Chapter 743 Third brother, long time no see (there is another chapter tonight)
Xia Zekai and Luo Xiyun got out of the car from both sides, and hugged Yatou and Tongtong as well.
"Dad, why don't you go there by car?" Tongtong asked, tilting her little head.
"Because we have to go for a run so that we can eat more delicious food at noon, okay?" Xia Zekai said to their second child.
When Tongtong heard about the delicious food, her eyes widened. She nodded sharply: "Okay, okay, I really like eating delicious food."
Luo Xiyun rolled her eyes at him and thought, what does it mean that the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked? You, a father, can't tell the truth...
Xia Zekai didn't know that his wife missed him so much. He held Tongtong's little hand and jogged along the road. It wasn't far to begin with, and he ran to the door of the hotel in a short time.
Turn left and go up a flight of steps. Xia Zekai counted them leisurely, there were 13 steps in total.
On the left and right sides are sloping black gold-sprinkled floor tiles, and on top is a large flower basket carved from a single stone, which looks particularly stylish.
When his wife and I came over for dinner on the night of Women's Day, we sat in the car and took another route directly up. They really didn't look at this place carefully at the time.
It was very impressive to see it in broad daylight. Tongtong was still pulling on the edge of the large stone flower basket, thinking of climbing up, but she was not tall enough, and she couldn't reach the edge of the large stone flower basket even if she stretched out her hand.
She was anxious and jumped on the spot: "Dad, hug me, hurry up and hug me!"
"You're really good!" Xia Zekai muttered, but he still knelt down and picked up his daughter.
Only then did Tongtong see that there was water in the flower basket, and a small goldfish as big as a thumb was swimming among the flowers and plants in the flower basket, which looked particularly cute.
"Goldfish, Dad, look, it's a goldfish!" Tongtong pointed at the little goldfish in the flower basket and shouted loudly.
She also turned to look at the girl walking up the steps and shouted: "Sister, look, there are so many little goldfish, they are so beautiful."
Luo Xiyun covered her face and said, "Tongtong, you yell and scream all day long, how can you be like someone who has never seen the world? Isn't it a shame?"
"Mom is just beautiful." Tongtong argued, not caring what others thought of him.
Hearing what she said, Luo Xiyun nodded with a smile: "Yes, Tongtong is absolutely right. You are very discerning, and I am just beautiful."
"..." Tongtong looked at her mother, then at the goldfish, and then said sincerely: "Mom, the goldfish I said is very beautiful."
Xia Zekai hurriedly carried his daughter in his arms and walked inside. He thought, 'Tongtong, you really don't know the heights of the world.' Why were you so careless at the critical moment?
When Luo Xiyun heard Tongtong say that, she had the urge to throw Tongtong into the stone flowerpot.
She said to the boss next to her: "Girl, you can't imitate your sister, do you understand?"
"Oh, Mom, I understand. Can you hold me up and look at the goldfish inside?" the girl asked.
Luo Xiyun still picked her up and took a look.
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After Xia Zekai took Tongtong to the hotel lobby, he sent a message to He Pan, asking her which room on which floor she was on?
"Ah, you're here, where are you?" He Pan was quite surprised. She couldn't describe her mood at the moment, but she knew it wasn't admiration.
It was a combination of curiosity, expectation, and contradiction, but they never expected that their classmate who graduated from an ordinary school would turn out to be such a big shot who could talk to city leaders after 7 years.
The levels between them are too far apart.
At first glance, this sounds more like a legend.
It doesn't feel real at all.
Xia Zekai didn't think much, he said: "I'm at the door of the hotel."
"Come to the second floor. Zhang Qiang, Xu Tao, I, and I are working on the second floor. You can help me when you're here." He Pan then gave him the room number.
It was easy for Xia Zekai to know the place. After waiting for his wife to come over with the girl, the couple walked in together and followed the stairs against the wall on the right to the second floor.
After you go up, you will be faced with an ancient Chinese-style screen. There are oil paintings, traditional paintings, and various ancient poems on the wall. If you take a closer look, you will find that there are a lot of things here.
Xia Zekai also saw a photo of Sun Yanbin on the wall on the west side. In the photo, Sun Yanbin was smiling and shaking hands with a bald man who looked about fifty years old. Both of them were facing forward at the same time. This photo was hung in the most eye-catching place.
, very meaningful.
