When he was about to get off work in the afternoon, Guo Yufeng came to the new management committee again, picked up Chen Qingdong, and went to the barbecue restaurant opened by Ma Wei.

Ma Wei's barbecue restaurant is located near the old cinema in the county, in the first decade of the last century, it used to be the most prosperous area of the county, which can be called the "CBD" of Liulin, cinemas, Xinhua bookstores, department stores, constant temperature warehouses, etc. are located here, and there are a variety of small stores nearby, billiards halls, video halls, rental bookstores, video shops, snack bars, and it is also the favorite place for the people of Liulin County to hang out.

However, with the progress of the times, it is also declining, the state-run cinema has long been abandoned, the Xinhua bookstore is also a door, the county-owned department store has been restructured and has become a private industry, and the constant temperature warehouse is in the competition with the emerging city, which is simply vulnerable.

Only those small stores, with the spirit of "wildfire burns inexhaustibly, the spring breeze blows and grows", tenaciously take root, although after wind and rain, some stores have changed several owners, but there are also some stores that have been maintained, becoming a time-honored brand in Liulin.

In addition, with the popularity of barbecue, the most obvious change here is that it has become a famous barbecue street in Liulin County!

During the day, there is nothing to show here, but at night, there are all kinds of barbecue restaurants on this street, some of which are strong, and some of them are made into small restaurants, and some of the weak ones are open-air stalls.

The hustle and bustle here tends to last until the early hours of the morning, when it gradually dissipates.

Ma Wei's hotel is located more than 20 meters north of the old cinema, which can be called a prime location, and Ma Wei also has a total of four store rooms, which is a larger one for the business, and the business is also very good!

Chen Qingdong After they came to Ma Wei's "Majia Barbecue City", they had already begun to become masters.

Since the weather is quite warm now, most of the guests do not go to sit in the room, but make a table to sit outside, blowing the evening breeze, eating skewers, and drinking beer, which is really a pleasure!

Chen Qingdong actually wanted to sit outside, roll up his sleeves, hold a skewer in his left hand, and hold a beer in his right hand, so that he could feel the refreshment of practicing the stall! If he went into the inner room to eat, it would be not much different from eating in other restaurants, and the refreshing feeling of practicing the stall would be much smaller.

However, Chen Qingdong also knows that his identity is a bit special, although he is not a county-level leader, but he is a well-known person in the county, so he usually has to try to avoid showing his face, so as not to cause any trouble. In addition, if you sit outside and practice the stall, you are likely to meet all kinds of acquaintances, and you will inevitably have a lot of entertainment, and you will definitely drink a lot of wine, which is really troublesome!

So Chen Qingdong could only dispel this idea, and thought in his heart that being famous is a good thing, but once the fame reaches a certain level, it will deprive this person of his freedom to a certain extent.

Just like himself, the new director of the management committee, he has to pay attention to the influence everywhere in Liulin County, so he was deprived of a lot of freedom, but after he went out of Liulin, no one knew him, and he was able to enjoy the freedom of ordinary people. However, some high-ranking officials who have reached a certain level have to be followed by security personnel every time they go out, and when they go to other places, they need to start security procedures, and even any tourist attraction they want to go to needs to be cleared in advance, which makes it difficult to enjoy that kind of ordinary freedom.

Thinking of this, Chen Qingran smiled bitterly, thinking to himself what kind of heart he was, so let's concentrate on what is at hand.

Guo Yufeng was a little stunned when he saw Chen Qingdong get out of the car, so he touched Chen Qingdong's arm and said, "Director Chen, here, here!"

At this time, Ma Wei had already come out of it, and he was still more than ten meters away from Chen Qingdong, so he shouted: "Qingdong!"

Chen Qingdong immediately came back to his senses, and walked quickly towards Ma Wei, shouting, "Mayor Ma, I haven't seen you for a long time!"

The two shook hands, and Ma Wei smiled and said, "I'm not Mayor Ma now, and you're not the little clerk you used to be, but Director Chen!"

Chen Qingdong said with a smile: "Mayor Ma, in my heart, you have always been my old leader!"

Ma Wei saw that Chen Qingdong was still the same as before, and did not show arrogance because he became an official, and he was also very happy in his heart, and said with a smile: "In the afternoon, Mayor Guo told me that you were going to come to me for dinner in the evening, I am really happy, and I have prepared a lot of good things for you! The room has also been prepared, Qingdong, Mayor Guo, please inside!"

Guo Yufeng said: "Old Ma, you must show your housekeeping skills today!"

Ma Wei said: "Of course, you go and sit inside first, and after I prepare the dishes for you later, I will come over and have a few drinks with you!"

Guo Yufeng said: "Old Ma, the last time I came to you, you sat down and drank a bottle of beer and ran away, today Director Chen is here, you have to sit with us for a while, right?"

Ma Wei immediately said: "That's for sure! No matter how busy I am today, I don't care! Qingdong is here, I will come over to have a few drinks with you no matter what!"

