My 1978 Hotel

Chapter 31: Eating meat behind closed doors, Han Fuguo leads people to kick the door

Wu Xiaofeng was startled. Why were there so many people in Li Feng's house? They rushed out and stared at her with hungry eyes. It was so scary.

Everyone was excited as the day they had been waiting for finally came. Even the aloof Li Muchen was looking at the envelope in Wu Xiaofeng's hand with excitement.

"Comrade Li Feng, what are you doing here?"

"it's okay no problem."

Li Feng turned around and glared at the few people. He had scared them. It was really embarrassing. He had completely forgotten that he had almost run out without even putting on shoes. "Comrade Xiaofeng, what are you doing here?"

Wu Xiaofeng pulled out a payment slip and a letter and said with a smile, "Comrade Li Feng, you're amazing! You've already written two manuscripts and received two payments in less than a month."

"It's just luck."

Li Feng took it and took a look. It turned out that this was not a reward from the county, but just the fee for the article "Driving a Cart". It was 11.5 yuan, and this time it was more than the last time.

I was paid more than ten yuan for more than 2,000 words, but unfortunately there were no tickets or anything.

I think those tickets were related to the special rewards for the first time. This time it was just an ordinary reward with only royalties.

But even so, Wu Xiaofeng was still quite envious of the ten-plus yuan, as her usual salary was only about forty yuan.

"Comrade Li Feng, please sign."

"okay."

After signing, Li Feng invited Wu Xiaofeng home for tea.

"No, there's something else."

As he was about to leave, Li Feng didn't stay to thank Wu Xiaofeng for long before sending her off. They returned to the house and looked at the remittance slip, all of them very excited.

"Eleven dollars and fifty cents, that's a lot of meat, right?"

Gao Cheng swallowed and looked at the remittance slip with some excitement.

"It's possible to get meat bones, but it might be difficult to buy meat because we don't have meat coupons." Li Feng shook his head. He originally thought it was a reward from the county, but it was really strange. Why was the county so slow?

"It's so troublesome these days. You need a ticket to buy everything." Gao Cheng muttered. Gao Ju and Li Muchen nodded. Of course, they were quite excited to see rich people. They thought they could eat meat.

"I'll think of something."

If he couldn't get enough meat, he'd always have to get some flour or rice. He still had a few pounds of food coupons. "Tomorrow morning, I'm going to the commune. You guys cover for me. I'll see if I can get some meat bones, or at least some meat buns to satisfy my craving."

"no problem."

If there is no meat, meat buns or meat bones will do, or at least some steamed buns will do. After discussing with Li Feng, several people just said that Li Feng wrote the manuscript very late yesterday and could not wake up in the morning, so he asked for leave early in the morning.

After discussing it, several people went to bed with anticipation and swallowing their saliva. The next morning, Li Feng washed up and went out before dawn. There was no other way. If he got up late and walked, he might not be able to get back before breakfast.

"Dad?"

"Go to sleep, dad will bring you something delicious later."

Li Feng smiled, touched Daya's head, put on his canvas bag and went out. He trotted all the way to the commune. It was still dark, probably around six o'clock.

"Fortunately, there's no one here." There was no one at the butcher's shop yet, only a little light coming through the half-open door.

"Dong dong dong."

"Go, go, go, the stall won't open for another half an hour, wait outside."

Butcher Guo shouted impatiently that there were always some people who wanted to take advantage of the situation by using backdoors, but he would not tolerate them.

"Master Guo." Li Feng bent down and went in.

"Who are you?"

Butcher Guo glanced at Li Feng, who quickly handed him a cigarette and said with a smile, "Master Guo, you're a forgetful person. Did you forget I bought several pounds of meat bones from you last time?"

"Oh, it's you."

"Is something wrong?"

"I have guests coming to my house today, but I don't have any meat coupons. Can you give me some meat bones? I'd be happy to pay a bit more."

"Oh?"

Butcher Guo's eyes turned. Meat bones were usually priced very low, 30 or 40 cents was considered good, after all, since they were not oily, and meat tickets were usually not required. "50 cents, I'll give you two pounds."

"Sixty cents, what do you think? Five pounds."

Three yuan for a good thing. Guo the butcher looked outside and saw that there was no one. "Okay." The meat bones were easy to handle and were ready in just a few seconds. Li Feng took a look and saw that there was a little meat hanging on them, more than last time.

"Oh, thank you, Master Guo."

After buying the meat, Li Feng didn't have much money left. He hurried to the post office and waited for it to open to exchange money. He used all the remaining food coupons to buy flour, and bought some liquor at a high price, put it in his pocket, and ran back to Hanjiaba.

