Twice-cooked pork, mapo tofu, spicy chicken, plus a pot of stewed beef offal "Tian Tou Ba Nao" that is generous in portion and not expensive.
Bu Yaoming and his friends have big appetites. This bowl of ribs is not expensive, it can withstand hunger, and the portion is large.
Very suitable for entertaining them.
From this pot of vegetables, it can be seen that Fatty Gu is indeed very clever in arranging things.
Four dishes and one soup, this was the first time Luo Xuan treated Bu Yaoming and the others to dinner.
The soup is Sanhe soup and it’s free.
"Are you a regular customer of the catering service?"
Seeing the delicious dishes being served one after another, Bu Xiaoyu asked Luo Xuan in surprise, "You really don't need money to go to the restaurant?"
Bu Yaoming smiled and said, "Xiaoyu, you stupid girl, these units are all run by the public, how can you eat for free?"
Seeing his daughter looking at him with a puzzled face, Bu Yaoming explained, "When the family comes here to eat sometimes, they can settle the accounts first. At the end of the month, the family's work unit will send an accountant to clear the accounts.
As for Luo Xuan inviting us to dinner today, maybe we came unexpectedly and Luo Xuan didn't bring so many food stamps or money with him, so he followed the example of others and went to public institutions and took it on credit first."
Du Juan quietly kicked Luo Xuan under the table, "Are you really relying on credit to entertain us?"
With a look of injustice on his face, Luo Xuan turned to Fatty Gu and asked, "Leader Gu, whose meal does this evening belong to?"
Fatty Gu, who was sitting behind the counter busy, replied without raising his head, "Eat yours. If the food falls into whose stomach it belongs, it will be counted as his."
What Fatty Gu said was a double entendre.
When Du Juan heard what she said, she immediately felt relieved: it could be seen that Luo Xuan was very familiar with the leaders here.
That meant: Regardless of whether Luo Xuan was really on credit or the leader was treating him, he no longer had to worry about Luo Xuan.
——This guy actually goes out to restaurants often!
snort.
During this period, everyone was very poor.
If any member of the production team can go to a restaurant while going to the market... that would be great!
It was enough for him to go back to the village and brag about it for a long time.
Bu Yaoming and the others really didn't expect that this Luo Xuan would be a regular customer in the restaurant?
"Uncle Bu, I want to discuss something with you."
Luo Xuan and Bu Yaoming said to him while eating, "I want to transfer my household registration to your production team."
Bu Yaoming bit into the fat twice-cooked pork and replied vaguely, "I know this, you have mentioned it to me at least twice before.
Didn't I tell you that this is easy? As long as 8 households in our production team jointly agree to your settlement, it will be fine. As for the relocation procedures on your side, you have to figure it out yourself. We can only
I’ll help you with the landing procedures.”
When Du Juan heard this, she was filled with joy: "Do you really want to transfer your registered residence to our production team?"
Luo Xuan nodded, "Uncle Bu, I would like to trouble you right now to help me get the joint signatures of eight members of the community. If you need to give a gift, just let me know and I will pay for all the expenses."
Bu Xiaoyu chuckled lightly, "We, the production team, have not yet arrived to welcome you. Why do we need to give you gifts? It's just a joint signature of 8 families. My dad can take care of it for you if he goes out for a walk."
Du Juan scolded her, "As promised, Xiaoyu, you are not allowed to argue with me!"
As for what Du Juan said, only Bu Xiaoyu and Du Juan could understand it.
Bu Yaoming and Luo Xuan don't understand the mystery between these children, and they don't bother to guess.
Bu Yaoming smiled and said, "I can take care of this when I get back. Oh, by the way, Luo Xuan, you know a lot of people in the village, and you are better informed.
I want to ask, do you know anyone at the grain station?"
Luo Xuan nodded, "I do know a few workers at the grain station, but we don't have a close relationship with them."
Bu Yaoming said: "In a few days, our production team will come to the rural grain station to hand over public grain. I don't want to ask you to help me go through the back door... You will definitely understand what I mean."
Luo Xuan smiled slightly, "The person I know is a small leader in the grain station, but he may not be able to help.
Let's do this, I'll find someone else, and then he and I will accompany you, Uncle Bu, to pay the public rations."
Luo Xuan did not explain what role he and "that person" could play in accompanying Bu Yaoming and others to hand over public rations, and what effect they could achieve.
