Chen Weiguo briefly explained what Li Weiguo had seen and heard to Station Chief Fang and his own opinion. Chen Weiguo frowned and said," They need to supplement protein and nutrition. If this continues, there will be big problems.”
When Station Chief Fang heard this, he knew that the problem was huge. Such a situation had actually occurred near the capital? It shouldn't be!
"Xiao Chen, write a report and write down this situation in detail. You have to report this to your uncle when you go back.”
Chen Weiguo nodded and began to draft in his mind. He was about to go back and write when he was stopped by Station Chief Fang.
"How about this? You can go with me to the next grain collection so that you can see the situation for yourself. What Li Weidong told you is inevitably exaggerated.”
In fact, when Li Weidong was talking, the other people from the grain station who had gone to the countryside with him were there, and they did not add much to his words.
This proved that Li Weidong's words were basically credible, which was why he came to report to the station chief.
However, what Chief Fang said did make sense. It was better to take a look for yourself than to listen to others. Only then would they be able to understand the truth of the matter.
"Alright, station chief. I'll go with them next time they collect the grain. I'll type this report after I collect the grain.”
Station Chief Fang nodded. Chen Weiguo left his office and returned to the grain station.
There was already someone guarding the shop for him. It was Zheng Wenqiu.
Zheng Wenqiu was originally guarding the warehouse. There were five children at home to raise, and there were only about 30 catties of food supply a month. No matter what, it was not enough.
After that, Chen Weiguo asked Station Master Fang to let Zheng Wenqiu stand guard in the shop for him. Working in the shop was much better than guarding the warehouse.
At this time, there was a saying,"The shop doesn't lack pocket money, and the quality inspection doesn't lack cigarettes."”
Zheng Wenqiu could finally take care of her child after working in the shop. She was especially grateful to Chen Weiguo for treating him as her little leader.
As for Chen Weiguo himself, his main job was to write materials for Station Master Fang and make reports. Most of the time, he had nothing to do. He just wandered around the grain station and talked about the mountains. When he was tired, he would go to the lounge to sleep. He lived a very leisurely life.
Chen Weiguo sat on the green stool next to the stove in a daze for the whole morning.
He actually had a problem. When he heard or saw others starving, he especially wanted to eat, especially meat.
Just as he got off work at noon, Chen Weiguo stood up and walked out.
There was a canteen in the grain station. Starting from this year, the food in the canteen was not very good. Chen Weiguo usually did not eat much.
Occasionally, he would bring his own food, but most of the time, he would go to a restaurant.
As soon as he went out, he saw Station Chief Fang. Chen Weiguo quickly pulled him along and dragged him to a restaurant.
"Let's go, Station Chief Fang. I'll treat you to a good meal!”
Station Chief Fang had always been a canteen man. If the food in the canteen was too bad, he would fry an egg at home and bring it with him in a lunch box. At noon, he would ask the canteen chef to heat it up in a steamer and eat it with the multi-grain pancakes in the canteen.
"Child, why are you going to the restaurant again? You should save some money!"
Old Man Fang glared at Chen Weiguo as if he had seen a prodigal child.
Chen Weiguo smiled helplessly and said,""Station Chief Fang, let me tell you something. When I heard that others were starving, I felt like I was starving. I felt uncomfortable all over, and I wanted to eat a big meal. Let's go. I want to order a few more dishes. I definitely can't finish them all by myself. Isn't wasting more food more shameful than not eating at all?”
Old Man Fang was really convinced by Chen Weiguo's words.
"Alright, wait a while."
Station Chief Fang turned around and ran to the cafeteria. He borrowed two large iron lunch boxes before following Chen Weiguo to the restaurant.
The state-owned restaurant that Chen Weiguo often went to had sufficient supplies. Generally, whatever Chen Weiguo wanted to eat, the restaurant would have it. Even this year, it was not affected too much.
"I want two bowls of dumplings with pork and onions filling. Make the dough with rich and strong powder and make it more chewy!”
As soon as he entered, Chen Weiguo ordered two servings of dumplings.
