Chapter 316: Pigeon City, Prices, Lin Linger
Chapter 316: Pigeon City, Prices, Lin Linger
"It's like this. This is our family's ration, but I didn't buy food. Instead, I took the food coupons back. We can't use these coupons. Do you think your family can use them?"
Li Jiayi was taking care of Zheng Changrong's feelings and just asked if their family could use it.
"Plus one, you can take these tickets back! Our family's current rations are enough for food."
"Hey, I know it's enough, but it's almost August and it will expire if I don't use it."
Li Jia received these tickets in early January, but had not given them to the creditors until this moment.
"Ah! It's about to expire?" Zheng Changrong asked in surprise.
"Yes! This is the food coupon for this month, and this month is about to end, so just take it! Go buy the food tomorrow."
"This……"
"Okay, stop talking about this and that. If you don't take it, it will be a waste if it expires later."
"Okay! Thank you plus one."
"You're welcome."
Even though they had talked about this, Li Jiayi still didn't tell Zheng Changrong about the job quota.
Li Jiayi is like this. Until things are confirmed, he won't tell anyone and won't make any promises to others.
"Okay, that's why I came here. Now I've given you the ticket, and I'll go back first."
You have to know that this is the fixed amount for Li Jiayi's family of five, which is much more than that of Zheng Changrong's family.
With these food coupons, Aunt Xu's family can have enough food to eat for at least two or three months.
As for next month's food coupons, Li Jiayi has already thought about it and will give them to Cheng Qiaoyun's family when the time comes.
As for Grandpa Sun's family in the backyard, that can only be done until the next month. The three-month period should be enough for the three most needy families in the yard to live a more comfortable life.
After returning home, Li Jiayi went upstairs, locked the door from the inside, and entered the space directly.
After the sorghum has been fermented, it is put into the processing workshop and processed, which is actually distilled liquor.
Once the products are put into the processing workshop, he basically doesn't need to take care of them anymore, so he just goes out and goes through the daily process.
After completing the process, Li Jiayi took a shower and then went in to rest.
To be honest, when Li Jiayi first came to this era, he was not used to it, but more than ten years have passed.
He has completely adapted to this era, an era without mobile phones and the Internet.
Basically I go to bed after dinner every night and sleep until I wake up naturally the next morning.
This situation is unimaginable in later generations. Who doesn’t play with their mobile phone for a few hours after dinner? Even the elderly are the same.
But this is not the case in this era. Whether old or young, basically everyone goes to bed after dinner.
Silent all night.
At seven o'clock the next morning, Li Jiayi came down from upstairs on time.
Because my parents have to go to work, I have to eat breakfast quite early in the morning.
When Li Jia went downstairs, breakfast was ready. It was made by his mother and elder sister.
"Brother." Li Jiayi came out of the house and happened to meet his elder brother coming in from outside.
"Just got up?"
"Yeah!" Li Jia nodded.
Li Jiayi is asking someone to investigate his eldest brother's abnormal behavior during this period, but there has been no progress so far.
But he was not in a hurry. Anyway, someone was watching his elder brother and would tell him if there was any movement.
"Brother, Brother Jiayi." Li Jiafen shouted after coming out of the house after washing up.
"Ok!"
"Jiafen, is your second sister still sleeping?" Li Jiayi asked.
"Yes, my second sister said she is not hungry."
"Fine!"
Anyway, everyone in the family is used to it, so no one asks whether Li Jialin can get up in the morning.
"Let's go! Let's go eat."
"it is good."
After sitting down, Li Jiayi first drank a few mouthfuls of millet porridge, then picked up a steamed bun and started eating.
"Oh! By the way, the elementary school will probably start recruiting students in a few days. I'll arrange Jiafen's admission then."
Of course, Li Jiayi was talking to his eldest brother, who needed to go there in person.
There is no other way, because this requires formalities to be handled, and also requires my eldest brother to come over as a refugee.
"Okay, I understand. I'll take a day off when enrollment starts."