But Bu Yaoming understood the meaning of Luo Xuan's words.
this period,
Originally, supply and marketing cooperatives were responsible for purchasing public grain for the country.
However, the business scope of supply and marketing cooperatives is too broad.
Many grain dealers active in rural areas will take away some high-grade grain first.
So much so that in the end, the supply and marketing cooperative could not collect much good food.
So now, the task of collecting public grain has been transferred to the grain station, which is responsible for inspecting the quality of grain and assessing its grade.
Anyone who knows about the hardships of handing over grain to the public understands that the commune members need to dry the best grain over and over again in the courtyard dam, for fear that the grain station will say that the grain contains too much water and should not be used.
The commune members also had to pass the grain through the windmill several times to select the grain with the fullest grains and the brightest color as the "public grain" handed over to the superiors.
Then,
When it's dark, the commune members have to travel dozens of miles across mountains and rivers to deliver the grain to the grain station.
When they arrived at the field, the members braved the scorching sun and couldn't even take a bite of food. They often had to queue for most of the day, waiting for Diao Deyi, the inspector at the grain station.
[I can’t explain it clearly, readers please forgive me.]
Every time the public grain is delivered, the members of the production teams who live nearby and are responsible for transporting grain will take a whole day if everything goes well.
If the grain you turn in is judged by the grain station inspector to have too many impurities or too much water... that would be tragic!
The commune members still had to work hard to bring back the food.
Especially those production teams that are far away from Hongxing Township, like the Xiaolaojun production team where Bu Yaoming works.
They hand over public rations once a year, and the process is probably no less difficult than fighting a small battle...
The Hongxing Township Grain Station was established not long ago, but it is well-known among all production team members in the township.
Especially the famous inspector "Buck Teeth" is a nightmare in the minds of countless production team members.
That rascal,
As long as he walks in front of a production team's truck pulling grain, no matter how awesome the production team leader is, he will still have a buck-toothed smile on his face and hand him a cigarette...
Otherwise, I guarantee that the production team and the dozens of people, old and young, who came to transport the grain would cry without tears and feel extremely happy!
Bu Yaoming just wanted to ask Luo Xuan to see if he could ask an acquaintance.
In a few days, when Xiaolaojun's production team comes to hand over grain, if they don't expect to be taken care of, as long as they are not targeted, it will be considered a blessing...
I will soon move to the Xiaolaojun production team, and I will be a member there from now on.
As long as it's not something beyond one's ability, it's okay to help Bu Yaoming and the others.
So Luo Xuan thought about it and agreed to the matter.
Seeing that Luo Xuan agreed, Bu Yaoming and Du Juan immediately relaxed a lot.
Coupled with the food in the catering service, it tastes really good.
As a result, when there are people at the table, eating becomes more enjoyable.
"Luo Xuan, I heard that the higher-ups are researching on setting up people's communes and setting up large canteens?"
dining room,
While eating, Bu Yaoming chatted with Luo Xuan, "Have you heard about this? Do you know what the regulations are for setting up a large canteen in the production team?"
At this time, Bashu Province was still in the "advanced agricultural cooperative" stage.
But some rumors have begun to circulate in society, saying that people's communes will be established in the future and large canteens will be set up in each production team.
From now on, commune members will no longer have to cook at home. Those in the production team will be the same as those in the factory: everyone will take their lunch boxes to the big canteen to get food...
For those production teams that have the conditions, everyone doesn’t even need to prepare meals. When it’s meal time, the family can go directly to the production team’s canteen to eat.
and,
No money needed yet!
During this period, the specific implementation plan for the large-scale collective canteen has not yet been formulated.
But the abovementioned research has begun to explore the feasibility and necessity of setting up a large canteen.
so,
Bu Yaoming didn't know where he heard the news, and he wasn't surprised.
Just a few days ago, when Liu Fugui came to see Luo Xuan, he even mentioned this matter casually.
At that time, Liu Fugui even joked: Luo Xuan, I really envy you in the production team. We all work together and eat in the canteen together.
Those days were a lively one!
Now that Bu Yaoming also mentioned this matter, Luo Xuan could not help but answer, "Indeed, I have also heard about this matter.
But, no matter what, Uncle Bu, since the above has formulated these official books, then the superiors naturally have their own reasons, so we can just follow the official books."
Du Juan, who was always quick to talk to others, interrupted when he heard this, "How is it possible for so many people to eat together?
