On the afternoon of July 15, Zheng Zhendong walked out of the school's academic affairs office with his graduation certificate and graduation assignment letter in his hand, facing the scorching sun.

Walking along the tree-lined path, Zheng Zhendong came to a big tree and found a clean place to sit down.

I picked up the graduation certificate in my hand and took a look at it first, and found that my photo on it was stupid, so I couldn't help but smile, and then put it aside casually, and then opened the letter of introduction and read it.

Introduction

Beijing City Industrial Bureau: In accordance with the distribution plan of middle and high schools formulated in 1952, Zheng Zhendong, a secondary school graduate of Beijing Institute of Technology, and one other comrade are now assigned to work in your place, please contact. The stamped is the big red stamp of the Institute of Technology, and there are also the time, place and precautions of the report below.

Zheng Zhendong saw that he had indeed been assigned to work in the Industrial Bureau, and his face was immediately filled with a happy smile.

It seems that Comrade Lao Song is really powerful, saying that he will let him choose the distribution unit, and after the selection is done, he will really divide himself, and it seems that when there is a chance in the future, I really have to thank him.

Seeing that the time was not early, Zheng Zhendong got up and walked towards the dormitory.

Pushing open the door and walking into the dormitory, the three roommates were there, everyone was packing up books and luggage, everyone in this era didn't have many things, just a few changes of clothes and quilts.

Zhang Qingshan, who was sleeping at the door, saw Zheng Zhendong push the door in, and hurriedly asked.

"Brother Dong, have you got your graduation certificate and letter of introduction? What unit are you assigned to? ”

"Yes, yes, Brother Dong, Lao Liu and I are assigned to work in SJS Iron and Steel Plant, Lao Zhang is going to Northeast Angang, where are you going?" Meng Qingyu also turned around and asked at this time.

"I was assigned to our city's industrial bureau."

"The Bureau of Industry? Damn, Brother Dong, you can do it, I estimate that our entire class, just the unit you assigned, if it is a few years later, you will be our leader. After Liu Tiezhu finished speaking, he looked at Zheng Zhendong with envy.

"What leader? Let's go to serve tea and pour water, a small soldier who cleans, you don't say these things to me here. ”

Zheng Zhendong immediately said modestly, and then looked at it and laughed with the three of them for a few words.

At this time, Meng Qingyu suddenly changed his words, looked at Zheng Zhendong and said:

"Brother Dong, this is about to graduate, we have lived together for three years, and we are about to go our separate ways, thanks to your care in the past few years, let's go out for a meal together, right?"

"Yes, you have to go out for some wine today, you and Lao Liu are okay, SJS Steel Plant is not too far, the three of us can meet often in the future."

Lao Zhang went to the Northeast this time, and the next time we meet, I don't know when it will be, let's not get drunk tonight. ”

Zheng Zhendong thought that this was indeed the case, so he happily agreed.

"Brother Dong, you're right, tonight's dinner is also a send-off for Lao Zhang, so let's go?" Seeing that Zheng Zhendong agreed, Liu Tiezhu put down the unfinished things in his hand and urged everyone to go out.

"Okay, then let's go."

The three of them agreed, then pushed open the door of the dormitory and walked straight out.

At this time, it was already more than five o'clock in the afternoon, the sun was hanging high in the sky, the scorching sun was shining on the body, and after a while, several people were sweating.

At this time, a sudden breeze blew, and the four of them instantly felt unprecedentedly cool.

Along the way, the four of them chatted about their future work and life, and the excitement was mixed with a little anxiety, and the melancholy of parting was washed away.

Walking out of the school gate, the four of them came to the Limin Hotel in the west corner of the Institute of Technology, pushed the door open and walked in one by one.

Zheng Zhendong took a cursory look at the scale of the restaurant, the place is not very large, and there are few customers to eat here.

There were four or five tables in the hotel, and on a long table facing the door, two waiters were chatting, and when they saw the four people coming in, they didn't come forward to say hello, obviously they didn't care about the business situation of the hotel.

"Comrade, let's order ..."

"There's on the blackboard over there, see for yourself." A woman in her thirties glanced up at Zheng Zhendong, then pointed to the blackboard on the wall, and then chatted with another waiter.

Zheng Zhendong also knew that the attitude of the service industry in this era was like this, and he didn't bother to bother with them, so he looked up at the blackboard directly.

