My 1978 Hotel

Chapter 71: Damn, who is criticizing me from the provincial capital? I just want to earn some royalties.
"Again, sending in a manuscript?"

Bai Jie took the several large envelopes handed over by Li Feng with a smile. This young man is quite diligent, sending manuscripts every two or three days, but he has not received a reply. Xiao Feng also said that he is a writer, probably just a second-rate one.

"Yes, Sister Bai."

This woman was quite pretty, but her words always sounded a bit sarcastic. She was quite charming. "Comrade Xiaofeng, is Comrade Xiaoli not here?"

"I'm delivering a letter."

"The capital, Shanghai, and provincial capitals are all big places."

"Yes."

Li Feng thought to himself why this person's words were so full of sarcasm, it was really strange, Comrades Wu Xiaofeng and Huang Xiaoli were very good.

"It'll cost a lot of money."

"It is okay."

After paying the money, Li Feng faked a smile and said a few words, and finally it was done.

"How about buying some more stamps as a backup?"

"Oh, no need."

Li Feng finally understood why some people were so annoying. Actually, there was nothing wrong with what they said, but the slightly sarcastic tone made people feel a little uncomfortable.

"Pooh."

Bai Jie watched Li Feng leave the post office and casually toss the sunflower seed shells aside. "What kind of writer is that? He really thinks he's so great."

"Sister Bai, what's wrong?" A postman greeted with a smile as he just entered the room.

"Nothing, just a young man who doesn't know his own limitations." Bai Jie didn't have a good relationship with Wu Xiaofeng and Huang Xiaoli. How should I put it? She was a little envious of them. Bai Jie was originally from the county town, but was transferred to the Maya Post and Telecommunications Bureau because of some unclear relationship with her superiors.

After coming here, she always felt that everyone here was from the country, and she, who came from a county town, felt superior. But since Wu Xiaofeng and Huang Xiaoli were assigned here, they were young and beautiful, and more importantly, their families were better off than hers.

This makes people jealous, especially since Bai Jie has a bad reputation. Wu Xiaofeng and Huang Xiaoli don't talk to her very often. As for some male comrades who like wild food, they like to get close to her.

As for Li Feng, he knew a little about Bai Jie's reputation, but he didn't have much to do with her. He usually went to look for Wu Xiaofeng and Huang Xiaoli, but both of them were not here today.

"unlucky."

Li Feng spat as he walked out of the post office, what a crap, just pretentious.

"Comrade Li Feng."

"Comrade Xiaoli."

"Are you here to send a letter?"

"Yeah, I've been writing something lately." Li Feng said with a smile. "You're busy."

I have to go back early. Today is Anyou and the others' first day at work, so I have to entertain them well. Unfortunately, so many troubles have happened in Ma Ya recently, and even the supply and marketing cooperative and the meat stall are more stressed than before.

"It's no use using Master Guo's backdoor."

Li Feng could only sigh as he had no meat or bones left. Fortunately he still had some food coupons, so he bought some rice, flour, and meat, so he had to get some staple food.

"Hey, Li Feng?"

"Public Security Officer Wu."

When returning to Hanjiaba intersection, Li Feng met Wu Shengnan. He looked at Wu Shengnan and saw that she had not slept well. He was afraid that she had been busy with the trivial matters in Lijiazhuang and other villages in the past two days.

"Are you going back to the dam?"

"Yes."

"Then get in the car. I'll give you a ride."

"That's great, thank you, Public Security Wu." Li Feng happily got into the truck bed. On the way, Li Feng couldn't help but mention Lijiazhuang. "Public Security Wu, don't worry about it. You've done everything you can."

"Why don't those people stand up?" Wu Shengnan was silent for a while and looked at Li Feng, feeling sorry for their lack of fighting spirit. Li Feng smiled and said nothing. This was the reality. What could a woman say? It would only open up the wound and make more people suffer.

For a man to save his last bit of dignity, silence may be the best choice, even if he has to bend over and never look up for the rest of his life.

