Chapter 316 Pigeon Market, Prices, Lin Linger
"It's like this, this is our family's ration, but I didn't buy food, but received food stamps. Our family can't use these tickets. Do you think your family can use them?"
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Li Jiayi was taking care of Zheng Changrong's mood and just asked if they could use it at home.
"Plus one, you can take these tickets back! Our current ration is enough to eat."
"Hey, I know there's enough to eat, but it's almost August and it will expire if you don't use it again."
Li Jia received these tickets at the beginning of January and has not given them to him until now.
"Ah! Is it about to expire?" Zheng Changrong asked in surprise.
"That's right! These are this month's food stamps, and this month is about to pass, so just take it! You will buy the food back tomorrow."
"This..."
"Okay, don't do this or that. If you don't hold it, it will be a waste if it expires."
"Okay! Thank you for the plus one."
"You're too polite."
Although the conversation had reached this point, Li Jiayi still did not tell Zheng Changrong about the job quota.
Li Jiayi is like this. Before things are settled, he will not tell anyone or make promises with others.
"Okay, that's why I came here. Now that I've given you the ticket, I'll go back first."
You must know that this is the quota for Li Jiayi's family of five, which is much larger than Zheng Changrong's family.
With these food stamps, Mrs. Xu’s family will be able to have enough to eat for at least two to three months.
As for next month's food stamps, Li Jiayi has already thought about it and will give it to Cheng Qiaoyun's family then.
For Uncle Sun's family in the backyard, that can only be discussed next month or next month. It should be discussed every three months, which should be enough for the three most difficult families in the courtyard to live a more relaxed life.
After returning home, Li Jiayi went upstairs, locked the door from the inside, and entered the space directly.
The sorghum has been fermented and is put into the processing workshop to start processing. It is actually distilled liquor.
After putting it in the processing workshop, he basically didn't need to take care of it anymore, so he went out and went through the daily process.
After going through the process, Li Jiayi went to take a shower, and then went in to rest.
To be honest, when he first came to this era, Li Jiayi was not used to it, but over the past ten years, it has passed.
He has completely adapted to this era, this era without mobile phones and the Internet.
Basically, I go to bed after eating every night and sleep until I wake up naturally the next morning.
This kind of situation would be unimaginable in future generations. Who wouldn’t play with their mobile phone for several hours after dinner at night? Even the elderly are the same.
But that’s not the case in this day and age. Whether you are old or young, you basically go to bed after dinner.
A night of silence.
At seven o'clock the next morning, Li Jiayi came down from upstairs on time.
Because my parents have to go to work, I eat very early in the morning.
When Li Jia came downstairs, breakfast was ready. It was made by his mother and eldest sister.
"Brother." Li Jiayi came out of the house and happened to meet his eldest brother coming in from the outside.
"Just got up?"
"Yeah!" Li Jia nodded.
Li Jiayi is asking people to investigate the abnormality of his eldest brother during this period, but there is no progress yet.
But he is not in a hurry. Anyway, someone is watching his eldest brother now. If there is any trouble, someone will tell him.
"Brother, Brother Jiayi." Li Jiafen came out of the room and shouted after washing up.
"Yeah!"
"Jiafen, is the second sister still sleeping?" Li Jiayi asked.
"Yes, the second sister said she is not hungry."
"Okay!"
Anyway, everyone in the family is used to it, so no one asked if Li Jialin couldn't get up in the morning.
"Let's go! Let's go eat."
"Okay."
After sitting down, Li Jiayi took a few mouthfuls of millet porridge, then picked up a steamed bun and started eating.
"Oh! By the way, it is estimated that the primary school will start enrolling students in a few days. Then we will handle Jiafen's enrollment."
Of course Li Jiayi said this to his eldest brother, he needed to go there himself.
There is no way, because it requires formalities and a person like the eldest brother to go there.
"Okay, I understand. When enrollment starts, I will take a day off."
"Yeah! Just don't forget it."
After eating, my parents and my eldest brother went to work.
Seeing his eldest brother leaving on his second sister's bicycle, Li Jia touched his chin and said, "It's time to buy my eldest brother a bicycle."
"Brother, do you still have your bicycle ticket?"
"Yes! What's wrong?"
"It's okay. If you have one, buy one for your eldest brother. I thought you didn't have one!" said the eldest sister.