Steamed bread 4 taels / 0.1 yuan

25 dumplings / half a catty 0.75 yuan

Half a catty of rice / bowl 0.1 yuan

Braised pork is half a catty/plate of 1 yuan

Half a catty of meat / plate 0.9 yuan

Celery fried meat / plate 0.3 yuan

……

Scrambled eggs with tomatoes / plate 0.3 yuan

Looking at the dozens of dishes on the blackboard, Zheng Zhendong pondered carefully, and then shouted loudly:

"Comrade, bring us a braised pork, a scrambled egg with tomatoes, a dry fried hairtail, a braised lion's head, and finally a seaweed egg drop soup."

Zheng Zhendong finished ordering, thought about it and then said: "Give us two more bottles of Erguotou, please hurry up, we are in a hurry." ”

"Brother Dong, can we finish the two bottles of wine? Or maybe you want a bottle! ”

"Yes, yes, one bottle is enough, one bottle is enough, we can't drink more."

The three of them heard Zheng Zhendong order two bottles of wine, and they all opened their mouths to stop it.

"Okay, what about the four of us, where is one bottle enough? Listen to me. Zheng Zhendong waved his hand to the three of them, thought for a while, turned his head and said to the waiter: "Give us two catties of dumplings again." ”

"A total of eight yuan and 2 jiao, plus 2 catties of food stamps, pay the money and pay the ticket here."

The waiter first pulled the abacus, and then quickly quoted the price.

Zheng Zhendong just took out the money ticket from his pocket and was about to step forward to pay the bill, when Meng Qingyu and Liu Tiezhu walked up to him, grabbed his arm, and stopped him directly.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Qingshan walked to the counter and directly settled the account.

"What's up? The three of you are killing foreign devils and making a fortune? Playing this trick with me today? Zheng Zhendong said a little angrily.

"Hehe, Brother Dong, you have taken care of us a lot in the past few years, this is about to graduate, the three of us have discussed, and we are going to invite you to dinner, you can't help but give face!"

As soon as Meng Qingyu finished speaking, Liu Tiezhu also spoke:

"Yes, yes, Brother Dong, none of us will pay the same, let's sit down for dinner together today, you don't care so much."

At this time, Zhang Qingshan walked over after settling the accounts, pushed Zheng Zhendong's back from behind, and said with a smile: "It's not what's wrong, Brother Dong, it's rare for the three of us to invite you to dinner, you won't even give this face, right?" ”

"Well, you brothers, since you have said so, then what else can I say, let you break the bank today."

Zheng Zhendong saw that Zhang Qingshan had even finished settling the accounts, and knew that things could not be changed, so he shook his head helplessly and agreed.

Seeing that Zheng Zhendong agreed, the three of them immediately showed smiles on their faces, and then pulled Zheng Zhendong and found a table near the corner and sat down.

The four of them laughed for a while, and the waiter began to serve them food one after another, and after a while, the dishes were ready.

Looking at the braised pork the size of a mahjong block, the fat and oily, and smelling the rich fragrance, the four of them couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

Among the four people, the conditions of Zheng Zhendong's family are good, and it is relatively speaking, to be honest, in fact, he has not eaten braised pork for a long time.

Pick up a piece of braised pork and put it in his mouth, the soft and sweet meat, mixed with the rich and full soup, fat but not greasy, soft and glutinous, Zheng Zhendong can't help but have a feeling of happiness, born from the depths of his heart.

The other three saw Zheng Zhendong move his chopsticks, and they also followed the braised pork.

"Come, pour the wine, let's drink......"

Glancing at the empty plate, Zheng Zhendong smiled sassyly, and then picked up the wine bottle and prepared to pour wine for the three of them. After the three of them saw it, they first pushed it embarrassedly, and finally Meng Qingyu grabbed the wine bottle and said:

"Brother Dong, let's come here, how can there be any reason for you to pour us wine?"

"Get out of the way, let's brothers don't play these fictitious things!"

Listening to Meng Qingyu's words, Zheng Zhendong couldn't help but laugh and scold, and then said: "Tomorrow we will go our separate ways, if we don't get drunk tonight, hurry up." ”

After Meng Qingyu heard this, he paused for a moment in pouring wine in his hand, and then pretended to be casual and continued to pour wine for a few people.

