Chapter 248 The Good Taste of Life (Subscribe)
On weekends, in this small county where the public sector of the economy still dominates, off-duty parents have time to take their children out for a walk, find a place to play, or buy some delicious food.
In this county, the most powerful consumer groups are those who work in various enterprises and institutions.
Cheng Ligang went out in the middle of the morning, delivered some materials for the leader, and returned home in the dormitory of the Health Bureau after ten o'clock.
My daughter, who was in junior high school, was sitting on the sofa in the living room, flipping through an evening newspaper he subscribed to.
"Lili, have you finished your homework?" Cheng Ligang asked after wiping off his sweat.
Cheng Lili looked up and said, "I finished it last night." She took out a colored page from the newspaper, read it and said, "Dad, just now my brother called and asked me if I had summer vacation. Let me Go to the south to play with him."
"Cheng Tao?" Cheng Ligang didn't think much about it: "Your mother and I have to go to work, so I don't have time to take you there. You are too young to go by yourself."
Cheng Lili was not very happy, and muttered: "My brother said that he made a fortune in the south, so he asked our whole family to go there together, and he covered all the expenses."
Cheng Li just thought of his nephew going south, sighed softly, and said that it was all his father's fault, "We will talk about it when your mother and I are free."
Although I was implicated and made a cold bench, I still had to go to work. Besides, leisure also had its benefits. A newspaper and a cup of tea, I was free and easy.
He used to be busy running around all day, but now he understands the true meaning of chaos, and it's not bad to survive until retirement like this.
Cheng Lili suddenly came over with a coloring page: "Dad, let's not go to the south, can you take me to eat something good?"
Cheng Ligang looked at his daughter, eyes full of love: "What the hell do you have in mind?"
"There is a new store opening in the commercial street, and it was advertised on the TV station yesterday." Cheng Lili showed the coloring page to Cheng Ligang: "Dad, take a quick look, our Qingzhao also has a hamburger restaurant, and it's still opened by a foreigner!"
Cheng Ligang took the coloring page, and there was a striking brown-haired foreigner on the ad, and the ad slogan——Burger King, a taste from exotic places!
Looking at the address again, it is in the middle of the commercial street, directly opposite Hualian Commercial Building.
Cheng Ligang is no stranger to these advertisements. In the past week, he has often seen Burger King advertisements on the billboards on the street and in the hands of people posting advertisements on the side of the road.
The address is the main store of Yang Boss Feiyang Hot Pot.
He used to go to this restaurant to eat frequently, but since last year...
Cheng Ligang shook his head slightly.
Cheng Lili said: "Dad, will you take me with you? You are not free, give me the money, and I can go by myself." She drew her voice: "Dad..."
Cheng Ligang had no choice but to say, "Let's go, I'll take you there."
The father and daughter went downstairs, and Cheng Ligang rolled out the motorcycle from the ancillary suite in front of the building, and drove his daughter to the commercial street.
Before I arrived at the commercial street, I saw a huge billboard on the roof of the Road Supply and Marketing Building. There was a familiar male foreigner and a golden-haired female foreigner on it. There was an advertisement besides the hamburger and chicken wings—with Burger King, What a life!
Cheng Lili looked at the advertisement and wanted to try it even more.
As soon as I turned on the commercial street, I saw colorful flags waving in front of me and heard gongs and drums shaking the sky.
On the north side of the middle section, a large number of people gathered, and it seemed that there were at least a few hundred people.
The children were so lively, Cheng Lili became excited, and as soon as Cheng Li stopped the car, he jumped out of the back seat and ran over to join in the fun.
There were too many people, Cheng Ligang was worried, so he hurriedly parked the car and went there.
The sound of gongs and drums stopped, and then I heard singing. Looking carefully, a very beautiful female foreigner was singing with a microphone.
Although I can't understand it, the sound is very nice.
In a small place like Qingzhao, foreigners are too rare, and many people see real foreigners with high noses and deep eyes for the first time.
As we all know, if a young Slavic woman is beautiful, even more beautiful after putting on makeup, as long as she does not have children and gets married, she is considered attractive.
Natasha caused a lot of applause, and even the county TV camera couldn't help but start filming.
The surrounding crowd, just like watching rare animals and plants, watched the performance of foreigners.
After the foreigner sang the song, the gongs and drums sounded again. This time it was not foreign products, but a lion dance full of oriental charm.
Cheng Ligang could tell that the store had put a lot of effort into today's opening ceremony.
After the salute was fired, the opening ceremony entered the most critical item-ribbon cutting!
Seeing the people present at the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Cheng Ligang was short of breath.
As a staff member of the administrative unit, especially as a leader, he naturally knows all the top leaders in the county.
This store is amazing, two members of the Standing Committee cut the ribbon once!
The two people standing in the middle, the young one is the director of the University City Management Committee, and the middle-aged one is the deputy county magistrate in charge of investment promotion and other work.
Accompanied by them was the brown bear-like foreigner in the advertisement.
There was another person who looked very familiar.
With a tall and strong figure, a slightly darkened face, and a slightly honest smile, it is the man named Lu Dong in Lujia Village!
Just across from them, the cameras of the county TV station kept filming. Cheng Ligang believed that the opening of this store and the ribbon cutting would definitely appear in tonight's Qingzhao news.
This is no ordinary shop!
