Chapter 7 The Prodigal of Five Meat Vegetables
Ke Town is the central town in the western part of Yuezhou.
For farmers of this era, going to Ke Town is like going to a big city.
Going to the city of Yuezhou is as strange as going to the United States in later generations; if you go to the Shanghai Stock Exchange or the capital, it is a beautiful thing that you dare not even think about.
Ke Town is also a typical Jiangnan water town. The layout of the entire street market is the same as Wuzhen and Xitang that everyone is familiar with later:
There is a river in the middle, and shops on both sides. Of course, this is an old street, an old house built of wood.
On the north and south sides of the old street, there are cinemas, supply and marketing cooperatives, town governments, health centers, guesthouses, etc. The exterior walls of these buildings are all grayish-white cement, which is very unified and very monotonous.
Chen Yigen and Chen Guoqing said that they were village cadres and their daily life radius was limited to Xipu Commune. They rarely had the opportunity to come to Ke Town, so they were interested in everything in Ke Town.
The happiest ones are Chen Qiu and Chen Dong.
The two of them have been studying in the countryside. Although Chen's father occasionally brings them to Kezhen once, they only have the chance during the Chinese New Year. Therefore, they are quite curious about Kezhen, the "big city" in their minds.
Chen Xia’s mentality is more like a tourist. How could anyone who has experienced the information explosion in later generations be interested in this "big city"?
Using a metaphor commonly used in later generations, you can go from Zhennan to Zhenbei by smoking a cigarette. How big can this "big city" be?
Chen Xia was more concerned about the fact that there were some farmers selling vegetables and eggs on both sides of the river. Perhaps these farmers were not considered real vendors.
However, as long as this opening is opened, the number of goods on the market will gradually increase, and the entire society will only become more and more prosperous.
Everything is moving in a better and better direction, even if there are twists and turns in the middle, no one can stop the general trend.
The only hotel in Ke Town is the "Ke Town Guesthouse" located in the north of the town.
There is accommodation upstairs, and the first floor is the hotel. All the tables are Eight Immortals tables, and the stools are also long benches for two people.
When he walked to the door of the guesthouse, Chen Yigen and Chen Guoqing felt a little guilty.
"Hey, what, why don't we buy a few steamed buns to eat? The restaurant now costs a lot of money and food coupons, which is a little bit of money."
Chen Xia held one hand in hand, "Let's go, there's wine today and you're drunk today. Tomorrow's sorrow tomorrow will be sad. The fourth grandfather and the uncle of Guoqing have been taking care of us. Let me be the filial piety of being a junior."
Chen Qiu and Chen Dong nodded suddenly beside him.
When we walked into the hotel, there was no welcome at the door. After the five of us sat down, we waited for a long time but the waiter came with the menu.
Chen Xia was a little dissatisfied, and Chen Guoqing quickly whispered:
"Second, you have to go to the counter over there to order food, and then go to the window to serve food by yourself."
Well, the waiters of this era are really old-fashioned. They would rather sit by and chat with melon seeds than stand up and ask the guests what services they need.
Chen Xia stood up, walked to the cash register, and looked up at the menu hanging on it.
"Comrade, let me have a plate of braised pork."
Chen Yigen and Chen Guoqing swallowed, this one could be.
"Another moldy dried vegetable and pork buckle."
Chen Yigen and Chen Guoqing have already prepared a loose belt and have not eaten two bowls of meat for many years.
"Another sweet and sour pork ribs."
Chen Yigen and Chen Guoqing think something is wrong. If you order so much meat, isn’t this kid going to live?
"This, what fish, oh, braised crucian carp, okay, let's have one..."
Chen Yigen and Chen Guoqing almost sat on the ground. This is a spendthrift thing. Rural people have never eaten so much fish and meat during the Chinese New Year. When he arrived, he ordered 4 meat dishes?
The staff in the hotel record also looked at the young man in front of him like an alien, thinking that even if the high-ranking official came, he would not dare to order so many meat dishes.
Good guy, is this guy rich or sick?
Chen Xia ignored the strange look of others and ordered the menu again.
"Oh, you still have Shao Sanxian here. Meatballs and fish balls are good. This one is good, so I'll have a bowl."
In fact, when Chen Xia ordered the dishes, she had forgotten the era she was in and thought she was going out to eat and drink with her friends in 2020.
Chinese people have a habit of treating guests to dinner, and they would rather order more dishes and waste them in the end than eat half of the dishes, which would be embarrassing.
So Chen Xia ordered the meat and vegetables one by one on the menu. At this time, Chen Yigen and Chen Guoqing could no longer sit still.
The two stood up and held Chen Xia on the left and right, and cursed in a low voice: "You are crazy, you guys? You can't live a life in the future? You want to go to God if you order so much meat!"
