Go back to 1980 and enjoy it

Chapter 401 The Zhou family’s shock

  Nanning.

 Wuyue Plaza mansion.

 The two sisters-in-law, Zhang Xiuping and Gu Caiwei, are helping their sister-in-law dress up.

  Women are the most beautiful. In order to make themselves more beautiful in later generations, many women went to great lengths to endure what ordinary people would not be able to endure. They ruthlessly went under the knife on various parts of their bodies. Their crazy energy really makes people shudder.

Of course, not all women love beauty so much. There are also many unkempt women, especially peasant women in the countryside who work all day long, so why bother to dress themselves up?

However, whether it is a woman who likes to dress up in daily life or a woman who is unkempt, she will dress herself well when attending some important occasions.

 A blind date is undoubtedly a very important occasion for women.

Even the women of later generations who had several dates a day would dress themselves up well, let alone in this era where blind dates are still very important.

Today's noon is the day when Deng Yunzhu goes on a blind date for the first time. This blind date was personally selected by her father. Of course, she took it very seriously and asked her eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law to come over and help her dress up.

I have to say that women with good looks are naturally better at dressing up than women with poor looks.

The reason is actually very simple. A good-looking woman can become more beautiful after being dressed up, while a bad-looking woman will still look ugly no matter how she dresses up, unless she uses makeup to transform herself into another person.

 The former are naturally interested in dressing up, while the latter tend to give up on themselves and become unkempt women.

 Zhang Xiuping and Gu Caiwei are both one-in-a-million beauties. With such a foundation, they naturally love beauty since childhood and are much better at dressing up than ordinary women. That's why Deng Yunzhu asked his two sisters-in-law to help.

 The result is undoubtedly satisfactory. With the help of her elder sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, Deng Yunzhu, who has been dressed up, is not said to be very beautiful, but she is still barely qualified to be called a beauty.

Coupled with the temperament she has developed as a hot pot restaurant owner in the past two years, she still looks very good.

Zhang Xiuping immediately praised: "Azhu, you are really beautifully dressed. I am sure you will be able to charm the other person."

Gu Caiwei also smiled and said: "Sister-in-law is right, Azhu is a real beauty when she dresses like this!"

Deng Yunzhu looked in the mirror, looking at the girl in the mirror who was very familiar but a little different than before. She couldn't help showing a satisfied smile: "Sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, thank you for helping me dress up, but the two sisters-in-law are naturally beautiful, wait a minute During the blind date, I will trouble you to stay at home and wait for the news.

  Otherwise my two sisters-in-law are here, no matter how beautiful I look, it will be in vain. "

 Zhang Xiuping and Gu Caiwei couldn't help but look at each other after hearing this. The two sisters-in-law were indeed not as good-looking as their sisters-in-law. If they really showed up at the blind date, they might really affect the sister-in-law's blind date.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xiuping nodded and said: "Okay, then I will wait for your good news at home with your second sister-in-law."

 …

In Nanning, before the 1980s, the most famous hotel was undoubtedly the Wanguo Restaurant.

This restaurant opened in 1945. It was originally named Wanguo Hotel. It is famous for its various traditional dishes, tea and snacks. It is famous throughout Nanning and Guangxi.

 Before liberation, many military and political dignitaries and dignitaries were its guests. After liberation, it was renamed "Wanguo Restaurant" and became the main venue for many conferences in Guangxi and Nanning at that time. It was one of the oldest restaurants in Nanning.

At that time, there was a saying in Nanning: "Eat in Nanning, all nations come first." Most people can brag about it for more than half a year after having a meal here.

However, as the saying goes, "A person is not as good as a flower, and a flower is not as good as a hundred days." After entering the 1990s, this famous hotel also disappeared.

Today, there are two most famous hotels in Nanning, namely Ruyi Restaurant and Xiyuan Hotel.

 Ruyi Restaurant is the first place in Nanning where you can listen to Cantonese music and drink morning tea. Since its opening in the mid-1980s, it has been packed with guests from morning to night, and its popularity is even greater than that of Wanguo Restaurant.

The Xiyuan Hotel is even more awesome. It is the "State Guesthouse" in Nanning that is specially used to receive leaders.

