58 A Father’s Responsibility

Every year, the sports team could receive a large amount of dining subsidy. Therefore, their canteen always offered tasty food for a low price. If one pleased the chef, he could even receive one more dish for free.

The canteen used to offer free food, where individuals could choose a limited amount of meat, unlimited vegetables, and rice. Later on, in order to avoid food waste, the canteen began to charge for food, but the price was very low—only one-fifth of the usual price of outside restaurants. Moreover, athletes and coaches had a dining allowance every month, which was directly sent to their dining cards, most of them didn’t need to pay extra dining fee. Therefore, even family men would prefer to have dinner here in the canteen.

Jiang and Li sat at the same table, face to face. The other coaches were all surprised to see this.

"Am I seeing things? Is Li, the newcomer, sitting with Aiguo Jiang?"