Go back to 1980 and enjoy it

 Chapter 400 Deng Yunsong’s beautiful colleague

 It’s about three o’clock in the afternoon.

 At Guangzhou Customs, Zhou Haidong received a call from his father and asked, "Dad, what's the matter?"

Old man Zhou said: "Haidong, when you get off work later, you can come directly to the restaurant where I have morning tea every day for dinner."

Zhou Haidong asked in confusion: "Dad, what's going on? Who are you going to have dinner with?"

Old man Zhou said: "Let's have dinner with your Uncle Huang and the Uncle Deng who we just met. Your Uncle Deng has a daughter with very good conditions. You have to behave well later. If you can satisfy this Uncle Deng, give him this daughter." I’ll introduce it to you, my little daughter.”

Zhou Haidong directly covered his forehead when he heard this, and said helplessly: "Dad, didn't I tell you that I would find a partner by myself, why did you introduce me to her?"

Old man Zhou said: "I didn't plan to introduce it to you originally. Isn't this the end of my chat with Uncle Deng? Let me tell you, Haidong, I think your Uncle Deng is not an ordinary person. His little daughter One year younger than you, he is now the boss of two hot pot restaurants.

Furthermore, the third hot pot restaurant is also under preparation and will probably be open around the National Day.

You should know how profitable your cousin's hot pot restaurant is. Your uncle Deng's little daughter can open so many hot pot restaurants, which proves that her business must be very good. She can't make a hundred or eighty thousand a year. question.

 So, you must seize this opportunity. There is no such store after passing this village. "

Zhou Haidong was surprised and said: "Dad, are you sure these two or three hot pot restaurants are not Uncle Deng's property, but his little daughter's property?"

Old man Zhou naturally understood the meaning of his son's words. If this property belongs to Uncle Deng, it can only prove that the woman's family is well-off. But if this property belongs to the woman, the meaning is different. It not only means that the woman's family is well-off. , also means that the woman has very high business talent.

Old man Zhou said: "Your uncle Deng told us personally that this hot pot restaurant is his youngest daughter's property. This should be true."

Zhou Haidong said: "If it's her property, it's really amazing. What's her education level?"

 Old man Zhou said: “High school diploma.”

Zhou Haidong nodded and said, "A high school degree is pretty good. Which district is her family from?"

Old man Zhou said: "She is not from Guangzhou, but from Guangxi."

Zhou Haidong said in surprise: "Ah, from Guangxi? Dad, how do you know this Uncle Deng?"

Old man Zhou said: "Your uncle Deng's youngest son was admitted to Sun Yat-sen Medical University. He sent his youngest son to school this time, and then we met while drinking morning tea. Because the conversation was quite interesting, we have been chatting from morning to now. It’s not gone yet!”

Zhou Haidong was shocked and said: "Isn't it true? You have been chatting from morning till now?"

Old man Zhou said: "Well, it's been many years since I met someone with whom we can talk so speculatively. Your Uncle Deng is very knowledgeable. After chatting with him for a long time, your Uncle Huang and I have gained a lot of knowledge! Okay! Okay, I won’t say any more. Come over here after get off work and behave well, okay?”

Zhou Haidong said: "I understand, Dad."

 “Then hang up.”

"Um!"

 …

When Old Man Zhou went out to call his son, Old Man Huang, an old friend, was also saying good things to him: "Uncle Jiu, the old Zhou family's family background is quite good. He used to work in the Municipal Procuratorate and was a division-level officer. Cadres, it’s only been two years since I retired!

His wife works in the Finance Bureau and has long since retired.

His eldest daughter also works in the Finance Bureau, his eldest son-in-law is a section-level cadre in the Public Security Bureau, and his in-laws are deputy division-level cadres in the Commerce Bureau, and they have also retired.

 The second son works in the Health Bureau, and the second daughter-in-law works in the Taxation Bureau.

The third daughter has already mentioned before that the fourth son’s name is Zhou Haidong, who works in the customs.

 The younger daughter works at the Electric Power Bureau, so the whole family has a very respectable job.

 Furthermore, several of Lao Zhou's brothers and sisters are doing well and are quite powerful in this area. "

Deng Shirong smiled and said: "This family is really well off."

