Forty-ninety basic necessities of life (Part 2)

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This situation is definitely not allowed in restaurants under normal circumstances, but when the restaurant staff who passed by occasionally saw it, they could only roll their eyes - they had stopped it before. But the result of the stoppage was that the trainees were trained

People take the dishes back to the guest room to eat with their company, which makes the guest room dirty more easily. In the end, they can only turn a blind eye.

Of course, no matter how generous the breakfast portion provided by Qiong Haijun was, it would not be able to satisfy the needs of three people at the same time, let alone the five people over there. But these officials had already had countermeasures - I saw that Mr. Shi Xianzhi was not

Sitting upright in a hurry, the waiter next to him skillfully divided the bowl of porridge into three equal portions, as well as the pickles and radish strips that went with the rice, including a boiled egg, which was cut in half. The master and the master each had half. Finally...

...He took out another dry food bag, took out a few steamed buns from it, and gave one to each person, so that they would definitely fill their stomachs.

These steamed buns are bought from outside stalls and are very cheap. In the eyes of modern people, it must be a bit embarrassing to buy things from outside stalls and bring them to high-end restaurants to eat, but Shi Kefa and other officials who did this

It seemed that he was not afraid of losing face... He picked up the steamed bun and looked at it. Mr. Shi suddenly asked again:

"Why do you always buy white flour steamed buns? I seem to see that there are also multi-grain steamed buns sold there."

The houseboy next to him obviously knew his master’s temperament very well and immediately reported:

"Back to Master: The white flour steamed buns and multi-grain steamed buns here are both priced the same."

"Oh..." Shi Kefa nodded, "Then I'll buy white noodles from now on."

The three people here started eating. Not far away, two modern people, Zhao Lide and Ying Rongwei, had just eaten breakfast and were slowly enjoying their after-dinner coffee - they wanted Western-style meals. Seeing this scene,

The two couldn't help but smile at each other.

As one of the leaders of the engineering team, Ying Rongwei also personally participated in the design and construction of this villa. This time he came here to provide follow-up services, inspect and repair the house and equipment. In the past few days, he had to deal with the staff of the guest house.

Yes, I have heard a lot of bad things about these Ming officials.

"...the young and old girls in the housekeeping department were really angry, saying that these poor people are stingy to the extreme. It's normal for three people to squeeze into a room with extra beds - there are five people at a table over there, which is ridiculous.

I don’t want to ask for an extra room.”

"Can we fit five people into our standard room? This is not just for one night, it will take a month."

Ade said puzzledly, Ying Rongwei chuckled:

"Four people were crammed into the room, and the remaining one was making a floor mat under the stairs in the corridor. The climate here is not cold anyway... He usually helps sweep the floor and calls his brothers and sisters sweetly.

It’s not easy to chase people away from the housekeeping department. I can only joke secretly in private, saying that I will lose my position to the Ming Dynasty court.”

But Zhao Lide was not laughing at it, but nodded with emotion:

"Thinking about our previous business trips, if we couldn't be reimbursed with public funds, our performance would be similar to theirs... It seems that the room rate of three yuan per day is still high for this era, and not many people can afford it."

——Indeed, looking inside the restaurant, except for the students who pay the bills on their behalf, most of the other people are also employees of Qiong Haijun and the trading company. They can enjoy internal settlement and pay for the hotel entirely by themselves.

There are not many ordinary guests.

Due to its good conditions, this guest house has been used by Qiong Navy personnel as a foothold in Qiongzhou Prefecture since its completion. The warehouse compound that was originally occupied by force has been decided to be returned to the Ming Dynasty, and it can be regarded as a gift to the newly appointed Magistrate Cheng.

A good intention - being able to get the government property back from Short Hair can be regarded as a political achievement.

However, Ye Gao and his family were used to enjoying themselves in Lingao, but they were not used to it after moving into the prefect's Yamen. They said that the Yamen here was really backward, and there was not even a flush toilet. Now their family was also renting a few bags in the villa.

They stayed in a guest room temporarily, and paid a sum of money to ask Qiong Haijun to send a construction team to help them renovate the prefect's Yamen. Although it is a common practice that "officials do not repair the Yamen", they must at least renovate the part where people live in the back, otherwise they will not be able to live there at all.

not used to.

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Here, Ade and Xiaoying chatted for a while, dropped a silver dollar as a tip, and left the restaurant, ready to enjoy their weekend vacation. When they passed Shi Kefa's table before leaving, they both nodded at Lao Shi.

Shi Kefa was a little confused when he greeted him, but he still returned the greeting.

