Chapter 16: An Inexplicable Blind Date
Seeing Sun Mingtao take Zhou Ming to the door in person, Director Yin was very happy, but when he looked at Zhou Ming next to him, Director Yin's eyes became resentful.
"Xiao Zhou, you are my old subordinate, why did you come to the capital for more than half a year and didn't come to see me, an old man?"
"Hehe, Director Yin, it's my fault, I apologize to you." Zhou Ming really forgot about Director Yin, and could only take the initiative to apologize sincerely.
"Haha, Lao Yin, don't care about these things." Sun Mingtao, who was on the side, hurriedly smiled and explained for Zhou Ming, "Zhou Ming came to the capital because he was hung up by the Jinzhou factory, and his life was very difficult, and he was busy writing papers some time ago. ”
"Well, Xiao Zhou's two papers on polyethylene are indeed very insightful, but I didn't expect the original little translator to grow to such a point." Director Yin also looked at Zhou Ming with admiration, he clearly knew that Zhou Ming was a translator.
"Lao Yin, isn't this a successful paper, but also a failed paper, recently Yan Si of their Technical Supervision Department asked to sign the first author of his paper." Sun Mingtao explained with a wry smile.
"Huh? Is Xiao Yan so excessive now? ”
"Old Yin, if we remember correctly, Yan Si is your apprentice, right?"
"Well, I'll solve Xiao Yan's matter, and I won't trouble Zhou Ming." Of course, Sun Mingtao's meaning was easy to understand, and then Director Yin assured.
"Hehe, then thank you, Lao Yin."
"Hehe, you old guy is polite to me." Looking at Sun Mingtao, who suddenly became polite, Director Yin suddenly showed a crying and laughing expression, "Old Sun, have you contacted Sun Qian recently?" ”
"Huh?" After hearing the name "Sun Qian", Sun Mingtao's face became obviously ugly, "Lao Yin, why did you suddenly mention her!" ”
"Lao Sun, I have good news for you, I met her some time ago when I was in the United States, and she is preparing to return to China for development recently!"
"Huh? No way! Sun Mingtao was also surprised at this time.
"Old grandson, children will make mistakes, and there is nothing that cannot be forgiven." Of course, Director Yin knew about Sun Mingtao's family affairs, and then couldn't help but persuade, "Now that Sun Qian has decided to come back, don't mention the previous things." ”
"Hey! None of my children have peace of mind, one is selfless to work in BAIC, and the other is married to the United States for love. Hearing Director Yin's persuasion to himself, Sun Mingtao said helplessly, "Old Yin, I really don't know what evil I did in my last life. ”
"Old grandson, parents can only try to look at the point, and their own lives can only be decided by themselves." Director Yin is very open-minded.
Zhou Ming has been listening silently beside him, and he is also very curious about Sun Mingtao's family affairs, but he can't express any opinions, and he hasn't heard Sun Mingtao and his wife say anything about their children before.
On the way back, Sun Mingtao didn't explain anything to Zhou Ming, and Zhou Ming acted like he didn't know anything, sometimes curiosity was really disgusting to others, and Zhou Ming would not make such a low-level mistake.
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Zhou Ming's matter was quickly resolved with the help of Sun Mingtao, after all, Director Yin personally came forward, Yan Si was still very face-saving, and he didn't mention the matter of the first author of the paper anymore, but his eyes when he looked at Zhou Ming became complicated.
"Zhou Ming, it's time to get off work, you can come with me!" Sister Rong carried her small bag and came to Zhou Ming's side and said.
"Huh? Where to? ”
"Huh? Zhou Ming, you won't regret it, right? Of course, I made an appointment to go on a blind date! Sister Rong raised her eyebrows and became unhappy.
"Huh? Blind date! Sister Rong, you see I've forgotten about it. Zhou Ming then remembered the blind date with Sister Rong's niece, "Then let's go now!" ”
"Well, hurry up! My niece is already waiting in Quanjude. ”
Sister Rong took Zhou Ming to Quanjude quickly, and then Sister Rong smiled and went straight to a young girl, Zhou Ming looked at this girl who was in her early twenties, and there was a kind of arrogance of a girl in the capital with her nostrils facing the sky.
"Auntie, why are you here now?" The girl looked at Sister Rong complainingly, and didn't take Zhou Ming in her eyes at all.
"Hehe, we got off work at eleven o'clock, and it's not even eleven twenty, it's not too late!"
"Humph! Hurry up and eat! I'm dying of hunger. ”
"Good! Rong Rong, this is Zhou Ming I told you. ”
"Zhou Ming, this is my niece Rong Rong."
"Hello, Comrade Rong."
