Traveling through 1980 to become a top student

Chapter 48

Lin Jinglan and Zhou Hui took a long-distance bus and drove unsteadily into the provincial capital.In the hot summer, the long-distance car was very stuffy, and Lin Jinglan felt dizzy, but soon she found that Zhou Hui was more uncomfortable than her, and her face was sallow, obviously due to severe motion sickness.

The back of the seat on the bus is not high, and it is only a little above the neck, instead of resting the whole head on it like later generations.Lin Jinglan reached out to wrap Zhou Hui's head, and said softly, "Pillow on my shoulder."

Zhou Hui struggled a few times, feeling that this posture was very weird.Looking around, all the parents and children riding together in the car are the children resting their heads on the parents' shoulders. I really don't see the parents resting their heads on the children's shoulders.

Lin Jinglan saw through what Zhou Hui was thinking, and said, "I don't get motion sickness, I'll be more comfortable if you put me on the pillow." Zhou Hui really felt that this position was much more comfortable, so she didn't insist on it anymore, and put her head on Lin Jinglan's shoulder and closed her eyes to rest her mind.But every short period of time, Zhou Hui would raise his head and let Lin Jinglan move his arms.

Lin Jinglan felt sore, remembering that in her previous life, she was pillowed on her parents' shoulders, and she often fell asleep on that pillow, sleeping for several hours, and her parents' arms were so numb that they couldn't move.

Perhaps this is the difference between most parents in the world to their children and children to their parents.

After getting off the bus, it was already dinner time.

Walk a few steps to the big square in front of the train station.Zhou Hui and Lin Jinglan slowed down at the same time.The train station building suddenly came into view, and Lin Jinglan was surprised to find that it felt somewhat familiar.The railway station building has only two floors, and it is a regular geometric shape.

Lin Jinglan still remembers that the old train station building in her hometown in her previous life was also like this, and it was not demolished until she was in middle school.It seems that buildings of this shape were very popular in the 80s and [-]s, and the train stations built at that time all looked the same.

The large square in front of the train station is full of people. Although the clothes on her body still have the distinctive characteristics of the 80s, Lin Jinglan is still a little dazed for a while. This is the case in the train stations in the past and present.

The train station in the 80s was still the center of the city, unlike the train station that was mostly located on the edge of the city decades later, today's train station is the most prosperous place in the city, the huge flow of people has brought a lot of business opportunities, hotels , Restaurants, and various vendors surrounded the train station.

Lin Jinglan's eyes were firmly attracted by a woman passing by her.The woman walked very rhythmically and made a clicking sound—because she was wearing a pair of high heels on her feet.

From the perspective of Lin Jinglan's aesthetics, those shoes are actually not beautiful at all, even very tacky, with bright red, stiletto heels, and a pair of butterflies on the upper, the butterfly wings flutter every time you take a step.But at this moment, Lin Jinglan couldn't take his eyes off the pair of high heels.

When Lin Jinglan came back to her senses, she noticed that the woman in high heels was walking all the way, and there were always eyes watching her from behind. After she walked away, many people pointed at her back and talked a lot.

Lin Jinglan felt Zhou Hui tugging at her, and turned her head to look at Zhou Hui with questioning eyes.Zhou Hui whispered to Lin Jinglan, with a serious tone, "Don't look at it, it's not a decent person. How can a decent woman dress up like that? You must not imitate her! What do those shoes look like on your feet? "

Lin Jinglan was taken aback for a moment, then burst out laughing, and patiently explained to Zhou Hui, "Mom, those are high-heeled shoes. After wearing them, you can look taller and have longer legs. People will also unconsciously raise their chests and draw in their stomachs, making them look slimmer." Better. It's just a pair of shoes, it doesn't matter if you're decent or not."

Lin Jinglan can now call Zhou Hui her mother smoothly. Although she also regards Zhou Hui as her sister in her heart, she still has to correct her habit in order not to make Zhou Hui and others suspicious.

Zhou Hui frowned, "I don't know whether you are tall or not, and your legs are long. In short, these shoes look indecent. I don't care about others. You are absolutely not allowed to wear them."

