Chapter 25: Male Lead Part 3 - Enchantress Translations

Enchantress4-5 minutes 06.02.2022

The noodles cost 15 cents a bowl, plus 150-grams food tickets. Stewed vermicelli with cabbage and fried shredded potatoes both cost 8 cents a bowl, plus 100-grams food tickets. The cabbage and egg drop soup is a little more expensive because it has eggs in it. It costs 50 cents a bowl, plus half-catty food tickets.

Jiang Cheng was afraid that he would not have enough to eat, so he asked the waiter to add four more steamed buns, two for him and two for Lu Qingguo.

The steamed buns in the state-owned restaurants are very big, and they cost 8 cents each, plus 50-grams food tickets.

The total price is 1 yuan and 28 cents, plus 1-catty11 catty = 500 grams and 450-grams food tickets.

After calculating the price, Jiang Cheng took out the money and food tickets and gave them to the waiter.

Seeing the food tickets handed over by Jiangcheng, the waiter’s eyes suddenly lit up.

Because Jiangcheng did not give him the regional food tickets, which they usually use, but rather special food tickets!

These days, special food tickets are rare, unlike the ones they use there, which are all regional food tickets.

Special food tickets are not the same as regional food tickets. The so-called special food tickets can be exchanged for food at any place in the country with priority!

In some areas, where foodstuff production is not high, even if they have regional food tickets, they cannot buy any foodstuff.

If you have special food tickets, no matter where it is, you will be given priority and you don’t need to worry about not being able to buy any foodstuff.

Therefore, special food tickets are more circulated than regional food tickets, and they are also much more precious in value.

However, this kind of food ticket is too precious and they are generally only available to people with special status!

The waiter glanced at Jiangcheng, thinking that the person sitting in front of him is probably not an ordinary person! His attitude immediately improved a lot.

After getting the special food tickets, the waiter immediately ran to the back kitchen and told the chef what dishes he needed to cook.

After a while, the waiter ran out again, went to Jiang Cheng and asked, “Comrade, do you have special meat tickets?”

Jiang Cheng nodded, “Hmm, I have some here!”

There was a smile on the waiter’s face and said, “The thing is, Comrade, we still have a pair of pig trotters here. If you want them, just pay 1-catty special meat tickets and 2 yuan.”

As soon as Jiangcheng heard that there was another pair of pig trotters, he immediately said, “I want them, I definitely want them!”

He was worried about not having any meat dishes to eat, so he came over and invited Lu Qingguo to have a meal, but it’s not good to eat something that is too shabby. There is not even a piece of meat, which is a bit unreasonable.

But now, there is a pair of pig trotters. Although it is not pork belly, or fatty meat, and is not as good as lean meat, it is still a meat dish with grease!

Jiang Cheng hurriedly took out 1-catty special meat tickets and 2 yuan from his pocket, and handed them to the waiter.

Zhao Xiulan saw everything in her eyes and was a little dumbfounded.

Didn’t he say that there is no meat? Why is there meat now?

Zhao Xiulan also wanted to eat meat, so she argued with the waiter, “Waiter, didn’t you say that there is no meat anymore? Why do you have meat now and sell it to others?”

The waiter’s attitude towards Zhao Xiulan was much colder, “Comrade, try to look at what kind of meat tickets you have and what kind of meat tickets they have!”

“No matter what kind of meat tickets I have, they are also meat tickets. Since you have meat here, why didn’t you sell it to me, but sell it to others instead? I’m still the one who comes first, so there has to be a first-come, first-served order, right?”

The waiter didn’t bother to take Zhao Xiulan’s attitude, “That’s different. If we sell it to you, it may not be easy for us to buy meat using your meat tickets, but we will definitely be able to get pork meat after using the special meat tickets.

There is no meat in the restaurant. The chef of our restaurant kept it for himself to take it back home. Only because that comrade had special meat tickets, so he let it out!”