Before opening the gift box from Xie Chengzhou, Tong Xuelu guessed that it was a necklace or perfume.
She even wondered if she would give herself a small yellow croaker, but when she opened it, there was a yellow stone inside.
The stone is about the size of a thumb, the texture is warm and delicate, the color is bright and heavy, and it is a good thing at first sight.
Tong Jiaxin said strangely: "Sister, why would someone send you a quick stone?" Although the stone looked strangely beautiful.
Tong Xuelu said: "This is not an ordinary stone, this is the best Tian Huangshi, and it is orange peeled Tian Huangshi, which is very precious."
Before she wore the book, Tian Huangshi was fired for 20,000 to 30,000 yuan per gram. This piece of Tian Huangshi was about 100 grams. In the future, this stone will be worth two or three million yuan.
This gift is so precious!
Tong Jiaxin scratched his nose, but he still didn't quite understand how precious a stone that was not as big as a thumb could be.
Tong Xuelu didn't explain to him any further, and put Tian Huangshi in his room to hide it.
When he came back, he saw Tong Jiaming looking like he had something to say: "Do you have something to tell me?"
Tong Jiaming nodded and said, "Well, I will be in the fifth grade as soon as school starts, but I want to skip to the first grade directly."
In the early 1970s, the Education Bureau put forward the concept of "revolution in education and shortening of the school system", changing the primary school system from six years to five years, and the junior high school and senior high school from three years to two years respectively. return.
Tong Jiaming's reading age is considered very late in later generations, but it is not too late in this era.
He started school at the age of eight, and he is 12 years old this year, just in fifth grade.
Tong Xuelu said: "Jumping grades is a good thing. If you dare to say that, it means that you have finished all the textbooks for the fifth grade, right?"
Tong Jiaming nodded: "I borrowed his brother's fifth grade textbook from my classmates, and I finished it before the winter vacation."
Tong Jiaxin widened his eyes: "Second brother, when did you learn it? Why didn't I know?"
Tong Jiaming said indifferently: "You can study during breaks during the day, and you can also study after finishing your homework in the evening."
Tong Jiaxin looked at him like a monster: "I really don't understand, how can there be a second brother like you who loves learning so much in this world!"
In addition to his homework, his second brother also has to tutor him and Tong Mianmian at night. He didn't expect that in such a short time, he would also race against time to study textbooks across grades, which was so cruel to himself!
Tong Xuelv admires Tong Jiaming's self-discipline: "if you have already studied, and back to school, I will go to school with you and tell the teacher."
If you want to skip a grade, you must pass an exam, you can't skip a grade if you want to.
Tong Jiaming showed a smile in his eyes: "Thank you, sister."
Tong Xuelu: "When you have successfully skipped a grade, you can tell me what reward you want."
Tong Jiaming's eyes brightened: "Is anything okay?"
Tong Xuelu nodded: "Yes."
She treats all three children equally, and those who do well will be rewarded, and those who do not will be punished.
Tong Jiaxin, who was on the side, saw that his second brother could get the reward, and his eyes were full of envy.
Tong Mianmian blinked her big eyes and looked envious: "Sister, when can Mianmian go to school? Mianmian also wants to skip grades and rewards!"
Tong Xuelu rubbed her head: "You are still young, wait another two years."
Hearing that, the little dumpling sighed like an adult, holding his small face and said, "I've been in this world for four years, but I didn't expect that I still can't go to school!"
"Pfft-"
Hearing this, Tong Xuelv couldn't help laughing.
Tong Jiaxin couldn't help feeling a sense of crisis when he saw that even his younger sister was so motivated.
**
The Spring Festival has passed, and businesses such as factories, supply and marketing cooperatives and restaurants have reopened.
The story that Tong Xuelv accompanied the returning translators to Yangzhou had already spread in the hotel.
Being able to entertain foreign guests and accompany them to play outside the province is not an opportunity for ordinary people.
Guo Chunyu: "Manager Tong, you are amazing. Compared with you, my age is a waste of time!"
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Tong Xuelu was only nineteen years old and became the manager of a first-class restaurant, and obtained the first-class chef certificate. Now he has the experience of entertaining foreign guests, and has been highly regarded by the leaders of the commercial department. Manager Tong is a talent!
