Chapter 170 Sister Zhu Lin has to take care of him!
Having said that, Li Changhe shook his head.

"How about this, there's no need to send us to Zhongguancun, just send us to Jingcheng Hotel!"

It's noon now and it's too hot to take this tricycle to Zhongguancun. It's better to go to Beijing Hotel for a meal first.

After finishing the meal, you can take a taxi directly.

There are also taxis at the train station, but Li Changhe is not familiar with them as well as those at the Beijing Hotel.

"Capital Hotel?"

"OK, no problem!"

"Lao Yang, Lao Yang, come, send Brother Li and Sister-in-law off."

Xiao Wu called out at this time, and a young man with a simple and honest face came out.

"This is my sister!"

Li Changhe explained calmly to Xiaowu.

"I'm sorry, Brother Li, and this lady, I thought you were Brother Li's lover. I'm really sorry."

Xiaowu apologized immediately.

He had only heard that Li Changhe's lover was as beautiful as a fairy.

Isn’t this girl in front of me as beautiful as a fairy?

Besides, if she wasn’t his lover, would Li Changhe come to pick her up personally?

So, Xiao Wu subconsciously thought that Gong Xue was Li Changhe's lover, but unexpectedly, it turned out to be a misunderstanding.

"Ah, it's okay!"

Hearing the other party apologizing to her, Gong Xue waved her hands hurriedly.

I was feeling a little embarrassed, but that also disappeared at this moment.

But what followed was another thought.

I am obviously older than Li Changhe, how can he say that I am his sister?
Soon, Lao Yang rode over on his tricycle, which was a two-person covered tricycle with room for luggage in the back.

"Get in the car!"

Li Changhe actually planned to have one car per person, but after thinking about it, he gave up the idea.

He didn't know this group of people very well. If each person had his own car, it would be difficult to deal with if the other party really had some intentions and took Gong Xue away.

Fortunately, the car is spacious, so even if two people sit down, they won’t be sitting close to each other.

"Ah good!"

Gong Xue got into the car subconsciously and sat aside.

"Brother Li, I'm leaving now!"

The young man in front named Lao Yang then started riding towards the Capital Hotel.

As the car started, gusts of wind blew in, but unfortunately the weather was hot and the wind was hot too.

This is also the reason why Li Changhe doesn't want to take this tricycle to Zhongguancun. It's actually too hot.

Gong Xue, who was sitting next to her, did not dare to move.

Although Li Changhe was very careful and leaned to the side, keeping some distance from her.

Fortunately, the road was not far and we arrived there in a short while.

Li Changhe got off the car, took out a five-yuan bill from his pocket and handed it to Lao Yang.

"Brother Li, I can't accept this."

"Take it, I'll treat you all to tea!"

In June this year, a group of returned educated youth, led by a street cadre Yin Shengxi, opened a youth teahouse in Qianmen Dashilan.

A large bowl of tea costs two cents, and tourists and workers passing by along the way can solve the problem of drinking water anytime and anywhere.

Li Changhe even went to see it specially and asked if there was a big boss named Chen Qi there.

Fortunately, there wasn’t one, otherwise he really wouldn’t dare to take Gong Xue away from there!
"Okay!"

Since Li Changhe said he wanted to invite them all to tea, Lao Yang didn't refuse.

Take this money back and give it to Brother Xiaowu.

"Okay, let's go back, it's hot!"

Li Changhe waved to Lao Yang, picked up his luggage, and said to Gong Xue, "Let's go!"

"Ah? Brother-in-law, what are we doing here?"

"Eat first and get some cool air!"

After hearing this, Gong Xue was a little stunned.

Come to Beijing Hotel for dinner?
Really eating?
Isn't this the place to receive foreign guests?

"Brother-in-law, are we really eating here?"

Gong Xue caught up at this time and asked in a low voice.

"Yes, what's wrong? Didn't you know I used to teach English here?"

Li Changhe asked curiously.

"Ah? Teach English?"

After hearing this, Gong Xue was even more confused.

"It seems that Linlin didn't tell you that I used to be a foreign language teacher at the Jingcheng Hotel. I'm very familiar with this place, and we're all family here!"

After saying that, Li Changhe walked in first.

As expected, the guards at the door did not stop him at all. After entering, the waiters saw Li Changhe and greeted him warmly.

"Xiaoyu, help me find a table in the restaurant. We can have lunch here at noon. Find a cooler place near the air conditioner. It's so hot outside."

Seeing Wu Xiaoyu, Li Changhe spoke directly to her.

This girl got a promotion this month because of her excellent foreign language grades and her "insignificant" personal connections.

