Back to the Northeast 1970

Yan Baoshu successfully took over the restaurant from Yelena's father, and even took the things in the restaurant, but kept everything that couldn't be moved.For example, tables, chairs, benches, pots and pans, and a large one, which Yan Baoshu cherishes very much, is a large eight-door refrigerator with four compartments on the top and four compartments on the bottom, which are integrally embedded on the wall.This freezer is very heavy and valuable. Yelena's father wanted someone to cut the freezer off the wall, but Yelena begged hard, and finally he agreed to keep the freezer and offered a monthly fee of [-] yuan. rent.

Not to mention one hundred yuan a month, even five hundred yuan a month, Yan Baoshu has to rent. You have to know how to open a restaurant without a refrigerator.Therefore, Yan Baoshu did not have to buy new outfits, let alone redecorate the design of the store. In the week after Yelena left, Yan Baoshu organized his family, including Wan Sining’s parents. nailed it.

The completion of the new store made everyone very happy. After the plaque was hung on the wall the next day, a group of people came to stand in front of the door and looked up at the four characters on the plaque, "Baoshu Restaurant." These four characters are Yan Baoshu He didn't know how to be comfortable with writing it by hand, and the writing was quite satisfactory, but in the eyes of outsiders, the handwriting was elegant and elegant, and it looked like it was written by a cultural person.In addition to these four big characters, Yan Baoshu added two signs on both sides of the door, which wrote the specific opening hours of the billiard hall and dance hall and the price of tickets.

Because of the payment of rent, the prices of billiard halls and dance halls have to go up. Learning ballroom dancing costs seven yuan per person. It has increased from [-] cents per club to [-] cents. Yan Baoshu also added a new item to billiards, which is the time-packed algorithm. It costs [-] yuan an hour, and you can play casually.

The second floor of the restaurant was successfully transformed into an entertainment place, which also laid a stable foundation for Yan Baoshu to open an entertainment city in the future.As for the restaurant on the first floor, Yan Baoshu's idea is very simple, that is, don't think about running if you haven't learned to walk, they should start with breakfast.In the past, breakfast was not popular enough, it can be said that there was none, because people were poor, and they were used to having a breakfast at home, but now it is different. The level is gradually improved, and sooner or later people will be exposed to the new word quality of life.

After Yan Baoshu finished cleaning up the restaurant, he held a small meeting with everyone and assigned duties to everyone.Yan Baoshu has all the management rights, and no one should violate his mission orders.Yan Baoshu is well aware of the basic elements of doing business, that is, not being able to use his own relatives. To put it bluntly, it is difficult to manage, but the problem is that there is no other way at the moment. Stab yourself in the rising period of your career.For this reason, Yan Baoshu issued a very strict order, that is, anyone who disobeys the management will be verbally criticized once, wages will be deducted twice, and will be completely kicked out of the organization three times.

Brothers need to settle accounts clearly. If they are vague and only care about family affection, then this business will not be done.

Yan Baoshu had already thought about the specific duties. He was mainly responsible for management and assignment of tasks, and Wan Sining worked side by side with him, responsible for the procurement tasks of all projects, as well as the matters of stationing in various places.Yan Yufen and Jinger are responsible for the management of the clothes, while Yan Baofu has a job and is just a false name. As for Ms. Wang... the most urgent thing is to take good care of yourself and the baby in your stomach, and wait for her to be safe After production, another arrangement will be made.

The meeting was dismissed, Yan Baoshu and Wan Shining were standing in front of the window on the second floor of the restaurant, smoking, Yan Baoshu looked out of the window, and asked with a smile: "I have arranged our business to be managed by my family, are you not convinced? How about..." Yan Baoshu tilted his head and smiled at him, "Bring a few relatives from your house?"

Wan Si Ning smiled and said: "You kid, let's do the whole scene, you know there are only three of us in my family, where can I get you someone, but there is one person I want to find a job for him, I don't know if it will work."

"Feng Haitang?"

