novelraw Chapter 437 - 19: Various Ways to Eat White Noodles_3
Chapter 437 - 19: Various Ways to Eat White Noodles_3
Chapter 437: Chapter 19: Various Ways to Eat White Noodles_3
Moreover, once you join the army, where would you find someone to teach you the craft?
The uncle doesn’t know if he should listen to the uncle, but you can’t just go and eat their food for free.
"Aunt Juhua makes clothes fast and well, she can also do embroidery and pattern making. I must learn so I can make new clothes for the aunt."
She doesn’t expect to learn embroidery, but pattern making is a must since Aunt Juhua’s ancestors had a clothing business before the famine. This skill is considered crucial in the clothing industry, and she is determined to master it!
Daya said so, and Da Dan thought for a moment: "Aunt, I’ll also stay."
"Otherwise, with the little sister alone at home, I’m afraid grandma might sell her."
"The skills of the aunt at the captain’s house are really good. I also must learn well. I want to become a chef at a state-run restaurant."
Imagine, a chef from a state-run restaurant cooking for oneself at home, how wonderful!
Chu River immediately steadied his wavering heart.
"Alright, you two study well. When you’ve mastered it, send me a telegram, and I’ll definitely come to get you."
Saying this, he dug out ten ten-yuan bills from his pocket, splitting half to each of them.
"Here! This is your advance salary for working for me in the future!"
With a handful of money in their hands, the nephew and niece felt reassured.
——It’s 100 yuan.
If the aunt doesn’t take them later, she would be at a loss, so she will definitely take them.
...
The captain’s house is right at the village entrance, and on the first day, Chu River went there to get a referral letter. At 3 AM the next day, she went into the mountains when no one was around and carried her several large canvas bags.
There were fish, shrimp, loaches, eels, preserved rabbit meat, dried rabbit meat, spicy rabbit jerky... and a pile of rabbit skins.
There were also smoked sausages, canned meat, pork cracklings, pork jerky, smoked meat, smoked ribs... and various dried wild vegetables, dry fungi, wood ears, and wild silver ears.
Except for not bringing staple food, the few large bags were stuffed full, not leaving a single corner empty.
Chu River tied them all together and directly carried them on her skinny shoulders.
Man oh man.
The large bags were probably 300 jin (about 150 kg); once carried, she was completely hidden.
From a distance, people might even think the bags could run on their own.
There wasn’t a bicycle this time, but as long as Chu River thought that she was carrying food on her shoulders, she didn’t even break a sweat and dashed into the urban area on foot.
She walked for a full six hours!
The state-run restaurant was just ahead, and Chu River was already breathing heavily.
Oh my god!
She finally knew her limits; not eating properly just doesn’t work out—no strength equals not being able to walk. Without a vehicle, it was worse than doomsday!
But upon careful consideration, although transportation was inconvenient, there was plenty to eat—so this was comparatively better.
Three large bags got stuck at the entrance of the state-run restaurant, and she had to sidle through.
The shop assistant rolled his eyes upward, scolding on one hand while his mouth hung open in silent contemplation of what was packed in those three bags.
Until Chu River placed the three bags on the ground.
"Thud!"
Even with a soft drop, the weight was apparent, leaving only shock on everyone’s faces.
The shop assistant who had rolled his eyes was now too occupied to roll them anymore. He carefully looked at the large bags, then at Chu River, who was about the same height as the bags, suddenly remembering.
"You, you, you! You’re the girl who eats 20 bowls of rice per meal."
Chu River nodded: "Yes, that’s me! I need to catch a train; are there any buns today?"
The head chef of the state-run restaurant also poked his head out, his eyes full of amazement now: "Yes, 40 of them, want them all?"
40?
Since it’s hot these days, one meal at noon, one in the evening, and another the next morning, frugal use should be just about right.
Chu River nodded, quickly retrieving the food tickets sub-pamphlet from her pocket.
Sigh, local food tickets cannot be used elsewhere, and exchanging them for national food tickets was a big loss, so she could only use them locally.
Luckily, the food tickets at home, Shi Suifeng had almost used them up last time when she came to eat, so finishing them off with a meal of buns was not a waste.
With forty palm-sized meat buns hanging from her chest, Chu River sprinted all the way to catch the train, finally managing to buy a seat ticket at the last minute...
Oh my god!
There were so many people!
She bulldozed her way through with the big burlap sack; apart from getting stuck at the train carriage door for a moment, she made it without any hindrance.
The carriage was densely packed with people, so trying to squeeze through with the big bag was out of the question.
As Chu River compared her ticket, she lifted her arm and hoisted the big burlap sack over everyone’s heads. Once she reached her seat, she quickly patted the back of the chair:
"Brother, that’s my seat."