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Chapter 646 Chapter 647. First experience in the sanatorium
At eight o'clock in the morning of the next day, the train arrived smoothly at Qingdao Station. After getting out of the station, everyone took a bus and finally arrived at the destination of this trip - Qingdao Seaside Sanatorium.

The seaside sanatorium is right next to the sea, covering an area of ​​about ten acres. It was built in the past five or six years. It not only has a beautiful environment, but also has complete sanatorium facilities.

After arriving at the sanatorium, the first thing to do was to arrange accommodation for everyone. The Seaside Sanatorium not only received the recuperation tasks from the province, but also the cadres from all over the country. Although there were many rooms, the rooms were still quite tight because there were too many people to receive. Yue Wenxuan and others could not live in a room each, so he and big brother Ling Daijun were assigned to live in the same room.

Led by the service staff, the two of them took their luggage into their room. After all, it was a convalescent residence, and the environment was very good, much better than a guesthouse.

The room was more than 20 square meters in size, with two single beds, basic furniture, and a separate bathroom. In this era, such accommodation conditions were rare, and Yue Wenxuan was very satisfied after seeing it.

After the two put down their luggage, the service staff gave them a detailed introduction with a warm attitude.

The first is the issue of food. There are two restaurants in the sanatorium, and the three meals a day are not the same. You can choose to eat in different restaurants according to your personal taste.

The second is entertainment facilities. The sanatorium is equipped with a variety of entertainment facilities, including: drama room, movie room, calligraphy and painting room, chess and card room, music room, table tennis room, etc. After checking in, you can choose to go to different rooms for entertainment activities according to your hobbies.

The service staff emphasized the medical facilities. The sanatorium itself is equipped with a small clinic that can treat some patients, especially in the rehabilitation and recuperation of various diseases. Some sick old cadres can go to the clinic for consultation, and the doctors in the clinic will arrange for the old cadres to receive corresponding medical treatment and recuperation according to the situation.

Yue Wenxuan's condition had already recovered and he had no sequelae, so there was no need for him to report to a sanatorium.

His most important purpose in coming to the seaside resort was to relax and recuperate, not to cure his illness.

After making the corresponding introductions, the service staff has another particularly important task, which is to handle the exchange of meal tickets and vegetable tickets for every old cadre who has just moved in.

Food coupons are issued at one time according to the length of stay of each person. Of course, food coupons are not provided for free, but they also cost money, but the price is very cheap, which is not a burden for the old cadres with relatively high salaries.

Meal tickets need to be exchanged for grain tickets. Yue Wenxuan and others are from this province, so they can exchange them with local grain tickets.

When exchanging meal tickets, the service staff gave a detailed introduction to the sanatorium's food standards without Yue Wenxuan and Ling Daijun asking.

According to the current supply, you can basically eat your fill in the sanatorium, and the food is better, mostly refined grains, with very little coarse grains.

The old cadres came to the sanatorium for recuperation, and the monthly food supply did not change, and it was still the local 27 kilograms per month.

Although the quantity has not increased, the quality has changed. Originally, there were very few fine grains, and they were basically all coarse grains. In the sanatorium, it was basically all fine grains, and there was nothing else mixed in.

Under the condition that the food ration remains unchanged, the sanatorium can ensure that the old cadres are well fed, and the key point is that the supply of non-staple food is sufficient. If they eat more non-staple food in their daily life, they will naturally save food.

Yue Wenxuan's personal living conditions are good, and he doesn't care much about the food conditions in the sanatorium, but this is the focus of others.

At any time, having enough food is the first need. Only after this need is met can other spiritual needs be considered.

Except for Yue Wenxuan, other people in the group were not coming to the sanatorium for the first time. They were basically aware of the living conditions in the sanatorium, so they had a general understanding of it and no one was surprised.

Everyone slept in soft sleepers on the train. The environment was relatively quiet and everyone rested well. After putting their luggage in the room, they couldn't wait to walk out of the room and began to wander around and visit the sanatorium in groups of three or five.

Yue Wenxuan and Ling Daijun accompanied them. The two first toured the entire sanatorium, took a look at the general environment of the sanatorium, and then focused on visiting the entertainment room of the sanatorium.

