Reborn back to 1984

Chapter 21

The reason why Zhang Xiuqing remembers it so clearly is because in her previous life, a classmate from a good family was admitted to a famous university. Her family was very happy and decided to hold a teacher appreciation banquet on July 18st NO.[-]. ".

At this time, teacher appreciation banquets were not very popular. Generally, when their children were admitted to university, they would hold a few banquets at home, invite relatives to come over for a meal, and the elders would like to give a red envelope of about six yuan. Not only invited many relatives and friends to the restaurant to celebrate, but also invited many teachers and students to come over for graduation dinner. A total of more than 30 tables were set up, which caused a sensation in the entire county.

"Jiangnan Water Town" was already famous, but now it has become even more famous. It's a pity that the extreme joy gave birth to sorrow. Not long after the feast, many people developed symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. The county people's hospital was overcrowded all of a sudden. A patient with food poisoning.

After investigation, it was confirmed that there was something wrong with the cold jellyfish.Poor restaurant owner, one moment he was still in high spirits ordering the waiter to clean up, and the next moment he rushed to the hospital with weak legs.Due to the large number of people who were poisoned, and many of them were rich and powerful, the old restaurant almost lost its fortune.

In her previous life, Zhang Xiuqing also received invitation cards, but she was often excluded by this female classmate in school. robbery.

Shen Anlin and Lin Shuyun were not so lucky. One of them was so stretched that he couldn't walk, and the other was lying in the hospital and lost his drip for three days in a row.Looking back on the past, Zhang Xiuqing only felt particularly resentful toward these two people, but expressed deep sympathy for the female classmate, restaurant owner, and other poisoned victims.

You know, in the early 80s, children from ordinary families generally stopped studying after graduating from junior high school, very few continued to go to high school, and even rarer were admitted to college.Zhang Xiuqing could imagine how happy that female classmate would be when she received an admission letter from a key university in the provincial capital; how proud her parents would be when they sent invitations to relatives and friends.

This female classmate's family regards this as one of the four joys in life-to make arrangements. In addition to showing off to the world, it should be more of a parent's heart for their children.Who would have expected that this feast would turn into a lifetime of regret, making people feel depressed and want to cry every time they think about it.

After so many years, looking back on the past, Zhang Xiuqing has already forgotten the name of that female classmate. She only remembers that her surname is Pan. She came from a scholarly family. Miss, her parents are in politics, and they are both prominent figures in County J.

Today is July No. 14, and there are still four days before July No. 18. After thinking about it, Zhang Xiuqing decided to let go of the grievances from her previous life and let this upcoming teacher appreciation banquet come to a perfect end.The reason for doing this is not to hug the thigh, but just not to let those innocent people go through another pain.As for the pair of scumbags and sluts, we can only take advantage of them.

At this time, those invitations should have already been sent out. Zhang Xiuqing knows that people with dignity want to save face, and the possibility of asking them to change the hotel temporarily is zero. Besides, if she goes to the door, she will tell the female classmate surnamed Pan: The cold jellyfish in "Jiangnan Water Town" is poisonous, so you must not eat it at that time...you will probably be labeled as crazy.

In order to prevent the poisoning incident from happening again, Zhang Xiuqing decided to use the opportunity of selling small fish to enter the "Jiangnan water town". When he has the opportunity to meet the boss or head chef, he will take the opportunity to remind them to pay attention to food safety and not to serve untreated jellyfish. serve.

It was about 08:30 at this time, and there were no customers in the restaurant. The waiter had just started work and was busy cleaning. Zhang Xiuqing found a young waitress who had just graduated from junior high school and asked, and learned that the boss Before coming to work, the manager of the purchasing department was in the small warehouse next to the kitchen, thanked him, and led his father to the back door.She asked her father to wait in the shade for a while, and walked in by herself.

Zhang Lingen didn't want to hide behind his daughter as a shopkeeper, but firstly, his mouth was not as eloquent as his daughter's, and secondly, there were people coming and going in this place, and no one was watching the cart.

Zhang Xiuqing walked in through the back door, and within a few steps, she met an old lady in her sixties. This old lady's hair was more than half gray, her face was full of wrinkles, her skin was loose, and the corners of her mouth drooped. The eyes were particularly fierce: "Hey, who are you? How did you break into it? Are you trying to steal something while no one is looking?" As he spoke, he looked at Zhang Xiuqing's delicate and beautiful face, and the more he looked at it, the more he frowned. tighter.

Zhang Xiuqing's first reaction was that this old lady was a real murderer, and her second reaction was that this old lady could compete with Nanny Rong. Seeing her domineering appearance, she must be related to the boss's family.