But Xia Zekai had no intention of studying this. He followed the room number given by He Pan and took his wife and children there.
Before I entered the door, I heard someone inside say: "Zhang Qiang, Xu Tao, and Xia Zekai are here. Do you remember Xia Zekai?"
"Xia Zekai? Is this the Xia Zekai who used to read novels with a tome in his hand?" Xu Tao asked.
Zhang Qiang said: "When you said that, I also remembered that he must have read novels in class at that time. I don't know how he is doing now. Does he still like reading novels so much? He may not be doing well."
Luo Xiyun suddenly heard her husband's "dirty material" and was particularly curious. She resisted the urge to laugh and grabbed Xia Zekai to prevent him from entering.
She wanted to listen more.
It's a pity that Tongtong quit. She directly opened the closed door and rushed in with her sister.
The four people who were putting dishes in the room heard the commotion and turned to look at the door. At first sight, they saw two cute girls, Yatou and Tongtong, rushing in. Then they saw Xia Zekai in couple's clothes standing at the door.
and Luo Xiyun.
The first time He Pan saw him, he was sure that he was indeed the Xia Zekai, the same Xia Zekai who had been on TV, her classmate.
But I remember that he had no sense of presence in the class at that time.
"Lao Xia, it's really you, I thought I made a mistake!" Zhang Qiang said.
As he spoke, he walked over with a smile and shook hands with Xia Zekai very close to him. He asked: "Where are you hanging out now? It has been more than 7 years since we graduated, and you have no trust at all."
Xu Tao also wanted to ask where he worked.
He Pan is a little dizzy. Don't you usually pay attention to the news?
The Qicheng TV news channel reported on him several times last year, but you haven't seen it even once?
Then you should have read those articles in his QQ space, right? Don’t you have any ability to associate?
Xia Zekai responded with a smile: "I also lived in Qicheng, but now I'm really doing just fine. Oh, think about it back then, it was really not easy."
Luo Xiyun was listening from the side, and it was like kicking her husband. This pussy makes you pretend to be perfect.
I don’t know if you can introduce it to me.
"Zekai, don't you want to introduce me?" Luo Xiyun asked.
Tongtong shouted: "There's still me, there's still me."
The girl was relatively quiet. When she came in and saw a stranger, she lost her courage and stayed with her mother without saying much.
Xia Zekai quickly introduced him. He Pan had already said his name on the phone just now, and now he knew the number from memory. After the introduction, Xu Tao found that he was even more hurt.
He Pan and Zhang Qiang both have only one child, but Xia Zekai is even more powerful, with one hit and two hits.
But these two little girls looked very funny. He squatted down with a smile and wanted to play with Tongtong for a while. Who knew that the little girl was very disrespectful and said: "Uncle, your smile is not pretty, I will give you a stick."
Eat sweets.”
"What the hell kind of logic is this?" Xu Tao felt even more worried. Even the little girl disliked him.
Xia Zekai asked: "Tell me what kind of work I can do."
"We're almost done, Lao Xia. You and your wife should sit down and rest for a while. I'll finish setting up these dishes. Let's have a good chat later," Zhang Qiang said.
Luo Xiyun came close to her husband and said, "Zekai, your classmates seem to be okay, they are all quite simple."
"Really, what do you think it's like? There are five or six people pretending to be here?" Xia Zekai also wiped his neck, shook his wrist, and said: "It's still a big gold chain and a small watch, for fear that others will not know that you are rich.
Already?"
"I'm too lazy to tell you." Luo Xiyun went to coax the girl while Tongtong played with Zhang Qiang's son.
The communication between the children became more sincere. After Tongtong gave him a lollipop, the three friends started playing together.
It didn't take long for the three of them to finish their work. Everyone found a table to sit down and started chatting casually.
There were the fruits, melon seeds, and snacks that had just been placed on the table. He Pan said, "Eat, you don't have to wait for them, just eat whatever you want and put them away when you're done. I bought a lot."
Xia Zekai even looked at her specifically. The He Pan in his memory was not such a carefree person. However, after seven years from school to society, everyone has changed a lot.
Xu Tao also asked him: "Lao Xia, do you still read novels now?"
He stretched out his hands to indicate the size of a tome, and said: "I remember when you were in school, you would hold such a thick book and read it, read it in class, and read it in the dormitory..."
