Chapter 179 Stingy
In the afternoon, Gu Ci and Chu Hong both carried their luggage and took the bus for more than an hour to go to the guesthouse.
With a letter of introduction from the commune, they were able to stay in the guesthouse.
But even though the two were a married couple who had held a wedding banquet, only Lingxia Village knew and acknowledged this.
When you are away from home and don’t have a marriage certificate, you can only book two rooms.
Fortunately, they had just made some unexpected money, so they didn't feel bad about paying three dollars a day for two rooms.
Of course, if it weren’t for this unexpected fortune, Chu Hong would be willing to endure more than two hours on the bus every day.
Opposite the guesthouse was a state-owned restaurant. Chu Hong saw on the blackboard items such as hairtail, braised fish pieces, braised chicken pieces, shredded pork with sauerkraut, braised tofu, shredded pork with celery, and cabbage and tofu.
She was stunned: "Why do I feel that the food in the restaurants here is much richer than that in the town?"
No wonder she likes money. With so many delicious foods, three meals a day, she wants to eat them all in a restaurant?
Gu Ci took out the food coupons and asked her in a low voice: "What do you want to eat?"
Chu Hong also wanted to eat, but the portions were large, and if the two of them ordered too many dishes, they were afraid of encountering radical people who would make false accusations against them.
When you go out, you'd better be careful.
So Chu Hong said, "Let's eat braised hairtail fish and celery and pork shreds."
Anyway, she will eat in the restaurant tomorrow and the day after tomorrow and try all the delicious food.
Gu Ci has learned to be frugal when spending money now, but he feels that when he goes out with his wife, he must not be too stingy.
He asked, "Don't you like fish? How about some braised fish fillet?"
Chu Hong shook her head: "Two dishes are enough for two people."
Didn’t you see the young man and woman at the table next to us, who looked a little reserved? They must be a couple, but they only ordered shredded pork with celery?
Suddenly I felt that Gu Ci had another advantage: he was willing to spend money and was not stingy.
Gu Ci asked her to find a place to sit down first while he went to the window to pay the money and ticket.
This state-owned restaurant was a bit shabby, with just one round table, four square wooden tables with seams, and gray long and short benches.
Three tables were already occupied, so the round table was not suitable for them. She had no other choice but to sit at the only empty square table.
Just next to them was the young man and woman who were suspected to be in a relationship.
Gu Ci came back and sat down, thinking that he had to exchange some food coupons tomorrow, so he whispered to Chu Hong: "I'm going out early tomorrow. When you wake up, can you come here to have breakfast by yourself?"
Chu Hong definitely had no objection: "Okay, just be careful."
In order to make it easier to stroll around the black market, they deliberately found a guesthouse close to the black market.
It just so happened that she didn't want to get up early, so he went out first, which was exactly what she wanted.
Gu Ci handed her a few more food coupons from his pocket: "Even if I'm not with you tomorrow morning, you should eat more and eat better."
Chu Hong was already used to his nagging, and nodded perfunctorily: "I'm not Chu Chu, what are you worried about?"
Gu Ci smiled when he heard this: "Do you miss Chuchu? Should we buy something for the little ones?"
Chu Hong counted on her fingers: "Toffees are indispensable, buy some biscuits, and the sesame cakes here are delicious, buy some too."
Gu Ci smiled and nodded. Before he could say anything, the young man next to him spoke seriously, "Comrade, you really don't know how to live. You want to buy so many good things. Tell me, where did you get the tickets? Or are you planning to go to the black market for speculation?"
His voice was quite loud and everyone who was eating heard it, but they stopped talking and instead ate while waiting to watch the fun.
Chu Hong smiled instead of getting angry, and said crisply: "Comrade, do you live by the sea? Otherwise, why would you be so nosy?"
He then said confidently, "We are country folk who work hard in the fields, but we don't steal or rob. We finally came out here, and what we bought was also contributed by our fellow villagers, who wanted to give sweet things to the elderly and children at home."
"Without investigation, there is no right to speak. On what basis do you wrongly accuse me?"
With a stern face, she glared at him and yelled, "Why don't you apologize!"
"If you don't apologize, we will go to the police and clear our name."
Of course, she was just trying to scare this nosy young man and would never dare to actually go to the police. Otherwise, even if he was fine, she and Gu Ci might be in trouble.
The young man originally just wanted his girlfriend to be more frugal, so he deliberately made indirect accusations in order to make an example of her.
Who could have thought that this female comrade was so eloquent? He really lost more than he gained. His originally pretty white face was now flushed red.
But of course he didn't want to apologize. As a grown man, why should he apologize to a woman?
As soon as Chu Hong saw his expression, she knew that he was trying to cheat. When she was about to convince him with reason, the waiter came over with a tray of steaming hot food: "Comrade, your food is ready."
Chu Hong looked at the fragrant braised hairtail and felt a little helpless. Eating so deliciously didn't it go against the character she had created?
"Thank you, comrade." Gu Ci was still quick-witted. He took the food and put it on the table, and said to Chu Hong gently, "Look at you. Your temper has changed since you were pregnant."
"Don't be angry, the doctor said your fetus is unstable and there are signs of miscarriage."
"Didn't you say before that you dreamed of eating chicken and hairtail?"
"Chicken is too expensive, we can't afford it, so why don't you eat more hairtail?"
Chu Hong took advantage of the situation and cooperated by picking up the bowl and chopsticks: "I haven't eaten hairtail fish for several years. I'm really greedy."
She felt that she was not lying because she had eaten salted hairtail before, but the hairtail here was fresh.
Transportation is inconvenient now, so I can’t find fresh hairtail in my hometown.
But even if it was for the sake of her own stomach, Chu Hong was thinking that in a few years, she would also get a transport truck to sell these seafood.
If we freeze them and sell them, business will definitely be good.
Those restaurants and eating places would actively seek out suppliers from me.
However, when I thought about the expensive price of the transport truck, I realized that I was still a poor man who could only buy two tires with all my family assets.
Gu Ci picked up a few pieces of hairtail for her, then turned to look at the sullen-looking man sitting next to him and said, "Comrade, why are you still staring at us? Don't you think that we peasants don't deserve to eat such delicious food?"
Chu Hong almost choked when she heard this.
She didn't know that Gu Ci, who was polite and even good-tempered, could speak so harshly.
And are you a country bumpkin?
Dear, have you forgotten that you were an educated youth sent to the countryside last year?
Is the sense of integration so strong?
The young man's face turned pale and he felt uneasy. Even if city people looked down on country people, this couldn't be shown openly, right?
Otherwise they would stick their necks out and shout: My ancestors for three generations were all poor peasants.
Even the joint defense team would have to think twice before taking action.
He was just an ordinary union official, and he had to take on the job of his mother to get in. If he made a big fuss, he would definitely be expelled. This time he was really scared: "Yes, I'm sorry, it's my fault."
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