Only then did the middle-aged man known as Section Chief Xiao notice Ning Mo and the others. He stood up, walked to Ning Mo's table, smiled at Miao Lei and Yu Haitao, and said hello. He looked at each other.
When he passed Qin Hai's face, Section Chief Xiao paused for a moment, perhaps recalling whether he had met Qin Hai. After confirming that he did not know this person, he turned his gaze back to Ning Mo.
"Fat man, what is your father doing at home?"
Ning Mo pouted: "What else can he do? Garden flowers and play chess. By the way, if I'm at home, he'll train me."
"This old guy!" Section Chief Xiao scolded Ning Mo's father in a friendly tone, and then said: "Why, fat man, are you stealing materials from the factory and selling them for money?"
"Chief Xiao, how can you say such things about us?" Ning Mo said aggrievedly.
"If you didn't steal the materials, how could you have the money to go out and eat and drink?" Section Chief Xiao said.
Ning Mo said: "We are self-reliant. Haitao, Leizi, I, we picked up the unwanted scrap steel in the workshop, made some hoes and shovels, and sold them to my old cousin. Then we made some money and treated our buddy to dinner.
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At this point, he pointed at Qin Hai: "His name is Qin Hai. He graduated from the Agricultural Machinery Technical School and has already reported to our factory."
Qin Hai quickly stood up and said to Section Chief Xiao: "Chief Xiao? Sorry, I didn't recognize you just now. I just reported to the factory today. There was no food in the cafeteria, so Ning Mo and the others invited me out to eat.
Already."
Section Chief Xiao nodded to Qin Hai and reached out his hand. Qin Hai quickly reached out to hold it. After the two shook hands, Section Chief Xiao said: "My name is Xiao Dongping, and I am the deputy section chief of the supply and marketing department in the factory. I am a few friends with them."
Their fathers are very familiar with each other."
"Oh, Chief Xiao, please take care of me in the future." Qin Hai said politely.
"Chief Xiao, come to our table and eat together." Ning Mo extended the invitation again.
Xiao Dongping waved his hand and said: "You young people are eating, why should I join in the fun with you? I just came back from Hongze, so I can have some food here and rest."
Hongze is the capital of Anhe Province, about 60 kilometers away from Binh Yuan. Xiao Dongping is the deputy chief of the supply and marketing department, and it is common to go to Hongze on business trips. Judging from the time, he should have just arrived from Hongze.
I took a long-distance bus and came to Weimin Restaurant to have a meal and rest.
"Chief Xiao, just sit down." Ning Mo and Xiao Dongping seemed to have a good relationship, so she took Xiao Dongping's hand and asked him to sit down.
Xiao Dongping struggled a lot but failed to break away from Ning Mo's paw, so he had to give in and said: "Okay, okay, I'll go get the things."
"Let me get it for you." Ning Mo stood up, carried Xiao Dongping's snakeskin bag, and threw it at Xiao Dongping's feet, "What is this, so heavy?"
"Rotary tillage blade." Xiao Dongping said in an annoyed tone.
"Do you want some stir-fried dried beans and peanuts?" the waiter named Xiaofang asked following Xiao Dongping.
"No, tell your father to add half a catty of loose wine to our table." Ning Mo ordered. From what he meant, that Xiaofang should be Boss Kong's daughter.
"Hey... How can I ask you to pay for me to eat with you? I'll take care of this meal." Xiao Dongping gave in without sincerity.
Ning Mo chuckled and said: "Chief Xiao, don't hold on to it. Although we are poor, the pocket money we earn is ours. Your monthly salary is strictly controlled by Mrs. Xiao.
How do you have the money to treat us to a meal? Every time you go out to drink, you just take a piece of dried xiangzi with the wine, and you don't even want to fry meat and vegetables, thinking we don't know? If you give us money to treat us to a meal, you have to kneel down and rub your clothes when you get home.
It’s gone.”
Xiao Dongping's old face was a little red, obviously Ningmo had told him right. He loved drinking, but as Ningmo said, his wife had to take care of his salary and he had no living money.
He went to the provincial capital to do errands and saved a few cents on the fare, so he had the opportunity to go to a restaurant to buy some loose wine and get over his alcohol addiction. Every time he drank secretly, he was taking risks. After returning home, he had to drink
I want to be scolded by my wife.
"Fat man, Xiao Qin just came to work in our factory, why are you talking about this in front of him?" Xiao Dongping complained to Ning Mo in a low voice, and then smiled and explained to Qin Hai: "Xiao Qin, don't listen to Xiao Mo's nonsense.
, my wife just cares about my body, she doesn’t let me drink too much..."
"Yeah, I understand." Qin Hai smiled secretly in his heart, "Mrs. Xiao is really virtuous. At Section Chief Xiao's age, she needs to pay attention to her health. However, Section Chief Xiao is working hard on a business trip, so it is necessary to drink a little wine to relax her muscles.
Yes, you can have a good sleep when you go back this way."
"That's right, that's right." Xiao Dongping nodded quickly, wanting to resolve this embarrassment as soon as possible.
