Yue Xiang Lou is not a time-honored restaurant, but it has gradually built a reputation because of the shrewdness, diligence and honesty of the shopkeeper, and the food here is not inferior to other time-honored restaurants, but the price is a third cheaper, so it is full of friends every day.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, An Yi, who had finished washing and changed into a set of silver-gray youth clothes, came to the window seat on the second floor on time. Not long after they sat down, the personable Ou Yaoting and Xiaoniao Yiren's daughter arrived under the respectful guidance of He Qi, the shopkeeper of the restaurant. An Yi, who was watching the river view, hurriedly stood up and said hello to Ou Yaoting and Miss Ou, and then politely called "Uncle Seven", He Qi also liked this affectionate and righteous young man very much, because he was too busy, he could only answer kindly and left. When the waitress on the side, who was wearing a floral short jacket and looked small and exquisite, saw An Yi, she immediately smiled with a smile on her face, and the two talked in a low voice when she poured him tea.

"You know everyone up and down here?" Ou Yaoting, who was sitting in the main seat by the window, asked with a smile.

An Yi nodded politely: "I know you very well, including the chef Uncle Tan here, they are all kind-hearted people." ”

When Miss Ou, who was sitting opposite, saw the young and beautiful waitress whispering to An Yi just now, she was upset for no reason, and after listening to An Yi's words, she sarcastically said unhappily: "Yo! I can't see it, isn't it a bit of stinky money to come here to spend all day drinking? ”

"Miss misunderstood." An Yi explained honestly, remembering the tragic scene at that time, his expression was quite sad: "I just arrived in Guangzhou in October last year, and I was almost cut off by the merchant army, I was penniless and unrelated, and then I fell ill in the process of looking for a job. You don't know, I was so hungry that I swallowed half of the oil paper in the package, and I didn't know what it tasted like. Later, the trading house recruited me, and when I had the money, I went to the first floor of the house every three to five days to buy two beef ear cakes, so I gradually became familiar with the people here. ”

Miss Ou blushed and apologized to An Yi like a child who had done something wrong: "I'm sorry, I didn't know it was like this." ”

"It's okay, isn't it okay now?" An Yi didn't care, and showed a calm smile.

Ou Yaoting nodded: "I didn't expect you to have such an experience, it is not easy to be born in troubled times and live in misery!" ”

Miss Caijuan and the other two waiters took the dishes and put them on the table, nodded politely and said, "The dishes are ready, everyone, please" and quietly retreated.

Ou Yaoting refused the waiter's help and poured wine for An Yi in person, An Yi quickly stood up and said that he didn't dare to be, quickly took the French wine bottle in Ou Yaoting's hand, poured it slowly for the father and daughter just right, and returned to his seat to add one-fifth of his goblet.

All of this fell into Ou Yaoting's eyes, and while appreciating An Yi's understanding of etiquette and observance, he was also surprised that he was so familiar with Western-style wine pouring habits: "Xiao Yi, where did you learn the repair technique?" ”

"In Yucheng...... We have a lot of factories there, there are private training courses, and some bosses give the training course the name of a technical college for fame, which sounds like a university, but it is actually a simple technician training school, and I stayed in it for two years, one and a half years as an intern mechanic in various factories in the vicinity, and after graduation I worked in a larger mechanical repair shop for a year, driving a lathe, and this is what I learned at that time. An Yi, who had been prepared, was talking nonsense.

Ou Yaoting said in surprise: "I didn't expect the industry in Yucheng to be so developed, why have I never heard of it?" ”

"I think the main reason is that Yucheng is not far from Wuhan, the Yangtze River basin has always been an important area of China's industry, I heard that the Shijing Arsenal in Guangzhou has only begun to imitate Soviet-style and German-style rifles in the past two years, and the artillery is still in trial production, but the Hanyang Arsenal has long been produced, and I heard that even the German-made barge gun Hanyang Factory seen on the streets of Guangzhou City has also been mass-produced." An Yi said quietly.

