When you go to a restaurant to eat, you have to pay a deposit for your plates and bowls. This is also a characteristic of this era.
Until the 1990s, state-owned hotels still retained the rule of paying a deposit for meals.
Zhang Junping touched his pocket and was a little dumbfounded.
He has money, and he is not short of food stamps. He has several kilograms of national food stamps.
But there are no meat tickets.
He had a monthly quota, but he didn't need it at all. He took it all home and subsidized his family's expenses.
In the past, when I went on a business trip, it was enough to have national food stamps, so why do I need meat stamps?
"Comrade, if you don't have meat stamps, how about taking national food stamps?"
"No! What's the matter with you, comrade? You don't have meat tickets, what kind of meat dishes are you ordering? Are you making fun of me?" the waiter refused coldly.
"Can I exchange three kilograms of national food stamps for your one kilogram of meat stamps?"
"No, you comrade, do you want me to make a mistake?"
"Here, here are the coupons for a pound of meat, give me four taels!" Qiu Wenyan next to her, holding back her laughter, took out a coupon for a pound of meat and handed it to the waiter.
Zhang Junping quickly paid the remaining money and food stamps.
After finding a seat and sitting down, Zhang Junping said with a grimace: "If you want to laugh, just laugh! Don't hold it in, it will make you uncomfortable."
"Chuck... cluck!" Qiu Wenyan couldn't hold it in any longer and laughed while lying on the table.
Zhang Junping sat on the stool speechlessly. He was quite embarrassed today.
Question: What is the most embarrassing thing in the world?
Answer: I invite my girlfriend to dinner and I don’t have money to pay the bill. My girlfriend pays.
"I'll return the meat tickets to you tomorrow!" Zhang Junping and Qiu Wenyan finished laughing and then said.
In this era, things are not easy for everyone. One person can only get half a catty of meat per month.
One pound of meat coupons was Qiu Wenyan's two-month ration.
"No, you don't have to give it to me! Just give it back to Sister Ye.
When I came here, Sister Ye specially gave it to me." Qiu Wenyan couldn't help laughing again when she thought about what Ye Lihua said to her when she called her to the office after Zhang Junping left in the morning.
Ye Lihua gave her two kilograms of meat coupons and told her that if Zhang Junping invited her to dinner, she would definitely order some meat dishes.
However, based on her understanding of Zhang Junping, this guy is not short of money or food stamps, but he definitely doesn't have meat stamps.
These two kilograms of meat coupons are for her emergency use.
While admiring Ye Lihua's ingenuity, she secretly envied Zhang Junping for having such a good leader.
Zhang Junping was also very moved in his heart. The squad leader's sister-in-law really didn't say anything to him. It's not that relatives are better than relatives, she has become a sister-in-law who is like a mother.
Not long after, the cashier over there started shouting, their dishes and dumplings are ready, come over and bring them.
Zhang Junping brought the shredded pork with vinegar and spicy and sour cabbage, and Qiu Wenyan brought the dumplings and returned to their seats.
"Eat quickly!
I'm not short of money, I'm just short of meat tickets!" Qiu Wenyan handed Zhang Junping a pair of chopsticks without forgetting to tease.
Zhang Junping is speechless. He has been stuck with meat tickets in his life. When he gets married to Qiu Wenyan, he will probably be laughed at by her for the rest of his life.
"Sister, Sister Yanzi, let's discuss something. Can we not mention this in the future?" Zhang Junping begged with a grimace.
"Call Sister Sheng again and listen!"
"Sister!" Zhang Junping licked his face and shouted again.
I muttered to myself, little girl, just wait for me to marry you home, and see if I don't let you call me daddy.
"Oh! So good!
Okay, sister, think about it!" Qiu Wenyan raised her chin and said proudly.
Finish the meal happily.
Over a meal, the relationship between the two people took another step forward.
Even Zhang Junping didn't object when he held her hand, which was regarded as acknowledging the relationship between the two.
