Chapter 228

"Waiter, give me a smoked rabbit, a plate of Sixi meatballs, a plate of minced pepper fish head, two liang rice, and a drawer of steamed dumplings filled with donkey meat."

In a state-owned hotel in Heihe, Han Mingxiu stands in front of the small blackboard with recipes written on it, looking at the recipes and ordering.

"Well, a Porphyra egg soup and a plate of salted prawns..."

When the waiter heard that Han Mingxiu ordered so much, he gave her a look: "are you alone? Can you eat so much? "

Han Mingxiu said: "if I can't eat it, I'll pack it and take it away. You see, I've even brought the things I packed."

She picked up the net bag in her hand. There were several big bowls with covers in the net bag, which was enough to hold all the meals.

"Yes, just a moment!" The waiter wrote down the things Han Mingxiu ordered in a small notebook and sent them to the kitchen.

Han Mingxiu picked a table near the stove and sat down, waiting for the meal while resting.

At this time, a six-year-old boy was playing by the fire. He put some bracts of rice on the cover of the fire, ready to dry and eat as popcorn. He also took a few raw powder strips and put one on the lid of the stove. With the sound of "Yila", the powder strips suddenly expanded due to heat. The little boy stuffed the expanded part in his mouth and ate it.

Han Mingxiu looked at the child grow white fat, strange rare, he waved to him, from the pocket took out a few pieces of sugar to him.

The child got the sugar, happily pointed to the rice particles on the stove cover and said to her, "thank you, sister. I invite you to eat popcorn. This is the devil's rice. The popcorn is delicious."

Just then, a grain of rice on the lid of the stove exploded with a bang, and a big white popcorn appeared in front of us, just like the machine that used to crack popcorn.

Then one after another

Han Mingxiu was surprised, because when she was a child, she also put rice and soybeans on the lid of the stove, but it could only be roasted, and it couldn't really burst out popcorn. If she wanted to eat real popcorn, she had to wait for the market to find a master who had a popcorn stove to burst it, and she had to spend money.

It's the first time she's ever seen popcorn popping out of a common stove cover.

Because of her surprise, she took a careful look at the bracts on the lid of the stove and found that they were different from ordinary bracts.

The shape of ordinary bracts is a bit like teeth after rubbing down, and the bracts on the stove cover are round, with a small tip. They are much smaller than ordinary bracts, and seem to be a little transparent!

It's the first time that Han Mingxiu has seen such kind of rice. If he gets some back to plant, won't he be able to eat popcorn?

"Little friend, where did you get these grains of rice? anything else? I'll trade sugar for you Han Mingxiu takes out some colorful candy from his pocket and shakes it under the boy's eyes.

When the little boy saw so many fruit candy, his eyes were straight. He nodded and said, "yes, yes, elder sister, you wait. I'll take it for you."

With that, the little boy ran out of the restaurant without a hat and ran to the grain and oil processing factory next door.

It turned out that he was the child of the staff of the grain and oil processing plant next door. Because there was no meaning in the grain and oil processing plant, he came to the restaurant to play. Unexpectedly, he met his sister who could exchange sugar for rice grains.

After a while, a woman in her thirties came in with the child. As soon as he entered the door, the little boy pointed to Han Mingxiu and said, "Mom, it's this elder sister who wants to exchange sugar with me."

After the woman came, she looked at Han Mingxiu and said gently, "comrade, do you want Guizi Baomi?"

Han Mingxiu nodded: "well, I tasted the popcorn from guizibaomi. It's very delicious. I want to get some seeds and plant some myself."

The woman took out six ears of guizibaomi from her two pockets and put it on the table in front of Han Mingxiu. "How many pieces of sugar can you give me?"

Han Mingxiu looked at the six ears of small bracts. Although they were not big, the bracts were dense enough to grow at least two ridges, enough for her to eat popcorn.

She put her hand in her pocket, grabbed a handful of sugar and put it on the table.

"Is that enough?"

This bunch of sugar is worth more than ten yuan. In terms of value, it must be more expensive than the six ears of rice. The woman was very happy to see this bunch of sugar.

