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Chapter 8 Beautiful and Delicious

After all, setting up a phone is no small matter.

These days, if anyone installs this thing in their home, others will definitely take a high look, and it is indeed very convenient.

So when the phone was installed, even though Hong Yanzheng complained, he solemnly posted a piece of paper on the wall above the phone at home.

He told his parents that the contact numbers of several Hong brothers and sisters were on this piece of paper, as well as Shou Jingfang's.

Parents were told to press this button to call whomever they wanted. They also said that the numbers copied with red pen were barrier station 112, long-distance telephone registration station 113, directory inquiry station 114, service station 115, long-distance telephone inquiry station 116, time station 117,

Fire 119, burglary 110, neighborhood committee, police station, etc...

Then he started using the phone again and informed his relatives and friends at home one by one of his home phone number.

In this process, he not only felt quite honored and enjoyed being a factory manager, he even developed a game mentality towards the phone at home like a child.

Because this is completely different from work phone calls, which are for serious matters.

It's different from a public phone, you have to spend your own money.

Now, it's just fun, just fun. And it doesn't cost him any money, it's the money of that bastard Hong Yanwu!

No, think about the abominable behavior of the "hometown thief", think about those immoral remarks about the golden urn, who else is playing with this kid's phone?

This is not enough, how can we just play on the phone?

Thinking of this, Hong Yanzheng, with evil fire in his heart, quickly dialed again while his family was busy having dinner.

As the phone buzzed for a while, the voice of Xiyuan Erqiuzi's mother came quickly on the phone.

"Where are you? Who are you looking for?"

Hong Yanzheng quickly lowered his voice and started pretending.

"Furuli No. 2? Hey, I'm the General Affairs Department of Polar Bear. Yes, yes, call Hong Yanwu... Ah, there is an emergency in the factory, please ask him to answer the phone..."

Immediately afterwards, I heard the voice on the phone saying that Qiu Zi's mother was leaving and calling Hong Yanwu at the door of Chen's house.

After a while, I heard Hong Yanwu's voice running from the house again in response to the words.

But when the other party picked up the phone, no matter how many times Hong Yanwu said "Hey, hello" to the phone, Hong Yanzheng just didn't speak.

This took two minutes, and the other party had no choice but to hang up.

Then two minutes later, Hong Yanzheng dialed again.

This time he imitated the tone of the general affairs section chief of his unit and spoke to Qiuzi's mother in an official tone.

"Ah, that's ridiculous. I had something urgent to deal with just now, and I've been waiting for him. Why did he die now? Young people are just irritable and too impatient. Yes, you call him again..."

Then Hong Yanzheng gently put down the phone, lit a cigarette, listened carefully to the sound on the phone, and had another good time...

Regardless of how the Hong brothers used the phone to make them cough, let’s talk about the third “peanut”.

On April 28, 1982, the "Jianguo Hotel", a joint venture built and operated by China International Travel Service Beijing Branch and Hong Kong Huamei Hotel Development Co., Ltd., opened.

This is the first foreign-related joint venture tourist hotel in Beijing, adopting the American Holiday Inn management method.

The construction area is 10,000 square meters, the investment is as high as 20 million US dollars, but the construction period only took two years.

Speaking of this, some people may be curious. This seems to have no direct relationship with Hong Yanwu?

No, it really does matter, and it is more important to Hong Yanwu than the house and the phone.

Don't forget, this guy is different from ordinary people.

For him, the significance of this incident is not only that he has a new place and opportunity to sell foreign exchange bonds.

More importantly, he has a place where he can come and go as he pleases, consume with peace of mind, and relax and enjoy.

Isn’t it a pain to just have money and have nowhere to spend it?

In fact, Hong Yanwu in his previous life also liked the view of the courtyard between the two main buildings of the "Jianguo Hotel".

Because there is a winding stream flowing there, and the water of the stream twists, bounces, sways, and changes in many ways.

There is also a gurgling spring in the middle, which is extremely natural and wild.

What's even more fascinating is that some of the guest room buildings have small terraces protruding from the side adjacent to the creek.

You can completely imagine how carefree the residents feel when they sit on the small terrace, look at the green greenery, listen to the gurgling water, sip a pot of fragrant tea, or clink glasses to drink.

So needless to say, in this hot summer, Hong Yanwu can rent a room here as Angelo and enjoy the long-awaited beautiful scenery and air-conditioning.

In fact, we don’t have to wait until summer, it’s May Day in a few days.

Hong Yanwu asked this young man to come forward and reserve seats for ten people at the "Jestine Western Restaurant" on the first floor of the "Jianguo Hotel".

He sincerely invited his whole family and his cousin Shou Jingfang to celebrate the festival together.

It should be said that this meal was no less joyful than the meal of boiled mutton that the Hong family had at the "Ethnic Restaurant" after they had just received the repayment from Chase Bank.

Because here, through the facade glass wall in the restaurant, you can directly enjoy the beautiful scenery in the courtyard.

And it has to be said that in the next few decades, in the central area of ​​Beijing, only two foreign-related hotels, "Jianguo Hotel" and "Shangri-La", will be able to enjoy similar enjoyment to the "Flower City" Garden Restaurant.

