Chapter five hundred and thirty fourth civilian life
Li Zhi sat on a chair in the cafeteria, holding a bowl of rice in his left hand and chopsticks in his right hand. Somehow he started, because in front of him was a portion of braised pork with oily fragrance, and another portion was delicious fish soup. However, the psychological shadows that Li Zhi had fallen on Gui Crying Island had not been completely eliminated. Now, although he could not vomit, he could not eat anyway. When he was in Li Yan's palace, he only ate vegetarian dishes.
"Xiaojiu, why are you doing while standing there? Eat quickly. We have to load eight more cars tonight. If you don't eat enough, you won't have the energy to work!" Seeing Li Zhi stunned, Liu Tou beside him kindly reminded. Li Zhi's pseudonym is Yang Jiu, and he is also the youngest among the people, so Liu Tou and the others are called Xiaojiu.
"Oh...oh, okay!" Li Zhi agreed helplessly. In fact, he was very hungry now. He was not full in the morning. He also ate in the factory canteen at noon, and also rice, but the dishes he cooked were all meat and vegetarian. He only ate some vegetarian dishes and ate half a bowl of rice. However, after working for a whole afternoon, he had already digested all his work and his stomach was empty.
Originally, Liu Tou was going to treat her today, but when they were about to finish today's task, they suddenly received a notice from the factory, telling them to work overtime and have dinner in the factory, and to improve their lives for the workers. They only made a dish of braised pork, and everyone had enough, but this was not good news for Li Zhi.
Thinking of having to work for a while and being so hungry in his stomach, Li Yan sighed helplessly, holding up his disgust and stretched out his chopsticks to hold a piece of fat braised pork. However, after working hard for a long time, he still didn't dare to do it. In the end, he had to eat dry food helplessly, but he was choked after not taking a few bites. He hurriedly picked up the fish soup and then took a few sips before delivering the food.
"Huh? The fish soup tastes pretty good, but it's a bit fishy. It would be even better if you add some strong wine to remove it!" Li Zhi looked at the fish soup in his hand in surprise. It was the first time he felt that a bowl of ordinary fish soup was so delicious! In fact, Li Zhi didn't know that this was not a problem with the fish soup at all, and he was too hungry, so he naturally had sweet foods. If he had the courage to taste braised pork, he would probably feel delicious.
"Xiaojiu. Don't waste your braised pork if you don't eat it. Brother, I will solve it for you!" Seeing that Li Zhi's braised pork was not moved, Hu Han next to him came over and said. When he was in Jizhou, he dreamed of eating meat every day. Now he has been in Taiwan for half a year and often eat meat, but his favorite thing is this oily and greasy braised pork. In his words: This meat tastes satisfying and enjoyable!
"Okay. Brother Hu, just take it!" Li Zhi also smiled. However, as soon as he finished speaking, Daqiang, the bearded man and Zhugan also came up to snatch it up with a smile. Hu Han shouted, "I asked Xiaojiu first," but unfortunately it was useless. In the end, the three of them snatched all the braised pork in a few strokes, while Liu Tou looked at the brothers with a smile. As for the Wang San, who was with Li Zhi, he just took a cold look, then lowered his head to eat his own meal.
Although Li Zhi was very hungry, he was educated by the palace since he was a child and had a slow meal. Naturally, the speed was not much faster. After Liu Tou and the others had finished two bowls of rice, Li Zhi had only eaten half of the bowl. At this time, the workers in the cafeteria were almost gone. After all, there was a lot of work at night, so they could go home and go to bed early if they worked early.
Li Zhi was embarrassed to let Liu Tou and the other five wait for him, so he had to put the rice in the bowl into his mouth in a few bites, then drank the fish soup a few bites. He imitated Liu Tou and the others, wiped his mouth with his sleeves, and then smiled and said, "I'm sorry, let everyone wait for a long time!"
Liu Tou smiled and patted Li Zhi on the shoulder without saying anything. In fact, he also realized that Li Zhi must not be a poor person, but now he does the same job and eats the same meal. I guess there is any reason for this. It is probably because the family is in decline. If this is true, they wouldn't ask much, otherwise wouldn't it be that they would sprinkle salt on other people's wounds?
Hu Han and the others had the same view of Li Zhi as Liu Tou, and they all believed that the other party should have come to the factory to work because of the family's failure. This also made Hu Han and the others admire Li Zhi a little. After all, a young man who has been pampering since childhood can do such hard work, and he didn't complain about being tired on the first day, which is very rare.
The work in the evening was temporarily increased. Li Zhi and his team had to load eight cars, which was not much. However, everyone had been working for a day, so they were naturally not much faster when they were working, so they were naturally not much faster until the 9 o'clock in the evening.
