But she still walked to the popsicle stall as she was told, intending to buy a "Doll's Head Ice Cream" for Luo Xuan.
Seeing Chen Xiaoduan walking away, Luo Zhuan went up the steps and entered the "Rongwei County State-owned Hotel Directly Affiliated to the Hotel".
During this period, any place with the words "xx City Hotel" or "xx County Hotel" was undoubtedly the most upscale and luxurious place in the area.
People who dare to enter and spend money can be described as "either rich or noble" in the past.
But now,
Everyone is about the same level of wealth.
The difference is just to see who can eat more meat, go to more restaurants, see who can buy the in-demand Shanghai fabrics, and who can get some scarce commodities.
therefore,
Nowadays, people who can enter the restaurants of county hotels and eat there are generally "noble people".
Rich people don't have it.
Who dares to call someone "rich"? Do you believe that he will pick up a steel pipe and fight you to the death?
You are the rich man!
Your family has been extremely rich for generations, and is as rich as the country!
Only if your family is rich and rich can you be truly rich!
Luo Xuan is obviously not a "rich man", let alone a "noble man".
So when Luo Xuan walked into the spacious and bright lobby of the hotel, the beautiful waitress standing at the door saw Luo Xuan.
He was obviously stunned for a moment, then stepped forward and asked Luo Xuan softly: "Comrade, what can I do for you? You know, here...well, here..."
Luo Xuan was also stunned, "What's going on here? Is there an ambush by the bandits inside? Hurry up and bring down the message tree, don't let our comrades who are coming later fall into the enemy's trick!"
"Pfft——"
The waiter almost spit out his nose: This is another guy who went crazy after watching a movie!
Since this place was no better than other places, the waiter quickly covered his mouth and said, "This is a restaurant, a place for guests to eat."
"Yes, I'm just here to eat."
Luo Xuan replied seriously, "If we come here to play table tennis, even if you can put together a table, you won't have a table tennis racket."
The waiter looked Luo Xuan up and down and saw that he was wearing a very ordinary set of cotton clothes and a pair of very ordinary old cloth shoes.
Although there was something about the temperament on Luo Xuan's face that the waiter couldn't describe... Well, how should I put it?
There is a calm and fearless temperament on this young man's face, which is hidden in his smiling face.
But looking at his appearance, he didn't look like the children who came here to dine or those guests brought.
That kind of...that kind of, how should I say, um, "noble"!
"Comrade, are you here to find someone?"
The waiter asked, "Please tell me your guest's name so I can take you to their dining area, okay?"
How about that the place is different, the hotel is of different quality, and the service attitude is as if one is in the sky and the other is on the ground?
This hotel is directly affiliated with the Rongwei County Hotel, and the waiters there are just different!
Luo Xuan said, "I'm inviting people to eat. Please take me to the counter to order."
There was confusion on the waiter's face: Are you here to eat?
Young man, don’t think that just because you saved some lucky money during the New Year, you can come here and have a casual meal with your friends...
Luo Xuan took out a few "Great Unity" cards, then held up a few "provincial general food stamps" and showed them to the hesitant waiter.
Then he asked her, "Is this okay to use in here?"
"plz follow me."
The waiter nodded slightly and thought: Take the provincial food stamps and come to the county to eat?
Of course it works!
It just works so well.
The person at the counter will definitely take the county food stamps secretly and exchange the provincial food stamps...
The face value of these two types of food stamps is the same.
But if you sell it in the frog market, the price will be very different!
The guys at the counter are just hoping that customers will come with these high-value food stamps to spend, so that they can get a little benefit.
Hey, I don’t know how much money this young man stole from his family.
While secretly guessing, the waiter turned around and led Luo Xuan towards the "service desk" on the side of the hall.
Luo Xuan was shocked when he saw this layout.
I couldn't help but secretly admire: Look at this restaurant, the tall and big counter is hidden in the back!
