Chapter 107

Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei didn't say any more about this.

If we go any further, it will just be the same old stuff, and endless complaints and anger.

This was expected.

In this day and age, in this social environment, it would be abnormal if no one was jealous and mentioned capitalism when they were the first to open private restaurants and make so much money.

It is not easy to change people's thinking, and it is even more difficult to reform.

It was getting dark outside now.

Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei exchanged glances and stood up, saying with a smile: "It's almost time for dinner. Come on, Xia Xia, let's go to the kitchen and make something delicious."

Seeing that Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei were both open-minded, Chu Xia stopped being angry.

It just so happened that the restaurant business had been booming in the past few months, and they were all very tired from being busy. So they just took these days off to rest, and there was nothing wrong with that.

Chuxia also put on a good mood and went into the kitchen with Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei.

The weather was cold, so they prepared to have a hot pot. Tang Haikuan took out the copper pot at home, opened the seal on the stove to let the fire burn, and prepared the seasonings and stir-fried the base.

Chu Xia and Wu Xuemei were preparing the hot pot dishes nearby.

As for the meat, it’s natural to use mutton, which is the favorite hot pot dish of old Beijingers. And other ingredients like cabbage, radish, potato, frozen tofu, etc., that’s about it.

Because the restaurant business has been very bad these days and not many people come to eat, Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei did not go shopping for vegetables, and there were not many vegetables available at home.

Anyway, whatever can be eaten, just take it out and put it on a plate.

After the base ingredients are fried, put them in a copper pot and add hot water. Take the copper pot out and put it on the table. Then burn charcoal under the copper pot. When the soup base is boiling, you can add the dishes and eat it.

After eating the hot pot, my mood became even hotter.

When you are eating a happy meal, you naturally won’t talk about unhappy things.

Chuxia told Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei about some interesting things at school.

The lights were on in the restaurant, and the heat and aroma of the hot pot filled the entire restaurant.

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Since there were no customers coming to eat, the store naturally closed much earlier than before.

After Chuxia, Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei finished their dinner, they cleaned up the kitchen and the dining table outside, turned off the lights, locked the door, and went back to the back.

I went back and washed up first. It was still early, so I was not in a hurry to go to bed. Chuxia went to Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei's room again, covered herself with a quilt to warm her feet, and chatted with them for a while.

We chatted until we felt a little sleepy, then went back to our room to sleep.

There is no business to do tomorrow, so there is no need to worry about getting up to buy groceries or work. I can sleep peacefully, and the three of us sleep until we wake up naturally.

After getting up and washing up, he would go to the front to open the restaurant door regardless of whether there were customers or not.

Breakfast is made in the restaurant's kitchen. We heat up steamed buns and cook porridge, and then stir-fry a side dish and eat it with pickled cabbage. It tastes hot and delicious.

While I was having breakfast, the door curtain of the restaurant vibrated.

Chuxia, Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei turned around and saw that it was Lin Xiaohan coming over.

Lin Xiaohan now feels more comfortable getting along with them.

The first thing he asked when he entered the door was: "Why is it so quiet today?"

Chuxia held a white porcelain bowl of hot porridge in her hand and said with a smile, "We were scared away by the jealous people. They said that our family was the vanguard of capitalist restoration and that we were traitors colluding with foreign countries. Now they are eagerly waiting to see when our restaurant will close."

Lin Xiaohan sat down next to Chu Xia, "No wonder someone looked at me strangely just now."

Chu Xia took another sip of the hot porridge and said, "Don't worry about them. Anyway, we haven't done anything shameful, and we don't have any shameful intentions."

Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei did not continue the conversation.

Wu Xuemei looked at Lin Xiaohan and asked, "Xiao Lin, have you had breakfast?"

Lin Xiaohan said hurriedly: "Oh, Auntie, I've eaten. It's getting late now."

Wu Xuemei smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "We got up late today."

Lin Xiaohan: "I was so tired a while ago, it's just right to take a break."

Lin Xiaohan originally came to help.

There was no business in the restaurant at the moment, so he didn't have to help out.

Because the Tang family was now accused of engaging in capitalism and colluding with foreign countries, not only did no one dare to come to the restaurant to eat, but people in the alley also kept their distance from them.

If this happened in that decade, people would be paraded through the streets and criticized in public.

No one looks down on such people. They don't even have time to draw a clear line between themselves and others, so naturally no one will pay any attention to them.

So in early summer they stayed in the restaurant and did not go out.