From a small waiter, he has now become the head of a Chinese restaurant.

"Teacher Li, then you can go to table number four. There's no other table there, and it's next to the air-conditioning vent, so it's cooler."

"By the way, who will be cooking the main dish in the kitchen today?"

Li Changhe asked casually.

There must be many masters in the Capital Hotel, but these masters do not stay in the kitchen to cook every day. They are very busy, and their work is not just for the Capital Hotel.

So the main dishes are usually served by the masters' disciples, but among these disciples, there are different tastes. Li Changhe likes some of them, but not others.

This is a habit he developed when eating in the cafeteria of Beijing Hotel.

"Xiao Zheng is the chef in charge of the Chinese restaurant today. Don't you like his braised lion's head?"

Wu Xiaoyu recommended it to Li Changhe with a smile.

"Yes, Huaiyang cuisine. By the way, Gong Xue, do you people from Shanghai also like Huaiyang cuisine?"

At this time, Li Changhe asked Gong Xue beside him.

The Magic City used to be Songjiang Prefecture, which belongs to the Jiangnan region. Li Changhe remembers that people in the Magic City like Huaiyang cuisine very much.

"Ah? Not bad!"

Gong Xue heard Li Changhe's question and responded in a low voice.

In fact, she really wanted to say that the country was poor at that time, so she had no right to say what cuisine to eat. She just ate whatever was available at home.

When we were older, we went to the countryside, and then we came to Beijing.

"Okay, let's have a lion's head, fried eel paste, and braised fish head."

"There are two of us. Let's just have these three dishes and some rice."

Li Changhe ordered the dishes skillfully, while Gong Xue sat quietly opposite him.

She didn't fit in with the environment here and always felt uncomfortable, so she didn't dare to speak.

"Okay, I'll tell Xiao Zheng right away."

Wu Xiaoyu nodded, then made the order and walked towards the kitchen.

Li Changhe looked at the reserved Gong Xue and said to her with a smile: "Don't be so nervous, be more generous."

"Just come here to experience life and observe how people around you eat and how they communicate with foreigners."

"Otherwise, when you play such characters in the future, you can't just rely on your imagination."

"Remember, art comes from life!" Li Changhe reminded Gong Xue.

After hearing what Li Changhe said, Gong Xue nodded slightly, then bravely looked around.

Sure enough, people were eating normally, just like they were in the cafeteria.

No one paid any special attention to them.

Seeing this, Gong Xue slowly relaxed.

"By the way, brother-in-law, who were those people at the train station just now?"

Thinking of those people just now, Gong Xue asked curiously.

Li Changhe listened to her question and looked at her with a smile: "You have been in the capital for so long, do you know the Buddha?"

Gong Xue nodded gently: "I know, that's what the thief meant."

"Yes, they are the ones who specialize in stealing money in the railway station lobby."

Li Changhe explained with a smile.

"Huh? What does the leaf mean?"

"It means property, usually stolen money."

After hearing this, Gong Xue understood why that group of people said that Li Changhe's hands were dirty because of Ye Zi, and it was because the money was stolen.

"But why would they give you money? I think they seem to be afraid of you."

Gong Xue hesitated for a moment, then mustered up the courage to ask.

Li Changhe knew that she would ask out of curiosity.

"Well, since you know Buddha, you should also know words like stubborn."

"Stubborn Master, I've heard of it!"

Gong Xue nodded and said softly.

"Well, these Buddhas are not afraid of the police, but they are afraid of the naughty guys, because the naughty guys will blackmail them and steal their gains. We call them Buddha-washing masters!"

"Of course, there are also some Buddhas who will find very powerful stubborn people to offer sacrifices to and recognize them as their big brothers."

"Before I went to the countryside, I and a few childhood friends were the tough guys in Haidian. Now my buddies have returned to the city and are very famous there."

"Those people are afraid of this, afraid of offending me, that's why they act like that, get it?"

Li Changhe explained simply.

He couldn't say that he was famous among these people and couldn't afford to lose face, so he decided to put the blame on Shen Juncheng.

"So that's it!"

"Teacher Li, the food is here!"

At this time, a chef wearing a white hat came over pushing a food cart.

"Xiusheng, you are serving the dishes yourself."

"Look at what you said. If you ordered the dishes, how can I not serve them myself?"

The visitor was today's chief surgeon, Zheng Xiusheng.

Like Li Changhe, he was born in 55.

"Hey, Teacher Li, aren't you here with Sister Lin today?"

When Zheng Xiusheng saw Gong Xue, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"Well, this is your sister Lin's sister. I just picked her up from the train station. She is from Shanghai, so it's a good opportunity for her to try your cooking."

