My 1978 Hotel

"Mom, some friends are coming over soon, ask Dad to kill a chicken."

Li Feng decided to buy some spare ribs, a fish, two pounds of shrimp, and some vegetables. That was about all he needed. "I was planning to go shopping for a while."

"It's so hot, it's better to go back early."

Passing by a watermelon stand, Li Feng slapped his forehead. "I almost forgot to buy some watermelons. You guys take the vegetables back to the car first, I'll go buy some watermelons."

"Give me the food, pick out the better ones."

"Don't worry, I'm the best at picking watermelons."

Han Chaoxia rolled her eyes at her confident husband, thinking she had forgotten who had picked the greenhorn last time.

"I know, you're amazing."

Li Feng chuckled and walked quickly to the watermelon stall. The two young stall owners were quite excited when they saw that it was Li Feng, the owner of the luxury car.

"Boss, please help me pick out some big watermelons. We have guests coming to our house."

Li Feng said with a smile. "Don't give me any melon seeds, I'm a local."

"Don't be ridiculous. My watermelon doesn't have any seeds."

The young boss said with a smile. "Besides, I wouldn't dare pick on a greenhorn like you. A single word from you might shut me down."

"The boss is really good at joking."

The watermelon stall owner thought to himself, I'm not joking. No matter what car you drive, you can still be a big shot in this small town. I'm just a small watermelon stall owner. How can I get away with offending a big shot like you?

"Hurry up and pick some melons for the boss."

The stall owner's wife nudged the stall owner, who immediately responded. "Yes, yes, yes, pick the best melons, boss. I'm not bragging, but the melons here aren't from ordinary vendors. They're all from our own fields."

"That's good."

"Of course not. The soil is fat and sweet."

The stall owner said this with considerable pride.

"That's great, pick a few more for me."

Li Feng took a look at it. Not to mention that it even had green melon vines, he was afraid that it was really as the stall owner said.

"no problem."

Li Feng picked out more than ten items at once, and he couldn't carry them all by himself. Fortunately, the stall owner and his wife delivered the items to the truck. "This space is really big."

"It's okay, so-so."

"This is not just a compromise."

The stall owner looked at the Maybach 480 with envy. A luxury car is a luxury car, it looks classy. "That's great."

"Hahaha."

"Okay, let's go, there's no one watching the stall."

"Yes, yes, yes." The watermelon vendor said hurriedly. "Boss, let's go back first."

"Thanks for your hard work."

Li Feng locked the car, thanked them, and watched the couple leave. The stall owner kept talking about the car, and his wife agreed with him. Li Feng smiled, opened the car door, got in, and turned back home.

"Almost forgot."

Li Feng handed his phone to Han Zhaoxia, who was sitting in the passenger seat. "Use my phone to send Wu Tong and the others the location, so they don't get lost."

"it is good."

Wu Tong, Li Muchen and Qin Yue have already passed Feicheng and entered Huai City. They will be getting off the highway in about half an hour's drive. Wu Tong brought a lot of gifts this time and also asked Qin Yue to drive a car.

There were three cars: Li Muchen's Mercedes-Benz G65, Wu Tong and Qin Yue's identical model but in different colors, and a Cullinan. All three cars were quite conspicuous on the highway. Not to mention getting off the highway and onto the county road, that one was very conspicuous.

The watermelon vendor was sorting the watermelons when he saw three luxury cars that were even better than the one he had just seen. His eyes widened. "What are you looking at?"

"Luxury car."

"What good car?"

The stall owner's wife muttered, following her husband's gaze. "A Mercedes-Benz, quite ugly. What kind of car is this? It looks like a box car that a child plays with."

"You know what? This is a man's dream."

The watermelon stall owner was drooling. This was an off-road vehicle. The man didn't want to buy a car. Although he didn't have the money to buy one, it was always good to feast his eyes on it. Usually he could only see it on Douyin. He never thought that he would have the chance to see it in real life.

Especially seeing it in a small town at home is a miracle. "It's really strange. How can I be so lucky today? I saw so many luxury cars in such a short time."

"what?"

The watermelon vendor was a little confused as to why the car had stopped. He saw a white Mercedes-Benz G-Class pull up and a beautiful woman get out. "Tongtong, why did you stop?"

"I'll buy some watermelons to take with me."

"Ah, watermelon?"

Qin Yue muttered, and Wu Tong smiled and said, "Look, this watermelon has a vine. I heard from my grandmother that this kind of watermelon is usually grown at home. It's just right to take a few to Boss Li's house."

"We've brought so many valuable gifts, why don't we bring this as well?"

It's too cheap. Qin Yue is a little confused about Wu Tong.

"You can give Mr. Li's parents some expensive gifts, but Mr. Li, I don't think these watermelons are as good as them." Wu Tong said this, and Li Muchen, who was getting in and out of the car, nodded in agreement. "Then buy a few."

The stall owner was completely surprised that this group of young men and women, who looked like they were from a big city, would actually come to his stall to buy watermelons. It was really strange. But he was very happy and kept looking at the car while delivering the watermelons.

