The car drove very fast, and the county itself was not big, and after a while, we arrived at the hotel.

The hotel is the most famous signature restaurant in the county, Sichuan, Lu, Hunan and Guangdong are readily available, and it is a designated hotel for Dazhi and us to entertain VIPs.

The car stopped steadily, so I quickly got out of the car and opened the door for Ah Hong.

I nodded and bowed humbly, which did not please her, on the contrary, I could see that there was a faint trace of anger on Ah Hong's face.

She didn't pay any attention to me, didn't even look at me, got out of the car and walked straight into the hotel.

I couldn't guess Ah Hong's thoughts, so I didn't dare to follow in, standing at the door of the hotel and waiting for Dazhi to park.

Dazhi parked the car and hurriedly ran over, a little strange to see me standing alone.

"What about people?"

"Got in." , I'm Nunu mouth.

"Damn, why don't you follow?" He gave me a strange look, as if he thought my faux pas were a bit unusual today.

"She, she doesn't seem to be very happy, I don't dare to get too close." I made an excuse and whispered.

"Leader, where will it be like us, baring teeth all day long, go, go, hurry in, don't let people wait for us inside." , Dazhi complained to me and trotted in.

Sitting in the box, Ah Hong seemed to have returned to normal, her demeanor was generous, graceful and elegant.

"Look, Director, what are we going to eat? Do you order? Dazhi politely handed her the menu.

I sat next to Ah Hong and didn't speak.

"There are thousands of things in my chest, and there is no word when I meet."

I do have a lot to say to her, but the sad distance of time makes me not know how to speak, the special friendship during the Yellow Mansion period, the alienation and disgust that Ah Hong revealed to myself in front of me, I don't know what she is thinking, how to speak?

I just sat there, squeezing a smile on my face as much as I could, looking at her, hoping that the atmosphere would improve a little.

At the same time, my heart has been up and down.

Dazhi our mining farm, business has just improved a little, all kinds of sadness at the beginning of the business, all kinds of hardships have been suffered, just like yesterday.

The company is just starting to make money, and government regulation is starting to focus on the ambition of a great power, which puts us under more pressure.

Environmental protection is too important for mining sites.

It's just that God makes people, but it is Ah Hong who is in charge of this matter.

Fate is dominated by others, and the one who dominates your fate is not far from you, if it is away.

It's a devastating feeling.

Dazhi and I are well aware that Ah Hong's attitude is too important to us.

The significance of this meal to eat well is self-evident to us.

Ah Hong looked at the recipe with a calm expression.

"Leader, let's have something special today, shall we? The "Buddha jumping over the wall" in their restaurant is doing a good job. Dazhi suggested with a smile on the side.

"Hey, that's not good, that dish is too expensive, and I made a mistake when I ate it." After Ah Hong finished speaking, she giggled.

"Besides, I'm from a poor peasant's background, how can I enjoy it?"

She said, glancing at me out of the corner of her eye.

I felt Ah Hong's sharp eyes, and my expression was awe-inspiring, thinking of her help during the difficult period of the Yellow Building, and my heart was mixed.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's just a few of our families, it's okay. Besides, there is not much money to do. Dazhi sincerely wants to please the leader, and he also sincerely recommends a few good dishes.

The restaurant has a lot of food.

Ah Hong flipped through the menu for a while, snapped it shut, didn't order a dish, and her face was obviously a little annoyed.

My heart thumped.

Dazhi didn't touch his head either, and he was a little scared.

"What are you, Director? Is there no appetizing dish? ”

"Ah, no, no, strange, looking at the recipe, I suddenly felt a little homesick, and I didn't want to eat anything all of a sudden." , Ah Hong's words are a bit confusing.

"Director, isn't your hometown local?" Dazhi is a little curious, since coming to the county seat, the magistrates we have contacted are all villagers in the surrounding towns and villages of the county.

Ah Hong's words made him feel a little surprised.

"Yes, my hometown is far away." , Ah Hong looked very serious and said seriously.

I'm a little surprised, when did it become her hometown far away?

"Since the director's hometown is out of town, let's order a few dishes from the leader's hometown, do you think it's okay?" , Dazhi has a smart head, and immediately turned the corner.

He took the menu and wanted to order his own food to save the day.

"The director's hometown is from the south, right? How about a few Cantonese dishes we order? ”

Ah Hong's face was cloudy, her eyes flickered, and she was silent, making it impossible to guess what she was thinking.

I still didn't dare to take a stubble, so I sat obediently on the side.

