At about five o'clock in the evening, Lu Mingzhi came to the guest house, accompanied by Dong Changshan and a young man in his 34s and 5s.
"Guys, how was your day today?"
Lu Mingzhi asked.
"Director Lu, it's great, it's great. We have a good stay and a good time. Yesterday we took pictures at Tiananmen Square, and today we visited the Forbidden City and the Memorial Hall of Great Men. It was an eye-opener for us!"
"
Wang Kangri answered hastily.
"Well, your time is very tight. If you have enough time, you can go to the suburbs and climb the Great Wall. That is the place with the best scenery in the capital. But the Forbidden City is also very good. Take a look at the wisdom of the ancients. We Chinese are no better than others.
Stupid, as long as we work hard, we will also create miracles!"
"Yes, yes, Director Lu is absolutely right."
"Okay, Director Bielu, Director Lu's name seems a little too harsh. Can you call me Lao Lu?"
Lu Mingzhi waved his hand and said.
"How about that? You are the leader."
Wang Kangri said hurriedly.
"Anti-Japanese, you are my generation. You can call me Brother Lu, Donglai and Wenxiu. Xiao Liu Lang calls me Grandpa Lu, and you can call me Uncle."
"this………!"
A few people were in a bit of trouble.
Lu Mingzhi is almost 70 years old this year. If he were at this age more than ten years later, he would have retired a long time ago. But now the country is short of talents. Many people who hold leadership positions are old revolutionaries. The younger generation has not yet grown up. He is
They are both much older than Liu Lang's grandfather, so it is no problem for Liu Donglai and Xu Wenxiu to call them elders.
However, Liu Donglai usually calls Wang Kangri his elder brother. This is because of work. In fact, Wang Kangri is older than Liu Lang's grandfather. If Wang Kangri calls Lu Mingzhi his elder brother, it will be very troublesome for them to call each other.
Already.
"Hey, Dong Lai, you and Wen Xiu can call you whatever you want to call them against each other. We don't care. But Lao Lu and I must be your elders. We are probably older than your fathers. Calling you uncle or uncle is not bullying you.
Bar!"
Dong Changshan said from the side.
"Wherever, we can establish a relationship with the two leaders. It is a blessing we accumulated in our previous life. Then Wenxiu and I are welcome, Uncle Lu and Uncle Dong!"
"Haha, that's right!"
The two old men laughed happily.
"Hey, this is the difference!"
As a reborn person, Liu Lang felt very uncomfortable with the barren life of this era, but on the contrary, he admired the interpersonal relationships of this era. There were not many interests between people, and they all relied on feelings.
It is more obvious between the officials of the two eras, Wang Kangri,
Xiao Nanguang, as well as Dong Changshan and Lu Mingzhi, these people will all be high-ranking officials for an ordinary family in 20 or 30 years. Especially Xiao Nanguang and Lu Mingzhi can be regarded as senior leaders of the country, but they treat
An ordinary person is also very easy-going and has no airs.
Of course, there are reasons for this, but even so, it would be unimaginable twenty or thirty years later. The development of the times has brought countless wealth and benefits to people, but it is also because of these benefits that
People are no longer so innocent and trusting, and have even gradually begun to doubt each other. This may be the sadness brought about by the development of the times.
A few people took a minivan and arrived at the most famous Capital Roast Duck restaurant in Wangfujing.
"If you don't eat roast duck in the capital, you haven't been here. Come on, everyone, sit down!"
Lu Mingzhi greeted several people, and the accompanying secretary was busy ordering food and drinks.
Soon, six hot dishes and three plates of snacks were placed on the table, as well as a bottle of Maotai wine and two bottles of Capital Beer.
Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant is one of the most famous restaurants in the country. When Liu Lang came to BJ several times in his previous life, he had thought of having a roast duck meal in this restaurant, but every time he was unable to go because it was full. Unexpectedly, in this life, he had just three
I had roast duck with my parents at the age of 18, and were "accompanied" by two senior officials.
More than twenty years later, to have the most authentic roast duck in this Quanjude restaurant, six or seven people would have to pay four to five hundred yuan. The cheapest roast duck alone would cost one or two hundred yuan.
Yuan, and in 1983, when the menu was placed in front of Liu Lang, the prices of the various dishes in it were an "eye-opener" for him.
"A roast duck costs 8 to 10 yuan, half a duck costs 4 to 5 yuan, a large bowl of duck bone soup costs 6 cents, and a medium bowl costs 4 cents!"
"Oil-fried diced chicken costs $1.90, and Mushu pork costs $9.50."
"The sliced meat and tofu cost 55 cents, and the dry-fried tenderloin comes in two pieces."
"Fried shrimp crackers are four for four, dry-fried prawns are for four and eight, and braised sea cucumbers are for five and two."
"Sweet and sour fish fillet is $1.50, and braised fish fillet is $1.50."
"Spicy chicken costs $6.00, and spicy chicken cubes costs $6.50."
"One tael of rice costs five cents, one tael of flower rolls costs six cents, and two taels of lotus leaf cake costs one and a half cents."
The most expensive dish is roast duck, which only costs eight yuan, and the most expensive wine, Moutai, also costs eight yuan.
Lu Mingzhi ordered six hot dishes, namely roast duck, fried diced chicken, stir-fried shrimp crackers, dry-fried tenderloin, spicy diced chicken and braised fish fillets. The total cost was only 23 yuan, plus a bottle of Maotai.
Three plates of cold dishes and two bottles of beer cost more than thirty-three yuan in total.
Spending more than 30 yuan to spend more than 30 yuan on a big meal in the most famous restaurant in the country would be unthinkable more than 20 years later, no, even ten years later.
However, more than thirty yuan would be nothing in ten years' time, but in 1983, it was definitely not a small amount. Liu Donglai's salary for a month of hard work was just this.
As a ministerial cadre in the capital, Lu Mingzhi's salary is much higher than Liu Donglai's, but it is by no means outrageously high. It can reach seventy or eighty yuan a month, which is good, but definitely not one hundred yuan. And in this era
There is no so-called "grey" income. Most government officials rely on dead wages to survive. If there are many children in the family, it will be tight. Of course, some powerful departments have taken advantage of the shortcomings of the dual-track system to start rent-seeking power.
, but people like Lu Mingzhi are definitely not one of them.
Therefore, one meal consumes a month's salary of a local front-line worker, which is enough to prove that the meal is valuable.
"Come on, the food is ready. You're welcome. Eat, eat. Come from the east to fight against the Japanese. You can drink some liquor with us. Wenxiu, you can drink this, Capital Beer. This is the beer produced by our country. It is no better than foreigners.
Difference."
The young man hurriedly opened the Maotai wine, and each of the four men had a glass. When he was about to open the beer, Xu Wenxiu hurriedly stopped him.
"I, I don't know how to drink!"
Xu Wenxiu said softly.
"Yes, yes, my wife doesn't know how to drink. Brother, please stop being busy and sit down and eat together!"
Liu Donglai said quickly.
"Okay, we are all voluntary. If you want to drink, we can drink. If we don't want to drink, we can eat. Come on, Xiao Liu Lang, you can try this roast duck first."
Lu Mingzhi picked up his chopsticks and gave Liu Lang a piece of duck meat first, and everyone else also picked up their chopsticks and started eating.