She has such achievements at such a young age now, and she will definitely be even more amazing in the future!
Tong Xuelu smiled and said, "Don't belittle yourselves. Opportunities are given to those who are prepared. As long as you keep working hard, who would dare to say that you can't be hotel managers in the future?"
When everyone heard this, their faces flushed red, their hearts were excited, and they were greatly encouraged.
Thinking that Manager Tong was just a waiter at the time, no one thought that she could be the manager of a first-class restaurant at that time.
Although they are not as capable as Manager Tong, they are more diligent, and after a few more years of qualifications, maybe they will be able to seize the opportunity when they come.
After stewing the chicken soup, Tong Xuelv spit out bitter water again: "Actually, entertaining foreign guests is not as beautiful as you think. I have to think about what to eat every day, for fear that I will neglect the other party if I don't do it well, and I am worried that the leaders will not satisfy."
"It takes fourteen or five hours to go from Beijing to Yangzhou by train. It was already midnight when we got there that day. It was sleet and snow outside, and it was so cold that people were almost like popsicles. I couldn't rest when I got to the hotel. Everyone cooks, you see my hands are getting frostbite!"
When everyone heard this, the envy in their hearts suddenly disappeared.
This job is indeed not something ordinary people can do. If you neglect foreign guests, you are likely to be fired.
There is also a rare holiday during the New Year's Day. It is really hard to have to take a long train to travel to other provinces, and have to cook for a large group of people in the middle of the night.
When the purchase came back, Master Lei ran upstairs to the lounge while everyone was not paying attention.
"I heard from Manager Tong just now that my hands are so busy that I have frostbite. It can be big or small. If it's not cured, it will still happen next year when the weather is cold. I have a recipe at home. I'll bring it to Manager Tong later?"
Tong Xuelu smiled and said: "Then I would like to thank Master Lei. The desserts and dishes made by Master Lei are very popular. Master Lei will continue to work hard this year. It is best to study a few new dishes so that our restaurant can become a The most unique hotel in Beijing!”
When Master Lei heard this, his face flushed with excitement: "Don't worry, Manager Tong, I will definitely study hard and make more and more delicious dishes!"
Tong Xuelv nodded: "Our hotel needs a master like Master Lei, who is motivated and capable. Master Lei works hard, and the future can be expected!"
After Master Lei went down, the whole person chopped the meat like a chicken blood.
Shortly after Master Lei went down, Master Meng also came up.
"Manager Tong, I have the most experience in treating frostbite. This recipe was written down by me just now. You can try it back and make sure you get rid of the disease!"
Tong Xuelu took the recipe and said with a grateful smile: "Thank you, Master Meng, but when there is no one else, Master Meng still calls me Xuelu as before. I think I just came to the hotel, but Meng The master takes care of me in many ways, otherwise I wouldn't be where I am today."
When Master Meng heard this, his heart was heart-warming: "it's better to call Manager Tong, otherwise it won't be heard well."
Tong Xuelu nodded: "Master Meng is still cautious, then continue to call Manager Tong, Master Meng is the oldest master chef in our hotel, and he has seen various scenes, so the development of the hotel will depend on Meng Da in the future. Master!"
Master Meng rested for several months because of a broken hand. When he came back to the restaurant to have a new chef, he was upset and worried.
He is worried that his position will be taken away by the newcomer, and now he can finally rest assured when he hears Tong Xuelu's words.
It's still Tong Xuelu who has a conscience, and it's not in vain that she was so kind to her back then.
Master Meng patted his chest and assured: "Manager Tong looks down on my old Meng so much, then I will definitely live up to Manager Tong's expectations!"
Tong Xuelu smiled and nodded: "I'm relieved to have Master Meng's words, but in a restaurant, the most important thing is not whether the food is delicious, but whether the staff can work together. You can see when Liu Dongchang was the manager in the past. , the restaurant is divided into two factions, and the last thing that happened is because of the instability of people's hearts!"
Master Meng agrees.
At the beginning, he saw that Liu Dongchang was not pleasing to the eye, and he would fight against him from time to time, and Liu Dongchang also embarrassed him from time to time, so the restaurant has been a second-class restaurant for so long.
