The waiter whispered sarcastically, "You're dressed so poorly, and you only come to the restaurant to eat a bun and want water."
Tian Xiaolan knew that in this era, state-owned restaurants and factories were generally recognized as iron rice bowls, but she did not expect that with such a service attitude, they would inevitably be overwhelmed by the trend of the times.
Tian Xiaolan's expression froze as she corrected him, "I've seen people with bound feet, but I've never seen people with bound heads. Speaking of roots, thirty years ago we were all farmers. It's not clear who was nobler than the other!"
The waiter felt an irrepressible anger in his heart and stared at Tian Xiaolan.
It felt like my tail was stepped on and I couldn't utter a word.
There was only one thought in my mind, smash her mouth!
At this moment, a neat and tidy woman came out of the kitchen with her sleeves rolled up and called out to her: "Cuihua, what are you arguing about? Go wash the dishes!"
The waitress named Cuihua glared at her unwillingly, snorted, and went to the kitchen.
Just wait for her. When she comes back, we will definitely sue her. My sister is married to a city management official. We will find a fault and arrest her for a few days to see if she is still arrogant.
The woman who had taught Cuihua a lesson came over to apologize to Tian Xiaolan: "I'm sorry, that's just how she talks. I'm Zhou Li, the manager of this store. I apologize to you on her behalf!"
Tian Xiaolan's expression relaxed a little: "It's okay, you don't mind if I sit here for a while."
"It's okay, are you waiting for someone?"
The steamed buns on Tian Xiaolan's plate had already gone cold, and she had already eaten them with water.
"Yes, my brother is working in town. Can I put this steamed bun in the back and wait for him to get off work to heat it up for me?"
"Okay, give it to me. You can just wait for him here without worry."
Zhou Li picked up the steamed buns she hadn't touched and placed them in the kitchen.
These days, the world is very chaotic, and she was worried about what a young girl might encounter out there.
Tian Xiaolan settled the bill, moved a chair to sit against the wall, and borrowed paper and pen from Zhou Li to write down the materials needed to grow mushrooms, paper scraps or sawdust, containers and seeds. She only had four cents left on her, so she had to get some money first.
Two hours later, Li Weimin came over after get off work. Tian Xiaolan invited him in and poured him a cup of hot water: "Brother, wait for me for a moment."
He lifted the kitchen curtain, peeked in and said, "Master, could you please heat up the steamed bun for me? Thank you!"
The chef in the kitchen was a kind middle-aged man. He kneaded dough in an enamel basin and washed his hands.
"Okay, wait a minute, thank you for nothing."
When Li Weimin walked in, Tian Xiaolan turned around and saw him standing blankly beside the table.
"Xiaolan, can I sit down?" Li Weimin stared at the floor, trying to find a crack to crawl into.
Tian Xiaolan took his arm and sat him down, and counseled him: "This is a restaurant. We also sit down when we eat at home. Just treat this place as your home."
Li Weimin thought about it for a moment and figured it out.
"Okay, I'll wait for you."
The buns were served. Tian Xiaolan pushed the plate in front of Li Weimin and said, "This is for you. You should be hungry after working for so long."
After taking the bun, seeing that Tian Xiaolan was so open and confident, Li Weimin stopped being shy and swallowed the bun in a few bites, then took a big sip of water.
"It's delicious, you should eat it too!"
"I've eaten, let's go!" Seeing that he had finished eating, they went out together.
After walking two steps, I heard a short old man wearing a yellowed sweatshirt sitting on an ox cart calling Li Weimin.
"Wei Min, are you off work?"
"Well, Uncle Xu, are you going back to the village? Can you take us for a while?" Wei Min and Tian Xiaolan walked to the ox cart.
"Come up, is this your sister? She has changed so much in just a few days."
Tian Xiaolan curled her lips and praised: "Uncle Xu, you are still so energetic..."
Uncle Xu swatted the flies around the cow with a whip, urging them: "Old man, old man, hurry up and get on! It's getting dark soon and we can't see the road clearly."
She got on the cart and sat on it. Although the mountain road was bumpy and Tian Xiaolan felt dizzy, she closed her eyes and held the side of the cart tightly with her hands, but she was faster than walking and arrived at the village entrance just after dark.
I jumped out of the car, thanked Uncle Xu and went home. The food was already served at home and Uncle Li and Aunt Guihua had already started eating.
"Are you back? I was worried that Lanlan got lost. Come and have dinner." Fang Guihua went to the kitchen to get a basin of water and brought it for them to wash their hands and eat.
"I asked for the location of the brick factory along the way. I stopped wandering around until I found my brother."
Fang Guihua stared at Tian Xiaolan and asked, "Didn't you say something would happen to your brother?"
Tian Xiaolan washed her hands with an innocent look on her face: "I was wrong. I have to go to town the day after tomorrow and may be back late. You don't have to wait for me to eat."
Fang Guihua suddenly turned around and asked worriedly, "What are you doing now? Now that you're well, what are your plans?"
Tian Xiaolan replied: "If there is something, I promise I won't do anything out of line."
Li Weiguo shook his head and put down his chopsticks. "You didn't even tell me you were leaving the house. Follow me to school tomorrow and don't go with any inappropriate people."
Tian Xiaolan nodded.
"I'll go to school with you tomorrow."
Li Weiguo felt relieved and picked up his chopsticks to eat again.
After dinner, the inner room was a little dark. When Tian Xiaolan walked in, she almost tripped over something.
It was only eight o'clock when she went to bed. There was no entertainment at this time, and people went to bed early. Tian Xiaolan lay in bed looking at the beams and soon fell asleep.
A familiar voice was heard, and Tian Xiaolan walked over. This time, the person in the dream was still Chen Dong, and opposite him was the thin man she met when she was looking at the house. The two of them were whispering something furtively in the corner.
Tian Xiaolan leaned in to listen.
Chen Dong whispered in his ear: "I have some goods here, do you want them?"
"Yes, how's the quality?" The skinny monkey listened with his ears and glanced around, very nervous.
Chen Dong thought about Tian Xiaolan's appearance, covered his mouth and whispered: "Not bad, how about the price?"
The skinny monkey heard the enthusiastic greeting Chen Dong: "Bring it to me and I'll pay you."
The skinny monkey bent down and pulled out a piece of paper from the bottom of his shoe. "Here's the address. Send it here when the time comes."
Chen Dong took the note from the skinny monkey with two fingers. There was an address written crookedly on it. It was not far from here. Tian Xiaolan also leaned over to take a look, memorized the address, and returned the paper to him. Chen Dong turned and left the alley.
After Chen Dong left, the skinny monkey stuffed the note back under his feet and disappeared into the alley.
The scene just now seemed as real as a movie, which made Tian Xiaolan wonder whether it was true or not. Even if it was fake, it was always better to be more cautious.
After waking up from the dream, she thought for a while and decided how to deal with it. She opened the curtain and looked out the window. It was still dark, so she lay down and closed her eyes to sleep again.
In the morning, I lift the quilt, count down to five seconds, and then get out of bed.
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