There were many canteens in Yan University in later generations, from the Xue 1, Xue 5, Xue 6, Xue 8, Xue 10 canteens that started with "Xue", to the Yiyuan, May 4th, Flavor, to Yannanyuan, Huahua Restaurant...
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Many canteens have their own characteristics, nourishing the taste buds and bellies of YSU students.
But in this era, there were only four dining halls in Yanda, and the dining hall was one of them.
The dining hall is only about 100 meters away from the library. It was built here in 1952 after Peking University moved to Yanyuan to meet actual needs after the major restructuring of departments. At that time, two student cafeterias were built, one large and one small.
The larger dining hall is called the "Grand Dining Hall".
The large dining room has no seats since it was built, so it also functions as an auditorium. Every large-scale meeting, movie screening, and cultural performance is always packed here.
When Lin Chaoyang arrived at the large dining room, the place was already occupied by students. Everyone used towels and straps to sew lunch bags with their own hands. The lunch boxes were inside and hung on their schoolbags.
There were long queues in front of every window in the canteen. Lin Chaoyang came in for the first time. He wanted to see what dishes were available in the canteen and what the prices were, so he walked around in front of every window.
The dishes in the cafeteria are divided into several levels. Common vegetarian dishes such as shredded potatoes, boiled cabbage, and shredded radish cost five cents; dishes with a bit of meaty flavor such as eggs, tomatoes, and fried tofu cost ten cents;
The dishes are real meat dishes, such as fish-flavored shredded pork, Kung Pao chicken, 20-cent twice-cooked pork, braised pork and Sixi meatballs, which are called hard dishes in the Northeast.
Lin Chaoyang looked around and found that the appearance of the dishes was unparalleled, especially the braised pork. He saw that a student ordered a portion. It was so shiny that the aroma of the meat could be smelled from a few meters away.
And considering the conditions of this era, the dishes provided by Yanda Canteen are almost as good as more than 95% of domestic canteens. The key is that the price is cheap.
A serving of braised pork only costs 20 cents, and it looks like there must be at least 30 taels of meat. At this price of the dish, you probably won’t even be able to earn back the money for the meat.
Happy students at Yanda!
Lin Chaoyang stood firmly at the back of the braised pork team. Seeing that it was time for him to get food, the buddy in front stood there and hesitated. He was torn between the two dishes of braised pork and potted tofu for a long time.
In the end, I chose Guotai Tofu.
When he turned around, Lin Chaoyang caught a glimpse of the other party's appearance.
With a dark complexion, small parted hair, squinted eyes and thin lips, he felt familiar at first glance.
Without taking a second look, it was his turn to pick up the dishes. A portion of rice and a portion of braised pork were placed in the aluminum lunch box. It felt festive just looking at it. This was much steadier than the hands of the aunts in later generations of cafeterias.
After finishing his meal, he wanted to find a place to eat, but Lin Chaoyang realized that there were no seats at the tables around him.
He walked around and found that there happened to be an empty seat next to the guy who was hesitant about getting food, so he walked over.
There are no seats in the large dining room, so you can only stand while eating. Lin Chaoyang found that most of the students ate very quickly, and occasionally some took their time. Looking at their clothes, he knew that they were from well-off families.
However, what Lin Chaoyang admires the most is that he can still read while eating while standing. If it were in future generations, Lin Chaoyang would definitely sneer when he saw this situation: It's a pretense!
But this was the Yanda campus in the 1970s, and there was no such thing as pretentiousness.
This is a bit absolute, because Lin Chaoyang's mind once again flashed to the "force king" Zhang Yaozhong he met on the train.
He was thinking about something when he was unexpectedly tapped on the shoulder, which frightened him so much that a piece of braised pork almost got stuck in his throat.
Turning around to look, something came to his mind: You really can't help but talk about it!
"From a distance, it feels like it's really you!"
Zhang Yaozhong looked happy to meet old friends again, and his tone was exaggerated.
"Xiao Zhang? What a coincidence!"
The two of them greeted each other, and Lin Chaoyang hurriedly finished the food in the lunch box and said to Zhang Yaozhong: "I'm going to clean the lunch box first, and we'll go out to chat later."
"good."
After washing the dishes, Lin Chaoyang carried the diners out of the large dining room and saw Zhang Yaozhong talking to the buddy who was hesitating about serving food just now.
"Brother Lin! Let me introduce to you, this is my classmate from the Chinese Department, junior fellow student Liu Zhenyun, a native of Henan, and the top scorer in the college entrance examination in HEN province this year."
The person introduced by Zhang Yaozhong looked familiar, but in fact he was also Liu Zhenyun whom he met two days ago when he was picking up new students.
Only then did Lin Chaoyang realize. No wonder the man looked familiar to him just now. It turned out to be him.
He introduced Liu Zhenyun again: "Zhenyun, this is Brother Lin Chaoyang."
Lin Chaoyang shook hands with Liu Zhenyun and exchanged a few words. Zhang Yaozhong asked: "Brother Lin, why are you at Yan'an University? Isn't my sister-in-law studying at Yan'an Normal University?"
"I work here."
Zhang Yaozhong's expression was full of surprise when he heard this. When they met on the train, Lin Chaoyang held Zhang Yaozhong in his arms while chatting, and checked all his personal information. Zhang Yaozhong knew nothing about Lin Chaoyang.
He only remembered that Lin Chaoyang said that he accompanied his wife to Yanjing to go to school, and that he was a team teacher.
"You work here?"
"Well, I'm working as a librarian in the library, temporarily."
The last moment is not important, what is important is the words "Librarian of Yanda University".
On the train, the teacher from Team Primary School who accompanied his wife to Yanjing for school suddenly turned into the librarian of Yanjing University. This change made Zhang Yaozhong speechless for a moment.
"Hey, this...Brother Lin, I really didn't expect..." Realizing his gaffe, Zhang Yaozhong added: "It's really fate to run into you again in school."
"It is indeed fate." Lin Chaoyang smiled.
Zhang Yaozhong immediately became happy again, "Now that's good. I'll have some acquaintances in the library from now on, so I can easily get a seat."
Lin Chaoyang didn't expect to be labeled a "tool man" on his first day at work. This kid didn't regard himself as an outsider.
Zhang Yaozhong was very curious that Lin Chaoyang could become the librarian of Yanda University as a primary school teacher, and asked: "Brother Lin, why did you end up working in the library?"
Lin Chaoyang did not hide anything and said: "Your sister-in-law's family belongs to Yanda University. I followed her back to the city and was assigned to work in the library as a family member of the faculty and staff."
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Yaozhong's surprised eyes were filled with a bit of envy, and behind it was a bit of jealousy towards Lin Chaoyang. He held it in with a complicated expression for a long time before saying: "Brother Lin, you are so lucky."
ah!"
Not to mention it was him, even Liu Zhenyun, who had been listening to the two chatting, felt it was magical.
A rural boy married an urban female educated youth and was not only brought back to the city, but was also given a respectable job as a librarian at Yanda University.
The unspectacular young man in front of me was very lucky.
Lin Chaoyang had to go back to replace Hu Wenqiong for dinner. He had no time to echo Zhang Yaozhong's exclamation, chatted with him for a few more words and left.
Zhang Yaozhong looked at Lin Chaoyang's back, and Tao Yushu's bright appearance flashed in his mind. After a while, he said leisurely: "Brother Lin is so lucky!"
"Indeed." Liu Zhenyun nodded in agreement.
Chapter completed!