Nowadays, state-owned restaurants would not prepare ingredients in advance. They would order what they wanted to eat on the spot and prepare it on the spot.
The dumpling skin had to be mixed with noodles, and the filling had to be chopped. It would take a long time, so he ordered it first and then slowly looked at the other dishes.
Chen Weiguo turned his head and asked," Station Chief Fang, what else do you want to eat?”
Old Man Fang gasped." What else?" Isn't a bowl of meat dumplings enough?"
Chen Weiguo smiled." That's nothing! Dumplings are the staple food, but we still need to order some dishes! Is there anything you want to eat?"
Old Man Fang looked into the restaurant window, but there was nothing inside.
The entire state-owned restaurant did not have any prepared dishes or a menu. What they wanted to eat was up to them to ask for it or ask the waiter to tell them what they could cook.
The last time Old Man Fang came to the state-owned restaurant was two years ago.
"Do you have scrambled eggs with tomatoes?"
Old Man Fang asked.
The waiter shook his head.
"Do you have garlic eggplant?"
The waiter shook his head again.
Chen Weiguo frowned as he listened."Station Chief Fang, what's with all this? Don't eat home-cooked food when you come to the restaurant. We want to eat some hard food!”
Old Man Fang was used to living frugally, so how could he still remember the hard dishes? He could only say," Weiguo, order some. I'll eat whatever you order! Don't order too much!"
"Alright!"
Chen Weiguo had been waiting for this sentence!
He turned his head to the waiter and ordered a skewer." I want Beijing sauce shredded pork, soy sauce pork knuckle, stir-fried three delicacies, a pound of beef, a serving of peanuts, and a bottle of Daqu."”
Just as he finished ordering, Station Chief Fang turned pale with fright and hurriedly pulled Chen Weiguo.
"Why did you order so much? We don't want to be extravagant and wasteful!"
"Aiya, my good stationmaster, don't worry, I can finish it! Besides, didn't you already bring your lunch box? If we can't finish it, we'll pack it away. It definitely won't be a waste!”
Chen Weiguo pushed Station Chief Fang to his seat and let him sit down. He went back to the counter and paid for the food he ordered. In this era, people paid for the food first before cooking.
In some restaurants, customers had to pay before they had the money to go out and purchase raw materials.
" I want eight taels of rich and powerful pink tickets and one and a half catties of meat tickets." The waiter counted quickly." It's a total of 8.32 yuan."”
Chen Weiguo took out the money from his pocket and handed it over.
When the waiter took it, he couldn't help but carefully size up Chen Weiguo a few times.
This person was a regular customer of the restaurant, but usually, when he came to eat alone, he would only order a bowl of dumplings with a dish.
He had eaten more than eight yuan for a meal today. It was equivalent to a month's worth of food for an ordinary family!
Which unit is this? He was so generous at such a young age! He wondered if she had a partner. If she didn't, the young lady in his family wouldn't have to worry about anything for the rest of her life if she had such a partner!
Chen Weiguo did not read the waiter's mind. He took the change and returned to the table where Station Chief Fang was.
The waiter served the wine and peanuts to the two of them.
"The rest will have to wait a while. Let's drink first.”
Chen Weiguo opened the bottle and filled each of their glasses.
At this time, there were no eight rules, and there was no hard rule that no one was allowed to drink at noon.
Moreover, the grain station did not have much work in the afternoon. After drinking a little wine, they had a good sleep in the lounge. It was very comfortable.
"Tsk! It was comfortable! Xiao Chen, you really know how to enjoy life!”
Old Man Fang took a sip of wine. The spicy wine rushed into his mouth and slid down his esophagus into his stomach, warming his entire body.
He picked up a few peanuts and threw them into his mouth. The peanuts smelled even more fragrant with the smell of alcohol.
Chen Weiguo smiled and downed half the glass in one gulp.
"Chief Fang, you have a lot of children and grandchildren, and your days are so happy. I'm a bachelor, so I have no choice but to find something to do, right?”
Chen Weiguo chewed the peanuts one by one. Now that his body was warm, he stopped drinking.
The main dishes haven't been served yet. What's the hurry to drink?
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