Chapter 73 Chapter 73 Wife, I miss you.
Liang Xin picked up a knife and cut the sandwich in the middle, turning one piece into two pieces. She gave them to Li Jiankang and Director Zhou to taste.
“This is better than what I had at the International Hotel before!”
Li Jiankang bit into a sandwich and said, "If the contents are similar, the only difference is the bread. Liang Xin, Chong Feng is lucky to marry you!"
Looking at the three people in front of them wolfing down the food, Xia Xia and Wang Yun, who were making the milk toast, felt their hands tremble even more, but it was no longer out of nervousness, but excitement and delight.
Liang Xin looked at the dishes on the table and said, "The food is still hot, you guys eat first."
When the last bean paste bread came out of the oven, Liang Xin took it out of the oven, because Han Caixia and the other girl were so nervous that they forgot to bring gloves and almost put their bare hands into the 200-degree oven.
Red bean paste bread is Liang Xin’s favorite bread. The red bean paste buns, red bean paste bread, red bean paste cakes and red bean popsicles on the market all have a rough texture of the red bean paste.
Therefore, after making the sweet bread, she immediately started making this red bean paste bread, which is now the signature of the bakery.
"Why does this red bean paste taste like ice cream!"
Secretary Wang looked at the half-bitten bread with a look of amazement, "It feels even smoother and softer than ice cream!"
“Eat it with bread, it tastes better than a sandwich!”
Li Jiankang looked at the soft white bread with red bean paste, and thought of the key point that was severely criticized by the important leader, "And it doesn't fall apart! I think this bread won't fall apart even if it is left for another three days. As soon as it comes out of the oven, you can tell that it is different from the bread on our factory production line. Liang Xin, you didn't embarrass me!"
Liang Xin reminded: "The shelf life is three days, and the best taste is also three days. It's best not to eat it after three days, as it will go bad."
“Isn’t this bread cheap?”
Director Zhou of the Supply and Marketing Department bit into a piece of bread and said, "I heard that the most expensive coconut bread in the pastry room of the Shanghai Hotel costs fifty cents each. It's already a great thing for an ordinary family to buy one a day. Besides, it's so delicious, how can it be kept for three days?"
The endless praise from the three leaders of the aviation food factory made the other four people in the bakery, who had been tense for a long time, relax.
Director Li said Liang Xin did not embarrass him.
They didn't bring shame to Liang Xin or hold the bakery back!
"Toast was developed by the training class specifically for airline meals. It has never been sold in bakeries before. The price of red bean paste bread in the division is 30 cents each. The butter buns are the smallest, usually sold in batches of two, which is 30 cents. The food coupons are basically the same as those for steamed buns."
Liang Xin understood what Director Zhou meant and said slowly, "Just follow what I mentioned to Brother Jiankang before and supply it to Aviation Food Factory No. 1 at a 40% discount on the ex-factory price. We are all in the same industry, and Director Zhou knows best whether there is any profit in this price."
Director Zhou immediately smiled and said, "There's only a little bit of labor fee left in this price. But Comrade Liang Xin, you guys worked so hard, but you're still offering us this price. There should be other conditions, right?"
"We just hope that the packaging bags of the food delivered to customers will be supplied by our factory and will not be replaced."
Liang Xin said, "In addition, if your factory accepts an interview, I hope you can also mention that our Liangxin Bakery is the bread supplier for civil aviation. If we promote our company, we will also highlight civil aviation. We can promote each other. I wonder if this counts as a condition."
"What kind of conditions are these?"
Li Jiankang said, "This is the truth. Civil aviation has just been handed over from the military to various local governments. I told you before that various local governments are trying to come up with various lobster and steak feasts to compete for customers. Your bakery has become more famous, which is a win-win situation for us, Aviation Food Factory 1."
Director Zhou nodded. "I can foresee that once the Conscience Bakery opens, these breads will definitely be very popular. I'm afraid that by then, we will not be the only food factory looking for cooperation with you."
Liang Xin smiled and said, "Brother Jiankang is here. As long as you don't look down on us, we will always put Aviation Food Factory No. 1 first."
Li Jiankang burst into laughter, his face flushed.
Director Zhou no longer had any opinions or concerns.
The two looked at Secretary Wang, only to find that Secretary Wang had taken a plastic bag from somewhere and was putting bread into it one by one.
Director Zhou's mouth twitched twice, "Secretary Wang, don't you have any opinions to say?"
"I've traveled a lot and have flown planes from other countries before."
