Reborn in 1977

Rushing and hurrying, the Luwan Delicatessen finally reopened before two o'clock.

After a morning of fermentation, many people had heard that a delicatessen had opened here, different from the live poultry in the market, and different from the restaurants where you could sit down and eat. Here, all kinds of cooked food were placed directly in the counter, allowing people to choose whatever they wanted, according to their budget. Once bought, they could take it home.

Even if they didn't bring baskets or crates, the staff would wrap the food in oil paper, tie it tightly with thin hemp rope, and they could carry it away to eat at home.

Although you could buy braised meat in restaurants before, people always liked to chase the latest trends. Moreover, after a few years of dull and boring days, it was rare to have such a unique store, so how could they not come and see what the excitement was about?

So, when they reopened in the afternoon, there were actually twenty or thirty people waiting at the door.

Fortunately, when Chen Fan saw this situation, he asked Hou Mingying and Deng Jiazhen to take orders from them according to the menu in advance and numbered them. After the goods were delivered, they immediately packed the dishes and collected money according to the numbers. Everything was in order, and no trouble occurred.

With the new round of sales, the batch of goods made at noon was still decreasing at a rate visible to the naked eye.

There was no way around it. This location was really too good. Dozens of passenger ships, large and small, docked here every day. At least two thousand people went ashore to stretch their muscles and bones. Even the county department store had opened the only branch in the county at the next intersection on this road.

Now, the Luwan Delicatessen's main store was guarding this transportation hub. All passengers who wanted to enter the county town would pass by here. How could business be bad?

Therefore, there were only two things that could restrict the store's sales revenue: one was that the store was too small, and the other was that there were too few goods!

Two hours later, Hou Mingying raised her hands, looking exhausted, and shouted loudly, "Comrades, customers, I'm very sorry, all the food we prepared today has been sold out. We will prepare more goods tomorrow. Thank you for your understanding!"

"Can't understand."

A person raised a numbered menu high and shouted, "I've been waiting for more than half an hour, and you gave me a number, so why is there nothing to buy now?"

The smile on Hou Mingying's face was almost frozen. She said weakly, "Besides here, we also have two stores across from the vegetable market and at the intersection of Wuyi Street…"

Before she could finish speaking, another person shouted loudly, "Those two have already sold out. They told me to come here."

Hearing this, Hou Mingying was immediately numb and instinctively looked at Chen Fan and the others by the roadside.

Chen Fan was unmoved, just calmly said, "Secretary, act according to the plan!"

Secretary Yang, who had rushed over with the ship at noon, couldn't help but roll his eyes, "You're just trying to kill my old bones."

After saying that, he walked into the store.

When the customers saw Hou Mingying's gaze, they all unconsciously turned to look for who she was looking at, and then they saw Secretary Yang, who exuded the aura of a village cadre from top to bottom.

When Secretary Yang walked over, they consciously made way for him.

Zhang Wenliang looked at Secretary Yang walking into the crowd, his eyes full of worry, "Will it really work?"

Chen Fan crossed his arms and leaned against a sycamore tree by the roadside, and said indifferently, "If the secretary can't do it, do you think you can?"

The corner of Zhang Wenliang's mouth twitched slightly, "You know that's not what I meant."

Ye Shubao, who came with Secretary Yang, reached out and patted Zhang Wenliang on the shoulder, "Just watch."

Walking up the steps of the store, Secretary Yang turned around and said calmly, "Hello, comrades, I am the secretary of the Lujiawan Production Brigade. This Luwan Delicatessen is a sideline run by our Lujiawan Brigade of Nanhubu Commune."

At this moment, a girl who looked less than 20 years old suddenly screamed, scaring everyone.

Regardless of the strange gazes of the people around her, she stared at Secretary Yang with glowing eyes and asked loudly, "Is that the Lujiawan that has the writer Chen Fan?"

Hearing this, everyone immediately turned to look at Secretary Yang.

In the back of the crowd, Chen Fan took a breath of cold air and quickly said to Zhang Wenliang, "I'll take my leave!"

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Wenliang saw Chen Fan disappear from sight. He turned his head around looking everywhere, "Where is he? Where did he go?"

Ye Shubao stared blankly at the bustling crowd on the road, but could no longer find Chen Fan's figure, "He's even faster than a rabbit???"

Secretary Yang stood on the platform of the store. Hearing the girl's words, he immediately laughed, "Yes, it is the Lu… that has the writer Chen Fan…"

When he spoke, he naturally went to look for Chen Fan, but he only saw Zhang Wenliang, Ye Shubao, and Security standing by the roadside in a daze.

As for Chen Fan, where was he?

Fortunately, the old man reacted quickly. After only delaying for less than two seconds, he smiled and continued, "…jiawan, yes, it is this Lujiawan."

Hearing the answer with her own ears, the girl immediately cheered, "Is writer Chen coming? Will he come here?"