"Yes, it's just a bicycle ticket, how could it not be possible?"
Of course Li Jiayi has bicycle tickets in his hand, but they are all general bicycle tickets.
In the past, except for general bicycle tickets, he had to handle all other tickets because other tickets were time-sensitive.
As for bicycle tickets, he still has more than a dozen in his hand.
Debt repayment will begin next year. In order to collect funds, the country will liberalize the sale of some commodities.
In fact, to put it bluntly, it is sold at a premium. You can buy it without a ticket, but the price will be very high.
For example, a Phoenix brand 28 bicycle. If you have a ticket, it only costs 186, but if you don't have a ticket, it can be sold for up to 650.
Even the cheapest Feige bicycle costs more than 480, or even more than 500.
The other thing is wine, such as a bottle of Moutai. If you buy it with a ticket, the price is only 2.97 cents. But if you don’t have a ticket, the price can reach 16 yuan, which is a full premium of 4.4 times.
This premium is 4.4 times, which is 4.4 times higher than the price of 2.97 cents.
The specific algorithm is to multiply two dollars and ninety-seven cents by four point four, and then add two dollars and ninety-seven cents.
Of course, if you want to do a simpler calculation, that is two dollars and ninety-seven cents times five point four.
In fact, it is not just bicycles and wine that are sold at a premium, but these two are relatively representative.
There are many products sold at a premium, such as candies, pastries and snacks, as well as tea, etc.
In the first year of 1963, nine types of commodities were sold at a premium, and in the second year the number increased to sixteen.
After premium sales, not to mention anything else, the national sales of candy alone reached 4.7 billion a year.
In previous years, the sales of candy nationwide were only 360 million, and this alone has increased more than ten times.
There is nothing we can do about it, we have no money! You have to have money to pay back your debt! If you don't have money, how can you pay off your debt?
Anyway, the state used many methods to withdraw funds at that time, and it finally took three years to pay off the debt.
At that time, in order to pay off debts, Chinese people really tightened their belts! Even if you are not full, you still have to hold your breath.
"Okay sister, I'm out."
"Well! Go! Come back as soon as possible if you have nothing to do."
"Got it."
Li Jia started the tricycle and drove out through the back door. The eldest sister went over and locked the back door.
After coming outside, Li Jia thought for a while and went to the small courtyard first.
"Boss." As soon as the tricycle arrived, the fat man opened the door.
"Well! Go in first."
"Okay."
Li Jia drove a tricycle into the courtyard, and the fat man quickly closed the door.
"Fat man, how are you these days?"
"Boss, it's been pretty good these days. I've even sold a lot more stuff."
"Oh! Really?"
In fact, it is normal. Now that rationing has been restored, many people no longer worry about food.
In this case, he will naturally have more money in his hands, and the prices of peanuts, melon seeds, and beef jerky that Li Jiayi now sells have been reduced a bit.
Naturally more people bought it.
"Fat man, are you just selling more now? Has your income dropped?" 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 is talking about is, of course, not his own income, but his brothers.
Now that the price has dropped, the profits of the brothers will also drop.
In fact, it's the same, because he gives commissions to his brothers based on one-tenth. As long as his income here does not decrease, then the brothers' income will not be less.
"By the way, fat man, bring the money here tomorrow. I'll have some use here."
"Okay boss, to be honest, I feel really uneasy about leaving so much money here."
"Looking at how cowardly you are, you only get a little money and that's it. Then do I have trouble sleeping every day?"
"Uh! That boss, this is different." The fat man touched his nose and said.
"What's the difference?"
"Boss, what you take is your own money, but what I take is your money. If the money is mine, I will definitely sleep well."
Li Jiayi scratched his head and thought about what the fat man said was correct! If it were him, holding someone else's large sum of money in his hand, he would probably be no different from the fat man.
"Okay, I get it."
"By the way, boss, you may come to deliver something tomorrow."
"Yeah!" Li Jia nodded.
Now that the price has dropped a lot, sales have naturally increased. What used to be enough to sell in three or four days is now sold out in two days at most.
Throughout the morning, Li Jiayi stayed in the small courtyard, drinking and chatting with the fat man.
If you don't drink too much beer, it won't make you intoxicating.
At noon, Li Jiayi went out for a walk and came back with food.
