With someone to keep me company and chatting along the way, time flew by and we soon reached our destination.
Lu Jiang did not take his girlfriend to the county town, but went directly into the city.
He has been busy these two days. While visiting old friends, he borrowed his comrade's bicycle to check out the county and urban areas inside and out. He knows where the department stores are, where the state-owned restaurants are, and where the black market is. There is nothing he doesn't know.
Feng Qingxue certainly knew this too, as after getting a bicycle, she had been to the city quite often.
"Let's eat first, and then go to the department store."
We walked and stopped along the way and it's already noon.
Lu Jiang had already told the staff at the state-owned restaurant in advance that if there was any meat today, it should be reserved for him.
He was a soldier and had military supply tickets, so he had priority.
Sure enough, he and Feng Qingxue went to the restaurant to ask the waiter and learned that the restaurant had been given a pork elbow in the morning. The chef stewed it early and served it on the table at noon. Even when a leader came to buy it, they refused to give it to him.
Lu Jiang was overjoyed, "Thank you for your trouble, comrade. I will send it up now."
From the only menu on hand, he ordered a dish of Chinese cabbage stewed with vermicelli, a plate of stir-fried shredded radish, a bowl of garlic sprout and egg soup, and ten large rolls made of two cups of noodles, along with the pork elbow he had ordered in advance, and paid for the bill and the ticket.
The prices in the city are the same as those in the county. A plate of stir-fried shredded radish is three cents, a bowl of cabbage stewed with vermicelli is five cents, an egg soup is ten cents, and two and a half pounds of pork elbow requires two and a half pounds of meat coupons plus two yuan. A steamed bun is two taels of food coupons, plus another five cents. A whole meal like this costs two pounds of food coupons, two and a half pounds of meat coupons, and two yuan and sixty-eight yuan.
"Are military supply tickets so easy to use?" Feng Qingxue asked after the waiter left.
"Of course. Military coupons are given priority across the country." Lu Jiang explained to her, "Take military food coupons for example. When you get them to the food store, the staff will give you food without saying anything. If you have other food coupons, you will have to queue up unless the staff refuses to make excuses. No one can guarantee whether there will be food when it's your turn."
Feng Qingxue suddenly realized, yes, soldiers are given priority in all aspects of transportation and accommodation, and of course there is no difference in buying food.
Soldiers defend the country, and their food, clothing, housing and transportation must be guaranteed. The importance of military supply tickets is evident.
With the benefit of priority, the state-owned hotel naturally gave priority to Lu Jiang. No wonder the staff were so nice.
During the conversation, the fragrant and greasy braised pork elbow was served first. The sauce-colored meat skin was glowing red. There were no other ingredients in the soup except green onion, ginger, peppercorns and star anise, but it was so fragrant that it made people salivate.
Steamed buns and egg soup were also served at the same time, and the soup was steaming hot.
Feng Qingxue took a glance and estimated that there was only one egg in the big bowl of egg soup, because she could clearly see more garlic sprouts floating in the soup at the bottom of the bowl.
Lu Jiang asked the waiter for two bowls and a soup spoon, and first served Feng Qingxue a bowl of soup.
"It's cold, drink some soup to warm your stomach first."
"Thank you, let's drink together." Feng Qingxue took a paper and handed it to him.
The rolls are not hot. They are made of black flour mixed with sorghum flour. They are black and a bit hard in cold weather, so they can only be broken apart and soaked in soup.
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She didn't have a big appetite. After a bowl of soup, a roll, some meat and vegetables, she was already 90% full. On the other hand, Lu Jiang soaked three rolls in soup, and when he was sure Feng Qingxue was full, he finished the rest of the soup and vegetables.
With such a good appetite, I have to plan the food in the space carefully, Feng Qingxue muttered to herself.
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