"Well, hello!" Rong Rong glanced at Zhou Ming reluctantly.
Seeing that her niece was very reluctant to call Zhou Ming, Sister Rong suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and then hurriedly called the waiter and said, "Waiter, order!" ”
Soon the waiter brought the menu, Rong Rong took the menu and ordered it without being polite, at this time Sister Rong and her niece Rong Rong sat together, and Zhou Ming sat alone on the other side.
"A fine roast duck, pineapple shrimp balls, Dongbo elbows, fish fillet, small meatballs, stir-fried shrimp, and a duck soup."
When Rong Rong ordered six dishes and one soup, Sister Rong remembered Zhou Ming, and then looked at Zhou Ming apologetically, "Zhou Ming, do you have anything else to order?" ”
"Huh? Comrade Rong ordered it very well, that's all for the time being! Zhou Ming said with a somewhat embarrassed smile, feeling that today's blind date was really a little inexplicable, "If there is not enough food for a while, we will continue to add it." ”
"Hehe, Xiao Zhou, you're right."
"Well, Sister Rong, Comrade Rong, I'll go to the toilet first, and I'll be out of company first."
"Well, there you go!"
After Zhou Ming left the table, Rong Rong immediately looked at her aunt with disdain, "Auntie, this is Zhou Ming who you praised the sky?" There's nothing special about it! ”
"Rong Rong, she is only twenty-three years old this year, and she is already the deputy chief engineer at the department level, and recently I heard that the department is preparing to promote you and the chief engineer at the deputy department level, and this Zhou Ming is a popular candidate."
"Shhhh What's so great about a deputy department, it's not a fart in the capital. Rong Rong is still very disdainful.
"Rong Rong, the deputy director of the chemical system, is at the level of deputy director in the chemical plant below, which is already a very remarkable thing." Sister Rong couldn't help but laugh and laughed and popularized knowledge for her niece.
"Auntie, although this Zhou Mingchang is a talent, he always doesn't have a Beijing hukou, I just feel that he is rustic, and I'm worried that he may not even be able to eat roast duck."
"Hey! Rong Rong, Zhou Ming has such good conditions, if you don't like it anymore, there is nothing I can do about it, aunt. Sister Rong also shook her head helplessly and said.
Soon Zhou Ming returned to the table again, and at this time the waiter had already begun to serve the food, fortunately, the waiter in Quanjude did not have the stinky problems of state-run restaurants, and Zhou Ming did not need to worry about them suddenly breaking out.
Rong Rong was waiting to see Zhou Ming's jokes, but soon Zhou Ming disappointed her, only to see Zhou Ming eating roast duck skillfully, but he was more like a Beijing person than the two of them in the "old capital".
"Zhou Ming, you used to come to eat roast duck often?" Sister Rong looked at Zhou Ming with a smile.
"Hehe, I've been here." Zhou Ming didn't explain much.
"Zhou Ming, what do your parents do?" At this time, Rong Rong also had a trace of interest in Zhou Ming.
"Huh?" Zhou Ming was suddenly stunned by Rong Rong's question, and then recalled the identity that the system had arranged for him, "Comrade Rong, my parents are both overseas Chinese in Germany, so my German is particularly outstanding, and I used to be the German translator of the Jinzhou factory. ”
"Huh? Overseas Relations? Sister Rong and her niece Rong Rong were shocked.
"Hehe, I'm a regular college student who graduated from Shanghai Language and Culture University, and there is no problem with the political trial." Seeing the surprised aunt and nephew, Zhou Ming also realized what they were worried about.
After hearing Zhou Ming's explanation, Sister Rong and Rong Rong relaxed, if Zhou Ming really had any problems, it would be impossible to work in the Jinzhou Plant or even the current chemical headquarters.
"Zhou Ming, I heard that your chemical headquarters is going to promote a chief engineer at the level of deputy director recently, do you have any chance of being promoted? After being promoted, can I be assigned a separate room? Hearing that Zhou Ming's parents were overseas, the "proud girl" Rong Rong was even more interested.
"I don't know! There are still a lot of technical talents in the chemical headquarters, and the chances of me being promoted are very small. Regarding Rong Rong's question, Zhou Ming said without concealment, "And I don't plan to stay long in the Beijing Chemical Headquarters, I still like the working atmosphere of the chemical plant below." ”
"Huh? What's so good about chemical plants. "My aunt is from the chemical system, and Rong Rong has always been a little repulsive to the chemical factory, "There is a foul smell everywhere, and the pollution is still very serious, and it will be dangerous for pregnant women to stay." ”
"Hehe, I just like this kind of fulfilling working atmosphere, and I feel that the whole person is transparent."
