Zhang Xingming stood in front of the vegetable table, hesitating whether to take another piece of fish, when a pair of chopsticks reached out to the side, and after a few brushes, the few remaining fish pieces were emptied.

When Zhang Xingming reacted, the fish pieces had been clipped, turned his head to look over, a fat man who was slightly taller than Zhang Xingming was adding juice to the fish pieces, a few big spoons of sweet and sour sauce went down, the fat man nodded with satisfaction, mixed with chopsticks, licked the chopsticks head, snorted, picked up a piece of fish and put it in his mouth, squinted and ate it.

Zhang Xingming raised his eyebrows, turned his head and sandwiched a few pieces of beef, poured pepper juice, and walked aside.

After taking a step, he felt his clothes being ripped off, turned his head, and the fat man was looking at him, and said, "I didn't pay attention to it, do you want to catch fish too?" This fish is really delicious, and every time I come here to eat, I stare at this dish. ”

Zhang Xingming was stunned for a moment, smiled, and said: "Thank you, I'll eat this, you can eat it, it's rare to have a special dish, you have to eat it." ”

The fat man put a piece of fish in his mouth, nodded and said, "Yes, there are not many things that go well in this life, and you have to get enough when you meet it, buddy, you and I want to go together." Then he handed the plate a little and said, "Come, together." ”

Zhang Xingming smiled and took a piece from his plate and said, "Okay, thank you." I'll just eat this one, I've eaten a few pieces just now, I'll eat something else. ”

The fat man said: "It's not interesting to eat alone, I'll eat something else, which one do you think is delicious?"

Zhang Xingming swallowed the fish, pointed to the vegetable table and said: "That meatball, I just ate it, it is very elastic, there is bone broth in it, you can pour salty and pepper juice, if you like sweet and sour, you should be fine." ”

The fat man came over with a ball, directly dipped some sweet and sour sauce on the plate in his hand and threw it into his mouth, chewed it a few times and nodded and said: "Delicious, fragrant, thick, melting, it should be more delicious with salty sauce, come and eat the fish pieces, I'll change the plate." ”

He didn't care whether Zhang Xingming agreed or not, he used chopsticks to dial half of the fish pieces on the plate to Zhang Xingming's plate, then pulled the remaining fish pieces into his mouth, turned around and went to get a new plate, leaving the stunned Zhang Xingming looking at his back messy.

The waiter on the side couldn't hold back for a moment, laughed out loud, and hurriedly turned around and ran to the back.

Zhang Xingming hasn't come to his senses yet, the fat man came over with a new plate, this time Zhang Xingming is even more embarrassed, and he can't throw the fish pieces in front of others, look at it, I really love to eat, forget it, eat it.

Throw the fish pieces into his mouth, watch the fat man make the balls and pour the juice while eating, and asked Zhang Xingming with his eyes if it is salty juice, Zhang Xingming nodded, finished eating the fish pieces, and handed the plate to the waiter, who took it and handed him a new plate. The sweet and sour flavor should not be mixed with anything else.

After eating something and drinking a bowl of hot soup that the chef specially cooked, Zhang Xingming let out a long breath of comfort, touched his stomach, turned his head to see that Li Chun and the others were also drinking soup, and nodded. Looking at the fat man again, he was still eating, looking for something on the vegetable table with his eyes while eating, swallowing something, he walked up to Zhang Xingming and whispered, "Why didn't you drink that soup?" ”

Zhang Xingming smiled, compared it with his hand, and asked the waiter to bring a bowl of soup to the fat man, although the dishes are hot, but it must be a cold meal, it is winter again, and the stomach is still a little cold after eating, and drinking a bowl of hot soup is really enjoyable and comfortable.

The waiter went down, and after a while, a bowl of soup came up, Zhang Xingming helped the fat man take it, and said to the waiter: "Go and see the old man's table, ask them if they drink, it's a little cold in this room." ”

In this era, there is no air conditioning, all rely on boiler heating for heating, this room space is a bit large, plus people come and go, the room temperature is a little low, young people are fine, and the elderly are afraid to be cold after sitting for a long time. This is also the reason why most of the banquet halls and meeting rooms were located on the second floor in those days.

The waiter said yes and walked over quietly. The fat man here finished drinking the hot soup, burped with satisfaction, patted his stomach, put down the empty bowl, stretched out his hand to grab Zhang Xingming's shoulder and said, "Dude, face sheng, I see that you are quite familiar with the people here, from Liaodong?"

Zhang Xingming nodded and said, "Liaodong, Zhang Xingming, just call me Erming." What about you?" Although this fat man's behavior is a little rougher, he can't just look at people, and although his behavior is rough, it is not disgusting, at least Zhang Xingming is quite good to his senses.

The fat man put one hand on Zhang Xingming's shoulder, rubbed his stomach with the other and said, "My name is Cai Bao, and they all call me Cai Zi." My old man is from the Ministry of Education, and he is sitting over there, and I just come to eat and drink, haha, I can't eat at home. What about you, who is in your family?"

Zhang Xingming said: "I'm also sitting there." "There is a group of old men sitting over there, and it is only Old Man Shen himself who can say that he is from Liaodong.

The fat man turned his head and glanced at it, and said, "Commissioner Shen, buddy, this is the first time you've come to the capital, and I haven't seen you before." ”

Zhang Xingming said: "It's not the first time I've come to Beijing, but it's the first time I've participated in this kind of activity.

Cai Bao patted his stomach and said: "It's okay to be idle, the old man of my family always says that he comes out to see the world, I haven't seen much in this world, I have eaten a lot of good things, hehe, I don't need to spend money, how good." ”

Zhang Xingming asked, "How old are you this year?"

Cai Bao looked at the vegetable table and said, "Twenty-one, junior, I'm in the National People's Congress, what about you?"

Zhang Xingming said: "I'm only in high school, I'm younger than you, do you want to eat some?"

Cai Bao touched his stomach and said, "No, I'm full, I'll see if there's anything I haven't eaten, hehehe, there's no way, I can't control what I eat." Let's go, go sit over there for a while, listen to their bragging, and I'll introduce you to two people. ”

Half-hugged Zhang Xingming to the young man's side, pulled away the chair, pulled Zhang Xingming to sit down, and said to the person next to him who would be stable: "Third brother, this is the Liaodong Shen Commissioner's family, Zhang Xingming, Er Ming, the first time to come." Erming, this is the third brother, and his old man is from the Ministry of Metallurgy. ”

Zhang Xingming stretched out his hand to the third brother and said, "Third brother, hello, just call me Erming." ”

The third brother looked at Zhang Xingming, stretched out his hand to shake him, and nodded.

This third brother is one of the contacts of several circles, he doesn't seem to like to talk very much, and he has been sitting here listening to others, but it can be seen that several circles have more respect for him, or they care, and from time to time they lead the topic to him, so as not to snub him.

The Ministry of Metallurgical Industry is still a very important ministry in this era, no one would have thought that ten years later, this ministry will disappear forever in the long river of history, and its functions will be replaced by a steel industry association whose reputation is not obvious at this time.

But in the 80s, until the mid-90s, the steel industry has always been an important enterprise in the country, and the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry, which manages the iron and steel industry, is a large ministry with considerable real power, and the minister is also able to speak on the side of the country, and has quite a status.

But none of this has anything to do with Zhang Xingming, and he doesn't have to pick up who gets something. In this era, heavy industry is the pillar industry of the country, as the descendants of the real power of the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry, it is normal to have a bit of a status in the younger generation.