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Chapter 28 Master Ma’s Memories

 What Director Yang did did also aroused the dissatisfaction of Deputy Director Li, but since ancient times, the official level has suppressed people to death.

"Everyone, our assessment is over. Let's go back to the workshop, clean up our workstations, and get off work."

Everyone waited for the senior leaders and factory leaders to leave, and then walked back to their own workshops, arm in arm.

When passing by Zhang Yu, everyone congratulated Zhang Yu, and Zhang Yu thanked everyone with a smile.

Master Ma is currently holding the banner and looking at it. This is a good thing.

After returning to the workshop, Zhang Yu helped Master Ma tidy up the workstation.

"Xiaoyu."

"Hey, master, what's going on?" Zhang Yu raised his head and asked.

"You take this banner home and find a conspicuous place to hang it up."

"When I go back today, I will tell Director Wang that your blind date will be decided at your home."

"In a moment, you go and ask for leave from the director. You will stay at home tomorrow and wait for Director Wang to bring the girl to your door."

"Hey, okay, master, I'll ask the director for leave right now."

Master Ma waved his hand and told Zhang Yu to go quickly.

Zhang Yu came to the office and saw no sign of the director, so he went to the next office to ask.

It turns out that the director was dragged by the factory director to accompany him for a drink. I guess he won’t be able to see the director today.

Zhang Yu told Master Ma the situation, and Master Ma waved his hand.

"It's okay, I'll help you get it tomorrow."

"Have you finished cleaning up the workstation?"

"It's finished."

"Then let's go."

Master Ma led Zhang Yu to a small restaurant. Master Ma skillfully ordered a few dishes.

I chatted enthusiastically with all the diners present. Looking at this posture, it seems that Master Ma is here for a long time.

"You brat, what are you thinking about?"

Master Ma looked at Zhang Yu's expression and asked in confusion.

"Master, do you often come here to eat?"

"Yes, come often."

"I have been eating here since I was your age. At that time, I was still an apprentice."

"The owner of this place has never kicked anyone out since he opened the door."

"It's just a beggar at the door, coming to ask for a drink. The host always treats me warmly, for fear that the customer won't be able to eat or drink well."

"Hey, at that time, there was a war, everyone was not rich, and they were greedy, so they went to this place to have a toothpaste, buy three ounces of wine, and let the host bring a small butterfly dish, and it was another delicious meal."

"In the past few decades, there have been countless people coming and going here to eat. Some come and some leave."

Master Ma thought of the friends he had met at that time. Although there were many people who had just met each other, there were always some who had cheerful personalities and could chat with each other in a few words.

Here, Master Ma has seen all kinds of life and various professions, including fortune tellers, cross talkers on the overpass, opera singers, coachmen, gangsters, literati, and businessmen driving cars.

There are also some soldiers coming off the battlefield.

All three religions and nine streams gather together here, no matter you are of high status or low status, the owner here will treat you warmly as always.

In Master Ma's mind, there was always a figure, a beggar begging on the street. Later, when the two of them shared a table for dinner, they chatted together.

The old man’s surname is Lei, which is a rare surname. Although the old man begs on the street, his eyes are clear, probably because he has seen many different aspects of life.

This old man is a long-time drinker of this restaurant. Every time he comes, he prepares his own peanuts and comes here to ask for a drink, no more, no less, just three or two.

Although Master Ma was an apprentice at that time, he still had some savings. When the two of them shared a table for the first time, Master Ma felt that the old man's food was too shabby.

I took it upon myself to add a meat dish to the old man. The old man didn’t even pick up a chopstick of the meat or dish until he finished drinking.

Later, the old man told Master Ma that if he was willing to give a few cents to Master Ma while walking on the street, the old man would be very grateful to Master Ma.

But when eating in a restaurant, everyone is a diner. The old man hopes that everyone will treat themselves as ordinary diners and not begging for alms on the street.

From then on, Master Ma and the old man became close friends. Master Ma would tell the old man whatever interesting things happened in the factory.

The old man will also tell Master Ma what he saw.

I don’t know how much time passed, but the old man was no longer on this dining table.

I heard from my boss that when I went shopping for groceries, I saw the old man at Zhushikou, but the old man didn’t make it through the night and had already left Hexi.

The old man was a lonely old man with no children, so his employer paid for his burial.

Master Ma has seen too many scenes like this in his half-life, which sometimes makes him emotional.

……

Zhang Yu sent Master Ma home and returned to the compound with the cloth ticket given by his wife.

Lying on his back and putting on his clothes, Zhang Yu thought about the story Master Ma told him tonight.

The next day.

Zhang Yu got up early and started cleaning up the house. He sprinkled water on the floor and swept every corner with a broom.

After going out, he took a look at the weather and saw that the sun was hanging on the blue cloth. Zhang Yu moved the stool outside the door, covered it with a quilt and put it on it to dry in the sun.

I started cleaning up the kitchen again and wiped away the oil stains on the walls of the stove.

Lou Xiao'e next door heard the clanging in Zhang Yu's room.

I quickly came over to take a look and found that Zhang Yu was cleaning.

"Xiaoyu, why didn't you go to work today?"

Zhang Yu turned around and saw that it was Lou Xiao'e.

"Here comes sister-in-law, yes, I have something to do today, so I asked for a day off."

"Are you okay?"

"Can't you come over and take a look if you have nothing to do?" Lou Xiao'e rolled her eyes at Zhang Yu.

"Yes, it's all from neighbors and folks, of course."

Why is this person so ignorant of style? How can he talk to girls like this?

"Is it just a relationship between neighbors and fellow villagers?" Lou Xiao'e asked again as she didn't believe in evil.

Oops, it’s so annoying. Isn’t it just this relationship? What else could it be?

You didn’t see me cleaning, could you please stop being in the way?

"Yeah, what else can it be related to?"

"I won't tell you anymore, I haven't finished cleaning the bathroom yet."

After saying that, I didn’t care about Lou Xiaoe, and immediately wiped with the rag and washed what needed to be washed.

Lou Xiao'e couldn't help asking for trouble and returned home without saying a word.

Finally, when I looked at the clean and tidy house, I felt so comfortable.

Zhang Yu changed his clothes and went to the vegetable market with his bag on his back. After looking around, there was nothing he wanted to buy. After all, it was winter and there were not many edible vegetables.

I bought a pound of pork, a chicken, a pound of potatoes, and some candy tickets and some pastries.

After all, this is the first blind date, and it is also the first time that two people have experienced a blind date. Although there is a bit of coercion in it, Zhang Yu also has a little expectation in his heart.

To describe the girls of this era in one sentence, they look like hibiscus, but they are naturally carved.

Looking forward to a blind date.


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