At the end, Shining blushed, scratched his head and said, "Well, I want to do something for him too, so that he can run around with Tang Laosan all day, in case he is caught by the customs one day, I want to fish him and there is no place to fish him."

Yan Baoshu was holding a cigarette, jokingly said: "Do you know that your heart hurts?"

"Nonsense, that's me... my brother."

Yan Baoshu gave him a sideways glance, "Wan Sining, why are you so useless? Where did your energy go with me? Why, you can confess to me, but you can't with Feng Haitang?"

"You...what are you talking about." Wan Sining lowered his head, his ears were red.

Yan Baoshu sighed, "Haitang, Haitang, as a friend, I'm really worthless for you. I've been thinking about this bastard for so many years, but you've been put to sleep in the end. They didn't say anything to you in a daze. I, I was kicked down by him earlier, scum, scum."

"Hey, hey, why do you always call me a scumbag? It's not like I haven't found a chance."

Yan Baoshu laughed, "Haha, admit it, you like Feng Haitang, right?"

"Do you believe me when I say I don't like it?"

"Of course I don't believe it." Yan Baoshu patted him heavily on the shoulder, "Comrade Si Ning, people must be frank in life, that is, they must be the same on the outside and the inside, and they can be careful with outsiders, but they still hide the people they like. It's really unreasonable. Don't forget what kind of person Feng Haitang is, he knows how to cherish you better than me, and if you want to say a word, he will be with you forever."

Wan Sixing rolled his eyes, clenched his fists as if excited, nodded and said, "I understand, I understood it a long time ago, so..." Wan Sixing stared at Yan Baoshu, "So I give up on the You've wasted time on yourself, because I know that you also guard Lu Xiangbei like this, right?"

"That's right." Yan Baoshu didn't hide his feelings for Lu Xiangbei at all, he said with a smile: "Although Lu Xiangbei and I, you and Feng Haitang are separated from each other, we still remember each other in our hearts. , even if the distance is far away, it cannot overcome longing."

"Damn." Wan Shining patted the window frame, "I've been jealous of Lu Xiangbei since I was a child, grandma's a leg, let me take all the good things."

"Why, you mean Feng Haitang is not good?"

Wan Si Ning's stern face burst into a smile instantly, "I never felt bad about that kid since I was a child. I used to be short, and I was a thief. Every time I got into a fight, he would protect me and protect me. In my heart, he is more important than you. Hehehe."

Yan Baoshu was not angry either, "It's right to know that he is more important than me, cherish it, silly boy." As he said that, Yan Baoshu patted Wan Si Ning on the arm, "Come on, follow me to the neighbor's house for a walk. "

"Gah, go?"

"Nonsense, you can't find people to open a restaurant."

Yan Baoshu's restaurant has been established. In addition, there are three items of billiard hall and ballroom clothing in his hands. The battle is getting bigger and bigger. In the past, family members could help with work, but now they can't, Yan Baoshu wants them Treat him like an employee, tentatively set a salary of 30 yuan per month per person, in addition to his own family, he also needs to find help from outsiders, for example, he needs to find hardworking and capable people for breakfast, this is easy to solve, no matter who is next door There is no need to inquire about people who are quick to work, so Yan Baoshu took Wan Sining to the three houses. Not surprisingly, the three families agreed. 30 yuan a month, this is not a small amount of money, it has caught up with the salary of low-level masters in factories and mines.

A total of four people came from the three families. These four women are all good cooks at home, but Yan Baoshu’s breakfast is not a common meal, so they have to be trained for a certain period of time, such as deep-fried dough sticks, oil cakes, deep-fried In addition, Yan Baoshu also added Jin Guiqin's best rice pancakes and corn noodles pancakes.In fact, the method of these things is very simple, but the problem is that usually you don’t care about the appearance when you eat it at home, but it is different now.

After ten days of training, Yan Baoshu saw the perfect finished product, so the opening date of "Baoshu Restaurant" was set at No. 20 at the end of the month, and there were still five days before this day.In the past five days, Yan Baoshu and Wan Shining have been very busy. They have to go to Harbin to buy goods. Even if they save a penny, they have to walk hundreds of meters to carry the goods.Although money is not saved, unnecessary waste is absolutely not allowed.

