Reborn in the red age

Chapter 58 State-run Hotel
With the local guy in Bai Shirt coming forward, the gangster didn't stop him much and just let Zhao Haixia leave.

Qingfeng Li looked at Zhao Haixia with a half-smile, and his teasing gaze made Zhao Haixia feel uncomfortable. She said hello awkwardly and wanted to leave.

"Oh, comrade, don't leave. It's hard to come here. Let's go and sit at my house. Give me a glass of water before you leave." Zhao Haixia's sack was filled with grain. How could the white shirt let her go? She said enthusiastically He went up and took Zhao Haixia's arm, pulling him towards his home.

Zhao Haixia, who was not sure what the situation was, faced the warm invitation from White Shirt, while winking at Qingfeng Li, she kept declining: "Another day, another day, I am here to see my relatives today, I will go over to visit after I have met my relatives."

"What kind of relatives? How can you educated youths from other places have relatives here? Let's go. Our family is also short of food. From now on, my family will be your relatives."

"No way, I really have relatives"

Regardless of Zhao Haixia's refusal, Bai Shiyi dragged Zhao Haixia to his home.

After a brief understanding on the way, Li Qingfeng roughly knew some simple things about Bai Shishi's family. Both of his parents were workers in the commune, and they were both working now. Usually, there was only one grandma at home.

The grandma in the white shirt was a fat old lady. I heard that Li Qingfeng came to exchange for food stamps and industrial coupons. After Zhao Haixia had food to sell, a glimmer of light flashed in her eyes, and she asked the white shirt to pour water for the two of them, while she He held the two of them one by one and chatted about the transaction.

The first thing I need to buy is food. These days, even families with two working people don’t have much food left over, and they don’t have enough food.

After Zhao Haixia's deal was concluded, she started discussing with Li Qingfeng about exchanging food stamps.

There aren’t many industrial coupons and various local tickets. Bai Shirt’s family doesn’t have many. Bai Shirt works in a supply and marketing cooperative. Unlike other families, he is a related household and can have priority in purchasing goods from the supply and marketing cooperative. The old lady is unwilling to use industrial coupons. Exchange national food stamps with Qingfeng Li.

The old lady took Qingfeng Li's hand kindly and said: "Little comrade, you are an educated youth who went to the countryside, and you are active in our county. You see, I will exchange the food stamps from our county with you for the national food stamps." Ok"

Food stamps are divided into national food stamps, provincial food stamps, city-wide food stamps, county food stamps issued by the local county grain bureau, and rural food stamps issued by communes.

Among them, national food stamps have the largest value, and commune food stamps have the smallest value, and there are also cases of over-issuance. The exchange ratio between the two can be as high as one to dozens in some cases.

"Of course, I am active in the county anyway, but if I use the county's food stamps, it will cost [-] for each." Of course Li Qingfeng would not refuse the old lady's proposal. Local food stamps and national food stamps For Qingfeng Li, the difference is not big, and he can change more. Anyway, he has been in the county for the past two years, so he has no problem using the county's food stamps.

After some haggling between the two of them, they finally exchanged ten kilograms of national food stamps at a ratio of one for two.

After exchanging the food stamps, she saw that Qingfeng Li had a lot of national food stamps left in his hand. The old lady thought about it and asked Qingfeng Li to sit at home for a while while she went out to call for people.

Although the old lady has small feet, she is very efficient. In a short time, many old ladies with the same small feet were brought in, holding a lot of various bills in their hands to exchange with Qingfeng Li.

These old ladies have many more coupons than those in Bai Shirt's family. Except for the hard currencies such as gas coupons, meat coupons, cloth coupons, and industrial coupons, they have all kinds of coupons.

It is normal for these people to have so many tickets in their hands. Almost every household with an urban household registration has accumulated some tickets. If they have tickets, they have no money to buy them. If they have money and have tickets, the supply and marketing cooperative has no stock. This situation is normal.After picking and choosing various items that he needed, Li Qingfeng left Bai Shirt's house with Zhao Haixia who had been waiting beside him.

"Sister Haixia, you are very courageous. You dare to speculate in the commune. Aren't you afraid of something happening?" Walking out of the street where the white shirt was, Li Qingfeng looked at Zhao Haixia who was a little embarrassed and teased with a smile.

Zhao Haixia smiled awkwardly and defended herself: "What? I can't eat that much food. The autumn harvest is coming soon and new food is coming. I don't want to provide the uneaten food to those who need it more." "Human"

"Okay, I won't tell anyone. If you want to buy food, just buy food. You don't need to explain to me."

"Okay, sister, thank you very much. How about I treat you to dinner today?"

"Forget it, you should spend the money you earn from selling food yourself. I have family subsidies, so you don't need to ask for it."

The two of them now had money and tickets in their hands, and it happened to be time for dinner. The two of them walked towards the state-owned hotel with a step of disowning each other.

When the two arrived at the state-owned hotel, there were already many people waiting in line at the door. It was only 2 minutes before work officially started. The waiters and chefs in the hotel were all sitting inside chatting.

What is professional ethics?This is called professional ethics. Doing things according to the rules. What time is it? They won’t open the door for you even one minute early. It is similar to some state-owned units in later generations.

After the restaurant opened, people in the queue kept jumping in line when they met acquaintances, which made Qingfeng Li very annoyed and couldn't say anything. Everyone does this these days.

Finally it was Qingfeng Li's turn. After looking at today's menu, Qingfeng Li raised his head and ordered boldly: "Hello, comrade clerk, give me two taels of rice, one smorgasbord, one roasted sea cucumber with green onions, and another cup. beer"

The waiter lazily took the bill and glanced at Qingfeng Li: "You're not afraid of ordering so much and holding it all by yourself. I tell you, we can't have any leftover food. Even if you die, you have to finish the food you ordered."

"Don't worry, I have a big appetite and I'll finish it all."

Hearing what Qingfeng Li said, the waiter didn't say much. He handed a dirty wooden sign to Qingfeng Li and waved his hand to dismiss him.

There was nothing wrong with the waiter's attitude, which was very in line with the characteristics of the era. He took the wooden sign honestly, and Qingfeng Li found a seat to sit down, waiting for the waiter's loud voice to come to the window to serve the food.

I didn’t sit at the same table as Zhao Haixia who was behind me. Nowadays, most people are sharing tables. Where can I sit? If I want to sit with someone I know, it depends on my luck.

After serving two dishes and a bowl of rice, Qingfeng Li ate heartily, ignoring the circle of people standing behind him waiting eagerly.

Although I often eat canned food, it doesn't have the authentic aroma of stir-fried vegetables. I eat the vegetables with chopsticks, and occasionally eat rice and drink beer. The taste is very refreshing.

(End of this chapter)