Chapter 69: Attending the Wedding
After Xu Dong arrived home, Yang Lina saw that it was past nine o'clock, and couldn't help complaining:
"Isn't it just a meal, why did you delay it for so long?"
"We talked about some work." Xu Dong replied simply.
Mother Xu ran over in slippers and asked, "What about the rice, have you brought it back?" ”
Looking at the increasingly severe drought, Xu's mother has been concerned about food for a long time, especially after eating the loss of selling meat, this anxiety is better than day by day.
"Pulled back, in the car, a total of 15 bags of 750 pounds."
Mother Xu hurriedly opened the car door and looked at it, and kept chattering:
"It's still the section chief who has the ability, and he got so much rice for you at once, and everything you do this year really depends on relationships.
Fortunately, I found you Aunt Wang at the beginning, otherwise where would you have such a job opportunity, without this job, you wouldn't be able to get so much rice......"
It's the same old tune again, Xu Dong listened to it with a big head, so he quickly interrupted: "Mom, where do you put this batch of rice?" ”
"Let's put it in the basement, there have been a lot of rats in the kitchen recently, and I can't put anything." Mother Xu replied.
Due to drought and lack of water, many birds, insects and wild animals have begun to pop up frequently in cities.
Every day on the way to work, Xu Dong will see a lot of small animals that are crushed by the wheels, including weasels and all kinds of snakes, but the most dead are mice.
"Flowey, didn't you catch a mouse?" Xu Dong frowned.
Yang Lina sighed and said: "It's not a good thing that your two baby daughters did, the two of them thought that Huahua was too dirty to catch mice, so they simply locked Huahua in a cage and didn't let it come out to catch mice." ”
"Forget it, rats have viruses on them, so it's okay if you don't catch them." Xu Dong quickly made an excuse for himself.
Then, without much time, Xu Dong drove the forklift into the basement and then inspected the warehouse again to see if any rats had slipped in.
The results were okay and no traces were found.
After three days like this, Xu Dong's peaceful life was broken again, and Xiang Xin, who had always been very arrogant, suddenly announced that she was getting married, and invited everyone in the security department to attend her wedding.
The wedding time is more urgent, just the next day.
Although Xu Dong was not very interested in the inside story, he couldn't bear Gao Yuemei's gossip enthusiasm.
"Xiao Xiang has been talking to her partner for two or three years, and she was going to get married at the end of the year. It's just that she didn't expect her boyfriend to be urgently transferred to Dian Zhou now, and he may not be able to come back for the New Year, so the wedding was held in such a hurry. ”
Xu Dong was curious: "What does her boyfriend do?" ”
"Alas, I forgot to tell you, she is also a person in our industry, a policeman."
"Police? Then did he go to Dian Zhou on business, and how did he run so far? Xu Dong wondered.
Dian Zhou is far away in the southern border of Xinjiang, separated from Yanjing by more than 2,000 kilometers, for no reason, there is generally little intersection between the two places.
"Xiao Xu, haven't you watched the news recently?" Gao Yuemei was surprised.
"There's been a lot of things going on at home lately, and I don't have much time to watch TV." Xu Dong made an excuse at random.
The real reason is that he has recently become obsessed with a very wonderful novel, which he reads at work and at home, so that he is not interested in any news events.
"No wonder." Gao Yuemei then explained: "There have been a lot of refugees in Yunnan recently, you haven't watched the news, it's just all over the mountains, and the local police force is not enough, so you can only send people from all over the country to support." ”
"In this way, Xiang Xin's boyfriend is really unlucky." Xu Dong said with emotion.
He had heard about the refugee crisis in southern Xinjiang in his previous life, and it seemed to have lasted for several years until the establishment of the "Asian League" that it was finally resolved.
"No, there were only more than 200 people in the entire Yanjing area, and they were selected. It is said that the groom is going to leave that night, but we Xiang Xin will be miserable. Gao Yuemei looked sympathetic.
This matter is not good for outsiders to comment, Xu Dong quickly changed the topic: "Sister Gao, how many red envelopes are you going to pack?" ”
"Just pack a 5,000 yuan." Gao Yuemei thought for a while and said.
This amount fully takes into account the current price level, and if it is put into last year, 1,800 yuan is more than enough.
"Okay, then I'll pack 5,000 yuan too."
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After work the next day, Xu Dong followed his colleagues to the nearby Ruian Hotel, where he attended a wedding for the first time since he was reborn.
Although Xiang Xin's wedding was held in a hurry, the specifications were not low at all, which can be seen from the location of the wedding.
Xu Dong looked around and saw that at least two or three hundred people came to the wedding scene, and at least one-third of them were wearing police uniforms.
At seven o'clock in the evening, the wedding officially began.
The wedding master of ceremonies is said to be the host of the TV station, and the lively atmosphere of the scene is very set, and the whole wedding is arranged warm and romantic, which makes the bride cry several times.
Halfway through, Section Chief Li, as a witness, came to the stage to deliver a speech, and spoke for half an hour in one breath, and Xu Dong looked embarrassed.
Then it's time for the feast.
Perhaps in order to avoid being criticized for extravagance and waste, the meals on the scene were not very rich, with ten dishes and one soup per table, and the only meat dish was a braised fish.
Soon the bride and groom came to toast, and Xu Dong also took the opportunity to send good wishes.
"Xiao Xiang, Xiao He, I wish you all to grow old together and give birth to a noble son early."
"Thank you, Brother Xu."
At the end of the banquet, Section Chief Li, including several elderly colleagues, was drunk, and Xu Dong had to act as a driver to send these people home one by one.
Helping Section Chief Li upstairs, the other party suddenly said: "Xiao Xu, do you know that Xiang Xin's husband took the initiative to apply to go to Dianzhou." ”
"Uh, really?" Xu Dong was surprised.
"It's true, I heard from their director. There is a shortage of police in Dian Prefecture now, as long as you are willing to stay there for three years, you can come back and be promoted, do you know what this means? ”
"What does that mean?" Xu Dong cooperated.
"It means that he has reached my current level in three years, and sometimes I think about it, it's really unfair, why can't I have this kind of good opportunity when I was young."
Section Chief Li seems to have drunk too much, and even the swear words came out.
Xu Dong comforted: "Uncle Li, our company is not bad, how many people can't get in if they want to, why do you have to compare with others!" ”
"Xiao Xu, you don't understand, there is no future as a security guard in our company, if you have a chance, you must jump out, the outside world is very big." Section Chief Li persuaded earnestly.
"Yes, yes, let's go inside!" Xu Dong said perfunctorily.
He has planned it, in this life, he will not toss it, and he will retire in the power company.
If you can arrange for all the children to be in the power company, then it will really be a complete merit.
"Bang ......"
"Who?"
"Aunt Li, I'm Xiao Xu, I sent Uncle Li back, he was drunk." Xu Dong shouted.
Aunt Li's nagging voice came from inside the house: "Okay, what kind of wine do you drink, don't pay attention to your body at all." ”
The door opened, Xu Dong helped the person into the house, and then said hello to Aunt Li and said goodbye, mainly to avoid suspicion.
Aunt Li is actually not very old, in her thirties, with a melon seed face, very beautiful, and is the wife of Section Chief Li's second marriage.
Every time Xu Dong came over, he couldn't help but sigh: "The good cabbage has made the pig arch!" ”
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