Chapter 280 Chatting on the Bus

By the time He Yuzhu and his son squeezed onto the bus, there was already no room left on the bus that could carry 70 people.

The father and son could only stand by the car door.

Not long after, I saw the conductor who had just sold tickets to the passengers at the back struggling to squeeze in from the back of the carriage.

"Comrade, you look a little unfamiliar. Is this your first time taking our No. 5 bus?

Do you have a monthly pass? "

"I don't have a monthly pass. Today is my first day at work at Zhengyangmen, and I haven't had time to get one yet."

"Okay, then buy individual tickets first.
Comrade, monthly tickets are much cheaper than individual tickets.

If you are going to take the bus for a long time in the future, I suggest you buy a monthly ticket.
If you want to apply for a monthly pass, you have to go to the Yili Food Factory near Guang'anmen and find the No. 3 Vehicle Maintenance Yard next to it to apply for it."

The ticket seller was not as bad-tempered and difficult to get along with as the neighbors said.

Instead, he gave enthusiastic instructions.

He Yuzhu and his son naturally expressed their gratitude while paying the money with a smile.

"Thank you, conductor. We know the Yili Food Factory. We will go to the No. 3 Vehicle Maintenance Yard to apply for a monthly pass after get off work this afternoon."

"Okay, here are your tickets, hold on to them and don't lose them, we'll need to check them later!"

"Thank you, comrade."

It just so happened that He Yuzhu and his son were standing at the door, and no one else wanted to buy tickets. The ticket seller started chatting with the two of them as he swayed along with the vehicle.

"Comrade, I heard from you that this is your first day working at Zhengyangmen.
What do you do? "

Before He Yuzhu and his son could say anything, the gossipy neighbors nearby started talking proudly.
"Comrade, please listen carefully.
The older guy standing in front of you is called He Daqing. Chef He is the most famous chef in Shichahai.
The young man next to him is his son, He Yuzhu.
Don't underestimate him because he is young. Zhuzi has captured quite a few spies in the past two years and made a lot of contributions. He is a famous person in Shichahai.

The father and son went to work at Fengze Garden today."

As a bus conductor,
Even if you don't pay special attention, you can hear a lot of information from passengers traveling north and south on weekdays.

Moreover, he had been working as a conductor on this bus since he was transferred from Jinling to Beiping.

After more than a year of understanding, I became particularly familiar with the people and things on this bus route, and naturally I had also heard about the story of He Yuzhu and his son.

When the neighbors mentioned this, the ticket seller immediately remembered.
"Oh~
So you two are Master He Daqing and Comrade He Yuzhu,
From last year to now, in the more than one year since I was transferred to Beijing, I have often heard passengers talking about you two, and my ears are almost callused.

But this is the first time I have seen your true colors.
It is true that hearing about someone is not as good as meeting him, and meeting him is worse than hearing about him. "

Seeing the ticket seller praising them, He Yuzhu and his son naturally greeted him in a friendly manner.
Thinking of what he just said, He Daqing asked curiously,

"Comrade, from what you said, you were transferred here from Nanjing only last year.
Are you still adapting to life in Beijing?"

When the conductor heard He Daqing asking him and his friends whether they had adapted to life in Peking, he immediately remembered the scene where he had just cursed on the train.
But he didn't feel embarrassed and said openly,

"Yes, Master He, we came here in March 1950.
At that time, our Daxia had just been established, and the transportation in the city of Peking had been almost completely destroyed by those dog spies of the Bureau of Secrets.

At that time, our Jinling Automobile Company was the largest in the whole of Daxia.
Therefore, the State Council transferred 88 Dodge buses and 248 workers with various expertise in management, technology, driving, maintenance, and dispatching from our side to come to Peiping to strengthen Peiping’s transportation.

Master He, please don't mind.

This is what our job is like. We have to deal with a lot of people every day, and we meet all kinds of people.

After a long time, your temper will naturally become bad.

As for life in Beijing, apart from the fact that I am not used to the food, everything else is pretty good.”

At this point, the ticket seller couldn't help but complain.

"Everyone says that your Peking duck and our Nanjing roast duck come from the same ancestor.
During the first two days after I was transferred to Beijing, my colleagues from the State Council invited us to eat at Quanjude. I originally thought it would be about the same.
The result is that it is completely different from the roast duck in Jinling.
But it's still okay.

The key is that most of your other dishes in Beijing are salty and fresh Shandong cuisine, which is very different from our Huaiyang cuisine. This is what I really can't get used to.
Most of the time we just have to cook our own meals at home.”

He Daqing had no control over the fact that the State Council had transferred these people from Nanjing.

But when he heard the ticket seller talking about the differences between Peking Roast Duck and Jinling Roast Duck, He Daqing became interested.

"Comrade, you don't know this.
Peking Roast Duck was brought here by the common people from Nanjing when Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty moved the capital to Peking. It has been nearly 600 years since then.

Besides, the two places are more than 1000 miles apart, and the people of Nanjing and Beijing love to eat duck.
Naturally, there will be a lot of changes in these 600 years.

But I think everyone loves to eat duck, whether it is the hanging oven roast duck of Quanjude in Beijing or the stewed oven roast duck of Bianyifang.
You will definitely get used to it after eating it a few times.

As for the difference between Shandong cuisine and Huaiyang cuisine, I really can't help you with that, as they are two different cuisines."

When the ticket seller heard He Daqing talking about the two schools of Peking roast duck, he also nodded.

"To be honest with you, Master He,

Many of our bus company comrades from Jinling are craving for duck, and they run around Beijing during holidays just to find delicious duck.

We have eaten the roast ducks from Quanjude and Bianyifang many times, and we have gradually gotten used to them.
After all, if you don’t eat this, you won’t have anything to eat.”

After talking about ducks, the ticket seller immediately started talking about Fengze Garden.

"By the way, Master He,

I just heard from the neighbors that you and Comrade Xiao He went to work at Fengze Garden today.
You may not know that when we were first transferred from Jinling, we wanted to try the taste of Fengzeyuan, which is famous in Beijing.
When we excitedly rushed to Fengze Garden, we heard that you have been closed for half a year.

It makes us feel quite regretful.

When will your Fengze Garden open for business? I will ask some comrades from the motorcade to go and show our support."

I heard the conductor say that he would take his colleagues from the team to take care of the business.

Regardless of whether it was necessary or not, out of politeness, He Daqing pretended to be surprised and thanked him.

(End of this chapter)