Chapter 120: Returning to the Countryside to See My Father
When Zhou Yan got up on the second day, he had already gone to the company, changed his clothes and went downstairs, Aunt Wang was already busy in the kitchen, playing juice in the wall breaker, drying several baskets of brightly colored vegetables in the pool, and the frying pan was simmering with oil, this posture ...... Chang An scratched the back of his head.
"Morning, Aunt Wang!"
Aunt Wang, who was standing in front of the stove, turned around and replied with a happy face: "Morning, madam!"
Chang An: "......"
Aunt Wang: "Last night, my husband called me and said that you came back from a business trip and asked me to come over early today to make breakfast for you." As she spoke, she put the fried golden eggs on the plate, and her mouth didn't stop, "Sir really loves you, big and small things are everything, and this time..." she suddenly took the shovel, looked back at Chang An again, saw that her cheeks were pink and tender, and her complexion was excellent, and asked with a smile, "You had a lot of fun going to Beijing, right?"
Chang An didn't think about it, and replied lightly: "It's okay!"
Aunt Wang laughed, as if she still had something to say, Chang An was afraid that she would continue to ramble, so she hurriedly took the fried egg and flashed first, "I'll go to the restaurant, you can just give me another cup of milk, don't make too much trouble!"
But Aunt Wang's hands and feet were neat, frying, stewing, stewing, and half an hour later, she actually made a small half table for Chang An to eat, sandwiches, sushi, salad, juice, and a fried steak.
Chang An was speechless, "Do you eat meat early in the morning?"
Aunt Wang was also very proud: "Yes, it was also explained by Mr., saying that you have been tired in Beijing for the past few days, and your body is thin, so I have to eat more meat for you." ”
Chang An: "......"
Aunt Wang: "You eat slowly, I'll clean up after eating!" She took off her apron and went out, leaving Chang An stunned at a large table for breakfast, and had secretly scolded Zhou Wei hundreds of times in her heart, without holding back her mouth, as far as his bastard dared to do anything, he didn't know what to say to his aunt, but he looked down at the things on the table, and there was a trace of sweetness hidden in his heart.
Chang An shrank his feet into the chair, took out his mobile phone and took a photo of the table, with the words on it, a sentence without a beginning or end - "Even if you cover your mouth, some things can't help but come out of your eyes!"
At this time, a message from her studio colleague popped up below: "What do you mean by this photo and words?"
Chang An thought about it and felt embarrassed, she was not a person who was good at putting emotional fluctuations in a bright place for others to comment, so she quickly deleted the photos and sentences, but as soon as the operation was finished, the bell rang, and the name of "Zhou Wei" was displayed on the screen.
Her heart thumped a few times, steadied herself, and answered.
"Hey..."
"Up?"
"Hmm. ”
"Having breakfast?"
"How do you know?"
He didn't answer, but there seemed to be a faint smile, and after a few seconds, he suddenly asked, "What can't help but come out of your eyes?"
Chang An's mind slammed, and this time his face was completely red.
"You... See the picture I just posted?"
"What, can't you see it?"
"It's not..."
"Why did you delete it so quickly?"
He really didn't leave any room for Chang An, Chang An was about to die in his heart, his fingers pinched the spoon in the bowl, "It's wrong!"
"Huh?"
"I..."
"Think about it before you answer!"
Chang An glared at the table in front of him, "I just want to express, the breakfast is very rich, and I can't finish it at all!"
"So you're complaining that I didn't have breakfast with you at home?"
"No, I didn't mean that!"
"Then what do you mean?" Zhou Wei was calmly digging into the problem over there, Chang An was flustered and confused, like a child who hid in his room and did something bad and was discovered by his parents.
She was stunned for another two seconds, and simply didn't answer him, but said, "Is there something wrong? I'll hang up if it's okay, I want to have breakfast!"
Here Zhou Wei finally laughed, very good, she is becoming more and more like a little girl.
"I can't joke at all, okay, let's get down to business, didn't you say you were going to the countryside last night, I asked Xiao Zhao to send you over, you get ready, and set off in about half an hour." He glanced at his watch and added, "Because I promised my mother that she would rush back for dinner in the evening, you should try to return early in the afternoon." ”
"Okay, I'll take the time myself!"
