"Brother Zhang, why are you here so early? It's still more than half an hour before eight o'clock."
It was only half past seven when Wu Li drove to where Secretary Zhang had bowed his head.
We have agreed on a dinner at eight o'clock, so it would be better for me, little Luoluo, to arrive earlier.
"I just arrived. Let me take you in first. My family and children are already inside. Xiaoli, please go in first and have a sip of tea."
"Don't worry, our boss and leader haven't come yet, let's wait together."
"That's fine. Why didn't you bring a female companion today? You have a lot of beautiful friends in the city. Why didn't you bring one to support the occasion?"
"Hey, Brother Zhang, now that we have a family, it's hard to follow the rules."
"You kid, you are getting better and better at being a civil servant. You have a bright future. From now on, Brother Zhang will have to rely on Xiaoli and your breath."
"Brother Zhang said what he said, our leader will go up soon. Brother Zhang will also follow suit. If we are still working as errands with the leader in the future, we younger brothers will not be able to see Brother Zhang.
Keep your head down."
"I don't like to hear this. It sounds like we are acting like a fox and a tiger."
"Hey, in Brother Zhang's position, even if you don't want to show off your power, others will see it this way. Let's get one while we're outside now. We'll go in later. There are children and women who want the influence of smoking.
It’s not going to be good.”
"I just praised you for being a civil servant, but you were immediately impressed. The boss hasn't come yet. If you see the two of us puffing away at each other here, it won't be a good impression."
"Big shots always arrive on time. It's still half an hour before eight o'clock. Don't worry and have one."
Wu Li and Secretary Zhang were waiting for Mayor Zhou at the door of Lao Laizi's private restaurant. Wu Li wanted to take Secretary Zhang into a ditch.
"Xiao Li, are you saying bad things about me behind my back again? What do you mean, big shots always arrive on time? Besides me, who else is later than us?"
Before Wu Li lit up his cigarette, Mayor Zhou and his wife had already arrived.
Wu Li forgot that Mayor Zhou always liked to arrive early, and he didn't seem to think that he would arrive on time at the end like the big guys.
"How dare you speak ill of the leader? Hello, Master. Master, you are so beautiful today."
Wu Li felt like he threw the cigarette into the flowers aside and slapped Mayor Zhou's wife first.
"Xiao Li, you are really too good, how can you just litter."
Mayor Zhou's wife accepted the flattery with a smile. Although she said that Wu Li did something wrong, it was also a way to bring everyone closer and harmonize the atmosphere.
"Hey, I suddenly forgot that this is a metropolis, not our Wujia Village. Brother Zhang, everyone is here."
"We're all here, we're all here. Let's go in now. Boss, boss lady, the private room is upstairs."
Secretary Zhang took Wu Li and Mayor Zhou up to the second floor, pushed the door and entered a box.
There was a young woman who was relatively young and well-maintained, and a little girl.
These must be Secretary Zhang's wife and children.
Everyone was very busy for a while, mainly to introduce Wu Li to his wife and children. Wu Li had already prepared and gave the girl named Zhang Nan a string of jade bracelets as a meeting gift.
"This is a waste of money for my little brother. Isn't it just a home-cooked meal? What kind of meeting gift should I give to the child?"
"Sister-in-law, please don't think this gift is too light. This bracelet is not something expensive. It's just pretty and not worth much."
The cost price of 1,800 yuan is indeed not very valuable.
But who knows the market price? Anyway, it’s made of the jade I got back, so I’ll give it away as a gift. We’re not the ones who worry about money.
"Boss, boss lady, Xiao Li, please order first."
"How many signature dishes did you order? Just don't order the same ones."
Mayor Zhou didn't refuse. It's rare for everyone to get together in private, so don't put on any airs and be more easy-going.
"I ordered a roasted chicken, a braised fish, a grilled cod, and a salt and pepper lamb chop, that's all. Everyone ordered a few more dishes with different tastes. The portions of the private dishes are really small."
When Secretary Zhang said that the private dishes were all genuine, the beautiful waiter who was waiting for everyone's orders was amused.
Private cuisine, if the portions are as generous as Sichuan cuisine, you can still taste a few dishes.
The portion is small, so if you order more, you can taste more delicious food.
If you say you want to order more dishes, aren’t they all money?
Are there any people who come to eat private kitchens who know how to save money?
"Give me a beer duck, duck from Wujia Village. Then give me braised chestnut ribs and spicy hairy crabs. That's all I'll order. I'll leave the vegetable soup to the lady."
"Sir, the hairy crabs must also be from Wujiacun, right?"
The waiter knows that wealthy people like to eat food produced in Wujiacun.
Although the price is a bit more expensive, the taste is really such that as long as you have eaten vegetables, eggs, poultry, etc. from Wujiacun, you will really have no appetite at all if you eat anything else.
"This is not nonsense! As long as the food you order is produced in Wujiacun, it will be served in Wujiacun. But let me tell you, don't fool us with fake dishes. We have a native Wu here.
Where are the people in my village?"
"Don't worry, sir, our store also has a rule of paying ten for every fake dish. As long as the recipe is marked with Wujiacun's recipe, it will definitely be made with Wujiacun's dishes."
The waiters are all well-spoken and won't say anything bad about their place.
"Let's have honeydew melon and white fungus soup, crispy salted cashews, stir-fried celery with black sesame seeds, and some fried sweet potatoes. Girl, what kind of vegetables are you going to order? What does Xiao Nan like to eat? Do you order them all once you go out?"
Everyone knew it well. We were all not short of money, so we came out. Of course we wanted to eat and enjoy ourselves.
"I want to eat the spicy crayfish from Wujiacun, I want to eat the fried eel from Wujiacun, and I want to eat the cucumber from Wujiacun."
Zhang Nan is not a big man, but his mouth is big enough.
"Please order them all. Let's have some stewed herring and some water spinach. I'll just order these two. Xiaoli, it's your turn."
Sister-in-law Zhang gave the menu to Wu Li. In fact, she had already ordered a lot of dogs. However, as I said, the portions of the private dishes were really small.
"There's already so much, what else do you want to order? Waiter, hurry up and go. Eat first. If you don't have enough, just order later. We brought the drinks ourselves, so don't bother."
Wu Li just brought a bag. Fortunately, this family didn't say that you can't bring your own drinks.
"The two ladies can have a few glasses of the local wine I have at home."
"Uncle, I want some wine too!"
"Kids, be good, uncle has prepared a large bottle of freshly squeezed juice for you."
Wu Li had already prepared for it. He would drink red wine with red wine, and drink fruit juice if he didn't want to drink it.
"Uncle is awesome, he even guessed that Nan Nan likes to drink juice."
Wow, there are still children who don’t like juice!
PS: Chapter one is here, please give me flowers!
There will be another chapter soon! (To be continued)