The snow fell intermittently, and by the afternoon the weather cleared, and the snow on the ground began to melt, and the temperature was a little cooler than when it snowed.

Pedestrians on the road were tightly wrapped and hurried, running in different directions.

Lu Guoming walked aimlessly along the streets that he had walked countless times.

After settling his salary in the morning, he came out of the Zhongding International Shopping Mall and stood in the square for a long time, looking at the buildings in the distance and near the high and low, and his heart was barren.

A chill crept up from the soles of my feet, and I couldn't help but shiver all over my body.

After more than four years of work, he said that he would be gone, but he had nowhere to redress his grievances.

Lu Guoming was thinking about what to do next while walking, at his age, it was too difficult to find a suitable job in the short term. The family can't expect Xia Zhu to earn money alone, Lu Zhu is about to enter the third year of high school in the blink of an eye, and it costs money to go to college, and the two old people are old, and they have to ask for a lot of money when they get sick......

I can't think about it, and the more I think about it, the more pressure I have.

Lu Guoming wiped his frozen face, and for the first time, he had the idea of escaping, he didn't want to go home so soon, and he didn't know how to face his family.

He just walked all the way through the streets.

The Five Organs Temple was hungry and screaming, so he stopped to look at his phone, it was four o'clock in the afternoon.

Time flies.

He originally just wanted to escape for two hours, but who knows, most of the day has passed.

Lu Guoming raised his head and looked around, planning to find a restaurant and solve the problem of eating before going back.

In the criss-crossing old pedestrian street, there is no shortage of restaurants, and when you look at the past, there are all kinds of small fried shops. Signature dishes are taped with eye-catching red tape on the glass doors, and prices vary greatly from house to house.

Lu Guoming picked one casually, opened the thick cotton curtain and went in.

Before the meal, there was a table with a person sitting inside, or a single person, and the rest of the tables were empty.

"Sit casually, how many?" The proprietress came out of the back kitchen and greeted with a smile.

"One." Lu Guoming sat down at the table next to him, looking up at the menu posted on the wall.

The proprietress walked up to her, holding a small notebook and a ballpoint pen in her hand, ready to order food for him: "What do you want to eat?" The dishes were all freshly processed in the afternoon. ”

Lu Guoming smiled and asked first: "What are the big and small portions you have here?" ”

The proprietress turned around and brought him two plates for comparison: "Small portions are usually for one person, and large portions are enough for two or three people." If you want to try a few dishes, we recommend choosing smaller portions. ”

"Got it." Lu Guoming nodded, and ordered with confidence, "I want a stir-fried fat sausage, a stir-fried meat with sharp peppers, a braised hairtail, and a plate of vegetarian dishes, you can arrange it." ”

"Is it okay to stir-fry broccoli?"

"Okay."

"What do you want to drink?"

"One bottle and two pots."

The proprietress paused, and asked Chi, "A bottle?" ”

Lu Guoming confirmed: "That's right." ”

"We can sell two drinks here." The proprietress was afraid that the customer would not know, so she explained it to him.

"I know, I want a bottle." Lu Guoming insisted.

The proprietress stopped talking to him, tore off a piece of paper and went to the back kitchen, instructing the cook to stir-fry.

The ingredients were processed in advance, just put them in the pot and stir-fry, and it didn't take much time for a few dishes to come out of the pot, and they were brought to the table in front of Lu Guoming one by one.

The middle-aged man at the next table picked up the wine glass in front of him and took a sip of white wine. He hadn't touched wine for a long time, and the spicy taste made his brows furrow.

Seeing that Lu Guoming didn't eat a mouthful of food, his face did not change and he drank two glasses of wine in a row, which was really surprised.

Just because I stared at people curiously for a long time, I didn't notice the crisp sound of the stool I was sitting on, and the next second, with a "bang", the old plastic stool cracked, and two of the four stool legs were broken, and they fell apart directly.

Jiang Xuewen was defenseless, his body was planted backwards, and he almost fell on his back, but Lu Guoming had good skills, quick reaction and great strength, and grabbed him.

If someone else is changed, maybe the two of them will fall together.

The person was pulled, but the two dishes on Lu Guoming's table were accidentally knocked over, the plates fell to the ground and shattered, and the dishes inside were scattered on the ground.

"What's wrong, what's wrong?"

The proprietress who was busy in the back kitchen heard the movement and hurriedly ran out, only to see the mess all over the ground, broken stools, broken plates, and vegetables scattered all over the ground...... She couldn't help but suspect that the two customers were fighting.

Jiang Xuewen wiped the vegetable soup splashed on his pants without saying a word, and the fatigue of a day of running and the sudden accident at this moment sparked a nameless fire, and his voice was inevitably louder: "Shouldn't the stool in your store be changed?" almost fell to my death, but fortunately the old brother next to me pulled me, otherwise my old waist really couldn't withstand a fall. ”

The proprietress was stunned for a moment, then reacted immediately, and hurriedly stepped forward to apologize: "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry." You see, if you don't do this, I'll give you a 20% discount on the consumption of the two. ”

Jiang Xuewen didn't have to take advantage, since things were already like this, there was no other way, he reluctantly accepted: "Okay, let's fry a few more dishes." ”

"Hey, wait a minute."

