The yacht sailed into the fjord port and docked at the private pier. The group of people went ashore carrying large and small bags of specialties from Fuju Island. This was a gift for everyone. When they arrived at the pier, they took Lu Chixiao's business car parked nearby.
Get in the car and head to the hot spring villa.
Along the way, Xiaobaozi chattered with Qi Hui about the interesting places in the hot spring villa.
Qi Hui, apart from being unapproachable and serious when developing small inventions, is more childlike than a child most of the time.
"Warm spring water? Wouldn't it cook if you sit in it?"
"No! Because people are big, they can't cook it that fast, but eggs can be cooked. Master, have you ever eaten hot spring eggs? They are delicious!"
It’s been a while since I went to the hot spring villa, and I haven’t eaten hot spring eggs for a while. The little buns slurped in my mouth, and I was a little greedy.
Qi Hui is even more greedy than him.
"Is it really that delicious? Then let's cook it in batches."
Little Baozi said awkwardly: "Master, the hot spring pool cannot cook so many eggs."
"Why is it so small?" Qi Hui looked disgusted. Unfortunately, he didn't know how the spring that produced hot water was formed. It couldn't be expanded violently. It would be bad if it was destroyed. After thinking about it, he said, "Then let's cook while we do it."
Eat on the side? Eat one and cook the other?"
"This is a great idea! Master, you are so smart!"
"That's right! Otherwise, how can I be your master!" Second Young Master Xingyu had a look on his face, and he did not forget to praise his nephew and apprentice. "Xiaoyu, you are also very smart. You are better than the younger...younger children I have seen before.
clever."
The little bun grinned happily.
The master and the apprentice were praising each other, which made everyone dumbfounded.
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At the same time, six tourists who looked like students were drooling over Luo's yacht while waiting for the last boat to Fuju Island at the tourist pier:
"So the yacht looks like this! It's so luxurious! It must be expensive, right?"
One of them knew something about yachts: "It goes without saying! I can't buy it for seven figures."
"Seven digits?"
The other five people collectively gasped.
In their hometown, those who have a five-digit savings are considered rich, six-digits are unattainable, and seven-digits... are simply unthinkable.
"The cruise ship is here! Get on board first!"
"When Xiao Liu sees us, I don't know what his expression will be."
"Needless to say, it must be a surprise."
"As long as it's not a shock."
"By the way, if so many of us flock to his house, will it embarrass his parents?"
"There's nothing we can do about it. Boss, your wallet was stolen. Fortunately, the return ticket hasn't been given to you yet."
"Fortunately, I still have a few steel coins left over from the bus in my trouser pocket."
The student whose wallet was stolen on the train lowered his head in guilt and said, "I'm sorry, everyone can't stay in a hotel at night."
"We're already here, let's meet up with Xiaoliu first. If that doesn't work, the weather isn't very cold anyway, so I might as well collect some firewood, build a bonfire at the beach, and spend the night."
Everyone nodded, it seemed that this was the only way to go.
There were almost no tourists on the last boat. Except for them, a group of technical secondary school students, there were only two art school students carrying picture folders who said they were going to Fuju Island to find inspiration.
When asked where they would stay at night, the answer was: "Call in advance to book the cabin. It's off-season now. It only costs 10 yuan a night and includes free breakfast. It's a great deal."
"Only 10 yuan? That's really cheap."
But no matter how cheap it is, for the poor students who lost their wallets, if the six of them had to come up with 60 yuan, they still couldn't come up with it. After rummaging through the bottom of their schoolbags, they only found a few steel coins for taking buses or cruises.
With a feeling of apprehension, the students landed on Fuju Island, explored the living area of Lou Wenhua, and asked about the dormitory of Lou Jianguo, Lou Wenhua's father.
At this time, it was time for the workers to get off work and the canteen was open for dinner.
And because it is the Mid-Autumn Festival, the large canteen and small canteen in the living area are all open.
There is also a small blackboard at the entrance of the Xiao Chao Canteen, with the words "Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival, 60% off on stir-fried vegetables" written in chalk, and two festive red lanterns are painted on the bottom to match the occasion.
The big canteen is a free working meal, with one meat, two vegetarian and one egg soup. The color, taste and taste are decent, but there are times when you get tired of eating after years of eating. During the holidays today, many workers flocked into the small stir-fried canteen next door in small groups.
I plan to reward myself.
"smell good!"
Passing by the Xiao Chao Canteen, the students sniffed involuntarily, "It smells better than the food cooked in the Xiao Chao Canteen in our school!"
“I didn’t expect workers’ canteens on the island to treat workers so well.”
"Huh?"
Lou Wenhua walked slowly out of the dormitory area, leaning on a stick that his father had temporarily planed for him. He looked up and saw a few familiar figures. He thought he had made a mistake and rubbed his eyes. It was still the same guys.
