Return to the 80s, from touching loaches to becoming the world's richest man

Soon, Lu Hai and the other two went to Liu Guowei's address.

You know what, this place is really hard to find, it's in a small alley.

After the three of them arrived at a courtyard gate, they carefully compared the house number on the note. After confirming that it was correct, Lu Hai went forward and knocked on the door.

knock knock knock.

It was broad daylight, and Lu Hai was really worried that people would go out to work and not be at home. He would then have to go there, or wait until night for people to come back.

After all, after he looked at the date, he decided that the best time to move into the new house would be in two days, so this matter had to be decided today.

Fortunately, what Lu Hai was worried about did not happen. Someone in the courtyard quickly responded, "Who is it?"

Lu Hai also replied directly, "Hello, I need to hold a banquet in a few days, and I heard that this place can be booked."

After hearing Lu Hai's words, the other party did not respond directly, but the sound of footsteps was heard in the yard.

Not long after, the courtyard door was opened from the inside. A middle-aged man who looked to be about 40 years old looked at Lu Hai, and then without further ado, he opened the door and said straight to the point,

"I can indeed order a banquet here. What do you want to do? Do you want to prepare the ingredients yourself or do we do it?"

Lu Hai didn't hesitate and asked directly, "How much is it?"

"The host prepares the ingredients. We only charge the labor cost. Meat and vegetables are 20 cents, and vegetables are 10 cents. The host can provide the menu himself."

Hearing this, Lu Hai suddenly became silent.

To be honest, the price is a bit high. If you calculate it this way, in his fantasy, a table should have at least 16 dishes, plus a plate of snacks.

Calculated in this way, the labor cost for this table is estimated to be about two dollars.

Including the preparation, this table costs a lot of money.

"Then where do you pack the ingredients?" Lu Hai continued to ask.

"As for us packing the ingredients, it depends on what standard you want." The middle-aged man replied directly.

"4 cold dishes, 3 high-end dishes, 4 meat dishes, 4 vegetarian dishes, 1 soup, and 1 snack." Lu Hai did not hesitate and directly stated the standard in his mind.

When the middle-aged man heard this, he looked at Lu Hai blankly. He didn't realize that the standards of the young man in front of him were so high.

You know, nowadays most people have about ten dishes at a banquet, which has a better meaning and is perfect.

A table with 12 dishes already means you are rich.

These 16 dishes plus a plate of snacks can be said to be from a wealthy family.

Knowing that this was a big deal, the middle-aged man did not dare to neglect it.

"If we prepare the ingredients, the standard charge would be 24 yuan per table, but since you are so forthcoming, I will give you a discount to 22 yuan per table, and the dim sum will be free."

After hearing the quotation, Lu Hai thought about it for a while.

This price sounds quite expensive.

After the discount, the price of a dish is still one yuan and thirty-seven cents, which is already very high.

After all, how much does it cost per pound to buy meat and vegetables yourself?

"Can we draw up a menu now?" Lu Hai thought for a while and decided to make a plan after looking at the menu.

The middle-aged man was not impatient. After all, these days, there were only a few people who could afford such a high-standard banquet, and they were either rich or noble.

Then he told Lu Hai the general cooking methods of these dishes.

"According to you, comrade, the three high-end dishes are suckling pig platter, white-cut chicken, and a dish of braised pork with preserved vegetables. The cold dishes include cold beef, cold kidney, cold lotus root slices, and cold shredded vegetables..."

"The last soup is bamboo fungus pork ribs soup, and the last dessert is osmanthus cake."

After listening to this, Lu Hai figured it out in his mind.

If you follow these menus and prepare the ingredients yourself, even with the labor costs included, you might be able to save one to two dollars per table.

After all, it would be cheaper to buy these ingredients with tickets.

However, I cannot control the quantity, and I don't have a refrigerator at home. If I buy too much, I'm afraid it will go bad. After all, a lot of ingredients are needed for a banquet.

Especially these days, when people hold a banquet, their whole family usually comes out, and it is definitely impossible to prepare ingredients according to the number of people on the list.

Therefore, it would be better to let them be responsible for the materials and you only need to be responsible for paying the money.

Anyway, even if there are dozens of tables, the extra money is not much for Lu Hai. It is mainly to avoid trouble. It would not be good if the extra ingredients were spoiled.

"Okay, then let's follow this standard. Also, will you take care of the tables, chairs, bowls and chopsticks?" Since Lu Hai had made up his mind, he didn't hesitate and made the decision directly.

Lu Hai’s house doesn’t have many tables, chairs, bowls and chopsticks.

Nowadays, no one can have too many bowls and chopsticks at home. People usually only have enough for their own meals, so if you don’t have them packed, you still have to rent them yourself.

"Comrade, if you let us prepare the ingredients ourselves, the bowls and chopsticks will be provided. As for the tables and chairs, they are not included. You can rent them if you need them." The middle-aged man replied directly.

"What about the price?"

"The tables and chairs are based on a table of ten people, and the price is fifty cents a day."

"Okay, that's settled then..." Lu Hai didn't hesitate when he heard it and decided on it right away, saving himself the trouble of running around everywhere.

Then Lu Hai told him approximately how many people there would be.

Basically, they are all people from my village, including my father-in-law and mother-in-law, Liu Guowei, Lin Jianguo and others.

As for Mr. Lin, he must be invited as well...

So all in all, there are quite a lot of people here.

By saying this, we also want to confirm the approximate number of tables and chairs to rent, and also to give him an idea of ​​how much ingredients to prepare.

Otherwise, it would be embarrassing if you don’t prepare enough.

Finally, when everything was almost discussed, Lu Hai took his two brothers home.

......

At this time in the city,

"Mayor, the old man is making a fuss about going to Ping'an County again..."

Hearing this, the man rubbed his brows.

Ever since the old man came back from the hospital, he has been talking about going to find his savior every day.

Especially for those who lived through that era, the saying "repay a drop of kindness with a spring" is engraved in their bones.

Not to mention this life-saving grace.

I finally persuaded the old man to calm down with his health as an excuse, but as soon as he recovered a little, he started to make a fuss again and wanted to go find his savior.

"Okay, Doctor Wang, how is my dad's health?" the man asked after a moment of silence.

He could see that the old man would not feel at ease unless he went there. Thinking about it day and night was not good for him.

It would be better to just follow the old man's advice. If the doctor says that he has fully recovered, I will accompany him.

"After Dr. Wang examined him last time, he said that the old man's health had recovered well and as long as he didn't overwork himself, there wouldn't be any major problems," another person said truthfully.

"Okay, then you go back and talk to my dad. Take him to see Doctor Wang for another checkup tomorrow. If there's nothing wrong with his health, I'll be free the day after tomorrow, and I can go to Ping'an County with him then." The man thought for a while and said directly.

"OK......"