Chen Xia felt inexplicably:
"No, we are 5 of us, I have only ordered 5 dishes. I'll order a few more. How can I have no 10 dishes?"
Chen Yigen only felt his blood pressure rising, so he took off his shoes and hit Chen Xia's butt:
"It's a sin. Why did our Chen family make you a prodigal son? You have to order 10 if you don't have enough meat or vegetables. Your great-grandfather never had so much meat back then."
Chen Yigen beat someone, Chen Xia was fleeing, Chen Guoqing was persuading the fight, Chen Qiu was beside him, don’t beat him, and Chen Dong clapped his hands to express his happiness.
For a moment, the hotel was in chaos.
People who were eating next to them seemed to be looking at dioramas, and people passing by outside were still asking what was going on?
He replied that a rural farmer ordered 5 meat and vegetables in one go, and was preparing to collect 10 dishes before the meal started.
So the biggest urban news in Kezhen that day came into being. Since the liberation, I have not seen such a prodigal son in many years?
The landlords in the old society didn’t dare to eat 10 meat dishes at a meal. Everyone stretched their necks to see whose young young man had such courage and courage.
The waiters at the hotel were also scolding:
"It's time to fight, a loser. I've been working here for more than ten years. The first time I met a customer who ordered 10 meat dishes. Oh my god, who is the unlucky child from this family, does he have money? Not to mention the one who eats the tycoon meal."
Chen Xia was displeased when she heard this, "Hey, I'm having a tycoon meal? I just received a meal from the Fourth Courtyard..."
Before he finished speaking, Chen Guoqing covered his mouth, "Ancestor, I call you ancestor, can you keep a little mouth in your mouth? You dare to say anything out."
It’s not a big deal for Chen Xia. You should know that just before he was reborn yesterday, he had millions of dollars in the bank. For him, this 1,000 yuan was just a small amount of money for eating outside.
The main thing is that my mind has not turned around yet.
Finally, the five parties of the Chen family agreed to compromise. All the five meat and vegetables ordered before were paid, but only that was limited to this, so you can't order any more.
In order to show that he flattered the captain and the clerk, Chen Xia asked for an additional two kilograms of rice wine, which made Chen Yigen grin in pain.
"Hey hey, I said, comrade, you have finished ordering the food, should you pay the meal?"
In the past, restaurant rules are that you have to go to the service desk by yourself to order food, and you have to go to the window to serve food by yourself, and the meal money must be settled in advance.
As for not being satisfied with eating, I want to refund the money? I dreamed that there was one rule in the hotel staff at that time:
"No beating and scolding customers" think the waiter is joking with you?
"How much?"
"5 dishes, 2 jin of rice wine, 3 bottles of soda, 5 bowls of rice, a total of 6 yuan, 10 cents, and 5 jin of food coupons."
Chen Xia felt that it was not expensive, so she had a big meal for 6 yuan, which was really cheap, and all of them were good wines and dishes without antibiotics, so she paid for it with ease.
Chen Yigen heard this and stroked his heart with his hand, thinking that the meal should be his dead head rice. If he didn't eat enough, he was full of anger.
As the saying goes, men are reliable and sows can climb trees. Chen Yigen, who was still angry just now, was carrying plates of meat, and his intestinal peristalsis was at a high frequency of 60 times per minute.
Chen Xia wanted to laugh when she saw the fourth grandfather's expression, and said helplessly at the big table in front of her,
"Oh, if you don't eat so many dishes, you won't even dare to put down your chopsticks. What should we do? The waiter, you'll pour them all, my fourth grandfather can't eat them."
"Fuck, so much meat is poured out? I see that your brain is really filled with water. Why don't you eat it? Why don't you dare to order it? Humph!"
After Chen Yigen scolded, he picked up a piece of fat meat and stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it hard. The trembling chopsticks and the expression of his eyes were betrayed him. He was enjoying the stimulation of this taste buds.
When Chen Guoqing saw that the captain had started eating, he couldn't help but start moving.
Chen Qiu and Chen Dong were still sitting stupidly, drooling at the table of delicious food, Chen Xia knocked their heads with chopsticks:
"Stupid, eat quickly, and you're still waiting for the meat to run into your own mouth."
When the two little guys heard this, they quickly picked up their chopsticks and grabbed the meat, and said while eating:
"Um, brother, this meat is so delicious, this soda is so sweet."
Chen Xia looked at the four people who were eating voraciously, smiled, and picked up the chopsticks. Just eat, it should be so delicious to eat.
In less than 20 minutes, all the food on the table was wiped out. Chen Yigen didn't even let go of the soup and poured it into the rice and finished it.
Chen Xia said with a smile: "Fourth Grandpa, this meal is very good?"
Chen Yigen gave him a blank look and turned his head proudly.
Chapter completed!