It’s good to have foreign exchange coupons. The waiter skipped the lobby downstairs and arranged Chen Xia and others in the private room upstairs.
Open the window and the West Lake is right before your eyes. The warm breeze makes the tourists intoxicated and everyone is in a good mood.
There are also dedicated waiters in the private rooms, providing one-on-one service. This is a common feature in hotels in later generations, but it is a privileged service in this era.
Not to mention ordinary hotels, even if it is a foreign-related hotel like Louwailou, you can try the lobby on the first floor.
They always have a serious face when serving dishes. Once the dishes are placed on the table, they are too lazy to tell you the names of the dishes, let alone introduce the characteristics of these dishes to you.
If you think the food is too bland or too salty, and you shout, "Call the manager over here," are you trying to act like a "God"?
Sorry, they won't pay any attention to you. It's considered polite if they roll their eyes at you instead of scolding you.
If you're not careful, the security guards will come over and ask, "Which unit are you from? Are you planning to cause trouble here? This is a foreign-related hotel. If foreign friends see you, do you still have any national dignity and character?"
Well, go cool off.
And there is one thing that ordinary people don’t know, that is, the chef of Louwailou has two sets of dishes.
A set of dishes is specially prepared to serve foreign guests or important guests. They are all made by master craftsmen. Their skills are truly amazing and the ingredients are very particular.
As for the chefs serving the lobby downstairs, many of them were hired as juniors and had only been trained for a few years. How could they be expected to cook anything delicious? I bet they wouldn't even be half as good as the chefs.
Later on, many people on TikTok also complained that the food at Louwailou was unpalatable.
There are actually some foods that are not bad, but you just can’t have them. Privilege is everywhere.
Chen Xia has been in this era for two years, and he still orders dishes according to the old rules: meat dishes first, such as West Lake vinegar fish, Longjing shrimp, beggar's chicken, Song Sao fish soup, Dongpo braised pork, abalone duck, and shrimp and eel back.
At the same time, he did not forget to ask: "Brother-in-law, do you have any other dishes you want to eat?"
Poor Zheng Haisheng, he had never even been to such a high-end restaurant in his life, let alone eaten there, so how could he possibly make any requests?
But an honest man is an honest man. He ignored Chen Chun's previous whispers and repeatedly stopped her: "Well, Chen Xia, that's enough. There are so many of us and we can't eat that much. We still need to be a little more frugal."
Chen Chun was completely speechless today. He pretended not to hear anything and asked Chen Dong about his academic performance.
Although Gu Lin was a little clumsy, she would still come to assist at the critical moment: "Brother-in-law, it's okay. Chen Xia always orders food like this. She's just worried that we won't have enough to eat."
Zheng Haisheng smiled awkwardly and swallowed his saliva. After all, he was still a young man. Who wouldn’t love delicious food?
Everyone enjoyed the meal very happily. Although Chen Chun told his younger brother not to call him brother-in-law, he felt very happy in his heart.
She had been worried before because people in Yuezhou are very conservative and rarely marry outside the province or marry a wife from outside the province.
What if her brother doesn’t allow her to find a “foreigner”, and the other party is a rural boy, what should she do then?
Even for the most rational person, when faced with the choice between love and family, it is an unsolvable problem.
Now, Chen Xia’s performance today was more perfect than she had imagined.
She had a feeling that Chen Xia had known Zheng Haisheng for a long time, otherwise how could she call out his name right away? She had never mentioned it at home.
But there were so many mysterious things about her brother that she didn't bother asking. A smart woman should be confused when she should be.
Of course, Gu Lin is really confused. She doesn't care about anything at home, and she is destined to be a young lady.
After a "family dinner", Chen Xia had a pretty good understanding of the personality and temper of his future brother-in-law. It turned out that he was just as he thought, a typical "honest man".
Moreover, when Chen Chun was with him, it was obvious that he doted on Chen Chun very much and let her make decisions on everything.
Being a henpecked child is a fine tradition, so Chen Xia can feel more at ease cooperating with him.
After dinner, Chen Xia led everyone along the Bai Causeway to slowly digest the food. When passing the Broken Bridge, he said mysteriously.
"Come on, today I'll take you to a place to get familiar with it. This will be our home in Lin'an from now on."
Gu Lin knew that Chen Xia had a house in Lin'an, but it was given to Brother Chen's family in Jiangzhou for temporary residence. Also, Chen Chun had a house, so did he have one somewhere else?
Even Chen Chun was surprised, "Second Brother, you bought another house in Lin'an without telling us?"
"Go away, stop saying that. I was planning to use this house as an investment, but now I have a good idea that can be used for this house. Let's go and take a look."
Zheng Haisheng was even more amazed. How rich was his future brother-in-law? How could buying a house be as easy as buying a book in a bookstore?
It is true that he is silly, but not a real fool. Of course he knows that if he marries Chen Chun, housing will definitely be a big problem in the future.
Although they were top students in school and were assigned jobs at the best hospital in the provincial capital, hospitals are very seniority-based, and it was unknown when it would be their turn to get housing.
Buy a house? These two words never appeared in his mind, or most workers have never thought about buying a house to live in.
I can't afford it.
There was welfare housing distribution in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, but the poor people born in the 1980s and 1990s did not catch up, and eventually they all became house slaves, and all the poetry and distant dreams became clouds.
Minglu Villa is right next to Beishan Road. It is just a few dozen meters away from Geling along a cement road.
When everyone stood in front of the villa door, they were all surprised.
Chen Dong suddenly shouted, "Wow, Lao Er, this iron gate is so big. Is this house really ours?"
Chen Xia patted his little brother's head and said, "Yes, this is the villa I bought. Let's go and take a look."
He hadn't been to Minglu for a long time since his separation from Xu Yuan, but he had asked Li Jun from the Real Estate Section of the Government Affairs Bureau to help with cleaning.
Chen Xia opened the iron gate, and a large garden appeared in front of everyone.
The garden is clean, with many flowers blooming in the flower beds and shaded by green trees. It is very quiet and beautiful.
The European-style villas with Republican-era characteristics are eye-catching.
Chen Chun, Gu Lin, Chen Qiu and Chen Dong all screamed, and then ran around in the garden, obviously very satisfied with the environment.
Gu Lin ran back and snuggled up to her husband. "Quick, give me the key so we can take a good look around the villa. By the way, is this villa called Minglu? I saw these two words engraved on the stone."
"Yes, this is Minglu..."
Chen Xia looked at this villa that was both familiar and unfamiliar, and had an indescribable feeling in his heart.
The ancients have gone away on the yellow crane, leaving only the Yellow Crane Tower. The yellow crane has gone, never to return, and the white clouds have drifted in the sky for a thousand years.
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