Old Man Huang said: "His Haidong family is indeed excellent, a top student who graduated from a key university, and he is also good-looking. It's a pity that the age difference between my daughter and him is a bit big, otherwise I would have wanted to marry Lao Zhou."

Deng Shirong smiled and said: "Even Lao Huang, you praise him so much. It seems that Lao Zhou's son should be pretty good."

Old man Huang nodded repeatedly and said: "Haidong is indeed good. When you see him later, you will know that what I said is true."

Deng Shirong was looking forward to hearing this. He hoped that Zhou Haidong would be as good as Lao Huang said. Then he changed the topic and chatted for about half an hour before Lao Zhou came back.

Then, the three of them started chatting all over the place again.

 If people can chat with each other, there will be too much to talk about. Not to mention just for most of the day, even if they chat for three days and three nights in a row, they will never have to worry about running out of topics.

After all, with the decades of life experience between the three of them, they could chat for most of the day if they picked just a few.

 …

"Oh my god, I have been working in a restaurant for almost a year, and I have never seen any diners who are so chatty. From morning tea to lunch to dinner, this mouth has never stopped, either eating or eating. It’s really incredible.”

“I have been working here for almost two years, and I have never seen such diners. Generally speaking, diners who drink alcohol can stay up longer, but I never knew that drinking tea can last for such a long time.”

 “I really envy these three uncles, they live such a carefree life.”

 “Yeah, it’s so enviable. If only we could live such a life when we reach this age, that would be great!”

"How can we have such a good life? These three uncles look like they are not ordinary people. They all get their retirement salary. They are not like us. They are just ordinary wage earners and working girls. Unless we have children in the future You are promising, otherwise as long as you can still move in this life, you have to keep doing things and want to go to a restaurant to drink morning tea until evening. How is that possible? "

 “Oh, it’s true that we have the same people but different fates!”

　　　…”

In the evening, as Deng Shirong and the other three ordered several more signature dishes, the waiters in the restaurant couldn't help but gather together and murmur.

It is really incredible what Deng Shirong and the other three did. From morning to evening, they had never seen such diners.

The diners who drank morning tea the longest before did not leave until lunch was over. Compared with Deng Shirong and the other three, they were far behind.

Just when the waiters in the restaurant were muttering behind their backs, Zhou Haidong finally rushed over.

 Old man Zhou quickly introduced the two parties: "Uncle Jiu, this is Haidong, my uncle, Zhou Si. Haidong, this is Uncle Deng I told you."

Zhou Haidong was the first to say hello: "Uncle Deng, hello!"

Deng Shirong nodded to him and said hello: "Haidong, hello!"

While saying hello, Deng Shirong was also looking at the young man who was praised by Lao Huang, and found that Lao Huang was really right. Lao Zhou's son looked really good. He was about 1.77 meters tall. This is in Guangdong. It's already considered a good height.

After all, the heights of Guangdong and Guangxi are among the lowest in the country. Even in later generations, having a height of 1.77 meters is not bad, let alone this era. Basically, they are the tallest among the few people in the village. .

The appearance is indeed not bad, because the other person rushed over directly after get off work, so he was still wearing the customs work uniform. Against the background of the work uniform, he naturally exuded a sense of righteousness. The whole person was just like what Lao Huang said So handsome.

 In addition, he graduated from a key university, and his family is all on royal food, so the conditions are really quite good.

Of course, the so-called family background of the other party is naturally not worth mentioning in Deng Shirong's eyes. What he values ​​​​is Zhou Haidong's own conditions.

 The two parties sat down and exchanged a few polite words before starting to eat.

After eating a few bites of food, Deng Shirong took the initiative and asked: "Haidong, which customs department do you work in?"

Zhou Haidong swallowed the food in his mouth and replied: "Uncle Deng, I work in the Import and Export Food Safety Department. The responsibility of our department is to formulate work systems for the safety and inspection and quarantine of imported and exported food and cosmetics, and undertake the duties of imported food in accordance with the law." Enterprise registration, inspection, quarantine, supervision and management of imported food and cosmetics, and the implementation of risk analysis and emergency preventive measures according to division of labor.”

Deng Shirong nodded and continued to ask: "What is your current level?"

 Zhou Haidong replied seriously: "I am now the section chief of the processed food department."

Deng Shirong asked: "Professional level?"

Zhou Haidong hummed and said: "Main Science level."