"Humph! There is really something wrong, how good the conditions are here in the capital. Rong Rong muttered quietly at this time, but Zhou Ming and Sister Rong heard it clearly.
Obviously, this is a failed blind date, Zhou Ming can't look down on the arrogant Miss Rong, and Miss Rong doesn't look down on the "stupid" Zhou Ming, and then the two sides separated after the meal.
When Zhou Ming returned to Sun's house in the evening, he happened to see that Sun Mingtao's house had just cooked a meal, and Zhou Ming said to Sun Mingtao and his wife in surprise, "Great, I'm hungry today." ”
"Huh? Zhou Ming, you won't be busy with lunch again, right? ”
"It's not! At noon, Sister Rong in the office took me out on a blind date with her niece, and ate Quanjude's roast duck dinner, but it made me very tired. Zhou Ming explained to the two with a wry smile.
"Huh? Are you going on a blind date? Sun Mingtao and his wife looked at it curiously.
"That's right! Sister Rong is my colleague in the Technical Supervision Division, and she had to take me on a blind date a few days ago, and it was not good to offend her if she refused a few times. Seeing that Sun Mingtao and his wife were so curious, Zhou Ming explained with a wry smile, "I followed her to Quanjude today, and after eating lunch, it really made me feel like I was sitting on pins and needles, like a man's back." ”
"Haha, it's just a blind date, how can you say so exaggerated!" Sun Mingtao was amused by Zhou Ming's wry smile, especially the two idioms used, which made Sun Mingtao and his wife laugh.
"Uncle, auntie, it's really not that I'm exaggerating, you haven't seen that girl, all the words on her face are arrogant and lofty, it's really not an existence I'm willing to befriend."
"Haha, almost all the girls in the capital have this kind of temper, if you really choose the girls in the capital, this kind of thing is nothing unusual."
"Hey! I'd rather not get married than serve this "princess disease". ”
"The princess is sick? Haha, Zhou Ming, you described it too appropriately. ”
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Jinzhou, since Zhou Ming left directly and chicly, Director Cheng returned to a shrewd state again after the initial confusion, and then began to look for a son-in-law again.
After all, after Zhou Ming was kicked out of Jinzhou Chemical General Plant, Song Yunhui successfully replaced Zhou Ming's position, and still became the descendant of Secretary Shui.
"Song Yunhui."
"Director Cheng, is there something wrong?" Song Yunhui looked up and saw Director Cheng, and then said with a smile.
"Hehe, I see that you are too tired in the new workshop for the past two days, and I want to invite you to my house for dinner."
"Huh? Thank you Director Cheng for your kindness, but I really can't take a break now, and I will definitely visit another day. Hearing Director Cheng's invitation, Song Yunhui hurriedly refused with a smile.
"Huh? All right! Then it won't get in the way of your work. Song Yunhui's simple refusal made the sensitive Director Cheng very uncomfortable, and his face immediately became ugly.
"Hehe, goodbye, Director Cheng."
Director Cheng left the new workshop angrily, and then returned directly to Cheng's house in the residential area, and sat on the sofa in the living room with a stinky face as soon as he entered the door.
"Lao Cheng, what's wrong with you? Who's upsetting you again? Cheng Kaiyan's mother looked at Director Cheng with a puzzled expression.
"Song Yunhui! I kindly invited him to our house for dinner, but he refused outright. Director Cheng gritted his teeth and explained.
"Hey! Song Yunhui and Zhou Ming have such a good relationship, do you think he will have a relationship with our Cheng family? Cheng Kaiyan's mother shook her head with a wry smile.
"Humph! It's all this damn Zhou Ming, I heard that he is in the chemical headquarters, and recently published two papers in "China Chemical Industry", and a small translation is a bull. ”
"Huh? Zhou Ming can also eat in the capital? Cheng Kaiyan's mother was also surprised.
"Well, now Secretary Shui also has some regrets for kicking Zhou Ming away."
"Lao Cheng, in fact, our family Kaiyan is still thinking about Zhou Ming, do you want to let Kaiyan get back together with Zhou Ming?" Cheng Kaiyan's mother moved in her heart, and she proposed to Director Cheng.
"What? No way! Director Cheng didn't have to think about it, so he directly rejected Cheng Kaiyan's mother's proposal, "Then our entire Cheng family will be inferior to Zhou Ming, which I can't tolerate at all." ”
"However, when I see Kaiyan thinking about Zhou Ming every day, my heart as a mother is also uncomfortable!"
"Humph! What do children know? Director Cheng said disapprovingly, he only has interests in his eyes, and he doesn't really care about Cheng Kaiyan's feelings, "When Kaiyan meets a better one, she won't think about Zhou Ming anymore." ”
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