Ke Town is the central town in the western part of Yuezhou.
For farmers of this era, going to Ke Town is like going to a big city.
Going to Yuezhou city was as rare as going to the United States in later generations; if you went to Shanghai or the capital, it was a wonderful thing that you couldn't even imagine.
Kezhen is also a typical Jiangnan water town. The layout of the entire street market is similar to the later well-known Wuzhen and Xitang:
There is a river in the middle and shops on both sides. Of course, this is an old street, and all the houses are old and made of wood.
On the north and south sides of the old street, there are cinemas, supply and marketing cooperatives, town government, health centers, guesthouses, etc. The exterior walls of these buildings are all gray-white cement, which is very uniform and monotonous.
Chen Yigen and Chen Guoqing are village cadres, and their daily living radius is limited to Xipu Commune. They rarely have the opportunity to come to Ke Town, so they are fascinated by everything in Ke Town.
The happiest ones are Chen Qiu and Chen Dong.
The two had been studying in the countryside. Although Chen's father would occasionally bring them to Ke Town, they only had the opportunity during the Chinese New Year. Therefore, they were very curious about the "big city" in their minds, Ke Town.
Chen Xia's mentality is more like that of a tourist. How could someone who has experienced the information explosion of later generations be interested in this "big city"?
To use a metaphor commonly used by later generations, one can walk from the south of the town to the north in the time it takes to smoke a cigarette. How big can this "big city" be?
What Chen Xia is more concerned about is that some farmers selling vegetables and eggs have appeared on both sides of the river. Perhaps these farmers cannot be considered vendors in the true sense.
However, as long as this door is opened, there will be more and more goods on the market, and the whole society will only become more and more prosperous.
Everything is moving in a better and better direction. Even if there are twists and turns in the middle, no one can stop the general trend.
The only hotel in Ke Town is the "Ke Town Guesthouse" located in the north of the town.
There is accommodation upstairs and a restaurant on the first floor. All the tables are octagonal tables and the stools are long two-seater benches.
Arriving at the door of the guesthouse, Chen Yigen and Chen Guoqing felt a little guilty.
"Hey, well, why don't we go buy some steamed buns? It costs a lot of money and food coupons to eat out, so we can save a little bit."
Chen Xia held one of them in each hand and said, "Let's go. Let's drink today and worry about tomorrow. Fourth Grandpa and Uncle Guoqing have been taking care of us. Let me, as a younger generation, show my filial piety."
Chen Qiu and Chen Dong nodded vigorously beside them.
When we walked into the restaurant, there was no one to greet us at the door. After the five of us sat down, we waited for a long time but no waiter came to bring the menu.
Chen Xia was a little dissatisfied, and Chen Guoqing quickly whispered:
"Second brother, you have to go to the counter over there to order, and then go to the window to get the food yourself."
Well, waiters these days are really arrogant. They would rather sit on the side and eat melon seeds and chat than stand up to ask customers what service they need.
Chen Xia stood up, walked to the cashier counter, and looked up at the menu hanging above.
"Comrade, give me a plate of braised pork."
Chen Yigen and Chen Guoqing swallowed their saliva and said, this is possible.
"And the braised pork with mustard greens."
Chen Yigen and Chen Guoqing are ready to loosen their belts as they haven't had two bowls of meat in years.
"And some sweet and sour pork ribs."
Chen Yigen and Chen Guoqing felt something was wrong. Ordering so much meat, is this guy not going to live?
"Hey, what kind of fish? Oh, braised crucian carp. Okay, one..."
Chen Yigen and Chen Guoqing almost fell to the ground. What a spendthrift! Rural people have never eaten so much meat and fish during the Chinese New Year, and he ordered 4 meat dishes as soon as he came?
The hotel record staff also looked at the young man in front of them as if he were an alien, thinking that even if a high-ranking official came, he would not dare to order so many meat dishes.
My goodness, is this guy rich or sick?
Chen Xia ignored the strange looks from others and started ordering from the menu again.
"Hey, you have Shaoxing Sanxian here, meatballs and fishballs. This is great, I want a bowl too."
In fact, when Chen Xia was ordering food, he had forgotten what era he was in and thought he was still going out to eat and drink with friends in 2020.
Chinese people have a habit of preferring to order a few more dishes and have them go to waste rather than run out of food halfway through a meal. That would be absolutely embarrassing.
So Chen Xia ordered the meat dishes on the menu one by one. At this time, Chen Yigen and Chen Guoqing could no longer sit still.
The two men stood up, one on each side, holding Chen Xia, and cursed in a low voice: "You little bastard, are you crazy? Are you going to live in the future? You ordered so much meat, you are going to be crazy!"
Chen Xia felt puzzled:
"No, there are five of us, and I only ordered five dishes. Can you order a few more? How can we have less than 10 dishes?"
Chen Yigen felt his blood pressure rising, and he took off his shoes and hit Chen Xia on the butt:
"What a sin! How could our Chen family produce a prodigal son like you? Five meat dishes weren't enough, but you ordered ten. Even your great-grandfather didn't eat so much meat back then."
Chen Yigen was beating someone up, Chen Xia was on the run, Chen Guoqing was trying to stop the fight, Chen Qiu was shouting "Stop, stop!", and Chen Dong was clapping his hands to show how happy he was.
For a moment, the restaurant was in chaos.
The people eating next to them looked like they were watching a peep show, and people passing by outside were still wondering what was going on.
The answer was that a country farmer ordered five meat dishes at once and was planning to have ten dishes before starting the meal.
So the biggest street news of the day in Ke Town was born. How many years had it been since liberation when such a prodigal son had been seen?
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