"It's fat."

The middle-aged man known as Section Chief Xiao found Ning Mo and them. He stood up, walked to Ning Mo's table, and smiled at Miao Lei and Yu Haitao, which was regarded as a greeting. When his eyes swept across Qin Hai's face, Section Chief Xiao paused slightly, perhaps recalling whether he had seen Qin Hai or not. After confirming that he didn't know the person, he turned his gaze back to Ning Mo.

"Fatty, what is your dad doing at home?"

Ning Mo pursed his lips: "What else can he do, raise flowers and play chess." By the way, if I'm at home, he'll discipline me. ”

"This old fellow!" Section Chief Xiao scolded Ning Mo's father in an affectionate tone, and then said, "What, fat man, did you steal the materials in the factory and sell them for money again?" ”

"Section Chief Xiao, how can you say that about us." Ning Mo said aggrievedly.

"If you didn't steal the materials, how can you have the money to come out and eat and drink?" Xiao Ke said.

Ning Mo said: "We are self-reliant. Haitao and Leizi, we picked up the scrap steel that we didn't want in the workshop, made some hoes and shovels, and sold them to the old watch, so we made some money and invited our buddies to dinner. ”

Speaking of this, he pointed at Qin Hai with his finger: "His name is Qin Hai, he graduated from the Agricultural Machinery Technical School, and he has reported to our factory." ”

Qin Hai hurriedly stood up and said to Section Chief Xiao, "Section Chief Xiao, right?" Sorry, I didn't know you just now. I just arrived at the factory today. There was no food in the cafeteria, so Ning Mo and the others invited me out to eat. ”

Section Chief Xiao nodded to Qin Hai and took the initiative to reach out his hand, and Qin Hai hurriedly reached out to hold it. After the two shook hands, Section Chief Xiao said: "My name is Xiao Dongping, and I am the deputy chief of the supply and marketing department in the factory, and I am very familiar with their fathers. ”

"Oh, Section Chief Xiao, please take care of me in the future." Qin Hai said politely.

"Section Chief Xiao, come to our table and eat together." Ning Mo sent out the invitation again.

Xiao Dongping waved his hand and said, "You young people are eating, I'll have something fun with you." I've just come back from Hongzawa, so I'm here to have a casual meal and rest. ”

Hongze is the capital of An Ha province, about 60 kilometers away from Binh Yuan. Xiao Dongping is the deputy chief of the supply and marketing department, and it is commonplace to go on a business trip to Hongze. Extrapolating from the time, he should have just gotten off the long-distance bus from Hongze and came to the Weimin Restaurant to eat and rest.

"Section Chief Xiao, just sit down." Ning Mo and Xiao Dongping seemed to have a good relationship, and as soon as they took Xiao Dongping's hand, they asked him to sit down.

Xiao Dongping struggled twice, but he didn't break free of Ning Mo's bear paws, so he had to give in: "Okay, okay, I'll go and get the things." ”

"I'll get it for you." Ning Mo stood up, brought Xiao Dongping's snakeskin bag, and threw it at Xiao Dongping's feet, "What is this, so heavy?" ”

"Rotary tilling blades." Xiao Dongping said in a tone of chagrin.

"Do you want your fried dried fragrant and peanuts?" The waiter named Xiaofang asked after Xiao Dongping.

"No, tell your father, add half a catty of loose wine to our table." Ning Mo commanded, listening to what he meant, that Xiao Fang should be Boss Kong's daughter.

"Hey...... How can I get you to pay for my meal? I've got this meal done. Xiao Dongping couldn't help but be humble.

Ning Mo smiled and said, "Section Chief Xiao, don't hold on." Although a few of us are poor, we earn some pocket money for ourselves. Your month's salary is controlled by Mrs. Xiao, how can you afford to invite us to dinner? Every time you come out to drink, you just take a fragrant dried seed to drink, and you are reluctant to fry even a meat dish, thinking that we don't know what to do? If you pay us to eat, you'll have to kneel on the washboard when you get home. ”

Xiao Dongping's old face was a little red, obviously because Ning Mo said it. He loves to drink, but as Ning Mo said, several salaries are managed by his wife, and he has no living money. He went to the provincial capital to run errands this time, and saved a few cents in the fare, so that he had the opportunity to go to the restaurant to buy some loose wine and live his alcohol addiction. Every time he secretly drinks by himself, he takes risks, and when he gets home, he has to be reprimanded by his wife.

"Fatty, Xiao Qin just came to work in our factory, what are you talking about in front of him?" Xiao Dongping complained about Ning Mo in a low voice, and then explained to Qin Hai with a smile: "Xiao Qin, don't listen to Xiao Mo's nonsense, my wife just cares about my body, and she doesn't let me drink too much wine......"

"Uh-huh, understood." Qin Hai smiled secretly in his heart, "Mrs. Xiao is really virtuous, at the age of Section Chief Xiao, she must pay attention to her health." However, Section Chief Xiao is on a hard trip, and it is also necessary to drink a little wine to relax his muscles and bones for a while, so that he can sleep well when he goes back. ”

"That's it, that's it." Xiao Dongping nodded hurriedly, wanting to resolve this embarrassment as soon as possible.

