Gu Qi raised his eyebrows in surprise and stepped forward quickly.

"Lao Guo, why are you here now?"

In the afternoon, his beloved wife told him that he had to invite Director Guo, whether he would come or not, he had to make a trip.

He first went to various departments to distribute peanut candy, and then went to the administration building to find Lao Guo.

Who knew that Director Guo went out to do errands, but still did not come back.

Gu Qi gave the secretary more than a dozen peanut candy and explained his purpose for looking for Lao Guo.

The secretary Le Zizi ate candy, and it was very rare to say that when the factory director came back, he would immediately tell him the good news.

He originally thought that even if Lao Guo knew, at most he would only congratulate him twice, and he would not attend such an occasion.

Unexpectedly, the banquet was dispersed and the guests left, but he unexpectedly appeared, and it was long overdue!

Director Guo turned his face sideways to see him, and turned to smile kindly.

"It's too late, can't you even get the last glass of wine?"

Gu Qi smiled dumbly.

Chen Xingling hurriedly turned sideways and made an inviting gesture.

"Inside, please, inside, please! I've been waiting for you to drink the sake I have prepared for you! ”

Director Guo laughed and teased: "Real or fake? Don't just leave empty bottles! I came back a little late, I heard the secretary say that Gu Qi moved to a new house to invite guests to dinner, at first I thought it was the first floor of Linjiang, who knew that the secretary said that it was in Shuiyue Road, I thought about a trip, who knew that something was pulled away temporarily, until now I had time to come over, let the driver Mali find it, who knows or missed. ”

"It's just late, it's not missed." Chen Xingling greeted warmly: "Please, please!" Big brother driver, you also come in for a glass of water. ”

With the bright moonlight and lights, Director Guo has begun to look at the garden.

"Yo! It's a novelty to watch! This is Hui architecture, right? Or a Soviet-style garden? ”

Gu Qi beckoned the driver to enter the door together, and then followed Lao Guo to make an introduction.

"I made some random references, but I didn't expect the effect to look okay. The garden outside was designed and arranged by my lover, and it was very idyllic. ”

"That's good." Lao Guo approvingly: "If you come during the day, the scenery will probably be better." The white walls and black tiles, the swaying bamboo leaves, and the grass are all over the place, which is indeed quite emotional. ”

After a pause, he praised: "It is worthy of being arranged by the reader, it is staggered, and it looks very pleasing to the eye." ”

Chen Xingling laughed: "Just get it, you see it." ”

Gu Qi smiled with honor, and introduced that he had to go to work every day, and he bought his own land to build the garden, all of which were taken care of by his wife here, and he didn't help much, all of which were due to his wife.

When Director Guo heard that it was actually a homestead given by his maternal uncle, he turned to look at Chen Xingling in surprise.

"When I was your witness, I half-jokingly said that Archie was a foreigner, and marrying a local daughter-in-law would be better to settle here. Look at! I'm not wrong, right? ”

Gu Qi and Chen Xingling glanced at each other and smiled happily.

"Thank you! Thank you! ”

Director Guo looked around and asked, "Where is that stinky boy in your family?" ”

Chen Xingling replied with a smile: "Hiding in the study, I don't know what I'm doing." ”

Since Xiaohuzi came to his father's side, he has learned Gu Qi's habit of reading calligraphy and painting at night. Earlier, everyone was busy, and he hid in the study alone and played chess with himself.

The adults are very busy, and they don't have time to play with him at all, so I wish he could obediently stay and not make trouble, as long as he doesn't be mischievous and naughty, and he can do whatever he wants.

Chen Xingling saw that Lao Guo's eyebrows and eyes could not hide his tiredness, and the driver also looked hungry.

"Director Guo, have you had dinner with the driver's eldest brother? Although the banquet is gone, there are still a lot of fresh ingredients in the kitchen, so let's eat some joy. ”

The driver smiled embarrassedly and whispered, "I...... Neither the factory manager nor I have eaten yet. He's busy...... I haven't even had a glass of water until now. ”

"Yikes!" Chen Xingling quickly ordered: "Archie, you lead Director Guo and the driver's brother into the living room first!" I'm going to serve hot soup! ”

Director Guo was not very embarrassed, and asked worriedly: "Will it be too troublesome?" We sat down and drank a glass of water and left, it was too late to bother for too long. ”

After all, the banquet has already dispersed, and if you can't catch up, it's not good to trouble the host's family to find something to eat, after all, it's not easy for Zhang Luo to eat at night.

