At half past five o'clock in the evening, Wang Xueli came to Laojun Furnace Restaurant as promised. The other five brothers have not yet arrived, and Yu Tao's wife Lu Fanghua led Wang Xueli into the 202 private room, while calling the waiter to pour tea for the fifth brother.

With the deepening of the reform of state-owned enterprises, the Industrial Bureau has been withdrawn and merged into the Industry and Information Technology Commission, and Yu Tao, the former director of the Industrial Bureau, went through the procedures of suspension of pay before the merger, and paid pension insurance until retirement, only retaining the original cadre status, and all others were decoupled from the original unit. The reason why Yu Tao made such a decision was because his wife's Laojunlu Restaurant Group was doing well and needed manpower. I have been in the system, the office director has worked for N years, and the reserve cadres at the deputy bureau level have been prepared for N years, and the dense green silk on his head has evolved into the "Mediterranean", and he has not yet been promoted, and now he is facing institutional reform, and the hope of promotion is even slimmer. After thinking about it, in order to eat and wear, instead of being squeezed around and trampled around, it is better to leave, the officials are done by them, and the wealth is stuffy.

Lu Fanghua said: "Fifth brother, you must have been tired in the past two days. My mother passed away last year, and my brother and sister stayed up all night, and it took a long time to recover. ”

As he was talking, a waiter wearing a blue suit, slender with tall hair and a very thoughtful appearance knocked on the door and walked into the 202 private room, holding two teacups in the tea tray, and placed them in front of Lu Fanghua and Wang Xueli in turn, and said with a smile: "Mr. Lu, please use tea, Mr. please use tea." ”

Lu Fanghua said: "Let me introduce to you, this is Wang Xueli, a reporter from the Economic Department of Qingshan Daily, and this is Jin Xiaoman, the lobby manager of a branch of our Laojunlu Restaurant Group. ”

Jin Xiaoman stretched out his right hand to shake Wang Xueli, with a standard smile showing eight teeth: "Mr. Wang is lucky!" ”

Wang Xueli also hurriedly got up and said, "Hello Manager Jin!" ”

Jin Xiaoman withdrew with a smile.

Lu Fanghua said: "How about the fifth brother, is our Jin Xiaoman still in your eyes?" ”

Wang Xueli was stunned for a moment, not understanding the meaning of Lu Fanghua's words.

Lu Fanghua continued: "I know it's a bit early to raise this matter now, but the fifth brother is a scarce animal, and it was snatched away before it landed, so I will line up here first, and when you are freed from the pain of losing your fifth sister-in-law, the first object of consideration is our family Xiaojin." By the way, you don't know Xiaojin's situation yet, he is 36 years old this year, divorced, and has a daughter who goes to boarding high school. The reason for the divorce was domestic violence, and the man was an alcoholic, and after drinking, he beat her to death. She had no choice but to flee her hometown and came to Qingshan to work, from a waiter all the way to the lobby manager. I've been thinking about helping her find a good family, but I'm not afraid that Fifth Brother will be angry when I say this, there are really few reliable men now, those who have money will study badly, and those who don't have money will be in their pockets. ”

While chatting, the other five brothers and their wives also arrived one after another, the dishes were served one after another, and the wine was also moved in.

The eldest Yan Qingshan is gone, and the second Li Baosheng naturally assumes the responsibility of the eldest brother, saying: "The sudden misfortune of the fifth brother and sister is a huge loss for our six or six families. Today is a few brothers to comfort the fifth brother, I am in charge, let's not drink liquor, only drink beer, and control the total amount. Speaking of which, the brothers are not young anymore, and their bodies are important. I, the second brother, worked in the hospital again, didn't take the lead, let alone take care of everyone, and punished myself first. As he spoke, he motioned to the waiter to open a bottle of beer, fill it up for himself, and drink it all. Put down the cup, let the waiter pour it for the brothers and several ladies, and said: "The fifth brother has lost his beloved wife who has lived together for more than 20 years, it is natural to be sad, but don't be overly sad, life has to go on." I propose that everyone toast the fifth brother together, and wish him to get out of the haze as soon as possible and start a new life. "Everyone drank in their glasses.

The eldest brother started together, and the brothers followed up one by one. It was said to drink less, and after a circle, everyone had at least three empty wine bottles under their feet.

Li Baosheng said again: "Fifth brother, your second sister-in-law has a doctor and deputy chief physician in their department, and her husband died of lung cancer the year before last. ”

Li Baosheng's lover Zhu Guangxiu, who is the head nurse of the pediatric ward of the municipal hospital, hurriedly interjected and said: "Mrs. Fu is kind, she will feel sorry for people, if the fifth brother marries her, he will have the blessings in the future!" ”

Lu Fanghua didn't speak, only looked at Wang Xueli with a pair of eyes, which meant "I was the first to queue up to register."

Xu Xiaoyan, the lover of the third Cui Dalin, also said: "I have a sister, although she has been laid off, she has opened a steamed bun shop by herself, and her income is not low, and now she is a small boss." The husband ran away with the third child. Before Xu Xiaoyan finished speaking, Cui Dalin hurriedly stopped: "Don't bury my fifth brother, people have to find a well-informed and knowledgeable cultural person, your steamed bun Xi Shi will rest for a while." ”

Qiu Yueyue, the seventh daughter-in-law who is usually not nosy and annoying, also said: "There is an associate professor in our college who is also good, a 40-year-old girl who has never been married, but she has a little personality. ”

"It's not as old as the performance, is it still single? Just like you, how hard it has taken me to come over the years", Lao Qizhongshan joked, "but a well-educated female professor is still very good." Qiu Yueyue glared at her husband with a pair of apricot eyes.

As we talked, the theme diverged, and a banquet that began with tragedy ended in a farce, with five empty beer bottles left in the private room.