It's not like those "State-owned Grain Bureau Hotel" or "State-owned Supply and Marketing Cooperative Second Hotel"... He really looks like the second uncle.
As soon as you walk into those shabby restaurants, you feel like you have entered a pawn shop in the old society...
There are several cookbooks on the service counter, and they are all wrapped in real leather.
In other places, in shabbier restaurants, the names of the dishes are written on small wooden signs and hung on nails behind the counter, allowing customers to read and choose for themselves.
Slightly better restaurants use a piece of hard-shell white paper with the name of the dish written on it and show it to the customer.
A higher-end restaurant will have recipes wrapped in velvet.
This hotel is indeed the most high-end hotel in Rongwei County.
The foreskin used by others is cheap velvet, but here it is made of real leather!
Luo Xuan, who suddenly looked high-end and classy, opened the menu and ordered four dishes and one soup.
A portion of squirrel fish costs 3 yuan and 9 cents.
A plate of roasted broccoli costs 3 yuan, 5 cents and 7 cents.
Kung Pao Beef sells for 5 yuan and 30 cents.
What Luo Xuan didn't expect was that there were potatoes that were rarely grown in Bashu Province...
At least in Rongwei County, the extremely rare shredded potato dish is on sale!
Then have some shredded pepper potatoes.
This dish is not cheap, it costs 2 yuan and 19 cents a serving.
The dishes in this restaurant are indeed expensive. Dishes like shredded potatoes and broccoli are more expensive than twice-cooked pork and stir-fried beef in state-owned restaurants outside.
Luo Xuan ordered two meat and two vegetarian dishes, a total of four dishes.
Why don’t they give you free Sanhe Soup!
Frustrated, Luo Xuan paid another 7 cents and 2 cents and ordered a tomato and egg soup.
Just these four dishes cost Luo Xuan a full 15.63 yuan!
This does not include the cost of buying 2 bowls of rice, the 4 taels of food stamps, and the price difference that needs to be paid.
too expensive!
However, when eating at a place like this, you can't calculate the cost of other people's raw materials, and you can't think about why they sell it so expensively.
Why?
In a few years, if you don’t have a certain level, you won’t be able to get into a place like this if you have money!
The food was good, but why did you ask...
Not sensible.
After paying, Luo Xuan found a smaller table in a corner of the hall and sat down.
This hotel is really different.
In addition to many private rooms on both sides of the corridor, they also have many small dining tables placed in the hall.
In other restaurants, the Eight Immortals tables were all the same during this period.
Even if you eat alone, you will sit at such a big table.
If you come to dine with nine people, even if you hang a corner next to it, it will still be such a big table.
Not long after he sat down, Chen Xiaoduan floated into the hall like a white cloud.
"Luo Xuan, come here, give you the doll's head."
As soon as Chen Xiaoduan walked to the table, he reached out and handed the doll's head ice cream wrapped in floral paper to Luo Xuan.
took the ice cream,
Luo Xuan casually tore off the outer layer of oil paper, opened his mouth, and nibbled off the straw hat on the ice cream in one bite.
Chen Xiaoduan asked, "How is it? Is it delicious?"
Luo Xuan passed the bitten ice cream forward and said, "Would you like to take a bite too?"
"Keke, I won't eat it!"
Chen Xiaoduan chuckled, "The chocolate here is impure and the cream is watery. Hey, have you ordered the food?"
At this time, the waiter was already carrying the tray and began to serve food on the table.
No matter how little common sense Chen Xiaoduan lacks in life, she also knows that when it comes to serving the food, it means that Luo Xuan has already paid.
"Didn't you say I invited you? How could you do this?"
Chen Xiaoduan pouted, "How much? I'll give it to you."
Luo Xuan chuckled, "Forget it, you're a person who relies on salary, so don't be polite to me. Sit down to eat, don't worry about who invites whom, those are just small things, taste the 'squirrel' dish made by the master
Fish', see if his knife skills are good and how it tastes, then it's serious."