"Well! Just don't forget it."
After dinner, my parents and my eldest brother went to work.
Seeing his eldest brother riding away on his second sister's bicycle, Li Jiayi touched his chin and said, "It's time to buy a bicycle for my eldest brother."
"Brother, do you still have a bicycle ticket?"
"Yes! What's the matter?"
"It's okay, buy one for you if you have one. I thought you didn't have one!" said the eldest sister.
"Yes, it's just a bicycle ticket. How could there not be one?"
Of course Li Jiayi had bicycle tickets in his hand, but they were all universal bicycle tickets.
In the past, all tickets, except for general bicycle tickets, were handled by him because other tickets have a time limit.
As for bicycle tickets, he still has more than ten of them in his hand.
We will have to start repaying the debt next year, and in order to collect funds, the country will liberalize the sales of some commodities.
In fact, to put it bluntly, it is a premium sale. You can buy it without a ticket, but the price will be very high.
For example, a Phoenix 28-inch bicycle would only cost 186 yuan if you have a ticket, but if you don’t have a ticket, the highest price it could be sold for is 650 yuan.
Even the cheapest Fei Ge bicycle costs more than 480 yuan, or even more than 500 yuan.
Another example is wine. For example, a bottle of Moutai is only RMB 2.97 if you buy it with a ticket, but if you don’t have a ticket, the price can reach RMB 16, a premium of 4.4 times.
This premium of 4.4 times is 4.4 times higher than the price of RMB 2.97.
The specific calculation method is two dollars and ninety-seven cents multiplied by four point four, and then adding two dollars and ninety-seven cents.
Of course, if you want to calculate it more simply, it is two dollars and ninety-seven cents multiplied by five and a half points.
In fact, bicycles and wine are not the only commodities sold at a premium; they are just the more representative ones.
There are many items that are sold at a premium, such as candies, cakes and snacks, as well as tea and so on.
In the first year of 1963, nine commodities were sold at a premium, and the number increased to sixteen in the second year.
After premium sales, the national sales of candy alone reached 4.7 billion per year, not to mention anything else.
In previous years, the national candy sales volume was only 360 million, but this item alone has increased more than ten times.
There is nothing I can do about it. I have no money! You need money to pay off your debts! How can you pay off your debts if you have no money?
Anyway, the country tried many methods to recover funds at that time, and finally paid off the debt in three years.
In order to pay off the debts, the Chinese people really tightened their belts and worked hard! Even if they didn't have enough to eat, they had to hold their breath.
"Okay sis, I'm going out."
"Well! Go ahead! Come back early if you're okay."
"understood."
Li Jiayi started the tricycle and drove out through the back door. The eldest sister went over and locked the back door.
After coming outside, Li Jiayi thought for a while and went to the courtyard first.
"Boss." As soon as the tricycle arrived, the fat man opened the gate.
"Yes! Go in first."
"Ok."
Li Jiayi drove the tricycle into the yard and the fat man quickly closed the gate.
"Fatty, how are you these days?"
"Boss, these past few days have been pretty good. We've even sold a lot more stuff."
"Oh, is it?"
In fact, this is very normal. Now that the ration has been restored, many people no longer worry about food.
In this way, he would naturally have more money in his hands, and Li Jiayi has now lowered the prices of peanuts, melon seeds, and beef jerky.
Naturally, more people bought it.
"Fatty, are you just selling more now? Has your income decreased?" Li Jiayi asked.
"Boss, of course the income has not decreased, it has increased a lot."
"That's good." Li Jiayi breathed a sigh of relief.
The income he was talking about was of course not his own income, but that of his brothers.
Now that the price has dropped, the brothers' profits will also drop.
In fact, it's all the same, because he gives his brothers a commission of one-tenth. As long as his income does not decrease, then his brothers' income will not decrease either.
"By the way Fatty, bring the money here tomorrow. I need it."
"Okay, boss. To be honest, I feel uneasy with so much money in my hands."
