Traveling between the 70s and the modern world

Lin Qingyan followed Zhou Limei into the restaurant. At 11 o'clock in the morning, there were not many people in the restaurant.

Under the guidance of the waiter, the two walked to a window seat on the second floor. Sitting here, they could see the endless stream of vehicles and people coming and going on the road outside the window.

"Ma'am, are you two?" The waiter, dressed in uniform, was holding something that looked like a cell phone, but seemed a little bigger than a cell phone, and was tapping something on it with his finger while asking.

"Yes, there are two of us." Zhou Limei confirmed the information with the waiter.

"108 yuan per person, a total of 216 yuan for two people. Do you want to pay with your mobile phone or in cash?" the waiter asked with a smile.

"Mobile phone, should I scan you, or should you scan me?" Zhou Limei took out her mobile phone and turned it on.

"Let me scan you, ma'am." The waiter took a photo of Zhou Limei's open cell phone, and it made a beep.

"Okay, ma'am, enjoy your meal." As the waitress spoke, a piece of paper came out from the machine in her hand. She took a pen and wrote the time on it, then put it on the table and left.

Lin Qingyan looked at the bare table and didn't know how to use it, and she was too embarrassed to ask.

It was Zhou Limei who noticed her embarrassment, slapped her head, and suddenly realized: "Qingyan, have you never eaten at a buffet before?"

After saying that, he was worried that Lin Qingyan would misunderstand, so he added: "It's just like the first time I came to eat at a buffet, sitting there not knowing what to do."

Lin Qingyan nodded quickly and said shyly: "My home is in the mountains. Apart from buying vegetables, I rarely go out to other places. I have never been to these restaurants."

Zhou Limei felt a little embarrassed after hearing this. She was affected by her divorce today and her thinking became slow. She didn't think about this matter at all.

"Let's go. There's a lot of food over there. Take whatever you want and eat as much as you want. But there's one thing you need to pay attention to. Take only as much as you want to eat. Don't waste anything."

Zhou Limei pointed to the slogans on the table and beside the table.

Lin Qingyan was surprised that she could eat as much as she wanted, so she asked, "Really? Eat as much as you want? Aren't you afraid that the store will go bankrupt?"

Zhou Limei was amused by her and started laughing.

"When buffets first opened, many people thought so, but now that buffets are everywhere, you know they can't lose money, otherwise no one would open one."

"This restaurant also has a self-service hot pot. Choose a hot pot base and have the waiter bring it to you. We will then select some dishes to put in and boil them. For the rest, you can take whatever you like." Zhou Limei reminded when she saw the pot on the side.

Lin Qingyan looked around. Food was placed on one side. There were many varieties. On one side were pots of roasted chicken legs, chicken wings, sausages, etc. She also saw a shrimp, a very big one.

On one side were various pastries, fruits, and even some raw vegetables.

Lin Qingyan didn't know what to eat or how to eat, so she just followed Zhou Limei and took whatever she saw. However, Zhou Limei took mostly vegetarian food and hardly any meat, so she didn't learn from her and only took the meat.

The restaurant was very large, and she almost lost sight of Zhou Limei as she followed her. After delivering the full plates to the table, the two of them continued to shuttle among the various foods, finally filling the entire table.

Look at the people who come here to eat, almost every table is full of plates.

"You can eat all these cooked dishes. If you can still eat more after you finish these, ask the waiter to bring the hot pot."

Zhou Limei signaled Lin Qingyan to start eating, and she took a bite of the watermelon first.

"The watermelons in this season are not sweet enough." He commented while eating.

Lin Qingyan didn't want to eat any watermelon or fruit at this time, she could only eat meat.

Lin Qingyan didn't know what this steak was, but seeing that it said steak on it and many people were taking it, and it was meat, she took a piece of steak without any hesitation.

After taking a bite of the steak, Lin Qingyan felt that if Ye Yi were here, she would definitely not be able to help but shout out, it was really delicious, and she didn’t know how the meat was cooked, it was very tender.

I wonder if there will be a chance for Ye Yi to have a buffet, eat meat to her heart's content, and eat whatever she wants. She will definitely be very happy.

Thinking of this, Lin Qingyan smiled happily.

"Now that there are not many people and there are many dishes, you can go and get more of what you like. When there are more people, some of them may be gone."

Seeing that Lin Qingyan liked eating meat very much, Zhou Limei reminded her.

Lin Qingyan nodded, stood up and went over to get two more plates of meat.

Zhou Limei saw that she only took the meat, feeling somewhat helpless, and handed her the small cake that she had not eaten yet, "Try this."

"Is this delicious?" Lin Qingyan looked at the pastry in front of her. She had never seen or eaten it before, and for a moment she didn't know how to eat it.

Zhou Limei pointed to the small fork on it and said, "Eat it with it."

Lin Qingyan picked up a piece with a fork and put it in her mouth. It was soft and sweet.

"Oh my god, it's so delicious. It's better than meat. I'll get a few more pieces later." Lin Qingyan thought to herself but didn't listen. She finished a piece of cake in a short while.

Later, with the help of Zhou Limei, they ate oysters, shrimps, and some seafood. However, Lin Qingyan couldn't eat the salmon that Zhou Limei liked. This meal was very satisfying and allowed Lin Qingyan to get to know a lot of modern food.

The waiter came forward and collected their finished plates, and the table instantly became much tidier.

"Can you eat more?" Zhou Limei touched her stomach and felt that she could still eat a little more, so she asked Lin Qingyan.

Lin Qingyan thought about the way the waiter stared at her when she went to get the food just now, and asked a little embarrassedly: "Can I continue eating?"

"Of course you can, as long as you can eat it, do you want to try hot pot?"

Zhou Limei now really believed what the child said. He might really be from the mountains. He seemed to enjoy eating everything. So she also ate a lot.

"Then I want to try hot pot." Lin Qingyan said.

"Waiter, please serve us a hotpot base. I want the shuangyuan hotpot base." Zhou Limei shouted to the waiter passing by.

"Okay, please wait a moment, ma'am." After receiving the message, the waiter went to get the base of the pot for them and prepared it for them.

Lin Qingyan looked at the pot in front of her. It was shaped like a Bagua, with a block in the middle, dividing it into two pots. One side contained a milky white soup, and the other side contained a red soup with a lot of chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns floating on top.

"Come on, let's get some more hot dishes."

Zhou Limei took Lin Qingyan to the place where the vegetables were stored again, but this time, they took raw vegetables, including some lamb rolls, beef rolls, various meatballs, and some vegetables.

Of course, Zhou Limei named the dishes one by one, and Lin Qingyan memorized them secretly.

At this moment, she was only focused on eating and completely forgot that there was something to discuss.