After everyone's wine glasses were full, Zheng Zhendong picked up the wine glasses and said with a smile: "Come on, let's go together, let's go together!" ”

When the three of them heard this, they immediately raised their wine glasses, touched Zheng Zhendong one after another, and said proudly: "It's done!" ”

Seeing the three of them like this, Zheng Zhendong was deeply infected, and originally planned to drink only half a glass of wine, but he also went down.

The brothers pushed the cups and changed the lamps, chatted and farted, reminisced about the past time, and talked about the scene when the four of them had just entered the school, as if it was just yesterday.

But in the blink of an eye, several people are about to graduate and are about to leave school to join the workforce.

The four of them are reluctant, sad, happy, and finally have a look forward to their future life and work.

Time passed quickly, an hour passed in the blink of an eye, and several people were drinking and chatting, imagining the days ahead.

"These leaders of the school are not good things, they actually assigned me to the Northeast, I am from the capital, why did they divide me so far?"

"It's just that the school doesn't think about the actual situation at all, isn't this nonsense?"

"It doesn't matter who told us, if we ......"

"Bang..."

"What nonsense? If you can't speak, just shut up for me, and then eat honestly......" After Zheng Zhendong heard them complaining, he directly slapped the table and reprimanded.

Meng Qingyu and the three of them, the reason why they may not have drunk much before, the amount of alcohol is really not good, each of them only drank about three taels, and they were a little bad, and they actually began to talk nonsense.

I'm afraid that if they say something bad again, others will listen to them, and then they will be stabbed in school and cause trouble.

After all, this is about to work, and it would be bad if the school leaders heard the three of them say something inconsequential and make them a mix, and then reprimanded them in a low voice and told them to eat more vegetables.

After hearing this, the three of them felt that Zheng Zhendong was reasonable, first silently remembered his words in their hearts, and then they were not polite, and then turned their grief and anger into appetite and ate the food in a big gulp.

The three of them ate something called a gobble, and after a while, there was some soup and water left on the dinner table.

After they were full of wine and food, the four of them walked out of the restaurant, and then staggered to the school with a shy stomach with the strength of the wine.

Since Zhang Qingshan was going to catch the train to the Northeast early tomorrow morning, after several people returned to the dormitory, they washed up casually, and then lay on the bed and began to sleep.

deliberately waited until the three of them fell asleep, Zheng Zhendong got up from the bed and hid the money and food stamps he had prepared in advance into their bags.

After thinking for a while, Zheng Zhendong took out the letter paper and envelope from his bag, came to the outside of the dormitory with a pen, and wrote a letter in the dim light.

After finishing the matter, Zheng Zhendong quietly returned to the dormitory, looked at the three people who had already fallen asleep and fell asleep, and said softly: "Good dream!" Then I was satisfied and went back to bed.

The next morning, the four of them got up from the bed early, and after washing, Zheng Zhendong carried Zhang Qingshan on a bicycle and pedaled directly to the train station.

When they arrived at the place, Zheng Zhendong stored his bicycle in the carport, and then accompanied Zhang Qingshan to buy a train ticket, and the two came to the waiting room to wait for the bus.

At this time, Zheng Zhendong took out a letter he had just written last night from his pocket and handed it to Zhang Qingshan: "Lao Zhang, please do me a favor, my second uncle Zheng Chengye, he also works in Angang, you are just going over there, just help me carry it, and I will go to the post office to send the letter." ”

"Okay, Brother Dong, don't worry, I'll give it to you."

Zhang Qingshan agreed very happily, then took the letter and put it in his pocket, and asked casually: "By the way, Brother Dong, which department does our second uncle work in?" How can I find him in the past? ”

"Oh, you go to the factory, just ask his name casually, he should be quite famous in Angang."

Zheng Zhendong didn't dare to tell Zhang Qingshan that his second uncle was the deputy secretary of the party committee in Angang, for fear that he would reject his hard work.

Sure enough, after Zhang Qingshan heard it, he didn't think much about it, according to his understanding, he also thought that Zheng Chengye was very famous in Angang because of his good skills.

About another twenty minutes or so, the conductor began to check the tickets, Zheng Zhendong carried his luggage, passed through the bustling crowd, sent Zhang Qingshan on the train, said goodbye to him, and then turned around and strode towards the carport outside the station.

After returning to the dormitory, Zheng Zhendong looked at the empty room, first sighed deeply, then put away his sentimentality, took out his luggage, tied it on the bicycle, and then rode to his home.