Soon, Jiang Xile's braised pork and dumplings were ready. In this era, waiters relied on their voices, not their hands or legs, to provide service.
With a shout, customers who have ordered food have to run to the window to get their dishes themselves.
Jiang Xile jogged back her food, the richly colored braised pork making her unable to resist.
"Ouch...it's so hot!"
Jiang Xile couldn't wait to pick up a piece and put it in her mouth. She grimaced from the heat, but still didn't spit out the braised pork.
"Ugh...it's burning me!"
Jiang Xile was enjoying her meal when she realized that Jiang Shengli's group at the corner were secretly watching her.
"Victory, was that woman your sister?"
"What sister? She's just a motherless brat!"
"Hehe, it's true. Look at the way she eats, she looks like she's never seen anything like it. It's just braised pork, and she's so hot from eating it, but she can't bear to spit it out!"
After the man finished speaking, he glanced at the three dishes on the table and felt a surge of jealousy. Why could they only eat shredded potatoes, cabbage, and smashed cucumber?
"Brother Shengli, are you not good enough at home? Even a girl can come to a restaurant to eat braised pork, and you only give us brothers this much food!"
Jiang Shengli's face immediately darkened upon hearing this. Yesterday, when he asked his mother for the meat ration coupons, she refused to give them to him no matter what.
It took him a long time to finally produce two jin of grain coupons. If he hadn't had some savings, he wouldn't have been able to afford this potato shreds today.
"Even food can't shut you up. Didn't you see that girl was injured? I guess my mom is too soft-hearted to let her come out and get some rest. Let's stop staring at that girl and come on, let's drink!"
"Yes, drink, drink, Victory Bro, don't pay attention to Four-Eyes, he just doesn't know how to talk."
Today, we are so grateful to Brother Shengli for arranging this meal, and to Brother Deqiang for bringing the wine.
My brother is going to the countryside in a few days, and I don't know when we'll see each other again!
Zhao Tiezhu held his wine glass and said with a sigh, his eyes filled with uncertainty about the future.
The others felt a pang of sadness seeing Zhao Tiezhu like this.
They were all around the same age and had been playing together for some time, so facing this sudden separation was somewhat sad.
"Come on, let's drink! We're not leaving until we're drunk. This might really be the last time we sit down and drink together."
My trip to the countryside has been arranged; I might even leave two days earlier than Tiezhu!
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Li Dagang also mentioned that he was leaving.
Why so suddenly?
Zhao Deqiang was somewhat surprised; why were so many of them suddenly going to the countryside?
"The five of us used to be inseparable, and now two of us are leaving all at once. I'm really heartbroken!"
After Zhao Deqiang finished speaking, he looked at Jiang Shengli and Liu Dongsheng (who was wearing glasses) standing to the side, and then asked:
"Four-Eyes and Shengli, what are your plans? Have you made arrangements at home? You're not suddenly going to the countryside too, are you?"
Liu Dongsheng sighed and shook his head.
"I don't have a job yet, but my parents are trying to pull some strings!"
"We can delay it for a while, after all, my older brother only went to the countryside last year, so the local authorities won't be too pushy."
Zhao Deqiang nodded after listening.
"I've got some news on my end. My uncle pulled some strings and's going to get me a job as an apprentice at a slaughterhouse. I should be starting early next month. What about Shengli? How's it going on your end?"
"Well, we've already made up our minds. That brat is going to the countryside, so I'm not in a rush to find a job. At worst, I'll just go to the garment factory and take over my mom's job!"
The other four looked at each other, unsure of what to say.
Having played together for so long, they knew a little about Jiang Shengli's family situation.
It's no secret that Zhang Guilian remarried Jiang Wanmin; everyone in the family compound knows. Even if that girl is a girl, she's still Jiang Wanmin's own daughter!
No one expected that Jiang Wanmin would abandon his own daughter for his stepson, Jiang Shengli!
It's hard to tell whether Zhang Guilian is too cunning or Jiang Shengli, her stepson, is just too good at winning people over.
Looking again at the bandage wrapped around the girl's head, it seems that this matter is not as simple as Jiang Shengli said.
Jiang Shengli narrowed his eyes as he watched the four people remain silent. He didn't like others paying too much attention to his family affairs, not even his brothers.
"Alright, enough of that nonsense. We came out today to drink."
Cheers! No matter where you go in the future, we'll still be brothers!
"Come on, let's do it!"
"Dry!"
While her friends were drinking and having a good time, Jiang Xile was also enjoying her meal immensely; she couldn't even remember the last time she had braised pork.
In the later stages of the apocalypse, even compressed biscuits were not available in time, so they had no choice but to start trying to eat the meat of those mutated beasts.
Although it wasn't poisonous and could fill your stomach, the mutated beast's flesh was sour, astringent, tough, and dry, making it extremely unpalatable.
Such tender, delicious, and melt-in-your-mouth braised pork was something she could only dream of. She never imagined that she would be able to eat braised pork again in her lifetime.
Oh my god, this is so delicious!
Before she knew it, most of the braised pork on the plate had been eaten, and all the dumplings had gone into Jiang Xile's stomach.
For a girl, this amount of food is already quite good, but Jiang Xile felt that she was not full.
As Jiang Xile ate the food, she could clearly feel her body gradually improving, and even the strength in her hands had increased.
Noticing this, Jiang Xile didn't hesitate to take out two more grain coupons and buy two white flour steamed buns.
At that time, state-run restaurants did not serve rice; they mainly served wheat-based foods, with steamed buns, dumplings, and noodles being the three most common staples.
The steamed buns are readily available in the kitchen, so there's no need for Jiang Xile to wait; you can pick them up directly after ordering.
She ate the two steamed buns with the remaining half of the braised pork, and even the soup was completely gone. The bottom of the plate was as clean as if it had been washed, without a single trace left.
After eating and drinking to their hearts' content, Jiang Xile glanced at Jiang Shengli in the corner, and then swaggered out of the restaurant.
"Holy crap! Victory, your girl can really eat! She ate all of that!"
"Yeah, two big white steamed buns, a serving of braised pork, and half a pound of dumplings, goodness, I can't possibly eat all of that!"
"What's all the fuss about? It's been so long since we've had this meal. Who knows how stuffed we'll be when we get back? You spineless brat!"
Jiang Shengli frowned, his face full of disgust, clearly unhappy that his brothers were mentioning that little girl.
Seeing this, the others naturally understood Jiang Shengli's displeasure, so they swiftly changed the subject.
The meal lasted from noon until the afternoon, and in the end, it was the waiter who asked them to leave. Jiang Shengli and the others left the restaurant drunk.
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