"Look at you, you're such a coward. You only got a few dollars and you're like this. Will I be unable to sleep every day?"
"Uh! Boss, this is different." The fat man said, touching his nose.
"What's the difference?"
"Boss, the money you took was your own, but the money I took was yours. If the money was mine, I would definitely sleep soundly."
Li Jiayi scratched his head and thought that what the fat man said was not wrong! If it were him, holding a large sum of money from others, he would probably be no different from the fat man.
"Okay, I see."
"By the way, Boss, you might have to come deliver something tomorrow."
"Yeah!" Li Jia nodded.
Now that the price has dropped a lot, sales have naturally increased. The goods that used to last three or four days are now sold out in two days at most.
Li Jiayi stayed in the courtyard the whole morning, drinking and chatting with the fat man.
Beer won't make you drunk if you don't drink too much.
At noon, Li Jiayi went out for a walk and came back with food.
After having lunch with the fat man, Li Jiayi left the courtyard.
Driving a tricycle, Li Jiayi headed towards Deshengmen. Yes, Li Jiayi wanted to visit the Pigeon Market.
Just a few days into July, the pigeon market reopened, but there were not many people at the beginning.
Li Jiayi came over to take a look and then left. After more than half a month, I don’t know how Pigeon City is doing now.
Moreover, he came quite early today, right after lunch, so he came quite early!
When he arrived at Gezi City, Li Jiayi took a look and found that there were indeed not many people, but it was obvious that these people were not city people.
I guess they are people coming here from nearby villages to sell things. It’s not easy for them to come out, and of course they can’t go back until they have sold all the things.
Li Jiayi parked his tricycle outside the entrance, locked it and went in.
He was planning to see what these people from nearby villages were selling.
First, Li Jiayi walked up to an old man. In front of the old man was a bamboo basket filled with walnuts.
"Grandpa, how much are these walnuts?" Li Jiayi asked as he picked up a walnut.
To be honest, Li Jiayi has a lot of walnuts in his space because he has never sold this thing.
The most I can do is take some out for my family to eat, but how much can I eat myself?
Don’t forget, the things planted in the space are always blooming and bearing fruit!
Any kind of fruit tree in the space is like evergreen all year round, and it will even start to bloom before all the fruits are picked.
"You want these walnuts? They're fifty cents a pound."
"Fifty cents a pound!" Li Jiayi picked them up and took a look. The quality was very good and it was obvious that they were carefully selected.
"Okay, I'll take it. How many are here?"
"There are a total of twenty-three pounds in this basket." The old man said quickly.
"Then give them all to me! Besides, I have nothing to put them in. How about this, give me your basket too, and I'll give you twelve dollars in total."
"No, no, just give me the money for the walnuts. Forget about the basket. It's not worth much."
Bamboo baskets like this are usually woven by oneself and have little cost, so in the eyes of the elderly, this thing is not valuable.
"That won't do. It will take you at least half a day to weave this bamboo basket. It's the result of your hard work, so how can you not pay for it?"
"This……"
"Okay, grandpa, it's settled. It's getting late now, take the money and go back quickly!"
"Hey!"
Li Jiayi took out twelve yuan and handed it to the old man. The old man took it, counted it, and quickly put it in his pocket.
Li Jiayi smiled at the old man, picked up the bamboo basket and left.
These people from the countryside sell a wide variety of things, including all kinds of wild fruits.
There are also wild vegetables and even some mountain products, such as fungus, mushrooms, etc.
It’s a pity that I didn’t see any pheasants or rabbits. Well, I guess even if someone came to sell them, it wouldn’t be his turn to buy them.
Given the current situation, no matter how many pheasants and rabbits there are, they will not be enough to sell in the pigeon market!
Even he, who had no shortage of meat to eat, wanted to buy some to try, let alone others.
After walking around the pigeon market, Li Jiayi didn't buy anything else.
I bought walnuts for the old man because I wanted him to go back quickly. He doesn’t lack these in his space, so why should I buy more!