Secretary Wang picked up the butter bun and originally put it in a plastic bag. However, the small butter bun was so golden, crispy, and small that it was too tempting. He put it into his mouth again. "After eating this first bread, I knew it must be from Conscience Bakery. This is not just at the same level as international airline meals, but it exceeds the level of international airline meals!"
Li Jiankang felt very proud. "Okay, let's do this today. We'll observe the follow-up situation of the bread in the next two days. Once there are no problems, we'll sign the contract and get back on track."
After the three of them left, the four people who had been enduring for a long time finally cheered.
Liang Xin looked at the smiling faces of the four people and said, "You see, there is no pressure at all. Just perform at your normal level and things will be very simple."
Xia Xia held onto the corner of the table and sat down. "In the past, I was afraid that I wouldn't even be able to say a word in such a situation, and how could I win the cooperation? Liang Xin, after meeting you, I finally understand life."
Wang Yun nodded, "I feel the same way. I feel like I've been reborn!"
Two days later, the bread had no problems with taste quality, except that it was not as crispy as when it was freshly baked.
The crispiness problem can be solved by re-baking it in the oven on the plane to achieve a crispy texture.
According to Secretary Wang, even if it is not crispy, the softened skin has another excellent flavor and taste.
Director Zhou of the Supply and Marketing Department signed the first order with Conscience Bakery.
From now on, Liangxin Bakery needs to supply 600 butter buns, 600 red bean paste breads and 320 milk toasts to Aviation Food Factory No. 1 every day.
"With this calculation, we can make money every day..."
Xia Xia went to the University of Electrical Engineering to work as an accountant. She pressed the calculator and said, "Two hundred and twenty-seven and twenty-seven yuan! Minus the wages of our five people, five yuan, the rent of the storefront, five yuan, and the staff housing, one yuan and thirty-three cents, we can still make more than two hundred yuan a day!"
Liang Xin reminded, "Electricity bills are not calculated, and taxes are not calculated either."
"Our taxes are not as high as those in other places. We are a factory for military logistics and dependents. The military is now supporting our production and operations, so we have tax reductions and exemptions, and our electricity bills are even lower."
Xia Xia was very excited. "We have so many orders from the aviation food factory alone. Once the bakery opens, we will make a lot of money!"
"It seems that you can indeed earn enough money to finance the production line of the instant noodle factory you want to introduce."
Lu Chongfeng's voice suddenly came from the door.
Liang Xin turned around in surprise.
Lu Chongfeng stood at the door of the bakery carrying a military backpack. He had broad shoulders and a narrow waist, and wore black military boots on his straight long legs.
The spring breeze blew his black hair, revealing his narrow and smiling eyes. In his hand was a bunch of yellow and white daisies wrapped in newspaper, which made his green military uniform look particularly fresh and bright.
Liang Xin was stunned for a long time before she came to her senses.
"Captain Lu?"
Xia Xia was surprised and asked, "Why did you come to Beijing suddenly?"
Lu Chongfeng put down his backpack, walked to Liang Xin, and held up the daisy. "I just picked it from the wild. I think it looks surprisingly good on the newspaper. What do you think?"
Liang Xin's cheeks were hot. He was clearly a fresh and elegant little daisy, but she felt as if she saw him as a fiery red rose. Her palms began to sweat when she got closer to him.
Liang Xin slowly raised her hand to take a bunch of daisies. Lu Chongfeng opened the pocket of his military uniform, took out a piece of chocolate wrapped in English and handed it to her.
"What is this?"
"The foreign instructor at the military academy gave me chocolate. I tried a small piece and it was delicious. I shamelessly asked for another bite and brought it to you."
Liang Xin looked back at the employees gathered in front of the counter and found that they all had ambiguous smiles on their faces. She turned around to take the chocolate and pulled Lu Chongfeng to the kitchen. "Why are you here?"
"When we first got married, wasn't I always rebelling against the military academy system, scolding the military academy teachers for being unqualified every day?"
Lu Chongfeng followed Liang Xin into the kitchen and sat down. "After the restoration of the policy of sending students abroad, the country has been continuously exchanging students with other countries in the past few years. Starting in April, the military academy also organized a group of people to visit several French military academies, and I was among them."
Liang Xin was stunned again and looked at the military backpack on the stool. "You mean, you are going to France?"
Lu Chongfeng secretly put Liang Xin's hand in his palm and rubbed it a few times.
"I'm asking you a question."
"Yes." Lu Chongfeng repeated patiently: "I am among them too."
Liang Xin said, "Oh," and asked, "How long will it take?"
"Half a month."
Lu Chongfeng took Liang Xin's hand, and with a little force, pulled her to sit on his lap and hugged her tightly, "How is it here?"
