After completing the formalities, it was already more than 1 o'clock in the afternoon, after all, I rushed to Fuyou Street and Jingxi Hotel in the morning.

Gu Biao is a 16-year-old long-term physical age, with a good stomach and stomach, and he is almost hungry.

Fortunately, when I left the conference hall, there was a beautiful waitress in the corridor, who politely whispered directions: "Please take the elevator on the left and go up to the top floor to eat." ”

Gu Biao looked at it, and there was no one else on the left and right, so he took the elevator to the restaurant on the 13th floor.

Because the handover procedures are originally fast and slow, it is not easy to arrange round table meals in a unified manner, so the restaurant prepares a buffet, both Chinese and Western dishes.

The buffet in 1979 was an absolute rarity, even in the capital, there were no more than five places. If the Jingxi Hotel was not a guest house designated by the Military Commission, I am afraid it would not have been able to get such good treatment.

No one collects tickets at the door of the restaurant, so it should be the default that "anyone who can blend into this building must be qualified to eat".

The large dining room, which covers half a floor, has 30 square tables for four people, but there are only about 40 people in total, so most people can occupy a table alone and chew on the case.

Gu Biao was also not polite, took a large plate of bone china, and still followed the Western food etiquette taught by the school, potato beef brisket, and braised mutton in wine...... Svenly filled a plate.

After going to the Foreign Affairs Academy, although he was already able to eat some meat every now and then, after all, he didn't eat it openly, so how could it be cool here.

Let's start with three catties of Inner Mongolia beef and mutton of various methods.

Then a wild yellow croaker stewed with cabbage and a bowl of pheasant mushroom soup were consumed, and after feeling that there were goods in the stomach, I slowly looked at whether there were any other rare things.

As a result, after searching around, he regretted it.

He saw the sika deer breast barbecue and the lotus finch crispy ...... and other game like rabbits and roe deer.

Thankfully, there are no bear's paws.

After taking a few pieces of everything, Gu Biao originally felt a little guilty of extravagance. But as he ate, he also came back to his senses:

The price level of future generations cannot be used to measure the quality of these entertainments.

At the end of the 70s, green game was still relatively cheap. On the prairie north of the capital, or in the Yanshan Mountains to the west, there are countless wild animals of non-protected animals every day.

This is a dividend that industrialization is not yet complete and the ecological environment is acceptable.

In contrast, the buffet in the hotel is relatively tight in terms of "imported ingredients that need to use foreign exchange". At most, caviar and other ingredients that could be imported from the Soviet Union could be supplied by themselves.

As for truffles from France and Italy, tuna/salmon from Canada/Northern Europe, lobsters from Australia...... That's something you won't see at a buffet.

In a word, as long as it is something that can be produced by its own people, it is eaten. But if you want to use dollars, don't even think about it.

Gu Biao estimated that he had eaten no less than five catties of meat before and after, and in the end, there was still a roast hare and a bunch of lotus flowers and finches crispy on the big plate, which was really uneatable.

When he was eating, he had already noticed that some people next to him had chosen to pack, and the waiter did not stop him. But Gu Biao can't pull this face after all-even if it is legal, there are so many people with status and official positions next to him, how bad the impact is.

So he beckoned to a waitress lady.

"Comrade, I didn't mean to, I accidentally took too much and couldn't finish it, can I pay to pack it and take it away?"

The waitress smiled: "I'll pack it for you directly, no money." ”

"No, no, no, I really didn't want to take advantage, I accidentally took too much. Money should be given. "Gu Biao only has money and no tickets now, so he is not afraid of the problems that can be solved with money.

Before the college entrance examination, the thousands of yuan of living expenses earned with Ma Feng in Qiantang have been more than a year now, and they haven't been spent yet.

Keeping it is also waiting for depreciation, it is better to invest in a good body for yourself.

However, the waitress gave him another step down: "I know, packing for customers is also to avoid waste." You don't have a plate left, that's normal. It's not like you've packed a whole plate and you're going to take it again......"

When Gu Biao heard this, he felt that it made sense.

It turns out that "leftovers within a plate" belong to "accidentally taking more".

Packing and taking away is "thrifty and avoid waste".

The service is really good......

In the end, he took a rabbit and two catties of lotus finch minced meat, and left the Jingxi Hotel with his stomach up.

When I went down the steps, I was so cautious that I almost couldn't even see my toes.

……

Walking out of the hotel gate, there was a waiter who asked if he needed to pick him up, but Gu Biao declined.

He needed to eat and decided to walk back to school.

However, it is only a few hundred meters away, from the south gate of Yuyuantan to the east gate, you will arrive at the school, and you can't digest much at all.

The dormitory was empty, and the roommates had gone back to their hometown for the winter vacation - the final exams had been over for two days, and if Gu Biao hadn't made other arrangements, he would have taken the train back to Qiantang.

"It's past 3 o'clock, I just ate five catties of game, and I definitely don't need to eat dinner. What about this rabbit?"

Gu Biao looked at the food and burped, a little overwhelmed, and decided to go downstairs for a look to see if there were any classmates who hadn't left to share.

After turning around, he only saw that a dormitory was still open door, so Gu Biao knocked politely.

The one who came out to open the door was Yang Yi from the freshman Japanese class: "Gu ...... Seniors, please come in. ”

Yang Yi is usually relatively low-key, and he calls his brother when he meets people, but Gu Biao is really too young to speak, so he can only call senior.

Thankfully, he's studying Japanese, which isn't surprising.

Gu Biao looked at it twice: "Are you the only one left?"

