Chapter 49 Comrade Gu, see you next time!
He Lanzhang brought Gu Yuehuai to the state-owned hotel.
The two of them sat down. He Lanzhang looked at the menu and ordered two bowls of knife-cut noodles, each costing eight cents and three taels of food coupons, and a few pieces of roast pork, and that was it. It was considered a trip to a restaurant.
Nowadays, being able to dine in a state-owned restaurant is something worth bragging about for a month or two. However, for a "rich kid" like He Lanzhang, it is a common occurrence.
The noodles came quickly.
Two strangers who were not familiar with each other sat together eating noodles, and the atmosphere was awkward for a moment.
He Lanzhang scratched his head, feeling a little regretful, and managed to utter a sentence after a long while: "Well... well, you should eat more."
Gu Yuehuai looked at the bewildered He Lanzhang and found it quite amusing: "My name is Gu Yuehuai, what's yours?"
He Lanzhang put down his chopsticks and sat upright: "My name is He Lanzhang."
"He...Lan...Zhang..." Gu Yuehuai was stunned for a moment, because she felt that the name was very familiar, as if she had heard it in her previous life, but when she looked closely at He Lanzhang's appearance, it seemed very unfamiliar.
She was sure that she had never seen He Lanzhang in her previous life, but she couldn't remember where she had heard the name.
He Lanzhang listened to this refreshing voice like a trickle of water, and somehow his ears felt warm. It's not like someone had called his name before, but hearing a strange young woman call him that, he still felt inexplicably embarrassed.
The food cooked by the chefs in state-owned restaurants tastes just so-so.
Gu Yuehuai only ate noodles and didn't eat the meat on the plate. She felt embarrassed to be treated to a meal by someone else, so it was naturally inappropriate for her to pick up her chopsticks to eat the meat. Moreover, she was still in the stage of losing weight, so she'd better not touch such greasy food.
He Lanzhang glanced at Gu Yuehuai. She was eating noodles with her eyes lowered. From his angle, he could only see her eyelashes as thick as fans, and her chest... cough cough, He Lanzhang suddenly withdrew his gaze.
He closed his eyes and secretly blamed himself, thinking that these eyes must not look around blindly!
"You, why don't you eat meat?" He Lanzhang watched Yue Huai eating noodles quietly without even glancing at the roast meat.
Gu Yuehuai shook his head: "I don't like it, thank you."
He Lanzhang was speechless. Is there really someone who doesn’t like eating meat?
His heart moved slightly, knowing that the other party did not want to take too much advantage. Thinking of this, He Lanzhang couldn't help but feel a little emotional. People in the world value profit, even family members are no exception, but there are such people with noble character.
After finishing the noodles, Gu Yuehuai prepared to go to the black market again.
He Lanzhang was such a kind person that she felt embarrassed to be taken advantage of by him. Besides, the name sounded familiar to her, so she had to think carefully before deciding whether to make close friends with him.
The two of them left the state-owned restaurant. Seeing Gu Yuehuai about to leave, He Lanzhang hurriedly said, "Wait, um... I saw the peppers you were selling last time. Do you still have any? I want to buy some."
chili?
Gu Yuehuai understood. The last time he asked him to look at the gold in the basket, there were a lot of chili peppers in it.
She shook her head and said honestly, "There are no peppers, only some dates, eggs, wheat ears and an old hen."
"Eggs? Old hens?" He Lanzhang was stunned. He had been to the black market many times, and every time he was stopped, it was because the people wanted to sell grain, and they were all coarse grains. This was the first time he saw someone selling eggs.
He thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll have eggs."
Gu Yuehuai glanced at him and didn't bother to be polite anymore. He lifted the cloth and let him take a look.
He Lanzhang was surprised when he saw this: "Such a big egg? The chicken is also big and fat! Comrade Gu must be a good hand at work, right? Look at this wheat ear, it's so full, the flour ground from it must be first-class!"
Gu Yuehuai didn't brag too much about his stuff. After all, everything produced by Xumi Space was of high quality, and everyone who had seen it knew that.
He Lanzhang originally only wanted to buy some eggs, but after seeing this, he still bought a lot. The remaining twenty or so eggs and an old hen, plus thirty kilograms of wheat ears, made a big, solid bag.
Gu Yuehuai smiled and said, "Eggs are 1.5, hens are 3.9, and wheat ears are 4.2, a total of 9.6. You have bought almost all, so I won't sell any more. The rest will be given to you."
There was half a pound of red dates and ten pounds of wheat ears left in the backpack, which would cost more than one yuan. However, considering the bowl of noodles, it would not be good to take He Lanzhang as a sucker, so he had to give him a little as a reward.
Besides, she was too lazy to wait any longer. She might as well go home and pick wheat ears.
He Lanzhang paused for a moment, took out a big unity banknote from his pocket and handed it to Gu Yuehuai. Without waiting for her to find the money, he tied the thing to the back seat of his bicycle and rode away.
He waved as he walked away: "Comrade Gu, see you next time!"
Gu Yuehuai lowered his eyes and looked at the big unity in his hand. Without any pretense, he put it in his pocket and walked back with the basket on his back.
I earned 22.60 yuan today, which is more than what a regular factory worker earns in a month! However, it is still far from enough to pay off the 140 yuan debt.
It was only two o'clock in the afternoon when Gu Yuehuai returned to the Dalaozi Production Team. The members were still working in the fields.
She returned home carrying the backpack. Gu Xihuai was still sitting in the yard reading a book. As for Gu Ruihuai, he started behaving strangely since that night when she didn't let him take the grain bag from home. He didn't come home for three days and didn't go to work.
When Gu Yuehuai and Gu Xihuai passed by each other, he asked, "Third brother, have the spinach plants behind the house grown?"
Gu Xihuai raised his head and glanced at her: "It has already appeared, as high as my little finger."
Tian Jing didn't insist anymore and let Gu Xihuai sow spinach seeds in the field behind the house.
Gu Yuehuai nodded: "Okay, then I'll make egg and spinach noodles for you tonight?"
"Eggs?" Gu Xihuai was very surprised. This was a rare commodity.
Gu Yuehuai didn't explain much. He carried the basket back to the house and took out ten eggs and a stunned old hen from the Xumi space. Although the family was back on track, they were still a little short of food.
The most common thing she ate this week was brown rice porridge.
Speaking of brown rice porridge, we have to mention Chen Yin. After Tian Jing delivered the food the night before, Chen Yuesheng immediately helped Chen Yin deliver 30 kilograms of food to Gu Tinghuai, exactly the same brown rice.
Therefore, there is no need to ask where Tian Jing's rice comes from.
"It's really eggs. Did you go to the black market?" Gu Xihuai frowned as he looked at the ten big, round eggs on the stove.
The family has now strictly prohibited everyone from going to the black market, so why did this guy do the opposite?
Gu Yuehuai looked at Gu Xihuai and said calmly, "Third brother, you know the situation at home. I didn't let you go because I was worried, but as a woman, the chances of me being caught are much smaller. You are all too thin, you should eat more."
Hearing this, a complex look flashed across Gu Xihuai's eyes.
Over the past week, he had been keeping an eye on Gu Yuehuai every day, trying to see how long she could hold out before returning to her old ways, but no, she was doing better and better. Not only did she go to work and earn work points every day, she also cooked when she got home, and she never asked for fine grains again.
She worked a lot and ate little, which made him, as her brother, seem a little idle.
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