"Gong Xue, this is Master Zheng Xiusheng, now a master of Huaiyang cuisine. When he was 20 years old, he made braised lion's head for the beloved Great Man No. ."

Li Changhe introduced to Gong Xue.

"so smart?"

Gong Xue looked at Zheng Xiusheng in surprise. Zheng Xiusheng waved his hand and said, "It's all in the past."

"Okay, Mr. Li, you guys eat first. I'm going to the kitchen to continue working!"

"Okay, get busy!"

After Zheng Xiusheng left, Gong Xue looked at Li Changhe.

"Brother-in-law, why does he call you teacher?"

"Because he also learns foreign languages! Master chefs like them sometimes have to cook for foreign dignitaries. If they can master a foreign language, they can communicate directly with them."

"So it's not just the waiters who are learning foreign languages, some of these chefs are also learning seriously."

Li Changhe explained with a smile.

Gong Xue nodded gently.

"Try it. His Huaiyang cuisine skills are really good."

Being able to be the daily chef also means that Zheng Xiusheng's cooking skills have indeed reached a certain level. These people are actually the backbone of the kitchen and will have the opportunity to take over the position of executive chef in the future.

Gong Xue held the spoon and began to eat gently and gracefully. Although she didn't have so many postures, it was definitely different from the dry rice eaten in the north.

The girl didn't say that the food was delicious, but judging by how often she ate it, it was indeed quite to her liking.

As for Li Changhe, he didn't care so much. He ate a feast in no time and was full.

During the period, Wu Xiaoyu also gave them double the amount of iced cola. The cool iced cola was really a pleasure in that era.

"What are you doing this afternoon? Are you going back to the drama troupe directly?"

After eating and drinking, Li Changhe asked Gong Xue.

Gong Xue sat there and thought for a while, then hesitantly said to Li Changhe: "Brother-in-law, can we not go back to the drama troupe first?"

"If I go back, I'll have to cancel my leave, and it will be hard for me to go out at night."

"How about you take me to the film school? I haven't been to Sister Linlin's school yet."

When Gong Xue said this, a glimmer of longing flashed in her eyes.

"The Film Academy? That place is so shabby and old. Okay, I'll take you there this afternoon!"

Just in time to go find my wife!

After the two finished eating, they stayed in the air-conditioned room of the Beijing Hotel for a while, and then Li Changhe brought Gong Xue out.

When we arrived at the side door, we saw a row of taxis parked on the road, all waiting here to take jobs.

Taxis are now all state-owned, but these drivers have tasks to do every day.

"Old Wang, who among you has less tasks today? I have a big job. Go to Zhuxinzhuang!"

Li Changhe looked at them and said with a smile.

Lao Wang used to be a colleague of Li Changhe’s classmate He Jian, who used to work in a taxi company.

Later, when Li Changhe learned that there were taxis here, he asked He Jian to introduce him to a few acquaintances, which made it convenient for him to take a taxi.

"Zhuxinzhuang? It's far enough. Let's go to the cadre school, right? Let Xiao Zhao go. He hasn't done much work today!"

Some old masters are accustomed to calling the Zhuxinzhuang campus of the Beijing Film Academy a cadre school, because that was the cadre school where students from the major art schools in Beijing used to undergo labor reform.

Because nowadays all taxi revenue goes to the company and individual drivers do not get a share of the money, so generally the big jobs are given to drivers who do not have enough workloads. They do not fight for the jobs, unlike in later generations when people would fight over them.

He Jian said at that time that several old masters gave her the big jobs and asked her to run them first, and she could collect enough operating amount of the tasks by running for one or two hours a day.

Then He Jian would go home to review the rest of the time, and that's how he was admitted to Peking University.

"Okay, you're new here, come on, take us to Zhuxinzhuang, where the Beijing Film Academy is."

Li Changhe first put the luggage in the trunk, then opened the passenger door and sat in.

As for Gong Xue, she followed and sat in the back. She was still a little confused after getting on the car.

She knew that Li Changhe was quite rich, after all, he was a writer, but could he spend his money like this?
Eat at Beijing Hotel?
Traveling by taxi?

How much money does it cost for a day? I’m afraid her monthly salary is not enough.

Sister Linlin doesn't even bother to supervise him and just lets him spend money like this?

Although she ate well and sat comfortably, Gong Xue still felt that it was a bit exaggerated.

She has been living alone outside for a long time and is a frugal girl.

Li Changhe's behavior of spending money like water did have a great impact on her.

Of course, Li Changhe didn't know about her little thoughts. At this moment, Li Changhe was chatting with the driver Xiao Zhao in the front.

(End of this chapter)