Yang Yi explained while letting Gu Biao go in and bringing him a chair: "I'm a local, I don't need to catch the train, just stay for a few more days - the library is not closed yet, there are a lot of books that can't be taken out, take advantage of the fact that no one is grabbing them these days, hurry up and study." ”

Gu Biao knew this, when he first received Yang Yi's report, this local student in the capital also ran to the school by himself, causing him to wait for a long time at the Chongwenmen Railway Station. But later, I was more impressed by this, and I had a little friendship in the past six months.

Gu Biao nodded slightly: "Work so hard." ”

Yang Yi poured a cup of hot water for Gu Biao and smiled modestly: "Time is not waiting for me." Your achievements are there, those of us who are old, can we not be in a hurry, we are more than 20 people. ”

Gu Biao didn't take Qiao at all about this: "You can't say that, you worked in the army for seven or eight years before you went to school, and this will be a valuable experience in the future." ”

Yang Yi smiled decadently: "What can communication soldiers and propaganda soldiers learn is to endure hardships, and in the end, they can't be officially promoted, so they still have to study." ”

Gu Biao saw that the topic was getting more and more talking, and he was afraid that he would forget his business, so he put the oiled paper bag on the table first: "Look at me, I forgot to talk to you - I ate at Jingxi Hotel at noon, you don't dislike it as leftovers, just take it and eat it." ”

Because it was already cold, the fragrance was not so strong, but when he saw the bright color of the brown butter, Yang Yi's salivary glands still secreted wildly.

"Jingxi Hotel?that's a high-grade ...... What's so embarrassing about this, why don't you eat together at night?" Yang Yiqiang endured politeness.

"Buffet, I ate five catties at noon, all kinds of meat. I couldn't eat anything at night. ”

Yang Yi was dumbfounded.

Is there a good place in the world to eat five catties of game?

However, he immediately thought about it: "The book taught that the 'buffet' in the West is a form of banquet organization where you can eat as much as you want...... If I go, I will eat at least seven or eight pounds!"

Thinking about it like this, Yang Yi didn't talk nonsense, and directly "swished" and took away a rabbit leg, biting and biting his eye socket and getting wet: "Senior Gu is really righteous, he has meat to eat, so he thinks of his brothers." You can save it for the train home...... The craftsmanship of the chef at Jingxi Hotel is good, it is so fragrant......"

Obviously, in his dictionary, there is no such thing as "it's a pity to leave the barbecue overnight". Anyway, it's winter, and the meat cooked by farmers can be eaten for half a month without a refrigerator.

Gu Biao was embarrassed to see that the other party was eating meat, so he continued to talk along the topic just now: "Brother Yang, tell me about your experience in the army, how could the communication soldier be transferred to the propaganda army, the former is a technical branch." ”

"Don't, don't call me Brother Yang. Yang Yi hurriedly wiped his mouth, not daring to hold it up.

Gu Biao was embarrassed: "You are ten years older than me......"

Yang Yi insisted: "That's not going to work either. ”

Gu Biao thought for a while: "Then call you Ayi, right?"

Now it's finally done.

Yang Yi replied while eating: "The communication soldiers actually don't have much technical content. When I first entered, I had to learn how to send newspapers, but later the company and battalion levels were equipped with field telephones and walkie-talkies, so I changed to telephone soldiers.

Later, the regiment saw that my voice was upright, so I became an announcer and became a propaganda officer, but there was no formal cadre establishment. In fact, there are still teachers who say that my voice is suitable for radio. ”

When Gu Biao heard this, he suddenly thought of a question: "It's broken...... This rabbit and finch have chili peppers in them, so they won't be bad for their throats? Don't eat them!"

Yang Yi hurriedly protected the meat: "Don't get in the way, don't get in the way, what's this spicy, besides, I don't want to be a spokesperson." ”

"I see you're so spicy that tears come out. ”

"It's so delicious that tears come out!"

The dormitory is full of buddy atmosphere.

"What to eat, laughing so happily. ”

Gu Biao and Yang Yi talked for a while, and the bedroom door was unscrewed, and the sound of high heels was heard.

No one knocked on the door.

Gu Biao looked at it, and it turned out to be Han Ting. Hurriedly tidied up his clothes and stood up respectfully: "Teacher Han - the buffet I ate at Jingxi Hotel today, together." ”

Han Ting elegantly took a piece of minced finch meat: "I went to the bedroom to look for you just now, and I thought you should come back, but there was no one." Fortunately, when I went downstairs, I heard your voice. The morning went well. ”

Gu Biao briefly reported a few words, and Yang Yi wanted to avoid it, but was stopped by Han Ting with a gesture, signaling that he was out of the way.

After listening, Han Ting nodded slightly: "It would be best if you could get acquainted with the people from the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Aircraft." There is one last benefit in the ministry to reward you, which is to make up for your transfer. ”

"What benefits?" asked Gu Yi enthusiastically, and even Yang Yi pricked up his ears.

"Don't buy a train ticket home, stay for two more days, and go to the south with the special train - the prince has stayed for more than ten days, feels uncomfortable in the north, and wants to go for a break.

The ministry is still arranged according to the old rules, the first stop is Jinling, and the back station is Gusu, Hujiang, and the terminal station is Qiantang. Anyway, it's a train, and the reception attaché in the ministry is not bad for this one, so I'll take you with me.

When the time comes, listen to the arrangement of Deputy Director Zhu of the Protocol Department, and let you do whatever you want. Maybe you will be able to talk about the pen war with the Vietnamese, and relieve the prince's boredom. ”

Gu Biao respectfully accepted the task, but he was actually reluctant in his heart: he was not there to relieve people's boredom.

But considering that the treatment should be good, being idle is also idle, so be it.

Yang Yi, who was eating rabbits on the side, was dumbfounded.

What a gap.