"Enough, enough." She quickly grabbed the sugar and put it in her pocket. Then she motioned to Han Mingxiu with her eyes and put the corn on, so that no one would see the trouble.

Han Mingxiu put the rice in his pocket, but he was not so flustered as this woman.

Although we can't speculate and sell privately in this era, people usually don't pay attention to such trifles as exchanging a few ears of corn for a few pieces of sugar. Who has nothing to do? We should also pay attention to such trifles?

What's more, it's not time for a formal meal. There are no guests in the hotel. One of the two waiters is sleeping on the table, and the other is not coming out after entering the kitchen. Maybe they are chatting with the chef, and no one has seen their transaction, so there's no need to panic.

But the woman is very cautious. After changing the sugar, she takes the child away in a hurry. Han Mingxiu doesn't like it either. She continues to sit there leisurely, baking a warm stove while waiting for her food.

After a while, Han Mingxiu's meal was ready.

Because she was the only guest at the moment, the food was served very quickly. It took less than 40 minutes from ordering to serving, and all of them came up.

In this era, what we pay attention to is the real price. The dishes we brought up are very big. For example, the Sixi meatballs, each of which is big enough for Han Mingxiu's fists, and the salted prawns, at least more than a kilo

After the meal was served, Han Mingxiu picked up his chopsticks and began to eat.

Today, she has been struggling for a small day. In order to rent a house, she didn't even have time to eat at noon. She almost ran to the residential area on this side of Heihe River, and her legs also slipped straight. Now, she's very hungry.

At the moment, of course, she won't be polite.

As a result, after a meal, these meals were eaten in a mess.

Of course, she's full.

Han Mingxiu folded the leftover food into her covered bowl, and then loaded it with a net bag.

It's all her leftover food, and there's nothing to dislike. It's still good to take it out when there's nothing to eat after receiving the space.

After accounting, she took her net bag out of the hotel and walked all the way to the hotel in front of the station.

The night in the north comes very early. It's only four o'clock now. It's already dark and the bus is off duty. Han Mingxiu went to a quiet place, put his net pocket into the space, put his pocket in his hand, and walked towards the hotel in front of the station.

After walking for more than 20 minutes, she came to the hotel where she and Huo Jianfeng stayed last time. Han Mingxiu opened a single room with a letter of introduction and went in.

There is hot water in her space. It's a big jar. Han Mingxiu scooped out some hot water, washed her face and head first, and finally washed her feet. Suddenly, her body was much warmer and looser.

After that, she took out her own bedding, laid it, took off her clothes, got into the bed, and soon fell asleep.

What happened today didn't affect her mood. Although she was really angry at the beginning, she wanted to open up later.

Those so-called official wives are all clowns who stand up for others. From her two life experience, such people can't last long. She can't be angry for such people, and she can't punish herself with their mistakes

She was awakened by a sudden knock at the door when she was sleeping at more than eight o'clock.

"Who is it?" Han Mingxiu pulls on the light and subconsciously feels that he is coming.

Sure enough, the first time after her voice, Huo Jianfeng immediately responded, "it's me, Xiuer. I've come to pick you up."

Han Mingxiu quickly put on her clothes, put her bedding into the space, and opened the door.

Outside the door, Huo Jianfeng and Ma Lijun are standing there. When they see Han Mingxiu, Huo Jianfeng hugs her and says, "Xiuer, I'm sorry, I've wronged you. Are you ok..."

Before meeting Han Mingxiu, Huo Jianfeng was worried that she was not here, that he could not find her, that something might happen to a girl's family in this strange city, that she would be afraid, that she would be bullied

In short, all kinds of worries

At the moment of seeing her, the hanging heart finally fell to the ground, just like the priceless treasure lost and recovered, which made him sad and happy!

Han Mingxiu opened her chest, kept a distance from him, and whispered, "I'm ok. Don't get excited. There are still people here."

People in this era are still very conservative. He hugged her in front of Ma Lijun. How embarrassed.

But this time, Ma Lijun didn't make fun of them, but said with a guilty face: "sister-in-law, I'm sorry, I can't help you during the day..."

Han Mingxiu said with a smile: "it doesn't matter. You've tried your best. Besides, the official rank is superior to us. What's more, they are not only superior to us."