After running all over and getting home sweating, it was just before eight o'clock. Li Feng breathed a sigh of relief and quickly put the meat bones, flour and liquor away.

But we can’t let others see it. We have to wait until Li Feng takes out the things after work at noon.

Gao Cheng, Gao Ju, Li Muchen and others looked at Da Gutou with stars in their eyes.

"So many meat and bones." "And wine, great, great."

Gao Cheng's saliva started to flow, and Gao Jue actually swallowed his saliva several times, which caused Li Muchen to swallow a few times as well.

"How about it? I didn't disappoint everyone, did I?" Li Feng was quite proud.

"Nothing more to say, awesome."

Gao Cheng rubbed his hands together. "Hurry up and clean it up, or it won't stew well."

"Okay, grill the meat first, and I'll knead the dough."

The flour wasn't enough, so Li Feng added some cornmeal to make a two-grain bun. This one was pretty good. "By the way, is the door closed?"

"Don't worry, it's locked tightly." Gao said with a smile.

"That's good." Li Feng breathed a sigh of relief.

"What are you worried about? We didn't steal or rob, so what's wrong with eating some meat bones?" Gao Cheng muttered.

"What do you know? There's so much meat. Have you ever seen anyone eat like this?" Li Feng said. "It's different now than in the future. Eating and drinking so much is almost illegal."

"It's illegal, even eating something delicious is illegal?" Not to mention Gao Cheng, even Gao Ju was a little confused.

"That's right. Criticizing you for extravagance is considered light. If they take it too far, they might charge you with the crime of extravagance." Li Feng thought of the last time Han Fuguo and the others were about to give him a lesson. That guy was really annoying.

"Okay, just close the door."

"You guys stew the meat first, I'll make the buns."

Li Feng said with a smile, by the time Li Feng had made the steamed buns, the aroma of meat had already come out.

"It smells so good."

Gao Cheng drooled, and Gao Ju couldn't stand it anymore. "Brother, please hold back. You are so useless."

"I want to eat meat now."

Gao Chengxin said, this is meat, I haven’t eaten it for several days, who can resist it.

"Go, go, go."

Gao Ju was speechless, but Li Muchen beside him smiled and said, "That's true. What's the point of wanting to achieve anything now? I just want to eat some meat."

"Wait a minute, it's not stewed yet."

Li Feng was actually quite greedy. This big bone smelled really good. He would grab two big pieces for Daya and Erya first. Otherwise, if he had to compete with Gao Cheng and the other starving guys for food, he might not even get a chance for the second round.

……

Wu Xiaofeng came early in the morning and heard her colleagues laughing and talking about people waiting to withdraw money before the door even opened.

When he found out it was Li Feng, he even mentioned it to Han Anjun during breakfast. "Isn't it interesting? Li Feng from your dam came to withdraw money early in the morning before our post office opened."

"What did Li Feng withdraw money from?"

Han Anjun was puzzled, and Wu Xiaofeng explained. "He wrote another manuscript. This kid is quite capable. That's not right."

"What's the matter."

"fine."

Han Anjun thought about what his father had said about him spending the money recklessly. He couldn't bring himself to say it out loud, as it would be too embarrassing. "No, I have to go back to the dam at noon and tell Da to make sure he doesn't spend the money recklessly again."

At noon, Han Anjun borrowed Wu Xiaofeng's bicycle and took a look at Li Feng's house when he passed by. "Is the door closed?"

"Haven't you come back yet?"

"Go home first."

Han Anjun muttered and returned home. Han Fuguo was quite surprised. "Anjun, why are you back?"

"Is something wrong?"

Shi Chunhua also came out, and Han Anjun said with a smile. "Mom, it's nothing serious. If there's anything small, tell Dad."

"What's the matter?" Han Fuguo took a puff of his pipe.

"Dad, did you know that Li Feng wrote another manuscript?" Han Anjun asked as he sat down.

"What? It's in the newspaper again?"

Han Fuguo was delighted. "Let me see it quickly."

"Not yet."

When Han Anjun told Han Fuguo about Wu Xiaofeng delivering the remittance slip yesterday and going to the post office before dawn this morning to wait for the money, Han Fuguo slapped his thigh. "Oh no, this bastard, why didn't he go to work this morning?"

"Anmin, come with me."

"An Bing, go call your Uncle Suanpan, Uncle Scarhead and the others. This bastard must have ignored our words." Han Fuguo thought that Li Feng, this bastard, must have gone beyond just withdrawing money this morning. He must have bought something as well. He wondered if he bought any meat.

(End of this chapter)