For a moment, I remembered Ding Ling, the scene of eating with Ding Ling, Boss Wang, and Da Zhong two years ago, and the embarrassing scene seemed familiar.

It's just that at that time, I was completely regarded as a waste person who didn't understand the rules at all, and I was ridiculed and despised by the so-called people in the rivers and lakes advocated by Ding Ling.

Today's situation, I was also secretly shot, knowing in my heart that so far, everything at the banquet has not gone well, it is Ah Hong's attack on me, but I dare not and can't break it, I can only look at her silently, and the ghost knows what new tricks this woman who used to love and hate me will play next.

Eating is such a simple thing, but once it is mixed with various emotional factors, it becomes a kind of torment.

Judging from Ah Hong's performance when she got in the car and went to the hotel, she still hated me, which was obvious, and she even wanted to think of herself as a foreigner, unwilling to recognize me, and deliberately distanced herself from me.

This kind of hatred is also familiar, just like my hatred for Ding Ling.

Dazhi held the menu in his hand, and the corner of his eyes was aimed at Ah Hong's face, as if he wanted to read the leader's mind.

Ah Hong did not express her position.

I still can't order this dish.

The atmosphere was a bit stalemate and awkward for a while.

"That's it, today we are the environmental protection bureau to do the east, originally you two outsiders to our county to invest in the factory, is the well-being of our county, can contribute to the economic development of our county, this meal, should be invited by us, on behalf of the government functional departments, but also do the friendship of the landlord, how about inviting the two bosses to have a meal?" , Ah Hong suddenly changed her tone, however, the tone of her words did not have the slightest room for negotiation.

Dazhi looked at me and kicked me under his feet.

"How can this be done, our brothers rushed to the county from other places today, just to invite the leaders to have a light meal, and the director must give us two faces today."

"Yes, yes, bureau, the director will give face." , I stumbled along with his words.

Ah Hong's face was gloomy and she gave me a cold look.

"Hey, you can't say that, let's come here to eat, it's not a matter of face, then again, the face of the boss of a big country, how dare I not give it."

"I'm a little flattered that you invited me out to dinner today."

Her words chilled my heart, and it seemed that she had completely misunderstood.

Before I met her, I really didn't know that the leader Dazhi invited today was her.

Needless to say, she must have thought that I had a special meaning for inviting her to dinner today.

In fact, she was completely misunderstood.

I didn't have the slightest intention of asking for a meal to repay her for the kindness of the Yellow Building.

There is no idea of showing off with the mentality of a successful person.

I played with Ah Hong's words, and my face was embarrassed for a while.

Dazhi was also a little surprised, and he could see that Ah Hong's words also made him scratch his head, he must have thought that my initial faux pasto offended the director.

Rao is Dazhi has been in a lot of battles for so long, has dealt with various occasions, received various leaders, and today's situation still does not seem to show any signs of alleviation, he looked at me, we looked at it, and I read the anxiety in his eyes.

How would he know about the grievances and grievances between me and Ah Hong in the Yellow House ten years ago?

It seems that today's knots must be untied by me, after all, it is necessary to tie the bell to the bell.

I coughed dryly.

"Uh-huh, that, uh-huh."

Ah Hong looked at my expression with a cold expression.

"Director, you see, we came out in a hurry today, and we didn't make any preparations."

"What don't you need?" She looked at me and smiled slightly, with a look of banter.

"No, that's it, I didn't know that the director was you......"

"You, that, I mean I don't know if the director is willing to appreciate your face and accept us, cough cough, we invite you to dinner, in fact, it is a small heart."

The logic of my language was confused, but the basic message to her was delivered.

"I meant that I didn't know that Dazhi invited you."

"It is our honor that you are willing to come out to eat with us, and we arrange it like this, which is completely a part of our company's heart."

There are two meanings, Ah Hong Bingxue is smart and naturally understands.

Hong's face turned red and white, and she stared at me, listening to my nonsense expressions.

"Yes, that's, that's it, eating is actually nothing, it's just a part of our brothers' hearts." , Dazhi agreed, looking at Ah Hong, whose face was uncertain, a little at a loss.

"What does the big boss mean, I must eat this meal?"

She seemed to be saying it lightly, but I could hear the gnashing of my teeth.

I was a little overwhelmed and looked at Dazhi like a plea for help.

"Director, the meaning of the big country is that we are not very well prepared today, you see, we didn't think that you are not a local, and you may not be used to eating local food, so let's do it, since the leader doesn't like the environment here, let's move and change places? How about we find a place you're familiar with? ”

Dazhi's tone is very sincere, and it can really be touching.

