The dinner party made Ou Yaoting deeply satisfied, although he left for a while for entertainment, but after coming back, An Yi still waited very politely, and the exquisite dishes on the table did not move, and he got along with his daughter in a proper manner. From these subtleties, Ou Yaoting can see An Yi's honesty and politeness.

What satisfied Ou Yaoting the most was that when he asked An Yi about the relationship with Hans, the deputy manager of the German "Lu Lin" firm, An Yi replied very frankly, saying that there were some problems worth discussing in the design of German-made sewing machines, and Hans was a very conscientious person, who listened to his own opinions and attached great importance to them, discussed with himself several times, and took away the design drawings of the parts he tried to improve and study, and that's all. An Yi finally said very seriously: Hans never mentioned the matter of "Lu Lin" foreign firm to himself, and he was never willing to inquire about foreigners, let alone work under foreigners, although the income may be higher than that of Chinese commercial banks, but he gave his own people a good night's sleep.

An Yi's words made Ou Yaoting and Miss Ou deeply surprised, and at the same time, they also heard a certain deep meaning from An Yi's words and demeanor - An Yi did not have a good impression of the great powers, and even a little resistant. This result reassured Ou Yaoting a lot, and Miss Ou also added a lot of good feelings to An Yi in her heart.

However, how did the father and daughter know that after the drawings designed by An Yi were "improved" by Hans, the senior management of the "Lu Lin" foreign bank was greatly excited, and two of the exquisite design schemes made the foreign bank deeply admired: first, the improvement of the hand transmission, the exquisite design of the foot drive liberated the other hand of the lathe, so that the labor efficiency was greatly improved, and the "Lu Lin" firm also quickly fed back, and it took only four months to produce a new generation of foot sewing machines known as the "revolutionary surname", Hans, who contributed a lot, was also promoted to manager of South China. The Americans followed the Germans three months after they launched the new product, but these precious three months had already given the Germans a head start. Second, An Yi tried to improve the thickness of the cast iron base of the sewing machine, and the redesigned base saved a quarter of the raw materials, so that the weight of the German "Pfaff" sewing machine was greatly reduced a year later, and the sales volume in the world, especially in India and the Far East, increased rapidly, far exceeding more than twice that of the American "Singer" sewing machine.

Hans was an honest man, and his many ideas and rich experience inspired An Yi a lot, and it can be said that these improvements were the result of the cooperation between the two people, and it was only after An Yi's repeated pleas that Hans signed his name on the design drawings, although he was deeply puzzled by An Yi's decision. An Yi also benefited a lot, according to the secret agreement reached with An Yi, Hans deposited a thousand oceans of "hardship fee" in the name of An Yi into the British Standard Chartered Bank in the Shamian Concession, and Hans also gained fame and fortune because of this design patent, and no one except Hans knew about all this.

The next morning, An Yi, who was on vacation, followed his truck to the eastern suburbs under Shui Sheng's pleading, and the car ran as usual without any further problems. Shui Sheng was very grateful, and after listening to An Yi's several unique views on driving skills, he finally let An Yi drive for a while with trepidation, fortunately, in addition to a few unpleasant "rattling" sounds when An Yi started to hang the gear, he became more and more proficient and stable, and the choice and foresight of road conditions were much stronger than those of Shui Sheng, so that Shui Sheng couldn't help but suggest An Yi to change careers and drive, which surprised An Yi.

There is a big reason why Shui Sheng is so generous, the Citroen car ordered by the owner Ou Yaoting is about to arrive, and the special car for Mrs. Ou has no driver, Shui Sheng wants to drive a new car next to his wife, one to drive a car is a hundred times more noble than to drive a truck, and two do not have to work so hard to run Dongguan, Sanshui and other surrounding areas, not only double the income, but also spend more time with his wife and children.

It was twelve o'clock at noon when he returned to the firm, An Yi went to Yuexianglou, and then sat down at Lao Dao's fortune-telling booth, chatting with Lao Dao in a low voice as usual about the latest news and exchanging views. Lao Dao also likes to talk to An Yi about current affairs and warlords, and he feels that some of the things An Yi occasionally says are very reasonable and predictable, so the old and the young are tired of it, and from time to time make some jokes about the disadvantages of the times.

