Just thinking about that scene made Ji Wanmei feel a little sour.
After finishing the meal, Officer Li called the waiter to settle the bill.
When Ji Wanmei heard the waiter say that the total bill was a little over twenty yuan, she couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
Luo Chunyan covered her mouth, almost letting out a cry of surprise.
My goodness, this is way too expensive!
Twenty or thirty years from now, people may not have any concept of what a meal costing twenty yuan is.
But times have changed, and prices have changed.
Over the past thirty years, prices have increased by almost a hundredfold.
Twenty yuan today is roughly equivalent to two thousand yuan thirty years from now.
After paying the bill, Officer Li carefully put the receipt from the waiter into his wallet before saying to Ji Wanmei, "Miss Ji, can we go back to the guesthouse to rest now?"
"Mm." Ji Wanmei picked up her bag and stood up.
Back at the guesthouse, Ji Wanmei and Luo Chunyan shared a room.
Just as Ji Wanmei put her bag on the coat rack, she heard Luo Chunyan complaining, "That Li clerk is too extravagant. Although the factory reimburses all the food, clothing, and lodging expenses when he goes on official business, it's still public money. How come he can order whatever he wants to eat?"
Ji Wanmei smiled and said, "Weren't you eating quite enthusiastically just now?"
Luo Chunyan rubbed her stomach and said, "I was afraid of wasting food. The dishes you ordered were enough. But he insisted on ordering one more. And he specifically ordered the most expensive one, just because he knew he could get reimbursed!"
Ji Wanmei shook her head and sighed, "Chunyan, you're still too naive."
"Officer Li did this specifically for me."
She said calmly, "Besides, how do you know that when we're not around, Director Li won't order more or more expensive food by himself? It's normal to treat people to meals when you're on a business trip. Using that as an excuse to submit receipts to the factory for expenses that don't even exist is not uncommon."
For example, Deputy Factory Director Yang often does this.
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