Chapter 521 Blind Date (2)
It's said to be a state-owned hotel, but it's actually just a small restaurant. The decoration is very simple, with only a few tables and chairs. The layout is somewhat similar to the state-owned hotel where Jiang Weiming worked, which Jiang Feng saw in Han Guishan's memory, except that the state-owned hotel where the old man worked is smaller.
There were no customers in the store. There was only a fat waitress sitting at the table reading a newspaper. When she heard someone coming in, she didn't look up and said, "It's not time. We don't have food now. Come back in two hours."
"Girl Xiao, it's me." Zhao Zaohua said loudly, and Zhao Lanhua followed him with her head lowered.
"Aunt Zhao, this is you. This is the person you want to introduce to Master Jiang. She is so good-looking. I will call Master Jiang for you." The fat waiter said enthusiastically.
"No need to bother, I'll just go in and call Xiao Jiang. Are my Lao Huang and the others here?" Zhao Zaohua asked.
"Master Jiang is the only one inside now. This month's flour and grains have arrived. Master Huang has taken the others to order the goods. It will take an hour to come back." The fat waiter explained.
Zhao Zaohua thoughtfully said: "Little girl, when I came here just now, I saw that South Street was very lively. It seems that something happened. Why don't you go and take a look?"
The fat waiter heard the song and understood the elegant meaning: "What a coincidence, I'm tired of reading the newspaper and went out for a walk."
"My niece is afraid of strangers and has a thin skin." Zhao Zaohua said.
"My sister was like this when someone introduced her to someone. I understand." The fat waiter took the newspaper and went out, "Aunt Zhao, I'll be back in an hour."
"If it happens, I will send you two wedding candies." Zhao Zaohua said with a smile, "The best kind."
As soon as the fat waiter left, Zhao Zaohua said to Zhao Lanhua: "Lanhua, Xiao Jiang is probably working inside. You can sit here and go in and call him. Xiao Jiang is a real person, and he is willing to work even when he is not working. .”
Don’t forget to praise Jiang Weiguo.
"Yes." Zhao Lanhua sat down obediently, lowered her head and waited for others.
Jiang Feng did not follow Zhao Zaohua in, but stood beside Zhao Lanhua and observed her expression.
Zhao Lanhua has become very nervous since she went out. Every movement, every expression, even every pore and every part of her skin reveals that she is nervous. Now sitting on the chair, Zhao Lanhua's right foot was shaking unconsciously.
It seems that she is not here for a blind date, but to experience the most important test in her life.
Soon Jiang Feng heard the footsteps. Not only Jiang Feng heard it, but Zhao Lanhua also heard it.
The footsteps of the two people overlapped and looked very complicated. They were getting closer and closer, as if they were about to push out the door in the next second.
Zhao Lanhua raised her head even more nervously and stared at the door.
The door opened, and the young Jiang Weiguo walked out wearing dark gray work clothes. The clothes were very clean and new, but that couldn't change the fact that they were work clothes.
Jiang Feng dared to risk his life to guarantee that the clothes Jiang Weiguo was wearing must be work clothes from a state-owned hotel, because Comrade Jiang Jiankang also had a set of work clothes that were very similar to Jiang Weiguo's. He kept them in the closet and refused to throw them away. From time to time, he would take them out and mark them on his body.
Jiang Jiankang, who is in his forties, can no longer wear the clothes he wore when he was a teenager.
Their eyes met, Jiang Weiguo looked at Zhao Lanhua, and Zhao Lanhua looked at Jiang Weiguo.
Jiang Feng held his breath and concentrated, his eyes quickly switching back and forth between Zhao Lanhua's face and Jiang Weiguo's face, trying to read their inner thoughts from their expressions.
Zhao Lanhua's eyes were very evasive. She looked at Jiang Weiguo's face and then elsewhere, and couldn't help but look at Jiang Weiguo's face again. She looked at at least three or four places in just a few seconds, and finally fixed her eyes on on Jiang Weiguo's shoes.
Jiang Weiguo's eyes were firmer. He didn't look at Zhao Lanhua's face from the beginning to the end. He kept staring at Zhao Lanhua's thin bamboo pole-like hands on the table.
Jiang Feng:?
Within three seconds of meeting, Jiang Feng could tell that this blind date was unusual.
One is looking at shoes and the other is looking at hands. It’s really a unique and unique blind date!
"Xiao Jiang, have you seen the orchids?" Zhao Zaohua also walked out from the door. Seeing that Jiang Weiguo and Zhao Lanhua were at least three meters apart, she hurriedly said: "Xiao Jiang, this is my distant niece from the same village, Zhao Lanhua, what she looks like Isn’t that great? Auntie didn’t lie to you, right? Lanhua, this is Xiao Jiang I just told you, don’t be nervous, just say what you need to say.”
Jiang Weiguo walked quickly to Zhao Lanhua, stretched out his hand and said seriously: "Hello, comrade, my name is Jiang Weiguo, I am 28 years old."