"Xiao Yi, you guy is leisurely!" Hu Zongnan came to the stall and laughed loudly, and Du Yuming also smiled when he stood beside him.

An Yi turned his head and saw that the brothers were all coming, and hurriedly stood up to greet him: "I thought you were all graciously retained by the girls' students." ”

"We were retained, but these people were thin-faced, and they fled like deserters after the performance, if we hadn't chased them out, it is estimated that the figures would have disappeared." A round-faced girl with short ear-length hair generously said that girls in Guangzhou City have been popular with short hair recently, especially the so-called revolutionary young women, who are always at the forefront of fashion.

"These two are ......," An Yi turned to He Jinhan.

He Jinhan introduced very graciously: "This is Jin Huishu and this is Pan Huiqin, both of whom are in charge of the student union of the Provincial Normal University, and they have helped us a lot. ”

"Xiao Yi, find a place to sit down and fill your stomach, a bowl of gruel in the morning has been pushed to the present, and my legs and stomachs are trembling." Du Yuming shouted unceremoniously.

Zeng Guangqing echoed: "Yes! It's not far from Aunt Fang's rice portion, and the beef stew there is impressive. ”

Everyone looked at He Jinhan and laughed ambiguously. Two heroic girls don't know what's going on, look at this and look at that trying to figure it out. At this time, He Jinhan's face was not good-looking, he glared at Zeng Guangqing and grabbed An Yi and left: "I'm hungry, lead the way ahead!" Today, Lao Tzu wants a revolution and wants to eat big households! ”

Everyone followed behind, listened to He Xinhan's vicious words, and remembered the embarrassment of his vermicelli sticking out of his nostrils, which made the two girls depressed, but they were embarrassed to ask.

Walking thirty meters to the door of the Yuexiang Building, An Yi stopped walking: "Brothers, how long have you not eaten the white film flatbread in your hometown?" Lao Du, Lao Guan, how do you two feel about coming from Shaanxi? ”

Guan Zhenglin thought of the rice gruel and the vegetable stalks and melons without oil and water in the military academy, and couldn't help sighing: "Don't mention it, Xiao Yi, I always dream of my hometown's flatbread, but in the whole Guangzhou City, except for a few steamed bun shops that have changed their flavor, there are Western-style bread, those golden yellow, orange and orange bread and cakes There are all pastry shops on the street, but our brothers can't afford to eat them!" Forget it, let's just do it. ”

Du Yuming and Chen Mingren were familiar with An Yi's surname, and knew that he must have a purpose in asking this question, but they didn't think that An Yi would take Guan Zhenglin and He Jinhan's hands without saying a word and strode into Yuexiang Building, and Caijuan, who had been waiting for a long time, hurriedly greeted him warmly. Zeng Guangqing hurriedly called An Yi when he saw entering such a high-end place, An Yi pretended not to hear, and forced Guan Zhenglin and He Jinhan to pull them up, giggling and talking nonsense in his mouth.

He Jinhan, Hu Zongnan, and Jiang Xianyun were naturally familiar with Mr. Liao's arrival here last night, but they couldn't figure out why An Yi invited everyone to eat in such a high-end place.

There are not many guests at noon, the boss Uncle Seven specially arranged for An Yi and his friends to arrange a larger Guantao Pavilion box on the second floor, everyone went in to see the luxurious decoration and the celebrity calligraphy and paintings on the wall did not talk much, it seems that such a luxurious environment makes everyone feel depressed and feel unfitted.

An Yi whispered a few words to Caijuan, took the teapot in her hand and beckoned everyone to sit down, and poured a cup of tea for everyone: "Everyone, and the two young ladies are welcome, I am very familiar with the boss of this place, Uncle Seven, the chef Uncle Tan and a few little sisters, I didn't even have a decent shirt when I first came to Guangzhou, it was Uncle Seventh who didn't dislike me when they saw me sick at the door, and gave me a bowl of water and two cakes, so I am very grateful to them, and they have always taken great care of me." Today, I invite everyone here not to be broad, but to really want the big brother to eat a meal of pasta, I estimate that other stores will not make it for us, only Uncle Seven and Uncle Tan will do it for us, it doesn't cost much is a little bit of the little brother's mind, I hope you don't mind, let alone think of other places, otherwise the little brother can't tell the whole body. ”

