"What's the matter?" Huang Xue had long been accustomed to Zhang Junping's straightforwardness and no longer hesitated, and directly asked Zhang Junping what he wanted from her.
"Let's go eat first. Let's talk while we eat. It won't be too late to sort out the manuscript tomorrow!" Zhang Junping first took his elder brother-in-law and then his fat aunt with him this afternoon. The physical exertion was a bit heavy and he was already hungry.
Faint.
"Then wait a minute, I'll pack things up!" Although Zhang Junping's motivation for the treat was impure, Huang Xue was still very happy.
The two people quickly packed up the manuscripts and put them into the box.
"Why are you pushing a bicycle? You don't need to ride a bicycle to go to the canteen, right?" After leaving the studio, Huang Xue saw Zhang Junping pushing the bicycle and asked curiously.
"Which canteen are you going to? Come on, I'll treat you to Dong Laishun for hotpot!
Let’s see how it compares to your Sichuan hotpot?”
"Dong Laishun is too expensive, let's go to the cafeteria to eat!" Huang Xue didn't want Zhang Junping to spend more money, so she insisted on eating in the school cafeteria.
"Let's go! I'm not short of money now! I'll treat you to a nice meal!"
Otherwise, why would I bother you?" Zhang Junping took Huang Xue and pushed her directly onto the back seat of the bicycle.
Huang Xue blushed and said nothing.
Zhang Junping was pedaling hard in front, not feeling at all how abrupt his actions just now were.
Donglaishun is located in Dongfeng Market.
At first, Dong Lai Shun was not a hot pot restaurant, but sold halal bean juice and pastries. Later, it was named Dong Lai Shun Porridge Shop and began to sell millet porridge, mixed noodles, haggis and other foods.
It wasn't until Donglaishun was burned down by a mutiny controlled by Yuan Shikai and rebuilt that it started selling hotpot mutton.
With the development of Donglaishun, mutton-shabu-shabu has become more and more exquisite. It has changed from a popular restaurant for working people to a high-end restaurant for entertaining guests and friends.
Along the way, Huang Xue didn't speak, but just pulled some of Zhang Junping's clothes with his hands.
Zhang Junping didn't speak either. He was thinking about how to ask Huang Xue to help him.
He had promised to help the fat aunt decorate the house before, but he had no time to keep an eye on it, so he could only leave this matter to Huang Xue.
Also, when looking for someone at school, given his geeky nature, the school really doesn’t know many people, so he still has to trouble Huang Xue to contact classmates with relevant skills.
Huang Xue is his assistant, and he pays her salary himself. At most, he can give her a bonus.
Moreover, he even treated her to hot-boiled mutton, so he was considered a good boss!
This was the reason Zhang Junping gave for asking Huang Xue to work.
Very full!
Put the bicycle at the door of Donglaishun and lock it.
Zhang Junping and Huang Xue walked into Donglaishun. The place was bustling with people, almost full.
In 1982, although there were many people coming to Dong Lai Shun to eat hot pot, it was not as exaggerated as in the mid-to-late 1980s when people had to queue outside the door.
Zhang Junping and Huang Xue found an empty seat in the hall and sat down.
Dong Lai Shun has never been known for its service, but in this day and age, don't even think about having a waiter come over to take your order.
Let Huang Xue wait at the seat while Zhang Junping goes to the window to order food.
As a carnivore who is not short of money, Zhang Junping went straight to the menu and ordered one each of small Sancha, big Sancha, and cucumber sticks, followed by cabbage, vermicelli, frozen tofu, various vegetarian dishes, sesame cakes, donkey rolls and other snacks.
After paying the money, the food was served very quickly. After a while, the waiter brought the copper hot pot.
Then another plate was brought, with seven small blue and white porcelain bowls containing sesame sauce, soy tofu, pickled chive flowers, soy sauce, chili oil and other seasonings.
You can adjust whatever flavor you want.
Later, the mutton, cabbage and other ingredients ordered by Zhang Junping were also brought out one after another.
The mutton is carefully cut by hand. You can see through the glass that several masters are cutting the mutton there with half-meter long knives.
The cabbage is shredded by hand.
"Why order so much? We can't finish it!" Huang Xue said with some distress as he looked at the table full of dishes.
"Eat hard and eat more. If it's not enough, let's order more!" Zhang Junping said proudly.
"Zhang Junping, is your furniture store really so profitable?" Huang Xue raised her head and asked in a low voice.
"Furniture stores do make money, but it has nothing to do with treating you to dinner!
The main reason for inviting you to dinner is to thank you for your help during this time, and I still need your help later!"
"What's up?"
"Eat first! The soup is boiling, it's time to add the mutton, let's talk while eating!" Zhang Junping said as he picked up a plate of mutton and poured it into the pot with chopsticks.
"What are you talking about? If you don't tell me, I won't dare to eat it. Who knows if you will sell me!" Huang Xue threatened with a bit of a coquettish tone.
"How can I be willing to sell such a beautiful and capable assistant like you!
Okay, okay!
I say!
Today I took on a decoration job, and I was thinking of asking you to help me find some classmates from school who are good at bricklayers, carpenters, and electricians!
This can be regarded as participating in social practice. If you do this well, you can also make money, and you will be able to eat hotpot mutton every day from now on!"
"I'm not a wealthy landlord, so why am I willing to eat boiled mutton every day? It would be nice to improve it once in a while!"
After Huang Xue finished speaking, she realized that she had been led astray, "Bah! Bah! Bah! We are talking about decoration, why are you talking about mutton? I am the kind of greedy woman?"
"There is nothing wrong with women being greedy. Eating is the instinct of human life. Gluttony is the need of the human spirit and the source of social progress!"
"Where do you get all these lies?"
"This is not unreasonable. Let us put aside our ideals and ambitions at the national level, study hard, and work for a better life?
So what kind of life is better for us ordinary people?
What I understand is that eating better, dressing better, and living better are the better lives we yearn for!"
"Young comrade is right, what he said is true!
What is the purpose of the party and the country to carry out reform and opening up, vigorously develop the economy, and realize the four modernizations? How to verify whether our reforms are successful? The only test criterion is whether it can make the people's lives better!
So what is a better life?
The young comrade just hit the point!" An old man sitting behind Zhang Junping suddenly interrupted.
Zhang Junping looked back and was immediately startled. The person who interrupted was an old man with gray hair wearing a Chinese tunic suit. He was very imposing. Sitting there, he looked as tall and majestic as a big mountain.
He knew this old man, his surname was Zhu.
Seeing Zhang Junping turn around, the old man smiled apologetically, "Comrade, I'm sorry! What you just said solved a doubt in my mind, so I couldn't help but interrupt!
I have to thank you, you helped me answer a question that has been bothering me!"
"Old comrade, you're welcome, I'm just chatting with my classmates!" Zhang Junping hurriedly stood up and replied.
"Hahaha! You are not just saying this casually. Although your words are simple, in my opinion, they are the truth!
Practice is the test of all truth! Letting the people live a happy and beautiful life is the only test standard!" the old man laughed.