Zhao Lanhua quickly stretched out her terrifyingly slender hands: "Hello, comrade, my name is Zhao Lanhua, I am... I am 17 years old this year."
A handshake filled with the glory of socialism.
The two sat down.
"Don't be so formal. Today is just about getting to know each other. Let's talk about anything. Xiaojiang, this girl Lanhua came out of the village early this morning. She first took a bullock cart and then the shuttle bus. She went all the way to the city and has chewed one now. Jade Mi Bangzi. If you have time, you can make some food for her. I will give it to you later. I won’t keep it. I still have to buy cloth.” After that, Zhao Zaohua patted Zhao Lanhua on the shoulder. , gave her an encouraging smile and left.
There was silence in the state-owned hotel.
The two people stared at each other for two minutes without saying a word.
Finally Jiang Weiguo took the lead to break the silence.
"Are you hungry?" Jiang Weiguo asked.
Zhao Lanhua shook her head repeatedly, like a rattle, because her eyes were very big because she was thin: "I'm not hungry, I ate corn cobs when I came out in the morning, but they were a big one, and I was very hungry!"
Jiang Weiguo frowned, and Zhao Lanhua's heart tightened, thinking that she had said something wrong.
"Are you really not hungry?" Jiang Weiguo asked.
"I'm really not hungry! Not hungry at all!" Zhao Lanhua looked determined.
Jiang Weiguo could only drop the topic, and the two fell into silence again.
"I..." Seeing that this blind date was going to go according to his worst expectations, Zhao Lanhua finally couldn't help but speak out and said the speech she had prepared all night.
"I am from Zhaojia Village. Everyone in our village is named Zhao and we are all relatives. According to the family tree, Aunt Zhao is my aunt." Zhao Lanhua said.
"I know, Master Huang has told me about you before. You are the fourth eldest child in the family, with one brother and two sisters, and two sisters below. Your two sisters are already married. You are because of your sister-in-law's health. Unfortunately, my sister is too young and the family has been short of labor for two years, so we haven’t even talked about getting married yet,” Jiang Weiguo said.
Seeing that Jiang Weiguo had said all the lines he wanted to say, Zhao Lanhua was unable to say a word for a moment.
"That's it...that's it." Zhao Lanhua said.
"I'm from Peiping, and I came here as a refugee." Jiang Weiguo began to introduce himself, "There are seven brothers in my family, and I am the youngest. My family members are either missing or dead, and now I am alone. I have been wandering around in recent years. It’s only been two years since I settled here. I haven’t found anyone yet, so I don’t have anyone to talk to. I hope you won’t dislike me because I’m older.”
"No, no, no." Zhao Lanhua's body movements included shaking her head and lowering her head. "The village next to us also had people fleeing from other places in the past few years. No, what I mean is that there are quite a few people who came to settle here from outside. .”
"I know." Jiang Weiguo said, staring at Zhao Lanhua's face and frowning again.
"What do you want to eat?" Jiang Weiguo asked.
"No, no, no, I'm very full now, no need to eat." Zhao Lanhua not only shook her head this time, but also waved her hands.
"Braised pork? Braised pork with pickled vegetables? Sweet and sour pork ribs? White meat with garlic paste? Pork wrapped in soy sauce?" Zhao Lanhua couldn't help but swallow her saliva every time Jiang Weiguo announced the name of a dish.
"If you don't want to eat pork, there seems to be fish in the kitchen. Braised fish? Sweet and sour fish? Stir-fried fish? I remember there seems to be half a bag of flour. Do you want me to make dumplings for you?" Jiang Weiguo began to name the dishes.
Zhao Lanhua, who only ate one corn cob a day, could not withstand such temptation. She seemed to smell the smell of meat just listening to Jiang Weiguo's name of the dish.
"Wouldn't this be bad? I heard that the dishes in your state-owned restaurants are very expensive." Zhao Lanhua tried to make a last ditch effort.
"It's okay. Our official workers have a certain share of ingredients every month. My share of flour and meat this month is useless. It's enough to make you two dishes." Jiang Weiguo explained.
"How can that be done? You only have so much for a month. How can you give it to me if you don't even have enough for yourself? Just make me two vegetarian ones, like cabbage, tofu, etc. Just add more oil. If It would be better if there are steamed buns." Zhao Lanhua's eyes were shining when she said the word steamed buns.
"Vegetarian?" Jiang Weiguo's expression was a little strange.
Zhao Lanhua nodded repeatedly: "Yes, vegetarian! Vegetarian dishes are especially delicious if you add more oil. If you don't have steamed buns, steamed buns will also work."
"I'm going to see what vegetables are in the kitchen." Jiang Weiguo stood up and stopped before taking two steps.
"Do you want to come in together?" Jiang Weiguo felt that it was not good to leave Zhao Lanhua outside alone.
"Is that okay? The kitchen should be where you work, wouldn't it be bad for me to go in?" Zhao Lanhua was a little worried.
"It's not working time now, it's okay."
"Oh." Zhao Lanhua obediently followed Jiang Weiguo into the kitchen. (End of chapter)