Chapter 23: On the way to the countryside (V)
Lu Xiaoxiao lived in a single room that Wang Gang had specially arranged for her. Everyone else lived in a double room. Just as she had packed her things, she heard her eldest sister come to inform everyone that those who wanted to go to the state-owned restaurant could go with her, and those who didn't want to go could just stay in the room to rest and walk around.
Lu Xiaoxiao saw that half of the well-dressed people followed their eldest sister to eat, while the others were probably in their rooms eating the food they brought from home.
Wang Gang had told her to go to the front desk to meet him for dinner after she finished packing, so she walked towards the front desk.
After Lu Xiaoxiao arrived at the front desk, Wang Gang took her into an alley. She didn't expect that Wang Gang took her to a private restaurant like those in later generations. The boss and the chef were the same person. Wang Gang said that he was the descendant of the royal chef in the palace, with first-class cooking skills. He only did business with acquaintances, and ordinary people couldn't even eat there. He was able to come here to eat because he helped the boss by chance.
After hearing what Wang Gang said, Lu Xiaoxiao felt that this place was so high-end. She felt that the chefs here were even more awesome than the chefs in Michelin restaurants in later generations, so she was particularly looking forward to today's meal.
Expectations are beautiful but reality is cruel. When the food was served, Lu Xiaoxiao was dumbfounded. She saw a dish of pork, cabbage and vermicelli stewed with three fresh vegetables, a bowl of tofu soup and a few steamed buns. This was the feast prepared by the imperial chef in the palace. Others wanted to eat it but couldn't. Isn't it too exaggerated?
Wang Gang knew what Lu Xiaoxiao was thinking when he saw her expression, so he said to her, "Do you think I'm exaggerating? Try it first."
After hearing what Wang Gang said, Lu Xiaoxiao served herself a small bowl of tofu soup. She took a bite of the tofu and felt it was delicate and smooth. She then took another sip of the soup and found it sweet and refreshing. It was so delicious.
Then Lu Xiaoxiao tried the three fresh vegetables and pork stewed with vermicelli, which also tasted great.
After tasting all the dishes, she felt that they looked the same as usual, but the taste was very different. It was true that appearance does not suffice.
Wang Gang saw that Lu Xiaoxiao's eyes narrowed as she ate, so he said, "There is not enough material right now, and many ingredients are not available. The boss is a person who doesn't want to compromise, so he only cooks dishes with all the ingredients."
After hearing what Wang Gang said, Lu Xiaoxiao realized that this boss was also a person of true character who would rather have nothing than have something of poor quality.
After Lu Xiaoxiao had eaten and drunk her fill, the boss gave her two cups of chrysanthemum tea. It was perfect to have a cup of chrysanthemum tea after eating something heavy.
Wang Gang picked up the teacup, took a sip and asked, "Xiaoxiao, what are your plans when you get to the village? Do you plan to go to school?"
"Can people who go to the countryside still go to school?" Lu Xiaoxiao asked curiously.
After hearing what Lu Xiaoxiao said, Wang Gang replied slowly, "Normally, you can't. Going to the countryside means going to the vast rural areas for further study. But special cases require special treatment. On the one hand, you are going to the countryside at a young age, and there is not much work you can do. On the other hand, your parents sacrificed their lives to protect their scientific research results. You took the initiative to go to the countryside, which proves that you have a high level of ideological awareness. However, because your own hardware conditions are not good, we can make some adjustments. Let you go to school first to learn cultural knowledge, and strive to make better contributions to the construction of the motherland when you grow up."
After listening to Wang Gang's words, Lu Xiaoxiao thought that this was actually a good arrangement. She had originally planned to go to the countryside to suffer, after all, she had heard that children in rural areas had to dig wild vegetables and cut grass for pigs at the age of five. But who knew that things would take a turn for the better, and she suddenly felt extremely happy.
After being excited for a while, Lu Xiaoxiao calmed down. Although it was good to be able to go to school, she was not a real eight-year-old child after all. It would really drive her crazy if she, an aunt whose mental age was already in her twenties, stayed with a group of children who were only a few years old all day.
"Uncle Wang, can I skip classes and only go when the exams are due? My father has already taught me all the knowledge for primary school, and I have already started reading junior high school textbooks. I plan to do some farm work that I can do during normal times. Although the previous arrangement was very good, I am afraid that someone will use this as an excuse."
(End of this chapter)
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