The environment of the sanatorium is very good. It is located on the seaside and has its own beach. Not only can you enjoy the sea view, but also the old cadres who meet the physical conditions can go swimming in the sea. The sanatorium is equipped with several lifeguards to prevent accidents from happening to some old cadres who overestimate their abilities.

Both of them were very interested in the various entertainment rooms equipped in the sanatorium and visited them carefully.

Ling Daijun particularly likes playing Go, and is addicted to it, but his level is not very good, and it is a bit difficult to find an opponent who is equally matched. After coming to the sanatorium, he should not have to worry about this. There are many people in the chess and card room. Although there are relatively few people playing Go, it should not be difficult to find an opponent.

Yue Wenxuan has a wide range of hobbies. The sanatorium has so many entertainment facilities and he can swim in the sea, which makes him feel like a fish in water. Not to mention staying here for a month, even if he were to stay here for a year, he would not be able to stay long enough.

It was soon noon. When Yue Wenxuan and his eldest brother Ling Daijun went out, they met Sister Cao and Sister Guo. The four of them went to the restaurant together.

Although supply was difficult at this time, the meals in the sanatorium were still guaranteed. They went to Restaurant No. 2. The staple food for lunch today was rice and steamed buns, and four other dishes and a seafood soup were also served.

The seafood soup served today is shrimp and seaweed soup, which is only average in the local area and not very special. But the four dishes served today are rare to hear others talk about, and are not easy to eat on ordinary days. They are: braised hairtail, spicy fried clams, minced meat sea cucumber and seaweed jelly.

Although the meals in the sanatorium are plentiful, they are not supplied unlimitedly. Everyone has to use their own meal and vegetable coupons to purchase them, and of course they have to spend according to their means.

Yue Wenxuan ordered a bowl of rice, and seafood soup was provided to everyone for free, of course. The food coupons provided by the sanatorium to each old cadre were sufficient, and on average, they could have two dishes for each meal. Yue Wenxuan chose braised hairtail fish and seaweed jelly.

After preparing the meal, several people sat at the same table again.

What surprised Yue Wenxuan was that although the other three people ordered different staple foods, they all ordered the same two dishes, braised hairtail and minced meat sea cucumber.

Others also noticed the two dishes in Yue Wenxuan's lunch box. Ling Daijun said with a little annoyance:
"I should have gone to the same window with you to order food, otherwise you wouldn't have suffered a loss. You see, we ordered braised hairtail and minced pork sea cucumber, why did you order a dish of seaweed jelly? Don't you think you're at a disadvantage?

Didn't you see that there weren't many stir-fried clams and seaweed jelly? They were all for outsiders. Outsiders haven't tried these two dishes, so there are always people willing to try them. Braised hairtail and minced pork seafood are more affordable. We locals eat them often, so we naturally know them. You don't eat minced pork sea cucumber, do you? "

"I'm not picky, I can eat anything. I thought you guys would definitely order these two dishes, and I also particularly like seaweed jelly, so I specially ordered a portion. It's better to have one more dish when we eat together.

I will be eating at the nursing home from now on, so I will definitely be able to eat enough. I think there is no need to calculate so much about meals in the future."

Yue Wenxuan had already considered this and had already thought of an explanation.

"Xiao Yue is very thoughtful. When the four of us eat together, there's really no need for us to order the same dishes.

The seaweed jelly is pretty good, I like it too, but there is nothing to eat in the spicy fried clams, it's not worth it, otherwise it should be included, after all, one more dish means one more taste. "Sister Cao said.

When Sister Guo saw the tempting braised hairtail, her stomach couldn't help but growl, and she urged:

"Let's eat first. We have a large family and we rarely have enough to eat at home. We only had two full meals in the car. Now I see the delicious braised hairtail fish, and I am really greedy. I have to enjoy this meal and eat my fill."

"I'm hungry too, let's start eating." Ling Daijun picked up the chopsticks and started eating.

During this period, the protein supply is extremely scarce, and even the elderly have a very large appetite.