At this time, Boss Kong had already fried the dishes one after another. There were six dishes including fried pork with chili pepper, stir-fried pork liver, braised fish segments, stir-fried dried fragrant vegetables, stir-fried water spinach, and stir-fried tofu. The table was full.
"Why are there so many dishes?" Xiao Dongping's eyes widened.
"What does it look like when there is less food for Qin Hai?" Ning Mo said in an arrogant tone. Being able to spend ten yuan to treat him gave him a sense of accomplishment. He has always valued face more than money.
people.
Xiao Dongping cast his eyes on Qin Hai, secretly guessing Qin Hai's identity. In his opinion, it should be very unusual for someone to enjoy such high reception.
Qin Hai saw Xiao Dongping's doubts, he smiled faintly and said: "Ning Mo is too polite. In fact, I just helped them a little, but they have to be so polite. However, if I can be honored by Section Chief Xiao, I
My heart feels at ease.”
Xiao Dongping laughed and said: "Xiao Qin is really good at talking. So, I have benefited from you today."
When talking about this, Boss Kong came over with a plastic jug. As soon as the lid of the pot was opened, a strong aroma of wine came out, which was intoxicating. Qin Hai knew that the wine jug was filled with local folk
The bulk shochu produced has 40 to 50 degrees and is brewed from pure grains. Its taste and staying power are no less than those famous liquors in later generations that can be advertised on CCTV prime time.
Smelling the smell of wine, Xiao Dongping's interest completely shifted away from Qin Hai. He almost snatched the wine bottle from Boss Kong's hand, and then began to pour wine for everyone.
"I'll lend you this first glass of wine from Xiao Mo to welcome Xiao Qin to our Qingfeng Factory."
After pouring the wine, Xiao Dongping didn't wait for Ning Mo, the master, to speak. He picked up the wine glass and said a toast.
"Thank you, Section Chief Xiao, thank you Ning Mo, thank you Haitao, Lei Zi." Qin Hai also raised his wine glass and greeted everyone.
Xiao Dongping raised his neck and drained the glass of wine, squinting his eyes as if he was enjoying the taste of the wine. Then he stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a piece of pig's feet, put it into his mouth, chewed it vigorously, with a happy look on his face.
Alas, you are an uncle after all. Don't look so ugly, okay?
Qin Hai sighed in his heart, but he soon extended his contempt for Xiao Dongping to the entire table, because he found that Ning Mo and other three young people were also fighting for the delicious food on the table like a whirlwind.
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"Qin Hai, why don't you eat?" Ning Mo said to Qin Hai in a vague voice with his mouth full.
"I'm eating." Qin Hai smiled and wolfed down the food together with everyone else. After working all afternoon, he was indeed hungry. Although the dishes on this table didn't have any delicacies, they were all green and natural ingredients.
, Qin Hai's mouth was full of oil after eating, and his mood became brighter and brighter.
Everyone ate wildly for a while, finishing more than half of the dishes, and then slowed down. Xiao Dongping raised his glass frequently and toasted to a group of young people. Every time he drank up the wine in his glass before others picked up the glass. Ning
The total amount of wine that Mo and others drank was not as much as that of Xiao Dongping alone.
"Xiao Qin, I welcome you to Qingfeng Factory. But to be honest, you really went to the wrong door."
Xiao Dongping drank so much that his tongue became thicker, and he began to talk nonsense. He patted the shoulder of Qin Hai, who was sitting next to him, and spoke to him in a heart-to-heart tone.
Qin Hai didn't drink much and his mind was still clear. He smiled and asked, "What does Section Chief Xiao mean? I don't quite understand."
Xiao Dongping said: "I know you don't understand. If you understood, you wouldn't come to Qingfeng Factory. Let me tell you, Qingfeng Factory was the entire Pingyuan County... no, the entire Qingfeng Factory a few years ago.
The best unit in Beixi area. Good benefits, good conditions, and good status!"
When he said this, his eyes shone with light, as if he had returned to that glorious era.
"Yeah, I believe it." Qin Hai nodded. An agricultural machinery factory in the county can have nearly 200 people and cover an area of one to two thousand acres. It can indeed be regarded as a top-notch enterprise. Just from each single dormitory.
Equipped with a writing desk, you can imagine how wealthy this factory was back then.
"At that time, his old man was the director of the factory." Xiao Dongping pointed at Ning Mo and said, "Old man Ning has a bad temper and loves to scold others. He trains me like he trains his grandson..."
"Chief Xiao... the generation is wrong." Qin Hai reminded him kindly. Old Ning's son was sitting next to him. Xiao Dongping claimed that he was trained like a grandson by Old Ning. This generation was a bit embarrassing.
"Qin Hai, what Section Chief Xiao said is true. My old man trains me just like he trains his grandson." Ning Mo explained gloomily, completing the seniority process again.
"Uh... okay." Qin Hai smiled helplessly, "Chief Xiao, you continue..."
"Where did I talk?" When Qin Hai interrupted, Xiao Dongping drank two more glasses of wine, but for a moment he forgot what he had just said.