Cheng Ligang laughed suddenly, and looked at Lu Dong among the ribbon-cutters, with a bit of self-mockery in his helplessness, to make the leaders of the two counties cut the ribbon together, is this an ordinary person? Cheng Lifeng was not wronged at all when he lost last year.
After the ribbon-cutting was over, Burger King officially opened for business. Cheng Ligang looked at Lu Dong and the others who were sending the leader away, thoughtfully.
"Dad!" Cheng Lili pulled Cheng Ligang to queue up and enter the store: "Hurry up! Hurry up! We hurry up, if we don't hurry up, we won't even be able to get in line!"
There were too many people, and they all lined up to enter the store. Cheng Ligang looked around and found many familiar faces.
For example, the person leading his seven or eight-year-old son in the front left is a section chief of industry and commerce.
For example, there are a few people in front of me, and there is a director of the tax bureau.
For example, at the rear left, there are colleagues from the Health Bureau.
The county seat is such a big place, you can't see it when you look up.
Especially the chief of the industrial and commercial department, he waited in line patiently and obediently, not impatient at all, which is really rare.
Cheng Ligang has heard people say that last month, the section chief went to a restaurant for dinner, because the table was full and asked him to line up, not only broke out on the spot, pointed at the boss's nose and scolded his mother, but also the boss who was tossing behind him couldn't take care of himself. The restaurant is still closed for some reason.
If there is no accident, the hotel will tell him to play to death.
This time, on a hot day, they were queuing up among the crowd.
Cheng Ligang looked up and saw that the advertisements for foreigners on both sides of the store entrance were very eye-catching. Looking back, the man named Lu Dong accompanied the two leaders into the car.
It is estimated that it is easy for someone to make trouble here.
Not to mention that the leaders attended the ribbon-cutting, but no one dared to mess around in foreigners' shops alone.
Cheng Ligang had been sitting on the bench for more than half a year, his temper was too calm, he led the women in line normally, and quickly entered the store.
As soon as you enter the store, the refreshing cool breeze makes you feel comfortable.
He is also well-informed, and when he looked up, he knew that the central air conditioner was installed.
This restaurant is really upscale. Qingzhao's restaurant has central air-conditioning installed, and it seems that only Hailong Building, which was seized by Lao Yang, is the only one.
Even the county guest house uses vertical air conditioners.
On a hot day, having a meal here is also a kind of enjoyment.
In front of the bar, there were three lines ordering food, and the line was very long. After waiting for a while, Cheng Li just stepped up to the front.
Behind the cash register, a tall and beautiful girl asked with a smile, "What would you like?"
This attitude is nothing to say.
Cheng Ligang raised his head to look, and the red background and white characters plus pictures on the back showed all kinds of food and prices at a glance.
There are more than 20 kinds of burgers, chicken wings, chicken legs, French fries, chicken popcorn and ice cream, etc.
Song Na glanced at Cheng Lili and suggested, "You can choose this set meal for two, only 30 yuan for two, and a Burger King doll as a gift."
She pointed to the plush toy next to the cash register.
Cheng Lili fell in love with her at a glance, and said, "Dad!"
Cheng Ligang had finished reading the package introduction, and said, "Okay! Two packages!"
After ordering, I didn't wait for a long time before I got the set meal. The father and daughter each took a plate to find a seat.
There were too many people, and it was hard to find an empty table. In the end, we had to sit at the long table on the first floor.
Next to the dining table is a children's paradise enclosed by itself, where many children play on slides and swings.
Cheng Lili sat at the long table and ate with relish. Whether it was hamburgers and French fries, or chicken wings and Coke, the girl felt a sense of satisfaction.
On the contrary, as an adult, Cheng Lifeng couldn't eat after just a few bites.
It's not bad, he admits, but to say it's delicious, that's nonsense, it's not as good as the previous Feiyang hotpot.
Eating hot pot is the enjoyment. These foreign devils' stuff can only fool children.
Cheng Lifeng turned his head and looked around, and found that many people from the age of four or five to sixteen or seventeen enjoyed eating, just like daughters.
This shop is on fire!
Well-decorated, high-end, air-conditioned, and popular with children, there are no competitors in the entire county.
As for those ghosts and monsters that will affect business, the foreigners and the two big leaders who appeared at the ribbon cutting are enough to scare them away.
Suddenly, Cheng Ligang saw a familiar person and said hello: "Director Lu, you are here too!"
Lu Jiandao led a five or six-year-old boy over and said, "Old Cheng, long time no see."
Both of them came from Lujia Village, so they were old acquaintances.
"Dad!" The little boy looked at the playground eagerly: "I'm going to play."
Lu Jiandao let go of his hand: "Go ahead, go play first, and let's eat later."
Cheng Ligang said: "Director Lu, is this shop opened by your nephew?"
"My nephew?" Lu Jiandao was puzzled.
Cheng Ligang reminded: "Lu Dong! Just now at the opening ceremony, I saw him cut the ribbon with a foreigner and two big leaders..."
Hearing Cheng Ligang's description, Lu Jiandao was somewhat surprised. He entered the Cultural Palace to work, left Lu's Village after getting married, and basically never went back.
Lu Jiandao was so deep in thought that he didn't listen to many of Cheng Ligang's words.
More and more people entered the store one after another, and the line of people at the bar at the entrance did not decrease. When Cheng Ligang and Cheng Lili left, the entire store was almost full.
Because there are too many people, more people choose to take away after ordering.