Lin Jinglan heard this and stopped arguing with Zhou Hui. Anyway, she didn't like wearing high heels, and after Zhou Hui lived in Beijing for a while, she probably got used to seeing them more often.

Lin Jinglan smiled and agreed to Zhou Hui, "Okay, I won't wear it."

Zhou Hui breathed a sigh of relief, "You have been obedient since you were a child, and when you come back, your mother will go shopping with you to buy beautiful shoes."

If Lin Jinglan remembers correctly, the entire 80s was an era of rapid development and change, and this development and change also swept the clothing industry.From flared trousers to panama trousers to narrow-leg trousers to bodybuilding trousers, bat shirts, short knitted sweaters called "Sachiko shirts", turtleneck sweaters called "light husband shirts", and high heels.Although these styles will sound very outdated decades later, but in terms of the speed of popular style change, the 80s is not much worse than decades later.

Zhou Hui's thinking is the most normal thinking of people of her time. After ten years, Zhou Hui will think of her current thinking, and she will definitely find it funny.

Lin Jinglan felt a little embarrassed. She didn't like to wear high heels. First, she felt that they were not as comfortable as the flat shoes she was used to. Second, because girls of her generation in her previous life had probably heard of the dangers of high heels to the body. Wearing high heels for a long time, Especially girls who have not yet fully developed their bodies during puberty wear high heels for a long time, which may cause deformation of the feet and pelvis.

She has even seen opinions comparing high heels to footbinding, arguing that high heels are a disempowerment of women in the name of beauty.

In the previous life, women appealed not to wear high heels, but now women work hard to wear beautiful high heels.Lin Jinglan felt a burst of emotion in her heart.

Zhou Hui stood still and grabbed Lin Jinglan, "The waiting room is over there, you're going the wrong way." While speaking, she stretched out her hand and pointed to the three characters of waiting room for Lin Jinglan.

Lin Jinglan smiled and took out the train ticket and showed it to Zhou Hui, "I know, our train leaves at 08:30 in the evening, and it will arrive in three hours. Let's go to dinner first."

This is the first time for Lin Jinglan to take a train in the 80s. I don’t know if it’s easy to buy a train ticket. To be on the safe side, Lin Jinglan asked Teacher Han about buying a train ticket after the college entrance examination.Unexpectedly, Teacher Han said that her lover works at the train station, and she would not let Lin Jinglan go to the train station to buy tickets without saying anything, so she helped Lin Jinglan buy it early.

Zhou Hui nodded, "What do you want to eat?" Looking around the square, there are food shops everywhere. There is a stove on a tricycle with a pot on it, and a few benches next to it is a stall.Zhou Hui asked, "Fried vegetables, wontons or noodles?"

Lin Jinglan walked past the wonton stand, and the aroma went straight to her nose. It seemed really delicious, but her plan today was not to take Zhou Hui to eat at the roadside stall.

"We don't eat these, you come with me." Lin Jinglan pulled Zhou Hui.

Walking in front of the Wolong Hotel, Zhou Hui stood still, looking at Lin Jinglan who was about to go in in surprise, "Would you like to eat here?"

"Don't go!" Zhou Hui's voice was firm, and he pulled Lin Jinglan back hard, "How expensive is a meal here? Don't go, don't go."

Zhou Hui said in Lin Jinglan's ear, "I've never been to the provincial capital, but I've heard of the Wolong Hotel. It must be the most expensive restaurant in the province, right? Only officials and businessmen eat here. Common people eat here. Why do ordinary people come here to eat? Silly girl, you don’t know, for the price of one meal here, you can eat outside for several days.”

Lin Jinglan smiled, "How much money I earned in a stroke, and I didn't hide it from you, so you still need to save me the money for this meal?"

Zhou Hui was taken aback when she heard the words. Even though it has been a long time, now that she thinks about Lin Jinglan's income, she still finds it an unacceptable huge sum of money.Especially the reward given by the Patent Office at the end was a full 1000 yuan. She had never seen so much money in her life... Thinking about it, Zhou Hui felt that the price of a meal in Wolong Hotel was nothing .

