A train puffing out black smoke slowly stopped at the Sijiucheng Railway Station. As the door opened, passengers stinking of sweat, feet, cigarettes and other strange smells squeezed out of the car.
, the platform was filled with people for a while.
Among them are many young people from the security department of other places who travel lightly. These grandsons make cars for free, so they use their convenience to travel around the world.
In addition to them, there were also normal passengers. Carrying large and small packages, they scurried away from the group of young people who were calling friends on the platform, as if avoiding snakes and scorpions, and hurried towards the exit.
Old Tang and Old Lin were among this group of tourists.
They are both middle-aged men who work at Dezhou Machinery Factory. One is the deputy director and the other is the purchasing section chief. They are also friends for many years. This trip to Sijiucheng is to purchase a batch of machine tools from the No. 1 Machine Tool Factory.
"Old Tang, this capital is different. The train stations are much bigger than ours!"
"That's for sure. How about calling it the capital?"
"What's our schedule today?"
"Find a place to stay first. If I have time, I will take you for a walk, see Tiananmen Square, try roast duck, and then go to the machine tool factory tomorrow, okay?"
"Okay, I've wanted to visit Tiananmen for a long time!"
The two old brothers chatted all the way and soon came out of the station. They were immediately going to register at a nearby hotel information office and find a place to stay.
At this time, when foreigners come to Sijiu City to stay, if they don’t have any acquaintances, they have two ways. They can either find a hotel by themselves, or go to the hotel information office to register and queue up. This place holds information about most guest houses and hotels in the city.
We basically know where there are empty beds and where they are full, and they will arrange places in order after registration.
Both methods have pros and cons. The former does not require queuing, but you may not be able to find a place with an available bed, while the latter requires queuing. Sometimes if you are unlucky, you may not wait a whole day for a place with an available bed.
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"Hey, Old Tang, look at that!"
Lao Lin and Lao Tang had just walked out of the station and found a huge poster one and a half meters long and one meter wide on a clean pillar directly in front of them. It looked like the white face of a beautiful woman.
There is a dog skin plaster on my face, it looks awkward no matter how I look at it.
The two of them were immediately attracted by the bold and enlarged important notices on the poster. They thought it was some new policy and hurriedly moved forward to check it out.
After looking at it for a few times, the two brothers realized that it was a promotional poster for the guest house of the Sixth District Grain Management Office.
"What did I think it was?"
Old Lin withdrew his gaze speechlessly, and immediately called Old Tang to register at the introduction office.
"Wait a minute."
Old Tang, who often travels on business, looked at the poster and pondered for a moment, then suggested to his companion: "I don't know how long the queue at the introduction office will be. How about we go to this place? It just opened today, so there must not be many people.
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"Live here?" Lao Lin turned his head and glanced at the poster, frowned and pointed at the information below: "It's quite expensive. A double room costs five yuan, and a bed costs two yuan per person!"
"If it's more expensive, it's more expensive. It doesn't cost us money anyway, so who are you going to save it for?" Old Tang rolled his eyes at him and said shrewdly: "And didn't you read what's written on it? Three days passed before the opening.
There are gifts for consumption, and we can get some benefits from the money in the flower factory. Why not go for such a good thing? Let’s go, don’t be too late and run out of room.”
Without any explanation, he pulled Lao Lin out and walked out. Soon he came to the roadside and got on a tricycle and headed towards the Liuliangsu Guest House.
The train station is located between the southeast corner of Forty-Nine City and Jianguomen, with Tonghui River in the east, Chongwenmen in the west, and Chang'an Street in the north. It is only five or six miles away from Tiananmen Square and not far from the guest house.
Listening to the pedaling master talking nonsense all the way, the two brothers arrived at the place in more than ten minutes.
It was only after nine o'clock at this time, but there were many tourists coming to stay at the guest house. Since it opened at eight o'clock, more than twenty people have come.
Most of them were arranged by the introduction office, and some, like Lao Lin and Lao Tang, came after seeing the posters.
After getting off the car, the two brothers looked around at the small square building, then quickly walked into the door and came to the spacious and bright lobby. They took out their letters of introduction and registered at the front desk. They paid for a room for two.
, took the key and climbed up the stairs to the third floor under the guidance of the waiter.
When the room attendant on the third floor saw someone coming up, he immediately came forward to greet them. After asking which room they were in, he led the two people there. The whole process was polite and enthusiastic.
The old brothers were a little flattered.
After traveling for so many years and staying in so many hotels, this was the first time they met a waiter with such a good attitude, which made them a little uncomfortable as they had never eaten fine food.
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The waiter led the two brothers to the door of the room. After opening the door, he thoughtfully reminded the two of them: "Comrades, our guest house provides hot water from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. If you need it, you can call me in the restaurant.
It's on the first floor. If you don't want to go down, you can have food delivered to you. There's also a bathhouse in the basement. You two can go down with your room keys and take a bath for free, but you have to pay for bathing and other services separately."
"Oh, okay, thank you."
The two brothers quickly thanked them.
"If there's nothing else, I'll leave first. If you need anything, you can call us directly. I hope you two have a pleasant stay." The waiter turned around with a smile. When the two of them could no longer see her face, the smile disappeared instantly and she walked quickly.
Leave.
The reason why she is so polite and enthusiastic is all because of Chu Heng's rules...
"Please walk slowly."
After watching the warm and friendly waiter leave, the two brothers turned around and entered the room. Then the two wild pigs were shocked.
The snow-white walls, snow-white sheets and quilts, and the air are very fresh, giving the whole room a clean and refreshing feeling.
It is also equipped with a large wardrobe, and there is even a brand new radio on the bedside table. The most important thing is that there is an independent bathroom in the room!
"Old Tang, did we go to the wrong place?" Old Lin looked at the environment and furnishings in the room in astonishment, recalling the three-dollar single-room hotel where he had stayed on business trips with dirty bedding and a musty smell all over the room.
, suddenly became unconfident.
"The door is open, what's wrong?" Old Tang also looked surprised. He walked around the room in a novel way, and even peeed and tried the toilet in the bathroom. He grinned and said: "How's it going, Lao Lin?"
, you heard me right, right? Do you still think it’s expensive this time?”
"I don't mind, I don't mind, this money is so well spent!" Old Lin looked at the room with a smile: "With the attitude of the waiter here and the environment of the room, let alone five yuan, even ten yuan is not expensive.