How to Thrive in the ’60s - CH 62

Chapter 62 – If she didn’t eat that money back, she would always feel a loss (2)

There were many restaurants in the provincial capital, and the one Wu Guozhi wanted to go to was near the textile factory.

Although the wages of workers weren’t high, many people were willing to pay to eat here, especially since the supply of food had become tight this year. Even if one had money to buy food, the stores might be out of stock. Thus, many people were willing to pay a high price to eat at restaurants. At the very least, there were workers who could afford to eat their fill at restaurants a few times a month.

When they arrived at the state-run restaurant, it was already full of people.

Su Yu tugged on Wu Guozhi’s clothes. “Comrade Wu Guozhi, come on. They’ll run out of supplies soon.”

When they got to the ordering window, Su Yu called out, “Comrade, do you have noodles left?”

The waitress at the ordering window replied, “This week is over. How can there be noodles left? There’s rice. Do you want it?

“Yes!” Su Yu happily nodded. “Is there any meat left? I’ll take any dish that has meat.”

Wu Guozhi quirked his lips. Su Yu didn’t have many good points, but she was very considerate of others.

“There’s shredded pork soup. Want it?” The chubby waitress proudly said.

“Yes, yes, yes!” Su Yu was excited. “Three bowls of rice and a bowl of shredded pork soup for each person.”

The waitress said, “Six catties of food tickets, three catties of meat tickets, rice is six cents per bowl, shredded pork soup is 30 cents a bowl, a total of one yuan and eight cents.”

Su Yu turned around and tugged Wu Guozhi’s sleeve. “Guozhi, come on, take out the money and tickets.”

“Huh?” Wu Guozhi was taken aback.

Su Xiaozhi’s mouth was slightly open too.

Su Yu asked with a frown, “Didn’t you say you specially came to invite me and Xiaozhi for dinner? You’re not regretting, are you? I already ordered. Don’t go back on your words. Wu Guozhi, you’re a worker at the provincial capital machinery factory. If others know, they’ll laugh at you.” She deliberately emphasized his workplace so that other people could hear it.

The waitress at the ordering window glanced at Wu Guozhi, “Hurry up, there’s people waiting behind you. If you can’t bear to pay the cost, don’t brag. What’s the point of coming here and then being unwilling to pay?”

Su Yu also urged him, “Guozhi, come on.”

Wu Guozhi: “…”

One of the people behind them also urged, “Are you ready or not? You’re a grown man. Stop wasting time. Can you afford this meal or not?”

“Of course, Comrade Wu Guozhi works at the provincial capital machinery factory. He’s a person with a job. He gets paid a lot!” Su Yu looked at Wu Guozhi. “Isn’t that right, Guozhi?”

Wu Guozhi had the urge to shake his head. He had a job, but most of his wages were given to his mom every month to support the family.

However, seeing that everyone was staring at him, he flushed. Not thinking it through, he boldly took out money and tickets from his pocket and placed them on the counter.

“So slow,” the waitress murmured in dissatisfaction before handing a small number plate to them. The number plate was for getting the food when it was ready.

Wu Guozhi finally recovered from his surprise when they got to their table. He actually paid for the meal?

“Su Yu, what happened? Why did you ask me to pay?” Wu Guozhi asked with a dark expression. His pocket money was only three yuan a month, and he was usually reluctant to spend it. And now, one yuan was gone. Not only that, his food tickets and meat tickets were gone. He had lived very frugally in order to save that money and tickets.

Su Yu innocently said, “What’s wrong? I thought it doesn’t matter who pays. I never said anything when I paid for both of us. Guozhi, are you drawing such a clear line between us that we have to pay separately? I never kept such a clear distinction.”

“… No. I was just asking. You used to never let me pay.” Wu Guozhi held back his anger. If he said yes, then this silly woman would never pay for his food again.

“I’m doing this to fight for how others see you. People say that others will think highly of men that pay. I feel that I wasn’t thoughtful enough before. That’s my bad. Look, isn’t everyone thinking highly of you just now?”

Wu Guozhi: “…”

No one thought highly of him over what just happened. This woman was an idiot!