"You've done pretty well, actually."

"Yeah, maybe."

Wu Shengnan paused after saying this. "That person looks a lot like you."

"What?"

Damn, I was trying to comfort you, but you're comparing me to that bastard. That's a bit unfair. "Wu Gongan, you're not that kind. That bastard is nothing. How can he compare to me?"

"sorry."

Wu Shengnan didn't expect Li Feng to be so excited. She just blurted out what she thought of the lustful look in Li Feng's eyes when they were riding in the car last time.

"never mind."

Li Feng waved his hand, not willing to argue with the little girl. Seeing that Li Feng didn't say anything, Wu Shengnan didn't know how to start. "I bought some meat."

"Fat or spareribs?"

"I went too late. I only bought some pork belly."

"good."

Li Feng thought to himself that this Wu Gongan was still manageable. He knew how to buy meat. Stir-fried pork belly was quite good. "You can't keep the meat covered. It's so hot. We have to go back quickly and stir-fry it. What flavor do you want? Spicy, braised, or meatballs?"

"It's fine as usual."

Wu Shengnan thought to herself that she was overthinking it. This man was heartless and only cared about eating.

Back at Hanjiaba, Han Anyou and the others were already busy, and when they saw Li Feng, they hurriedly greeted him. "Anyou, Anyu, you're all here, thank you for your hard work."

"I'll have lunch at home."

Li Feng raised the package in his hand to reveal a pound of pork belly with red and white stripes, feeling very proud.

Meat, Han Anyou and Han Anyu, Han Ancheng swallowed his saliva subconsciously, meat, I haven't eaten it for so many days, I never thought that I could eat meat on the first day of working here. This guy really did as he said, everything is good when he comes to work here.

The salary is high, there is meat to eat, and maybe even towels and soap. It's really great. When the three of them came over in the morning, I don't know how many people envied them. If they knew about this, I'm afraid they would start a fight when eating meat at noon.

Uncle Fuguo and Uncle Futian were probably worried again, and the three of them were happy just thinking about it. They shouted, and the sisters-in-law opened their mouths to say something.

How can we live if we always eat meat? It would be like a god if we can eat meat once every three to five days.

Li Feng has only eaten two meals in the past three days. I'm afraid the emperor is no better than this. He shouted and sighed, wondering why no one said anything about it.

This is not how life should be. Alas, I need to find a good wife who can manage the household.

Li Feng returned to the house and started to get busy. Cooking is actually not an easy task, especially for more than ten people.

"Everyone take a break and drink some water."

This teapot is too small, I need to get a bigger one. Also, I need to get some industrial coupons to buy a better pot. Even though the broken pot is patched up now, it's still not as good as a new one. "Gao Ju, the rice is steaming, please make sure it doesn't burn."

Li Feng had to go to the team and invite Han Fuguo and Han Futian to come for dinner.

"Public Security Wu, the food is ready."

"I'll go back after I finish organizing the materials." Wu Shengnan said without even raising her head.

"to make."

Li Feng turned around and went to the room where Han Fuguo and Han Futian were. "Uncle Fuguo, Uncle Futian, are you done with your work?"

"Is something wrong?"

"Have a meal."

Li Feng said with a smile, "This isn't about building a house."

"The beams haven't even been put up yet, how are we going to eat?"

Han Fuguo glared at him. What does this kid think about all day long? Eating, eating, what a big glutton.

"This is not the first day of work."

Li Feng pulled up a stool and sat down. "You and Uncle Futian have been very concerned about building my house. I must treat you to this meal, otherwise, what kind of person would I be?"

"You, build the house well and marry a wife who knows how to manage the life. That's better than anything else." Han Futian waved his hand. "Forget about the food."

"How can this be calculated?"

Li Feng said, "I specially stir-fried some pork, stewed some small fish pot that Uncle Futian likes, and made some fried leeks and eggs that Uncle Fuguo likes. I also asked someone to help me get a bottle of good wine. I'm ready."