Everyone was relieved, and then laughed, and Du Yuming asked movingly: "Xiao Yi, you must have thought about it a long time ago, right?" ”

An Yi sat down: "Yes!" A bag of fifty catties of American flour a few days ago, I asked someone to buy it and put it here, the white film is going to ferment, I can't give my brother a few dead noodles steamed buns, as well as mille-feuille cakes, all need to be prepared in advance, so when our boss invited me to eat here last night, I asked for the consent of Uncle Seven and Uncle Tan to do it in advance this morning, and when it is brought up, everyone will taste it, it may not be authentic enough, but it can only be made to eat. ”

Everyone was very emotional, Jiang Xianyun and He Jinhan glanced at each other, and they both saw the true feelings in each other's eyes. At this time, a fragrance came, and Caijuan served two large plates of steamed white film, three large plates of pancakes, three large plates of scallion oil mille-feuille cakes, followed by two large Gu stewed chicken soup, a few small dishes of boiled peanuts, cold winter bamboo shoots and a plate of fried chili peppers. The eight big men unceremoniously got up and ate big, An Yi also ate sweating profusely, and from time to time added soup to Du Yuming and Guan Zhenglin, and even the two girls were infected by everyone's lively and bold eating, picked up the crispy mille-feuille and tried a bite and then praised loudly.

When everyone unceremoniously swept away the food on the table, Caijuan and another girl brought two pots of steaming dumplings, everyone was stunned, and then divided them evenly, ten no more and no less per person, and everyone was addicted to eating and satisfied.

After the table was cleaned up and the teacups were placed, Guan Zhenglin took the tea handed by An Yi and sighed: "Thank you, Xiao Yi, this meal is so fragrant!" I'll never forget it. ”

Everyone echoed in unison and thanked An Yi one after another. An Yi waved his hand embarrassedly: "Don't say it so solemnly for a meal, as long as the big brothers want to eat it in the future, they will notify me in advance, I also like pasta, and I am planning to buy a stove and frying pan to go back and make it myself, but the place where I live is too small to place, so I have not made up my mind, but just now Miss Caijuan secretly told me that Uncle Seventh They also like mille-feuille and dumplings, and they plan to launch the next step and take out, which is much more convenient." ”

"Xiao Yi, why did Mr. Ou Yaoting invite you to dinner here last night? Are you a kid who has been promoted? Hu Zongnan asked.

An Yi shook his head: "Invite me to dinner because I repaired dozens of imported sewing machines that could not be repaired, and also helped the firm repair the broken down small truck, for no other reason, I didn't get promoted, but my salary has risen, and I will receive sixty yuan a month from this month, so ah, I am richer than you, and it is not too much to invite my good brother to dinner, right?" ”

Everyone was in an uproar, and they were very shocked that the young An Yi had such advanced skills, especially An Yi's high monthly salary, which was more than double that of the instructors in Huangpu.

"Grandma's! No wonder you kid doesn't want to take the test of our Huangpu, it turns out that he is living so nourishing, I say......" The Sichuan fellow Zeng Guangqing's mind was really meticulous, and one sentence made everyone clear the reason why An Yi pushed three pushes and four did not take the Huangpu test, and the two girls also changed their views on An Yi, who was backward in thought, and felt that he seemed to be not as handsome and cute as before.

In the midst of the condemnation, An Yi waved his hand again and again, and said something that made everyone think deeply: "Lao Zeng, you are talking nonsense, don't listen to him, big brothers!" Lao Zeng, you are too boring, are you still a fellow countryman? It's really a shot in the back when a fellow sees a fellow! ”

Everyone laughed funny, Zeng Guangqing was embarrassed, An Yi sighed: "To tell you the truth, I, An Yi, have gone from a homeless man to a senior staff member with a monthly income of dozens of yuan in just a few months. When I had no money, I thought desperately that Lao Tzu must be rich and be a rich man, but now I just have a little money, but I feel that except for the heart full when facing the cold machine, the rest of the time is very empty. Maybe everyone will say, this is the little brother has no ideals and no ambitions, no pride and ambition for the country and the people, these truths are understood by the little brother, the little brother from the beginning of the acquaintance of the big brother felt particularly fateful, and also wanted to be the same as the big brother to become a hero who saved the country and the people, and stood up to the sky, but the little brother now does not even have a document to prove his identity, and he just started to learn to write calligraphy and now he can't even hold the brush well, what do you let me take to Huangpu? How can you achieve your dreams by joining the military? It's hard! The younger brother can only ponder some mechanical things now, to see if he can find a way out of this regard, I hope you will understand. ”