“It’s really enjoyable.”

The stall owner wiped his saliva. He finally saw the luxury car with his own eyes. He could take a close look at it and even touch it a few times.

"You are really that good."

The stall owner's wife grumbled, not quite understanding, and the stall owner sighed. "Of course it's good. A car costs three to five million, how can it not be good?"

"It's so expensive."

"That's not."

The stall owner watched the three luxury cars leave. At this time, Li Feng had arrived home early and was cleaning the big iron pot by the well. He was going to stew the chicken he had killed. The rooster at home was quite big, weighing five or six pounds. It would not taste good if it was not stewed in a big iron pot.

"Is the chicken ready?"

"Okay, brother."

"Then let's stew it. Add some babamo on it later. It's actually unleavened steamed buns, half of which is soaked in chicken soup, and the other half is stuck to the iron pan with some crispy edges. It tastes very good. This is one of Li Feng's favorite dishes besides his mother's hand-rolled noodles.

"Mom has made a good living."

Li Liang took the iron pot and went to prepare the dish. Li Feng wiped his hands and followed him. "I'll cook the chicken, you go cook the dishes." Cooking an old rooster takes a long time, and you need to set up a large fire. Frying first and then stewing it will take a lot of time.

"Row."

Li Liang was actually a little worried. Although he wasn't as good as the second brother's cooking skills, he had learned for a year or so and worked for a year or two, so his cooking skills were the best in the family besides the second brother. He didn't know that Li Feng was now even better at cooking big pot dishes than the second brother, especially this kind of wood-fired pot. I'm afraid few people can match him.

But Wang Xiaohui, who was standing by, was a little worried. "Brother, is it a fever?"

"That should be fine. Didn't Big Brother say he's been learning to cook recently?"

Li Liang was actually unsure, but since his elder brother said he would do the burning, he didn't know what to say.

"How about you go and keep an eye on it?" Wang Xiaohui said in a low voice.

"Okay, I'll go take a look later."

Li Liang nodded. "Let's cook first. I don't know what Big Brother's friend does, so I'll cook it nicely. Oh, is everything tidied up in the house?"

"Three times."

Wang Xiaohui rolled her eyes. "I've packed up all the odds and ends." "That's good."

"We don't have to worry about the alcohol. Big brother brought Wuliangye liquor for our friends."

Li Liang said as he cut the vegetables, cleaned up, and started cooking. "By the way, get new chopsticks to wash, and the bowls. There are the ones your brother gave us last time in the cupboard."

"I'll get it right away."

I usually don’t want to use it, but now that my older friend is coming, I have to use it.

Li Feng was not scared and fried chicken nuggets. At first, Zuo Chuanlan was shocked when she heard that her eldest son wanted to cook. She knew that among the three sons in the family, the eldest son could not cook. Because he was a good student when he was young, he always focused on studying and basically did not let him do housework.

"Go and take a look, don't let it burn out."

Zuo Zhuanlan winked at her husband.

"I just took a look and it looks pretty good. I'm afraid he really learned it."

Li Fuan must have been worried. He knew what was going on with his eldest son, but he didn't expect that after checking for a while, he found that there was nothing wrong with him.

"Really? When did you learn that?"

Zuo Chuanlan was a little surprised. Her eldest son was usually a bit lazy. What happened to him in the past six months? He opened a homestay, learned to cook, and now someone gave him a luxury car.

"How would I know that?"

Li Fuan shook his head, feeling that his eldest son was different this time. "I'll go take another look."

"Hurry up and roll out the dough, cut it and put it aside."

"Don't worry about me, just go and take a look."

Zuo Chuanlan was still worried. Li Feng tasted the saltiness and found it was well-seasoned, so he could add water. "Dad, is Mom's baba bun ready?"

"All right."

"What's wrong? Is it done?"

"almost."

Li Feng nodded. It was already tasty. "Stir it for another ten minutes and it will be ready for the Babamo."

"Okay, I'll talk to your mother."

"By the way, when will your friend arrive?"

Li Fuan said, "Don't stick to it. The person hasn't come yet. If it gets cold, it won't taste good."

"We're almost there."

Li Feng closed the pot lid, took out his phone and called Wu Tong. The call was connected after a while. "Where are you?"

"We're almost into the village."

"That's not far."

They were probably going to be there in four or five minutes, so Li Feng quickly handed the spatula to Li Fuan. "Dad, you keep an eye on the fire. My friend's at the intersection. I'll go check on him."

"Okay, okay, go and take a look."

Li Feng walked quickly towards the intersection, and sure enough, the car arrived in the blink of an eye. At the main intersection, Li Fuan waited for Li Feng to leave, then quickly opened the pot and pinched a small piece of meat into his mouth. "Hey, this tastes really good."

"How's it going?"

Zuo Zhuanlan came over with some steamed buns and asked hurriedly when she saw her husband tasting the chicken.

"It tastes really good, try it."

"Oh, it's true, the eldest brother can really cook?" Zuo Chuanlan was full of surprise. The taste was better than what she cooked. I'm afraid only the second brother could compare with it.

"By the way, where's the old man?"

"I went to pick up a friend and we reached the intersection."

As they were talking, they saw three large trucks driving over. The couple didn't quite recognize what kind of cars they were, but they saw the Mercedes-Benz logo, which they recognized because their son drove this car.

"Li Liang, what's going on outside?"

"Let's get the car. I'm afraid that big brother's friend has arrived."

Li Liang quickly wiped his hands. "I'll go take a look."

"Okay, go ahead."

Li Liang quickly left the kitchen and went to the back of the house. He was stunned when he saw the parked car. He had just checked out the Mercedes-Benz yesterday, and this guy recognized it immediately. "Mercedes-Benz G-Class, the cheapest one is probably more expensive than the boss's."

I was even more surprised when I saw it was a G65. This car must be worth three to five million. My friend is so rich.

Wu Tong, Qin Yue, and Li Muchen parked the car and opened the trunk. Wow, they had quite a few gifts. Before coming, the three of them had discussed the gifts, and they were quite particular about what they were buying. There were gifts for Li Feng's parents, and then there were gifts for the children.

As for Li Feng's gift, they all chose the same thing: giving it to their parents, children, would be more likely to please him than giving it to Li Feng. Furthermore, knowing that Li Feng's parents were from the countryside, they chose domestic brands instead of foreign brands.

As for the wines, one of the three chose Maotai aged for fifty years, which costs more than 30,000 yuan a bottle; another chose Wuliangye Nine Dragons Jar; and Qin Yue chose Guyue Longshan's Golden Eagle aged for thirty years, in a twenty-jin bottle.

The prices are roughly the same, around 100,000. Other gifts include a gift box of wild dried abalone from Dalian, eight heads of top-grade Tianjiu Wings, and glacier snow clam oil and cordyceps from the western border, all worth around 100,000.

These gift boxes are all worth about 50,000. Li Feng took a glance and was surprised to find that these were the gifts given last time. He already knew the prices. After all, he could find them out by just searching on the Internet.

In addition to this, there are also gifts for children, which are custom-made chocolates. A box costs about 10,000 yuan. Li Feng was shocked at the time. Ten thousand yuan for a few pieces of chocolate. It's really a waste of money.

Then there is the wild tiger bone powder from Changbai Mountain. This stuff comes in a gift box with four small bottles, said to be a non-material cultural heritage preparation. It weighs about one pound and costs 120,000 yuan. Li Feng's mouth twitched when he saw all of it.

What kind of gifts are there? Wow, it’s Matsutake children’s food, pretty good, a co-branded product with the Ji Xianlin Foundation. I’m afraid a few boxes of this thing will cost more than 100,000 yuan.

As for the low-sugar version of Dong'e Ejiao for children, it is considered cheap, costing only a few thousand or tens of thousands.

"Since you're here, why are you bringing this stuff?"

Li Feng greeted them with a smile. What else could he do? Since they had come to his house, he couldn't just refuse the gift.

"The third one helped carry the things."

"Here I come, brother, I come, I come."

Li Liang's eyes were a little wide, they were so beautiful, they were obviously real city people, not to mention their clothes, their temperament was different from those in the countryside, they were obviously from wealthy families.

"Be careful, don't hit me."

Li Feng quietly reminded the stunned Li Liang, "A box of this wine costs tens of thousands."

"Ah, tens of thousands a box?"

Li Liang shuddered with fear, and Li Fuan, who was about to come over to help, was stunned. What kind of wine is this? It is more expensive than Moutai and Wuliangye. A box costs tens of thousands of yuan. Is there any wine that is so expensive? Is this for people to drink?

"Boss Li, this is your uncle, right?"

"Yes, my dad."

"Hello, uncle."

"Hello, uncle."

"Hello, uncle."

The three of them hurriedly called for help. Li Fuan felt a little awkward. This was the first time he had heard such handsome boys calling him uncle. "Okay, okay, look, since you're here, what are you buying?"

"It's just a little snack, not worth anything."

Wu Tong originally wanted to carry it himself. The snacks were actually not expensive. The Forbidden City co-branded imperial kitchen pastries were in a pure handmade gift box with the theme of the twenty-four solar terms, with some gold plating. The small box cost less than 20,000 yuan. Another one was the gold foil pine nut candy specially customized by the master of Suzhou Caizhizhai using the ancient intangible cultural heritage method, which cost just over 10,000 yuan.

Qin Yue gave a pure gold suit, which was a children's inheritance grade suit, and cost less than one hundred thousand. The gifts given by everyone added up to about one million. Li Feng's mouth twitched. These people gave gifts in tacit agreement, and the value of the gifts was about the same.

The considerations were quite thoughtful: men were given wine, children were given food and gold products, and women were given Suzhou embroidery, etc. (End of this chapter)