Liang Xin held up his head and stood up from him. "Did you bring enough money? Towel, toothbrush, bath towel..."
"Yes."
Not allowed to hold her, Lu Chongfeng could only watch. He observed Liang Xin, "Have you lost weight? Are you not used to Beijing food?"
"They're all Chinese food, nothing is hard to get used to."
Liang Xin took off her white coat and hat. "This is gradually getting on track. The main purpose is to let the four of them get used to it. Can I leave and go out for dinner?"
"have eaten."
Lu Chongfeng finished speaking subconsciously, and immediately added: "I ate at the military academy. I haven't checked into the guesthouse yet, so I came to see you first."
"Didn't I write to tell you that I'm staying here with Sister Xia Xia for the time being?"
Liang Xin wanted to help him carry his backpack, but it didn't move at all. "Let's go to the guesthouse first."
The backpack that she couldn't lift felt like cotton in Lu Chongfeng's hands.
We walked quickly all the way to the military district guesthouse where the French Military Academy visiting delegation was staying.
After completing the registration and entering the room, Lu Chongfeng threw his backpack to the ground, picked up Liang Xin and pressed her on the bed.
"I haven't showered yet!"
"I didn't wash it either."
"I'm talking about you."
"I didn't mean to do anything, just a hug."
"...Where are you reaching your hands?"
"Just hug without clothes between us."
“.......”
Lu Chongfeng took a pillow and placed it behind Liang Xin's head. Looking at her lying on the pillow with her messy black hair and her rosy face, he couldn't help but lower his head and kiss her.
"Don't rub it."
“A natural reaction.”
Liang Xin turned over and pushed him.
Lu Chongfeng fell on the bed, propped up his head with one hand, and looked at Liang Xin in his arms, "Brother Jiankang called me a few days ago and praised you to the sky. Is the cooperation going smoothly?"
Liang Xin touched his stubble, which was obviously freshly shaved, and asked, "Did you shave it right after getting off the train?"
"I'm going to meet my wife, so I have to look good before I come to see you." Lu Chongfeng rubbed Liang Xin's hand with his chin, "Can I not go back to stay tonight?"
Liang Xin groaned, took out the chocolate he brought for her from her pocket, peeled off the wrapper, and bit into a piece of dark chocolate. "It's so bitter, how can it be delicious?"
"Not delicious? Why do I think it tastes so good?"
Lu Chongfeng took a bite of the chocolate in Liang Xin's hand and tasted it twice. "It tastes the same, very delicious!"
Liang Xin remembered that he didn't like sweet things, "This is pure chocolate. If you like it, I'll save it for you."
Lu Chongfeng held Liang Xin's face, leaned over and kissed her mouth, prying open her lips and teeth.
Taste it a few minutes later.
Lu Chongfeng slightly separated them and said, "It really tastes better."
Just as Liang Xin was about to speak, Lu Chongfeng gently rubbed her cheek with the tip of his nose and whispered, "Wife, I miss you."
Liang Xin hugged his neck and buried her head in his chest.
"Then I'll go back and continue to be a salted fish."
"Salted fish? What does salted fish mean?"
“It’s just the salted fish hanging on the wall.”
“What happened to the salted fish hanging on the wall?”
"Lie down and soak up the sun."
"Isn't the salted fish hanging? Where is it lying?"
"..Are you sleepy? Go to sleep now."
Lu Chongfeng was not sleepy at all, but Liang Xin covered his eyes and threw him on the bed, forcing him to sleep.
Lu Chongfeng took the opportunity to hold Liang Xin in his arms, "I haven't taken a shower yet, and neither have you. Didn't you say that you can only go to bed after taking a shower?"
Before Liang Xin could react, Lu Chongfeng held her in his arms. Without the support of his arms, he stood up from the bed as soon as his waist was tightened and strode towards the bathroom.
It was already afternoon when the two came out of the bathroom.
Liang Xin's hair was all wet. It was soaked as soon as she entered the bathroom, but it was a long time before her braids were untied and cleaned with the shampoo she brought from home.
Lu Chongfeng opened the drawer of the guesthouse, found the hair dryer, picked up the tired and lazy Liang Xin, laid her down on the bed, and helped her blow dry her wet black hair.
Liang Xin fell asleep unknowingly due to the warm wind and the gentle caress of big hands on her scalp.
I regained consciousness and heard a familiar breathing sound by my ears.
Liang Xin opened her eyes and thought she would see long eyelashes tightly closed due to deep sleep, but she saw Lu Chongfeng looking at her with his dark eyes wide open.