At this time, Boss Kong had already fried the dishes one after another, with a total of six dishes, including fried meat with chili, fried pork liver, braised fish segments, fried fragrant dried vegetables, fried water spinach, and fried tofu, and a table was full.

"How can there be so many dishes?" Xiao Dongping's eyes widened.

"Give Qin Hai the wind, what does it look like if there is less food?" Ning Moniu said dryly. Being able to shell out ten dollars for a treat gave him a sense of accomplishment, and he has always been a person who values face more than money.

Xiao Dongping set his eyes on Qin Hai, secretly guessing Qin Hai's identity in his heart. In his opinion, it should be very unusual for people to be able to enjoy such a high level of hospitality.

Qin Hai saw Xiao Dongping's doubts, he smiled faintly, and said, "Ning Mo is too polite, in fact, I just helped them a little, so they have to be so polite." However, to be able to have Section Chief Xiao to appreciate the light, my heart is steady. ”

Xiao Dongping said with a smile: "Xiao Qin is really good at talking, so to speak, I am stained with your light today." ”

When he said this, Boss Kong came over with a plastic pot. As soon as the lid is lifted, a rich aroma of wine comes to the face, which is intoxicating. Qin Haizhi said that what is in this wine pot is a bulk soju made by local people, with forty or fifty degrees, brewed with pure grain, and the taste and stamina are no less than those famous wines that can be advertised in CCTV prime time in later generations.

Smelling the smell of wine, Xiao Dongping's interest was completely diverted from Qin Hai. Almost at the speed of snatching, he took the wine jug from Boss Kong's hand, and then began to pour wine for everyone.

"I borrow Xiao Mo's first glass of wine to welcome Xiao Qin to join the ranks of our Qingfeng Factory."

After pouring the wine, Xiao Dongping didn't wait for Ning Mo, the master, to speak, he picked up the wine glass first and said the toast.

"Thank you Section Chief Xiao, thank you Ningmo, thank you Lu, Xie Haitao, and Leizi." Qin Hai also raised his wine glass and greeted everyone.

Xiao Dongping leaned his neck and drank the wine in the glass, his eyes narrowed, as if he was enjoying the taste of the wine, and then stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a piece of pig's foot, put it in his mouth, chewed vigorously, and showed a happy look on his face.

Alas, you're also an uncle, don't look so ugly when you eat, okay?

Qin Hai sighed in his heart, however, he quickly extended his contempt for Xiao Dongping to the entire table, because he found that Ning Mo and the other three young people were also competing for the good dishes on the table like a whirlwind.

"Qin Hai, why don't you eat it?" Ning Mo's mouth was full, and he said to Qin Hai in a slurred voice.

"I'm eating." Qin Hai smiled and gobbled it up with everyone. After an afternoon of work, he was indeed hungry, although there were no delicacies from the mountains and seas on this table, they were all green and natural raw materials, Qin Hai was full of oil, and his mood became more and more bright.

The crowd ate wildly for a while, sweeping the vegetables down more than half of the time, and then slowed down. Xiao Dongping frequently raised his glass and toasted to a young man, but he repeatedly didn't wait for others to pick up the cup, and the wine in his cup had been drunk. The wine that Ning Mo and the others drank did not add up to as much as Xiao Dongping alone.

"Xiao Qin, I welcome you to Qingfeng Factory. But, let's be honest, you're at the wrong door. ”

Xiao Dongping drank the wine refreshed, his tongue was a lot thicker, and he began to enter a state of gibberish. He patted Qin Hai, who was sitting next to him, on the shoulder and said to him in a heartfelt tone.

Qin Hai didn't drink much, and his mind was still very clear, he smiled and asked, "What does Section Chief Xiao mean by this, I don't quite understand." ”

Xiao Dongping said: "I know that you don't understand, if you understand, you won't come to Qingfeng Factory." Let me tell you, a few years ago, the Qingfeng factory was the whole of Pingyuan County...... No, it's a good unit in the entire Nord Stream region. Good welfare, good conditions, good status! ”

Speaking of this, there was a light in his eyes, as if he had returned to that peak era.

"Uh-huh, I believe." Qin Hai nodded. An agricultural machinery factory in the county can have a scale of nearly 200 people and an area of one or two thousand acres, which can indeed be regarded as a top enterprise. Just by the fact that each single dormitory is equipped with a writing desk, you can imagine how spacious the factory was back then.

"At that time, the old man of his family was the factory director." Xiao Dongping pointed at Ning Mo and said, "Old man Ning has a big temper and loves to scold people, and he trains me ......like a grandson."

"Section Chief Xiao...... The generation is wrong. Qin Hai kindly reminded that Old Man Ning's son was sitting next to him, and Xiao Dongping claimed that he was trained by Old Man Ning to be like a grandson, which was a little embarrassing in this life.

"Qin Hai, what Section Chief Xiao said is true, my old man disciplines me like a grandson." Ning Mo explained depressedly, which can be regarded as making up for the seniority.

"Uh...... All right. Qin Hai smiled helplessly, "Section Chief Xiao, you continue to ......"

"Where did I go?" Qin Hai interrupted this time, Xiao Dongping went down two more glasses of wine, but for a while he forgot what he just said.