Chapter 165: Alone in a foreign land as a stranger
"Okay, but let me invite you. I've been here in Xiangjiang for half a year and I haven't taken much care of you. I feel really guilty. Someone just invited me to be a guest today. Knowing that I'm from the north and I have dumplings, you can go with me."
chant."
Lin Xiaoguang invited with a smile.
He was talking about Zhong Wenzhang. Here in Dongguang, people don’t eat dumplings on the winter solstice. Instead, they eat glutinous rice balls and duck soup. When he left Qinhuai Company this afternoon, Brother Wen invited him to his home and said that he had prepared his favorite dumplings.
No, when I met Nie Dongfang now, he happened to borrow flowers to offer to Buddha.
They are both from the north and came to Xiangjiang alone. One is in Huarun and the other is in CITIC. Lin Xiaoguang is okay, but Nie Dongfang is far behind. A girl is not ordinary lonely. She can only find
He is an acquaintance.
Nie Dongfang frowned slightly and said hesitantly: "Someone invites you over, and then you bring me with you. Isn't that bad?"
"It's okay, it's okay. He's also from the mainland. He's a very close brother of mine. He's much older than me, and he's very hospitable. Don't worry, it's okay. Let's go. Don't just stand there."
"Okay, then I'm sorry to bother you..."
When he arrived at the phone booth, Lin Xiaoguang made a special call and called Brother Wen, asking them to make more dumplings. If that didn't work, they could just buy more flour and vegetables and they could make them themselves.
Brother Wen readily agreed and expressed his welcome.
The two got in the car, passed through the Hung Hom Tunnel, and arrived in Kowloon. Finally, they stopped at the entrance of a mid-range community, entered, walked to Brother Wen's house, and knocked on the door.
Ruan Guan opened the door happily, and his eyes widened when he saw Nie Dongfang behind Lin Xiaoguang.
"Let's get to know each other. This is my friend's sister, Nie Dongfang. This is my brother Wen's sister-in-law, Ruan Guan." Lin Xiaoguang gave a brief introduction and then pulled Nie Dongfang in. After entering, he hugged Brother Wen and then walked on the road.
I bought a bouquet of carnations and handed them to Ruan Hui.
"Sister Hui, I am a very rough person. I don't know what gift to buy you. Seeing that you are about to become a mother, I have no choice but to buy carnations for you."
"Xiaoguang, I'm very happy that you can come. Thank you for the flowers. I like them very much." Ruan Hui smiled. She was seven months pregnant and her belly was not as big as usual.
Then, Lin Xiaoguang introduced Nie Dongfang to Brother Wen and his wife.
Nie Dongfang came to visit her for the first time, so she couldn't go empty-handed, but her salary was not much, so Lin Xiaoguang took the initiative to buy her a gift, some food suitable for pregnant women, such as bird's nests.
We exchanged a few pleasantries and then got busy.
In the past, when Ruan Hui could still cook, when Lin Xiaoguang came to visit, she would usually do the cooking. But not now, today it was Brother Wen who came and Ruan Guan took charge.
Lin Xiaoguang was at least a little more familiar and couldn't sit still, so he went to help.
Now Nie Dongfang couldn't sit still anymore and wanted to help. However, it was her first time to come to the door, so there was no reason to let the guests take action, so Ruan Hui stopped her and the two of them sat on the sofa and watched TV.
Let’s chat.
Brother Wen's house is not big. He used to be an editor and his salary was not high. Ruan Hui paid for the house. How much money can a teacher have? So the room is not big, at most 700 feet, but this 700-foot house
, but it is decorated very warmly, and it is even more enjoyable now.
The glutinous rice balls that Brother Wen and the three of them are eating have been wrapped, and now they just need the dumplings.
Only he and Nie Dongfang ate these dumplings. It was enough to make a few dozen dumplings for two people. It only required a small amount of dough and filling. The dough and filling were quickly prepared, leaving only the wrapping.
While making dumplings, he watched Ruan Hui and Nie Dongfang chatting about home affairs. As they chatted, the two of them looked over and their eyes fell on the two of them, with smiles on their faces, as if they were telling a joke between him and Brother Wen.
