Another hour passed, and it was almost time to make lunch. Aunt Li suddenly stood up and asked Xu Dong:
"Xiao Xu, can you come out this afternoon?"
"It should come out again!"
Aunt Li nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, let's come back at three in the afternoon. Don't tear down your awning. I'll bring more people over in the afternoon."
"It won't be dismantled." Xu Dong smiled bitterly.
Why do I feel like I shot myself in the foot? Fortunately, the people in Xie Qun are relatively peaceful and don't have any violent tendencies. At least they don't have to worry about conflicts.
The uncles and aunties left in droves.
Xu Dong said hello to Lao Jin and went back to eat first. After the meal, he would come over to replace the other person. Anyway, the awning cannot be short of people.
As soon as he returned to the company, Section Chief Li called Xu Dong into the office.
"How's the situation?"
Xu Dong was not polite at all. He found a place to sit down and then said:
"It's not a big problem. It's just a bunch of old men and women. It won't cause any trouble."
Section Chief Li smiled and said: "I didn't expect that our views actually coincided."
"This is called heroes seeing the same thing." Xu Dong flattered him slightly.
…
Things turned out as Xu Dong expected. Within two days, the ration card crisis passed quickly, and peace returned to Yanjing again.
On October 15th, Xu Dong finally received the good news from Zhao Jian. He was promoted as he wished, and he also invited Xu Dong to his home.
Of course Xu Dong would not refuse, so he took a bottle of Maotai wine from home and set off.
At seven o'clock in the evening, Xu Dong arrived at the community where Zhao Jian's home is located, which is located on the edge of the South Fifth Ring Road, as scheduled. Zhao Jian personally welcomed Xu Dong into the house.
The area of Zhao Jian's house is quite large, more than 120 square meters, and he is also a wealthy man.
"This is my wife. You can call her sister-in-law. I'm older than you anyway."
Zhao Jian's wife looks very virtuous, good-looking, and very temperamental.
"Hello, sister-in-law." Xu Dong greeted.
"You two take your time and chat. Food is being cooked in the kitchen, so I won't accompany you."
Xu Dong quickly said politely: "No, no, sister-in-law, go ahead and do your thing!"
Zhao Jian poured a glass of boiling water for Xu Dong, brought it over and said apologetically: "The tea at home has been drunk long ago, don't mind!"
"What's there to mind, Lao Zhao, where is your son?" Xu Dong took the water glass and asked smoothly.
He knew that Zhao Jian had a son who was under five years old, and he had seen photos. The little boy looked very much like Zhao Jian, a handsome little boy.
"At his grandparents' house, both of us have jobs, so we don't have time to take care of him."
"Yes!" Xu Dong sipped his saliva: "Old Zhao, I forgot to ask you last time, what position did you get promoted to this time?"
"Didn't I say it?" Zhao Jian patted his head.
"Definitely not, otherwise I wouldn't have any impression at all."
Zhao Jian smiled sheepishly: "It's not a popular position, just a small section chief below."
"Just pay it back?" Xu Dong said bitterly.
At the same time, my heart is full of envy. In this current environment, Xia Liang Group is an out-and-out good unit, and the weight of this section chief is not light.
Zhao Jian explained: "I am also very lucky. The group has recently expanded greatly, leaving a lot of good seats."
"Old Zhao, congratulations to you, you are so rich and honorable that you never forget each other!" Xu Dong joked.
"Don't worry, who of the two of us is following who? If you have any problems in the future, just come to me and I will help you if I can." Zhao Jian said generously.
He mainly took a fancy to Xu Dong's status as a wealthy man. Through the cigarette incident, he knew that the other person had great energy and was completely worthy of a close friendship.
"Thank you in advance." Xu Dong quickly settled the matter.
The two chatted for more than ten minutes, and dinner was ready.
Zhao Jian's wife cooked six dishes in total. Although there was only one meat dish, it was still quite rich.
"Old Zhao, I brought wine, drink mine!" Xu Dong said.
"Okay, drink yours."
When Zhao Jian saw that it was Maotai wine, he stopped insisting. The Maotai wine was much better than the wine he had prepared.
When the dishes were all served, Xu Dong saw that Zhao Jian's wife was about to go out, and quickly stood up and asked:
"Sister-in-law, where are you going? Are you staying for dinner together?"
"She went to my dad's place to see the kids, and we eat ours." Zhao Jian explained as he pushed Xu Dong on the chair.
"Yes, the child is with his grandfather. I don't feel safe if I don't go and see him."
After Zhao Jian's wife finished speaking, she left, leaving only Xu Dong and Xu Dong in the room.
"Old Zhao, look what happened..." Xu Dong said embarrassedly.
"It's okay, I just have something to tell you." Zhao Jian filled the wine glass in front of Xu Dong.
"What's going on? It's so mysterious?"
Zhao Jian did not answer, but raised his glass and said, "No hurry, come on, let's drink one first."
"bump……"
After a few glasses of wine and a few bites of food, Xu Dong brought up the old story again: "Can we talk about it now?"
"Old Xu, is your family short of food?" Zhao Jian asked directly.
"How many can you get?"
The other party worked in Xia Liang Group. Xu Dong believed that with the position in front of him, it should not be difficult to get some grain.
Zhao Jian stretched out a finger.
Xu Dong asked tentatively: "One hundred or one thousand?"
"It's one thousand catties. If it's only one hundred, I'll give it to you directly." Zhao Jian picked up a piece of potato and put it in his mouth.
"So many?" Xu Dong was a little surprised.
"Don't be surprised. This is a small benefit within our company. It is a normal loss and you don't have to worry about illegal issues." Zhao Jian explained.
"Does sister-in-law know?"
"Aren't you talking nonsense? Otherwise, why would I send her away? My father-in-law has come to me several times." Zhao Jian sighed.
"Then you still..."
Zhao Jian shook his head: "You don't understand. Although these grains are not illegal, they cannot be seen in the light. My father-in-law's side is full of talkative people, and I am afraid that they will be greedy and will cause constant trouble in the future."
"this……"
Xu Dong was a little hesitant. His family was not short of food, but it was difficult to express it. After all, whose family was not short of food right now?
"If you want, just say a word!"
Xu Dong gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I want it. How do I calculate the price?"
Zhao Jian waved his hand, "It hurts our feelings to talk about money. Can you help me get some more cigarettes and alcohol? Yogurt would be even better. I'll use this batch of food to pay the bill."
Xu Dong nodded clearly. It turns out that the root cause is here. I mean, how could a pie fall from the sky?
However, he did not suffer a loss in this transaction. The price of tobacco and alcohol has almost reached its peak, but the price of food is still far away!
"No problem, I'll do as you say. It's just that these things can't be put together at the moment, so it may take a while." Xu Dong pretended to apologize.
Zhao Jian was very happy: "You don't have to worry about this, I'll just take my time here."
"Then we've settled."
"OK, you can come over tomorrow and bring the food back."