After the two people went out, the master hired by Shi Kefa stood beside him and said puzzledly:

"It's strange, those Kun people seem to be particularly polite to you, Dong Weng?"

Shi Kefa nodded. As a cultural person, he has long been keenly aware of this. To say that this is because the Kun people generally have good intentions towards their Ming officials, but it doesn't look like they treat other short-haired leaders in general.

Even his good friends Wang Pu and Wang Jieshan have a very close relationship with Short Hair, and they treat him as equals. In daily interactions, you can feel that Qiong Haijun is special to him everywhere.

That arrogance.

But all the short-haired ones among the 139 "True Kuns" would often look at him a few more times after hearing his name, Shi Kefa, and then their attitude would become much kinder and polite, and they would even have a hint of respect.

The meaning included, which made Shi Kefa puzzled. Fortunately, short-haired etiquette does not require any formality. Normally, just nod and say hello, otherwise it would be really unbearable for Mr. Shi.

However, the boy next to him was stupid, and his feelings were not as complicated as those of the two adults. He was just happy when he heard this:

"Of course, our master is an upright sixth-grade man. Who dares to be disrespectful?"

Shi Kefa could only smile bitterly when he heard this. Short-haired people don't care about official positions. Not to mention that those real-name Kun people didn't pay attention to the imperial positions at all - it is said that many people made great contributions in this battle in Shandong, and the imperial court wanted to reward them.

, as a result, except for one of the short-haired officers who pushed out one person to accept the reward in order to have a name to occupy Weihai, the others did not even want the official positions presented by the Ming Dynasty.

Even those local personnel with lower status who had joined the Kun people did not pay much attention to the officials of the Ming Dynasty. Previously, in order to add an extra bed in the guest room so that the stupid boy in front of him would not sleep on the floor, he made great efforts.

The master personally went to negotiate with the young girl who was responsible for managing the guest rooms. Although his request was met, he was given a lot of blank stares, not caring about his status as a high-ranking Ming Dynasty official.

Shaking his head slightly, he stopped talking about this topic. He scraped the porridge bowl clean with the last bit of steamed bun in his hand, stuffed it into his mouth, and carefully picked up the food crumbs that fell on the table and ate them. Shi Kefa smiled and asked the little follower:

"Have you figured out where to go today?"

"Go to the city, go to the city. Brother Shitou promised to take us around Fucheng today."

Children are really easy to change their minds and become happy when they hear about going out. Brother Shitou is Wang Pu's bookboy. The names of the bookboys follow their masters: Wang Pu's courtesy name is Jieshan, and his bookboy's name is Wang Shitou. I won't take it until I officially reach adulthood, but I have already decided to use the character "Yan", which is consistent with the character "Pu" of the master.

"Why not go to the port? I have always heard people say that the big market here in Qiongzhou Prefecture is one of the best in the world. I only took a look at it from a distance last time when I came from the pier. I did see the crowds and the momentum. It must be quite interesting. Remarkable."

The staff man next to him said slowly, and the boy grinned when he heard it:

"I originally wanted to go to the beach, but Brother Shitou heard from Mr. Wang: Qionghai Market is Shorthair's most proud creation, and we will definitely arrange a visit there. If you are short of time, there is no need to go alone. .”

——This is the second weekend after they started training. On the last "Sunday", the little guy said he wanted to go around and see everything, but at that time Shi Kefa couldn't adapt to the short-haired teaching method, and the progress was a bit slow. I couldn't keep up, so I spent the whole weekend studying for homework.

Considering that the exam was approaching next weekend and he probably wouldn't have time to go out anymore, Shi Kefa agreed to go out for a walk today. As for where to go, he left the choice to this naughty boy - he is the only one among the three these days. The place is most leisurely, wandering around and becoming more familiar with the surrounding environment.

The courses that Qiong Haijun gave these officials were just like the accommodation, meals and other discounts provided to them, and could only be used by themselves. Someone once asked us if we could let our masters and staff come to attend the lectures, but Ade watched them for a long time. , another question - if someone else does better than you in the exam, can we also use it for someone else?

Then these officials stopped being wordy and came to class honestly. However, the staff teachers they invited were not idle either. During the day, the master's family went to class, and they helped sort out the copied notes. They will get together to discuss with each other, and then study together when the students come back. Most people who can serve as masters have something in their stomachs, and they can often come up with some quite new and sharp opinions while watching indifferently. Previously, Shi Kefa and others simplified the fonts. When raising objections to Ade, there is a factor of instigation from this large group of staff behind him - as long as the officials have official hats, it doesn't really matter which doctrine they advocate. But they who are behind the scenes are really just If you can make a living with a pen, you will definitely not tolerate short-haired people tampering with the original culture.
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