"Actually, it's not important where you eat, it's not important what you eat, it's not important who you eat, the key is who you eat with!" , Ah Hong's tone, the dissatisfaction revealed was already obvious.

Seeing her annoyed look, Dazhi and I were both flustered, and it seemed that it was better not to eat this meal than to eat it.

"The leader doesn't want to see our brothers!"

What could be more unpleasant than having dinner with someone you hate?

For a while, the atmosphere was a little embarrassing again.

After a long pause, Ah Hong looked at our six gods without masters, and his expression softened.

"Two bosses, I'll arrange this meal, how about we change places?"

Again, she proposed.

It seems that we have no choice.

Daichi looked at me again.

We're all a little helpless.

"Okay, okay, we'll listen to the director's arrangement today."

It seems that tonight's situation is quite satisfying to be able to eat.

"Giggles, let me bother you, in fact, to eat, is to find the right place, find a suitable place, go, let's go." , Ah Hong seemed to have returned to the normal state of first sight, and that unhappy and sad expression appeared on her face again.

"I'll show you the way, let's go to the old county to eat."

Her tone also became calmer.

Ah Hong led the way, and we drove to the gate of the old county middle school.

She took Dazhi and me into the small restaurant that Da Gang and I used to go to six years ago.

The appearance of the small restaurant has not changed at all, the owner has not changed, but it has been six or seven years, and it has aged a lot.

Since Dagang's accident, the last time I went to Lao Xianzhong was to pick apricot blossoms in the back mountain of the cram school, completely for his deathbed entrustment.

In the past two years, every time I returned to the county, I have been taking a detour, avoiding the old site in the county, and it is a heart-wrenching pain to see things and think about people.

Although I am nostalgic, I don't want to touch the sad things, let alone uncover my emotional scars.

Obviously, Ah Hong and the boss are very familiar.

As soon as she entered the door, the boss greeted her warmly.

"Oh, Ah Hong is here, hurry up and please come inside."

Hong smiled and nodded.

The boss didn't pay much attention to the guests brought by Ah Hong.

It seems that the owner of the small restaurant can't remember me at all, yes, there are so many students in the old county, how can she remember me?

This time, the ordering was much smoother.

Ah Hong took some menus and skillfully ordered a few side dishes, two of which Da Gang and I must order every time we eat in a small restaurant.

I sat in the shop, thinking about the old days, and I felt a little lost.

"I don't care about you, I just order what I like to eat, and I come here to eat once a week, her family's dishes, I always can't eat enough, and the aftertaste is endless." , she glanced at me and Dazhi and said with a smile.

Dazhi saw the bright smile on her face, and the gloom on her face was also swept away.

Yes, we invite people to dinner, isn't it just to have a good time?

Regular customers ordered, got special care from the small shop, and the dishes were very fast.

The boss stared at me for a long time after serving the food.

"I think you're familiar, huh?"

She seemed to be trying to think about connecting me to someone she knew.

I smiled wryly.

"yes, maybe there's a student who looks like me?"

"Ask the surname for the first time, call the name and remember the old face."

Indeed, I am familiar with everything here, but I don't want to report myself to my family, talk about old things, and bring back sad pasts.

"Yes, yes, you definitely don't know him, he is the owner of the company, and he won't come to your shop without my invitation, how can you know him?"

Ah Hong followed the boss's words and glanced at me, her expression was complicated.

The meal was eaten quickly, and on the surface, it was also a pleasure to eat.

After eating, Ah Hong was very satisfied.

She repeatedly asked Dazhi, "How is it?" Okay, right? Still in the habit of eating, right? ”

It seems that today's protagonist has been completely reversed, we are the one who was invited, and our evaluation of the meal has become the key factor in whether the leader is happy or not.

The food in the small restaurant is indeed very poor, and it can be described as difficult to swallow.

But Ah Hong ate with relish.

I can't eat it, and I'm full of thoughts.

This is a dish that can only be eaten by improving food in the past, Dagang and I seven years ago in the county tutoring period, we all saved a week's money, and we could only go into the small shop on weekends to order two dishes, and every time we ate all the dishes, even the vegetable soup had to be poured into the bowl, just to eat half a bowl of rice.

I have never mentioned this sad past to anyone.

I can vaguely understand the deep meaning of Ah Hong's coming here to eat.

But is there a deeper meaning to her doing this?