Han Futian smacked his lips, his mouth watering just hearing about the food. "Third brother, why don't you go over there? The child is ready."

"Tell me, how many times have I criticized you?"

Seeing Han Fuguo remained silent, Han Futian turned around and began to criticize and educate Li Feng. "Pay attention to this. Don't waste money. Don't indulge in hedonism. Why don't you listen? I won't do it again." "Uncle Futian, you are teaching me a lesson. I will accept your criticism and make changes."

"Uncle Fuguo, what do you see?"

"Get lost."

Han Fuguo really wanted to beat this bastard to death with his pipe. He did this every day, but this kid's skills are pretty good. Han Futian saw this and smiled and waved at Li Feng.

"Come earlier."

Li Feng hurried out of the office. Wu Shengnan had already sorted everything out. "Public Security Officer Wu, what is this information?"

"Information about the educated youth."

“Are there educated youth in Hanjiaba as well?”

“There were a few in the past few years.”

Wu Shengnan rolled her eyes at Li Feng and asked, "Where did your eldest daughter and second daughter come from?"

"Really."

There wasn't a single educated youth in Hanjiaba right now, but Wu Shengnan's next words surprised Li Feng. "I'm planning to recommend Hanjiaba as one of the county's educated youth quotas this year."

"why?"

Hanjiaba doesn't have much land, and the grain production is not very high. It has been in poverty for many years and has eaten a lot of relief food. Why are they still sending educated youth to Hanjiaba? Besides, isn't it said this year that the number of educated youth going to the countryside will be greatly reduced?

"I don't trust the other teams."

Good boy, that's true. Apart from anything else, with Han Fuguo in Hanjiaba, no one dares to mess around, and no one can kill him. "Are there many educated youth in our county this year?"

"not much."

There were dozens of them last year, but only three this year. One of them is a female educated youth. Wu Shengnan plans to talk to her father about being sent to Hanjiaba.

"If it's not much, I don't think there's any need to choose Hanjiaba. After all, it's quite poor here."

"It's safer to leave the female educated youth here."

It doesn't matter if you are not afraid of hardship. Li Feng knew that Wu Shengnan was probably a little stubborn at this moment, and no one could persuade her. She seemed to hope that the county would not follow her.

Not long after returning home, Han Futian, Han Fuqiang, and Han Fuguo arrived. It was the first time for Han Anyou and the other two to eat at Li Feng's house, so they were a little nervous. They kept waving their hands and saying that they could just squat on the side and eat. "Come to the table, come to the table."

Li Feng greeted the three people with a smile, why did it become like this? Although his table was not very good, with a large cover on the small table, there would always be guests who would not come to the table.

"Come to the table!" Han Futian called out, and the three of them came to the table.

Not to mention that it's lively when more than ten people are eating, it's even more lively when there's a group of little kids outside the door who come in smelling the meat.

"Daya, grab some lard and give it to Minghai and the others to try."

There is no meat left. A pound of pork belly is not much. There are so many people, and if we entertain the group of little kids outside, there won’t be enough to eat.

However, there are still a lot of lard scraps saved up, so it’s no problem to grab a handful and give them to these guys.

"Go away, these kids."

Han Fuguo glared at the grinning Han Mingliang, as if he had never eaten meat before. But this Li Feng, apart from anything else, is almost becoming the king of the kids in the team. Now, who dares to bully Daya and Erya? I'll beat you to death.

After a lively lunch, the little kids happily took the candies given by Li Feng and went home. As a result, the news that Li Feng's family ate meat again spread throughout the village.

Han Fuguo and Han Futian sighed, this meat is not tasty.

Li Feng didn't care about these things. His family was building a house, so it was impossible to start the construction without eating meat. As for the disturbance caused by Uncle Fuguo and Uncle Futian, it had nothing to do with him. He had taken them to eat meat.

"show off."

Wu Shengnan echoed Li Feng's words, saying, "Although this man has many shortcomings, he also has many strengths." "I just don't know how much he has to do with this speculation and profiteering." Personal matters are personal, and official matters are official. She will still arrest those who need to be arrested.