The two ended the call, Chang An hung up first, Zhou Wei listened to a few "beep" sounds before he took away his mobile phone, turned around from the floor-to-ceiling window with his trouser pocket in one hand, and suddenly saw Zhou Xin standing at the door.
He raised his eyebrows, and the smile on his face faded, "Why don't you come in and knock?"
Zhou Xin snorted, "I knocked, but you have to have ears to listen, your mind is on the phone!" The mockery in the words was obvious, and Zhou Xin didn't bother to argue with her more, so he walked over and sat down on the chair again.
"Something to do here?"
"Why, I can't come to you now that it's okay?"
The words were prickly, and Zhou Wei finally couldn't bear it anymore and glanced at it: "Can you still talk well?"
Zhou Xin seemed to be really angry, and immediately relented, "Okay, you can't joke at all anyway, then I'll get down to business!" She pulled a chair and sat opposite Zhou Xian, with her long legs overlapped, and asked, "Do you really want to jointly develop the Luyang Lake project with Yu'an?"
"Where did you get the news?"
"You don't care where I got the news, just tell me, is this true?"
Zhou Wei raised his eyebrows, "Sort of!"
Zhou Xin was shocked: "Why is it so sudden? We didn't have any friendship with each other before, and even if we want to choose a partner, there are so many peers in the circle, why do you have to choose Yu'an?"
Zhou Xin's question is probably also the question of most of the rest of the people. Even if there is a shortage of funds for Rongbang's independent development of Luyang Lake, there is no need to choose a company that has never been dealt with before.
Zhou Xin: "And Yu'an is mainly engaged in water affairs and infrastructure, and real estate has rarely been involved in it before!"
Zhou Wei smiled, "Rarely dabbling means not having much experience, that's what I want!"
Zhou Xin was stunned: "What do you mean?"
Zhou Wei put his hand against his sideburns, "You don't have to ask, it's not something you should worry about, in addition, the project cooperation will be implemented in a few days, and the later plan may need to be modified, and you need to participate together at that time!"
Public to public, private to private, Xinghe only needs to do his job, and when it comes to Rongbang's business, Zhou Xin doesn't want Zhou Xin to intervene, in the final analysis, this man has always been used to being the master, and the decision to kill has always been his own decision, Zhou Xin has lived and worked with him for so many years, and he still knows it very well.
She stopped talking slightly, knowing that there would be no answer if she continued to ask, but there was another unhappiness in her heart, "Okay, even if you think Yu'an is a suitable partner to work with, what about Li Meiyu? I heard that her background is very complicated, and her style is also a bit problematic, do you think..."
"Style, what kind of style do you mean?" Zhou Wei interrupted suddenly.
Zhou Xin swallowed, "Private life, private life is very messy, and it is said that she relied on it back then..."
"Okay, I'm working with Yu'an, not Li Meiyu, I'm not interested in her private life, and it has nothing to do with me!"
In the end, the way of thinking between men and women is different, women will more or less involve personal feelings and emotions, while men only care about gains and losses and pros and cons, not to mention Zhou Wei, who is soaked in businessman thinking, in his eyes, Li Meiyu may not be suitable to be a friend, but it is definitely suitable to be a qualified business partner.
Zhou Xin saw that he had no room for negotiation at all, so he could only give up.
Zhou Wei has already begun to bow his head to deal with the work.
Zhou Xin sat there slowly, and asked, "Go back for dinner in the evening?"
Zhou Wei didn't look up, only answered vaguely.
Zhou Xin asked again: "She will also go back with you?" Unexpectedly, the man who was typing on the keyboard suddenly stopped his movements, his eyebrows frowned, and he turned his face and said that he would come, Zhou Xin hurriedly stopped, "Okay, okay, when I didn't ask, I left first, and I will contact him about the follow-up plan!" She got up and left, not forgetting to help him move the chair to its original position.
It's just that as soon as the person walked to the door, Zhou Wei "hissed" in his mouth, "Wait!"
Zhou Xin: "What?"
Zhou Wei: "Have you seen Chu Feng?"
I didn't expect him to ask this question at all, a trace of panic flashed in Zhou Xin's eyes, after all, they grew up together since childhood, what could escape his eyes?