He is not short of money, but he cannot waste it. Besides, these things are easy to sell.
When someone comes, these things will be bought quickly, you just need to wait a little longer.
When they arrived outside the Pigeon City, Li Jiayi opened the box and put the bamboo basket in it. In fact, it had already been put into the space.
It was still early, so Li Jiayi was not in a hurry. After putting away the bamboo basket and walnuts, he sat on the tricycle and waited.
He came here today not to sell things, but mainly to check out the current prices in the pigeon market.
There is no way. The current prices outside are confusing for Li Jiayi.
In fact, it’s not just Li Jiayi. For many people, the prices of supplies are particularly confusing now.
Of course, it won’t be long before prices stabilize or even return to the prices of three years ago.
However, there are exceptions. For example, chicken, fish, meat, and eggs cannot be restored in a short period of time.
Because it takes time for these things to recover, let's put it this way! As long as the ration of meat is not restored, the price of meat will never return to what it was before.
Around two o'clock in the afternoon, people started to arrive one after another, including some people from the countryside.
Some are because of the long journey, and some are because of the time.
"Hello, uncle! How much are these pheasants and rabbits for?"
Just when Li Jiayi was about to go in to inquire about the price, he saw a middle-aged man coming over with a stick with a few pheasants and rabbits tied to it.
"A pheasant is ten dollars, and a hare is fifteen dollars."
"Huh!" Li Jia was stunned for a moment.
To be honest, this price is really high! You know, pheasants are very small.
Not to mention comparing them with the chickens in Li Jiayi's space, there is no comparison even with the local chickens raised by ordinary people.
But even for such a pheasant, this uncle actually wanted ten dollars.
There are also rabbits. A wild rabbit costs fifteen yuan, which is also not a low price. It can buy two pounds of pork.
Yes, the pork sold by Li Jiayi now costs 7.5 yuan per pound.
"Uncle, are any of the pheasants and rabbits you caught alive?"
"No."
"All right!"
Yes, he originally wanted to buy two to try, but at this price, Li Jiayi felt it would be better to go home and eat the chickens he raised himself.
Besides, the chickens raised in the space are not much better than these wild chickens, and the most important thing is that they don’t cost any money.
As for the pheasants and rabbits, I will go back and ask the hunters if I can get a few alive and raise them in the orchard in the space.
You know, there are a lot of fruits in the orchard that cannot be harvested in time every day and fall to the ground, which can also provide food for pheasants and rabbits.
After the middle-aged man went in, Li Jiayi followed him in.
"Do you need food coupons?" Someone came up to ask as soon as we entered the Pigeon Market.
"How do you sell food coupons?"
He originally came here to inquire about the price, and since someone asked, of course he wanted to listen!
"Do you want fine grain coupons or coarse grain coupons?"
In the pigeon market, generally no one sells miscellaneous grain tickets, because they are cheap and few people buy them, so people basically exchange them with others.
Some families with particularly poor conditions would use their fine grain coupons or coarse grain coupons to exchange for miscellaneous grain coupons from others.
For example, one jin of fine grain coupons could be exchanged for six jin of miscellaneous grain coupons. If it was a national grain coupon, it could even be exchanged for eight jin of miscellaneous grain coupons.
Even coarse grain tickets can be exchanged for three kilograms of miscellaneous grain tickets.
"How much are the fine grain coupons? How much are the coarse grain coupons?"
"Fine grain coupons cost 20 cents per pound, and coarse grain coupons cost 10 cents."
When he heard this price, Li Jiayi knew that the price of grain had recovered, because it was the same price three years ago.
As for how the grain at the grain station sells, rice is 1.62 cents and flour is 1.45 cents.
Coarse grains, or cornmeal, were sold at seven cents a pound at the grain station. Of course, the price was not expensive, but if you wanted to buy it, you had to either use the ration on the grain book or use grain coupons.
Yes, the price of food coupons has always been more valuable than grain. Grain is cheap, but you can’t buy it without food coupons!
