Chapter Forty-Three: Dinner and Drink
The four of them sat quietly and eerily, waiting for the arrival of the big man. Mr. Huang just called Mr. Huang and said that it would be there soon, and I looked at the time, and it was exactly seven o'clock.
With the gradual clarity of Mr. Huang's talk and laughter, Mr. Huang hurriedly got up and stood at the door waiting, and the three of us also got up and waited for the arrival of the leaders.
The first to come in was a man in sports shorts and running shoes, in his early fifties, well-maintained, slightly fat, with eyes, and a very amiable smile.
Mr. Xiao Huang first nodded and shook hands with him, then turned around and made a gesture of please, and when the leader looked at us, he said, "Several employees of the company." ”
The three of us were smiling from the moment they were about to enter the door.
The person known as Principal Liu said with a smile in his voice, "They are all young, young people are good, hahaha." ”
Hearing him say this, the three of us also quickly nodded and bowed to the leader.
The two people who came in at the back were about the same age as Mr. Huang, one had seen Director Ye before, and the other had never seen him, Mr. Xiao Huang called him Deputy Director Shen, both of them were simple shirts and trousers and leather shoes, and they were dressed in standard work clothes.
Mr. Huang came in last. He hurriedly ran forward to pull a chair for Principal Liu to sit on. After President Liu sat in the middle seat, Mr. Huang asked Director Ye and Deputy Director Shen to sit next to President Liu.
"Mr. Huang is so polite to invite dinner tonight, you have to sit next to our Principal Liu, and I'll sit with Shen." Director Ye pressed Mr. Huang's hand and asked Mr. Huang to sit on the right hand side of Principal Liu.
"Oh, I said Director Ye, how many of you leaders sit together." Mr. Huang took Director Ye's hand again and wanted to pull him over to sit.
"Okay, let's have a meal, it's not a meeting to make a report, just sit down. Mr. Huang, if you are the east today, you can sit here. Principal Liu spoke, and finally stopped the two people who were pulling.
"That is, Mr. Huang is too polite, and I will have to rely on Mr. Huang to help me in the future." Director Ye smiled and sat down with Deputy Director Shen in turn.
"What do you mean by that, we have to rely on the school." Mr. Huang smiled and sat down.
Now it's finally our turn to sit down, and it's hard work. Xiao Huang always saw that the staff had finished sitting down, and walked out of the door to shout to serve the food. Come back and sit on the left hand side of Principal Liu, but the distance is a little farther away, not as close as Mr. Huang sits.
When waiting for the dishes, Mr. Huang talked and laughed with the three leaders of the school, and Mr. Huang interjected a sentence or two from time to time. The three of us, Xiao Chen smiled and watched a few of them chatting, Xiao You still lowered his head to play with his mobile phone, and I was in a dilemma, I felt awkward like Xiao Chen, and I felt that it was not polite enough like Xiao You, so I simply didn't bow my head, I didn't look up, my eyes looked at the table in the distance, and I kept smiling.
I was embarrassed in my heart until the dish came up.
As soon as the dish entered the door, Mr. Huang got up and arranged the wine, and it turned out that Mr. Huang also brought two bottles of liquor in, but I didn't pay attention to it.
Principal Liu drank white wine, and Director Ye, Deputy Director Shen and Xiao Huang all drank red wine. Xiao Huang always asked me what I was drinking with Xiao Chen, and we both said that we drank beer.
"Then bring a beer, I'll have some beer too." Mr. Huang heard that Xiao Chen and I wanted to have a beer, so he took over.
"I said why didn't Mr. Huang pour wine, why do you drink beer, you have to accompany our principal to drink some white food." Director Ye said.
"It's not good to drink highly, I'm a little allergic, so I can only drink some beer. Isn't my brother drinking red, let him drink with everyone later. Mr. Huang hurriedly explained.
"Don't drink allergies, the wine is still appropriate." Principal Liu was originally ready to let Mr. Huang drink white, but when he heard Mr. Huang say that, he changed his rhetoric.
"Our Principal Liu is just empathetic. Come on, Principal Liu, I'll give you a bowl first. Mr. Huang said, without waiting for Principal Liu to push, he picked up the bowl and took most of it and sent it to the front.
"Okay, let's eat first, try not to drink on an empty stomach, it's not good for your health." When President Liu saw the situation, he beckoned everyone to eat together.
With the leader's order, the meal officially began.
After a while, the waiter brought in a beer. Xiao Huang always beckoned Xiao Chen and asked Xiao Chen to open a beer. Xiao Chen opened two bottles and poured them for Mr. Huang, and then opened them for me and himself.
The wine glasses on the table, except for Xiao You's, were all filled with wine. At this time, Mr. Huang stood up, raised his glass and said, "On behalf of our company, I would like to give a glass to all the leaders, thank you to the three leaders for enjoying it tonight." ”
"I'll do it with my brother, and the leaders can do whatever they want." Mr. Huang also stood up.
"Hey, you two sit down. Let's have a toast first. Principal Liu picked up.
"Huh? Why don't you beauties have any wine? Director Ye on the opposite side found that Xiao You's cup was not poured wine.
"Oh, girls don't drink, no way. Let's drink it ourselves, drink it ourselves. Mr. Huang explained with a smile.
"I can't drink, I can exercise." Director Ye said casually, and he didn't dwell on this.
Then everyone raised their glasses and drank.