Over there, Zhou Wei had already pushed the computer away, and his eyes swept over coldly, "I really guessed it?"
Zhou Xin simply raised his neck, "Yes, I've seen it, just last night, I made an appointment for a meal!"
"Just an appointment?"
Next week, Zhou Xin's face was also ugly, and he glared angrily, "What do you mean by this? What do you think of me? I know that I am very abusive in your eyes, naturally I can't compare to the simple and innocent one in your family, but I also have principles in choosing a man, at least the husband of a wife will not touch it, not to mention that Chu Feng is not the type I like, what do I want to do with him?"
Zhou Tao said a word, she refuted a bunch of things, and then stalemate with each other, staring at each other, and finally Zhou Tao spoke first: "Okay, since you say so, I won't ask more questions in the future, I hope you can maintain your principles, but as your brother, I still want to remind you again, stay away from Chu Feng, he is easy to solve, but the one behind him is more difficult, don't make trouble for yourself!"
Zhou Xin took a hard breath: "I know, don't bother you!"
……
After Chang An finished breakfast, Xiao Zhao had already parked the car at the door.
She went to the pantry and took out a few of the specialties she had distributed yesterday afternoon, one of which was filled with pastries and roast duck and gave it to Aunt Wang.
Aunt Wang was flattered and thanked again and again.
Here Xiao Zhao has already come to knock on the door, Chang An went over and opened, "Can you help me move something to the car?"
Xiao Zhao was naturally extremely happy, and carried several specialties from the living room to the trunk according to Chang'an's requirements.
"Are these all to be taken to the countryside to the permanent secretary?"
Chang An smiled: "There are two servings, and the rest will be taken to grandpa's side in the evening, and Ah Yan and I are going to dinner." ”
Xiao Zhao sighed, and for the Nth time in his heart, he secretly admired Chang An's meticulous work and understanding of etiquette, and he was not a girl trained in a famous family.
Because the Chang family's old house was a little far away, Chang An had to rush back to Yunling before dinner, so he didn't delay much at home.
Chang Wangde's hometown is in Fengli, which is a mountain town about more than 100 kilometers away from Yunling, but Chang Wangde enlisted in the army as a teenager, and he would go back to see it during the holidays when he was a soldier, but since the death of his parents, he rarely returned, and then he went to Yunling, married a wife and started a family, and his career was smooth, so he basically did not go back.
It's just that a few years ago, for some reason, I suddenly remembered to go back to repair the old house, and the old house in the countryside that no one lived in for nearly ten years has long been deserted, so I hired someone to shovel it down, and built a three-story small building on the original foundation, and the front yard and the back yard are also very comfortable.
Xiao Zhao was probably afraid that Chang An would be bored, and he always talked about some topics along the way, and the two chatted halfway through the way.
In the second half of the race, Chang An fell asleep in a chair, and I don't know how long I drove, and I felt that the body was shaking.
"Arrived?" she opened her eyes to find the car stopped.
Xiao Zhao turned around and explained slightly embarrassedly: "Not yet, I'll come in and go to the bathroom." ”
Chang An smiled: "Then I'll wait for you in the car." ”
Xiao Zhao got out of the car, Chang An took out his mobile phone and found that Zhou Wei had actually sent two; "Are you going?"
"Where?"
She was probably sleeping too heavily just now, and she didn't hear the prompt sound, so she replied, "Not yet, in the service area." After sending it on WeChat, there was no movement, Chang An waited for a while and put the phone back into his bag.
Xiao Zhao quickly got into the car, started the car, and explained: "I just went to ask someone, and the exit in front of me is Fengli Town, do you know the road, madam? ”
Chang An looked embarrassed: "I... I haven't been back for years. ”
Xiao Zhao was stunned for a moment, and then understood, "That's okay, I'll try to navigate." After grinding in the car for a while, I got back on the highway, and drove for about seven or eight minutes, and when I saw the sign of Fengli, Xiao Zhao turned around and went down, and then the road was not so spacious, and even some potholes.
"I remember when I was a kid, I had to go through a mountain road. Chang An searched from memory.
Xiao Zhao was full of confidence and felt that he could find a place, but after driving for ten minutes, he drove back to the same place, and Chang An saw that it was already noon, so he had to call Wei Suying.