The dark eyes noticed that she woke up and immediately added a smile.
"Are you hungry?" Lu Chongfeng got out of bed and went to the desk to get a plate. "I asked the hostel's kitchen to cook a bowl of beef noodles. It tasted okay, but I didn't let them cook noodles because I was afraid you would sleep late. I made a portion of braised beef, steamed egg with meat patties, and stir-fried seasonal vegetables. It's still hot. Do you want to eat now?"
Liang Xin lay on the bed and drank water. "When are you leaving? We can go eat some old Beijing specialties. Now some time-honored restaurants are opening one after another."
"You want to go out for dinner?"
Lu Chongfeng looked at Liang Xin, "Can you walk for that long?"
Liang Xin: “….”
"You're so considerate. I told you that I hadn't done it for a long time and asked you to stop, but you didn't."
Lu Chongfeng quickly put the plate on the coffee table, walked over and hugged Liang Xin, who spoke with a hint of resentment, "This is not something that can be stopped just by saying so."
"I'm taking the college entrance exam. Can't you just stop it and not do it if you want?"
"......How come you have such a good memory? You are worthy of being the top scholar!"
Liang Xin glanced at him sideways while holding the cup, "You haven't said when you're leaving."
"tomorrow."
“…So fast.”
Liang Xin suddenly felt a little reluctant, and after thinking for a while, she said, "Half a month, then I can wait for you to come back and go back to Jiangjing together."
Lu Chongfeng subconsciously turned around and wanted to help Liang Xin get clothes to wear, but when he saw the wet underwear on the bathroom floor, his body froze.
Liang Xin looked at him, then looked in the direction he was looking, and the corners of her mouth froze.
As soon as they entered the bathroom, her coat and pants were taken off and thrown outside the door. Her cotton shirt, pants and underwear were all soaked by the shower and stuck to her body for a long time before being rolled into a towel and piled in the corner of the shower room.
At first, he put the underwear on, first with his fingers, and finally he directly pushed aside a corner of the edge...
"Shall I buy it for you?"
Lu Chongfeng said in a flattering tone, lying on Liang Xin's quilt, "Or you can tell me which is your cabinet and where the clothes are, and I will get them."
Liang Xin placed the cup of water on the bedside table and pointed at the military backpack, "Give me your clothes."
"mine?"
Lu Chongfeng looked at the green boxer briefs clinging to Liang Xin's pure and flawless beautiful curves, and his Adam's apple kept rolling.
Then, his white shirt covered Liang Xin's upper body. Without the white vest she usually wore, her cherry was faintly visible under the shirt...
Lu Chongfeng turned around, faced the window, and adjusted his heavy breathing.
"Will this work?"
His voice was as hoarse as the coarse bean paste that Liang Xin didn't like to eat. Liang Xin looked up at him and noticed his changes. "...Or are you not going out?"
Lu Chongfeng turned around with surprise in his eyes and met Liang Xin's narrowed eyes. He paused for a moment, picked up the cotton-padded jacket on the single sofa, and walked over. "Put on the sweater and cotton-padded jacket, it shouldn't be noticeable."
In the guesthouse, Lu Chongfeng washed Liang Xin's clothes and hung them on the balcony to dry.
There are many family members visiting their relatives staying in the guesthouse. It is much better to put the clothes on the balcony to dry instead of drying them in the courtyard. It is obvious what the two people did at a glance.
The two returned to the courtyard, and Liang Xin went home to change into her own clothes.
Found a time-honored copper pot mutton hotpot restaurant.
Liang Xin scooped out a piece of fat and tender lamb roll from the pot with chopsticks, dipped it into the sesame sauce dish, and stuffed it into her mouth after coating the lamb with sesame sauce. Her mouth was full of mellow fragrance, and her taste buds on the tip of her tongue immediately enjoyed a great sense of satisfaction!
Lu Chongfeng looked at Liang Xin's face, which was confused by the fragrance, and handed the sesame pancake to her, "Smell it again."
Liang Xin took a bite of the pancake. It was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The aroma of the mutton sesame sauce layered together made her breathe a sigh of relief unconsciously. "Life like this is still enjoyable."
Lu Chongfeng picked up a few slices of blanched mutton and put them in Liang Xin's sauce dish. "The bakery has become so successful, which is beyond many people's imagination. You have learned knowledge and seen a better world in college. If you still feel that you prefer to eat and drink in the 11th Division and go to the bakery every day to do something you like, then come back."
"If I wasn't so tired today, this mutton might not taste so delicious."