The big leaders who have visited Guangxi in the past few decades have all stayed here, and their quality is extremely high.

 After the reform and opening up, this high-end hotel also faced the society, and its business was also very prosperous.

Zhou Haidong and Deng Yunzhu had a blind date, and they decided to stay at the Xiyuan Hotel.

Zhou Haidong and Zhou's father and mother arrived in Nanning yesterday, but it was already evening when they arrived in Nanning, so it was naturally not suitable to meet, so the time was set at noon today.

 At this time, the three members of the Zhou family were waiting for the arrival of the Deng family at the door of the hotel.

Although there are mobile phones in this era, not only is this thing expensive, but the key point is that the domestic mobile network has not yet been established. Apart from using it as a brick, it really has no practical value. This is why Deng Shirong The reason why I haven’t used my mobile phone.

 There is no mobile phone contact, so it is difficult to find anyone when the guests come to the banquet.

To show respect for the woman, the three members of the Zhou family simply waited at the door.

While waiting, Zhou’s mother couldn’t help but ask: “Old Zhou, are you okay with your vision? This time, our family will spend a lot of money!”

Old man Zhou said: "Don't worry, I have been working in the agency for decades, and I still have a good eye for people. I don't think this Ninth Uncle is an ordinary person. His little daughter is a year younger than Haidong." At 20 years old, we are planning to open a third hotpot restaurant, and no one in our family can match that in terms of making money.”

Mother Zhou said: "With such a great ability to make money, if it is true, then he is worthy of Shanghai Dong. Anyway, we came all the way from Guangzhou. If we think it is okay to meet, we will definitely find an opportunity to visit her." Check out the hotpot restaurant.

 After all, hearing is false and seeing is believing! "

 Old man Zhou nodded: "It's good to go and have a look."

Zhou Haidong continued: "I don't know if the hot pot restaurant she opened is comparable to the hot pot restaurant opened by my cousin."

Zhou's mother said: "It shouldn't be comparable. Your cousin's hot pot restaurant is more than two hundred square meters. It is one of the best hot pot restaurants in our area."

Old man Zhou pondered: "It's hard to say. The hot pot restaurant may not be as big as my cousin's hot pot restaurant, nor is it as grand, but the business should be good, otherwise they wouldn't be able to open one after another. This third Every hot pot restaurant is ready to open.”

Zhou Haidong nodded and said: "The business should not be bad. If it were bad, we wouldn't be able to run a store, so why would we even think about opening a second store?"

Zhou Mu said: "You will know when you see it."

The family of three stood at the door of the hotel chatting for a few minutes, and then saw Deng Shirong walking over with his youngest daughter Deng Yunzhu.

When the two parties meet, they will skip introducing and greeting each other.

 A few minutes later, the two parties entered the hotel and arrived at the reserved private room.

　　In the next step of ordering, both parties naturally have to be polite.

After ordering, the waiter left the box and the two parties started chatting.

 Throughout the whole process, Zhou Haidong and Deng Yunzhu were sizing each other up silently.

In Deng Yunzhu's eyes, the man named Zhou Haidong in front of her was indeed as tall and handsome as his father said. He made people fall in love with him at first sight. Coupled with his academic qualifications from a key university, this first impression made her Very satisfied.

In Zhou Haidong's eyes, the girl in front of him was obviously well-groomed and had a good figure and appearance. What was especially rare was that she looked very confident and acted calmly and generously in front of their family of three. She was not as shy as other girls. I dare not raise my head.

Anyway, at first glance, he was the kind of person who had seen the big world and was not petty at all. He was very satisfied with this first impression.

Deng Yunzhu's performance also made Zhou's father and Zhou's mother very satisfied. Everyone in the Zhou family had a decent job and they were all eating royal food. Naturally, they paid more attention to face. If the daughter-in-law was petty or cowardly and couldn't hold up the scene, then Of course they don't like it.

 A confident, generous daughter-in-law like Deng Yunzhu is their ideal daughter-in-law.

 …

 Generally, during a blind date, a matchmaker is present, and the topic revolves around both men and women. However, today's blind date between Zhou Haidong and Deng Yunzhu is somewhat different from a regular blind date. Old man Zhou and Deng Shirong have made it clear to each other about the basic situation of their children. There are no other matchmakers at the scene. This blind date is purely for the men and women to meet each other. That’s all.

