Chapter 123 The enthusiasm of the people of Qinghai
Five days later, Lin Sanqi appeared in front of Xining Railway Station with unkempt hair.
At this time, Lin Sanqi's eyes were dull and his beard was unkempt. His black backpack was dragged on the ground like a dead dog. He looked as haggard and confused as if he had just been molested by a female pervert.
(Lin Sanqi: Who doesn’t feel haggard after taking a train for five days and five nights?)
On the contrary, Qi Jiping is much better. It may be that the middle-aged man has had many business trips and is obviously more adaptable. After returning to my hometown, my energy quickly recovered:
"Comrade Xiaolin, welcome to the beautiful Qinghai. Hehe, let's go. Why don't you go to my house to rest first? I see you are quite tired."
Lin Sanqi came to her senses at this time and refused politely:
"No, no, my first goal now is to quickly find a guest house to sleep for two days and two nights. It is inconvenient to go to your home. Haha, Doctor Qi, please leave now. I will go to your hospital to find you tomorrow."
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Housing is generally tight these days. Lin Sanqi could imagine that Qi Jiping and his family were crowded into a small Tongzi building. It would be very foolish to squeeze in an outsider like him.
Not only does it affect people’s rest, it also affects couples’ separation rather than newlyweds.
After all, the relationship between the two parties was just a chance meeting.
Qi Jiping was obviously polite and polite: "Well, you come to see me at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Department of the Provincial People's Hospital tomorrow, and I will take care of the medicinal materials."
The two said goodbye at the train station, and Lin Sanqi had the opportunity to appreciate Xining in the 1950s.
The Xining Railway Station in front of us is a newly built, boxy, typical Soviet-style building, the same style as the Great Hall of the People. The scale is quite large, but unfortunately there are very few trains.
Behind the train station are towering mountains. In fact, this is a provincial capital city surrounded by mountains.
Uh... small city...
Small cities also have their advantages. I asked a few people on the way and walked to the Xining Guest House. It belongs to the local government and is probably the best guest house in Xining.
Most people are not allowed to stay in this kind of guest house, but when Lin Sanqi took out the letter of introduction from the Capital Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, she checked in smoothly.
It can be seen that the status of people from the capital is average.
In order to show the generosity of the people in the capital, Lin Sanqi directly asked for a single room, and the room rate for a day was 2 yuan.
If you are staying in a shared room, the cheapest room rate for a day is only 50 cents.
Who is Lin Sanqi? Anyway, the accommodation can be reimbursed and it doesn't cost him any money. Regardless of the level, he can just stay in the best room.
After entering the door, Lin Sanqi didn't bother to get hot water to wash her feet. She just flopped down on the bed and fell asleep. When she woke up, it was almost dark and her stomach started to growl.
Lin Sanqi packed up, took the money and tickets and took to the street.
If he were to say what he craves the most in the northwest region, his first choice would definitely be beef and mutton.
Dongguang people are fond of eating. Except for two-legged parents and four-legged beds, they dare to eat anything else. Even Hu Jian people dare to eat it.
But all authentic gourmets know that if you want to eat beef and mutton, you have to go to the northwest. Beef is also available in Dongguang, Chaoshan, but it is still inferior to that in the northwest, so you definitely can’t miss it.
Qinghai is not a traditional grain-producing area, and it is even more impossible to have a meal of rice there. However, Qinghai produces beef and sheep, so there is a lot of beef and mutton.
Some people may say that in 1959, if you could eat mutton and beef every day, how happy you would be.
But on the other hand, if you are asked to eat meat every day and lack staple food and vegetables, will you go crazy?
This is just like coastal fishermen. Poor families can only eat sea cucumbers and abalone every day. Only the rich can afford meat. The reason is the same.
Besides, if you eat too much meat and dairy products, it will be difficult to even defecate, not to mention high blood pressure and high blood lipids. Only herdsmen know how wonderful it is to take a bite of fresh vegetables.
Others were poor, but Lin Sanqi was not poor, so he found a state-owned restaurant on the street and smelled the fragrant smell of mutton soup when he entered.
"Wow, we came to the right place. This is so delicious. Waiter, how do you sell mutton here?"
The waiter also served food to others. When he saw that Lin Sanqi was dressed elegantly and even had a pen in his shirt pocket, he looked like an intellectual, so his attitude was very enthusiastic:
"Comrade, are you from other places?"
"Well, I came here from the capital on a business trip, haha."
"Ah, the capital, can you see the Tianyumen Gate every day? Do you often see great people? It's so happy."
Lin Sanqi looked at the waiter who looked like a nymphomaniac, and felt a tingling sensation on his body. He thought to himself, what's so exciting about a single person? As for the great men? You can often see that mug shot, but he has never seen it in person.
Indeed, when are you going to meet? (Can you see me if you want?)
The guests from the capital still caused a sensation in the small restaurant, and many people greeted Lin Sanqi enthusiastically.
Lin Sanqi also felt a kind of enjoyment like a "foreign guest". The surrounding diners all asked enthusiastically:
"Comrade, what does our great capital look like? Isn't the Great Hall majestic? How big is Tianyumen Square?"