Taking advantage of Zhou Hui's hesitation, Lin Jinglan quickly pulled Zhou Hui closer to the restaurant.The welcoming waiter at the entrance of Wolong Hotel skillfully opened the door. After seeing Zhou Hui and Lin Jinglan's attire, a look of astonishment appeared on their faces, and hesitantly asked, "Excuse me, do you... want to eat?"

Zhou Hui's face turned red in an instant, and she couldn't help but look at the clothes on her body. The clothes she made out of ordinary fabrics were baggy and shapeless, and they were crumpled just now on the bus.Looking at the well-dressed waiters, the gleaming tiles on the floor, and the shining lights hanging from the roof, Zhou Hui wanted to leave immediately.

Lin Jinglan felt Zhou Hui's nervousness, shook Zhou Hui's hand firmly, smiled and said to the waiter, "Yes, let's eat."

Lin Jinglan glanced around and saw that there were only a few tables of guests sitting sparsely in the lobby of the hotel, so she said to the waiter, "You two, just stay in the lobby."

Eating is secondary, she mainly wants to show Zhou Hui a long experience, Lin Jinglan thinks that sitting in the lobby is better than sitting in the private room with only the two of them.

As for how to bring Zhou Huichang knowledge, Lin Jinglan's plan is to eat, eat, buy, buy, buy, buy, buy, and to put it bluntly, spend money!
She wants to use money to help Zhou Hui enter higher-level occasions and get in touch with higher-level people, so that she can understand that there are not only men who vent their anger by beating their wives in this world, and those who persuade her that all men do this and endure for the sake of their children. woman.She wanted Zhou Hui to see the wider world, so that Lin Shan wouldn't cheat her back with a few nice words one day.

Seeing the waiter standing still, Lin Jinglan coughed lightly.The waiter suddenly came to his senses and led Lin Jinglan and Zhou Hui to a table.There are no tables for four in Wolong Hotel, but large round tables that can seat more than ten people. Lin Jinglan and Zhou Hui sat next to each other.

Lin Jinglan opened the menu, handed it to Zhou Hui, and asked, "What do you like to eat?"

Zhou Hui saw that Lin Jinglan hadn't been nervous or flustered since she entered the door, and she couldn't tell that this was her first visit to such a high-end hotel, but she came here often.

While Zhou Hui was astonished, she also felt more confident, and said to Lin Jinglan, "Mom doesn't like spicy food, anything else is fine."

The waiter standing behind Zhou Hui was even more surprised. She was at a loss now, unable to figure out the identities of Zhou Hui and Lin Jinglan.All the people in Wolong Restaurant are officials and business people who come to treat guests to dinner. It was the first time she saw only mother and daughter coming to Wolong Restaurant for dinner together. It seemed that they just came in for a casual meal.But judging by their attire, the mother and daughter really don't look like rich people.

Lin Jinglan pointed to the menu and asked Zhou Hui, "How about ordering a squirrel fish? Since you are out to eat, order a dish that you can't cook at home. To be honest, although your cooking tastes good, Mom, you are not as good as a chef after all." Knifework."

Seeing Lin Jinglan's calmness, Zhou Hui also relaxed, cheering herself up in her heart, telling herself not to embarrass her daughter.

Zhou Hui laughed and said, "It's useless to say that my knife skills can't compare with the chef's. Let it be, just as we both like sweet and sour food."

Even Lin Jinglan was amazed by Zhou Hui's transformation in such a short period of time. She glanced at Zhou Hui in admiration, turned her head and said to the waiter, "Squirrelfish."

The waiter wrote it down in the small notebook in his hand, still a little suspicious on his face, thinking in his heart, can this mother and daughter afford the meal?Judging by their attire, they really don't look like they can afford to spend in Wolong Hotel.

Lin Jinglan glanced away and saw the expression on the waiter's face, and immediately understood what she was thinking.The waiter's eyes were full of worry, for fear that the two of them would not be able to pay for their meal.

