As soon as he entered the door today, Zhao Yong shouted very loudly: "Brother Cai, ask my sister-in-law to fry two hard vegetables for us!"
us?
Zheng Cai looked up from behind the cashier and saw Li Manjun following Zhao Yong, his eyes widened instantly.
Oh, it’s done!
Zheng Cai responded loudly: "Xiaoyong, are you taking your girlfriend to dinner?"
Zhao Yong glanced at Li Manjun, he couldn't hide his joy, his eyebrows almost flew up, "Yes!"
Li Manjun asked: "Are two dishes enough? Add one more, I'll treat you today."
Just when Zhao Yong was about to speak, Li Manjun immediately added: "Don't refuse!"
Zhao Yong was not used to it, so he awkwardly asked Zheng Cai to add another dish and muttered, "It's the man's job to treat guests to dinner. It makes me feel embarrassed..."
Li Manjun didn't care whether he meant it or not. She was almost hungry. She brought the food, picked up her chopsticks and started eating.
Three meaty hard vegetables left a mouthful of flavor, and I finished three bowls of rice in a row!
Zhao Yong has been hungry for a long time. He has been relying on four meat buns in the morning to survive until now. If he doesn't eat five or six bowls of rice, he can't fill his stomach.
The two of them ate the three dishes directly from the disc, and Zhang Huimei also finished the bowl of rice.
This meal cost twelve yuan, and each meat dish cost four yuan. The portion was solid and the taste was good. Li Manjun felt that it was well worth the money.
"Are you busy tomorrow?" Li Manjun suddenly asked.
Zhao Yong shook his head, "It's okay, what are you doing?" Are you going on a date?
"Then can you accompany me to Xiao Pan's home tomorrow?" Li Manjun remembered the gangsters he met last time and had to be careful.
Knowing that she was going to be close to danger, she would never put herself in a dangerous situation without making any preparations.
Zhao Yong thought it was a date and readily agreed.
After dinner, it was already 8:30 in the evening. Li Manjun wanted to find a hotel near the parking lot so that he could keep an eye on the goods.
Zhao Yong took her to a small hotel opposite his home, which cost 20 yuan a night. The environment was pretty good and it had a bathroom.
The main reason is that he is at ease because he is close.
When crossing the road, Zhao Yong mustered up the courage to reach out to Li Manjun. Li Manjun glanced at him and then put his hand on him.
His big hands held her, his palms were warm and a little hot, but no one let go.
The smile on the corner of Zhao Yong's mouth never faded. Night would deepen people's emotions. He didn't want to be separated from Li Manjun at all.
After she completed the check-in procedures and went to find the room, he followed her all the way to the door of the room, then pretended to be indifferent and waved her hand, telling her:
"There is a phone number at the front desk. If you need anything, you can call me anytime."
All Li Manjun thinks about is the safety of the truck, "No one will steal anything, right? Can the car be parked in that yard?"
Zhao Yong nodded, "The gatekeeper has been helping us look at the goods before, and there has never been any mistakes. Moreover, my house is upstairs, and I can hear any noise immediately. Don't worry."
"You've had a tiring day today, so take a good rest."
Li Manjun felt relieved and said with a smile: "You too, thank you for your hard work today."
"Little things." Zhao Yong didn't feel hard at all. Compared with his usual work, today's work was nothing.
"Then I'm in?" Li Manjun pointed to the door and reminded Zhao Yong that he could leave.
Zhao Yong seemed to have just come to his senses. He said, "Oh," and asked her to go in first. He once again told her to lock the door, and then he left uneasily.
Li Manjun stood behind the door and listened to the footsteps walking away. He threw his backpack on the bed and went to the bathroom to take a look first.
The bathroom, which is less than two square feet, has a squat toilet and a washstand. There is a mirror on the wall and a towel hanging on the back of the door, which looks like it has been used.
As for hot water showers, don't even think about it. There is a separate bathroom, so you don't have to go out to the toilet in the middle of the night. Li Manjun is already very satisfied.
The small hotel room was not big, about ten square meters, with a small bed of one meter and two meters inside, a bedside table beside the bed, and a TV cabinet opposite the bed, but there was no TV on it, only a kettle.
This is all the room has, no disposable slippers, no disposable toothbrushes, water cups, towels and hot water.
The sheets and duvet covers even felt a little damp, and the floor was not carpet or tiles, but gray cement.
In the 1990s, small hotels generally had this configuration. Li Manjun was impeccable. He opened his backpack, took out an old T-shirt used as pajamas and his own towel and went to the bathroom.
If there was no hot water, I simply took cold water and wiped the sweat off my body. I cleaned myself up and put on my pajamas. The street outside the hotel had quieted down.
All the fresh entertainment is in the development zone. The residents in the old city turn off their lights and go to bed at 8 or 9 o'clock. The surrounding area is very quiet, with only the occasional taxi and tour guide passing by.
Li Manjun turned off the light and lay down. She thought she would not fall asleep soon, but maybe she was tired from riding in the car during the day and fell asleep as soon as she closed her eyes.
Early in the morning, Zhao Yong woke up.
Li Manjun was worried about staying alone in the small hotel, so he knocked on the door before six-thirty with the breakfast he bought.
Li Manjun was still dreaming. She had drawn the curtains tightly, and the dark environment in the room made it difficult to tell the specific time.
It wasn't until the rhythmic knocking on the door rang that I suddenly woke up from my sleep.
"Who is it?" Li Manjun put on his long-sleeved coat and walked towards the door.
Zhao Yong's voice came from outside the door, "It's me, Zhao Yong, I brought you breakfast."
Li Manjun responded with a sigh, pulled the bolt on the door, unlocked it again, and finally opened the door.
Zhao Yong felt relieved when he heard the clicking sounds of the door opening.
The door opened, and the sunlight in the corridor shone into the dim room. The first thing that caught Zhao Yong's eyes was a pair of straight and long legs.
His heart skipped a beat and he tilted his head to remind, "You're not wearing pants."
"Ah?" Li Manjun looked down at the five-point sweatpants he was wearing. Don't they count as pants?
"You come in first." Li Manjun yawned lazily, stepped on his heels and walked to the window, opening the curtains with a bang.
The golden morning light poured into the small room, and the dust under the light was like shining elves, falling on the ends of her hair, eyelashes, shoulders, and forearms, as if her whole body was filled with a layer of divine light.
It was obviously just an ordinary loose T-shirt, but she looked extremely lazy when wearing it.
Li Manjun shook his long hair, skillfully grasped it into a ponytail with both hands, and tied it with a rubber band. When he turned around, he saw Zhao Yong standing by the door in a daze, as if someone had tapped his acupuncture points.
His intensely aggressive black eyes stared straight into her golden eyes, causing his Adam's apple to roll up and down.
Li Manjun pointed to the TV cabinet, "Put it on the table, you first..." She looked around for a week but couldn't find a stool, so she pointed to the bed, "Sit anywhere you like while I wash my face."
After explaining, I carried my trousers and towel into the bathroom. When I came out again, my legs were already covered by my trousers.
Zhao Yong looked away angrily and licked his lips unconsciously, feeling a little regretful.
"What did you buy?" Li Manjun asked, "Did you eat it yourself?"
She saw that there were a lot of things on the table, and they didn't seem to be enough for one person.
