This private hotel is quite different from the state-owned hotel.
Gu Ning couldn't help but sigh, "No wonder state-owned hotels are declining year by year, while private restaurants like these are popping up like mushrooms after a rain."
Zhou Zhiyuan nodded and served her a small bowl of cream of mushroom soup. "It's not just state-owned restaurants. Judging from the current situation, all state-owned factories in Anzhou City have this sign."
Everyone is used to eating from a big pot, doing more and less, and getting the same salary. Over time, this has also caused the state-owned factories to slowly begin to decline.
However, private factories are different. They have begun to work on piece wages. Those who can work there work harder. As long as they are diligent and capable, they can get high wages.
This has also led to many skilled workers in state-owned factories beginning to flow into private factories.
Under the pressure of both parties, Zhou Zhiyuan can almost predict the future of the state-owned factory.
After listening to this, Gu Ning thought of the wave of layoffs in the early 1990s. This was an almost unchangeable path. It was the trend of the times.
Factory jobs were very popular in the 1970s and 1980s, but until the 1990s, the wave of layoffs almost crushed one family after another.
Gu Ning thought of those things and couldn't help but sigh, "Forget it, we can't control these things."
"Let's eat."
There are so many workers and so many families, which is the rolling trend of the times.
Zhou Zhiyuan hummed, and he had a plan in mind. He didn't know if he hadn't gone out to eat before, but when he returned this time, he could make suggestions to the relevant people.
However, that's all.
"Okay, let's not talk about this. You can try the mushroom soup."
He also heard from the police officer at his unit that this restaurant was delicious, so he specially brought Gu Ning to try it.
Gu Ning nodded, took a spoon and filled the mouth with a spoonful of creamy mushroom soup. The soup was salty, thick, and had a milky aroma. Even the mushrooms melted in your mouth. With a gentle bite,
It's as if it can bloom on the tip of the tongue.
She couldn't help but taste two more spoonfuls, and kept nodding towards Zhou Zhiyuan, "This is delicious."
Seeing that she liked it, Zhou Zhiyuan's usually stern eyebrows softened a little, "Are you trying this?"
I pushed the corn kernels over again. The corn kernels were golden and had a sweet aroma in my mouth.
Gu Ning only tasted it for a moment and couldn't help but her eyes lit up, "This one is better."
She prefers the sweetness of corn kernels to the saltiness of cream of mushroom soup.
The simple sweetness can completely open up one's taste.
"Then order one?"
In Zhou Zhiyuan's opinion, since he likes it, he must eat enough at one time.
Gu Ning bit her spoon and shook her head hastily, "That won't work. Let's eat it again next time."
It will be a different date next time, and I will have a different feeling every time.
By the time we finished our meal and returned home to the alley outside from the western restaurant, the sky was completely dark and there were bright stars in the sky.
Perhaps many people were sitting outside enjoying the cool weather.
Gu Ning and Zhou Zhiyuan did not enter the alley entrance directly, but stood outside the alley.
Look at each other.
In fact, we couldn't see each other very clearly at this time. We could only see each other's faces through the starlight.
"you--"
"you--"
They both spoke at the same time.
Gu Ning couldn't help but laugh, and Zhou Zhiyuan also laughed. He didn't laugh often, but his smile was particularly beautiful, with the corners of his lips raised, showing an indescribable dignity.
"How about taking a walk outside?"
Zhou Zhiyuan suggested.
Gu Ning agreed without thinking. In fact, when she was not in love, she had no idea that a small separation would make people feel inseparable.
In the dark alley, two people walked forward side by side. One was tall, the other was petite. Under the moonlight, their figures seemed to be elongated. Even the cicada hidden under the bluestone in the alley seemed a little quieter.
Unknowingly, the two of them reached the end of the alley, and before they knew it, Zhou Zhiyuan had already stretched out his hand.
His eyesight was very good in the dark, his actions were almost accurate, and he caught Gu Ning's fingertips.
The movements seemed to be smooth and smooth, without any anxiety.
However, if Gu Ning observes carefully, he can detect a moment of hesitation on the part of the other party. The raised hand remains in the air for two seconds before finally making a decision and holding Gu Ning's fingertips.
That's right, I didn't even hold the whole hand.
Gu Ning paused and noticed that the touch from her fingertips was different from the usual warmth, but rather a bit cool. She suddenly chuckled, "Zhou Zhiyuan?"
"Are you nervous?"
Zhou Zhiyuan paused and coughed lightly, "Ning Ning, is that okay?"
He has never been in love or made friends.
After all, he is already thirty, and if he had not met Gu Ning, he would still be an old bachelor without any emotional experience.
Gu Ning chuckled, stretched her hand forward, grabbed Zhou Zhiyuan's hand, and clasped her fingers directly on it.
"Zhou Zhiyuan, why are you so cute?"
The relationship between man and woman has been confirmed, and the parents have met. Now, if we hold hands, we still need to ask her, is it okay?
It's so pure and innocent.
Zhou Zhiyuan was a little embarrassed, but the darkness covered the tips of his reddish ears. The moment the fingers were intertwined, he paused, and then subconsciously held them back tightly.
Very hard.
Gu Ning felt a little hurt, she frowned slightly, but looking at Zhou Zhiyuan, the tip of her nose was so nervous that she sweated.
He couldn't help but smile, "Zhou Zhiyuan, I have a proposal, do you want to listen to it?"
Zhou Zhiyuan raised his eyes to look at her. His eyes were very beautiful, long and narrow, with a bit of depth. The way he looked at people seriously made people unable to help but feel intoxicated.
Gu Ning paused, "How about we give it a try?"
"What to try?"
Zhou Zhiyuan's heartbeat was a little fast, and his tone was a little difficult as he asked.
Is that what he thought?
Gu Ning suddenly raised her toes, raised her head, and pecked his lips, on the verge of breaking out.
"Try this way?"
She chuckled, unable to hide the nervousness in her tone.
When she seduced him before, it was without any emotion and only for profit.
So I can let go.
Nowadays, when facing the person you like, how can you be as open-minded as before?
That gentle peck was like fireworks exploding to Zhou Zhiyuan. He was stunned for several seconds.
He looked down at her. Under the starlight, her features were picturesque and astonishingly beautiful.
Zhou Zhiyuan's Adam's apple rolled and he looked down at her, "Ning Ning, do you know what you are doing?"
Gu Ning smiled and said, "Of course I know."
"Zhou Zhiyuan, didn't I teach you? This is called trying, have you learned it?"
No man can withstand the temptation of his beloved woman, and Zhou Zhiyuan is no exception.
He really thought Gu Ning was a goblin.
Quite literally, a goblin who wants his life.
Zhou Zhiyuan took a deep breath, suddenly restrained her shoulders, and hid her behind the old locust tree. The thick old locust tree suddenly covered the two of them.
Eyes facing each other.
Zhou Zhiyuan lowered his head and covered her with her, murmuring in a low voice, "You taught me this."