Factory Director Xin asked Fan Xiaofan about her plans for tomorrow, whether she would need to come to the production workshop again, and if so, he would make time to explain things to her.
Fan Xiaofan's cat-like eyes curved slightly as she shook her head and said, "I've seen enough today. I need some time to digest it. Director Xin, you also have things to do, so there's no need to waste your time with me."
Factory Director Xin had a lot to do. After all, he was the head of a factory. Even a small shop owner would be busy, let alone someone with so many things to deal with.
I spent most of the day with Fan Xiaofan, and I have a lot of work piled up that I have to deal with. If I can get two hours of sleep tonight, I'll be lucky.
However, having come from hard times, Director Xin didn't find it difficult to endure. He originally thought that Fan Xiaofan would need him to accompany her on the tour these days, but he didn't expect her to say that she didn't need to.
Although he could manage without proper rest for several days, Director Xin was getting old and it took a lot of energy to recover. Now he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
The next day.
Ms. Wang kept her husband's instructions in mind and made sure to take good care of him these next few days.
Around noon, I went to find Fan Xiaofan, only to learn from others that Fan Xiaofan had left home as soon as he arrived.
Wu Li's face had been ashen for the past few days; the news of her receiving a major demerit had spread throughout the entire factory, making her utterly humiliated.
Hearing that Fan Xiaofan wasn't staying at the refrigeration plant but had gone out instead, she said meaningfully, "Oh dear, she wanted to visit our refrigeration plant, but now she's vanished without a trace. Yesterday she even said I was wasting her time, I'm so wronged..."
Others couldn't help but find Fan Xiaofan's behavior somewhat inexplicable, saying, "I wonder what kind of backing he has. Maybe he's just here to make a cameo appearance. You should say less, or don't forget about the major demerit you'll receive."
Wu Li angrily crossed out a line on the report she was supposed to write.
Fan Xiaofan, who was "not doing his proper job," was seen wandering around the streets.
Compared to the provincial capital, the northern capital looked much more imposing, and the people coming and going were not as thin as those in the provincial capital. Although the food was not as refined as in later generations, the supply of grain was never interrupted.
However, what Fan Xiaofan was thinking about was food...
Candied hawthorn berries, donkey rolls, roast duck, braised pork offal...
Hehe, just dream about it...
The Northern Capital you think you know is not the Northern Capital you think you know.
Besides the supply and marketing cooperative, the provincial capital also had a department store, and even a Qiaohui store...
There weren't many things available at that time.
Without the development of capitalism, it's impossible for Fan Xiaofan to encounter a snack vendor.
The only restaurants open now are state-run restaurants, where food is purchased with ration coupons and money, and even then, only the dishes supplied by the restaurant are available. If you try to order à la carte, even if it's a work unit, the chef will simply say there's no food left. Despite this, the restaurants are extremely busy, and the chefs work non-stop all day long.
Roast duck is such a complicated dish that you can only go to a specialty roast duck restaurant, but that restaurant has long since stopped serving it. This high-end dish is not available for the time being; we only have some simple stir-fries.
Therefore, Fan Xiaofan's perfect plan completely fell through, and he could only go to the restaurant with a feeling of grievance and order a plate of braised pork to barely satisfy his craving.
Potatoes and braised pork sit side by side, their rich, dark sauce complementing the rice perfectly—it's so delicious you could practically swallow your tongue.
She couldn't help but squint her eyes; the meal, which included food coupons, cost her fifty cents.
She had originally planned to head home, but she was pleasantly surprised to find a place that specialized in braised pork offal and immediately ordered a serving to take home.
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