The people around looked at her in unison, then looked at Secretary Yang in unison, their movements surprisingly uniform.

Secretary Yang didn't see Chen Fan, so he knew that he didn't want to show his face, so he said with regret, "This, writer Chen didn't come. He probably won't come either. The main reason is what? … Right, he has to do creative work. Didn't 'Jiangnan Literature' publish his article? He has to submit an article every month, and he also has to write several other articles. His task is also very heavy, so he didn't come."

Hearing this, the girl looked disappointed, as if she couldn't accept it, "Ah, he didn't come?"

Security's eyes twitched in the back. Could it be that she regarded Chen Fan as an idol?

Lu Xun, 'Letters Between Two Places · To Xu Guangping 105': "It seems that I have also become an idol."

So, the word idol was born a long time ago, but Security couldn't associate the word with Chen Fan.

Mainly because that kid really didn't seem like it.

At this time, Secretary Yang also felt a little scalp numb. The things Chen Fan taught him to say before didn't include this thing?!

However, after all, he had been a secretary for many years, and he still had some on-the-spot adaptability. After pondering for two seconds, he coughed dryly and said kindly, "Little comrade, although writer Chen didn't come, all the food in our Luwan Delicatessen is made under the personal guidance of writer Chen."

Before he could finish speaking, the girl asked with a surprised face, "Writer Chen can also make cooked food?"

Secretary Yang's face immediately changed, and he said seriously, "More than that, he can not only make cooked food, his cooking skills are also quite advanced, and he can also repair radios and diesel engines. At the same time, he is the best veterinarian in our production team, and he also knows first aid medical skills. He is the most capable person in our Lujiawan!"

At least he knew that he couldn't use the leaders of the prefectural committee as a cover, otherwise the leaders would be unhappy when they found out, so he didn't mention the matter of writing books for the prefectural committee.

Even so, everyone was shocked.

If he didn't brag like this, the girl might have believed it, but with such bragging, the girl immediately became suspicious. Not to mention other people.

Are there so many talented people in this world?

But no matter what, Chen Fan is from Lujiawan, and this store is a sideline of Lujiawan, which is not wrong.

Since that's the case, then support it.

Just as the girl wanted to buy something, she finally came back to her senses. The things here are sold out?!

She immediately asked, "Is there really nothing to sell today?"

Secretary Yang coughed again, looked at the dozens of people gathered at the entrance of the store, and said loudly, "Well, for those who didn't get a number today, I'll bow to everyone here as an apology."

As he spoke, he raised his hands and cupped them in a gesture of apology, "Please forgive me, please forgive me."

Seeing that even the Party Secretary had personally come forward to apologize, even the angriest people felt embarrassed to make trouble, and they waved their hands one by one, "It's okay, it's okay."

"It's the same if we come again tomorrow."

"You have to prepare more tomorrow, don't run out again."

After saying that, they didn't disperse, but remained standing in place to watch.

Secretary Yang chuckled and made a circular bow, smiling and saying, "Definitely, definitely."

When the noise subsided, he continued, "For those who already have a number, we offer two options. One is to re-sort according to the order, and you can have priority to buy it early tomorrow morning."

Hearing this, those who had numbers nodded one after another, thinking this was a good idea.

At this moment, the girl's eyes flickered slightly, and she asked loudly, "What's the second option?"

Secretary Yang smiled and said, "The second option is, if you are not in a hurry, you can continue to wait here, or pay a deposit and come back later to pick it up. We will arrange for someone to make it now, but it will take a little longer, about an hour or so."

With the two options given, after a burst of noise, some people chose to come back to buy it the next day, and some people chose to have it today.

In any case, this hurdle today was considered to have passed.

The remaining matters naturally didn't require Secretary Yang to take the lead. After briefly explaining a few words to Hou Mingying, he got up and left.

Walking across the street towards the cooked food workshop, Secretary Yang put his hands behind his back and said with a smile on his face, "I didn't realize before that Little Hou is quite good. Even if Little Chen has given them training courses, if she didn't have some foundation, it would have been difficult to handle today's situation."

Zhang Wenliang smiled and said, "In any production team, men are in charge of the household. Even when doing side jobs, there are hardly any women. Where would we find them?"

Ye Shubao shook his head, but brought up another matter, "Compared to this, I'm quite curious, Little Chen has actually become an idol?"

He turned to look at Secretary Yang, complaining, "If you ask me, you shouldn't have mentioned so many of Little Chen's abilities just now. Originally, people outside only knew that he could write books and cure diseases. Now, good, you wait and see, in less than three days, people in the county will definitely know that he is a genius. It's very likely that some units will spend a lot of money to hire him to work."

Secretary Yang's expression changed slightly, appearing somewhat embarrassed, "It won't be that bad, will it?"