After finishing lunch with Fatty, Li Jiayi left the courtyard.
Driving a tricycle, Li Jiayi headed outside Deshengmen. Yes, Li Jiayi wanted to visit the Pigeon Market.
Just a few days into July, the Pigeon Market reopened, and there were not many people at the beginning.
Li Jiayi came over to take a look and left. After more than half a month, I don’t know how Pigeon Market is doing now.
And he came relatively early today, right after lunch, so he came relatively early!
When he arrived at Pigeon City, Li Jia took a look and saw that there were not many people, but at first glance, these people were not from the city.
They probably came from nearby villages to sell things. It was not easy for them to make a trip out, and of course they couldn't go back until the things were sold out.
Li Jia parked his tricycle outside the entrance, locked the car and went in.
He planned to see what the people from nearby villages were selling.
First, Li Jiayi walked up to an old man. There was a bamboo basket in front of the old man with walnuts in it.
"Grandpa, how do you sell 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 them.
The most I can do is take out some for my family to eat, but how much can I eat for myself?
Don’t forget, the things planted in the space are always bearing fruit!
Any kind of fruit tree in space is like an evergreen tree all year round. Even before the fruits are picked, it starts to bloom again.
"You want these walnuts! Fifty cents a pound."
"Fifty cents a pound!" Li Jia picked it up and looked at it. The quality was very good, and it seemed that he had carefully selected it.
"Okay, I want it. How many are here?"
"There are a total of twenty-three kilograms in this basket." The old man said quickly.
"Then give it all to me! Besides, I don't have anything to pack, so why don't you give me this basket too, and I'll give you a total of twelve dollars."
"No, no, no, just give me the money for the walnuts. Forget this basket, it's not worth anything."
Bamboo baskets like this are usually made by oneself, and there is no cost, so in the eyes of the elderly, this thing is not valuable.
"That's not possible. It's just a bamboo basket. If you weave it, it will take half a day. This is also the fruit of your labor. How can you do it for free?"
"This..."
"Okay grandpa, it's settled. It's getting late now. Take the money and go back as soon as possible!"
"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 Jia smiled at the old man and left carrying the bamboo basket.
These people from the countryside sell all kinds of things, including all kinds of wild fruits.
There are also wild vegetables and so on, and even some mountain products, such as fungus, mushrooms and so on.
It's a pity that I didn't see pheasants and hares, either. Even if someone came to sell them, he probably wouldn't be able to buy them.
In the current situation, there are so many pheasants and hares that there are not enough to sell in the pigeon market!
Even he, who has no shortage of meat, wants to buy some to try, let alone others.
After going around the pigeon market, Li Jiayi didn't buy anything else.
I bought the old man’s walnuts because I wanted him to go back quickly. He didn’t lack these in his space, so why did he buy them?
He is not short of money, but he cannot waste it. Besides, there is no need to sell these things.
After a while, people will come, and these things will be bought soon. It just takes a while.
When he arrived outside Pigeon Market, Li Jia opened the box and put the bamboo basket in. In fact, it had already been stored in 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 anything, but mainly to see the current price of pigeons in the market.
There is no way, the current prices outside are confusing for Li Jiayi.
In fact, not only Li Jiayi, but also for many people, the price of supplies is particularly confusing now.
Of course, it won't take long for prices to stabilize and even return to the prices of three years ago.
However, there are exceptions, such as chicken, fish, meat and eggs, which cannot be recovered in a short period of time.
Because it takes time to restore these things, let’s put it this way! If the meat ration is not restored for one day, the price of meat will not be able to return to its previous state.
Around two o'clock in the afternoon, people began to arrive one after another, including some people from rural areas.
Some are because of the long journey, and some are counting the time.
"Hello, uncle! How do you sell this pheasant and hare?"
Just when Li Jiayi was about to go inside to inquire about the price, he saw a middle-aged man coming over carrying a stick with several pheasants and hares tied to the stick.
"A pheasant costs ten yuan, and a hare costs fifteen yuan."
"Uh!" Li Jia was stunned for a moment.
To be honest, the price is really not low! You know, pheasants are very small.
Not to mention compared to the chickens in Li Jiayi's space, even compared to the local chickens raised by ordinary people, there is no comparison.
But for such a pheasant, this uncle actually asked for ten yuan.