Everyone was silent after listening to An Yi's words, but Jiang Xianyun thought a lot, he knew that An Yi was definitely a wizard with mechanical repair skills, otherwise it would be impossible to win the favor of the famous Ou Yaoting, and it would be impossible to get such a high salary, he was silent for a moment, and asked with concern:

"Xiao Yi, identity certificate is not a problem, in this era of warlord division and frequent wars, many people do not have identity certificates, these can be understood, as long as you find a guarantor, you can do it, but there is one thing I don't understand, you can even repair foreign machines and cars, how can you not write calligraphy? Where did you go to school? ”

"Alas! When I was young, my family was poor and had no chance to study, and when I grew up, I wandered to work in several factories in Chongqing for a while, and everyone also knew that the warlord wars for many years, the factories were not very good, and the little brother had to run around to find a bowl of rice to eat. It's just that the younger brother is particularly interested in mechanical repair and willing to learn, so he has mastered some skills, I don't know why I offended the underworld in Sichuan and couldn't stay, and after being exiled to Guangzhou, I was fortunate to get Mr. Ou's acceptance, and the younger brother was also willing to work hard to ponder, and made some achievements by mistake, saying that I really didn't go to any school when I studied, and the limited knowledge was the result of the education of the factory master, so I didn't mention it. An Yi avoided the heavy and prevaricated lightly.

He Jinhan frowned: "You kid hasn't read a book, how can you have such good eloquence and thinking?" ”

"Lao He, aren't you picking bones in eggs?"

An Yi looked at He Jinhan angrily: "The Lingnan Cantonese Opera Troupe is famous for singing old students, right?" Generalissimo Sun has praised them, but as far as I know, three of them are also the word 'one' that knows Bian Danda, but people just sing well, do you stab the sky? From the Han Dynasty to the present, everyone can talk about historical figures casually, why didn't I see you ask them why they are illiterate? ”

Everyone burst into laughter, and He Zhenhan thought about it, what kind of birds are there in this forest? It's not uncommon for someone to be a genius in one way and an idiot in another.

The atmosphere of such a smile suddenly became lively, and everyone no longer dwelled on this matter, but chatted hotly in the sea and the sky, until Chen Mingren reminded him to go back, and everyone stood up unsatisfied.

Walking to the first floor, An Yi stopped: "Lao Du, Lao Guan, and a few brothers, you can have a chance to come out today, but there are still many brothers in the school who can't come out, and they can't eat a meal of pasta, here is the beef pie that the younger brother specially commissioned Chef Uncle Tan to make, according to the northwest flavor in the younger brother's memory, take it back, there will not be many opportunities like this in the future." ”

Only then did everyone pay attention to the three bamboo baskets on the table covered with white gauze, Du Yuming went up and opened them, and each bamboo basket contained at least fifty or sixty fragrant flatbreads that were burned golden, and he stayed in place without knowing what to say.

Hu Zongnan rubbed his nose and strode over to mention Yilan: "Guangting, Junshan, don't be idle and mention one each, don't give a piece to the revolutionary soldiers!" ”

Du Yuming and He Jinhan did as they were told, lifted the basket and strode away with Hu Zongnan, Jiang Xianyun and others also left quickly after saying goodbye to An Yi, and the excitement in their hearts was indescribable.

The two girls also sighed when they saw the deep friendship between An Yi and a group of Whampoa soldiers, and warmly asked An Yi's place of work, invited An Yi to have time to participate in the revolutionary activities they held in the park every week, and waved goodbye after talking for a while.

Watching the brothers on the distant dock get on the boat and leave, An Yi felt very satisfied, feeling that he had money and was very proud to be able to do something for such a brother, and the comfort and nourishment of friendship also made him feel that he was no longer lonely, and he didn't expect that his meal of noodles and a few blue pancakes would make dozens of generals in Huangpu and other colleagues who learned about it forget for the rest of their lives.