Li Zhi didn't have any lunch and dinner. Although he didn't do much work in the evening, he felt tired and hungry. At this time, Liu Tou said it was still early and he agreed to treat him in the afternoon. It would be better to go out to have a few cups now. As a result, Hu Han and the others naturally had no objection. Although they were very tired, drinking a few cups before going to bed was also a very pleasant thing.
The shipyard where Li Zhi and his team are located is called "Hengbo Shipyard". There are also some shipyards around the factory. In fact, Li Yan has already set up a shipbuilding base like Dengzhou Ship City. However, the development time is still short and it is not as large as the scale.
In addition to factories, there are also many restaurants, shops, etc. that rely on these factories to eat. For example, next to Hengbo Shipyard, there is a short street, with restaurants of all sizes and small on both sides, known as a food street. In fact, the food made in the restaurants here is not very delicious. After all, most of the people who come here to eat are workers, and they only want affordable. Therefore, the food sold in the restaurants here is enough to handle the fullness. As for whether it is delicious, it depends on everyone's taste.
Keelung is a city that never sleeps. Since the first day of its construction, there has been no curfew here. In fact, not only Keelung, but also no curfews in cities on the entire island of Taiwan. Although the shipyard is a suburb of the city, because there are many factories and many workers work overtime, the shops here close very late at night, which is the most lively time.
Li Zhi and the others left the factory gate, and then went to the food street in a bend on the left. As soon as they entered here, everyone felt a heat coming. The restaurants on both sides of the street were brightly lit, and most of the workers in short clothes were in and out. Occasionally, there were groups of drunkards stumbled by the street.
Li Zhi grew up in the deep palace since childhood. Even if he had time to go out, he had to go back before the palace gate was closed. In addition, Chang'an had always implemented a curfew, so this was the first time that Li Zhi had seen such a lively scene at night. For a moment, he just looked around and even forgot about his fatigue.
Liu Tou and the others were obviously familiar with this place. While greeting the familiar workers passing by, they introduced Li Zhi to the restaurants on both sides, and told him which restaurant was the most affordable, which restaurant made the best food, and even which restaurant owner was the most beautiful, etc., all of which were messy trivial news. However, Li Zhi was very excited because he had gradually felt some small fun in life for ordinary people.
The group walked a few steps in the food street, and then entered a store called "Lao Wang Restaurant". The store was not big, with only seven or eight tables in it, half of which were seated. Liu Tou and Li Zhi and six of them found a table in the corner to sit down. Then an old guy wearing a short white jacket and gray hair ran up and greeted, "Liu Tou, what do you want to eat today?"
"Lao Wang, don't rush to eat first. This is our new Xiaojiu. I'm not sure to come to you often in the future. You can get to know each other first!" Liu Tou pushed Li Zhi and then introduced to Li Zhi, "Xiao Jiu, this is the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper. We all call him Lao Wang. The cooking skills are among the best on this street. If you are greedy in the future, come here to eat!"
After hearing this, Li Zhi immediately smiled and said, "Please take care of Mr. Wang in the future!"
"I don't dare to be it, I don't dare to be it. Xiaojiu, just like everyone else, just call me Lao Wang!" Hearing that Li Zhi was so polite, Lao Wang immediately waved his hand and refused. After hearing this, Li Zhi smiled and stopped insisting.
Lao Wang and Liu Tou and the others said a few more words, and then asked them what they wanted to eat. Originally, Liu Tou asked Li Zhi to order it, but Li Zhi was new to him and was not familiar with it at all, so in the end, Liu Tou and the others ordered a few dishes, and each of them ordered another bowl of egg noodles. After all, they all do heavy work, so it is not enough not to eat staple food. It is also worth mentioning that the rice noodles are cheap and expensive in Taiwan, and it is already very costly to invite everyone to eat noodles.
Li Zhi was really hungry, and Lao Wang made the noodles very good, so he ate all his noodles in just a few seconds. At this time, several dishes ordered by Liu Tou were also delivered. Because Liu Tou knew that Li Zhi didn't seem to eat meat dishes, half of the dishes ordered were vegetarian, which was considered to be taking care of the newcomers. There were two jars of wine. Liu Tou poured wine for everyone by himself, and then said something welcoming Li Zhi, and everyone drank it all in one go.
Liu Tou and the others were all rough people, especially after drinking, they all let go, and they were very happy to chat. Taking this opportunity, Li Zhi raised some questions he was interested in, such as how many people there are in the factory, how many ships can leave the factory every year, etc. There are also some living conditions of Liu Tou and others, so as to learn about the lives of ordinary people.
Liu Tou and the others naturally said all these things, and if they don’t know, they just guessed it. Anyway, they were just chatting. As long as there was a topic, they would be able to maintain a warm atmosphere.
Chapter completed!