Chang Wangde brought a driver to the countryside, so Wei Suying asked Chang An to wait in place and asked the driver to drive to pick her up.
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Chang An replied: "Not yet, but I've already gotten off the highway, waiting for the driver to lead the way!"
Unexpectedly, Zhou Yan called directly and came up to make fun of him, "Xiao Zhao has never been lost after following me for so many years, it seems that the disease of road idiots is still contagious!" Chang An was so stunned that he couldn't speak for a while, and only said after a while: "Is there something wrong with you?"
"No, I just finished a meeting, I asked you about the situation over there, I thought you were here, I wanted you to give your father a good voice!"
Originally, Zhou Wei was supposed to come with him to visit, but he was too busy with work to take a break.
Chang An sneered, "You're here to fall into the well!"
"No, completely out of concern, there is another thing to remind, I just read the weather forecast said that there is a heavy rain in the afternoon, I remember to enter Fengli Town to cross a mountain road, if it really rains in the afternoon, you don't have to rush back, the road is too dangerous. ”
"And what about Grandpa's dinner?"
"It's a trivial matter, I'll just explain it to the other side. ”
"yes, got it!"
Zhou Wei explained a few more words, and finally hung up the phone, Chang An opened the door and went out, looked at the clear sky, and thought about where the rainstorm came from, it must be the weather forecast and blind report.
Chang Wangde's driver came quickly, and soon the two cars were driving one after the other to the town, and they had to pass through a section of the market, similar to the commercial center of a small country town, but it was not bustling, nothing more than some restaurants, shops, hair salons, etc.
Chang An sat in the car and looked out, and couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that nothing has changed." ”
Xiao Zhao echoed, "Yes, the countryside is like this, and so is our hometown, and it is the same every year when we go back." ”
Chang An smiled, but didn't squeak again.
Because the ancestral house of the Chang family is built in the village halfway up the mountain, so after the market, you have to start climbing the mountain road, the mountain road is winding and narrow, fortunately, Xiao Zhao's driving skills are good, so the drive is quite smooth, but Chang An sat in the back seat and couldn't help but sweat.
I have the impression that when I was a child, I also came to Fengli a few times with Chang Wangde, but after so many years, why hasn't even a road been built.
"Xiao Zhao, let's slow down, don't be in a hurry!"
Xiao Zhao saw that Chang An was worried, so he slowed down a little, "Understand, this kind of road is better than my hometown, don't worry, wife." ”
It's been so tossed all the way, and it's already a little faster to enter the village.
Wei Suying was already standing at the gate of the courtyard and waiting.
Chang An got out of the car and went to the trunk with Xiao Zhao to carry a few bags of things.
"Aunt Ying..."
"Come inside, your dad has been talking all morning!"
Chang An responded, but when he looked up, he saw another car parked in the open space at the entrance of the courtyard.
Black Land Rover, familiar license plate.
Chang An's heart slammed into his heart.
"Aunt Ying, are there other people here?"
Wei Suying immediately understood what she meant.
"Yes, Haodong is here too, a little earlier than you. ”
Chang An was stunned for a moment.
Wei Suying sighed slightly: "I didn't know about your father before, he came here temporarily, and said that he wanted to see your father, or go in and ...... with you."
"It's okay, I'll just ask casually!" Chang An interrupted the conversation instantly, turned around, "I forgot to introduce to you, this is Xiao Zhao!" She didn't deliberately mention the "driver", but Wei Suying didn't know, but she was also polite, "Xiao Zhao, it's the road, hurry up and go in, you can start the meal when you go in." As he spoke, he led the people through the door, through a vestibule, patio, and lunch in the back of the dining room.
Wei Suying was still in front and shouted: "Xiao An, they have arrived!"
Chang An walked in and saw that Chen Haodong had already sat down, and sat on the left hand side of Chang Wangde facing south.
Familiar scenes, familiar characters, but it seems that the mood is different from that dinner a few months ago.
After a short period of psychological struggle, she was still able to be as normal in the end, "Dad, brother..." shouted twice in a row, Chen Haodong glanced at it, no squeak, Chang Wangde raised his hand, "Sit down!"