Lin Jinglan saw that the waiter was only a young girl about her age, and couldn't bear to keep her in suspense, so she deliberately said a few more words, "How about this soup, which is both crispy and crispy? It's also a famous dish in Shandong cuisine. It is made of tripe and chicken gizzards. Shandong cuisine is good at frying and pays attention to fire skills, and second is good at making soup and paying attention to using soup. It can be regarded as combining these two advantages in one dish. Let’s try it ?”

Lin Jinglan said that this big pass is to convey to the waiter the message "I know how to eat, I have knowledge, I am not poor, don't worry that I can't afford the meal", but the waiter just wrote another dish on the small book Name, the worry on the face is even worse.

On the contrary, Zhou Hui was stunned and said, "Since when did you know so much? Then order a dish and try it."

Lin Jinglan could almost read the barrage in the waiter's mind: "There is one more dish, and the price of the meal is more expensive, so they can't afford it anymore..."

Lin Jinglan sighed inwardly, and handed the recipe to Zhou Hui, "Mom, you order another vegetarian dish." It seems that if you want to let the waitress understand, you can only use the simplest and rude method.

Lin Jinglan took out her wallet, opened it slightly, and asked the waiter, "Is it the first to pay or the last to pay?"

When the waiter saw the thick stack of brand new ten-yuan bills in Lin Jinglan's wallet, his heart fell back into his stomach. He involuntarily let out a long sigh of relief, and his tone became brisk, "Finally pay the bill."

Lin Jinglan couldn't hold back, and burst out laughing.

The waiter realized what she had done just now, her face was flushed, she wanted to explain but hesitated, she couldn't say that she was always worried that the guest would not be able to pay for the meal, and she saw the money in the guest's wallet. Rich so breathe a sigh of relief, right?
Zhou Hui ordered another vegetarian dish and a soup. Lin Jinglan handed the menu to the embarrassed waiter and said with a smile, "Okay, that's all."

The waiter met Lin Jinglan's clear eyes, and suddenly felt that Lin Jinglan understood everything. Her thoughts could not be hidden in front of Lin Jinglan's eyes, but Lin Jinglan tolerantly didn't mind, and now she was still looking for a step for the embarrassing her, indicating that she could left.

The waiter quickly took the menu and walked away with his head down.

After the waiter reported the dishes to the kitchen, he suddenly realized that Lin Jinglan must have seen her worry and showed her the wallet on purpose.

The waiter felt more and more ashamed. She had worked in the Wolong Hotel for so long, and she had seen too many powerful and rich people, but most of them felt that they were superior and shouted at the waiter.If other people found out that they were suspected of having no money, they would definitely embarrass the waiter directly. When meeting someone as generous as Lin Jinglan, the waiter felt even more wrong.

When the dishes were brought to the table, the waiter silently looked at Zhou Hui and Lin Jinglan's mother and daughter again.Lin Jinglan's posture is very relaxed, it seems that it is very common to come to such a high-end restaurant for dinner.What surprised her the most was that Zhou Hui, who was obviously nervous and cramped when he entered the door, gradually relaxed when he ordered food with Lin Jinglan, and now he is leaning on the back of the chair chatting with Lin Jinglan and laughing in a low voice.

The waiter put the dishes on the table, saw Lin Jinglan and thanked her naturally, and then put a chopstick in Zhou Hui's bowl before eating.

The waiter thought to herself that even if she knew that the mother and daughter were rich, even if they had no money, they were much better than many rich people she had met.

There were only two of Lin Jinglan and Zhou Hui, and it was enough to order two meat dishes, one vegetarian dish and one soup, so they didn't order any more staple food.After all the dishes were served, Lin Jinglan looked at the appearance of several dishes on the table, and felt that even though they were in the 80s, the level of the chef was not much better than that of later generations. The squirrel fish in front of her was fried until golden and covered with sauce. The knife was perfect, the head and tail of the fish were raised high, more squirrel-like than the ones she had eaten in later life.

Lin Jinglan impatiently stretched out her chopsticks to pick them up, and a pleasant female voice rang in her ear, "Elder sister, younger sister, I'm alone, why don't we share a table?"

Lin Jinglan raised her head in surprise, and found that the person in front of her was a girl in high heels whom she had just seen in the train station square.

(End of this chapter)