Several people had just arrived at the sanatorium, and their body's need for protein had not yet improved, so their appetites were still as large as before. It didn't take long for them to finish the food they ordered, leaving nothing behind.

Ling Daijun put down his chopsticks and sighed with great satisfaction: "Life in a sanatorium is still good, but it's a pity that I can only stay for a month, which is too short."

Sister Guo continued: "Who said it wasn't true? It's really regrettable.

In the past, once you went out, you could stay for at least two or three months. If you applied, you could stay longer, even half a year was not uncommon.

Now it has been reduced to one month, and it has passed in the blink of an eye.”

"It will be fine after this period of time." Sister Cao sighed, "The country is in such a difficult situation now. We old cadres come to the sanatorium and have such good living conditions every day. This puts too much pressure on the country. In order to maintain it, there is no other way but to shorten the recuperation time. We should also understand the difficulties of the country."

"The thinking of several of us is indeed a bit backward. When I think about this, I feel ashamed."

The few of them had been together for such a long time that they knew each other well, so Sister Guo said whatever she wanted to say. "There were originally 15 people on the list for this outpatient recuperation. As far as I know, the three people who didn't come took this into consideration. They didn't want to cause trouble for the country, so they took the initiative to decline this recuperation opportunity."

"We should learn from them." Sister Cao also expressed her thoughts, "I also thought about postponing this recuperation opportunity, but the burden on my family is a bit heavy, and my personal health is not very good, so I finally decided to accept this recuperation opportunity. If I take good care of myself in this month, I estimate that I can hold on for another half a year or a year without worrying about my health."

Although Sister Cao did not explain in detail, everyone's situation was similar and they all understood it.

Except for Yue Wenxuan, the other three are all over 60 years old. They have many younger generations in their families, plus they have relatives to take care of. The only extra money these old cadres get every month is some supplementary food. How much can they take care of?
If you relax your grip a little, you will go hungry. But if you don't care at all, you will definitely feel sorry for your grandchildren crying from hunger.

After dinner, they chatted for a while. The two older sisters made an appointment to go to the opera, while Yue Wenxuan and Ling Daijun went to the chess and card room together.

While walking on the road, Ling Daijun asked, "Xiao Yue, can you play Go?"

"I have a wide range of hobbies. I am pretty good at Go, but there are not many people around me who can play Go, so I usually play chess with others."

Knowing that Yue Wenxuan was also a fellow player, he was immediately happy, "That's great! I didn't expect you could play Go, then let's go to the chess and card room to play a game, so we don't have to find strangers, and we don't know if we can get along with each other."

"Okay, but I have to warn you in advance that my level is relatively high. If your level is too low, I'm afraid we won't be able to play together."

Yue Wenxuan only knew that Ling Daijun loved playing Go, but he was not sure about his level. Most Go enthusiasts were just average, and Ling Daijun was unlikely to be an exception, so Yue Wenxuan had better say hello in advance.

If Ling Daijun's level is too poor, Yue Wenxuan will not be able to feel the joy of playing Go from him, and naturally he will not be willing to play with him all the time.

There were not many Go enthusiasts, and after the two sat down in the Go room, no one gathered around to watch them.

Ling Daijun's Go level is much worse than Yue Wenxuan imagined. The Go levels of the two are like the comparison between an elementary school student and a professor; they are not on the same level at all.

After the middle game, Yue Wenxuan can make a move without thinking, while Ling Daijun often has to think for a long time before making a move with the black chess piece in his hand.

Yue Wenxuan was getting impatient and urged, "Old Ling, if you don't make a move, it will be dark soon. Do we have to play this game of chess until tomorrow morning? Are we going to have dinner or not?"

"Why are you in such a hurry? It hasn't even been an hour since I finished lunch, and the food in my stomach has just started to be digested, but you're already thinking about dinner. Why are you such a glutton?" Ling Daijun retorted impatiently.

Yue Wenxuan spoke even more bluntly, "Don't you see how long it takes you to think before making a move? Can't a grown man be more decisive? You're dithering like a woman. No wonder you're so bad at chess, it's because you're too indecisive and not efficient at all."