Gentle, courteous and frugal, but I am not a traditional Chinese virtue.

After all the goods were ready, Yan Baoshu and Wan Sining waited for Yan Baofu's rest day, and asked him to find a few strong brothers in the mine to help move the table table in the billiard hall to the second floor of the restaurant. After it was done, Yan Baoshu generously treated these people to a meal, and served them with good wine and good food.

Finally, the auspicious day came, and Yan Baoshu’s restaurant opened, and the people invited were still those who usually walked around with Yan Baoshu more frequently. Captain Li and his wife were the first to come, and when they entered the room, they praised Yan Baoshu, and each mouthful was a godson shouted.Tong Jianhua brought people from the troupe to join him. These familiar faces are not the same as before. In the past, they were jealous because they were too close to Tong Jianhua. Now Yan Baoshu has quit the art troupe and has his own portal. , and the battle was getting bigger and bigger, these people also smiled enviously when they saw Yan Baoshu.

In addition to these old faces, Yan Baoshu also invited Yan Yongxing who had been kind to the old Yan family. After Yan Yonggui was hated, Yan Yongxing not only did not stay away from their family, but also often extended a helping hand. He recognized this second uncle.But what Yan Baoshu didn't expect was that there were a few people beside Yan Yongxing whom he didn't want to see.

"What are they doing here?" When Yan Baofu saw his third uncle, fourth uncle and sister-in-law, his face was covered with a layer of red, which was completely out of anger. In Yan Baofu's eyes, these people are not human, they are selfish Selfish six relatives do not recognize, why can they be so unfeeling when they are all their own flesh and blood?

That's right, they were born from the same root, so why be too anxious, they were all born by the same mother, and grew up on a mouthful of milk, why did they become like this when they grew up?Yan Baofu can't figure it out, but Yan Baoshu has long been used to seeing such scenes, not to mention brothers and sisters, even with parents, because there are many people who have beaten up a house and bloodied Bo in court, we are not qualified to comment Things about other people's families, but they are qualified to lament the coldness and warmth of people in this world.

Yan Baoshu didn't have time to stop Yan Baofu, but he rushed down the steps and ran in front of Yan Yongxing, "Second Uncle, why don't you bring them here? Baoshu's restaurant is opening today, so you asked them to come to trouble us, right?"

Yan Yongxing's old face turned red, he was actually very embarrassed, before he came, he wanted to bring his daughter-in-law with him secretly, but the result was okay, as soon as he left the house, these non-human beasts blocked the door, and drove them away Well, I was afraid that the neighbors would see the joke, so I had no choice but to bring it here.

"Bao Fu, why are you talking to your second uncle?"

"Sister-in-law, my brother is talking to my second uncle, so don't interrupt." Yan Baoshu glanced at Yan Fenghua, then smiled at Yan Yongxing, and then secretly poked Yan Baofu, "Brother, since the second uncle is here Hurry up and let Second Uncle go in." Yan Baoshu pulled Yan Baofu aside for a short distance, "Second Uncle, please go in."

Seeing that there were steps, Yan Yongxing quickly brought Yan Yongwang, Yan Yongcai and Yan Fenghua into the store.

"No treasure book, why do you want to let them in, you forgot our father..."

"I haven't forgotten." Yan Baoshu's face was gloomy, "Brother, today is a big day for our family, I don't want to make trouble, they came just to have a meal, and let's see how we can live so prosperously, since If you want to see it, I'll let them see it, don't worry, there will definitely be moths behind them, as long as you show your head, let's see how I can kill them."

Yan Baofu had known for a long time that this younger brother had an idea, since he had already opened his mouth, even though his heart was not going well, he could only listen.

Knowing that Yan Baoshu bought Lao Maozi's restaurant and opened a restaurant, people from all walks of life, old and young, came to watch the fun, and a group of people crowded at the door to talk about everything.

"This Yan Yonggui's son is really capable. I didn't expect to open a shop in just a few years."