This is also the reason why, during the three difficult years, especially in the last year, a pound of local food coupons sold for four or five yuan.
Because without the food coupons, the food station would not sell it to you! Even if you gave the food station 10 yuan per pound, they would not sell it to you.
I dare not sell it to you because the consequences will be serious.
"Okay, let me take another look. Oh! By the way, do you have national food coupons?" Li Jiayi asked.
"No." The other party shook his head.
Li Jiayi has no need for local food coupons, and they are time-limited, so there is no use in having them.
But national food coupons are different. They can be used anywhere and have no time limit. You can just get some and keep them away.
"All right!"
There are more and more people in the Pigeon Market, and the things they sell are also varied. Some people bring various tickets that they don’t need to sell.
Some people also come to sell things that they don’t need at home.
The same goes for buyers, they all look for what they need.
This is why the Pigeon City is semi-official.
What's the point of keeping things that ordinary people can't use themselves? Isn't it great to have a place like this to exchange or buy and sell them?
To give the simplest example, Family A has two washbasins, but they only need one, so there is an extra one.
But his family needed a thermos, but there was none at home.
Family B happens to have two thermoses. Similarly, one is enough for their family and the extra one is of no use.
But his family needed a washbasin, which they also didn't have. In this case, he just had to take the thermos to the Pigeon Market and exchange it for a washbasin from Family A.
In this way, everything is utilized and it is beneficial to everyone, so why not do it? Of course, this is just an example. In fact, everyone basically has tickets in their hands, but it works the same way!
The tickets you don’t need may be used by others, and the tickets others don’t need may be used by you.
This is the purpose of the Pigeon Market, and this is why the government does not care about the Pigeon Market.
Because there are many people from government departments, sometimes they also come to the pigeon market to exchange things.
There are some people who are going on business trips but don't have national food coupons at home, so they go to the Pigeon Market to exchange for national food coupons.
Some people had national food coupons in their hands, but they were not going on business trips to other places, so they took out these national food coupons and either sold them or exchanged them for local food coupons.
Because using national food coupons to buy food is a bit of a disadvantage, and the national food coupons contain oil, the price will be higher.
Let me put it this way! If you go to a restaurant to eat and you pay with local food coupons, then when the food is cooked for you, no oil will be added.
But if you use national food coupons, then even if you eat vegetarian noodles, oil will be added to them.
"Hey, why are there so many people in front?" Li Jiayi muttered and hurried over.
Yes, Chinese people love to watch the fun, and Li Jiayi is no exception.
I squeezed in and took a look, then I realized that someone was selling wild boar meat. No wonder there were so many people.
"Don't crowd, come one by one."
There were four people selling meat, and all four of them were middle-aged men. Judging from their clothes, these four middle-aged men were hunters.
It must be that several people hunted the wild boar together and then took it to the pigeon market to sell.
The four people had clear division of labor: one person cut the meat, two people weighed it, and the other one collected the money.
As for why two people were needed to weigh the scale, it was actually very simple. They didn't have the space, so they couldn't just cut the meat into the desired amount.
If there is not enough, you can just add more, and if there is too much, you can cut it off. If you do this, it will be impossible to handle it without two people.
"Uncle, please tell me how much does this wild boar meat cost per pound?"
"Eight dollars a pound."
"Eight dollars?"
"Yes."
This price is not cheap! Because this is real wild boar meat, you know, wild boar meat is cheaper than domestic pork!
The main reason is that wild boar meat has little fat, and when ordinary people buy meat, they want meat with more fat.
But seeing so many people buying it, Li Jiayi could understand it. After all, there was simply no place to buy meat now.
It takes luck to come across someone selling wild boar meat. It's good enough to have meat to buy. Who would be so picky?
Shaking his head, Li Jiayi squeezed out of the crowd and continued to stroll around the Pigeon Market.
After walking around for the whole afternoon, Li Jiayi had already found out all the current prices of pigeons in the market.
In today's pigeon market, apart from various kinds of meat and eggs, everything else is basically the same as it was three years ago.