There are also rabbits. A hare costs fifteen dollars. The price is not low either. You can buy two kilograms of pork.
Yes, the pork Li Jiayi sells now is only 7.51 pounds.
"Uncle, are any of the pheasants and rabbits you caught alive?"
"No."
"Okay!"
Yes, I originally wanted to buy two to try, but at this price, Li Jiayi felt it was better to go home and eat his own chickens.
Besides, the chickens raised in the space are not much better than these pheasants, and the most important thing is that they don’t cost money.
As for pheasants and hares, go back and ask the hunter to see if you can get a few alive and then let them roam free in the orchard in the space.
You must know that there are many fruits in the orchard that are too late to be harvested every day and fall on the ground, which can also provide food for pheasants and rabbits.
After the middle-aged man entered, Li Jiayi also followed.
"Do you want food stamps?" As soon as we entered Pigeon Market, someone came up and asked.
"How to sell food stamps?"
Originally, he came here to inquire about the price. Since someone asked, of course he wanted to listen!
"Do you want fine grain stamps or coarse grain stamps?"
In Pigeon Market, generally no one sells food stamps, because they are cheap and few people buy them. They basically exchange them with others.
Some families with particularly poor conditions will exchange their fine grain stamps or coarse grain stamps with others for miscellaneous grain stamps.
For example, let’s take fine grain stamps! One kilogram of fine grain stamps can be exchanged for six kilograms of miscellaneous grain stamps. If it is a national food stamp, it can even be exchanged for eight kilograms of miscellaneous grain stamps.
Even coarse grain stamps can be exchanged for three kilograms of miscellaneous grain stamps.
"How much does a fine grain stamp cost? How much does a coarse grain stamp cost?"
"Fine grain stamps are one pound and two cents, and coarse grain stamps are one cent."
When he heard this price, Li Jiayi knew that the price of grain had recovered, because it was this price three years ago.
As for how the food at the grain station is sold, rice is sold for 16.2 cents and white flour is sold for 14.5 cents.
Coarse grains, that is, cornmeal, are sold at the grain station for seven cents per pound. Of course, they are not expensive, but if you want to buy them, you must either use the quota in the grain book or use grain stamps.
Yes, the price of food stamps has always been more valuable than grain. Food is cheaper, but you can’t buy it without food stamps!
This is why, during the three difficult years, especially in the last year, a pound of local food stamps sold for four or five yuan.
Because there are no food stamps, the food station will not sell it to you at all! Even if you pay the grain station ten yuan per pound, they won't sell it to you.
I dare not sell it to you because the consequences will be serious.
"Okay, let me check again, oh! By the way, are there any national food stamps?" Li Jiayi asked.
"No." The other party shook his head.
Li Jiayi has no need for local food stamps, and they are time-sensitive, so it is useless to ask for them.
But the national food stamps are different. They can be used anywhere, and they are not time-sensitive. You can just get some and put them away.
"Okay!"
There are more and more people in the pigeon market, and there are all kinds of things for sale. Some people sell all kinds of tickets that they can't use.
Some people sell items they cannot use at home.
The same goes for people who buy, they all look for what they need.
This is why Pigeon City is semi-official.
What's the use of keeping things in people's hands that they can't use? Isn't it great to have such a place to exchange or buy and sell.
To give the simplest example, A's family has two wash basins, but his family only needs one, so there will be an extra one.
But his family also needs a thermos, but there is none at home.
B's family happens to have two thermoses. Similarly, his family only needs one. The extra one is useless.
But his family also needs a washbasin, which is also not available. In this case, he only needs to take the thermos bottle to the pigeon market and exchange it for a washbasin with A's family.
In this case, everything will be used, and it will be 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 this is the same!
The tickets that you don't need can be used by others, and the tickets that others can't use can be used by you.
This is what Pigeon City is for, and why the government ignores Pigeon City.
Because there are many people from government departments who sometimes come to Pigeon Market to buy and exchange things.
There are some people who are going on business trips to other places but don’t have national food stamps at home, so they go to Pigeon Market to exchange for national food stamps.
Some people have national food stamps in their hands but do not go on business trips, so they take out these national food stamps and either sell them or exchange them for local food stamps.
Because buying food with national food stamps is a bit of a disadvantage. National food stamps contain oil, so the price will be higher.
