The prosperous era of courtyard houses

Chapter 260, Meal Replacement

The couple drove back to the steel rolling mill in a "chugging" way. When passing by the west gate duty room, Li Weiguo motioned to Zheng Shan to stop.

After getting out of the car, I glanced into the duty room through the window and found that my old man was on duty inside.

The work of a doorman is usually very leisurely. He only needs to check in and out, send and receive letters, or answer a few phone calls. Generally, there is nothing important.

No, when I looked in, I saw that the old man was holding a teapot and humming a tune, not to mention he was very leisurely.

"Master, how can you be so leisurely?" Li Weiguo walked in carrying the things he brought back from the grain store.

"Hey, isn't this what this job is all about? I'm free every day. Why do you have time to see me today?"

When Wang Zhenhai saw his apprentice coming, he pointed out a stool to him with a smile and let him do as he pleased.

Li Weiguo smiled and said, "Don't sit down anymore. Master, look what I brought you."

With that said, Li Weiguo casually placed all the gifts he brought back on the old man's table for him to see by himself.

"Hey China, Peony, Xifeng, White Rabbit, and tea?"

The old man passed a bunch of cigarettes, wine, and candies, and finally his eyes fell on the tea bag. He picked up the tea leaves and put it in front of his nose to smell it.

"Longjing?"

"Master, if you are an expert, you can smell it."

Li Weiguo gave the old man a thumbs up. He wouldn't be able to smell it anyway. No matter what tea he drank, it would smell the same, just like a commonplace.

Mr. Wang smiled proudly: "Hey, that's right. I usually drink this stuff when I go to my comrades' place. I even rub them a few ounces from time to time. I'm very familiar with it."

"Okay, since you know what's good, I'll leave it here for you."

Li Weiguo put down all his things. He didn't lack any of them. It was troublesome to carry them all the way, so he simply paid homage to his master.

Mr. Wang glanced at the things on the table and said, "Just keep the tea and wine. Forget the cigarettes and sugar. You can take them."

The old man liked tea and wine, but was not interested in anything else. He only smoked a small amount of cigarettes, so he waved his hand and let him take it away.

Li Weiguo shrugged, as if it didn't matter: "Okay, then you drink first, and I'll leave first. I'll bring you some food later, and don't run away."

He raised his hand and looked at the time. It was almost lunch time, so he might as well help the old man bring lunch over on the way to save him from running back and forth.

"Okay, give me the money for my meal ticket." The old man said and was about to pay for him.

However, how could Li Weiguo ask for his meal ticket? He just waved his hand, picked up the old man's lunch box and cigarettes and candy, and left.

"No, Master, I have it here. Let's go."

"Hey, kid." The old man shook his head and smiled helplessly.

After returning to the security department office, he put down his things and took a sip of water. Li Weiguo picked up his and the old man's lunch boxes and called Zheng Shan and went straight to the cafeteria together.

When we arrived at the canteen, it was still early, only half past eleven, and there was no one there. There were only seven or eight clerical workers from the factory office building queuing up, all of whom had slipped out early to eat.

When it was Li Weiguo's turn, Liu Lan, who was in charge of serving food, asked enthusiastically: "Chief Li, what do you want to eat?"

Li Weiguo lowered his head and took a look inside the window. He didn't even know how to answer her.

During this time, the food in the factory has dropped by more than one level. The big pot dishes are basically cabbage stewed with potatoes and cabbage stewed with radish, and the meaty taste is basically gone.

The staple food is wild vegetable dumplings and multi-faceted steamed buns, which are mixed with many alternative foods.

What is a food substitute?

Food substitutes are animals, plants, chemical compounds, etc. that people use to satisfy their hunger but are not used as food in normal years.

Food replacements are mainly divided into four categories:

The first category is crop food substitutes, which include leaves, stalks, roots of rice, wheat, corn, sorghum, etc., as well as corn husks, corn cobs, rice husks, leaves, stems, roots of potato crops, etc.

The second category is wild food substitutes, which are commonly known as wild vegetables, such as elm leaves, bark, wild amaranth, acacia leaves, etc.

The third category is phytoplankton such as chlorella and Azolla.

The fourth category refers to synthetic food substitutes, such as artificial meat, leaf protein, etc., which are called refined food substitutes.

Since ancient times, people have had the habit of collecting and eating food substitutes during times of famine.

Starting from November 11 this year, in view of the severe situation, superiors and the Academy of Sciences have also issued a call, hoping that the masses will actively collect and make food substitutes to tide over the difficulties together.

As a large factory with ten thousand people directly under the Ministry of Industry, the steel rolling mill naturally responded to the country's call and actively participated.

Nowadays, more than a dozen canteens in the steel rolling mill have gradually replaced some staple foods with food substitutes to provide daily supplies to employees.

Although these wild vegetable dumplings and multi-faceted steamed buns made with meal replacement foods are very filling, they don't taste very good.