If you were to ask what is the most expensive thing nowadays, the first is lard, followed by pork.
Next come chicken and eggs. As for beef, mutton, duck and goose, they have to come later.
Then there is fish. Fish is not cheap nowadays, but at least it is nutritious!
Some patients with edema who cannot buy pork or eggs will try to buy some fish to supplement their nutrition.
Before the three difficult years, the price of fish was about the same as that of rice and flour. Of course, this was the price including food coupons.
The price of fish used to be slightly cheaper, but now, the price of fish is several times that of rice or flour.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Li Jiayi came out of Pigeon City and drove his tricycle towards the city.
But he didn't go home, but went to Ciqikou.
I have to send something to Lin Ling'er's house every half a month, and today is the day.
As soon as he arrived here, he saw Lin Linger.
"Here." Lin Ling'er waved to him.
"Lin Ling'er, it's not like I don't know the way. Next time I can just go there directly, and you don't have to come out to pick me up."
"No, that won't work. I finally have the chance to go out for a walk. If you leave directly, how can I get out again?"
Hearing her say this, what else could Li Jiayi say? He could only nod helplessly and said, "Okay!"
"Come on! I'll take you there."
"Ok!"
Following Lin Linger, we arrived at the back door of her villa in a few minutes.
Lin Linger parked her bicycle, went up and knocked on the door. The back door opened quickly and several servants came out.
Li Jiayi didn't waste any time. He just opened the box and started taking things out.
Twenty pounds each of pork, beef and mutton, and five each of chickens, ducks and geese.
In addition to these, there are also various vegetable oils, sesame paste, sesame salt and so on.
After all the things were taken out, the servants began to take them in. At this time, Li Jiayi said to Lin Linger, "By the way, I brought you some watermelons."
"watermelon?"
"Ok!"
"No need for watermelon, I have watermelon at home." Lin Ling'er said.
Li Jiayi smiled and said, "The watermelons I brought you are not ordinary. You can't buy them outside."
After saying that, Li Jiayi brought one out.
"Ah! So big?"
"That's right. Don't be fooled by its size. It's very sweet and delicious."
"Really?"
"Of course, you'll know when you try it later. I promise that once you try it, you'll never eat watermelons bought outside again."
"Thank you!"
"You're welcome."
"How much is this time? I'll give you the money."
"Just give me a thousand."
"Ah! Why is it less this time?" Lin Ling'er asked.
Li Jiayi shrugged and said, "Now the price is cheaper, so of course it's less. I guess it will be cheaper next time."
That's right. We don't have to wait until the next time. I guess the price of the meat will be the same in a few days.
"Okay! Here's the money." Lin Ling'er handed over a bunch of big black tens.
In fact, at that time, there was already the Great Unity. The Great Unity was the third set of RMB, and it was issued on April 20, 1962, which is this year.
The third set is similar to the second set, but with one less 3-yuan denomination coin and more 10-cent, 20-cent, 50-cent and 1-yuan coins.
Because it was a one-to-one ratio, there was no exchange, but instead two sets of RMB were circulated at the same time.
However, once the second set of RMB enters the bank, it will never come out again, and when you withdraw money from the bank, you will not be able to take out the second set.
The third set has only been out for a few months, so the money many people are using now is basically still from the second set.
However, Li Jiayi knows that there will be more and more third sets in the future, and the second set will gradually fade out of people's sight.
You should know that the third set of RMB was the longest in use, for a full 38 years, until 2000.
Yes, I have the fourth set, and the third set is still in use and has not been recycled.
"Okay, the stuff has been delivered, I'll go back first."
"and many more."
"what's wrong?"
"Let's go together." Lin Ling'er went over and pushed the bicycle.
"Miss, it's so late, why are you still going out?" asked a nanny.
"It's only around five o'clock now, it's still early before dark! Don't worry, I will be back before dark."
"All right!"
It’s summer now, and while it’s not quite the longest day yet, it’s almost there.