After Master Meng went down, he saw Master Lei who was chopping meat and smiled at him for the first time.
Seeing this, Master Lei was so frightened that he almost chopped his hand.
After Master Meng went down, Tong Xuelv opened the military kettle and took a sip of ginger syrup, and his mouth and throat suddenly became hot.
The level of her Master Duan Shui is really getting better and better.
But this time she went to Yangzhou for a trip, and she may have caught a cold. She was worried that her aunt would have a stomachache in a few days, so she started drinking ginger syrup from today.
At noon, Fang Jingyuan rode a bicycle against the cold wind to the restaurant for dinner.
As soon as she walked in, Tong Xuelu saw her bright red face.
Fang Jingyuan ordered a bowl of mutton soup and vermicelli, and did not leave immediately after eating, but sat aside and waited for Tong Xuelu to get busy.
Tong Xuelv knew she had something to say when she saw her like this: "follow me to the lounge upstairs."
Fang Jingyuan's eyes suddenly lit up, and she nodded again and again: "Okay, I'll be right here."
When she came to the lounge upstairs, she looked left and right with a pair of eyes, and finally said in an envious voice: "Although the sparrow is small and complete, I really envy you for having such a lounge."
Tong Xuelv grabbed a handful of melon seeds and put them on the table, and asked while knocking, "Tell me, what do you want to say to me?"
Fang Jingyuan twisted her body, and her cheeks suddenly turned red.
Tong Xuelu raised her eyebrows: "Aren't you the one to talk about?"
Fang Jingyuan stared at her with wide eyes: "How did you know?"
"My guess."
Fang Jingyuan covered her face and smiled like a silly girl: "You guessed it right, I did talk to someone."
Tong Xuelu: "Congratulations, the other party must be very good-looking, right?"
Fang Jingyuan looked at her with admiration again: "Xuelu, you are really god! You are right again, Comrade Xiang is very good-looking, you don't know, his skin is whiter than mine, and his fingers are long. It's so pretty!"
Since the last time she disliked her blind date who looked like potatoes, Tong Xuelv knew that she was a face control just like herself.
"What does the other party do? Do you know the bottom line?"
Fang Jingyuan nodded her head like garlic: "That man is the cousin's son of my second aunt's colleague. He works in the Education Bureau. Although he is only a secretary now, he is very capable!"
Tong Xuelu nodded: "Appearance and ability are second, and character is the most important thing. You have to keep your eyes open before getting married."
People in this era will get married soon after a blind date. They don't know each other's personalities and personalities at all. They are all told by the introducer.
It was only after marriage that I found out that the other party's character was not good or that the two people's personalities could not be compatible, but it was too late to regret it, and I could only pass it on. Anyway, it will be decades later.
Fang Jingyuan's eyes were shining: "He has a good character and treats me very well. The first time I met him, I thought he was ugly again, so I ate a lot of sweet potatoes, but he didn't mind when I farted on him. , do you think his character is very good?"
Tong Xuelu: "..."
She didn't know whether the other party's character was good or not, but she knew very well that Fang Jingyuan's behavior was mentally retarded.
It's really rare that the man didn't dislike her.
**
At this moment, there is another person who is also blushing.
Tong Zhenzhen looked at the man in front of him, and his heart beat faster: "Minister Yan, I'm glad to finally meet you!"
Minister Yan looked at her sharply with a pair of eyes: "Comrade Tong Zhenzhen, how did you know that Comrade Chairman would propose that 'two whatever' is the wrong policy?"
Last time I received a letter from Tong Zhenzhen from my nephew Yan Ming, and the letter said this.
Pointing out that "two whatevers" is a wrong policy has been around since the beginning of the new year. It's just that very few people know about such a confidential matter, and he only knows a little about it because he has relatives working in the central government.
At that time, he was shocked when he saw the content of the letter. The original words on the letter were: "Comrade Chairman will publicly put forward the wrong policy of 'two whatevers' through newspapers on February 7, 1977."
She handed the letter to his nephew in mid-January, when he was startled and wanted to go to the farm to find her.
He just calmed down as soon as he went out and was blown by the wind. He let people investigate Tong Zhenzhen in private and let people stare at her.
