Chapter 73
Master Liu Shichang waved his hand towards her; instead of pulling her, he pressed the boat board and climbed up smoothly. When he came up, the man followed him to the broken ship.
"I came over to buy fish for the store." Liu Shichang said.
As he spoke, he looked at the net bag in Shi Xiaoai's hand and said with a smile: "Where did you hear that a boat came back today?"
Shi Xiaoai pointed outside: "Cheng Yang heard someone say that, we Just bring the kids here for a walk."
Liu Shichang nodded, then laughed and said, "Then you are so lucky. This is the first boat of fish caught from years ago to now."
After that, he said, The man beside him introduced: "Village Chief Lao, this is my dear niece. From now on, she will have to pay the same price as me when she comes to buy fish." With Master Liu on the side as a consultant, Shi Xiaoai made many gains today.
She bought two small yellow croakers and two pounds of shrimp.
Knowing that this would be eaten by her family, Village Chief Lao asked someone to remove several recently dead sea fish from the bag inside.
These fish have suffered various backlogs and bumps during the fishing process. Although some were broken in half, and fish hooks punctured some, they were all caught in the same boat and were fresh.
Shi Xiaoai chose a swordfish from which its head had fallen off, and its body had been stabbed into several pieces by something sharp.
Selling the fish to restaurants is not feasible, but what are you afraid of eating at home? It's good stuff!
Shi Xiaoai understood that other villagers must have left this to prepare for their distribution, and Village Chief Lao must have given it to her for the sake of Master Liu.
She expressed her gratitude again and again and said a lot of nice things.
It was said that the village chief Lao and Master Liu were very helpful, and they felt that this girl was discerning and intelligent.
Knowing that they would take their children for a day off to play today and had not had breakfast yet, Master Liu suggested they follow his car back to the hotel to eat.
When Shi Xiaoai went to the restaurant that day, she felt the environment was perfect. At that time, she thought she would take the whole family to have a meal together if she had the opportunity.
When Master Liu mentioned it, she immediately agreed.
She went to the front to find the three still playing and asked Cheng Yang to send the fish and shrimps she bought home before meeting them at the restaurant. Shi Xiaoai took her children on the motorbike driven by Master Liu.
This was Shi Xiaoai's first time riding a tricycle with a canopy like this, and the sound was deafening!
And the exhaust fumes were so strong that even a person like her who didn't get motion sickness was almost knocked unconscious.
But the two children didn't think so.
They have never ridden in such a car, or in other words, they have never ridden in a severe motor vehicle except public transportation.
They felt pleased.
Along the way, both of them clung to the handrails and screamed with joy occasionally.
Master Liu, sitting in the front, also laughed when he heard it and couldn't help but tease the two children through the tent.
This motorized tricycle is relatively fast. They arrived at the hotel's door in just twenty minutes, and Cheng Yang had yet to come.
"Uncle Liu, you can eat with us." Shi Xiaoai suggested.
Master Liu took Mingrui out of the car and waved to her: "That won't work, I have to get the fish in quickly!" He looked at the door and
Said, "You go in first, wait for me I'll send you some invitation coupons."
"No, no, I have money today!" Shi Xiaoai quickly refused.
She now has a deeper understanding of this society; at least, she already knows what hospitality coupons are.
At this time, everyone was poor and short of oil and water.
The earliest hospitality vouchers were a benefit issued by the state to care for particular groups, such as retired cadres, veteran Red Army officials, Lao Eighth Route Army officials, and advanced workers in specific positions.
With the coupon, you can go to a state-owned restaurant for a free meal once a month, and the price of this meal is relatively high; at least, it is guaranteed to include fish and meat.
Later, the types of hospitality coupons gradually increased.
The kind mentioned above are only available to some people. Still, the hotel will also issue discount coupons similar to those of later generations to the unit's employees or use them as benefits.
Of course, this coupon does not provide free food and drink, but it will be cheaper than the external price, which is equivalent to giving an internal price.
Master Liu naturally talks about the latter one. But Shi Xiaoai knew this kind of coupon took much work to get. Even if Master Liu could speak in the restaurant, he wouldn't be able to have many.
Today was just a day out for my family to have fun and breakfast. There was no need to waste such resources.
When Xiao Ai was determined not to accept it, Master Liu didn't force it anymore.
After asking them what they would buy, Master Liu said: "You should go to the department store first, but if you want to buy better clothes, they may not be available there.
You go and have a look. If there is nothing suitable, I can help." You guys can find some foreign exchange coupons, the stuff in the Friendship Store is pretty good."
Shi Xiaoai quickly thanked him again.
Master Liu left, Cheng Yang also rushed over, and the family of four entered the restaurant.
When they walked into the hotel, they realized that although the outside door was still being renovated, Yunfeng Pavilion's interior was relatively new and had probably been renovated in advance.
Standing in this antique hall with carved stained glass everywhere, the two children were almost blind, looking around and asking their mother questions.
Perhaps because the environment was too novel, the two children changed from their usual noisy behavior and became slightly cautious. They stuck close to their parents and even spoke much softer.
Shi Xiaoai first led them to find a long table to sit at and then went to buy something.
There are many types of breakfast at Yunfeng Pavilion, including steamed buns, steamed dumplings, shaomai, fried dough sticks, fried cakes, and various porridges. There are as many as twenty or thirty types.
Of course, this is different from the morning tea of later generations. Even though there are many varieties, they are still mainly affordable. Just choose two or three items, and the family will be whole.
According to the children's request, they ordered steamed rice cakes, small oil rolls, a cage of crab meat buns, a cage of steamed dumplings with three delicacies, two bowls of small wontons, and a bowl of osmanthus rice wine.
These things fill a table when they come up.
So much so that people passing by couldn't help but take a second look, wondering what kind of family could be so extravagant.
Xiao Ai was very calm when facing everyone's gaze because she knew that even though they ordered more, there would be no problem with not being able to finish them all with Cheng Yang, a big eater.
It's a good use if it's eaten until it's in the stomach, and even in a high-end restaurant, she can afford more than ten yuan for breakfast now.
Sure enough, the whole family was delighted with this meal.
Especially the two little cubs' expressions of wonder, satisfaction, and happiness make parents feel that no matter how much money they spend, it is worth it!
Mingrui usually kept a straight face and acted mature, but after eating half a bowl of wontons, he smiled so much that he revealed a pair of dimples precisely the same as Shi Xiaoai's.
Looking at it makes people feel itchy and want to poke it out.
After the meal, the family of four went straight to the largest department store in the city.
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