"It's not a big deal. When Yan Yonggui was still there, he looked down on the third child of their family."

"Really? Is such a son still interested?"

"Why am I lying to you? Yan Yonggui loves his youngest son the most, but in the end he has a stinky disease. I've heard about it. Tell my family that Yan Yonggui and his wife dare not say anything, and they don't even touch a finger. .”

"No, I heard that Yan Yonggui's youngest son has gone to Beijing to study at university, or something... a movie or something."

"You don't know that. Once Yan Yonggui left, San'er was in charge of the old Yan's family, and Yan Baofu had to listen to him. As for Yan Baolong, that little bastard, San'er probably disciplined him a lot. How is it now? It’s just that San’er is brought up to become a college student, and the tuition fees are all earned by San’er.”

"Oh my god, this Yan Baoshu looked inconspicuous when he was young, how can he be so capable when he grows up?"

"Who knows, old Yan's family burned incense."

"Hey, did you see that? I can see Da Dongbian's long-haired son is also in there. Why is he still related to Yan Baoshu?"

"Yes, Wan Changfa's son is that crooked mouth. I always see him going to Lao Yan's house to play, cooperating with the two boys to try to make money together."

"It's true that people are more popular than people."

"Hey, hey, do you think Baoshu has a girlfriend?"

"What's wrong, you've got a wrinkled face and you still want to marry a young guy?"

"Don't keep your voice dumb. Is my mother that kind of person? I just ask Baoshu if this kid has a partner. If not, I'll introduce him to one."

"Come on, the little abacus in your heart is louder than anyone else. Don't you just want to introduce the girl from your sister's family to others?"

"What's wrong with my niece, she's also very elegant and beautiful."

"Zhu Bajie can also be called Peugeot?"

"Hey, you cheap mouth, see if I don't tear your mouth apart."

The entrance of the store was too lively, Yan Baoshu in the store had arranged all the invited guests, and there were still a few tables left. Seeing this, Yan Baoshu also thought of a good way to publicize, so he came to the door, motioned for everyone to calm down, and laughed He said: "Thank you all neighbors and neighbors for your support, everyone who eats here today will be half price."

"What's the deal? Half price?"

"What is half price?"

"Stupid, that's half the price."

"Really, I saw it just now. The big fried dough sticks are quite enough, and one stick can take a lot of noodles."

"Let's go in and have a taste?"

Saying that, everyone started running around the store in a swarm.The food prices at Yan Baoshu Restaurant are not high, but they are not cheap either.A deep-fried dough stick costs [-] cents, and a bowl of tofu nao costs [-] yuan. In addition, there are various small pickles. At half the price, it really attracts many people to come to eat.

Yan Baoshu has personally tasted the food in the restaurant, and he knows whether it is delicious or not. Now that people have been introduced, he is not afraid that they will not be able to keep them.The store was busy, and Yan Baoshu and Wan Sixing also acted as waiters, until after the meal time, almost all outsiders left.

Yan Baoshu was so tired that his neck hurt, so he spread out on the stool and lit a cigarette quickly.

Wan Sixing was similarly the same, humming tiredly, "Happy is happy, I'm really too tired."

"Eat bitterness and bitterness, only then can you become a master, idiot."

Yan Baoshu and Wan Shining were ignoring others and chatting like this, in fact, they intentionally ignored the people at the table who hadn't left yet.Yan Yongxing blushed slightly after drinking, he was a shameless person, and wanted to get away a long time ago, but his younger siblings refused to let him go, so he could only stay here in the end.

"Precious book..." It was Yan Yongwang who spoke.

Yan Yongwang's opening immediately attracted Yan Baofu's hostile gaze, and Yan Yufen and others hurried forward to stop him, motioning him not to speak.Yan Baoshu turned his head to look at the sound, "What's wrong."

Yan Yongwang smiled cunningly, "Third Uncle saw early on that you are a capable child, how are you doing now, this shop is open, and you can make a lot of money for a month." Yan Yongwang's face darkened, and he raised his hand to take a picture. There was a snarl on his face, "Third Uncle was a bastard back then, he didn't even want family affection because of your father, Third Uncle regrets it now."