It was a good time to relax, so the four of us sat together to play cards, chat and eat melon seeds.

Then, when they were enjoying the card game, the door curtain of the restaurant was suddenly lifted from outside.

The four of them turned around and saw two little boys sticking their heads in.

The dark-skinned boy smiled at them and said, "No one has come to eat at your restaurant for so many days. Why is it still open? When will it close?"

Chu Xia immediately replied to him: "Even if your father loses his job, my restaurant will not close."

The little boy immediately responded: "My dad has a stable job in the government, how could he be unemployed?"

Before Chu Xia could say anything else, Lin Xiaohan suddenly hooked his finger at him and said, "Come here."

The little boy met Lin Xiaohan's eyes and suddenly felt scared.

He didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, and he held his voice to reply to Lin Xiaohan: "If you ask me to come over, I will go over. I won't go over, lululu..."

After sticking out his tongue and making faces, he turned around and ran away with the other little boy.

As a result, as soon as the two turned around, they bumped into someone else's arms.

They covered their heads and cried out in pain.

Before Chu Xia could look away, the other three naturally saw a group of people suddenly coming out of the restaurant.

Seeing so many people suddenly coming, Chu Xia, Wu Xuemei, Tang Haikuan and Lin Xiaohan were all a little confused.

They put down the cards in their hands and stood up from the table. The group of people had already finished discussing what happened with the two little boys outside and came into the restaurant with the door curtain open.

Anyone who came in was naturally a guest, and Chuxia and the others were busy greeting them.

When everyone came in, I counted them and there were more than twenty people.

Seeing that someone suddenly came into the restaurant, the two little boys didn't leave.

They secretly followed behind more than 20 people, opened the door curtain and came in, standing by the door to watch the fun quietly.

After a brief greeting, Wu Xuemei asked with a smile: "Are you here... to eat?"

The leader of the group said, "Auntie, you run a restaurant here. If we're not here to eat, then why are we here?"

Wu Xuemei just didn't expect that someone would actually come to eat at this critical moment.

She quickly smiled and said, "I'm really sorry, there haven't been many people coming to eat at our restaurant recently, so I'm a little confused."

The leader said again: "Auntie, we are here to support you."

Since that was the case, Wu Xuemei naturally invited everyone to sit down warmly.

As a result, they were in no hurry to sit down.

The leader asked again: "Auntie, do you know who I am?"

When they suddenly heard this question, Wu Xuemei and Tang Haikuan were a little confused and couldn't figure out who the person in front of them was quickly.

Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan were also standing by with puzzled looks on their faces, wondering who they were.

Then the leader did not make things difficult for Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei, and revealed his identity with a smile.

After hearing this, Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei were stunned for a moment and didn't react for a long time.

Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan reacted quickly and hurried forward to shake hands and say hello.

After Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei reacted and came to say hello, the leader introduced all the people he brought with him. Except for the two reporters, the identities of the rest of them were not ordinary.

All have been introduced briefly.

Another person smiled and said, "The whole country is paying attention to your restaurant, and the higher-ups are paying close attention to it. We've wanted to come here for a long time, but we've always heard that it's too busy and there are too many people eating here, so we didn't dare to come. Now we're in time and can have a good meal here."

Hearing these words in this situation, Wu Xuemei felt relieved, as if a huge stone had fallen from her heart.

Although they did not have to worry about other things during this period because of the support of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, they still felt pressured because they had two big hats put on their heads.

Now that they come to eat this meal and say such words, they are supporting their restaurant with practical actions, so these two big hats can't hold them back.

We almost know each other.

Chu Xia, Wu Xuemei, Tang Haikuan and Lin Xiaohan warmly invited these people to sit down.

The two children standing by the door curtain saw people sitting down, so they quickly lifted the curtain and ran out.

They ran all the way back to their own yard, stopped and panted, saying: "Someone came to Zhengyang Restaurant to eat again... There are so many people..."

The adults who were basking in the sun in the yard said, "Who would dare to eat in that restaurant?"

The two little boys counted on their fingers and panted: "I heard them introduce themselves, saying that he is ***'s son, ***'s son, ..."

They are all sons of major national leaders.

Before they finished speaking one by one, these adults looked at each other, their eyes filled with shock and disbelief. Then they suddenly stood up together, hurried out of the yard, ran to the Zhengyang Hotel, and leaned on the window to look inside.

Not long after, many people who came to watch the fun gathered outside the restaurant.

They leaned against the window and watched for a while, then started discussing in low voices:

"Is it true?"

"Can such a thing be false?"

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