Old Man Huang said in surprise: "Haidong, when did you get promoted? Why didn't your dad tell me?"

Zhou Haidong smiled and said: "Uncle Huang, he is just a department-level cadre. He is not a great official. What is there to promote?"

 Old Man Huang looked at Old Man Zhou with envy, and sighed: "Old Zhou, you have a successor, no, it should be said that the master is better than the master."

 Old man Zhou said with a smile on his face: "It is indeed better than I was back then. I was already thirty-six years old when I was promoted to a full-time major."

Deng Shirong also praised: "The 25-year-old Zhengke is indeed very powerful."

Of course, compared with ordinary people, it is good, but if compared with his second son, the gap is a bit big. After all, his second son is 26 years old and is already a deputy director. The gap between the two is like a chasm.

However, Deng Shirong also observed carefully that Zhou Haidong was pretty good this week. He was not complacent because he was a full-time cadre at a young age, and his character was still passable.

This dinner was quite pleasant. Deng Shirong asked all the questions that should be asked, and Zhou Haidong also answered them one by one.

According to Deng Shirong’s observation, none of Zhou Haidong’s answers lied.

When the meal came to an end, Deng Shirong said with a smile: "Haidong, you are indeed a good young man. What is the purpose of your father asking you to come over for this meal? You must also know the situation of my little daughter. If you want to know anything, just ask and I’ll tell you.”

Zhou Haidong said: "Uncle Deng, I do have a question. I work at Guangzhou Customs, and your youngest daughter is doing business in Guangxi. We are thousands of miles apart. Even if we fall in love with each other, there is no chance. Together!”

Old Man Huang continued: "This is indeed a big problem. If two people want to be together, they must at least live in the same city." Old Man Zhou frowned slightly. Before, he only thought that the other party's conditions were good, but he didn't consider it. to this question.

Deng Shirong said with a smile on his face: "This is not a problem. As long as you really like each other, it is not impossible for my youngest daughter to open a hotpot restaurant in Guangzhou. This is all negotiable."

This sincerity is really enough. Zhou Haidong said with a face of joy: "Uncle Deng, then I have no problem!"

Old man Zhou couldn't help but said with joy: "Uncle Jiu, we hit it off right away. It would be great if we could become in-laws. I don't know when it is convenient to arrange for the two of them to meet?"

Deng Shirong smiled and said: "I can be here at any time. Let's see Haidong's schedule!"

Like this kind of long-distance blind date, generally speaking, the man will accommodate the woman and go to the city where the woman is.

 Old man Zhou naturally understood the rules of this blind date. He looked at his son and said, "Haidong, can you ask for leave? It will take at least two or three days to go back and forth to Guangxi."

When Zhou Haidong heard this, he knew that he was asked to go to Guangxi to meet the woman. He mused: "It should be no problem to take two or three days off. I will mention this to the leader tomorrow."

The dinner party was over now, and Zhou Haidong rushed to settle the bill.

At the end of the show, the two parties exchanged contact information, and Deng Shirong smiled and said: "Lao Huang, Lao Zhou, I live upstairs. Tomorrow morning, let's have morning tea together. After the morning tea, I will go back to Guangxi."

 “Well, see you tomorrow then.”

"See you tomorrow."

 …

afternoon.



 A department of the Ministry of Finance.

Deng Yunsong handles the work without any distractions.

It is said that men who work hard are the most handsome, and there is indeed some truth to this saying.

Women generally like ambitious men. Even if a lazy and unenterprising man has a very good family background, he can only attract superficial women and cannot attract truly outstanding women.

At this time, Deng Yunsong was focusing on his work. He had no idea that he was already off work, nor did he know that at the door of his office, there was a girl with an outstanding figure, appearance and temperament silently sizing him up.

After more than ten minutes of this, Deng Yunsong finally finished the work, then showed a satisfied smile and stretched himself.

Then, at a glance, he saw the beautiful girl standing at the door and looking at him with a smile. Deng Yunsong couldn't help but say hello: "Chief Pei."

Pei Qinghua smiled and said: "Chief Deng, you are really serious about your work. I'm afraid you don't even know you're off work now, right?"

Hearing this, Deng Yunsong looked at the time and said with a smile: "I really didn't notice it. Chief Pei, do you have anything to do with me?"

