Chapter 175 4 dishes and 1 soup
“I heard that the conditions here are poor and the food is not good.
I brought this here specially. Please help me distribute it to everyone."
Fang Xiang naturally saw the look in Wang Jinghao's eyes.
After throwing some of his personal belongings in the suitcase onto the bed, he closed the suitcase and pushed it in front of Wang Jinghao.
"Isn't this... bad?"
Wang Jinghao swallowed his saliva, even though he said no.
But his eyes had already betrayed him.
“There’s nothing inappropriate about it, I brought it here just to eat.
Eating alone is definitely not as good as sharing with others, don’t you think?
Besides, I have already told Mr. Huang, you can take it away. "
Fang Xiang smiled and pushed the suitcase forward again.
"Then... then I won't be polite."
When Wang Jinghao heard that Mr. Huang knew everything, he stopped being pretentious.
He readily agreed and took the suitcase.
"Take a rest first. I'll go get the stove. It's cold here, and we can't do without it."
Wang Jinghao stretched out his hand and shook hands with Fang Xiang, with gratitude in his eyes.
After saying that, he left with his suitcase.
Fang Xiang smiled and shook his head, then squatted down and opened the box.
It was filled with drawings, and I picked up the first one at random.
When he opened it, he saw that it was the Third Miss's assembly drawing, so he sat down and began to read it carefully.
"Mr. Fang, this is the stove. The coal briquettes will be delivered soon and piled at your door."
I had just flipped through two pages when Wang Jinghao came in with a still burning stove in his left hand and a kettle in his right hand.
"We don't have heating here, so we have to make do with this for now.
If you feel cold, go to the office building, where there are more people and it will be warmer."
Wang Jinghao put down the stove, put the kettle on it, gave some instructions, and left again.
The water in the kettle was boiling, and as soon as it was placed on the stove, it began to bubble and emit white steam.
Fang Xiang reached out and took some of the tea that Mr. Huang had given him and threw it into the teacup.
Then he picked up the kettle and poured the water in.
As the boiling water brewed, a rich fragrance filled the entire house.
After putting the kettle back next to the stove and adjusting the fire door, Fang Xiang sat back down again.
I started looking at the drawings bit by bit.
I do not know how long it has been.
"Mr. Fang, let's go, it's time for dinner!"
There was a knock on the door, Wang Jinghao pushed it open and said hello.
Just as Fang wanted to raise his head, he found that the sky had darkened.
"it is good."
He rubbed his sore eyes and stood up.
“The conditions here are terrible.
It is very difficult for vehicles to travel back and forth, and food and supplies have to be transported from outside.
In addition, the roads are not very smooth and things are often in short supply.
Mr. Huang also asked the kitchen to prepare a few side dishes today to entertain you.
But after all, the ingredients are limited, so please bear with me, Mr. Fang."
As he walked, Wang Jinghao explained a few words embarrassedly.
"Well, we are all doing revolutionary work, and I am not the kind of person who is greedy for food.
Just a few bites of food is enough, no big deal."
The foodie Fang thought that he couldn't say anything inappropriate at this time, so he smiled and responded with a generous smile.
"Come this way."
Wang Jinghao brought Fang Xiang to a large house with a lot of people coming and going.
When the curtain was lifted, the room was full of people eating.
Several people gathered around a table, and on each table there was an opened can of fruit.
It's a good portion for two or three people and it's delicious.
"Mr. Huang has arranged for the canned food you brought to be distributed."
Wang Jinghao looked at everyone eating canned food happily and explained.
"As long as everyone likes it."
Fang Xiang didn't care. Since he had taken it, it was food. What was there to mind?
"Xiao Fang, sit down."
Pushing open the door of a small private room, Mr. Huang was sitting inside.
Seeing Fang Xiang, he waved and greeted him.
"Please sit down first. I'll go see if the dishes are ready."
Wang Jinghao took the initiative to help pull out the chair, and then left the private room.
“I knew the conditions here were poor before I came here, but I didn’t expect it to be this bad.
Why don't you talk to the higher-ups and ask them to increase the supply of materials?"
Of course, Fang Xiang had just seen everyone’s meals in the cafeteria.
Cornmeal porridge, steamed corn bread and pickles are the mainstream.
The only dish was boiled cabbage in plain water, which looked like it didn't have a single bit of oil or water.
He was embarrassed to say it in front of Wang Jinghao just now, but at this moment, there were only two people in the private room.
Fang Xiang finally couldn't help but ask.
"Well, let me put it simply.
We are a confidential unit here, and we do confidential work.
Basically, there is very little contact with the outside world.
Increasing the transportation of materials will not only attract attention from the outside world, but will also easily attract spies.
Besides, we are in the mountains, so even if we want to transport it, it will be very troublesome.
So, everyone planned to grow some vegetables on the hillside over there when the weather gets warmer.
When I grow up, I can improve my food.”
Mr. Huang explained with a smile. Although there was a smile on his face, Fang Xiang could see the expression in his eyes clearly.
"Look, the canned food you brought today will help improve everyone's meals, right?"
Finally, Mr. Huang added another sentence.
Fang Xiang was suddenly silent.
Those cans are actually just ordinary canned fruits.
After all, they were all purchased in Luoyi, and these are all they can buy.
If I were in Beijing, I might be able to buy some other delicious food.
But even the most ordinary canned fruits that were overly sweet were not something Fang Xiang was willing to eat.
Here, it is considered by everyone to be a rare good thing that can improve life.
"The food is here."
Just when Fang was beginning to regret not bringing enough things.
The door was pushed open and Wang Jinghao came in carrying two plates of food.
“Scrambled eggs with tomatoes and stir-fried radish and cabbage.
There will be peanuts and fried cauliflower later, please wait."
Wang Jinghao smiled and placed two dishes on the table.
Fang took a look and saw that they were all vegetarian dishes, without even a speck of meat.
“Thanks to you, I haven’t had Moutai for a long time.
I will lend you the flower today, and we will drink it together."
Mr. Huang opened a bottle of Moutai, poured it into the prepared teacup, and then placed it in front of Fang Xiang.
"Are we short of wine here too?"
Fang Xiang was stunned. Does this mean that he can't even drink good wine?
“There is no shortage of wine, but we are all engaged in scientific research.
A cool head is required, so everyone is very restrained and doesn’t drink if they can avoid it.
I only drink it during festivals, but I don’t even think about it on other days.”
Mr. Huang picked up the teacup, put it under his nose and took a deep sniff.
An intoxicated expression appeared on his face.
"The peanuts and fried cauliflower are here, and there are two servings of rice and a serving of soup, coming right up."
Wang Jinghao pushed the door open again and placed the third dish on the table.
"It's a simple meal with four dishes and one soup. Don't be disgusted by it. Just make do with it."
Mr. Huang took a sip of the wine, closed his eyes, raised his head, and made a sucking sound with his mouth.
Then he looked at Fang Xiang, with a hint of apology in his words.
“No, no, these are good enough.”
Fang wanted to wave his hands, knowing that this treatment was probably only given because of his presence.
Tomorrow, I will probably eat it with everyone.
Special treatment, just do it once.
If people are given special treatment every meal, it will not only cause trouble to others, but also attract gossip.
"Rice and tomato and egg soup. Please enjoy your meal."
Wang Jinghao also brought in the last portion of soup and rice.
After saying that, he turned around and wanted to leave.
"Brother Wang? You're not coming?"
Fang Xiang was stunned when he saw that there were only two servings of rice.
This is already four dishes and one soup, plus a pair of chopsticks, it should be enough.
Why does it look like he only wants to entertain himself?