Yan Yongcai quickly echoed, "That's right, Fourth Uncle also thought about it at home."

"Precious book." With tears in his eyes, Yan Fenghua choked up and said, "I apologize to you, my uncle and aunt did the wrong thing back then, you juniors, don't take it to heart."

Yan Bao only felt disgusted by this group of hypocritical people in writing, but on the surface he still smiled indifferently, "Don't say that, people have their own aspirations, different ways don't conspire with each other, my dad is wearing a hat, you hide It's justifiable to open, let alone family affection, even if it's my grandfather who is wearing a hat, you have to deny it."

Yan Baoshu satirized them tactfully. Although they could hear it, they didn't show any displeasure. Just when they were about to speak, Yan Baoshu sat up straight from the chair, "Do you have something to talk to me? If there is Let’s cut to the chase, I don’t like gossip.”

Yan Fenghua hurriedly said: "That's right, my sister-in-law and your uncle are here today, mainly to congratulate you, and to admit your mistake by the way, didn't your father always say that a family is always a family, right?" After finishing speaking , Yan Fenghua winked at the two elder brothers beside him, "Let's go if there is nothing wrong."

Yan Yongwang was still a little reluctant, but was dragged away by Yan Fenghua and Yan Yongcai in the end.

Yan Yongxing stayed behind, sat cross-legged on the stool and pulled out the pipe stem from his waist, stuffed the tobacco leaves, and muttered, "Baoshu, don't blame the second uncle, the second uncle is not good at tearing the skin off with them."

Yan Baoshu nodded with a smile, "It's okay, I understand."

Yan Yongxing nodded, "Son, you are a good person. If your father knows that you can have today, he must be happy."

"I don't care if he's happy or not. Forget it, what are you talking about when he's gone?" Yan Baoshu got up and sat down in front of Yan Yongxing, "Second Uncle, they came here to ask me something, right?"

"There is something wrong, but I didn't tell me. In my opinion, it means that An'an has no good intentions. Leave them alone, they are all bastards."

Yan Baofu rushed over angrily, "Baoshu, can you see what they want to do?"

Yan Baoshu spread his hands, "I guess, they wanted to talk about it today, but my sister-in-law is pretty smart, so she didn't say it today, otherwise if it gets out, the neighbors will pay attention to her death." Yan Baoshu touched his chin , scheming: "Don't worry, they will come again."

Yan Baoshu's conjecture really came true. In the next few days, the three families ran to the old Yan's house when they had nothing to do, and delivered all kinds of food and clothing to their homes. Chatting with people first, either Miss Wang with a big belly, or Yan Baofu who is off work, this is really a fly that can't go away, it's annoying.

According to the situation, Yan Baoshu still didn't let them be kicked out, he just said that when they came, just ignore them, don't drive them out, because Yan Baoshu will punish them later.

In addition to the false admissions of these top-notch relatives, Yan Baoshu's restaurant has gradually entered the right track. The breakfast test is normal, and hundreds of fried dough sticks can be sold every day, most of which are bought by workers from factories and mines.Due to the implementation of breakfast, Yan Baoshu's next plan also started, and lunch and dinner were gradually brought up on the agenda.Yan Baoshu’s restaurant has a special feature, that is, you can eat without food stamps. Of course, all food stamps are also very welcome. Therefore, at noon and night, Yan Baoshu hired two more people, both of whom were veterans who had retired from the mine. Employees, these two uncles are both good cooks, and their monthly salary is tentatively set at 45 yuan.

The restaurant is open until eight o'clock in the evening, and after eight o'clock is the opening time of the dance hall.During the opening of the ballroom, Yan Baoshu deliberately added a few colored light bulbs at the door, so that the city finally had a real "nightclub".Yan Baoshu asked Tang Laosan to buy the cardcang recorder, which was very useful. Later, when he went to Sining, he got two big speakers and came back. Playing it on the second floor like this, the effect is decent.Yan Baoshu specially built a small bar on the second floor in the early stage of tidying up the restaurant, which is used to make various drinks, such as foreign sodas such as kvass from Harbin, in addition to beer and foreign wine, of course , The prices of these wine bottles are under control, so they will not be very expensive brands.