It gets dark around 8 o'clock in the evening.
"Hey, I want to go home! Why are you following me?" Li Jiayi asked.
"Why are you going home so early? Come take a walk with me!"
Li Jiayi said helplessly: "I'm going home to eat! Why, you don't want to eat tonight?"
"Uh!"
"Forget it, let's go. I'll treat you to dinner later."
"Okay! I want to eat braised pork and pig's trotters stewed with soybeans." Lin Ling'er said happily.
"You really know how to eat. I treat you to a meal, but you still order food."
"It's just a treat. How about this! I'll treat you to a meal at a restaurant."
Li Jiayi waved his hand and said, "Forget it! There's nothing to eat in the restaurant right now."
"That's right! How about this! You treat me to a meal and I'll pay for it."
Hearing Lin Ling'er say this, Li Jiayi shook his head. He couldn't do such a thing as asking a girl to pay.
"How about this! I'll take you to a place where you might be able to eat something delicious."
"Where?"
"Just follow me. Oh, and don't ride your bike. It's too slow."
"Okay, I'll put the bike back."
Lin Linger went over and knocked on the door, and the back door opened quickly, and a servant opened the door.
“Push my bike in.”
"Okay lady."
"Let's go." Lin Ling'er got on the tricycle with ease.
After Li Jia started the car, he drove towards Dongzhimen.
We soon found a large factory building. Yes, this was the third steel rolling mill.
Li Jiayi drove his tricycle up to the guard and asked, "Hello?"
"Hello, what's the matter?"
"Excuse me, has Master He Yuzhu left?" Li Jiayi asked.
"He Yuzhu? Who is that?"
"Ugh! Just the silly pillar."
"Oh! You mean Shazhu? He's not gone. There's a treat tonight, so he should be in the cafeteria now."
"Can I go in and look for him?"
Hearing what Li Jiayi said, the guard shook his head and said, "That won't work. If you want to go in, you have to ask him to come out and pick you up."
"Brother Security, didn't you say he was cooking in the cafeteria? Why did he come out to pick me up?"
"This……"
"How about this! You give him a call and let him talk to you on the phone."
"Okay, wait a minute."
After the guard said that, he went into the guard room, picked up the phone and called.
"Hey! This is the gate."
"Yes, ask Shazhu to answer the phone. Someone is looking for him here."
"it is good."
Then the guard stopped talking, as if he was waiting for someone.
There is definitely no phone in the cafeteria! But there is a phone in the cafeteria director's office. Since there is a reception in the evening, the cafeteria director certainly can't leave.
After about three minutes, someone finally spoke on the other end of the phone.
The guard was in the guard room, lowered his head and asked from the window: "What's your name?"
"My name is Li Jiayi."
"His name is Li Jiayi, and he wants to go in and look for you."
"okay, I get it."
Soon the guard put down the phone, took the registration book, handed it to Li Jiayi and said, "Register once, and you can go in."
"Ok."
Li Jiayi finished the registration quickly, then drove the tricycle inside. As soon as he entered the gate, he stopped again.
"Brother Security, which cafeteria is He Yuzhu in?"
"The third cafeteria."
"No, I'm asking where it is located?"
This was Li Jiayi's first time here and he was not familiar with the place, but he knew that there was more than one canteen in the steel mill.
"Go straight ahead from here for about 300 meters. There is a road that turns right. You can see it not far from the turn."
"OK, thanks!"
"You're welcome."
The Third Steel Rolling Mill is very large. Although it cannot be compared with the Woolen Mill, it is not much smaller.
It is about two-thirds the size of the woolen mill, mainly because the machines in the steel rolling mill are larger.
The larger the machine, the larger the area it occupies. In a workshop of the same size, a steel rolling mill may only have a hundred people, but a woolen mill may have hundreds of people.
Following the directions given by the guard, Li Jiayi quickly arrived at the destination. When he saw the words "Third Canteen", he knew he was right.
It's already time to get off work, so there are not many people in the cafeteria, and those who are there are all in the kitchen.