When he came to the room inside, Ma Wei personally poured tea for them, said a few more greetings, and went out to prepare the dishes.

Guo Yufeng said: "The old horse is not bad, looking at the temperature in the room, the air conditioner should have been turned on for a while in advance, and the room has been cleaned much cleaner than before!

Chen Qingdong said: "Mayor Ma is so polite! I didn't know about this barbecue restaurant he opened before, otherwise I would have come here for dinner!"

Guo Yufeng said with a smile: "When Lao Ma's store opened, I said that he would give you an invitation and let you come over to cheer." Lao Ma actually had this idea, but in the end he was too embarrassed to bother you. I told him at the time that although Qingdong is now a leader, he is still the same Qingdong as before!"

Chen Qingdong said with a smile: "I'm not a leader, you are actually my old leaders! But Mayor Guo, you're right, no matter when, I will never change, and the feelings of our old fellows will never change!"

After hearing Chen Qingdong's words, Guo Yufeng said with emotion: "Director Chen, what you said is really right! In fact, after so many years, I have seen too many people who have raised their tails to the sky after being ambitious, and even in front of their old friends, they look arrogant! People like you, Director Chen, are people with real temperament!"

Chen Qingdong was a little embarrassed by Guo Yufeng's praise, smiled, and said: "Mayor Guo, you are really a winner! Hey, by the way, Mayor Guo, will the two of us have dinner tonight, is there anyone else?"

Guo Yufeng said: "I also called Wang Fucai, Xie Wenhai, and Liu Zhaolin, no one else was called, just a few of our old acquaintances, let's talk about our feelings today!"

Hearing that Liu Zhaolin was also coming over, Chen Qingdong couldn't help but feel a little bitter!

Some time ago, Zhao Changbin called him and told him about Liu Wenjuan's pregnancy, and asked Chen Qingdong to help him do Liu Zhaolin's work.

This matter made Chen Qingdong feel very tricky, he really didn't know how to do Liu Zhaolin's ideological work, and even he was mentally prepared to be kicked out of his home by Liu Zhaolin!

If Zhao Changbin hadn't asked him to help, he would never have touched this kind of thing.

However, before Chen Qingdong had time to do Liu Zhaolin's ideological work, Zhao Changbin called him again and told him that this matter had been settled, and Liu Zhaolin had accepted this matter and would not let Chen Qingdong go to Liu Zhaolin again.

Although Zhao Changbin didn't say how he handled this matter, Chen Qingdong can imagine how many sleepless nights Liu Zhaolin had to spend for this matter!

After Liu Zhaolin came after a while, Chen Qingdong really didn't know how to face him. Although, Liu Zhaolin may not know that he already knows about Zhao Changbin and his daughter, and may not talk about this topic.

Guo Yufeng asked again at this time: "Director Chen, who else do you want to let come, I'll contact you now." ”

Chen Qingdong came back to his senses and said, "No need, just a few of us and catch up with the old days." If there are too many people, then there will be no such effect. ”

Guo Yufeng also echoed and said: "Yes! Yes, I thought the same way, so I didn't call so many people." ”

Chen Qingdong asked again: "By the way, Mayor Guo, how is Liu Zhaolin now? I really haven't seen him for a long time." ”

Guo Yufeng handed Chen Qingdong a cigarette and said, "Liu Zhaolin is okay, he has been working on the farm, and his life is not bad." It's just that some time ago I heard that something happened to his family. ”

"What's wrong?"

"I heard that his daughter, Liu Wenjuan, who works in the municipal hospital, seems to have been involved with some rich person in the city, and she has also damaged other people's children. However, this rich man already has a family, isn't Liu Wenjuan just being cheated by someone! Liu Wenjuan and her brother Liu Qun were very angry when they found out about this, so they went to find the rich man to settle accounts, and I heard that Liu Qun also had a knife on him, and after finding the rich man, he stabbed him!"

Chen Qingdong was startled suddenly, and hurriedly asked, "Did Liu Qun stab someone?"

Guo Yufeng said quite easily: "It's nothing! I heard that Liu Qun didn't stab him at all, he just crossed the rich man's arm." ”

"And then?"

Later, it seems that the rich man didn't bother with Liu Qun, and Liu Zhaolin's father and son also stopped and reached a settlement. Hey, in fact, this kind of thing is also very common now, except for reaching a settlement in the end, what other good way can there be? But it's hard to say whether this thing is true or not, you know, some things, just spread and spread, who knows if it's true or false. ”

Chen Qingdong was shocked in his heart, it seems that because of this incident, Zhao Changbin was scratched by Liu Qun and did not hold Liu Qun responsible, Liu Zhaolin also understood that there was no better solution to this matter, plus Liu Wenjuan had made up his mind, so he finally chose to settle the matter!

It's just that as a father, when he chooses to accept reality, he doesn't know how lonely he should be.

Life is unsatisfactory, and there are no two or three who can talk to others.

At this time, Guo Yufeng took out his mobile phone and said: "Why haven't these people arrived yet! I told them to come over early, I don't know where the delay is, I'll urge them again!"

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