I glanced at it. Principal Liu took a small sip, Mr. Huang and Mr. Xiao Huang finished drinking, Director Ye on the opposite side drank one-third, Deputy Director Shen drank a small half, and Xiao Chen finished drinking. I also took a small sip, looked at the situation, picked it up again, and drank it directly.
Xiaoyou doesn't need to drink alcohol and eats with peace of mind.
With a glass of wine, I was able to start eating with peace of mind. As Xiao Yu said, it does taste good, and a few hard dishes are even more delicious.
Xiao Huang didn't eat a few bites, so he took a wine glass and began to toast the three leaders, all of them were one glass at a time, and it seemed that the amount of wine was quite good.
Mr. Huang also began to toast afterwards, but he accused himself of not drinking well, and only dared to drink half a glass at a time, of course, the leaders just took a sip at will.
Next is Director Ye's reply, "Come, Mr. Huang, thank you for your hospitality." "Take a sip. Looking for Mr. Xiao Huang again, "Mr. Xiao Huang, I'm afraid your amount of wine is quite good, come, I'll give you a glass this time." ”
"Director Ye laughed, my brother can't drink very much, I have to sacrifice my life to accompany the gentleman." Xiao Huang always got up and finished drinking another glass.
Director Ye watched Xiao Huang finish drinking, then picked up the wine glass again and faced the three of us, "Three young people, this beauty will eat more food without drinking." Two young lads have to drink. ”
Xiao You put down the chopsticks in his hand and smiled at Director Ye. Xiao Chen and I picked up the wine glass, and Xiao Chen said, "Director Ye, you feel free to do it, let's do it." With that, the two of them finished their glasses.
Not long after Director Ye finished drinking, President Liu picked up the wine glass again and said, "Come, I also thank your company for your hospitality." ”
Mr. Huang hurriedly got up and said, "Principal Liu, you are really polite, we are honored to have you come over." ”
Seeing Mr. Huang get up, Mr. Huang and the three of us also quickly got up and returned the salute to Principal Liu.
"Haha, then the two of us should accompany each other." As Director Ye spoke, he and Deputy Director Shen also stood up with their wine glasses.
Principal Liu saw that everyone stood up, so he had to get up, "Why are you all standing up, you are not allowed to stand up when you drink." Come on, drink! ”
When everyone sat down again, the atmosphere became obviously different, some talked, some continued to toast to each other, and Xiaoyou and I continued to eat.
It's a pity that I haven't eaten two bites yet, and Deputy Director Shen is here. This Deputy Director Shen spoke quite simply, a simple sentence, "Come, young man, have a drink." "When I was done, I felt like I was done.
Alcohol is like a catalyst, and the wine table has turned from normal chatter to all kinds of high-minded talk.
I looked at the bottle, and it was okay, I only drank more than one bottle. Xiao Chen has finished three bottles, and this product sits next to Mr. Xiao Huang, and he drinks it for Mr. Xiaohuang.
"Xiao He, I don't see you drink much. Rise up and salute the leaders. "This Mr. Huang, obviously chatting well with the leaders around him, why did he suddenly set his eyes on me.
"Mr. Huang, I really can't drink enough." I also want to see if I can push it off.
"Gee, a man can't say no. The amount of alcohol is not good, so it would be nice to drink more! Director Ye took my words.
"Yes, Xiao He, hurry up and salute the leaders. Xiao Chen went to continue drinking. Xiao Huang took the words to him again at this time.
Okay, it seems that I can't run, I can only pour a full bottle of wine and prepare to honor the leader.
Suddenly, under the table, Xiao Yu's foot kicked me, and I swear, I felt like I was electrocuted, and I almost jumped up. Trying to resist the urge in my heart, I gently kicked her back to reassure her.
This feeling is so exciting, my heart is pounding, I even want to shout at Xiao Chen, open me a few more bottles.
Xiaoyou, you want me to drink less, but this time, it's hard for me to guarantee that I won't be carried back.
Like a chicken blood, I poured a full bottle of wine, starting with Principal Liu, and gave them a toast in turn, that attitude was like really stammering the leader, not to mention how sincere.
After I saluted, it should be Xiao Chen, I admire him a lot, he can drink and talk, and after drinking a circle, several leaders are even happier.
Then there is a bit of a scuffle, respectful, Principal Liu is naturally still the center, but I think that if he drinks like that, he can't finish that bottle of drink overnight, of course, the big leader, no one dares to urge him to drink more.
Deputy Director Shen, who is closer to me, I think he is quite easy-going, I am talking about real easy-going, I drank two more glasses with him, and the two of them also had a few simple exchanges.
It didn't take long for the private room to be filled with smoke, and all the hypocrisy in the room was stripped from the person's body, floating above with the smoke, looking at the ugliness of the beings below with disdain.
I took the cigarette that Mr. Huang threw over, and smoked the loneliness that I had put down for a long time.
I couldn't drink much, so I could only be the first to pull down the hypocrisy that was about to break free, and instantly returned to Xiao He, who was smiling and watching everyone drink and talk nonsense, and I nodded slightly to return an affirmative look when I said anything.
Xiaoyou had already gone out when Mr. Huang started smoking. I started to get upset because I couldn't see her.
Looking around, I felt that my presence or absence would not attract much attention, and I quietly walked out of the private room under the cover of the phone.
I desperately want to know where my heart is.