He couldn't help but shout with joy: "Bedroom director? Erguotou? Third brother? Fourth brother? Fifth brother? Xiaoqi? Are you all here? I thought you might not arrive until tomorrow!"
The six technical secondary school students saw him as if they were seeing an organization, and they swarmed forward:
"Xiao Liu! Is your foot okay?"
"Xiao Liu, why are you still using crutches? Is the injury serious?"
"Brother Six..."
"It's okay, it's just a sprained tendon." Lou Wenhua grinned, "My father and mother listened to the doctor's advice and insisted on letting me lie in bed to recuperate, which made me almost moldy!"
Lou Jianguo and his wife were walking behind. I heard that they were their son's roommates, so they hurriedly invited them to eat in the cafeteria.
I originally planned to go to the Xiao Chao Canteen tonight to order some of my son's favorite dishes to celebrate the Reunion Festival as a family of three, but it seems that there are too many people in the small canteen and there will probably be a wait for the food to be served.
Lou Jianguo decided: "Let's go! Let's go to the resort and have a meal! My son hasn't been there yet. It's just the holiday and he can try the cooking of the chef there."
Zhou Caifeng did not object.
Since the two of them came to the fjord, they have received a good monthly salary and free meals every day. They feel that money has become superfluous and they can't find a place to spend it. Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and my son's roommate came all the way here again.
What’s the point of visiting a doctor without having a good meal?
Just as it happened, there was a shuttle bus going back to the resort. Lou Jianguo waved to the students to get on the bus and enjoyed the beautiful scenery along the way until they arrived at the resort.
"Zhenweixuan" on the first floor, run by Chef Jiang, has been closed recently.
Because Jiang Ruoyi was temporarily invited by the Qu family to be a private chef for a few days, making confinement soup, but even if it was open, Lou Jianguo probably wouldn't be able to afford it.
It's too expensive. A dish of boiled cabbage is actually more expensive than a dish of Jingmen Crispy Roast Duck on the second floor.
In fact, he didn't know that the name of the dish, Boiled Cabbage, seemed to be unpretentious and couldn't be simpler, but in fact it was a fine product for a state banquet, created in the imperial dining room of the previous dynasty.
The ingredients used are very particular: the cabbage is the yellowed tender heart of undercooked Chinese cabbage, and the boiling water is a broth carefully cooked with the finest ingredients such as old hens, old ducks, ham trotters, ribs, scallops, etc.
At first glance, the clear soup looks bland and has no oil at all, but it smells fragrant and fragrant. When you eat it, it is fresh and soft in your mouth, surpassing all the delicacies in the world.
However, Lou Jianguo is not a professional chef like Wang Dezhong, nor is he a gourmet who takes it as his mission to eat all kinds of delicious food. Therefore, he has never studied state banquets and feels that selling a dish of boiled cabbage at such an expensive price is simply a money grab.
Why not go up to the second floor and have a meal of authentic Jingmen roast duck cooked by the chef?
In fact, he did the same.
He led everyone up to the second floor.
The private room was reserved by the engineering team tonight, but they just came to have dinner, so it would be nice to sit outside in the lobby.
We chose a large round table where we could see the sea view through the floor-to-ceiling windows when we sat down. We ordered eight or nine dishes based on the dishes that Teacher Xu had eaten on the day when Teacher Xu gave them a meal.
Jingmen crispy roast duck, stone pot bullfrog, thirteen-spice crayfish, garlic scallops, salt and pepper shrimp, small seafood platter and desserts and snacks that I have never seen before...
A group of poor students experienced a good time in a sea view restaurant with a feeling of apprehension and excitement.
After eating and drinking enough, Lou Wenhua had not yet recovered from the hard dishes that his father had waved his hand and ordered a table of hard dishes that in the past he would have been reluctant to buy ingredients and cook himself, let alone go to a restaurant.
You know, the few times he caught shrimps and scallops of similar size, his father always sold them.
"Dad, since when did you spend money so lavishly?"
"What? You're not happy to order it for you?" Lou Jianguo said cheerfully, "I came here to have a meal today because of the holiday. But your mother and I can get a discount with our work ID, which is much cheaper than foreign tourists.
"
"Is this also your job benefit?" Lou Wenhua was envious when he heard this, "I really want to graduate right away."
After hearing this, several of his roommates couldn't help but ask: "Didn't it say that my uncle and aunt were working on a salvage ship? How did it become an island?"
"Yes, the salvage ship is resting and will not go out to sea until next month. During this period, we will do some random work on the island. During the rest period, we will still be paid. The work done during this period will be counted as bonus."
Lou Jianguo knew that his son's roommates were very enthusiastic people, and they usually helped him at school. This time, they even paid for a train ticket out of their own pocket to come over to see him. They were all kind-hearted young men, and he was happy to share the employment news with them.