"It's not a hassle, it can be done in a few minutes." Chen Xingling went to the kitchen.

Gu Qi invited Director Guo and the driver into the large living room, while making a brief introduction.

The large living room has been cleaned up, and even the floor has been mopped clean and spotlessly clean by Marda.

Just now, Chen Xingling packed a roast duck and made an excuse that he couldn't finish it, and there were several more at home, so their brothers and sisters had to help finish it.

In the end, Ma Dali couldn't refuse, so he had to accept it.

Chen Xingling sent their brother out, turned around and went to the kitchen, and found that Zhao Xiaoxing and Gu Yi were already almost busy, so he asked them to go back to rest earlier.

She also told Zhao Xiaoxing, saying that she had been busy all day, and some of the ones who were not finished were too busy to come over tomorrow morning to help.

The leftovers on the table were all taken away by the mother-in-law, and there were still a lot of fresh ingredients and soup left in the kitchen.

Chen Xingling asked them to come over tomorrow morning to help eat, and dinner would also come over, saving such a good waste of ingredients.

Gu Yi was worried that the old mother would force them to go back to live on the first floor of Linjiang, so he listened to the advice of his eldest brother and sister-in-law, and repaid the monthly rent of last month's salary in one go, and renewed the lease until next spring.

The old mother ordered the two of them to move back, and he said nonsense that the landlord had asked for more than half a year, otherwise he would not rent, so he simply borrowed money from his eldest brother and sister-in-law, and rented it until next spring.

The old mother was so angry that she scolded him for spending money indiscriminately, and demanded that he must quit the rent.

He pretended to agree, and then told her the next day that the landlord would not, and the landlord also said that he wanted to move out at any time, and the money would not be refunded anyway, because the contract had already been written.

The money was all paid, and moving back would only waste the money, and the old mother scolded him severely, and finally had to agree to let them continue to rent a house.

Although she told her that she would have to move back next spring, the time was still far away, and when the bridge would go straight to the bow of the boat, she would always find a way to cope with it.

After all, this time is different from the past, and now he is no longer the teenager who reached out to his family to ask for money, he can make money on his own, and he also has his eldest brother and sister-in-law as backers to help him, so he comforts his wife that he doesn't have to worry, let alone be afraid.

Most of the money around me has paid rent, and only a small amount of money is left to save around.

Gu Yi didn't want to go back to the first floor of Linjiang to eat, so he didn't have to listen to the old mother's chatter and scolding, and he was reluctant to be called by the old mother to do a lot of housework after his wife went back, so he had already made up his mind that before he received the new month's salary, he would have to come to the eldest brother and sister-in-law from time to time to eat and drink.

Hearing that her sister-in-law said that there were still a lot of ingredients left to eat, Gu Yi immediately agreed, saying that she would come here for dinner in the next few days.

Chen Xingling has always been generous, and readily agreed, letting them go back to rest first.

Who knew that as soon as they left with their front feet, Director Guo went to the gate of their own house.

Chen Xingling touched the cauldron and found that the chicken soup was still warm, so he scooped a big pot out, threw four slices of instant noodles into it, and cut a few small cuttlefish into it, plus a few fish balls made in the afternoon.

The pot was boiling hot, she turned around and cut half a roast duck, and cut another piece of honey-glazed pork belly, and quickly set it on the plate.

After cutting the meat, she scooped out two plates of small apricot pickled side dishes, plus a plate of cold kelp.

At this time, the noodles were almost cooked, two large bowls were served, sprinkled with a handful of chopped green onions, and served them one by one.

Director Guo was surprised and asked: "It's not even five minutes, and you have done so much at once?" ”

"It's all ready-made." Chen Xingling replied with a smile: "It's not troublesome at all. ”

At this time, it was almost eight o'clock in the evening, and the director Guo and the driver were very hungry, so they didn't talk to them politely, and quickly ate to eat.