In the evening, the ballroom and the billiards hall are used together, and the venue is large enough for the young people here to have fun.Of course, whoever wants to rush here to make trouble, Wan Sining and the gang of brothers he brought will definitely make the troublemaker unable to eat.

Soon, the city ushered in the first snow in the 80s. Despite the cold wind and heavy snow blocking the road, the enthusiasm of the young people remained undiminished.That night, Yan Baoshu was busy at the bar counter wearing his own hand-knitted sweater. Suddenly, Jinger rushed over and lay down on the bar counter, "Baoshu, I'm here."

Yan Baoshu was taken aback, "What are you doing here so late at night?"

"I'm here to help." Jing'er has grown in size again. In the few years she has been with her, Jing'er has learned a lot, and also learned how to dress up as a beautiful girl.Jing'er got into the bar, held up her coat, tossed her ponytail back, and asked with a smile, "Brother Baoshu, what can I do?"

Yan Baoshu smiled and said: "You don't need to do anything, just sit and watch the fun." Yan Baoshu turned around and took out two bottles of kvass from the box and put them on the bar, waiting for the person who ordered to come and pick them up, "Jinger, I don't think I've ever asked you what your name is."

"Lu Jinger."

Yan Baoshu nodded, "It's almost the end of the year, when will you go home?"

"I won't go back." Jing'er pouted her lips and said coquettishly, "Brother Baoshu, I don't want to go back."

Hearing this, Yan Baoshu pulled the chair over and sat in front of her, "What's wrong, are you still brooding over the past?"

"Hmph, who told them to favor sons over daughters? They always feel that my brother is the backbone of the family. My sister and I are not even allowed to read books. It's all reform and opening up. Why is it still like this?"

Yan Baoshu sighed, feeling sorry for her, and said: "There is nothing you can do about it. You are so proud that you know it all. If you don't want to go back, don't go back. Wait until one day you succeed, and then go back."

Jing'er covered her mouth and snickered, "Isn't it a bit of showing off?"

"You can say that with outsiders, but with your own family, it's just to make them realize that a girl is no worse than a boy, and she can do great things just as well."

Jing'er raised her head and raised her chest, "Brother Baoshu, don't worry, I will definitely work hard in the future, and I must live a good life."

"Brother believes in you, you can definitely do it." Yan Baoshu paused for a while, "Jing'er, if brother asks you to study in the future, would you be willing?"

"What's the matter, go to study?"

"Well, do you want to?"

"But can I still do it?"

"Live and learn, as long as you take it seriously, there is nothing wrong with it."

Jing'er likes to listen to Yan Baoshu's words, "Well, Brother Baoshu said I can do it, so I'll give it a try."

Yan Baoshu showed a satisfied smile: "You girl has been doing things since she was a child, and you are not afraid of the sky and the earth. When our stall is bigger, I will send you to study sales when the time comes."

"What is sales?"

"Don't explain now, you will understand later." Yan Baoshu looked at Jing'er's stubborn and handsome appearance, and couldn't help but think of her chic and heroic appearance in the society as a sales elite many years later.

"Hey, isn't this Miss Jinger? When did you come here?" Wan Sining ran over, lay down on the bar counter and asked with a smile: "Come to play with your Brother Baoshu."

"Well, it's boring to be at home."

"Then...do you want me to teach you how to dance?"

Jing'er excitedly said: "Really?"

"Of course."

Saying that, Jing'er glanced at Yan Baoshu, and after Yan Baoshu nodded with a smile, she rushed out to dance with Wan Sining on the dance floor.

The end of the year is approaching, Yan Baoshu has been busy for so long, it is time to write a letter to Lu Xiangbei, the content is still brief, but it contains endless thoughts, after the letter was mailed out, Yan Baoshu and Wan Sining set foot on the road again Journey to Shenzhen.