Wu Wei finally got free and went to see his old classmate Zhu Feng in middle school. In the vicinity of Nenshui City Station, a corner of the street building, dirty and dilapidated façade, the plaque is a hanging oven cake shop, open the door into the inside and outside two, the outer room is placed with four tables, only four guests sit around a rectangular table and other meals, there is no host, Wu Wei walked in, the right hand is a small side dish room, it is Zhu Feng's wife who is busy there, Wu Wei walked in and was just about to ask, there is a small room on the left side of the side dish room is the dark kitchen, I saw Zhu Feng rolling the oven cake inside, he heard the sound of talking and turned his head to see Wu Wei, very happy to run out and said, I want to find you and I lost my mobile phone number and can't get in touch, I watched TV that day in the city CPPCC meeting and saw you sitting on the rostrum.

The outside guests listened to it, the CPPCC members still came to this hotel, your hotel is quite big?

Wu Wei said with a smile, it is not unusual for committee members to be everywhere.

Zhu Feng said as he let Wu Wei into the inner room and sat down, and said, if you come today, our brothers must have a drink.

Wu Wei said, it's only half past one now, I just finished eating, another day.

Zhu Feng said, I haven't eaten yet, I must drink some, you wait for me to finish the guest affairs first. Wu Wei sat there and looked at this small restaurant, which was simple and a little messy, not like those that were relatively large

The hotel looks rich, and the passenger flow will not be very large. I can't help but feel a little sad that my old classmates are in their fifties and are still working so hard. I heard that the guests had already eaten and wanted to hear something, but this group of guests was not like the usual few guests who sat together and had to drink a few cups and chatter about something new, they just sat there silently and snorted and drank vegetable soup and ate cakes.

Wu Wei looked a little disappointed. At this time, the old classmate was out of the woods, and after a while, he took out a small plate of beef from the kitchen and put it on the table in the inner room. Turning around, he carried another set of beers and beckoned him to sit down.

Waiting for him to open and pour wine, Wu Wei said. Some of our classmates are no longer alive, and some have incurable diseases, we are very lucky to be able to sit here and drink, come, cheers to our luck!

Wu Wei said again, old classmate, when you were a student, I saw that you were very thoughtful and promising. Now that I'm still busy with these very hard things, I can't bear it. What about your original factory, and is there anyone still producing?

Zhu Feng said. It's a long story.

Wu Weidao, your original factory director later became the boss of the group, how did you make the company like this?

Zhu Feng said. That's when we saw that he didn't have any skills. is to be able to send, and then it is to use their buddies and sisters, and a small group of people have pit everyone.

Wu Wei asked, how much can you open every month now?

Zhu Feng said with a smile, I'm not afraid of you laughing, 192 yuan.

Wu Wei asked again, is there no unemployment insurance and medical insurance?

Zhu Feng replied, no. It was frozen by the Health Insurance Bureau, and the previous arrears must be made up before it can be unfrozen. Now I go to work and still produce ice and snow equipment. 1,000 per month at the department level, 500 at the section level, and 400 at the worker level. I see that the situation is not right, and I opened this small restaurant in advance, compared with those colleagues who have not come down in the enterprise, it is the best, I can make a net profit of 7 or 80,000 yuan a year, and I also feel very full mentally, in addition to supporting the two of us but also for the children to go to college.

Wu Wei sighed, but it was too hard.

Zhu Feng said, every day at 5 o'clock in the morning to buy vegetables and buy meat and other groceries, open the door at 6 o'clock, grab an early business, and then work until 9 o'clock in the evening, to catch up with some interested guests, but also to postpone.

Wu Wei said with emotion, come, a glass of hard wine! The two of us drink these wines, drink all the money you both earn in a day or two, and next time, we will go to the hotel outside to drink some and liberate you.

Zhu Feng said, you are a foreigner, what is it to drink this, besides, I always want to find someone to nag, but I can't find a suitable person, and I can't ask for you to come. You eat, isn't it too cold, stir-fry a hot dish.

Wu Wei hurriedly stopped, don't, I can't eat it, if you want to serve it again, I'll leave.

Zhu Feng asked, the last time you called to say that you read Lao Tzu Confucius, are you still reading it now?

Wu Wei replied that after reading it, he gained a lot, and the Bible, the Diamond Sutra, the Tao Te Ching, the Analects, Mencius, and Zhuangzi all concentrated on reading them carefully. The Bible is read word by word, and when the Diamond Sutra is read and you feel that kind of ethereal thinking characteristic, you don't read it. One afternoon, I sat in my office for more than two hours, woke up in a daze, realized two sentences, and came out with a poem in the evening.

Zhu Feng was busy and curious, what kind of poem, tell me about it.

Wu Wei said with a smile, what kind of poetry.

As soon as Zhu Feng heard this, he went to find a pen and paper, and said, after framing it, paste it on the wall, and meet the enlightened guests sitting there waiting for the food, it is better to let them taste the poems, maybe they will be interested. Wu Wei also wrote down the poem, saying, the title is what it is, and the people are easy to accept. At this time, the younger brother and sister really fried the hot dish and served it, and wanted to toast a glass of wine, Wu Wei said, this is even more embarrassing. After this drink, he chatted about the past again.

Zhu Feng asked, haven't you forgotten the female classmate with extra-big eyes?

Wu Wei thought about it and said, is that big eye?

Zhu Feng replied, yes. Last year, her child got married, and I went back, and I heard that how to give the dowry? A scale of gold.

Wu Wei asked, what's going on?

Zhu Feng explained that the dowry is on a scale, and a scale of money is used for the dowry to his mother's family, until the weighing pan is full.

Wu Wei asked, is there a standard?

Zhu Fengdao, the old version of 100 yuan is 90,000 yuan, and the new version is 130,000 yuan.

Wu Weiha said with a smile, the designers of the RMB did not expect that the RMB still has such a function, and if it is designed to be lighter, it will increase the burden of the dowry.

Zhu Feng said with emotion, do you think, what kind of money is there in the countryside of our place, but it is really difficult to have two mouthfuls for big eyes. This year, the child brought a letter, saying that he gave birth to a grandson, and the big-eyed cola was broken, this is not the summer hoe season, the old man was busy at home, he went to see his grandson from afar, and took the public exchange slow train to the fast train, all the way to the big southern city where the child worked, it happened that her son was on a business trip that day, and could not pick up the station, and he finally found the child's house with a big burden on his back, and at a glance when he entered the door, he saw the white and chubby little grandson dancing and playing on the bed, As soon as I put the burden down and took off my shoes, I walked barefoot to the bed, held my grandson's little hand, leaned over, and was just about to kiss my fat grandson's little face, when I heard a scream, don't scare the child! It turned out that the daughter-in-law had just closed the door and turned around, and when she saw her mother-in-law's behavior, she shouted nervously. This shout made the big eyes stunned, at first the face was embarrassed, then embarrassed, and then turned into a look of shame and indignation, turned around and retreated to the door, the bag full of souvenirs crackled into the ground, put on shoes, turned around and opened the door and left.

Wu Wei sighed, it's really hard for grandma's heart.

At this time, several guests came in from outside the door, Wu Wei stood up and said, you are busy, and I didn't let you rest well, and I will bother you another day when you are not busy. (To be continued......)