Ou Yaoting nodded: "This is true, there are many newspapers about this news. ”

"How do you know so much?" Miss Ou asked curiously.

An Yi replied: "I eat this bowl of rice, and I usually pay attention to this aspect of things. ”

"Haha! Come, Xiao Yi, you have done a good job in the past few months, I hope you will continue to work hard. Ou Yaoting raised his glass and took a sip, put down the cup and said kindly: "Let's talk while eating, Xiao Yi, don't be restrained." ”

"Thank you!"

Everyone used the dishes for a while, and Miss Ou suddenly asked, "Why do you speak so well in official language?" ”

"It's not a ...... to learn from Luo Jing"

After An Yi finished speaking casually, he realized that he had missed something, and hurriedly remedied: "Haha...... Luo Jing was a teacher at my school when I was in Sichuan, and he was not a teacher, he could only be said to be a rattle, and he came out to rattle the bell at seven o'clock every night, and we began to study at night. ”

Miss Ou nodded: "No wonder, but it is very easy for you northerners to speak official language, unlike us Liangguang people, it is very difficult to learn, especially those tongue-curling pronunciations, which are very awkward." ”

Ou Yaoting laughed: "As long as you learn by heart, if you can't learn it, won't Xiao Yi's current Cantonese have made great progress?" Ha ha...... I'm sorry, an old friend has arrived, I have to go and say hello, you two can use it at will, Xiao Yi, you're welcome. ”

An Yi looked at Ou Yaoting's back and found a large group of people standing in front of the door of Box No. 1, among which were two officers who looked like generals. Suddenly, An Yi saw Jiang Xianyun, He Jinhan and Hu Zongnan, who had become familiar recently, the three of them were fully armed with shell guns on their waists, standing straight behind a kind middle-aged man, especially conspicuous among a group of guards of the Yunnan army.

Hu Zongnan also saw An Yi, smiled at An Yi's eyes, and whispered to Jiang Xianyun and He Jinhan sideways, Jiang Xianyun and Jiang Xianyun also looked at An Yi and smiled slightly, but due to military discipline, both of them were motionless, let alone greet An Yi.

Miss Ou was very excited when she saw He Jinhan and Jiang Xianyun, two famous figures, smiling at her: "Alas, have you seen it?" The two very spiritual guards behind my Uncle Liao are Jiang Xianyun and He Jinhan among the three heroes of Whampoa, and they greeted me! ”

An Yi was stunned for a moment, looked at it for a while, and saw that the two arrogant generals of the Yunnan army were the first to enter the box, Ou Yaoting also followed in under the kind invitation of Mr. Liao, and Jiang Xianyun stood straight at the door of the box, in stark contrast to the guards of the Yunnan army who did not stand in front of each other.

"Alas! What are you looking at? Do you hear me speak? Miss Ou was obviously dissatisfied with An Yi's indifference.

An Yi nodded calmly: "I heard, it was Mr. Liao Zhongkai who pulled your father into the box just now, I saw him when I passed by No. 2 Nandi Road last time, the second person in the party department of the base camp, the party representative of Huangpu, and a very real elder." ”

Miss Ou Yao's nose was slightly upturned, and her Dan lips bit lightly, tempting An Yi almost stupidly: "You person, why are you so old-fashioned and cold?" Really, I don't have any consciousness at all, haven't you heard of the three heroes of Whampoa? Rush candle! ”

was so provoked by the beauty, where could An Yi, who was pretending to be old, still sit still: "Isn't it the three heroes of Whampoa?" I know them all and know them very well, not only a few of them, but also Du Yuming, Huang Jie, Liu Huan, Chen Mingren, Song Xilian, a dozen fierce generals and several famous figures in the second phase, I am familiar with them...... Why, don't believe it? Haha, let me tell you, they have to go into the city twice a month, although they come out on leave in batches and installments, but every time they go into the city, they almost always talk to me, why do I have a vacation time on Sunday? It's just to accommodate the time of these old brothers, I asked Shopkeeper Chen to arrange it for me like this, understand? ”