"The owner of the island and the owner of the salvage ship are husband and wife. They are both very generous and often have long hair and short hair. This time during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the welfare alone was about two to three hundred yuan. Many workers on the island work one to five.
I have been here for six years and I can’t bear to leave. If we don’t expand recruitment, it will be difficult to find vacancies. We are also lucky. Boss Lu saved us at the beginning and casually mentioned that he wanted to recruit a few seamen, so we came here shamelessly. We have not gone to sea for a long time.
I made the trip and felt quite comfortable with it, so I have no plans to go back to Haicheng."
After hearing what his father said, Lou Wenhua muttered: "Even if you don't plan to go back to Haicheng, there is no need to sell the house!" He really wanted to work on the ship, and he was very happy that his parents were willing to come with him.
This way the family will no longer be separated, but he still can't figure out that his parents sold their house in Haicheng.
"Silly boy! If you don't sell it, how can we have the money to buy you a new house in Fjord Town? Even if it's just the down payment, we can't raise it all."
"Uncle, we passed by the town when we came here and we did see several real estate projects under construction. But in such a small town, so many houses were built at once, so the supply exceeds demand, right? Housing prices here shouldn't be expensive, right?"
"Yes, such a small town has so much purchasing power."
When Lou Jianguo heard their question, he smiled at each other and said, "I don't know anything else, but the property we went to see would not have been available on the third floor or above without Boss Lu saying hello to us in advance. Don't look at the number of units.
There are a lot of them. I heard that just after the construction started, one-third of them have been reserved. Now, no less than 90% of them have been reserved. When they are all built, you won’t be able to buy them even if you want to.”
When students including Lou Wenhua heard this, they were extremely surprised: "Is the property market here so good?"
"I only learned recently from listening to workers chatting that not only the ones under construction in the town, there is also a planned large-scale development in the wasteland connected to Shanli Village in the northwest. It is so far away from the fjord scenic area. I heard that it has already
A lot of people from out of town came to make reservations.”
The students were amazed that they could swallow eggs with their wide-open mouths.
"Uncle, uncle, will the salvage ship be hiring again?" Wang Qijun, who had been listening silently, asked softly.
"Xiaoqi?"
"Little flag? Have you changed your mind?"
"Lao Qi? Didn't you say you were going to the machinery factory over there in your hometown?"
Everyone was surprised.
Wang Qijun shook his head bitterly: "Auntie said that the machinery factory will not recruit people this year. She has also asked people to ask other factories, but they are not recruiting inexperienced fresh graduates. She and my father don't know anyone in this field, so
I'll figure it out myself."
In fact, he knew that his father was looking forward to him returning to his hometown after graduation, but his stepmother was not happy for him to return to work in the machinery factory in his hometown.
Because the machinery factory no longer arranges dormitories for employees after its restructuring last year, returning to your hometown to work means living at home. After living at home, there will be more things to do. When you get older, you will have to find a matchmaker to introduce a partner, right? If you have a partner, you will need to buy a wedding room.
Wedding huh?
On the surface, his stepmother treats him well, but after all, he didn't come out of her belly. It would be good for him to finish a technical secondary school. After that, she doesn't want to care about him anymore. She wishes he would stay in the city where he graduated and never go back.
He has been paying attention to work during this period. He will graduate after the Chinese New Year. It is best to complete the work first to save his father from being in a dilemma.
However, there are not many fresh graduates in the mechanical major, and they basically prefer to recruit experienced masters. Occasionally, some recruit apprentices, but they do not provide dormitories. He is a poor student, where can he pay for accommodation during his apprenticeship?
Brother Six had talked to him before and told him that he would work on a salvage ship as soon as he graduated. He asked him if he wanted to apply for the job together. At that time, he felt that it was impossible for a salvage ship to have work for twelve months a year.
Where should he live? He just said he would think about it. Later, his father wrote a letter asking him to return to his hometown, and he stopped thinking about it.
Until a letter came from home two days ago saying that the machinery factory in his hometown was not recruiting people this year, and he was asked to find a way by himself. At this moment, when he heard Lou Jianguo say that the salvage ship could live in a dormitory on the island during the rest period, he suddenly had the urge to work here after graduation.
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After listening to his explanation, Lou Wenhua was the happiest person: "Okay, okay, then I'll have a companion!"
"Ahem." Lou Jianguo coughed and glanced at his son, "Don't get too happy too early. You have to ask Boss Lu first to see if others are full."
"Then dad, please ask as soon as possible!"
"Definitely not today. It's a big holiday, so why disturb others?"
"I'm not in a hurry, uncle, just ask me when you have time." Wang Qijun said quickly, "Anyway, I won't do my internship until next year."
"Okay, I will keep an eye on this for you. If there is any news, I will send it to you when I send a letter to Wenhua."