The proprietress took a broom and swept the garbage on the ground and moved him a wooden chair to sit on.

Jiang Xuewen just sat down, remembered it in hindsight, and before he thanked anyone, he turned to face Lu Guoming, with a smile on his face: "Thank you so much just now, thanks to you for supporting me in time, otherwise I would have to go to the hospital this time." ”

Lu Guoming waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's a gesture." ”

Jiang Xuewen noticed him just now, knowing that people didn't have time to eat a mouthful of food, and because he helped him knock over the two dishes on his own table, he groaned slightly, and he proposed: "If you don't dislike it, let's share a table together, I just ate it." ”

Lu Guoming was embarrassed to take advantage of others because of a casual move, and immediately refused: "No, ......"

Jiang Xuewen didn't allow him to refuse, brought a few dishes on his table to his table, moved the chair to his side a little, poured a glass of wine and drank it all: "I'll do it first as a respect." ”

Lu Guoming was warm: "It's too polite." ”

"Where, where, as it should be." Jiang Xuewen also poured him a glass of wine.

The two touched a glass, but they didn't drink so quickly, and took a shallow sip.

The proprietress added a few snacks and dishes, and two men of similar age chatted while eating and drinking, and the topics ranged from children's education to life and work.

Lu Guoming held back his stomach full of words and didn't know who to talk to, a few glasses of wine went down, the conversation box opened, and he poured out all the things that had happened in the past few days.

Jiang Xuewen sighed when he heard it, and after a long time, he patted him on the shoulder to show comfort, and everything was silent.

"I see that you don't have time to eat and run out to drink alone, and you must not be happy." Lu Guoming laughed and stuffed a fat intestine with chopsticks in his mouth.

Jiang Xuewen shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I found an old friend who I have known for decades to attract investment, but I didn't get it." People don't want to take risks, they want stability, and I can understand the rejection, but it's a little uncomfortable in my heart. ”

He was not looking for someone else, it was Li Huan's husband Shen Huiming, that is, Shen Li and Shen Huan's father.

The friendship between the Jiang family and the Shen family originated from the best friend relationship between Sun Jingfang and Li Huan, and the children of the two families were born in the same year.

In the early years, the Jiang family moved to Beicheng, where the business grew and settled there. The Shen family sent Li Huan to borrow a sum of money and opened a restaurant in the local area, called "Yixiang Restaurant", which was also lucky, caught up with the good times, and the chef invited had a unique skill, and after the reputation opened, the restaurant became more and more prosperous. Today, when it comes to the top restaurants in Yunshan County, there must be a place for "Yixiang Restaurant".

The Shen family should have accumulated a lot of money over the years, and taking out an investment will not have any impact on the original living state, but may even go to the next level.

He made a complete plan and showed it to Shen Huiming.

Shen Huiming bluntly said that he was a big old man and only knew how to run a restaurant. When it comes to resort villas, the scope of business is too wide, and he doesn't have the ability to do that anyway.

Jiang Xuewen said that he would be responsible for managing operations, and now he is short of funds.

Shen Huiming politely refused.

Coming out of Shen's house, Jiang Xuewen's confidence in the past few days was hit, and he was not happy, so he walked into this small restaurant, wanting to have a drink and go back. At home, Sun Jingfang watched strictly, and for the sake of his body, he was not allowed to touch wine.

Lu Guoming heard it in a fog: "To put it simply, is it borrowed money but not borrowed? ”

Jiang Xuewen was stunned for a moment, and let out a hearty laugh: "That's what it means." ”

Lu Guoming comforted: "Take your time." ”

An ordinary dinner, because two middle-aged men talked speculatively, as if they were eating Chinese New Year's Eve, and it was dark when they ended.

Lu Guoming drank a lot of wine, and he was fine when he drank it, but when he came out and blew a gust of cold wind, his brain cleared up, and he sighed as he looked at the lively street.

Jiang Xuewen didn't drink as much as him, and the next step was crooked.

Lu Guoming asked him, "How do you go back?" ”

"I live in a neighborhood near Yunshan High School, so I took a taxi and went back. ”

The location of Yunshan High School Lu Guoming is very clear, Lu Zhu is studying there, he has sent her a few times, and it is not particularly far from this street.

The two left their contact information before leaving, and made an appointment to have another drink when they were free next time.

Lu Guoming saw people get into the taxi, turned around and walked towards the station.

At this time, the last shuttle bus from the county seat to Ludian Township had already left, and he had to change trains, first take a bus from the county to the town, and then take the town's minivan back to the countryside.

------Off topic------

This chapter is foreshadowing, foreshadowing, can you guess the direction?

The so-called blessing and misfortune depend on each other, everything is the best arrangement~

In the future, we Lao Lu will be one of the owners of the resort.

Then, these two old fellows got along everywhere, and they became in-laws......_(:3"∠)_(:3"∠)_

Lao Lu: ...... What's the matter, your son?

Daddy Jiang: ...... Ah, I don't know either.