After arriving at the Wucheng base, the convoy lined up to enter the city and soon arrived at Chen Yuanyuan's RV.
"Welcome to Wucheng Base. Have you been here before?" the staff member asked.
"I've been here before. This is a new visitor." Liu Yifeng took out a blue semi-transparent visitor card from his backpack and handed it to the staff.
"Do you have a resident card from another base?" The staff member inserted Liu Yifeng's card into the card slot and then asked Chen Yuanyuan.
"Yes." Chen Yuanyuan took out the resident card of the Guangdong base.
"The entrance fee for new visitors is fifty taels, and for old visitors it is ten taels. Can you exchange it now or deduct it from your card first?" the staff member asked.
"Exchange it. Can I use the points from the Guangdong base?" Chen Yuanyuan asked.
"Yes, but you have to wait for more than fifteen minutes, so you have to wait aside." The staff member looked at the long queue of cars behind, and it was not easy for Chen Yuanyuan to get stuck here.
"Then I'd better exchange it with supplies. Just wait a moment." Chen Yuanyuan walked to the back of the carriage and took out a bag of 20 kilograms of rice, ten bags of vegetable seeds and three boxes of cephalosporins.
I don’t know what the prices are like here. Chen Yuanyuan is only staying for one day and one night. Xiao Qian should be able to change here.
"After redeeming it, put it on a new card. I'll deduct his card as well." Chen Yuanyuan said.
Liu Yifeng also carried the supplies to the car for Chen Yuanyuan and waited for the staff to count them.
"Your supplies are well preserved. I can exchange them for you for two thousand two hundred taels. If there is no problem, I will deposit them into your card for you." The staff said.
"More than two thousand should be enough, right?" Chen Yuanyuan asked Liu Yifeng.
"That must be enough. The per capita monthly income here is only 2,500, and prices are still quite low." Liu Yifeng said.
The per capita monthly income at the Guangdong base is 4,000, but the consumption level is also quite high. The per capita income here is lower, and prices are expected to be lower.
"Then just put it on the card." Chen Yuanyuan said to the staff.
The queue of cars continued to grow, and the staff quickly processed Chen Yuanyuan's visitor card.
After the two got back their visitor cards, they followed other trucks to the unloading area.
After the large truck parked, many of the guys who were accompanying the truck got out of the truck to unload the goods. A man walked up to the van and knocked on the window.
"Fengzi, you will go to the capital with Weige's motorcade tomorrow. We will meet here at nine o'clock. Remember to arrive early," the man said.
"Okay, please, Brother Ming." Liu Yifeng said.
"Ms. Chen, if you need anything, please call this number. The boss specifically told me." Brother Ming took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Chen Yuanyuan.
"Boss? Oh, okay." Chen Yuanyuan couldn't turn around for a moment, but then she thought it should be one of Pan Zhaofa and Pan Zhaoli.
"Then I'll go and take care of Fengzi first and take good care of Miss Chen." Brother Ming didn't forget to warn him before leaving.
"Okay, okay!" Liu Yifeng agreed immediately.
Liu Yifeng closed the window and asked Chen Yuanyuan where he wanted to go.
Chen Yuanyuan checked the time. It was already one o'clock in the afternoon, so she asked Liu Yifeng to find a place to stay first, and then find a restaurant nearby to eat.
"I've never stayed in the city before, and I don't know which hotel is better." Liu Yifeng said awkwardly.
"Do you know which hotel is the most famous?" Chen Yuanyuan asked.
"That must be the Li'an Hotel. It's located just over the pedestrian street." Although Liu Yifeng has never stayed there, he has visited the city several times to unload goods, so he knows a bit about the city.
The planning of Wucheng Base is divided into inner city and outer city. The outer city is mainly composed of business areas and ordinary residential areas, while the inner city is mainly composed of official agencies and high-end residences.
The two of them could only enter the outer city as tourists, so Liu Yifeng immediately thought of the best Li'an Hotel in the outer city.
"Okay, let's go." Chen Yuanyuan said.
After the two arrived at the hotel, they parked the car in the underground parking lot. When Chen Yuanyuan saw Liu Yifeng trying to get the pipe to pump gas again, she called him to stop.
"There are less than twenty liters left. We will go out to eat after settling in. Don't smoke yet." Chen Yuanyuan said.
When she arrived at the front desk, Chen Yuanyuan checked the room price. The standard room for one night was only 200 taels, so she directly booked two business rooms for 300 taels.
"Ms. Chen, I just need to lie down in the car overnight. I have to keep an eye on the things in the car." Although Liu Yifeng had never been in the car, he saw that Chen Yuanyuan kept taking things out in the car, so there was probably a lot of supplies in it.
"It's okay. I didn't bring any valuables. I have to have a good rest when I go to work. You have to drive tomorrow morning." Chen Yuanyuan said.
After checking in, the two went upstairs. Their rooms were on the same floor, so they agreed to wait directly in the corridor after putting their things away.
After entering the guest room, Chen Yuanyuan put down her luggage bag and took a brief look at the room.
The hotel here is quite clean. Chen Yuanyuan looked at the sheets and quilt, and there wasn't even a hair on them.
After all, the Wucheng base has abundant underground water resources, so the bedding is washed well. In many small bases or outside inns, even if they are cleaner, the bedding is only changed once a week.
"Ms. Chen, here is Wucheng's mini program. What do you want to eat?" Liu Yifeng opened the phone with a cracked screen and showed it to Chen Yuanyuan.
"Is there also an Internet connection here?" Chen Yuanyuan looked at it and asked.
"There is free wifi in hotels and public facilities, but it is also intranet." Liu Yifeng said.
"Look for a nearby specialty restaurant, not too far away." Chen Yuanyuan was starting to get hungry.
Liu Yifeng searched for it and found that there happened to be an old-style braised vegetable restaurant nearby. It had a very high rating. Chen Yuanyuan thought about it and it was not bad. Braised vegetables are relatively simple and quick, so it is better to eat stir-fried vegetables at night.
After the two of them arrived at the noodle shop, Chen Yuanyuan waved her hand and in addition to one portion of fried steamed buns each, she also ordered some of each stewed dish on the menu.
"This is too much, why don't we back off a little bit?" Liu Yifeng said to Chen Yuanyuan as soon as the lady who placed the order left.
"It's rare to sit down and have a good meal, and I want to try it. Just eat more." Chen Yuanyuan is a typical person with broad eyes and narrow belly.
Soon the braised vegetables were served, including braised pig trotters, pig ears, and pig tails, as well as beef tripe, beef tendon, and yuba.
Chen Yuanyuan first took a bite of a braised duck neck. The chili peppers were mixed with the faint braised aroma of the braised dish itself. It was sweet in the mouth, sweet in the aftertaste, but spicy in the aftertaste. It was completely different from the braised flavor in Guangdong City.
This whole pot of stewed vegetables contains everything. The beef tripe is chewy, the pig's trotters are soft and glutinous, and the fat intestines are elastic. Even if they are in the same pot of brine, they should be rotten and crispy. The taste of each ingredient is just right.
While the two of them were eating braised vegetables, the aunt also brought freshly fried steamed buns. The golden-brown steamed buns were dipped in a little marinated sauce, and the taste was wonderful.
One mouthful of steamed buns and one mouthful of braised vegetables. The two of them had their stomachs full before the basin even reached the bottom.
(End of chapter)