Not to mention the hundreds of people in the entire production team, it is the kind of family where there are no separate families, but there are more people, and the husband and wife cannot stir up the same pot!
It won’t be long before brothers who had a good relationship with each other at first will become angry with you and resentful with him. One will say that he has suffered a loss, and the other will say that it is not worth it.”
"Eat, eat."
Luo Xuan picked up a piece of beef ribs for Du Juan, "This is good, chewy, and you won't be hungry after eating it."
Bu Yaoming originally wanted to echo Du Juan's statement.
But he saw that Luo Xuan seemed unwilling to discuss this issue too much, so Bu Yaoming had no choice but to bury his head in his meal and stop talking.
By the time we finished eating, it was already sunset and the time when tired birds returned to the woods.
Luo Xuan led Du Juan, Bu Yaoming and his daughter back to their rented house.
As soon as she entered the house, Du Juan jumped from one room to another like a happy bird, looking everywhere carefully.
Touching the wall, he muttered, "This wall was just painted a while ago, right? It's really clean."
"Hey, why is this room locked?"
Du Juan grabbed Luo Xuan and asked, "Do you have the key? Can you open it and show it to me?"
Luo Xuan shook his head, "My personal belongings are stored there. Sister Du Juan, you'd better go check out the other rooms."
"mean!"
Du Juan chuckled, "It's not the boudoir of a rich lady in the old days. What's there to hide? Just don't show it, it's not rare... Humph!"
Luo Xuan planned to keep this locked room for future food transfers.
Because the food in your own space needs to be taken out and hidden in a secret place, you need to transition it first before you can take it out and use it freely.
so,
From the beginning, Luo Xuan had no intention of opening this room to anyone.
And Du Juan wanted to see what was in the room, it was purely out of curiosity.
People in the mountains live a straightforward and simple life.
Especially mountain people like Bu Yaoming and Du Juan who have lived deep in the mountains for generations, next to bandit dens, live a straightforward and somewhat rough life.
It has only been a few years since liberation, and the great changes outside the mountains have not had such a strong impact on them.
therefore,
Du Juan and the others, who knew each other even about what their neighbors ate and whether the mice were fat or not, did not have much sense of privacy.
Seeing that Luo Xuan refused to show it to her, Du Juan didn't force it.
So, she jumped around and looked at the furniture again, knocking here and beating there to see if the furniture was strong enough.
"Yeah, if you rent a public house, will you be provided with tables, chairs, and benches? That's 4 yuan and 7 cents a month, which is really not expensive... Hey, no, Luo Xuan, you are a student. You live in such a big house, don't you?
Wasted?
Besides, you are still studying, how can you have so much money?"
Du Juan grabbed Luo Xuan and started to discuss, "Do you think this is a good idea? When we have slack farming time, we often come to Hongxing Township to go to the market to sell some mountain products and so on.
It would take two days to go back and forth!
How about I also pay a little rent, and when my parents and I come to the market in the future, we can stay in this house?"
When Bu Yaoming heard this, he immediately became interested. He quickly stopped and looked around, looking at Luo Xuan eagerly...
For example, the father and daughter of Eucommia ulmoides and Du Juan, and the father and daughter of Bu Yaoming and Bu Xiaoyu, it is really not easy for them to come to Hongxing Township to attend a market.
Not only did they have to leave a day in advance, but after finishing the work, they also had to pick up gifts and go find relatives living in the towns.
Then with a shy face, he begged to stay at their house for one night.
As for the relatives of Bu Yaoming and Eucommia ulmoides, their families were not well off, let alone spacious.
Suddenly a few adults move in, and the rhythm of life in these relatives' homes suddenly becomes chaotic.
As the host, Eucommia ulmoides and Bu Yaoming will also feel like they are staying under someone else's roof.
I was at a loss and had to pay attention to the faces of my relatives all the time...
actually,
When they stayed at a relative's house, the value of the gifts they received far exceeded the price of their stay in the hotel.
But there is no way.
Even if Bu Yaoming, Du Zhong and others get a certificate, they can stay in a hotel.
But they can't do that either.
Because if they choose to stay in a hotel outside instead of visiting relatives and friends, they will definitely be gossiped by their relatives: "Oh, why are you so outspoken? When you come to Hongxing Township, you waste money to stay in a guest house? You are such a fool.