However, "Jianguo Hotel" is completely different from the Flower City's borrowed scenery layout and regular private garden, and from the royal style of "Shangri-La".

The combination of scenery and architecture here is clever and subtle. There is me in you and you in me, which takes the word "hidden" to its extreme.

Outside the walls, or even inside the lobby, one would never imagine that there is a unique cave inside.

So this kind of elegant scenery, which is quite similar to "picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence and leisurely seeing the Nanshan Mountain", must be in line with the aesthetic taste of Hong Lucheng, his wife and Shou Jingfang.

So when several elders walked into the restaurant, they were all extremely surprised.

Shou Jingfang even claimed that the four words "beautiful and delicious" can be applied here and are quite appropriate.

In addition, despite the fact that there are only a few people in the restaurant, according to Hong Yanwu, the chef's skills are just so-so and not satisfactory.

But eating Western food is a novel scene that most Hong family children have never been exposed to.

Plus shiny candlesticks, knives and forks, white tablecloths, fragrant flowers, and comfortable sofas and chairs.

Young people also feel a sense of refreshing excitement here.

During the meal, although they were not used to the exotic dishes such as cream of mushroom soup, foie gras with bread, fruit and vegetable salad, grilled lamb chops with small asparagus, and baked apples with vanilla ice cream.

But he was waving his knife and fork with great enthusiasm, and everyone was sitting there laughing and laughing.

Under this circumstance, the children of the Hong family also heard past events that the previous generation would rarely reveal.

First, Shou Jingfang told everyone about his and Hong Lucheng's first experience of eating "Qishi Lin" in Jinmen when they were young.

It was said that there were snowflakes in the winter, so the two brothers got into a rickshaw and rushed there.

Just because I didn't understand German, I spent six dollars and only ordered six customers of "Germany" with different flavors... which is ice cream.

Because at that time, this thing was placed in a butterfly-shaped champagne glass, and there was always a small German flag, so he called it accordingly.

This thing definitely cannot be returned.

Well, the two of them ended up ordering two cups of hot coffee.

It was bitter, sweet, hot, cold, and you swallowed it while pinching your nose...

This old story made everyone laugh so much that they couldn't help but laugh.

Because no one expected that the embarrassments their previous generation encountered in their youth would be so cute and interesting.

Then, Hong Lucheng and Wang Yunlin became interested in talking, and they reminisced about the Western food in old Beijing with Shou Jingfang.

According to what they said in their chat, in the past, foreigners’ foreign food in Beijing was not called Western food, but “Fancai”.

A Western restaurant is not called a Western restaurant, but a Fancai restaurant.

What is more interesting is that there was a "Jishlin" in Beijing in the early 1940s. It was opened by the driver of the Northeast warlord Bao Wenyue.

In fact, it has nothing to do with "Qi Shilin" and is purely a matter of popularity.

However, many people in the capital mistakenly thought it was "Qi Shilin". As a result, this fake product actually made a lot of money.

They also said that except for the "Xishen Association" in Dongjiaomin Lane in Beijing, the other well-known Western restaurants are improved "Chinese Western food."

From the "Liuguo Hotel" and "Jingcheng Hotel" to the "Jie Ying" and "Er Miao Tang" of the citizen class, this is the case.

Therefore, the names of dishes in these restaurants are named British, French, Russian, and German. Most of them are unreliable, or even completely fabricated.

For example, the British love fried potato chips and fried fish, so all fried foods dipped in bread crumbs are called British style.

Germans love to eat pork knuckles most, and as long as they are pork knuckles, they are all German style.

The French like all kinds of sauces, and our Chinese invented a homemade sauce that is red and green, sweet and sour, and uses tomato paste, diced carrots, diced mushrooms, peas and raisins as the main ingredients.

As long as the sauce is poured on the food, it can be called French.

The only thing that's really not too outrageous is Russian cuisine.

An important reason for this is that since the early 1920s, a considerable number of former Tsarist Russian aristocrats have entered major cities in our country due to the country's turmoil, and they are called "White Russians".

In order to make a living, they opened Russian-style restaurants in these cities or worked as chefs in Western restaurants run by Chinese people, thus introducing authentic Russian cuisine into the country.

Therefore, during the Republic of China, many families who were financially capable would make the more authentic "borscht", which was the most representative and frugal Russian dish.

As for the older generation, the concept of "salad" has always been that potatoes must be included and mayonnaise must be used. This is also due to the influence of Russian cuisine.

On the other hand, the salad on the table today does not have potatoes and is only made with olive oil and apple cider vinegar. This selection of ingredients is in line with the tastes of Western European countries and is relatively more authentic...

In this way, this meal not only increased the knowledge and knowledge of the Hong family's children, but also became a happy time that they will always keep in their memories.

Even Hong Yanzheng didn't get angry and ruined the scenery. Anyway, he had already reported the assets of his third child to his parents, and there is a saying that goes well, if you don't get it, you won't get it for free!

He knew very well that even if he didn't eat, the "thief from home" wouldn't be able to save money.

It's better to just eat and enjoy it, so as not to waste the good stuff in vain.

If you are angry, don't be afraid. If you continue to use the phone to play "monkey" with that kid in the future, it will be over.

The second group is open, group number: 608640021


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