There was a burst of laughter like silver bells, and he felt a little dazed, as if the person being pulled by Sister Hui at this moment was none other than his girlfriend.
But this is clearly Nie Dongfang, not An Ran.
Thinking of An Ran, thinking that she should stay at home and eat dumplings at this moment, maybe thinking of him in this way, his eyes couldn't help but soften.
Being a stranger in a foreign land, I miss my family even more during festive seasons.
Lin Xiaoguang thought of Chang'an's hometown and his cousins in Peiping. He also couldn't help but think of Teacher Fu, whom he had not met since Xiangjiang, and sighed suddenly.
Noticing his changes, Zhong Wenzhang couldn't help but asked with concern: "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, I just think of Sister Qingtong. I wonder how she is now?" Lin Xiaoguang said casually without stopping, wrapping dumplings.
The movement of Zhong Wenzhang's hand froze for a moment, his face stagnated, and then he smiled and said: "Sister Qingtong has never seen her head and tail, and her whereabouts are mysterious. Speaking of which, I haven't seen her for a while. Maybe, she might
Went to America."
"That's not it. When she goes to the United States, won't she say goodbye to you, Brother Wen?" Lin Xiaoguang was slightly surprised.
"I don't know either. I haven't contacted you for a long time recently."
"Okay..." Lin Xiaoguang was helpless.
After finishing a meal of cabbage and pork dumplings, they stayed for a while and drank some red wine to get tipsy. They didn't leave until after eight o'clock.
Lin Xiaoguang sent Nie Dongfang back to CITIC dormitory first, and then went back alone.
In the taxi, Nie Dongfang's face was slightly red and he asked: "Brother Lin, it's the twelfth lunar month soon. When will your company have a holiday? If we are closer, why don't we go back together?"
Lin Xiaoguang shook his head: "It's not certain when the company will have holidays, but I will go home late, almost until the twentieth of the twelfth lunar month. I have a lot of things here. I guess you can't wait that long, otherwise you'd better not wait.
Go back quickly, otherwise your brother should be anxious."
"That's it..." Nie Dongfang bit his lip.
CITIC was established in October last year at the initiative and support of Deng Gong and Chairman Rong. The company was registered in Xiangjiang. All the employees of the company are from the mainland, so the management is relatively strict. Although the number of people cannot be compared with Hua Yun, it is still the same.
It has its own dormitory and is centrally managed.
When the taxi arrived at the community, Lin Xiaoguang took her inside.
In the taxi just now, it was difficult to say something more private. There were no outsiders now, so Nie Dong conveniently opened the door. She said: "I am just a clerk now, and there is nothing important. Brother Lin, you are different. As a full-time clerk,
As a senior cadre, he is currently busy with the Hua Leung Wan Family, and his superiors value him, so he should be busier, but I am different."
This was not easy to say, Lin Xiaoguang thought, and asked hesitantly: "What? Are you not happy at work?"
"It's not that I'm unhappy. I always feel useless. It's hard to learn Cantonese. I can only do small things at work. I can't help with big things at all." Nie Dongfang was a little distressed.
Lin Xiaoguang burst into laughter: "CITIC's affairs range from large projects of hundreds of millions of dollars to smaller ones of tens of millions of dollars. If you want to help with such a big matter, you'd better take it down. Just do your job well and don't think about anything else.
Already."
Nie Dongfang laughed angrily and stretched out his hand to hit him: "Brother Lin, I found that you don't know how to comfort girls at all."
Lin Xiaoguang immediately laughed, comforting the girl? It's really not necessary, he is not a central air conditioner, he can comfort his girlfriend alone.
After sending Nie Dongfang upstairs and back to the dormitory, he did not stay in the dormitory for long. He quickly went downstairs and left, returning to the Huarun Dormitory in Sham Shui Po.
The winter solstice passed like this.
The next day, when he left the business office and was about to find Ruan Guan to meet Wen Yong'en, he accidentally met Manager Gong of the Bank of China who also left Hua Run. After nodding to say hello, he felt moved and stepped forward and said