Liang Xin continued to stuff a mouthful of mutton into her mouth, chewing and swallowing it, "My bakery plan has unexpectedly gained a lot of martyrs' relatives because of Yu Honghong. However, even so, I probably won't work for too long. I plan to... retire at the age of 40 and enjoy life."
"In another thirteen years?"
Lu Chongfeng calculated the time and said, "That's about 1995."
Liang Xin nodded and said, "Before you retire, save some money for retirement so that you don't have to rely on your retirement salary for everything."
Lu Chongfeng was surprised, "Are you worried that my retirement salary won't be enough for you?"
"Times are changing." Liang Xin said, "In a few years, military salaries will no longer be a figure that everyone envies."
Lu Chongfeng frowned but said nothing.
Lu Chongfeng boarded a plane to France and saw the options of bean paste bread, butter buns and sandwiches on the airline menu.
He ordered a butter roll set for breakfast. The flight attendant came over and asked if it needed to be heated up. After Lu Chongfeng expressed his need, the instructor next to him chose a red bean paste bread that did not need to be heated up.
The butter buns were served with the coffee and omelette, without the wrapper.
Next door is the red bean paste bread that does not need to be heated. The words "Conscientious Bakery" are written on the wax paper packaging.
Lu Chongfeng finished a butter bun in one bite, and proudly introduced it to the other comrades in the visiting group around him, saying that the bread they couldn't stop eating was all made by his family!
When Lu Chongfeng arrived at the Saint-Cyr Army Officers School for a visit, major newspapers first reported that entrepreneurs from other countries visited China and praised the Civil Aviation Bakery.
Li Jiankang, director of the Civil Aviation Food Factory No. 1, was interviewed and talked about the process of finding high-quality bread. He mentioned the water-saving hero Comrade Liang Xin, who came to the rescue at a critical moment and solved the urgent need for bread in the Civil Aviation Department in a timely manner. Finally, he emphasized that Comrade Liang Xin was about to open branches of the Liangxin Bakery in Beijing and Jiangjing.
The stage shows, comic books, and movies about the water-saving hero had already been known to the people three years ago. Everyone had also seen the subsequent reports about the hero refusing to work in the pharmaceutical factory and going to the bakery to make snacks.
Comrade Liang Xin, who was very well-liked by the majority of the people, actually put bread and snacks on the plane, which was praised by foreigners and the comrades immediately felt proud of it.
Just as they were asking each other where the conscientious bakery was, news appeared in major newspapers about the opening of a conscientious bakery that specialized in supplying airplane bread.
The report also contained a very novel voucher for airplane bread, with the address of the bakery written on the back of the voucher.
At this time, the trend of going abroad swept across China. Intellectuals and celebrities were crazy about it and wanted to go abroad to the point of being pathological. They would not miss any reports about foreign countries in the newspaper every day.
On the opening day, even though Xia Xia and the other three had gained some confidence after reading the reports, they were still very nervous. They prepared large quantities of bread, and were afraid that they would not be able to sell them all, and thus end up losing money on the opening day.
However, they did not expect that at five in the morning, just after they had kneaded the dough, two long queues formed outside the bakery.
One row is made up of brightly dressed young people such as celebrities, intellectuals and people from the foreign affairs departments; the other row is made up of elderly people who hold their grandchildren's hands, carrying copper pots and enamel basins and waiting in front of bean juice shops, grain stores and restaurants every day.
The four of them were immediately excited, but having experienced the critical moment of winning the order from the aviation food factory and being forced by Liang Xin to work on the products, the four of them would no longer be so nervous as to forget to wear gloves when carrying the oven.
Calm down and make bread in an orderly manner.
The bread came out of the oven and was placed on the glass counter.
Liang Xin opened the door and the crowd rushed in, waving newspapers and cut-out coupons in their hands.
The first person to squeeze in was a face that occasionally appeared on the inside pages of movie magazines. She handed a food coupon and a dime coupon to Liang Xin, saying, "Comrade Liang Xin, I want a type of bean paste bread that's on the plane. Can I just pay another 20 cents for it?"
Liang Xin picked up a red bean paste bread, "Yes, but there are three kinds of bread on the plane. The butter buns have been well received by foreign comrades. There are two triangle buns. If you add milk toast, you can get another dime off, which is one dollar in total. This is the preferential price of the airplane meal. You can also keep the receipt. At the end of the year, you can go to any conscientious bakery with the receipt to exchange for 5% of the total amount of the receipt for free products..."
The crazy female star took out a one-yuan note and some food coupons and said, "Then give me an airplane meal!"
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