Until two days ago, that is, on February 7, Comrade Chairman publicly proposed the wrong policy of 'two whatevers' through two newspapers and one magazine, and he was shocked again.
This time I came to see her just to find out what happened.
Tong Zhenzhen glanced outside, and after confirming that there was no one, he lowered his voice and said, "Does Minister Yan believe in ghosts and gods?"
Minister Yan looked at her, noncommittal.
Tong Zhenzhen was a little flustered when he stared at him, but he still summoned up his courage and said, "if I tell Minister Yan that I have the ability to predict and know what will happen in the future, will Minister Yan believe me?"
Minister Yan twitched at the corner of his mouth: "Who else knows that you have such abilities?"
Tong Zhenzhen shook his head: "no, I'll just tell Minister Yan alone."
Minister Yan smiled: "Why tell me what you want from me?"
Tong Zhenzhen said: "Minister Yan is a capable man, but unfortunately his luck is a bit poor. If I help Minister Yan, Minister Yan will definitely become a superior person, but I have a request."
"Say."
Tong Zhenzhen looked at him and said word by word, "You must marry me!"
In fact, before Yan Ming came to see her, she didn't know Minister Yan at all.
Yan Ming was her junior high school classmate and had a good impression of her before she was reborn, but because the two families were not in the same household, they lost contact after graduation.
Unexpectedly, he would come to visit her on the farm, and she extracted a lot of useful information from him.
The most useful of them is that Yan Ming has a little uncle who is a minister of the Revolutionary Committee. This little uncle is only fifteen years older than him, but he has been very capable since he was a child.
If it wasn't for Su Yueshen's family being rehabilitated this time, the position of deputy director of the Revolutionary Committee would definitely be his uncle's.
After hearing the news that day, she immediately had this decision in her mind.
She wants to marry Minister Yan as his wife!
She was locked up on the farm, and even if she went out, she couldn't find a good unit or a good partner, although she could do business after the reform and opening up.
It's just that in her last life, she was beaten to death by that beast before she was twenty-two years old. She has never done business, and besides, how tiring doing business is.
She doesn't want to live so tired, she just wants to be a superior person.
The best way is to marry a capable man.
But a man like Minister Yan would definitely not marry her, so after thinking about it, she decided to tell the other party what she knew about the future by letter.
Minister Yan laughed: "Do you know that I am fifteen years older than you?"
Tong Zhenzhen nodded: "I know, I like mature and attractive men!"
Minister Yan: "Then do you know that I already have a wife and children?"
Tong Zhenzhen nodded again: "you can divorce the other party. As for your children, I will treat them as my own children!"
Minister Yan: "Tell me more things. After verification, I will come and pick you up."
Minister Yan stayed in Tong Zhenzhen's dormitory for half an hour before leaving.
Tong Zhenzhen had an inevitable smile on her mouth, and she didn't go back to her room until Minister Yan's figure completely disappeared.
**
base.
At the base, two love vegetable chickens and a rhubarb chicken eat together.
Huang Qimin: "If you return home, the method I taught you that day is very effective, right?"
Wen Rugui was wearing a black turtleneck sweater today, and he looked even more handsome.
He gave a "um", then put down his chopsticks and said, "I have something else I want to ask you."
Huang Qimin looked proud: "Speak."
Wen Rugui: "How did you propose to your partner?"
"Snapped!"
As soon as these words came out, the chopsticks in Zhou Yan's hand fell to the ground in fright.
His eyes were like copper bells: "If you are home, you are asking for marriage? Why are you so fast?"
A blush appeared on Wen Rugui's fair face: "Well, I think she is the person I want to live my whole life, so I want to propose to her earlier."
The two of them kissed and stayed in the same room for two or three days. He must be responsible for her.
But even if it didn't happen, he still wanted to be with her for the rest of his life.
"If Gui, why are you in such a hurry? How long have you known each other, and your partner is young, she shouldn't agree to you!"
Zhou Yan was in a hurry.
Before he could hold his partner's hand, Wen Rugui actually asked for marriage, it seemed that he was very embarrassed!
Huang Qimin glared at him: "Zhou Laxi, what are you doing? If Gui wants to get married, what are you talking about here?"
After saying that, he asked Wen Rugui to go to the dormitory to find him after get off work, and he wanted to teach him all his life experience.