"Let's go watch a movie together tonight!" Taking advantage of Qiu Wenyan's happiness, Zhang Junping extended the invitation again.
"No, my mother won't let me go out with strangers."
"Sister, I have called you sister, and we have held hands and hugged each other, how can we be strangers?" Zhang Junping protested, holding up the hands held together by the two of them.
"You're talking nonsense, whoever is talking to you...it's all your own...I didn't agree, it doesn't count!" Qiu Wenyan hurriedly shook off Zhang Junping's hand and said shamelessly.
"Okay! How dare you, little girl, dare to cheat and see me hugging you so intimately!" She said, pretending to hug Qiu Wenyan.
"Big bad guy!" Qiu Wenyan wrinkled her nose at Zhang Junping, then turned and ran away.
Zhang Junping didn't chase him, he just watched Qiu Wenyan fly into the Light Industry Bureau like a swallow.
Qiu Wenyan ran into the Light Industry Bureau, then stopped and turned around to look back.
Zhang Junping smiled and waved to Qiu Wenyan and waited for Qiu Wenyan to enter the office building before turning around and riding his bicycle to leave.
I raised my wrist and looked at it. It was already one o'clock in the afternoon.
It takes about three hours to ride a bicycle from here to Red Star Farm, so there is nothing else to do.
The movie at night was a waste.
But this was not a problem for Zhang Junping, so he turned around on his bicycle and headed straight for the glass factory.
After passing through a small alley, two woven bags appeared on the originally empty handlebar.
"For what?"
"Comrade, I'm from the Materials Bureau!" Zhang Junping took out his work ID and handed it to the guard, "Comrade I'm here to see your factory."
"It turns out to be the leader of the Materials Bureau. Leader, please come in!" Upon hearing that he was from the Materials Bureau, the guard immediately became a little more polite.
The Materials Bureau is the superior unit of the glass factory, and all production and sales of the glass factory are also responsible for it.
"Lao Hou, Master Zhang is here to see you!" Zhang Junping shouted with a smile as soon as he entered the door.
"Your grandson, I came to see your Lord Hou..." Hou Jianshe was about to reply a few words when he saw something Zhang Junping was carrying.
He immediately changed his tune and said, "Oh! Not bad, not bad! My dear grandson has made great progress, I would like to show my respect to you, Master Hou!" Hou Jianshe took the woven bag and reached out to pat Zhang Junping on the shoulder.
"Go away, grandpa came to see his grandson, there is no reason to be empty-handed." Zhang Junping punched Hou Jianshe.
The two looked at each other, then laughed and hugged each other.
"Let's have some drinks tonight?"
"Not today, I have to go home soon, and I have to watch a movie with my girlfriend in the evening.
Come on, tomorrow night, barbecue season, I have a special Maotai, we won’t go home until we get drunk!”
"Damn! You, a guy who values sex over friends, actually have a girlfriend. When did it happen?" Hou Jianshe shouted angrily, but he was very happy in his heart.
Several comrades who were professionals in the same year finally got single.
"Of course, you are envious, right? The squad leader's sister-in-law introduced me to you!" Zhang Junping said proudly.
"Damn! It's not fair! Why didn't I pick up my sister-in-law back then?" Hou Jianshe said sourly.
The reason why Ye Lihua is so good to Zhang Junping is naturally because she is willing. There is no love without reason in this world, and there is no hatred without reason.
When Ye Lihua went to the army to visit relatives, Zhang Junping was ordered to pick up Ye Lihua. However, the car broke down on the road and the two of them were stranded on the prairie, waiting for rescue.
At night, we were attacked by wolves.
After all the bullets were fired, Zhang Junping lifted Ye Lihua to the tree and stood guard under the tree with a shovel.
He fought off the attacks of wolves several times and finally persisted until rescuers arrived.
That time, Zhang Junping was left with three or four wounds.