"Comrade, what do the people of our capital eat and wear? Are the movies you watch the latest ones?"
"Comrade, do people in your capital often see foreigners? It is said that their hair is yellow and their noses are so high, they look like Rakshasa ghosts?"
"Comrade..."
Well, this nice hotel is just like a press conference. The enthusiastic people of Qinghai are obviously very eager for the outside world.
Lin Sanqi was happy when she heard this: "Hey, you want to know what the capital is like, just listen to me tell you...oh no, let me tell you..."
Lin Sanqi himself didn't know the specific situation in the capital. After all, it had only been more than a month since he traveled across time, but that didn't stop him from bragging to everyone. The atmosphere in the hotel suddenly became very lively.
In fact, Lin Sanqi underestimated the people of this era's yearning for the capital and their love for great men, which was engraved in their bones.
Even an ordinary person coming from the capital is regarded by the people as a messenger of a great man and a distinguished guest.
Lin Sanqi talked for a long time and found that the dining table was crowded with people, not to mention diners, even the waiters and chefs were all listening.
"This great man is usually very approachable. When he has nothing to do, he will go for a walk on the road with his hands behind his back and his cloth shoes. Once he passed by my door and saw me eating, and he said hello to me, little comrade, what did you eat tonight? < br>
I just replied: Uncle, tonight we are eating noodles with soybean paste, using Erbajiang sauce made on the same day. Would you like to take a bite? The great man was very happy when he heard this. He said that he also liked fried noodles the most, but unfortunately the country was in trouble and he could only eat it once a month. ”
Lin Sanqi is just talking nonsense.
But there was a woman in the crowd who cried first:
"Oh, he works day and night for our country, but he can only eat fried noodles once a month. It's so touching, it makes me feel bad, woo woo~~~"
Lin Sanqi was stunned, no, I am bragging, how did you get moved? I haven't even mentioned that his pajamas have 73 patches.
Good guy, a woman cried, many people in the hotel cried loudly, and there were sobbing and sobbing sounds everywhere.
Those who knew it was a hotel, but those who didn’t know thought something had happened to someone’s house.
Lin Sanqi saw the hotel manager next to him wiping tears and asked weakly: "Comrade, I'm hungry, can you give me something to eat?"
The manager shed tears and said firmly:
"Yes, we want to let the comrades from the capital be well fed, and let the elderly know the hospitality of our Qinghai people. You guys, hurry up and prepare. By the way, comrade, what do you want to eat?"
Lin Sanqi thought for a while: "First give me a pound of hand-caught mutton, and then a bowl of beef noodles."
"Okay, comrade, please wait, I promise to give you the tenderest mutton and plenty of beef noodles."
Lin Sanqi was very satisfied with this meal. She said it was only one pound of mutton, but it felt like the restaurant chef had packed it with more than two pounds. They were all the most tender lamb ribs.
As for the bowl of beef noodles, Lin Sanqi had never seen such a big bowl in her life, it was like a basin.
Moreover, there was so much beef that it almost covered the noodles, and with the addition of oil and scallions, Lin Sanqi's mouth watered several kilograms.
Lin Sanqi has fully felt the enthusiasm of the people in Qinghai. They were so enthusiastic that when he went to pay, he walked over holding on to the wall.
"How are you, comrade, do our mutton and beef noodles taste good?" the cashier asked with a smile.
“Delicious, absolutely Yaksi~~~”
Lin Sanqiyi said, and everyone around him laughed. Someone corrected him: "Comrade, we Qinghai people don't say that Yakexi is a member of the Wie tribe."
Hehehe~~~
The cashier smiled and said: "Comrades from the capital, a pound of hand-caught mutton costs 30.6 cents, and a bowl of beef noodles costs 10.2 cents. You have to pay a total of 40.8 cents and 30 taels of food stamps." ”
Lin Sanqi was shocked: "So cheap?"
The manager next to him smiled and said: "We don't charge for mutton here. There isn't much else in the northwest, but there are a lot of cattle and sheep."
In fact, Lin Sanqi took it for granted. Although a bowl of rice was as cheap as 1.2 cents, how many people in the local area could afford it?
Lin Sanqi, who had eaten and drank enough, was making up her mind again. She thought that this was the most authentic hand-caught mutton she had ever tasted. It seemed that she had to buy more and put it in the system space. It would not go bad anyway, so she could eat it slowly in the future.
So he looked at the hotel manager next to him:
"Comrade, I have many colleagues coming tonight. Your hand-caught mutton is so delicious, I also want them to try it. Could you please prepare another 50 kilograms for me so I can take it away."
The manager's eyes lit up when he heard this: "It is our honor to allow the people in the capital to eat the mutton in our store. Okay, okay, just wait, I will let the kitchen prepare it."
An hour later, 50 pounds of hand-caught mutton was delivered to the guest house by the hotel staff.
Lin Sanqi quickly took advantage of the heat and took it into the system space, and then traveled back to 2023:
"Dad, grandma, little sister, come here quickly, let's have hand-caught mutton for supper tonight~~~"
(End of chapter)