Paishi Village and Gongcheng both belong to Muye City, which is part of Zhongyuan Province.

However, the local dialects of Paishitou Village and Gongcheng are not standard Central Plains dialects.

Especially in Paishitou Village, the local dialect leans towards Shanxi Province, carrying a strong Shanxi flavor.

Gongcheng, on the other hand, is a fusion of dialects from Jin Province and Zhongyuan Province.

Although the dialect of Gongcheng has a flavor of Central China, the words are harsh and not very pleasant to hear.

But Mandarin sounds much better.

Lin Yifeng looked at the good-looking waiter who spoke Mandarin and asked with a smile what kinds of hot pot bases they had.

Similar to the hot pot bases of later generations, there are spicy, mushroom, clear, and tomato broths.

Lin Yifeng chose a hot pot with two broths, one spicy and one mushroom, and opted for sesame sauce.

When northerners eat hot pot, they always choose sesame paste as a dipping sauce.

Lin Yifeng chose sesame paste, and Bai Yejin also chose sesame paste.

No one chose sesame oil.

Of course, Lin Yifeng guessed that there probably wasn't any sesame oil in this place.

"Do you have beef or mutton? If so, bring me a few plates. And what vegetables do you have? Do you have a menu? Let me see."

Lin Yifeng asked for a menu and ordered vegetables such as potatoes, kelp strips, and bok choy, while also asking the waiter to bring several portions of beef and mutton.

Sitting opposite Lin Yifeng, Bai Yejin couldn't help but reach out and snatch the menu from his hand when she saw how much he had ordered.

"Lin Yifeng!"

"Enough, enough!"

"We won't be able to finish if we order any more!"

"oh!"

Lin Yifeng said "Oh," snatched the menu back, and continued ordering.

"Xiao Jin, we finally get to eat hot pot, and you won't even let us enjoy it to our heart's content!"

"That won't do!"

As Lin Yifeng spoke, he gently tapped the table. Bai Yejin quickly sat up straight and whispered, "This hot pot is a bit expensive!"

"It's okay, it's your treat anyway!"

"It's not like I paid for it!"

Lin Yifeng grinned mischievously, and Bai Yejin immediately stopped worrying about the money. She got up and asked the waiter to bring back the menu, which she handed to Lin Yifeng in a very generous manner: "Why didn't you say so earlier? Was what we just ordered enough?"

"I feel like we haven't had enough to eat. Shall we order some more?"

The generosity of the white hibiscus is genuine.

She didn't just become like this now, nor did she become like this because she knew Lin Yifeng was rich; she's always been this way.

Back when Lin Yifeng first met her, Bai Yejin generously bought a bottle of chilled cola and stubbornly handed it to Lin Yifeng, making him drink it.

Meanwhile, he would secretly lick the bottle cap to taste the chilled cola.

later.

She generously treated Lin Yifeng to KFC. It was during a school outing in the provincial capital, Shangdu. Bai Yejin paid for the "light luxury" KFC that cost more than 20 yuan without batting an eye.

He was foolish enough to only have a few cents left, so he went back to school and lived on steamed buns and pickled vegetables.

Bai Yejin is very generous to others, but very stingy with herself.

Lin Yifeng took her to eat hot pot. At first, she thought Lin Yifeng would pay, so she didn't want to order anything and wouldn't let Lin Yifeng order anything either.

But when Lin Yifeng said he would pay for it himself, Bai Yejin immediately told him to relax a bit.

"You said it!"

"Don't let me order too much later, you're worried about the money!"

Lin Yifeng smiled, showing no politeness whatsoever to Bai Yejin, and took out the menu again to order.

He didn't order vegetables, only meat.

"Don't worry, Lin Yifeng, I have plenty of money!"

Bai Yejin slammed a hundred yuan on the table with an air of arrogance. She had arrived in Paishitou Village with Lin Yifeng in mid-June, and in late June, she officially became a glorious people's teacher at the Shuiyun Town Education Bureau.

Although Bai Yejin hasn't attended a single class yet, her salary is being paid regularly.

The salaries for the ten days or so in June, as well as for the entire month of July, have been paid to Bai Yejin, Chen Mu, Zhou Xuelan, and Lin Yifeng.

Lin Yifeng chose to hand over his salary directly to his parents, while Bai Yejin kept her salary herself.

Bai Yejin's monthly salary is 120 yuan, and she currently has more than 150 yuan in her hands, so she is naturally not worried about Lin Yifeng eating it.

Lin Yifeng ordered two more servings of beef, and after all the dishes were served, he also splurged on two bottles of drinks.

The beverage wasn't Coca-Cola or Tianfu Cola, but Wu Zheng's brand of soda. Wu Zheng owned a local beverage factory in Muye City, and the factory was doing quite well, maintaining a certain market share in Muye City in later generations.

"I estimate this meal will cost at least 30!"

Lin Yifeng estimated the prices. Although prices were relatively cheap in 1992, he ordered a lot of food, all of which was beef and mutton, plus two bottles of soda.

Bai Yejin suffered a severe hemorrhage after that meal.

"It's alright, Lin Yifeng, just make sure you're full!"

Bai Yejin didn't care at all. So what if it was thirty or forty yuan? She had more than one hundred and fifty yuan in her hand!

I can afford it!

Sesame paste, minced garlic, a little oyster sauce, a little sesame oil, cilantro, and chopped green onions.

Lin Yifeng prepared a dipping sauce for himself and another for Bai Yejin, and then began to put the beef and mutton into the hot pot to boil.

This was Bai Yejin's first time eating hot pot. Bai Yejin's family was much better off than Lin Yifeng's, but hot pot was still something many people couldn't afford in this era. Lin Yifeng patiently helped Bai Yejin pick out food and reminded her that the beef and mutton were ready to eat.

This hot pot restaurant in Gongcheng isn't actually that delicious, but in this day and age, finding a hot pot restaurant is quite a rare treat.

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