The two parties chatted for a while, and Zhou's mother said: "Azhu, you are the owner of two or three hot pot restaurants at such a young age. It's really amazing. Are these three hot pot restaurants all in Nanning?"

Deng Yunzhu shook his head and said: "There are only two in Nanning. One is the first to open, one is preparing to open, and the other is in Liuzhou."

Zhou’s mother said: “It’s easy to manage in Nanning. Who can help you manage the hotpot restaurant in Liuzhou?”

Deng Yunzhu said with a smile: "Of course we need to ask people to help manage it. As long as there is a corresponding management system, we only need to check the accounts every once in a while."

 Old man Zhou continued: "This supervision must be done well to avoid the situation of deceiving the superiors and concealing the truth from the inferiors to line their own pockets."

Deng Yunzhu nodded and said: "Uncle Zhou is right, supervision is very important. We have been improving in this aspect and trying our best to prevent others from taking advantage of the loopholes. A high school classmate of mine has made an appointment with me. She is a top student at a key university. When she graduates next year, she will come over to help me manage the hot pot restaurant.

 At that time, with talents like her joining, I think we can come up with a more reasonable management system and make the hot pot restaurant develop faster and more steadily. "

Zhou Haidong said in surprise: "A top student from a key university wants to help you manage the hot pot restaurant?"

 He ​​graduated from a key university, so he naturally understands the importance of key universities in this era. No matter which unit he enters after graduation, they will be the key talents to be cultivated.

  After all, the number of college students now is very small, especially the students from key universities are even less. It can be said that they are only one in a million.

Unlike later generations, if any brick is dropped, it will hit at least three 211s and one 985. The gold content is naturally different.

Such a top student was able to ignore the work assigned by the state and came to help Deng Yunzhu manage the hot pot restaurant. This really surprised Zhou Haidong, and he even couldn't figure out why.

Deng Yunzhu smiled and said, "Yes, that's what she said."

Old man Zhou also understood the importance of top students from key universities. He was a little surprised when he heard this and asked: "Azhu, what is going on? Why is your classmate willing to give up the job assigned by the state to help Do you manage a hotpot restaurant?”

With a smile on her face, Deng Yunzhu said: "She wants to repay me. In the last semester of high school, a big event happened in her family. Without my help, she might not have the chance to enter college."

The three members of the Zhou family all asked curiously. Deng Yunzhu did not hide anything and briefly told what happened to her classmate Li Shuqin.

　　When they found out that the elder brother had sold his sister because of gambling, the three members of the Zhou family were all yelling at each other.

At the same time, I also understand why a top student from a key university is willing to give up a good job assigned by the state to help his classmates manage a hot pot restaurant.

 While talking here, the restaurant also started to serve food.

 Next, the two parties chatted while eating, and the atmosphere was quite pleasant.

 A meal that took more than an hour to finish.

 The settlement is naturally done by the man, and he is responsible for all the expenses of the blind date. This is basically an agreed upon thing.

If it is a normal blind date, it is very reasonable for the man to be responsible for this expense.

However, in later generations, there have been many examples of blind dates being treated as spoilers. All seven aunts and eight aunts came to the blind date, and then they ordered a crackling meal. Whatever food was expensive was served. The meal was really good. Eating thousands of dollars from others.

He even calls it a test to test the man, which is really shameless.

The most frustrating thing about this kind of blind date where you treat someone like a spoiler is when the man finds an opportunity to sneak away and let the woman pay for it.

After walking out of the Xiyuan Hotel, before the Zhou family could speak, Deng Shirong said: "Old Zhou, let's go back to the hot pot restaurant to drink tea. There is the specialty red broken tea I brought from my hometown of Bobai, which is produced by century-old tea trees. Excellent product.”

 Old man Zhou smiled and said: "Okay, there is such a good tea, I have to go and have a good taste."

 …

 Half an hour later.

Deng Shirong and his daughter brought the three members of the Zhou family back to Wuyue Square. The three members of the Zhou family saw the bright sign of Lameizi Hot Pot at a glance.