"Master He." Li Jiayi shouted as he entered.
Soon He Yuzhu was seen coming out with a large ladle.
"Li Jiayi, why are you here? Is there something wrong?"
"I do have something to ask you."
"what's up?"
"Use the fire in your cafeteria to help me cook a few dishes."
"Ah! Is this what you came to see me about?" He Yuzhu asked with a sigh of relief.
"Yes! I have something else to tell you."
"Okay! What are you going to cook?"
"You wait."
After Li Jiayi finished speaking, he came out of the cafeteria, went to the tricycle, opened the box, and came out carrying two net bags.
There were two net bags, one contained pork, beef and mutton, and the other contained a chicken and some vegetables.
"Come on, let's go in."
"Li Jiayi, you don't want to eat here, do you?" Lin Ling'er asked.
"Yes! Don't underestimate this place. There is a chef here who is even better than the chefs in those high-end restaurants. You will know it soon."
"All right!"
While he was talking to Lin Ling'er, He Yuzhu also came to the cafeteria door.
Seeing Lin Ling'er, He Yuzhu shook his head and said, "This kid is good! If I had this ability back then, I guess my child would have been able to help with the cooking."
"Master He, just make these things yourself. We will eat whatever you make."
"Don't worry, leave it to me. Oh! By the way, you can't eat here. So, you two wait here for a while. I'll let my apprentice take you to the private room."
As for the reason, Li Jiayi certainly knew it! All the things he brought were good things.
If we eat here, it will not be a good impression for those people when they come out after dinner and see such a sumptuous meal.
You have to know that the factory is treating others to a meal!
What will people think then? You have so many good things, and you let us eat them!
Let me put it this way! Now when the steel mill entertains people, it all depends on He Yuzhu's skills.
You know, He Yuzhu can use soy products to make the taste of meat!
Not only that, you can't even tell it's made of beans. In this respect, it's definitely not worse than Nanyi's wild vegetable dumplings.
"Okay, Master He."
"Why are you calling yourself Master He just like everyone else?"
"Uh! OK Uncle He."
"No, don't call me Uncle He."
"What's the matter?" Li Jiayi asked in confusion.
"I'm going to marry your sister Meilian soon. You call her Sister Meilian and I call him Uncle He. Is that appropriate?"
Li Jiayi scratched his head and said, "It's not appropriate, then what should I call you?"
"Of course I'm your brother! You can call me Zhuzi brother, or just call me by my name."
"Then I'll just call you Brother Zhuzi!"
"Okay." He Yuzhu nodded and said, "I'll go in first."
"Ok!"
Less than two minutes after He Yuzhu went in, a tall and thin young man came out. Without even thinking, Li Jiayi knew that this must be Ma Hua.
"Hello! My master asked me to take you to the private room."
"Ok."
"When we get up there, keep your voice down," Ma Hua instructed.
"Ok!"
The canteen of the Second Steel Rolling Mill has two floors. The first floor is the staff restaurant, and the second floor is where the leaders eat, and there are also several private rooms.
Ma Hua brought two people to the second floor and opened the door of the innermost room.
After Li Jiayi and Lin Linger went in, Ma Hua said, "Wait a moment, my master is cooking for you."
"Ok!"
"Then I'll go down first. I'll bring the food to you when it's ready."
"Okay, go ahead and do your work! Don't worry about us!"
"Yeah! By the way, you heard it when I came here just now. There are people in the private room at the front. Don't let them find you."
"Don't worry, they won't find out."
"it is good."
After Ma Hua left, Lin Linger said, "Why do I feel like a thief when I eat?"
Li Jiayi shrugged and said, "I can't help it. I'm not familiar with the people in this place."
This would never happen in a woolen mill or a machine repair shop.
It is mainly woolen mills and machine repair factories that do not have entertainment receptions all the time, especially at night.
PS: Love is always there despite the distance! Can you give me a monthly ticket? Thank you!
(End of this chapter)