Let’s put it this way! When you go to a restaurant to eat, if you pay local food stamps, no oil will be used when cooking for you.
But if you use national food stamps, even if you eat plain noodles, there will be oil in them.
"Hey, why are there so many people in front?" Li Jiayi muttered and ran over quickly.
Yes, Chinese people love to watch the excitement, and Li Jiayi is certainly no exception.
After squeezing in and taking a look, I realized that someone was selling wild boar meat. No wonder there were so many people.
"Don't crowd, come one by one."
There are four people selling meat, and all four of them are middle-aged. Judging from their clothes, these four middle-aged people are all hunters.
It must have been a wild boar hunted by several people together, and then sold at the pigeon market.
The four people have a clear division of labor. One cuts the meat, two weigh the scales, and the other collects the money.
As for why there are two scales, it's actually very simple. They don't have the space to cut the meat as much as they want.
All you can do is add more when there is not enough, and cut off when there is more. In this case, two people can't really make it.
"Uncle, let me ask, how much does he sell for a pound of wild boar meat?"
"Eight yuan a pound."
"Eight yuan?"
"Yes."
This price is not cheap! Because this is real wild boar meat, and you must know that wild boar meat is cheaper than domestic pork!
The main reason is that wild boar meat has little fat, and when people buy meat, they want fatter meat.
But seeing so many people buying it, Li Jiayi could understand. After all, there is no place to buy meat now.
It takes luck to meet this wild boar seller. It's good to have meat to buy. Who would be picky about the fat?
Shaking his head, Li Jiayi squeezed out of the crowd and continued shopping at the Pigeon Market.
After shopping around all afternoon, Li Jiayi had already found out all the current prices of pigeons on the market.
In today's pigeon market, apart from all kinds of meat and eggs, everything else is basically the same as it was three years ago.
When it comes to what is the most expensive thing now, the first one is pork suet, and then the pork.
Chickens and eggs are next. As for beef, mutton, ducks and geese, they have to come next.
There is also fish. Fish is not cheap nowadays. At least it is nutritious!
Some edema patients who cannot buy pork or eggs will find ways to buy some fish to supplement their nutrition.
Before the three-year difficult period, the price of fish was about the same as rice and flour. Of course, this is the price including food stamps.
It is even said that the price of fish is slightly cheaper, but now, the price of fish is several times that of rice or white flour.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Li Jiayi came out of Pigeon Market, then got on a tricycle and headed for the city.
But he didn't go home, but went to Ciqikou.
I have to send something to Lin Ling'er's family every half month, and today is the day.
As soon as he arrived here, he saw Lin Linger.
"Here." Lin Ling'er waved to him.
"I said to Lin Ling'er, it's not like I don't know the way. Next time I can go directly there and you don't have to come out to pick me up."
"That won't work. I finally managed to get out for a walk. If you want to go directly, how can I get out?"
Hearing what she said, what else could Li Jiayi say? He could only nod helplessly and said: "Okay!"
"Let's go! I'll take you there."
"Yeah!"
Following Lin Ling'er, she arrived at the back door of her villa in a few minutes.
Lin Ling'er 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 opened the box and started taking things out.
Twenty pounds each of pork, beef and mutton, and five chickens, ducks and geese each.
In addition to these, there are various vegetable oils, sesame paste, sesame salt, etc.
After everything was taken out, the servant started to take it inside. At this time, Li Jia said to Lin Ling'er, "By the way, I brought you some watermelons."
"Watermelon?"
"Yeah!"
"No need for watermelon, I have watermelon at home." Lin Ling'er said.
Li Jiayi smiled and said: "These watermelons I brought you are extraordinary, you can't buy them outside at all."
After speaking, Li Jiayi took out one.
"Ah! So big?"
"That's right, even though it's big, it's very sweet and delicious."
"Really?"
"Of course, you will know after you taste it later. I promise to eat it once and you will never eat the kind of watermelon bought from outside again next time."
"Thank you!"
"You're welcome."
"How much does it cost this time? I'll give you the money."
"Just give me a thousand."
"Ah! Why is there less this time?" Lin Ling'er asked.
Li Jiayi shrugged and said: "The price is cheaper now, of course it is less. I guess it will be cheaper next time."
This is true. You don’t have to wait until next time. It is estimated that in a few days, the price of this meat will be the same again.