In Zhang Xiuqing's previous life, she spent decades in the workplace and learned a lot of bloody experience and lessons. She deeply understands a truth, that is, when your strength is not strong enough, don't offend those little people, because they Maybe it can't help you, but it can ruin your business.Immediately smiled: "Grandma, my name is Zhang Xiuqing, and I am from Xindong Village, Songping Town. I came here today because I have some business matters. I want to talk to the manager of the purchasing department. I heard that he is in the warehouse now, please." Let me in, please? I'll buy you an orange soda..."

Zhang Xiuqing had seen countless people in her previous life, and she had already seen that this old lady was a difficult character, so she wanted to say soft words, give her some sweetness, and let her get involved, but she didn't expect this old lady to be quite principled , was not bought by her sugar-coated cannonballs, but took three steps back, with a contemptuous look on her face, which clearly regarded Zhang Xiuqing as the vixen in Pu Songling's works who specially seduces scholars: "Which family are you from? How can your family rest assured that you will come out alone? You said you are doing business, what kind of business are you doing?"

Zhang Xiuqing had no choice but to express his intentions: "My father and I came to sell fish together. He is watching the car at the door. I came in to find the manager of the purchasing department and hoped that he would buy my fish. Don't worry, old man, our price is sure. It is cheaper than the market, and it can also be delivered to your door, ensuring freshness..."

It's a pity that before she finished speaking, the real version of "Nurse Rong" interrupted her with disgust on her face, and said fiercely: "How can I rest assured? Those who come to my door can have good things I didn’t say you, don’t think that you can break into other people’s restaurants because you are good-looking, do you believe that I will call the police and let the police station arrest you?”

Zhang Xiuqing didn't give up: "Auntie, it's not up to me whether this thing is good or not, and it's not up to you. Please help me and let me go in and talk to your purchasing manager. If he thinks it's not good, I'll immediately leave."

The old lady immediately raised her eyebrows, and because of anger, the wrinkles on her face looked deeper and denser: "He doesn't have time to see you, you hurry up and leave, if you don't leave, I'll call the security... What a bad luck, it's so early in the morning I just ran into a little goblin, and I was so mad...Wu Xiaofei, Wang Hongzhen, what's the matter with you two, why do you let anyone in here, don't you want to do it anymore?"

Zhang Xiuqing finally learned what it meant to be "the king of hell is easy to see, but the little devil is hard to deal with" today. She was afraid that she would lose control of her temper and quarrel with the old lady if she stayed any longer, so she had to turn around and leave.Walking far away, I can still hear the sharp and harsh voice that is rarely seen in the elderly: "...you two, pay attention to me in the future, and then let strangers in, all of you will pack up and get out..."

Zhang Xiuqing walked out depressed, and as soon as he reached the door, Zhang Lingen greeted him: "I seem to hear a quarrel, Xiuqing, are you okay?"

Zhang Xiuqing immediately restrained her emotions, and showed a big smile to her father: "It's not a quarrel, it's cursing. An old lady in her 60s scolded two young men like gray grandchildren. I was standing by the side just now. It will be lively when you watch it online. But it's a pity that the manager of the purchasing department is not in the warehouse, and I can't find anyone..."

Zhang Lingen had some ideas in his heart, looked at Zhang Xiuqing distressedly, and said in a low voice: "It's fine if we can't find anyone, let's try other restaurants, if there is no one who wants it, we'll take it home and make dried fish. Take it out to eat when you invite guests during the Chinese New Year, and you can also make a small vegetable bowl."

Zhang Xiuqing's heart ached, and she almost shed tears, not because she felt wronged, but because she felt sorry for Zhang Lingen.Even though her father was not optimistic, he still got up to fish in the middle of the night, and accompanied her on such a hot day, without a single complaint.Zhang Xiuqing couldn't guarantee that she would be able to do it herself.

The father and daughter walked out side by side. Fortunately, Zhang Xiuqing was not the delicate girl who "keep her ears off the window and only read the books of sages" in her previous life, so she was not discouraged, and soon cheered up.Since a single fish cannot be stored for a long time, Zhang Xiuqing thought about it and decided to change her strategy and sell it to delicatessen shops, so as not to encounter those troublesome little devils who would delay her time by coming and going again and again.

There are four cooked vegetable shops on Liuhong Road next to the vegetable market. Counting from the east, the first one sells salted duck, the second one sells salted goose, the third one diagonally opposite sells pork ribs in braised sauce, and the fourth one does not. For the signature dish, she asked the chef to cook which cooked dish to see which one was best sold in other stores. For this reason, the proprietresses of the four stores had a lot of quarrels.

It was not yet noon, and there were no customers in front of the four delicatessen shops. Zhang's father and daughter went to the first one first. Before Zhang Xiuqing could finish speaking, the plump proprietress looked impatient like she was chasing flies. He waved his hands away to drive people away: "Go, go, go to other places, don't affect my business!"

Without saying a word, Zhang Xiuqing turned around and went to the second store with her father.