In the next few days, Li Feng was busy building the house. Not to mention that having more people means more power, and the rammed earth wall was rising right in front of his eyes.

"Jingle Bell."

The phone at the post office kept ringing, and Bai Jie answered it impatiently. "Where?"

"Provincial Propaganda Department?"

Bai Jie was a little confused. What was going on? Why did they bring the phone here? Shouldn't they call the commune? "Article? What article? We can send it out at the post office. You're not talking about Li Feng, are you?"

"Okay, okay, you can set a time. The person lives in the countryside. Okay, call back this afternoon."

Bai Jie thought to herself that Li Feng wrote articles every day, and now he has caused trouble.

"I'm afraid he wrote something extraordinary."

"Xiao Li, go to Hanjiaba and inform Li Feng from their production team to come over this afternoon to answer the phone."

"Li Feng, what's going on, Sister Bai?"

Wu Xiaofeng and Han Anjun, who were just entering the room, heard Li Feng's name and asked hurriedly.

"I don't know what kind of article this guy wrote, so the provincial government called us specifically. I'm afraid it's not good news." Bai Jie heard the tone of the Propaganda Department and felt that the article written by Li Feng was intended to slander the local work.

"What? The province called specifically looking for Li Feng?"

The two were a bit stunned. Li Feng, with a rural household registration, might have offended provincial leaders even though he occasionally wrote articles. Was this a mistake? "Sister Bai, is this Li Feng from Hanjiaba?"

"Who else could it be but him?"

Bai Jie snorted inwardly. That kid has eyes on his forehead. Don't think you can't see it. "I'm telling you, he's not the type to keep quiet. I'm afraid he's going to commit something serious this time."

"What's not easy?"

Wu Shengnan came over to pick up the subscribed newspaper and heard what the people were saying. Someone made a mistake.

"Shengnan, you came just in time."

Wu Xiaofeng pulled Wu Shengnan over and told her everything.

"Province?"

Wu Shengnan wondered how this guy could have gotten into trouble in the provincial capital.

"I wrote a critical article for fourteen yuan, and the newspaper sent it to the Provincial Propaganda Department."

Bai Jie said with a rather gloating air. "Come on, you might not be very capable, but you're quite good at showing off."

"What article?"

Wu Shengnan was curious. This was a big accusation. Could something really big happen?

"You'll have to ask Li Feng about this."

Bai Jie looked like she was enjoying the fun, while Han Anjun, Wu Xiaofeng and Huang Xiaoli beside her were all a little anxious, after all, Li Feng was a good person.

"I'll go to Hanjiaba."

Wu Shengnan didn't know why, but she had a feeling this might be related to her case from a few days ago. This guy was usually so playful, but that couldn't be right. Wu Shengnan was still thinking about this as she rode her motorcycle back to Hanjiaba.

"The Provincial Propaganda Department is looking for me?"

Oh my god, Li Feng was a little panicked. There was no need to panic. He was just writing a novel, so why did he have to call specially?

"What did you write?"

“Actually, there’s nothing written.”

Li Feng casually found the manuscript and handed it to Wu Shengnan. After reading it, Wu Shengnan looked up at Li Feng. "You are so brave to write."

"Is everything going to be okay?"

"The matter is serious."

Wu Shengnan didn't expect that this person would write such an article without making any noise. If it were published, it would probably shock the whole country and the educated youth would be in an uproar.

However, Wu Shengnan had to admire Li Feng's courage. He was really brave and wrote very well.

"Then it's over."

"Did you hear about what happened in Lijiazhuang..."

"That's it."

After reading Scar, Li Feng thought about changing it and making it more melodramatic, heart-wrenching and desperate. Now, it has alarmed the provincial government.

"Aren't you worried?"

"I'm worried, but after all, I'm a writer with a conscience. I write when inspiration comes. As for what happens next, I don't care. You can't shoot me." If you shoot me, I'll just run away.

(End of this chapter)