"I'm not sick, I'm just tired and hungry. This month has been busy with the farm work. After planting sugarcane, I planted corn, and after planting corn, I finally finished today. I haven't had a single day of rest this month. Plus, I've eaten all the meat I hunted in the mountains last year. I haven't eaten well this month, and that's why I've lost so much weight, plus I practice military boxing. Even though I'm thin, I'm in good spirits."
Jiang Shushu: "..." What's good about that? Didn't you look in the mirror? You're so skinny you're practically boneless.
Jiang Shushu handed the lunch box to Yang Xiaobei and said, "I brought you meat buns, egg pancakes and braised pork." If he loses any more weight, he will be unbearable to look at.
"Thanks. I won't be polite with you." Yang Xiaobei took the lunch box, picked up the meat bun and started eating it in big mouthfuls.
Finally, I can eat something decent.
When Jiang Shushu saw Yang Xiaobei wolfing down his food, an idea suddenly occurred to him. He looked at Yang Xiaobei as if he were a lamb to be slaughtered.
Yang Xiaobei and others only talked about Li Chunyan and Zhang Meihua after they had finished eating. Jiang Shushu didn't see anything special, so he nodded to show that he understood.
"We've finished planting the rice, so we should have a day off tomorrow, right?"
"Yes, take a day off tomorrow."
"You've been exhausted for a month. Are you going to the city for a special meal tomorrow?"
"We have to go. We have already discussed it. We will go to the city together tomorrow to catch up."
"You usually go to the State-Owned Restaurant North, right?"
"Yes, that's the closest to where the ox carts are parked. We educated youth usually eat there."
"Do me a favor, I'll cover all your food and drinks tomorrow, including what you can pack." The educated youth usually have holidays at the end of the month. There will definitely be a lot of them tomorrow, all of them rich and powerful. If we move them to the state-owned restaurant, the performance will definitely increase. The farming season is so busy this month, and these educated youth will have to eat and take things.
"What's the favor? Tell me first."
"Let me put it this way. The city has issued a policy. They think five state-owned restaurants are too many, and they're closing two. The two with the worst business will have to close, and their performance will be counted at the end of this month. I work at the East State-owned Restaurant, and I don't want my workplace to close down. We were doing well before, but business hasn't been very good lately. I'd like you educated youth to help me boost my performance. From where the ox carts are parked to the East State-owned Restaurant, it's only about 300 meters longer than to the North State-owned Restaurant, so it's not too far. Can you find a way to take the educated youth who need to eat there tomorrow?"
“It can help, but it may not be successful because many people may not be willing to walk a few hundred extra meters.”
"Thank you. I'll do my best." Jiang Shushu took out 5 yuan from his pocket, a pound of grain coupons, and a pound of meat coupons. "Here, this is for your food tomorrow."
Yang Xiaobei took the food coupons and meat coupons and said, "I just need the coupons. I have the money, so I don't need them."
Jiang Shushu stuffed 5 yuan into Yang Xiaobei's pocket and said, "Here, take it. I'm already very grateful for your help. Why should I ask you to pay for it? Just help me get a few more educated youth to eat."
"Okay, I'll take it. Now, tell me what special dishes the chef at your state-owned restaurant is good at? Or what specialties you have there? That way, I'll know how to persuade them tomorrow."
"Our chef is a first-class chef. He won the championship in a cooking competition last year. His specialty is braised pork..." Jiang Shushu gave a detailed introduction to the state-owned restaurant, from the food to the service to the environment.
"Okay, I get it. After hearing your introduction, I'm 70% sure I can bring a group of educated youth to dinner for you."
"Thank you, I'll have to work hard tomorrow."
Jiang Shushu finished preparing dinner early and after having dinner with Jiang He and his wife, he rode his bicycle back to the city and arrived at the East State-owned Hotel at 6:40 in the evening.
Qian Xiaoni was both happy and surprised to see Jiang Shushu, "Shushu, why are you here? Aren't you at home with your parents?"
"I'll accompany you next time. I have something to ask the manager." Jiang Shushu replied as he put away the lunch box in the east corner of the state-owned restaurant.
Zheng Dayong: "What does Xiao Jiang want to talk to me about? Do we need to come to the office?"
"No, it's the same here. This month is the busy farming season, and many educated youth from many brigades will have their holidays until the last two days. Tomorrow the educated youth from our brigade will have their holiday, so I asked a friend of mine who is an educated youth to help me. I asked him to find a way to bring the educated youth who are on holiday and want to eat tomorrow to our state-owned restaurant." So there is no need to reduce the ingredients.
Having someone coming means good performance, and everyone's eyes lit up when they heard it.
Zheng Dayong: "Most educated youth would eat at the State-owned Restaurant North because it's the closest. How confident are your friends that they can bring the educated youth here?"
"I detailed to him the advantages of our state-owned restaurant, from the food to the service to the environment. After listening to me, he said he was 70% sure. My friend is not the kind of person who brags, so when he says 70%, it's usually a sure thing."
"Okay, I know what to do. There will be no shortage of food tomorrow." If there really are educated youth coming to the restaurant, the state-owned restaurant can definitely continue to operate.
Early the next morning, all the educated youth from Hualing Brigade went to Q City without leaving behind. On the ox cart, Yang Xiaobei praised the state-owned restaurant Dongda highly.
Yang Xiaobei said that he had eaten at the State-owned Restaurant North so many times, and this time he planned to change his taste and go to the State-owned Restaurant East to try the cooking skills of the first-class chef. He wanted to see how delicious the food made by the chef who was highly praised by the food factory and the textile factory was... Finally, Yang Xiaobei said vaguely that the team leader's cousin worked at the State-owned Restaurant East, and they didn't necessarily have to go there every time, but as a member of the team, they had to go there once to show their support for Jiang Shushu's work.
Everyone was originally very interested in the state-owned restaurant, and when they heard Yang Xiaobei mention the captain's cousin, no one said no, not even Shen Yijun objected to it in person.
Everyone thought that it was only a few hundred meters away and wouldn't take much effort. They could enjoy delicious food and please the captain in a subtle way, so why not do it?
Arriving at the oxcart parking area in Q City, Yang Xiaobei spotted the educated youth from Huaxing Brigade. When the educated youth met, their eyes welled up with tears, and the group immediately gathered together and started chatting.
When talking about eating, Yang Xiaobei began his performance, praising the state-owned restaurant Dongda, and pulled the educated youth from his own brigade who had just been persuaded by him to join in the persuasion.
The educated youth from Huaxing Brigade saw that the educated youth from Hualing Brigade spoke so highly of the state-owned restaurant Dong and thought they had all eaten there.
Thinking that since so many people had given it such high praise, the food at the State-owned Restaurant East must be especially delicious, and since it was only a few hundred meters away, the educated youth from the Huaxing Brigade all agreed to go to the State-owned Restaurant East for dinner with the educated youth from the Hualing Brigade. Then, all 20 of them went to the State-owned Restaurant East together.
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