Chapter 73 Eating Out
She quickly walked over and stretched out her hand: "Uncle Liu, why are you here?"
Master Liu Shichang waved at her and did not try to pull her up. Instead, he held onto the plank with his hands and climbed up nimbly. The man also followed him onto the broken boat.
"I came here to buy fish for the store." said Liu Shichang.
He glanced at the net bag in Xiao Ai's hand and said with a smile, "Where did you hear that a boat would be coming back today?"
Shi Xiaoai pointed outside and said, "Cheng Yang heard from others that we should bring the children here for a look."
Liu Shichang nodded, then laughed and said, "You're really lucky. This is the first boatload of fish you've caught since the New Year."
Then he introduced the fish to the man next to him, "Village Chief Lao, this is my niece, my biological daughter. From now on, she has to give me the same price when she buys fish."
With Master Liu's advice, Shi Xiaoai had a very fruitful day.
She bought two small yellow croakers and two kilograms of shrimp.
Knowing that she was eating her own food, Village Chief Lao asked someone to take out a lot of recently dead sea fish from the bag inside.
These fish were basically caught during the fishing process, and although some were broken in half and some were pierced by hooks, they were all caught by the same boat and were absolutely fresh.
Shi Xiaoai picked out a knife fish whose head had fallen off and whose body had been pierced into several pieces by something sharp.
Selling that fish to a restaurant is definitely not an option, but if you want to eat it at home, why worry? It's definitely good stuff!
Shi Xiaoai understood very well that these must have been left by the villagers to be divided among themselves, and Village Chief Lao must have given them to her out of respect for Master Liu.
She expressed her gratitude repeatedly and said a lot of nice things.
Village chief Lao and Master Liu were both very pleased with what she said, and they felt that this girl was both discerning and intelligent.
Knowing that they were planning to take their children out for a day and had not yet had breakfast, Master Liu directly suggested that they follow his car back to the restaurant for dinner.
When Shi Xiaoai went to the restaurant that day, she really thought the environment was very good, and she thought that if she had the chance, she would take her whole family there for a meal.
When Master Liu mentioned it, he agreed immediately.
She went to the front and found the three men who were still playing, and asked Cheng Yang to take the fish and shrimp they bought home first and then meet them at the restaurant. Shi Xiaoai took her children and got on the motorized tricycle driven by Master Liu.
This was Xiao Ai's first time riding on a tricycle with a canopy, and she felt the sound was truly deafening!
Moreover, the exhaust gas was extremely strong, and even she, who doesn't get carsick easily, was almost shaken unconscious.
But the two children didn't think so.
They had never ridden in a vehicle like this before, or rather, they had never ridden in a proper motor vehicle other than a bus in their entire lives.
They felt it was very fast.
Along the way, both of them held on to the handrails tightly and screamed with joy from time to time.
Master Liu, who was sitting in the front, started laughing as well, and couldn't help but talk to the two children through the tent.
I have to say that this motorized tricycle was quite fast. They arrived at the hotel entrance in just twenty minutes. At this time, Cheng Yang had not arrived yet.
"Uncle Liu, please eat with us." Shi Xiaoai suggested.
Master Liu took Mingrui down from the car and waved at her: "No, I have to get the fish in quickly!"
He looked at the door and said, "You guys go in first. I'll bring you some invitation coupons later."
"No, no, I have enough money with me today!" Shi Xiaoai quickly refused.
She now has a deeper understanding of this society, at least she knows what a gift voucher is.
At this time, everyone was poor and short of oil and water.
The earliest appearance of invitation tickets was a welfare benefit issued by the state to take care of some special groups, such as retired cadres, veterans of the Red Army and the Eighth Route Army, as well as advanced workers in special positions.
With the coupon, you can have a free meal at a state-owned restaurant once a month, and the standard of the meal is quite high, at least there is guaranteed to be fish and meat.
Later, the types of invitation tickets gradually increased.
Most people definitely won’t get what’s mentioned above, but the hotel will also issue some discount coupons similar to those in later generations to its employees or use them as welfare benefits.
Of course, this coupon does not mean free food and drinks, but it will be cheaper than the external price, which is equivalent to an internal price.
Master Liu was referring to the latter type. But Shi Xiaoai knew that such coupons weren't easy to come by. Even if Master Liu had some influence in the restaurant, he couldn't have many.
Today we were originally out for fun with our family, and we were just having a quick breakfast. There was really no need to waste such resources.
Seeing that Xiao Ai was determined not to accept it, Master Liu did not force her.
After asking them what they wanted to buy, Master Liu said, "You can go to the department store first, but if you want to buy better clothes, they may not have them there.
You guys go and have a look. If you can’t find anything suitable, I can help you find some foreign exchange coupons. The things at the Friendship Store are pretty good.”
Shi Xiaoai quickly thanked him again.
Master Liu left, Cheng Yang also rushed over, and the family of four entered the restaurant.
Only when they entered the restaurant did they realize that although the exterior facade was still under renovation, the interior of Yunfeng Pavilion was actually quite new and must have been renovated in advance.
Standing in this ancient hall filled with carved stained glass, the two children were so busy looking around that they kept asking their mother questions.
Maybe because the environment was too novel, the two children changed their usual noisy behavior and even became a little cautious. They stuck close to their parents and even spoke in a much lower voice.
Shi Xiaoai first led them to find a long table to sit down, and then went to buy things.
Yunfeng Pavilion has many kinds of breakfast, including steamed buns, steamed dumplings, steamed dumplings, fried dough sticks, fried cakes, various porridges and snacks... there are as many as twenty or thirty kinds.
Of course, this is definitely different from the morning tea in later generations. Even though there are many varieties, affordability is still the main focus. Just picking two or three can make the whole family full.
According to the children's requests, they ordered steamed rice cakes, small oil rolls, a basket of crab meat buns, a basket of three-fresh steamed dumplings, two bowls of small wontons, and a bowl of osmanthus rice wine.
It sounds like there are only a few things, but when they arrived, they filled up the entire table.
So much so that people passing by couldn't help but look over here twice, wondering what kind of family could be so extravagant?
Xiao Ai remained calm when facing everyone's gaze, because she knew that even though they ordered a lot, with Cheng Yang, a big eater, there would be no problem of not being able to finish the food.
It’s not a waste if she eats it, not to mention that even if it’s a high-end restaurant, she can afford the dozen yuan breakfast.
Sure enough, the whole family was very satisfied with the meal.
Especially the two little ones, the expressions of surprise, satisfaction and happiness on their faces make their parents feel that it is worth spending any amount of money on them!
Mingrui usually has a stern face and acts mature, but after eating half a bowl of wontons, he smiled and revealed a pair of dimples exactly like Shi Xiaoai's.
It makes people feel itchy and they can't wait to reach out and poke it.
After dinner, the family of four went straight to the largest department store in the city.
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