Chapter 1,269 Cai Xiaoli borrows money and Han Chunming visits
1975, early summer.
Qianmen Building, in front of a state-owned dumpling shop.
Su Mingzhe, who was wearing a white chef's uniform and a high hat, walked out of the store and saw a graceful girl pacing back and forth with an anxious look on her face. She couldn't help but smile:
"Cai Xiaoli, what kind of wind is this that brings you here?"
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This time he traveled to the plane of "Under the Zhengyang Gate", and his identity is the distant cousin of the heroine Su Meng.
I once went to the countryside to be educated youth with the male protagonist Han Chunming, Cai Xiaoli, Cheng Jianjun, Li Hongbo, Yu Xiaomin, Yang Huajian and others.
In Su Mingzhe's memory, Cai Xiaoli had a good relationship with Cheng Jianjun, and they had a normal relationship with him, and they usually had little to talk to.
In the half month since I traveled through time, I have neither met nor had any interactions with her.
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Cai Xiaoli looked at the young man in front of her, a trace of surprise flashed through her anxious eyes.
Since the educated youths returned to the capital three months ago and went their separate ways, they have not seen each other again.
In Cai Xiaoli's original impression, Su Mingzhe was a tall, thin, frail scholar who was polite and "effeminate" in everything he said and did. He was more like a woman than Su Meng, Cai Xiaoli, and Yu Xiaomin.
And today, although Su Mingzhe is wearing very loose chef uniforms, he still looks majestic and majestic standing there.
I didn’t expect that there could be such a big difference between a person who has a job and someone who doesn’t have a job!
Cai Xiaoli was a little dazzled for a while.
However, fortunately, she still remembered her purpose of coming, and she quickly opened her mouth and explained her purpose:
"Lao Su, my dad has appendicitis. He is in the hospital now and is urgently waiting for surgery. The doctor said that the various expenses will cost about ten yuan, but my family is experiencing famine now..."
"Is ten dollars enough?"
Su Mingzhe breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Cai Xiaoli stuttering and explaining the reason why she came to see him.
Fortunately, it was just a loan. He was really afraid that this woman would say that she wanted to pursue him.
In the TV series, Cai Xiaoli pursues Han Chunming, but fails to love her. In a fit of anger, she turns to love and hates her, and marries Han Chunming's rival Cheng Jianjun, and then continues to help Cheng Jianjun deal with Han Chunming.
Therefore, if he had to choose among several women in the play, Su Mingzhe would rather choose Guan Xiaoguan, a fierce girl, than Cai Xiaoli.
"That's enough, that's enough. The operation fee is actually only five yuan, but you also need to take anesthesia and other things. It adds up to ten yuan..."
Cai Xiaoli looked at the man anxiously.
Before she came to Su Mingzhe, she had already gone to Cheng Jianjun and Han Chunming, who had a good relationship with her.
However, neither of them found a job, so they scraped together for less than one yuan each.
It was Cheng Jianjun who told himself that Su Mingzhe was a cook here and it was quite enjoyable, so he should try it.
"Wait a minute!"
Although Su Mingzhe has only traveled through time for half a month, the original owner has been working here for more than a month and has been paid once.
Feeling in his trouser pocket, Su Mingzhe took it out and saw that it was only three dollars and a half. He immediately blushed, turned around and entered the dumpling restaurant, and found the manager of the dumpling restaurant:
"Manager, do you have any money? I'll lend you ten yuan and I'll pay you back after your salary is paid!"
When manager Ma Dayong saw Su Mingzhe speaking, he immediately smiled and said:
"When you go to work, why do you bring so much money?"
Even though Ma Dayong is the manager of a dumpling shop, his monthly salary is actually only fifty yuan, which is only a dozen yuan more than the "chef" Su Mingzhe.
"Manager, how much money do you have with you? Give it to me first and I will return it to you later."
As the "chef" of the dumpling restaurant, Su Mingzhe has this status and the confidence to speak.
When Ma Dayong saw this, he just smiled and said:
"Xiao Su, this ten yuan is too much. With all the money we have in our store, we can't get enough for you."
Yes. However, if you are really in a hurry, you can advance your salary at the counter. You can write an IOU first, and I will ask Accountant Xu to get you ten yuan!"
"Thank you, manager. I will pay you another day and treat you to dinner!"
Su Mingzhe quickly wrote an IOU, and after the manager signed it, he gave it to accountant Xu Na and advanced ten yuan from the counter.
After leaving the dumpling restaurant, Su Mingzhe immediately took out the ten yuan he had paid in advance and the three yuan he had pocketed:
"The money is all here. If you are still short, I will be at the store before I get off work at eight o'clock. Just come to me. If it is after eight o'clock, you can go find that guy Han Chunming. Chunming knows where my home is!"
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"Thank you, Lao Su!"
Cai Xiaoli also didn't expect that Su Mingzhe was really willing to lend her money.
After receiving the seven or eight pieces of change, she held them in her palm without even clicking them, and bowed deeply towards the man.
For their family, this ten yuan not only saved her father's life, but also saved their entire family!
"Go to the hospital quickly!"
Su Mingzhe waved his hand and did not help Cai Xiaoli, who was wearing short sleeves.
He had just traveled from the planes of "Myth" and "Bubu Jingxin", and he had always kept in mind the rules of not being intimate between men and women.
When Cai Xiaoli left, Su Mingzhe was about to go back to work in the kitchen. Unexpectedly, the manager Ma Dayong came out at this time, handed a large front door without a filter, and said with a smile:
"Xiao Su, are you free on the weekend the day after tomorrow?"
Su Mingzhe took the cigarette, took out a match and gave it to himself and the manager, and then smiled:
"Manager, if you have anything to do, just give me an order. We are all a family, so why are you so polite?"
"Xiao Su, what you said is that I don't dare to be bureaucratic!"
When Ma Dayong saw what Su Mingzhe said, he was polite and smiled directly:
"It's like this. My cousin's son is getting married on the weekend. I'm going to find a chef to come over and cook a few tables of noodles."
"Manager, who does that woman's family come from? Do you have any requirements for the cuisine? Are there any taboos?"
Su Mingzhe's cooking skills have long been superb. He just has to prepare a few tables, let alone the cuisine, whether it is domestic or foreign, he has no problem.
However, since the manager is acting as a middleman, Su Mingzhe should ask clearly in advance to avoid any taboos.
"I really don't know about this. How about I go back and ask today and give you an accurate answer tomorrow?"
"Okay, then I'll wait for your news tomorrow!"
Su Mingzhe smoked a cigarette with the manager, then went into the kitchen and started busy.
The original dumpling restaurant business could only be said to be barely sustainable.
Sometimes, employees’ wages have to be “set off in kind”.
In order to support their families, several kitchen helpers would collect shoe soles and knit sweaters when there were no guests, barely subsidizing the family income.
Ever since Su Mingzhe traveled through time and applied to become a chef, he added cooking and wine to the main business of dumplings, and the dumpling restaurant took off immediately.
Nowadays, dumpling restaurants start at around 11 a.m. and last until 8 p.m., basically without stopping.
Although everyone was so busy that their feet never touched the ground, they were all happy.
When the dumpling restaurant makes money, they can receive wages, even overtime pay and bonuses!
On the other side, Qianmen Hospital.
Cai Xiaoli has helped her father pay the hospitalization fee and is chatting with her father who has received painkiller injections.
Boom, boom, boom!
There was a knock on the door, and Han Chunming popped his head in, holding a bag of fruit, and pushed the door open and walked in: