My 1978 Hotel

"My goodness, this is the first time I've ever eaten breakfast like I was fighting for it." Chengcheng wiped her sweat as she left the state-run restaurant.

"I've always thought our cafeteria was pretty awesome; compared to this place, it's like a little brother." Dong Qing looked at Wu Yu. "Right?"

"No."

Wu Yu had just been bumped to the side by a woman's buttocks, and he was still feeling humiliated. It was too much of a bullying.

"This can be considered a unique experience."

Cheng Xue looked around with curiosity.

"That's true. The taste is good. And the fried dough sticks and steamed buns are sold by weight of dry flour. They're so honest. Steamed bun shops and fried dough stick shops in later generations should really learn from them."

"You guys really dare to think outside the box."

Li Feng shook his head as he listened. The two are not the same thing. Now it's a combination of food coupons and money, plus the labor costs and rent, which are completely incomparable to those of later generations.

"Let's go."

"It's quite eye-catching to have it blocked like this."

Li Feng glanced at Cheng Xue and her group, who exchanged a look, then looked at the passersby and nodded hurriedly.

"Mr. Li, why didn't you say so sooner? We should have packed up too."

Dong Qing muttered to herself, "Putting everything else aside, their clothes are similar, the ones they changed into this morning, but their hair looks completely different from this era."

"If I had told you before you came, would you have been able to do it?"

"If you didn't see it with your own eyes, you might think you're crazy."

Dong Qing didn't dare to look at Li Feng.

"Alright, let's go back and have the eldest and second eldest brothers cut your hair."

He hadn't considered this when he left home. When he returned to his courtyard, Gao and Gao Cheng found a pair of scissors and gave them a modern hairstyle.

"I can't take it anymore, I want to laugh."

Dong Qing couldn't help but look at Wu Yu and Cheng Cheng's hairstyles.

Do you think we don't want to laugh?

Chengcheng rolled her eyes at Dong Qing, annoyed. "So tacky, it's awful."

"Okay, it's fine as long as I don't look in the mirror."

"That's the good thing about this era. Mirrors are scarce and small, and there are no cell phones. You can't usually see your own face. Plus, it's been very dry here lately, and even drinking water is a struggle. It's hard for you to even go to the river to look at your reflection."

As Li Feng spoke, he couldn't help but laugh, which drew resentful looks from the others.

"Okay, okay, I won't say anything anymore."

Li Feng smiled and waved his hand. "Actually, it's fine. Look, Professor Wu didn't say anything."

Even Wu Xun was speechless. Did you mean I'm bald? Cheng Xue and Mu Yang, Wu Xun's two students, almost couldn't help but laugh. Dong Qing and Wu Yu were even more uncomfortable. Professor Wu is so smart, why would he need a hairstyle?

"Mr. Li, how do you plan to arrange our trip? Let's not waste time, I still have a lot of things to do on my end." Wu Xun sighed and looked at Li Feng.

"Professor Wu, please don't worry."

Li Feng gave a brief explanation of the time difference between the two timelines.

"A day here, but only an hour there?"

"This is amazing."

Not to mention Dong Qing and the others, even Wu Xun was shocked.

"It sounds good, but if we stay here for too long, won't we age prematurely?" Dong Qing explained, seeing everyone looking at her with puzzled expressions. "Think about it, ten hours there takes more than ten days here. If we come here often, wouldn't that be equivalent to spending twice the time and aging twice as fast?"

"correct."

At first, I thought it was amazing, but now I'm a little worried. Wu Xun looked Li Feng up and down and didn't see any signs of premature aging; in fact, he looked quite young.

"You're overthinking it."

Li Muchen looked at Li Feng, who nodded, and explained, "Traveling back and forth through time and space will allow the body to undergo some repairs."

"Could it be that I can live twice as long?"

"more or less."

Li Muchen wasn't quite sure, but seeing Li Feng nod, he nodded along with him.

"Wow, this is simply a miracle."

Dong Qing and Wu Yu immediately turned into sycophants, coming to Li Feng's side as number one and number two. "Boss Li, we've decided to join your guesthouse. We don't mind if the salary is low, and we don't mind if there's a lot of work."

"You guys are really something, Mr. Li. I could do that too. I'd work for you for free here."

Good heavens, Chengcheng has done all this work in this timeline for free, getting twice the time! This is simply unimaginable.

Wu Xun, however, keenly grasped something. "If traveling through time can repair the body, what about a sick body?"

"It's worth the cost."

Li Feng said calmly. This was the first time he had answered such a question. Not to mention Wu Xun, Li Muchen, Wu Tong and Qin Yue were also hearing such words from Li Feng for the first time.

Wu Xun immediately understood why Wu Zhenhua and his wife were at the guesthouse and why they spoke up for Li Feng. No one would want to offend such extraordinary people, especially those with double the time and the ability to repair illnesses.

This is practically cheating. If you have this person's friendship, you can live twice as long as theoretically human beings. Although it's not immortality, it's still longer and healthier than 99.99% of people.

Cheng Xue and Mu Yang also had the idea of ​​clinging to a powerful figure, someone even more powerful than their teacher.

"Mr. Li, are you a god?"

"Pfft."

Li Feng was both amused and exasperated. "Dong Qing, what's wrong with your brain?"

Seeing everyone looking at him, Li Feng said helplessly, "I'm just an ordinary person, just like everyone else."

Are they the same?

Wu Yu muttered to himself, "Why can't I travel through time and space?"

Li Feng glanced at Wu Yu. This kid was just like Dong Qing; he needed to be taken back to Hanjiaba for labor reform. "Let's pack up and go back to the team first." The county was still too dangerous. With so many people, someone might notice something was wrong and report them. Although they had introduction letters from the system, in the long run, even those letters might not be enough to stop them.

"Sit here?"

"Isn't it great?"

"A carriage!" Li Feng chuckled as he climbed onto the carriage. Wu Tong, Qin Yue, Li Muchen, and Gao Cheng followed suit. Dong Qing and Wu Yu exchanged a helpless glance. "Let's get on the carriage," they said. Professor Wu, however, calmly climbed onto the carriage.

As for the little black donkey, Gao rode it quite fast, which Dong Qing and Wu Yu found rather enviable. Unfortunately, they didn't know how to ride a donkey. "I really want to try riding a donkey!"

"Me too."

Dong Qing had barely spoken when he swallowed a mouthful of dust. Damn it, the two of them quickly shut their mouths. These days, dust is practically free! No wonder everyone's wearing hats and wrapped in towels; their hair is almost all white now.

"There's already a lot of dust these days, and with the drought here now, there's even more dust than usual."

"It's also my fault. I didn't prepare hats and towels for you earlier."

Li Feng looked apologetically at Dong Qing and the others. As for the girls, they had already wrapped their heads with floral headscarves, which Wu Tong and Qin Yue had prepared.

"But men can just bear not washing their hair for three to five days."

"Don't you wash your hair?"

Dong Qing pointed to her 'white hair' with a look of astonishment.

"Fetch water yourself to wash."

"It's just carrying water, I can't do that."

Dong Qing retorted stubbornly, "But I know how to carry water."

"Alright, you can fetch water yourselves then. But it's agreed that you can only wash your hair once every two days at most. There's not much water left in the well. If the team finds out you only wash your hair every two days, they'll probably gossip about it behind your back." "Just washing my hair."

"You'll understand when you get back to the team."

Before noon, the public horse-drawn carriage arrived at Ma Ya Commune.

"This is the commune? It doesn't even feel as bustling as the third-tier town near the guesthouse."

"Of course, this is just a small commune."

It's just a short street, but it has everything you need: a post office, breakfast stalls, a supply and marketing cooperative, a grain station, and a barbershop. "Want to take a look around?" Li Feng asked with a smile, noticing everyone's curiosity.

"Okay."

A group of people followed Li Feng around. They were all incredibly excited, asking all sorts of questions, even though it might be the first time they had met him.

"So that's how buying soy sauce works."

"Quite fun."

Li Feng looked at Dong Qing and Wu Yu as if they were idiots. He thought he would find some time to have them come to the commune to do some odd jobs. It was about ten miles away, and running around would be good for their health. The two of them were a bit fatter than people of this era, so they should lose some weight.

After strolling around for a while, the group prepared to return to Hanjiaba. At first, Wu Yu and Dong Qing were quite excited, leading the little black donkey ahead. But after walking only three or five miles, they were exhausted; their health was really poor.

These two chubby little guys are now 'rushing' around, which makes Li Feng and the others laugh.

"How much further is it, Mr. Li?"

"It's not far now, we've walked about two-fifths of the way."

"Oh, this is too far."

Why isn't there a car? Dong Qing and Wu Yu weren't as excited as they were just now.

"You guys need to exercise more. Agricultural university students, your physical strength isn't up to par."

Chengcheng covered her mouth and laughed.

The two sighed. "Ugh, this is so embarrassing. We're not even as good as the girls." Finally back in Hanjiaba, Dong Qing and Wu Yu were utterly dejected. They'd have to work out properly.

After a quick and simple lunch, Dong Qing and Wu Yu finally recovered.

"Are you going to the furniture factory this afternoon, or to experience life in a production team?"

"Can't you rest at home?"

"It's best not to, or people will look down on you."

"Let them despise you if they want."

"I don't want to move anymore."

Dong Qing and Wu Yu were practically going crazy. They had walked such a long way, and they still had work to do in the afternoon.

"Alright then, you can sit at the same table as the kids when we eat later."

"Forget it, forget it, let's go to the furniture factory instead."

Dong Qing and Wu Yu exchanged a glance. To avoid sitting at the same table as the children, they decided to go check out the furniture factory; they could just dawdle at the time. Wu Xun and the other two had already left; they planned to wander around the village.

They've toured the county town, the commune, and now they plan to tour the production team as well. This will greatly help them understand the style of this era. Of course, the people at the steel mill have also discussed it with Li Feng, and Gao will take them there first thing tomorrow morning.

Dong Qing and the others also wanted to go, but since the donkey cart wasn't big, they were afraid it wouldn't be able to carry too many people. At the Third Front steel plant, Li Feng didn't have any acquaintances, but Han Fuguo did, so a simple visit to the living quarters shouldn't be a problem.

The next morning, Li Feng packed two red ginseng roots, two canned goods, and two pounds of apples and handed them to Gao Jiu. "Give these to him; after all, he helped us so much."

"Don't worry, boss."

Gao said in a low voice, "Boss, should we inquire about them? I heard that the people over there are all from Shanghai, so they might have some good stuff."

"It's not urgent."

"Let's build a good relationship first," Li Feng said with a smile. "But you can help promote the furniture we were talking about. By the way, did you bring the photos?"

"Bring it."

Gao patted his pockets, took photos of the desk cover, and the furniture set. Li Feng had originally planned to take a group photo of a few foreigners, but then he thought that these days, foreigners are registered as soon as they come in. If you suddenly have a few more, you'll have to wait for the government to come knocking on your door.

"There are many wealthy people over there, and I heard they all come from Shanghai. They have a refined lifestyle, which is no worse than the markets in the region or county."

"Boss, don't worry, I know."

Gao Jiu not only brought Wu Xun and the other two to collect data, but also had the important task of promoting furniture.

"Achieving the small goal of 10,000 ahead of schedule shouldn't be a big problem."

In that day, Professor Wu and his team gained a lot from the steel plant and collected a lot of information. At the same time, Dong Qing and his group also gained a lot, learning how to polish furniture.

On the third day, since the situation at the power plant was still uncertain, I planned to ask the commune for a letter of introduction before going there!

"What are you doing?"

After having breakfast, Wu Xun planned to go to the team for a stroll. Li Feng called out to him and had just returned to the courtyard when he saw Dong Qing and Wu Yu rushing out.

"Nothing."

Something's not right with these two, Li Feng muttered to himself. This doesn't seem to be the direction of a furniture factory. What are these two doing?
"Never mind, let's kill the chicken first."

Li Feng brought five chickens. He planned to kill one first, and then stew the other for lunch. Zhang Susu came over to help. "Susu, do you want to go back to the city?"

Zhang Susu, who was plucking chicken feathers, was taken aback, then shook her head. It wasn't that she hadn't thought about it, but if she went back to the city, her brother and sister-in-law would definitely not want her to go back and eat for free. But jobs weren't easy to find, and even temporary jobs would be difficult.

The salary is too low; my sister-in-law must be complaining every day that things are much better here at Li Feng's house.

Seeing that Zhang Susu didn't speak, Li Feng roughly understood what she meant. "Susu, this is a permanent job, and there's even a dormitory. The monthly salary is thirty-six yuan."

"Such a great job, why don't you take it, bro?"

When Zhang Susu heard this, she thought, "It's a permanent job with a dormitory, and I get thirty-six yuan a month. This is even better than my brother's job."

"Listen to me first."

Li Feng laughed and said, "This job is actually a bit tiring and dirty. You know, a pig farm, right?"

"know."

The pig farm was alright, especially since she could get meat coupons from the food station. It was a very good job, and Zhang Susu didn't complain at all. She just felt that she had no way to repay such a good job.

"Brother, you can leave this job to your little sister, Daya."

"Ah, how old is Da Ya?"

“Besides, how can we keep this job?” Li Feng said. “They need people right now.”

"Can I really do it?"

"Of course you can. Now it's up to you whether you're willing or not."

"I...I do."

"That makes things easier."

Li Feng clapped his hands. "I'll write a letter later. Take this and go to the pig farm in the county to find Director Gao."

Do you know where the pig farm is?

"know."

Zhang Susu nodded. One of her classmates' fathers worked at a pig farm. Her classmate usually got to eat more meat than the others because her father had meat ration coupons at the pig farm.

"Alright, you can go tomorrow," Li Feng said with a smile.

"Can I come here again?"

"Of course, you're welcome anytime." (End of Chapter)