After a pause, he defended himself, "Wasn't I just being forced into this situation? The conversation just happened to lead to this point, otherwise what could I say? Say he's a bookworm, writing books in the house all day long? No one would believe that either.

Which unit in this county doesn't know that he understands medicine? The Livestock Bureau also knows that he understands veterinary medicine. If you ask me, this exposure was going to happen sooner or later. Even if I didn't say it today, people would find out sooner or later."

Speaking of this, he suddenly turned his head and looked around, "By the way, where did Little Chen go?"

Hearing this, Zhang Wenliang couldn't help but complain, "You're still talking about it. As soon as that girl shouted, Little Chen disappeared like a monster, 'biu' and he was gone. He disappeared right in front of my eyes, and I couldn't even see how he ran away. Isn't that strange?"

Secretary Yang looked curious, "Is that so?"

Ye Shubao immediately said, "What monsters and ghosts? Little Chen has been learning from Old Xiao for more than half a year, he just runs fast, like a rabbit. Plus, there are many cars on the road, he disappeared in a few steps, it's normal."

Only then did An Quan interject, "Let's hurry to the workshop to see if he went there, or else he went back to the guest house."

As they spoke, the few people quickened their pace and walked forward, and soon arrived at the small courtyard with two entrances where the cooked food workshop was located.

After arriving, Secretary Yang went to find someone as soon as possible, and as a result, he received an unexpected message.

"What? Went to the Prefectural Committee?"

Luo Haixia, the "group leader" in charge of the workshop, nodded, "Teacher Chen said that he was going to the Prefectural Committee to sell cooked food. If he could open up sales channels, he could not only sell a lot of cooked food every day, but also have the opportunity to open a store there.

When he left, he told us to make more cooked food. We have already made it and it is about to go into the pot. He also took two buckets of reserved cooked food as samples. At this time, he should already be on the boat."

Secretary Yang and the others looked at each other. This guy went to the Prefectural Committee without even saying hello?

Doesn't he need a letter of introduction?

But thinking of Chen Fan's connections in the Health Department of the Prefectural Committee, I'm afraid he really doesn't need a letter of introduction.

He doesn't need to buy short-distance bus tickets or boat tickets, and he doesn't need to stay in the Health Department's guest house, so what's the use of the letter of introduction?

Secretary Yang shook his head helplessly, and then began to assign work, "Little Luo, you go and keep an eye on the kitchen, and send it to Little Hou's shop as soon as it's done."

After Luo Haixia left, he said to Zhang Wenliang, "When the three stores send the money over, you accompany Accountant Li to the credit union to open an account and deposit all the money."

Fortunately, it took some time to load the goods, otherwise Accountant Li of the brigade would not have been able to catch up with the ship delivering the goods and would have had to take a car.

But no matter how he went, he had to come to the county town today. Not only that, but he also had to deposit all the money, otherwise no one would be able to sleep with thousands of cash at home.

After a pause, he asked again, "Did you bring your weapon?"

Zhang Wenliang immediately patted his waist, "I brought it."

As he spoke, he smiled and pointed to the backyard of the workshop, "In addition, there are 18 guns here. If you are not at ease, choose two more people to carry guns and accompany us."

Secretary Yang thought for a while and shook his head gently, "No need, their guns are for protecting this yard. One gun from you is enough. Besides, this is the county, there shouldn't be so many problems. Just you accompany Accountant Li."

Zhang Wenliang had no objection, "Okay."

… …

On the other side, Zhang Wenliang accompanied Accountant Li to the credit union to open an account and deposit money. On the other side, Chen Fan returned to the dock guest house, took his things, and then carried two buckets of cooked food and boarded a small passenger ship heading to Yunhu.

Less than 10 kilometers of waterway, it didn't take too long.

After getting off the boat, he took a bus to the Health Department, and it wasn't even 5 pm.

As usual, he first went to the Political Work Section to meet Sister Zhou and the others, and gave them a few packs of cooked food. Then, without even going to the unit cafeteria, Sister Zhou decided, "From now on, send 20 pounds of cooked food every day, as long as it's meat and not vegetarian. Let's set it like this first, and adjust it later if necessary."

Chen Fan immediately smiled happily, "Thank you, Sister Zhou, next time I'll bring you a rabbit."

There are not many people in the Health Department unit, and 20 pounds of cooked food is more than enough.

However, for the health system of the Prefectural Committee, a mere Health Department has never been Chen Fan's goal.

Those large hospitals, as well as the health school with thousands of students, are Chen Fan's big goals.

If he can open a store in front of their unit and get the qualification to supply the cafeteria, I am afraid that relying on a single Lujiawan will not be able to meet their needs.

If he can directly open up the relationship between the three major passenger transport stations and the two major docks of the Prefectural Committee through the health system and open stores in these places.

Tsk tsk, Chen Fan doesn't even dare to think about that income!