"Okay! Here's the money." Lin Ling'er handed over a big black ten.
In fact, there was already the Great Unity at this time. The Great Unity was the third set of RMB and was issued on April 20, 1962, that is, this year.
The third set is almost the same as the second set, except that there is one less three-yuan denomination and more coins of one cent, two cents, fifty cents and one yuan.
Because it was one-to-one, there was no exchange, but two sets of RMB were circulated at the same time.
However, after the second set of RMB enters the bank, it will not come out again, and when you withdraw money from the bank, you will not take out the second set.
The third set has only been out for a few months, so the money that many people use now is basically the second set.
However, Li Jiayi knows that there will be more and more third sets in the future, and the second set will slowly withdraw from the people's sight.
You must know that the third set of RMB was the longest-used, lasting thirty-eight years until 2000.
Yes, with the fourth set, the third set has been in use and has not been recycled.
"Okay, the things have been delivered, I will go back first."
"Wait."
"What's wrong?"
"Let's go together." Lin Linger went over to push the bicycle.
"Miss, it's so late, are you still going out?" a nanny asked.
"It's only about five o'clock now, it's still early before dark! Don't worry, I will be back before dark."
"Okay!"
It’s summer now, and while it’s not yet the longest day, it’s almost there.
It doesn't get dark until almost eight 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? Just go for a walk with me!"
Li Jiayi said helplessly: "I'm going home to eat! What, you don't want to eat tonight?"
"Ugh!"
"Forget it, let's go. I'll treat you to dinner later."
"Okay! I want to eat braised pork and soybean stewed pig's trotters." Lin Ling'er said happily.
"You really know how to eat. I'll treat you to a meal, and you still order."
"It's just a treat, otherwise let's do this! I'll treat you to a restaurant."
Li Jiayi waved his hand and said: "Forget it then! There is nothing to eat in the hotel now."
"That's right! How about this! You treat me to dinner and I'll pay for it."
Hearing what Lin Ling'er said, Li Jiayi shook his head. He couldn't do such a thing by asking a girl to pay.
"Let's do this! I'll take you to a place, maybe you can eat something delicious."
"Where to go?"
"Just follow me. By the way, don't ride a bicycle. Bicycles are too slow."
"Okay, I'll put the bike back."
Lin Ling'er went over and patted the door. The back door opened quickly, and it was a servant who opened the door.
"Push my bike in."
"Okay miss."
"Let's go." Lin Ling'er got on the tricycle with ease.
As soon as Li Jia started up, he drove towards Dongzhimen.
Soon I found a large factory building, yes, this is the third steel rolling mill.
Li Jia drove a tricycle in front of the doorman and asked: "Hello?"
"Hello, what's up?"
"Is Master He Yuzhu gone?" Li Jiayi asked.
"He Yuzhu? Who is it?"
"Uh! It's just Silly Pillar."
"Oh! You mean Silly Zhu! He hasn't left. There is a reception tonight. He should be in the cafeteria now."
"Then can I go in and find him?"
Hearing what Li Jiayi said, the doorman shook his head and said: "This is not possible. If you want to go in, you have to ask him to come out to pick you up."
"Brother security guard, didn't you say he was cooking in the cafeteria? Why did he come out to pick me up?"
"This..."
"How about this! Give him a call and ask him to talk to you on the phone."
"Okay, wait a minute."
After the doorman finished speaking, he entered the doorman's 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."
"Okay."
Then the guard stopped talking. He was waiting for someone.
There must be no phone in the cafeteria! But there is a telephone number in the canteen director's office. Since there is a reception in the evening, the canteen director must not be able to leave.
After almost three minutes, someone finally spoke on the other side of the phone.
The guard was in the guard room, lowered his head and asked from the window: "What is your name?"
"My name is Li Jiayi."
"His name is Li Jiayi and he wants to go in to find you."
"Okay, I get it."
The guard quickly put down the phone, then took the registration book and handed it to Li Jiayi and said: "You can register and you can go in."
"Okay."
Soon Li Jiayi finished the registration, then drove the tricycle and walked in. As soon as he entered the gate, he stopped again.
"Brother Guard, which canteen is He Yuzhu in?"
"The third canteen."
"No, I'm asking where the location is?"
