Rebirth in 1958: Getting rich starts from Nanluoguxiang

"Auntie Li, are there any meat dishes today?"

Aunt Li looked up at Qin Dabao. He looked familiar, but she didn't know him. He must be a child living nearby. He was wearing official clothes and looked very energetic.

She grinned and said, "Kid, it's enough to have enough to eat now. Why does he still want to eat meat? In our restaurant, we won't have any meat for three days."

Among these eight types of employees, the most badass ones are definitely not the salespersons and waiters, but when it comes to having the worst temper, these two are undoubtedly the ones who take the cake. Among all the industries in the country, only shops and restaurants have signs saying "No beating of customers allowed".

This made Aunt Li smile, and it must be the official uniform on Dabao who made it work.

Qin Dabao thought for a moment and said, "Auntie Li, I'll bring the materials and process them, and I'll pay you the processing fee, is that okay?"

Aunt Li said lazily: "Okay, why not?" She thought about it, the chef is her husband, as the saying goes, if the cook does not steal, the crops will not be harvested, if this kid uses a pound of meat to cook, she can deduct three ounces of meat from him, so their son will have meat to eat.

Qin Dabao considered it and decided to make ten braised wild boar elbows out of the seventeen wild boars in the space, five with crispy skin and five with rock sugar. His younger siblings liked sweet food, so they could eat one every few days, which would last them for half a month.

"Auntie Li, I'll make five crispy pork elbows, five pork elbows with rock sugar, and ten pounds of braised pork."

"How much...more?" Aunt Li and Master Li, who was arranging the cards, stood up and screamed in surprise.

Qin Dabao was a little confused: "What's the matter? Can't do it?"

Master Li rushed over and grabbed his hand: "Yes! I can do it!"

Dabao was shocked. Why did this fat old man react so strongly?

"Then, I'll go get the meat."

"Okay, okay, okay." The warm gazes of Master Li and Aunt Li could melt him.

Qin Dabao felt uncomfortable all over. He left the restaurant, pushed his bicycle, found a deserted alley, and used his mind to cut off ten pork elbows. These pork elbows were delicious.

He unloaded more than ten pounds of pork belly from a yellow-haired man, put it in a bag, took it out and put it on the back rack of the car, and pushed it back to the restaurant.

Master Li took the bag and opened it, and couldn't help but snort. It was too damn arrogant. Ten pig front elbows, plus a large piece of pork belly. This means that this young public security comrade has at least five pigs in his hands. He is a wealthy man. Even the director of the meat processing plant can't take out this amount of meat.

"How long does it take to do this?"

"Oh..." Master Li calculated: "It will take about an hour and a half."

"Okay, let's include the processing fee."

"No problem, man."

Qin Dabao put down the twenty lunch boxes. He was not afraid of the cook stealing the meat, as long as he filled the twenty lunch boxes.

"Then I'll come get it later."

"That's all right with you."

This place is quite close to the police station. Qin Dabao took out ten pounds of pork and put it in a flour bag. He happened to visit Tan Yongjun on the way.

When we arrived at the police station, we found out that Tan Yongjun was on duty. He handed the bag of noodles to the guard, gave his name, and asked the guard to give the bag to their director.

Just then they came out of the police station. Dabao didn't go to the street office. After the New Year, the street office was not so busy. Mom went home to have lunch with Cuicui at noon. After lunch, she could rest at home for a while.

I strolled along the street, visited the supply and marketing cooperative, and bought two pounds of milk candy. Calculating the time, it was almost time to go to the state-owned restaurant to get some food.

He rode his bike to the restaurant, parked the bike, pushed the door open and walked in. He immediately saw the lunch boxes piled up on the table.

Master Li was chatting with a bald middle-aged man.

Seeing Qin Dabao come in, Master Li stood up with a smile, and the middle-aged man also stood up.

The middle-aged man smiled and extended his hand: "Hello, young comrade, I am the manager of this hotel. My last name is Wang."

Dabao shook hands with him and said, "Hello, Manager Wang. My name is Qin Dabao."

Manager Wang shook his hand and said, "Comrade Xiao Qin, please take a seat."

The two of them sat down. Master Li took the cigarette Qin Dabao handed over and put it between his ears: "You guys chat, the pork elbow should be ready. I'll go and paint it with sugar color again."

Aunt Li brought two cups of tea, but Qin Dabao didn't drink them because the hotel's teacups were always greasy no matter how you washed them.

"Comrade Xiao Qin, let me get straight to the point. Do you have any wild boar meat?"

Qin Dabao looked at the eager look in Manager Wang's eyes and understood why he was sitting here waiting for him. He wanted to buy meat. He had a few cannon baskets and sows in his space, which he could sell, but he didn't want money.

Qin Dabao nodded, and Manager Wang's eyes lit up.

"Well, that." Manager Wang hesitated. He had never begged anyone like this before, but this was a different time. The supplier market had the final say, so he had no choice but to bow his head.

Qin Dabao was not a shy child. Seeing this, he said, "Manager Wang, do you want to buy some meat?"

"Yes, Xiao Qin, you see, our restaurant has been out of meat for several days. If you have enough money, sell me a few dozen kilograms. Don't worry, I will definitely give you the highest price on the market."