Miss Ou looked at An Yi in disbelief, and was deeply surprised that he could say the names of so many Whampoa soldiers, but the sense of superiority and the temper of the eldest lady who did not admit defeat cultivated over the years made her unwilling to show embarrassment in front of An Yi: "Talk big, hum!" The three heroes of Huangpu often give speeches on the streets and parks, there are many people who have seen them, and it is not a big deal for you to name those other people, and the young people of the whole city of Guangzhou are talking about the Huangpu soldiers, you must have written it down after hearing what people said, but now you are able to do it in front of me, saying that you know so many outstanding military academy students and put gold on your face, right...... Are you angry? I said yes, right? Haha, if you really know, let me ask you, who is that short soldier standing next to Jiang Xianyun? Don't know, right? If you can name him, I'll obey you. ”

An Yi was already uncomfortable, hearing Miss Ou say this, he obviously regarded himself as a liar, and he didn't care what the occasion was, he stood up angrily, grabbed the largest fried crispy shrimp balls from the plate, strode up to Hu Zongnan, who was upright, and said with a smile: "Old Hu, come here, it's fragrant." ”

Hu Zongnan looked around nervously and asked in a low voice, "I'm on a mission, why did you come here?" Are you rich again? ”

"Make a fortune, but it's enough to eat and drink, come, eat shrimp balls, you must not have eaten them." After An Yi finished speaking, he stuffed the shrimp balls into Hu Zongnan's mouth, and Hu Zongnan had no choice but to refuse, so he had to look at Jiang Xianyun on the side with fragrant shrimp balls.

Seeing Jiang Xianyun's blaming eyes, An Yi smiled: "Wait, I'll give you and Lao He two too." ”

"Xiao Yi, you fuck me off! With so many people watching, do you understand the impact on the image? Get out! ”

Jiang Xianyun stood up straight, and whispered a warning to An Yi in his mouth, but He Jinhan, who was two meters away, was full of smiles, took advantage of An Yi's inattention to step forward and kicked him in the ass, and then retreated to his original position to return to an upright posture, and then winked at An Yi, meaning don't make trouble, get out.

An Yi patted his buttocks, happily returned to his original position, looked at Miss Ou with a shocked face and smiled: "How is it?" Believe it, right? The slightly shorter one is called Hu Zongnan, and Principal Jiang are both from Zhejiang, and now he and Chen Geng are both company commanders of the school army spy company, and the other buddies in the first phase are also company commanders, deputy company commanders, and instructors after graduation, and the most inferior is also a platoon commander, although Lao Hu and I met late, but the two of us are particularly close, don't look at Lao Hu with a face outside, there are five people and six people, but when you are with me, you are not serious, haha! He and my fellow countryman Zeng Guangqing are both very interesting people. ”

Miss Ou listened interestingly, smiled "poof-" and then lowered her head in contemplation. It took a long time to raise his head and a naughty smile on his face: "Even if you know each other...... Have you ever seen a performance by the Blood Flower Drama Society? ”

"That's not true, I heard Huang Jie and Lao Du say that Chen Geng played Hua Dan very well, I always don't believe it, Lao Chen's eyebrows can scare the fighting bull away, how can he play Hua Dan? If it is possible to play a matchmaker or something," An Yi was particularly puzzled by this.

Miss Ou laughed: "You're so funny, haha...... But there is one thing you must not know, tomorrow our women's normal school will have a winter vacation, tomorrow morning Huangpu's Blood Flower Drama Club will come to our school to celebrate and perform a new drama, and our school students have been preparing for this for several days. What a pity! You're not a student at any university, and you're not a revolutionary soldier. ”

An Yi was stunned for a moment, and looked at Hu Zongnan who was standing guard in front of the ten-meter outer compartment door in annoyance, as if complaining to himself:

"I see! No wonder last week, Lao Du and Lao Hu, these grandsons, kept yelling, I must invite me to dinner at noon tomorrow, it turns out that the brothers are looking for Lao Tzu to pay for the girls after going to the girls' school! Grandma's old Du Lao Hu, why are you so cunning......"