"Xu Tao, it's easy for you to have no friends like this!" Xia Zekai said to him with a smile.
These are all things of the past. When I was ignorant, I neglected to study well. After I entered the society, I realized that the higher the diploma, the higher the level.
Entrepreneurship has always been a "survivor bias". Most people still have to graduate, find a job, interview, and then enter a platform to realize their own value, break through and sublimate. This kind of popular channel finally reaches the pinnacle of life.
And what kind of platform you find will most likely depend on which school your diploma comes from.
The reality is so cruel!
"Lao Xia, what are you doing now and where are you hanging out?" Zhang Qiang asked him.
Xia Zekai said: "I will do whatever I can to make money. You have seen what I can't do. My two children spend a lot of money on weekdays. I can't do it without making money."
Hearing what Xia Zekai said, Zhang Qiang felt the same. He said: "Me too, don't think I only have one child, but my son really has a lot of things to do. Kindergarten is very expensive, and I have to enroll him in a hobby class. Hey
Hey, I don’t know where to throw the money I make all year round.”
"That's not it. Take your time, don't be anxious, there is always a way to solve it." Xia Zekai advised him in turn.
He Pan, who knew a little bit about Xia Zekai, rolled his eyes beside him, thinking that Zhang Qiang and Xu Tao, the two classmates, were really deaf to what was going on outside the window and were focused on running their own families.
But it's not surprising to say this. For a person who basically doesn't watch TV or pay attention to the news, even if you occasionally see the name of 'Xia Zekai' from a certain channel, you just think that it is someone with the same name.
You would not rashly put this name on someone you once knew.
After all, there are so many people with the same name in the world.
This is normal.
Several of them also talked about the past and the hardships of struggling in society. At this time, even He Pan, who worked in the traffic police team, was full of complaints.
They talk about why things are not good in the workplace and who is cliqued with whom. If you think about it carefully, except for the salary and benefits, everything else is pretty much the same.
We found a common language and talked more and more.
Knowing that He Pan worked in the traffic police force made Zhang Qiang and Xu Tao extremely envious.
The petrochemical and natural gas station where Zhang Qiang works is still good, but the Qicheng Iron Ore Plant where Xu Tao works is in vain.
As time passed, the iron ore underground in Qicheng was almost exhausted, and the Qicheng Iron Ore Factory became a sunset industry that would not last long.
As time goes by, more and more people are calling, and many people are asking for specific addresses in the group.
Everyone can find the place using navigation, or just take a taxi.
Liu Yanyi, who was the first to advocate a class reunion, came over, as did Li Cheng and Gong Qingfeng.
Gao Hongyun came over with a thin man who looked a little shy and two children.
When Teng Shuai came over, Xia Zekai was a little excited.
He took the initiative to walk over and looked at each other for a while with Teng Shuai, and finally the two men hugged each other.
"Third brother, long time no see."
"Oh, it's not just that the last time you went to my place for business, it must have been five or six years ago."
"Hey, it's hard to explain in one sentence. Why didn't many people in Yancheng use our factory's products? I later went to Beihe Province and South Henan Province. Is it easy for me to earn three melons and two dates?"
After Geng Hua came over, several people gathered together again. Xia Zekai also introduced his wife and daughter to them. They both came alone.
After asking, I found out that Geng Hua's wife was pregnant and it was inconvenient to travel.
Teng Shuai’s child is too young, and his wife is taking care of the child at home!
"Daughter-in-law, let me tell you, when I was in school, these were my brothers in the same dormitory. Unfortunately, as soon as I graduated, they all ran away, leaving me alone to fool around in Qicheng.
Humans and ghosts are not like ghosts."
"Nonsense, you are doing well now. If I didn't have a stable job in Qingcheng and my roots are there, I would have called you and joined you." Teng Shuai immediately glared at him.
He didn't say anything else, but Xia Zekai knew clearly in his heart that the 'third brother' knew what he was doing.
"Hey, let's make a living, third brother, if you are willing to come, I welcome you at any time." Xia Zekai said.
"That's pretty much it."
They were chatting here, and people across the street also gathered together to chat. Some people came over to say hello to Xia Zekai, but they hadn't seen each other in 7 years, and many of the classmates were indeed strangers, so they first looked for people they were familiar with to chat with each other.
Gua, now that we are familiar with each other, wait until the atmosphere gets better, and then we can pull each other together.