Chapter 76 The hotel helps with the appraisal
Lin Sanxin is not a fool, so he naturally realized that Brother Cheng was probably from all walks of life, but he could not deny that these people were all talented.
"Brother Cheng, this is the food coupon I need, please take a look."
Cheng took it and rubbed the food coupons in his hand. After a while, he had a clear idea in his mind, but he still taught:
"Little brother, I have another idea. There are a lot of genuine food stamps from decades ago in the collector's market now. If you really need them, I can buy you a batch. As long as you don't want a collector's edition, the price is very low."
Lin Sanqi was overjoyed when he heard this, and wondered why he hadn't thought of this. Who would use fake food coupons when they have real ones?
"Okay, then please help me buy some food coupons."
“It’s a small matter, leave it to me.
The next day, Lin Sanqi got the food coupons. Although they were all used old food coupons, they just met his requirements.
"These 5,000 yuan are well spent," Lin Sanqi said secretly.
Lin Sanqi spent 5,000 yuan to buy food coupons. It is not known whether it was a friendly price, but in return he got various food coupons with a face value of 20,000 kilograms.
Among them, 17,000 jin are national food coupons, and 3,000 jin are local food coupons for the capital, with denominations ranging from 5 jin, 3 jin, 2 jin, 1 jin, half a jin, 2 liang, and 1 liang.
Lin Sanqi had heard that Shanghai had issued "half-liang" food coupons in the past, but he seemed to have never seen them in Beijing. Perhaps people in the north and south have different appetites.
After getting the food coupons, Lin Sanqi hurried back to 1959.
The two children have finished their cakes and are playing house together.
Lin Sanqi took a look and thought there was no problem, so he hurried to the Red Star Hotel at the entrance of the alley.
He had to find someone to verify it. The best way was to find a professional cashier. They often dealt with food stamps and could tell the real from the fake at a glance.
Anyway, Lin Sanqi didn't know whether it was real or not. He only knew that he paid money and bought food coupons. He still had to find someone to authenticate it. It would be troublesome if Brother Cheng gave him fake food coupons.
Red Star Hotel.
At this time, Master Zhao was cleaning while humming a tune.
Since 1959, with the reduction in the supply of grain, meat and vegetables, the restaurant could no longer operate normally.
As the saying goes, a good cook cannot cook without rice, and a chef is also at a loss without ingredients.
But fortunately, these days everyone eats from the same pot, and no matter how much you work, you get paid the same amount. Even if there is no customer, you will still get the same salary at the end of the month.
Otherwise, if the news of the Red Star Hotel closing starts to spread next month, all the waiters and chefs will be unemployed in the future. As for now, it’s so relaxing to hum a little tune and drink a cup of tea.
Lin Sanqi saw that the restaurant doors were closed in the afternoon, so he quickly knocked on the door and went in.
As soon as I walked in, I saw several waiters and chefs in white work clothes, sweeping the floor and wiping the tables in the hot weather. It can be said that people these days have a very high level of ideological awareness.
"Oh, isn't this Comrade Lin? You're a little early for breakfast today."
Hehehe~~~
Following Chef Zhao's joke, everyone in the room laughed. They were deeply impressed by the young man who put sugar in tofu pudding.
Lin Sanqi also smiled: "If I can't have breakfast, can't I just sit and wait for dinner? Good wine and good food, I don't lack food coupons."
Chef Zhao spread his hands:
"You have food coupons, but we don't have any food. Look, our kitchen is so empty that a mouse could run in it. If you don't mind, I can boil a pot of hot water for you so you can have enough water to fill your stomach."
The others laughed again.
The Red Star Hotel used to provide three meals a day, but now it has cancelled dinner. In a few days, it will also cancel breakfast, and when it also cancels lunch, it will be closed down.
Lin Sanqi thought, it seems that food supply is becoming more and more difficult, and it seems that his "golden finger" is becoming more and more valuable, which is definitely a good thing.
(Slap myself, I am becoming more and more like an evil capitalist)
"I'm not here to get some water. I came here to ask Master Zhao for a favor."
The staff of the Red Star Hotel were bored, and when they heard the gossip, they all stopped what they were doing and prepared to take a look at the excitement.
"What do you mean by help or not? Just tell me if you have anything to say."
"Master Zhao, you see, a relative of mine once owed us a lot of money and grain, and we finally got it back this time. But this relative was also a low-class person back then, and we're worried about getting fake grain coupons, so we'd like you to help identify them."
After saying that, Lin Sanqi put all the food coupons in his pocket, which totaled two or three hundred yuan, on the table. There were several of each type of food coupons.
Asking the hotel staff to identify the food coupons is called professional matching.
Master Zhao did not suspect anything. In his mind, those who could mix tofu pudding with sugar these days must be from the courtyard. It was normal for children from the courtyard to have hundreds of kilograms of food coupons.
After all, their father or grandfather has climbed a snow-capped mountain.
So he picked up the food coupons nonchalantly and checked them one by one. Because he was asked to do this, Master Zhao looked at them very carefully and felt the quality of the paper from time to time.
Lin Sanqi's heart beat faster and he felt a little guilty when he saw this.
After about ten minutes, Master Zhao finished checking all the food coupons and said to the other staff members nearby:
"Come on, everyone, help check these food stamps. There are editions from 1955, 1956, and 1957. Each one has differences in printing and layout. We deal with food stamps every day, so today is a business learning experience."
The restaurant also has apprentices. Although it is small, it has all the necessary facilities.
When the others heard this, they had nothing to do anyway, and since Master Zhao, the person in charge of the restaurant, had said so, they all took out their food coupons and started buying.
Lin Sanqi thought: If it’s true or not, please tell me quickly. I’m really anxious.
After the hotel staff had been busy for a long time, Master Zhao finally spoke slowly:
"Okay, now let's test everyone. Please raise your hands if you think these are real food coupons."
There were 15 people, and 14 of them raised their hands.
"Xiao Wang, you're the only one who didn't raise your hand out of all the people. Why do you think it's fake?"
Lin Sanqi's ears perked up. Could it be that he had encountered the "Sweeping Monk" again? A young man had seen through his flaws?
The man named Xiao Wang blushed. "I, I don't know. I've never seen so many food coupons before. I don't dare pretend to know something I'm not sure about..."
Hi, it turned out that he met a cautious ghost, which scared Lin Sanqi a lot.
Master Zhao personally collected the food coupons, secretly counted the amount, and then placed them on the table:
"Comrade Lin, these food coupons are real, don't worry."
Today, the author took the initiative to make major revisions to these two chapters. I don't know if I will be locked up in the small black room. I'm afraid.
(End of this chapter)
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