After leaving the machine repair factory, there were no good restaurants nearby, so Jia Dongsheng held Xiu'er, and Nan Yi led Ermao and Sanmao, and they walked and looked around.
"Dongsheng, just find a good place nearby to eat. Where do you want to go?"
After walking for more than ten minutes, Nan Yi saw a nice noodle shop on the side of the road and thought it would be nice to have a bowl of noodles, so he said so.
"Haha, if it's just the two of us, then of course we can just eat whatever we want."
Jia Dongsheng teased Xiu'er in his arms: "But there are three other children here, how can you be so casual?"
"Uncle Dong, we can eat anything."
Before leaving, Liang Ladi repeatedly told Ermao that the brothers and sisters should not be annoying, so when she heard Jia Dongsheng mention them, she immediately spoke up.
"Haha, how can that be possible?"
Jia Dongsheng smiled and said, "Since I brought you out here, of course we have to have a good meal. There's a good hot pot restaurant just a little further up the road. It's not as good as Donglaishun, but the food is still very good. Let's go and try it."
"Dongsheng, this is expensive, right?"
Nan Yi was shocked. They were actually going to have a mutton hotpot meal. Even if Ermao, Sanmao and Xiu'er didn't eat much, a meal for two grown men, including food and drinks, would probably cost several dollars. Nan Yi's heart began to ache at the thought of a few dollars for a meal.
There was no way. After his family fell into poverty, he realized that money was a nice thing, but you would really starve without it.
"Haha, I don't need you to pay, so why are you looking so painful?"
Then, he said something to Nan Yi, and then looked at Xiu'er in his arms: "Xiu'er, uncle will treat you to meat, okay?"
"good."
Xiu'er didn't know much, but when she heard about eating meat, her saliva started to flow.
In her little head, it seemed that she had never eaten meat very often, but after eating it once or twice, she remembered how tempting meat tasted.
Ermao and Sanmao, who were following nearby, had expressions on their faces, some of which showed anticipation, some of which showed heartache.
Children from poor families have to grow up early.
Liang Ladi raised four children alone, so Ermao and Sanmao, although still very young, already knew the importance of money. When they heard Uncle Nan Yi say how many dollars a meal cost, the two children didn't know what to do and could only follow him and have wild thoughts.
Within a month of Jia Dongsheng's arrival, he already knew most of the restaurants with better food in the old city.
Although he had not tried all the delicious restaurants in the four districts of east, south, west and north, he knew about them all. So, as the guide, he did not make any mistake and arrived at a hot pot restaurant.
"Okay, we're here. It's right here."
Nan Yi said with some distress: "Dongsheng, I know this restaurant, it's not cheap."
"It's good that it's not cheap, it's just right for us to have a good drink."
Then, he carried Xiu'er in his arms and walked in. Nan Yi had no choice but to let her go. She wouldn't listen to anything, so he decided to just have a meal. At most, there would be two fewer plates of meat.
Unfortunately, after they sat down, Jia Dongsheng didn't let them order and started ordering right away: "Six plates of mutton first, then a plate of lamb tail oil, and vegetables as you see fit. Hurry up."
Can’t you eat too many vegetables when eating hot pot? Otherwise, can it still be called hot pot?
"Dongsheng, you ordered too much. Six plates of meat. Is that too much?"
Nan Yi was a little scared. He knew that a plate of meat in this hot pot restaurant cost 40 cents, which was half a pound. Six plates meant three pounds of mutton. What's more, meat tickets were required.
Although Nan Yi also wanted to have a big meal, just six plates of meat had already cost more than two yuan.
Add the sheep tail oil, there is only a little of this stuff on a sheep, and it is more expensive than mutton, and three dollars are gone in an instant.
"Hey, don't worry about eating. If you order too much, just pack it back up and make some mutton soup for dinner."
Well, after hearing what Jia Dongsheng said, Nan Yi stopped talking and started talking about business.
"Dongsheng, what on earth do you want to talk to me about today?"
"Oh, this is a good thing. It's enough for you to treat me to this meal."
But when Nan Yi heard this, his heart skipped a beat. There was nothing he could do. This meal cost at least three dollars, which was hard for him to accept. However, as a man from the old city, he still smiled and replied, "What a good thing! If it's really just this meal, then it's my treat."
"Hey, how can I really let you treat me? Wait until your salary increases in the future, then you can treat me. Then we can just go to Donglai and go."
As he spoke, Jia Dongsheng told him that there was a vacancy in the main factory's kitchen and they wanted to transfer him there.
At the end, Jia Dongsheng pointed out: "Nan Yi, this is a good opportunity. As long as you transfer to the main factory, Director Fang has agreed to give you a promotion to a higher level as a cook next January. You can earn a few more yuan a month."
When Jia Dongsheng finished explaining everything, Nan Yi was immediately tempted. He was now a ninth-level cook with a monthly salary of 31.5 yuan. If he could be promoted to eighth level, that would be 35.5 yuan.
In the play, Sha Zhu, an eighth-level cook, earns 37.5 yuan, which includes a 2 yuan subsidy from the chef squad leader.
Therefore, the actual salary of an eighth-level cook is thirty-five dollars and fifty cents.
But this was enough to make Nan Yi excited. Four more dollars a month, that’s forty-eight dollars a year, enough to go to the hot pot restaurant more than ten times.
"Dongsheng, you didn't lie to me?" Nan Yi asked in disbelief.
"Of course."
Jia Dongsheng smiled and said, "The reason I thought of you is because of our last contact. I know you are a good cook. With you helping me in the kitchen, my work will be much easier in the future."
This is a true statement. Nan Yi's cooking skills are now one step behind Sha Zhu's. However, if he is transferred to the main factory and follows Jia Dongsheng, Nan Yi's cooking skills will definitely improve rapidly.
By this time next year, I'll probably be far ahead of Shazhu.
Of course, there is a question mark here. After all, He Daqing is back. With He Daqing's guidance, Sha Zhu's cooking skills may improve rapidly.
However, that requires He Daqing to have time to teach Sha Zhu. Now He Daqing and Cai Quanwu's tricycle business is doing very well, and they have become the envy of everyone in the hospital.
There is no other way. You can earn cash by riding a tricycle. If you work hard and earn one tricycle a day, you can probably earn two or three yuan, which is really a lot of money.
But precisely because of this, He Daqing may not have the time to discuss cooking with Sha Zhu, and it is only a matter of time before Nan Yi catches up with his skills.
"Dongsheng, thank you for thinking of me first."
Nan Yi looked at Jia Dongsheng with gratitude: "I didn't expect that you would be so willing to help me even though we've only met once. Needless to say, I'll treat you to dinner today. I have to thank you very much."
"Bring me a bottle of good wine."
"What are you shouting about? What are you drinking? Come and get it yourself."
Nan Yi's voice was a bit loud in the last sentence. In this era, restaurant owners will not tolerate you. If you talk nicely, they will still provide some service. If you speak in a louder tone, they will directly retort you. There is no way to deal with it. State-owned restaurants are the boss.
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