This is Li Jiayi’s first time here! He was even less familiar with this place, but he knew that the steel rolling mill had more than one canteen.
"You go straight ahead from here, and after walking for more than 300 meters, there is a road that turns right. You can see it not far after you turn in."
"Okay, thank you!"
"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 has almost two-thirds of the area of the woolen mill. The reason for this is mainly due to the large machinery of the steel rolling mill.
The larger the machine, the larger the floor space. In a similarly large workshop, a steel rolling mill may only have about a hundred people, but a woolen mill may have several hundred people.
Following the path pointed by the guard, Li Jiayi arrived at the place quickly. When he saw the words "Third Canteen", he knew he was right.
It is already after get off work time, so there are not many people in the canteen, and everyone is in the kitchen.
"Master He." Li Jia called as soon as he entered.
Soon I saw He Yuzhu coming out with a large spoon.
"Li Jiayi, why are you here? Is there something wrong?"
"I do have something to ask you about."
"What happened?"
"Use the fire in your canteen to help me cook some dishes."
"Ah! This is what you came to see me about?" He Yuzhu asked with a sigh of relief.
"Yes! There is something else I want to tell you."
"Okay! What do you want to cook?"
"You wait."
As soon as Li Jia finished speaking, he came out of the canteen, came to the tricycle, went up to open the box, and came out with two net bags.
There were two net bags, one with pork, beef and mutton, and the other with a chicken and some vegetables.
"Let's go in."
"Li Jiayi, you don't want to eat here, do you?" Lin Ling'er asked.
"That's right! 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."
"Okay!"
While he was talking to Lin Linger, He Yuzhu also came to the door of the cafeteria.
Seeing Lin Ling'er, He Yuzhu shook his head and said, "This kid can do it! If I had this ability back then, I think even my children would be able to do soy sauce."
"Master He, just watch and make these things yourself. We will eat what you do."
"Don't worry, leave it to me, oh! By the way, you can't eat here. So, you two wait here for a while, and I will ask my apprentice to take you to the private room."
As for the reason, of course Li Jiayi knows it! These are all good things he brought.
If you eat here, it will have a bad impact when those people come out after eating and see such a sumptuous meal.
You know, this is the factory treating others to dinner!
What will people think then? You have so many good things, just let us eat them!
Let’s put it this way! Nowadays, when the steel rolling mill entertains others, it all depends on He Yuzhu's craftsmanship.
You know, He Yuzhu can use soy products to make meat taste!
Not only that, but you won’t be able to tell that it’s made of beans. In this regard, it’s definitely no worse than Nanyi’s wild vegetable dumplings.
"Okay Master He."
"Why are you like everyone else? What is your name, Master He?"
"Uh! Okay, Uncle He."
"No, please don't call me Uncle He."
"What's wrong?" Li Jiayi asked confused.
"I'm going to marry your sister Meilian soon. Is it appropriate for you to call her sister Meilian and call me Uncle He?"
Li Jiayi scratched his head and said: "It's inappropriate, then what should I call you?"
"Of course you call me Brother! You can also call me Brother Zhuzhu, or you can call me by my name."
"Then I'd better call you Brother Zhuzhu!"
"Okay." He Yuzhu nodded and said, "I'll go in first."
"Yeah!"
Less than two minutes after He Yuzhu entered, a tall and thin young man came out. Without even thinking about it, Li Jiayi knew that this must be MCA.
"Hello! My master asked me to take you to the private room."
"Okay."
"Keep your voice down when you get up there later," Ma Hua explained.
"Yeah!"
The cafeteria of the No. 2 Steel Rolling Plant 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 led two people to the second floor and opened the door of the innermost room.
After Li Jiayi and Lin Ling'er entered, Ma Hua said, "Wait a moment, my master is cooking for you."
"Yeah!"
"Then I'll go down first. I'll bring it to you when the food is ready."
"Okay, go ahead! 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."
"Okay."
After MCA left, Lin Ling'er said: "Why do I feel like a thief just eating a meal?"
Li Jiayi shrugged and said, "No way, I'm not familiar with the people in this place."
If this were in a woolen mill, or in a machine repair shop, this would not happen.
Mainly woolen mills and machine repair shops, they don't always entertain people, especially at night, let alone such a thing.
PS: There is always love despite thousands of rivers and mountains! Can I give you a monthly pass? Thanks!
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