After finally moving the package to the ox cart, Mo Yutong was so tired that he fanned himself with his hands.
Seeing that she was really tired, Yang Dashan helped her lift the package and put it on the cardboard box.
Seeing that some people had not returned yet, Mo Yutong decided to take the two children to a state-owned restaurant to eat something.
The state-owned restaurant is located on the upper half of the street, diagonally opposite the Maternal and Child Health Center. The red "State-owned Restaurant" sign on the door is bright and eye-catching, and on both sides of the door are posted big red words "Self-reliance and hard work".
"Sister, is this the state-owned restaurant?" Yan Mingxue asked timidly, staring at the open glass door and the customers eating inside.
It is almost noon, the peak dining time at the state-owned restaurant, and there are not many seats left.
"Well, what do you want to eat?" Mo Yutong looked around and took them to a seat against the wall.
Afraid they wouldn't know what the restaurant serves, he pointed to the small blackboard next to the cashier and said, "This blackboard lists today's offerings: rice, noodles, rice vermicelli, steamed buns, steamed buns, stir-fried shredded pork, braised pork slices, and vegetable soup."
"Sister, I just want a steamed bun." Yan Mingcheng doesn't know many words, but he knows most of the numbers.
Looking at the prices on the blackboard, steamed buns are the cheapest, only three cents.
Everything else was very expensive. He saw a piece of meat costing 42 cents, which was enough to buy many steamed buns.
"Sister, I just want a steamed bun." Her sister has already spent a lot of money today. She has to be sensible and not let her sister think that she is a naughty child.
Although a steamed bun would make her little tummy unhappy, she would drink lots of water to comfort it and make it sensible.
"Sister wants to eat meat buns. Let's eat meat buns, okay?" They are all sensible and good children. Mo Yutong doesn't want to let them down.
"Sister...Okay!" Yan Mingcheng placed his hands neatly on the table and nodded slightly.
"Just wait for me here!" Mo Yutong rubbed their little heads lovingly, then stood up and walked towards the checkout counter.
"Hello, comrade. Six buns and a bowl of vegetable soup." Mo Yutong was dressed in military casual clothes, and the girl behind the cashier was staring at him.
"Comrade!" Mo Yutong knocked on the cashier's table and reminded.
She wore this outfit today specifically so that the staff at department stores, post offices, state-owned restaurants, etc. would not look down on her.
After all, these days, military green is the most fashionable color, and not everyone can buy military uniforms.
"Sister, where did you buy this dress? Can you get me one too?" The girl's round face was full of envy.
Mo Yutong was slightly stunned. This person thought he was a middleman in the black market!
"I bought it at the Jingshi Department Store." This kind of thing must be clarified. She doesn't want to have anything to do with the black market.
"Beijing Department Store?" The round-faced girl gasped, then carefully recalled the tone of her voice, and her attitude immediately became much friendlier.
"Six steamed buns cost three taels of grain coupons and thirty cents, and thirty-three cents without coupons. A bowl of vegetable soup costs eight cents without coupons."
"Here, three taels of food coupons and forty cents." Mo Yutong took out a stack of banknotes from his bag, pulled out two national food coupons and two twenty-cent banknotes and placed them on the cashier's counter.
"Six buns and a serving of vegetable soup." The round-faced girl shouted towards the kitchen behind her. Then a middle-aged man's voice echoed from the serving window, "Six buns and a serving of vegetable soup."
"Comrade, the buns can be brought over now, but the vegetable soup will have to wait a while." The pretty girl from Beijing who came in military casual clothes, the round-faced girl instinctively softened her tone.
"Thank you, comrade." Mo Yutong took the change and put it into his bag, then picked up a plate of buns from the window and took three pairs of chopsticks from the table next to the cashier.
Walking to the dining table, Mo Yutong handed them the chopsticks and said, "Eat! There will be vegetable soup later."
"Sister, you are so nice!" Yan Mingcheng picked up the chopsticks and ate the first bun he could remember, feeling very happy.
At this moment, he finally understood why Erni always talked about her sister-in-law. It turned out that having a sister-in-law could bring such wonderful happiness.
"Sister, can I leave one for my brother?" Yan Mingxue swallowed the fragrant bun with a satisfied look on her face.
This is a bun. She wants to take it home to share with her elder brother so that he can also taste the flavor of the bun.
"Let's finish what's on the plate. I'll buy fresh ones for your brother later." Mo Yutong picked up a bun and took a light bite.
Not to mention, it tastes pretty good. Compared to the buns made decades later, the meat flavor is purer, fat but not greasy, lean but not dry, and the fragrance lingers on your teeth and cheeks after chewing.
"Sister, will you always like big brother?" Yan Mingxue's worry was obvious. She was afraid that one day her sister would meet someone better and would no longer want to like big brother.
A man like Nie Xiaofeng who has a bicycle and is well-read, or a man like those in the village who are of good background and good looks.
"Of course. In my heart, your elder brother is the best man in the world. No one can compare to him." Mo Yutong gave them a reassuring smile.
Her youth is her warm and beautiful moonlight, her sweet and happy icing, her sudden look back at the dimming lights, her hesitant words after the spring mountains have been fully gathered, and her...
"The vegetable soup is ready, vegetable soup." The round-faced girl shouted at the top of her lungs.
"I'll go get the soup. Eat slowly and be careful of the heat." Mo Yutong placed the remaining half of the bun on the edge of the plate, then stood up and walked towards the window.
A bowl of soup made with seasonal vegetables, not greasy or meaty, but with a light vegetable aroma.
Mo Yutong took a soup spoon and three small bowls and placed them on the table, then served a bowl of soup to each person.
After eating a big bun and drinking a bowl of vegetable soup, Mo Yutong couldn't eat anymore.
"Take your time eating. I'll go buy some buns for your eldest brother." Mo Yutong walked back to the cashier and said to the round-faced girl, "I'll buy ten more buns to take away."
After saying that, he took out half a pound of national food coupons and fifty-cent banknotes and placed them on the cashier's counter.
"Did you bring anything with you?" The round-faced girl took the money and looked at Mo Yutong's slightly dazed expression. She knew that she definitely didn't bring a cloth bag or basket.
"I have a basket here." The round-faced girl took out a wicker basket from under the cash register and whispered, "Fifty cents, do you want one?"
"Okay, thank you!" Mo Yutong instantly understood what the round-faced girl meant. This was a way of using the state-owned restaurant's reputation to speculate and profit!
"Keep it." Mo Yutong took out fifty cents from her bag and handed it to her.
The round-faced girl quickly put it in her pocket and pretended to be calm as she asked the young man in line behind Mo Yutong, "What do you want to eat?"
Mo Yutong picked up the wicker basket, took out several large oil-paper bags from her shoulder bag, packed the buns separately, and then put them into the wicker basket.
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