Coincidentally, the lady proprietress of this shop was swat flies with a fly swatter, Zhang Xiuqing explained her purpose, the lady proprietress with a yellow face put down the fly swatter, poked her head out of the glass window, glanced into the cart, and immediately Yao Yao said with a smile: "This cart is not bad. If you are willing to sell it, I am willing to buy it."

Zhang Xiuqing said "hehe" twice, then turned around and left.

The father and daughter went to the third store. Because this store was diagonally opposite the second store, they heard everything Zhang Xiuqing said just now, so before she could speak, a not-so-good-looking guy was already in the store Under the instructions of the boss, he said with a smile: "Little girl, we are short of someone in our shop. If you want, you can go to work right away. The monthly guaranteed salary is 80 yuan, and there is a commission for a good job. It is better than you who come in the wind or the rain." It is better to go to the land to sell fish..."

Zhang Xiuqing raised her head and looked at the shop owner sitting on the stool, who was over fifty years old, with big yellow teeth, squinting eyes, thin body, greasy clothes, and grass-like hair. Spit out the last night's meal, wishing to slap this old pervert with a muddy face.

After a few steps away, Zhang Lingen heard what the guy said, but he didn't see the face of the boss, otherwise he might have knocked out the guy's front teeth with his fist: "We don't want to, you should find someone else!"

In the early 80s, the wages of workers were generally low, and 80 yuan was considered a high salary. The employee did not expect that Zhang Lingen would refuse, so he turned his head to look at the face of the boss, and continued to trick Zhang's father and daughter with words: "Do you think the money is too low? ? If it’s too little, let’s add more, how about 100 yuan per month?”

Zhang Lingen immediately became alert, stretched out his hand and pulled Zhang Xiuqing behind him, his eyes gleaming fiercely: "What's the matter with you, I've already said that, we don't want to, why are you still talking?"

The young man's face turned red with embarrassment, and he couldn't get off the stage for a while. He poked his head out of the window and yelled at Zhang Lingen: "You ignorant countryman, if your daughter is not beautiful, you think our boss Are you willing to pay a salary of 100 yuan? Pooh, give something shameless..."

"What did you say? What did you say? Do you have the guts to say it again?" Zhang Lingen was so mad that he jumped up and was about to hit someone. Seeing that the situation was not going well, Zhang Xiuqing quickly reached out and hugged Zhang Lingen: "Father, don't be angry. , if you lose your body when you are angry..."

After a while, the deli was surrounded by spectators, pointing at them.Zhang Lingen blushed with anger, Zhang Xiuqing hugged him tightly: "Father, let's go, ignore these people..."

Gritting his teeth, Zhang Lingen stared fiercely at the deli clerk.

The man originally wanted to utter insults, but he was frightened immediately, and he didn't dare to say a word again. He didn't dare to poke his head out until the father and daughter left, and yelled at their backs, because he was afraid that the father and daughter would hear him, and turned back. Turning around to ask him to settle accounts, the voice is very low: "Country people, poor ghosts, deserve to work in the fields for the rest of their lives..."

The father and daughter walked westward, and Zhang Lingen felt very sad. This was still under his nose, and his daughter was coveted by these toads. If he didn't come with him, God knows what would have happened?In the final analysis, they are still useless, if their family is rich and powerful, well dressed, wearing gold and silver, how dare they blatantly hook up with Xiuqing?
Zhang Xiuqing knew that her father was not feeling well, so she smiled, and said indifferently: "This kind of villain is everywhere. To put it bluntly, it is a dog raised by the owner. Their dog can't spit out ivory. We don't have to take it to heart. .”

The person who loves her most in the world is her parents who gave birth to her and raised her, and the person who supports her most in the world is her silent father. Zhang Xiuqing feels that in her previous life, her head must have been caught by a door, so she distanced herself because of that scumbag family.

Zhang Lingen sighed, put the guilt in his heart, wiped off his sweat, pushed the wheelbarrow against the scorching sun and continued to walk forward.

The proprietress of the fourth store is in her 30s, dressed in fashionable clothes, average-looking, and slightly fat, but she is a straightforward person. She bluntly said that their store also sells small fried fish, but not many people buy it. If Zhang Xiuqing has a way to open it If there is a market, she is willing to buy her little fish.

The other party was straightforward, and Zhang Xiuqing was also unambiguous. She immediately stated that if she couldn't open the market, she would not receive any fish money, and she would compensate the proprietress for the money for vegetable oil and briquettes.

So, one wants to create a signature dish, and the other wants to make a fortune, and the two hit it off.

The proprietress immediately ordered the guys in the store to kill the fish together, and then went to prepare what Zhang Xiuqing wanted, two iron pots, two coal stoves, and some other seasonings, ready to do a big job and fight a beautiful turnaround.

(End of this chapter)