Qin Dabao knew that the highest price in this market must be the black market, but he couldn't say it out loud, it was just a tacit understanding.

"Okay, then I'll sell you a 300-jin wild boar. Do you think you can eat it?"

Manager Wang was overjoyed: "Yes, yes, I can eat any amount.

"Okay, do we have a tricycle here? I'll get it for you right now."

"Okay, Lao Li! Lao Li!"

"Hey, hey." Master Li ran out from the kitchen.

"Where are the tricycle keys?"

"Here, here." Master Li took a bunch of keys from a nail on the window frame.

"Xiao Qin, the tricycle is right under the window. Do you want me to arrange someone to help you lift it?" He said this honestly. It was not because he was afraid that Dabao would run away on the tricycle, but he just wanted to lend a hand.

"No, no, I can do it alone." Dabao took the key and went out.

He rode his tricycle around outside, found a deserted place, put the untied cannon basket in the tricycle bed, covered it with a sack, and rode back to the hotel.

Manager Wang and Chef Li from the restaurant came out to greet them. When they saw the meat, they were as happy as if they had seen their own mother. They couldn't stop smiling.

Master Li pushed the tricycle to the backyard to weigh the meat.

Manager Wang invited Qin Dabao into the house and took out a Daqianmen cigarette to offer him. Dabao smiled and took out a white-skinned Zhonghua cigarette and gave it to him. Manager Wang was very surprised. He had never seen this kind of cigarette, but he had heard that it was a special cigarette for leading cadres at the vice-ministerial level and above. He was a million miles away from that level.

He looked at Qin Dabao's uniform again. Official uniforms at that time were not straight and formal, but Dabao's uniform was very clean and new, which made Manager Wang believe that he was the son of a high-ranking official, and his attitude became more humble.

"Xiao Qin, I'll give you two yuan per pound for this wild boar meat, is that okay?" The price of wild boar meat is lower than that of domestic pigs, and Manager Wang said in a negotiating tone.

Qin Dabao knew that the price was indeed not low. He was not short of money. It was mainly because Master Li had good cooking skills. If he could build relationships with him, it would be easier for him to ask for help when cooking in the future. Besides, he was not prepared to ask for money.

"no problem."

Manager Wang breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that Qin Dabao would be dissatisfied.

Master Li brought a piece of paper from the kitchen, on which was written 319 kilograms of pork.

"Xiao Qin, let's round it up. 320 kilograms of pork is yuan."

Manager Wang and Master Li were happy because they didn't have to worry about having no meat for the second half of the month.

Aunt Li was in charge of collecting money. She opened the cash box, counted the money and handed it to Qin Dabao.

You have to know that more than 600 yuan in this era is definitely a lot of money. Sha Zhu has worked for so many years, but his salary for one and a half years is not as valuable as this meat.

Qin Dabao hesitated for a moment and pushed the money back: "Manager Wang, I don't want to exchange this pig for money."

Manager Wang was stunned. He didn't want to exchange money? He immediately misunderstood.

"Xiao Qin, don't worry. Our restaurant has the right to make its own purchases. There's nothing wrong with you selling the wild boar to us."

"Manager Wang, I see you don't have any waiters here. I'd like to trade this pig for a job with you. It can be a temporary position, but it must be permanent within three years."

Manager Wang smiled. Nowadays, a regular job only paid 500 yuan. He finally understood Qin Dabao's intention, but was also secretly surprised. This young man was too steady. He didn't talk about the job right away, but waited until the price was set before talking about it. He wanted to let him know that he was getting a great deal.

"Xiao Qin, that's no problem. However, our hotel is under the jurisdiction of the Commerce Bureau. I'll go to the bureau tomorrow to get a letter of introduction. Let's not talk about whether it's temporary or not, even if it's a regular job, I can still handle this small matter. But it will take about a week to complete the formalities, and you can come and pick it up then."

"Okay, Manager Wang..." Qin Dabao was overjoyed. Of course, a formal job would be good, as he could move Cuicui's household registration here directly.

"Xiao Qin, let's not be so formal. Let's visit each other often and become friends. You call me Uncle Wang and I call you Dabao. What do you think?"

"That's great! I'm really marrying above my station, Uncle Wang."

"Hahaha, you kid." Manager Wang knew that the kid was just being polite. After all, it's not certain who is marrying up.

"Mrs. Li, how much is the processing fee?"

Manager Wang smiled and patted Qin Dabao on the shoulder: "What processing fee? Don't hit your uncle Wang in the face. From now on, whenever you catch prey, just think of our restaurant. Also, whatever you want to eat in the future, just come and let your uncle Li cook it for you."

This guy is really realistic. After the deal was done, he even changed the address in order to build a relationship.

Qin Dabao certainly wouldn't be stubborn, so he just went along with it: "Okay, Uncle Wang, I won't be polite with you. I have to go hunting in the mountains in a while, and I'll get you some good stuff then."

Manager Wang laughed out loud, and his purpose of building relationships was achieved.

After leaving the restaurant, Qin Dabao put the lunch boxes on the back shelf, which piled high. He pushed them to a deserted place, put the lunch boxes into the space, and rode his bike to the military compound.

PS: Dear readers, here is a 3,000-word chapter. I wish you all a happy double festival.