Live off your salary.
The meaning of this sentence is: If your income is fixed, you must plan carefully and not be extravagant.
There is nothing wrong with this sentence for posterity.
But in this period, those who can live off their wages are the ones who are great!
That was a good day that made many people drool with envy.
Chen Xiaoduan looked at Luo Xuan, but in the end he didn't speak again and was entangled with Luo Xuan on these details.
This is a shining point about Chen Xiaoduan: no matter what happens to her, once the outcome is irreversible, Chen Xiaoduan can just accept the situation and deal with it calmly.
Rather than getting too entangled.
"How is it? The food here tastes good, right?"
Luo Xuan is a carnivore, and he only eats beef.
Chen Xiaoduan, on the other hand, mainly focuses on Qing Dan.
After eating a few bites of potato shreds and broccoli, Chen Xiaoduan stared at Luo Xuan and asked, "How do you know that my favorite food is pepper potato shreds and broccoli?"
Luo Xuan thought to himself: I know a shovel, I'm just blind.
but,
For example, Chen Xiaoduan's mother is a vegetarian. Chen Xiaoduan has lived with her mother for so many years, so her natural taste will not be too greasy.
Therefore, based on these clues, I guessed that Chen Xiaoduan's taste was bland, so I ordered these two vegetarian dishes.
Even though "squirrel fish" is a meat dish, this dish has a unique shape, low oil content, and is sweet and sour.
Generally speaking, these are dishes that girls like to eat.
Chen Xiaoduan and Luo Xuan were eating quietly.
The reason why he is quiet is that as the person who pays the bills, Luo Xuan is not suitable to talk too much.
It is easy for people to feel that they are a bit superficial, as if they are afraid that others will not appreciate it, so they have to emphasize that they paid for it.
Chen Xiaoduan didn't speak because her heart was full of mixed feelings and she didn't know what to say for a moment...
At this time.
A handsome young man was passing through the hall with several of his companions, preparing to go to the box at the back.
The restaurant is bustling with people, and they all come here to eat meat.
People come and go, all looking for wine and meat.
Therefore, when that group of people passed by, Chen Xiaoduan and Luo Xuan didn't pay attention.
"These two comrades, are you also dining here?"
A man wearing a bare white shirt, straight blue trousers, and a pair of shiny leather sandals.
That’s real cowhide!
He quickly left the crowd, walked slowly to the table where Chen Xiaoduan and Luo Xuan were sitting, lowered his head slightly and said, "Oh, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Bai Yu.
As white as ice and snow, the universe is boundless. I work in the county government. Hello, I hope we can get to know each other."
Said,
Bai Yu stretched out his fair hand towards Chen Xiaoduan.
Chen Xiaoduan raised his head indifferently, glanced at the other person, smiled slightly and said, "My name is Chen Xiaoduan, and I teach at Hongxing Township Senior Primary School."
Chen Xiaoduan responded to him but did not extend his hand to shake hands.
At this time, it is not unusual for Bai Yu to strike up a conversation with Chen Xiaoduan and get to know him for the first time, and there is nothing surprising about it.
We are all revolutionary youth.
It is very common in this era for people like Bai Yu to come forward and introduce themselves openly in order to get to know each other.
As for whether the two parties can form a revolutionary friendship after getting to know each other, or even whether they can eventually become revolutionary friends, it depends on how the subsequent interactions between the two parties go...
When Bai Yu saw Chen Xiaoduan, he didn't reach out to shake hands with him, and a trace of disappointment flashed across his face.
Immediately,
I saw him turn his head,
He said to Luo Xuan, "Hello, my name is Bai Yu. Are you Comrade Chen Xiaoduan's younger brother? How about it, are you still used to the food here?"
Luo Xuan chewed beef in his mouth and said vaguely, "What? Are you going to pay for this meal? Then... why are you so embarrassed? It's 18 yuan."
