eat too much. After all, he had a stomachache yesterday, so he didn’t dare eat too much. But he could drink more egg soup.

Although sorghum rice is not as delicious as rice, it is dry and can fill your stomach without any problem.

I felt comfortable. After eating, I tidied up and lay down on the bed. My two daughters gave me a massage. My life was so comfortable. It was a pity that I couldn’t copy manuscripts every day. Otherwise, I would not be lazy in Hanjiaba and would not have any other worries.

In the afternoon, Li Feng got another half day of paid writing. After much procrastination, he finally finished 500 words before the end of the workday. "The system is quite capable. No wonder even carrying manure made the newspaper. The writing is so vivid and professional."

Everyone's writing is about rural life, so it would be strange if it didn't appear in the newspaper. After finishing the manuscript, Li Feng thought about what to eat for dinner. The eggs were gone, and there was nothing left of the lard scraps, only a little lard.

Lard residue and vegetable soup, and then stewed razorfin loach. I finally put the razorfin loach I got from Han Mingliang last night to good use. "And steam some steamed cornbread. It's okay now that I'm used to it."

"Save the white flour buns for the two girls." At dinner, Daya and Erya saw their father eating steamed buns while giving them white flour buns. Their eyes turned red. Daya insisted that her father eat the white flour buns while she would eat the steamed buns. "Okay, okay, okay, Dad will eat it, and stop wiping your nose."

While eating, there was a knock on the door. Li Feng muttered, "Could it be Han Futian and the others again? They are so unbearable! Can't we have a peaceful meal?" But when he opened the door and took a look, Li Feng was a little confused. Why are they here?

"Mingliang, Mingcong, Mingliang, why are you here? What's going on?"

"Uncle Feng."

Han Mingliang pulled Li Feng and pointed to the wooden basin at his feet. "I brought you some fish."

"Little fish?"

Yes, I almost forgot what I told this guy yesterday. "How's it going? How many did you catch?"

"I haven't counted them either. You can check for yourself."

As they were talking, a few kids brought the wooden basins to Li Feng. Li Feng stretched his head to take a look and was shocked. "So many!"

"How did you catch him?"

Li Feng had been catching fish for several days, but only enough for one meal. However, Mingliang caught a whole basin of ditch crawlers and knife-shaped loaches in just one day.

He didn't know that after Han Mingliang received the candies and money promised by Li Feng, he went back home and mobilized more than a dozen little kids including Han Mingcong and Han Mingliang.

That's not all, they also made a bamboo cage. While the adults were at work, these little kids played around in the stream and filled a small wooden basin in just one day.

Han Mingliang even took advantage of Li Feng's inducement and put it into practice.

He sold twenty ditch crawlers for one cent, and four knife loaches for one candy, a high price. This kid was very capable. In order not to expose Li Feng's purchase price, he only brought Mingliang and Mingcong from his uncle Han Anbing's family to deliver the fish.

"Let's carry it inside first."

Li Feng really didn't expect to catch so many at once. He was afraid that the lard at home was not enough. It seemed that he would have to work hard to kill and make dried fish tonight. It was a pity. Such good ditch shrimp could be sold for one hundred and fifty or sixty yuan per catty in modern times.

There are at least three or four pounds of ditch crawlers and two or three pounds of knife loaches. This basin would cost about a thousand yuan in modern times.

Li Feng calculated it and gave fifty cents and more than thirty candies. Han Mingliang happily took the candies and bills and stuffed two candies into Mingcong and Mingliang.

"Uncle, give me the basin."

"Okay, you wait."

Li Feng poured the fish into his own wooden basin, washed it for Mingliang, and handed it to him. "Next time you catch something, send it back to me. I'll give you some candy."

"Uh-huh."

Mingliang was eating candy and couldn't speak clearly. Li Feng smiled at the child, but he was able to catch so many in a short time. Looking at the boys running away happily, Li Feng didn't delay and planned to go into the house to deal with the dog crawling.

'00:00:10'

Li Feng's time was up, and he finally got through ten days.

"Would the host like to end the experience tour early?"

"Finish."

You're a fool, you wouldn't want to stop. It's too fucking tiring here. The food is not good, and we sleep on straw. This guy is covered in mosquito bites.

"Start settling rewards."

Li Feng wondered what the reward was, and the system quickly gave a reply. After completing the experience tour, he would get cash converted from a portion of the work points earned during the experience period. If the difficulty was easy, 20% of the work points would be converted into cash, and if the difficulty was normal, 40% of the work points would be converted into cash.

Li Feng chose the difficulty conversion starting from 60%, with a maximum of 80% for 30 days.

Li Feng was a bit confused about what it meant to convert work points into cash, but the system quickly calculated it. Because Li Feng hadn't worked for the past few days, he had only worked six and a half full days, which meant a total of 65 work points. Sixty percent of that was 39 work points.

"Thirty-nine work points?"

"Converted into cash, it's three cents per work point, so the total is one yuan and seventeen cents."

The system gave the final cash amount, and Li Feng was confused. "What's this money for?"

"The host can use it to purchase souvenirs for the experience tour."

"what?"

Li Feng thought that this space-time travel agency also had this kind of program. "What souvenirs are there?" The system immediately listed a list, with no end in sight. Li Feng was a little speechless and surprised at the same time.

"So, I can use the rewards I earn to buy anything from this era and bring it back to the modern era?"

Wow, Li Feng was excited. There are still a lot of good things these days. Of course, he doesn’t have much cash now, but next time, he might have more. Saving up a little bit at a time will add up to a lot.

"What a shame, what to buy at this time."

After the reward is settled, it usually takes half an hour to return to the modern era. What can I buy at this time? Forget about the eggs. Although they are pure free-range eggs, buying eggs is not cost-effective at all. "Oh, I don't have time. I'll talk about it next time."

"what."

Li Feng slapped his forehead. How could he have forgotten? There's also a basin of dog crawlers here. "System, I want to buy these small fish at the original price just now. Is that okay?"

"no problem."

"Da Ya, Er Ya, Dad is going out for a while."

As he spoke, Li Feng carried the wooden basin and walked out the door. On the way, Li Feng asked what would happen if he returned to the present. The system gave the answer that a day in the modern era would be about half an hour here. "That means it would take half a month for it to be dark here?"

If I go back a week or so and come back, then only three or four hours have passed. That way, I won't have to worry about Daya and Erya worrying. "Should we open the space-time portal?"

"open."

Li Feng felt a little dizzy, and when he opened his eyes he was back in the video studio. "Ah, I'm back."

(End of this chapter)