 Old man Zhou immediately praised: "Azhu, you have chosen the location of this hot pot restaurant well. It is in the city center and has high customer flow. The business will definitely not be too bad."

Deng Yunzhu smiled and said: "It's okay, Uncle Zhou has given me the award."

Soon, the group of people walked along the external stairs and walked up to the second floor.

  Needless to say, after seeing the super large hot pot restaurant on the second floor, the eyes of the three members of the Zhou family were all shocked.

Zhou’s mother pointed at the hot pot restaurant, which was larger than she had imagined. Her whole body was trembling: “This… this… Ah Zhu, is this the hot pot restaurant you opened?”

 Old man Zhou also trembled: "Oh my God, this hot pot restaurant is too big!"

Zhou Haidong is not much better. His cousin's hot pot restaurant has more than 200 square meters. In a big city like Guangzhou, it is already ranked high in terms of business area.

The hot pot restaurant in front of him was really big beyond his imagination. It was more than ten times bigger than his cousin's hot pot restaurant. It was still unbelievable that it was in a city like Nanning that was not ranked among the best in the country.

Deng Yunzhu had expected the reaction of the Zhou family. Who was not shocked when they first came to her large hot pot restaurant?

Deng Yunzhu didn’t need to answer Zhou’s mother’s questions, because when she saw them walking in, the waiter in charge greeted them respectfully: “Boss!”

Deng Yunzhu nodded towards the waiter, then looked at Father Zhou and Mother Zhou, and said with a smile: "Uncle Zhou, Aunt Zhou, please come inside."

When they walked into the hot pot restaurant, after accepting the unimaginable area, the Zhou family began to look at the decoration of the hot pot restaurant. Naturally, they were full of praise for the result. This hot pot restaurant is not only bigger than the hot pot of their nephew (cousin). The store is located across the street and the decoration is very beautiful.

 Especially the built-in hot pot setting is really an eye-opener for the Zhou family.

 It wasn’t until they sat down and Deng Yunzhu personally served the tea that the three members of the Zhou family slowly recovered from the shock.

At this moment, all three members of the Zhou family realized that they had greatly underestimated the woman's strength.

Zhou’s mother took a sip of tea, calmed down her excitement, and asked, “Azhu, are the other two hotpot restaurants this big?”

Deng Yunzhu shook his head and smiled: "No, the hot pot restaurant in Liuzhou is only one-tenth the area of ​​this one. The other hot pot restaurant under preparation in Nanning is even smaller, probably only more than two hundred square meters."

Zhou's mother praised: "The area of ​​more than two hundred square meters is not small. Haidong's cousin also runs a hot pot restaurant. His hot pot restaurant covers an area of ​​more than two hundred square meters. In addition, there can also be a place at the entrance of the hot pot restaurant. With ten tables and eight tables, it feels very big. ”

Zhou Haidong couldn't help but asked: "Azhu, why do you make this hot pot restaurant so big? Even in Guangzhou, such a big hot pot restaurant cannot be full, and even during the peak dining period, it is less than half of the restaurant. space, and the number of diners in Nanning may be less, isn’t the remaining space wasted?”

Deng Yunzhu glanced at her father and said with a smile: "This hot pot restaurant is the head office of our spicy hot pot chain. Naturally, it has to be decent. There is indeed a lot of space wasted now, but now that the country is reforming and opening up, rich people As there are more and more, business will get better and better.

I believe that in another ten or eight years, the customer flow of my hotpot restaurant will become higher and higher, and there will be a day when it will be full of customers. "

Although Zhou Haidong still has many questions in his mind, the relationship between the two parties has not reached that stage yet, so it is not easy to ask too detailed questions.

Old man Zhou nodded and said: "Nanning is an ancient city with a long history. It is also an emerging city. It is now the capital of Guangxi. I believe it will usher in great development in the future. Azhu, you hot pot restaurant Sooner or later, the house will be full of guests."

 “Thank you, Uncle Zhou, for your encouragement!”

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PS: I’m a bit stuck on writing. This chapter only has 5,000 words. I’ll look for opportunities to make up for it later. Thanks to all my relatives for their rewards and monthly votes.

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