Chapter 23: Male Lead Part 1

Guo Aidang hurriedly responded, “Okay, okay, I’ll wait for you here tomorrow!”

“Hmm!”

After making an agreement with Guo Aidang, the two of them left separately, as if the transaction just now did not exist!

After this trip, Zhao Xiulan gained a lot, and got 80 yuan and so many tickets in one go.

Seeing that it was already noon, Zhao Xiulan stopped trading. She was afraid that the number of transactions in a day would be too many and she would be easily targeted by suspicion. She went to eat something first, and then planned to go home afterwards.

Zhao Xiulan knew that in this era, the places to eat were all state-owned restaurants.

She saw it just now when she was looking for the black market, and now, she went straight to the direction of the state-owned restaurant.

When she arrived at the state-owned restaurant, there were not many guests inside, just a few tables.

In this era, under normal circumstances, everyone still eats at their own homes. Unless they encounter something, such as going out or inviting guests to lunch, they will come to state-owned restaurants, or for some people who have money and tickets and have good financial conditions to eat. Normally, life is relatively tight, so how can people be willing to come to a state-owned restaurant to eat?

Zhao Xiulan found a table and sat down. The waiter glanced at Zhao Xiulan and looked at her clothes. He seemed to think that Zhao Xiulan shouldn’t be able to afford the food there.

Before Zhao Xiulan ordered, he asked her, “Do you have money and tickets?”

The waiters in this state-owned restaurant are almost the same as the shop assistants of the supply and marketing cooperative. Their attitudes are not very good and the way they ask questions is aggressive.

Zhao Xiulan was too lazy to argue, so she took out her money and food tickets, then said, “Of course I have, what can I eat without these?”

Seeing Zhao Xiulan take out the money and tickets, the waiter’s attitude improved a little.

“Comrade, what do you want to eat?”

Zhao Xiulan asked first, “What do you have here?”

“We only have rice, flour-based, and some vegetable dishes. Today’s meat supply is already gone.”

Zhao Xiulan was a little disappointed when she heard the waiter’s words, but she could also understand.

After all, there was a shortage of supplies in 1960, especially meat. Ordinary people can only eat meat several times a year.

Even if you have meat tickets, you may not be able to buy meat to eat, otherwise Guo Aidang would not be willing to give her half-catty meat tickets.

In the state-owned restaurants, there is also not enough meat supply.

Originally, Zhao Xiulan planned to eat something good, but now it seems that she can only make do with it.

But as long as it’s hot, it’s better than those miscellaneous grains she eats at home.

Zhao Xiulan ordered a bowl of noodles and a plate of stir-fried shredded radish. The noodles are served with side dishes, which are considered sumptuous.

A bowl of noodles costs 10 cents, plus 100-grams food tickets, and a plate of stir-fried shredded radish is 8 cents, plus 100-grams food tickets. So, a total of 18 cents, plus 200-grams food tickets.

It is probably because of the influence of prices in the 21st century, so Zhao Xiulan only felt that it was too cheap.

After Zhao Xiulan paid the money and the tickets, the waiter went back to the kitchen to let the chef prepare the dishes.

While Zhao Xiulan was waiting, two men walked into the state-owned restaurant.

Zhao Xiulan had nothing to do, so she looked over.

Both men are tall and strong, and one of them had a Chinese character-like face,1国字脸 – Chinese character face – also known as the square face, can be divided into a rectangular face and a short square face. but with a pair of sword-like eyebrows that carried a bit of heroic spirit. Although not to mention how handsome he is, he is also eye-catching! Much better looking than the men in the countryside of this era that Zhao Xiulan had seen. He was wearing a worker’s uniform, simple and clean, which made people look at him very comfortable.

As for the other person… after Zhao Xiulan saw him, she couldn’t help but sigh in her heart.

She didn’t expect to see a very handsome guy in this era!