After all, meal replacement is just a meal replacement. It can only fool the stomach, but it cannot really replace the staple food, and it cannot provide much calories and nutrients.

These things made Li Weiguo, who came from later generations, feel a little bit pained to see them.

It's not that I'm being pretentious, but I've never experienced this kind of hardship, so I feel a little uncomfortable with it.

After looking at it for a long time, I felt that everything was the same, so I simply didn’t choose, so I handed the two lunch boxes directly to the front.

"Each lunch box contains two wild vegetable dumplings and one portion of cabbage stewed with potatoes. Thank you."

"Okay, wait a moment."

Liu Lan moved very quickly. She put the food into the lunch box in a few clicks and helped cover the lid.

After paying the corresponding meal ticket and thanking him, Li Weiguo took the lunch box and prepared to leave.

At this moment, Silly Zhu stuck his head out from the window inside: "Hey, Wei Guo, wait a minute."

"What's wrong, Brother Zhu?" Li Weiguo asked.

Silly Zhu rubbed his hands and said sheepishly: "That's what we were talking about yesterday."

When Li Weiguo saw what he meant, he suddenly realized, one hundred catties of sweet potatoes, remember.

"You'll finish your work in a while and go to the security department. I'll wait for you there."

"Hey, I'm done. I'll clean up. I'll be there in a minute."

Silly Zhu said while taking off his apron, seemingly impatient.

Li Weiguo had prepared the food, and Zheng Shan, who was in line next to him, had also prepared the food. Just as he was about to find a seat and sit down to eat, Li Weiguo stopped him and told him not to eat in a hurry and to follow him.

Zheng Shan was puzzled, but he still followed him honestly with his lunch box in hand.

After leaving the canteen, the two went directly back to the security department.

After taking Zheng Shan back to his office and closing the door, Li Weiguo relied on the cover of his desk to take out a lunch box from the space static warehouse.

The lunch box is full of a box of braised pig head meat. Li Weiguo asked Silly Zhu to help braise it in his spare time. It has not been eaten yet and has been stored in the spatial static warehouse. There are still five or six boxes left.

Opening the lid of the lunch box and placing it on the table, the aroma of meat immediately overflowed and hit your face.

"Hey, section chief, you still have this good thing."

"It smells so good. Gulu~"

Zheng Shan smelled the aroma of meat and stared at the box of braised pork head meat. He couldn't move his eyes away and swallowed hard.

He almost couldn't remember what the meat tasted like. Anyway, he hadn't bought any fresh meat since the market stopped supplying it in July.

Li Weiguo smiled and said: "Okay, sit down and eat. Let's eat something good today to improve the food."

"Eh."

Zheng Shan was overjoyed and quickly sat down and opened his lunch box.

The two of them each picked up a piece of plump braised pork head meat with chopsticks, and put it into their mouths happily.

Hey. This taste is so delicious.

The pork head meat is moderately thick and rich in braised flavor. It melts in your mouth and is refreshing and refreshing. I have to say that Shazhu’s craftsmanship is quite good.

It took seven or eight minutes to finish the meal, and only half of the braised pork head in the lunch box was eaten.

Most of the lunch box was left. No matter how hard I tried to persuade Zheng Shan, he couldn't even move his chopsticks.

He said that he was afraid that his appetite would be spoiled and he would not adapt to it, so he only ate cabbage and potatoes stewed in his lunch box.

When Li Weiguo saw it, he simply stopped eating. He finished his meal in three times, then directly opened the lunch box of braised pork head and asked him to take it home for his family to improve.

Zheng Shan was so embarrassed that he refused repeatedly, but he couldn't defeat Li Weiguo and finally accepted it.

After finishing the meal and sending Zheng Shan away, Li Weiguo took out a box of braised pork head meat from the space and put it into his master's lunch box.

I filled a small half of the box and stuffed the old man's lunch box full before giving up.

Now the superiors are strongly calling on the masses to actively collect and make meal replacement foods to tide over the difficulties together.

My master is a veteran soldier. He also experienced the Great Famine before liberation. He suffered very hard. He ate whatever others ate without caring at all.

If his food is changed, he will definitely not be happy.

So occasionally Li Weiguo would add some meat or eggs to his meals to prevent the old man from malnutrition.

After placing the meat, covering the lunch box, and returning most of the remaining box of pig head meat to the static warehouse, Li Weiguo was ready to deliver food to the old man.

After picking up the lunch box, as soon as he went down to the first floor, Shazhu came over.

This kid was thinking about the hundred pounds of sweet potatoes, and he probably couldn't wait any longer.

No matter what, I just wanted to deliver food to Master, so I happened to be on my way.

So Li Weiguo took the key to Qianzi from the duty room, got into the car skillfully and started the ignition, and then called Silly Zhu to get in the car.

After leaving the security department, he went straight to the west gate.

When he arrived at the gate duty room, Li Weiguo said hello to the old man, put down his lunch box and left.

I was afraid that the old man would see the meat in the lunch box and start talking to him.

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