Pei Qinghua said: "It's nothing. I just saw you working so seriously and felt that I was too slack at work. I have to work hard again."

Deng Yunsong said: "We are all newcomers to the workforce. We should do more and adapt to this work environment as soon as possible."

Pei Qinghua nodded and said, "Chief Deng is right, I want to learn from you."

Deng Yunsong smiled and said: "Let's learn from each other. It's getting late. If it's convenient for Section Chief Pei, can we have dinner together?"

Pei Qinghua blinked her eyes and responded: "Okay!"

 …

 Half an hour later.

 Deng Yunsong and Pei Qinghua came to a nearby restaurant.

 After ordering three dishes and one soup, the two of them, who had been working together for two months, started chatting while drinking tea.

Both of them have just left campus to work this year, and they are both truly top students of this era. Deng Yunsong graduated from Tsinghua University, and Pei Qinghua is not bad either. They graduated from Renmin University, both of which are top universities of this era.

Pei Qinghua smiled and said: "Chief Deng, it has been two months since the two of us started working. This is the first time we have gone out to eat alone!"

Deng Yunsong smiled and answered: "This is my fault. In fact, I have wanted to invite Section Chief Pei to dinner for a long time, but I was afraid of being too presumptuous, so I never dared to ask."

Pei Qinghua said with a smile on her face: "What's wrong with this? We are all newcomers to the job. We should help each other and have a good relationship. Isn't it normal to eat together? Why do we have so many scruples!"

Deng Yunsong laughed and said, "I'm the one who got caught!"

 While talking, the waiter began to serve the dishes.

So the two of them chatted while eating.

Pei Qinghua asked: "Chief Deng, I only know that you are from Guangxi, but I don't know which city in Guangxi you are from?"

Deng Yunsong replied: "I'm from Yulin, a small city that you probably haven't heard of."

Pei Qinghua said with some embarrassment: "I am indeed a little ignorant about this. I only know Guilin, Nanning, Liuzhou, and Baise in Guangxi, and I am really not familiar with the other cities."

Deng Yunsong lamented: “Guangxi is relatively poor, and many cities are little-known, and Yulin is one of them.”

Pei Qinghua comforted: "Now that the country is reforming and opening up, the changes in major cities across the country are changing day by day. Especially in Guangdong, which is the forefront of reform and opening up, the urban changes are even greater. Just because you are poor in Guangxi now does not mean you will be poor in the future. Maybe you will be poor in the future. It’s time to overtake in a corner!”

Deng Yunsong laughed and said: "Thank you for the consolation, but the probability of this happening is too low. The reform and opening up has just begun, and that happened on our border in Guangxi. When the whole country was busy developing, we were busy preparing for war. We have already The best opportunity for development has been missed.

As the saying goes, one step is slow and every step is slow. We who have missed the opportunity and want to catch up, it is not easy! "

Pei Qinghua said: "There is nothing we can do about it. Your Guangxi's geographical location in national defense is too important, and you happened to encounter this kind of thing in the early stage of reform and opening up. It is indeed a hindrance. I hope you can be in the country in the future." Let’s develop with support!”

Deng Yunsong sighed: "Hopefully!"

Pei Qinghua said: "Don't mention this, tell me what are the characteristics of Yulin?"

Deng Yunsong said: "Features? Chief Pei, which aspect are you referring to? Is it scenery, food, or other customs?"

Pei Qinghua smiled and said, "Everything is fine."

Deng Yunsong said: "Let's not talk about the scenery. Although there is only one word difference between Yulin and Guilin, Yulin has no outstanding scenery at all. It does have some specialties in terms of food, such as white-cut pig's feet and beef steak. , dog meat and various snacks.”

Pei Qinghua said: "I know about white cuts, and I also know about dog meat, but what is this beef?"

Deng Yunsong introduced with a smile: "Niuba is a delicacy made with beef as the main ingredient (beef hind leg meat is the best, followed by front leg meat). It has been made as early as the Southern Song Dynasty and has been for more than 800 years. History.

The production process of this kind of delicacy is quite complex. The finished product is translucent in color, like coffee, shiny, rich in fragrance, salty and sweet, delicious and refreshing, tough but not hard. It has the characteristics of "sweet, fragrant and delicious", and is the most popular one in Yulin. Famous traditional snacks. "

Pei Qinghua almost drooled after hearing this. She quickly picked up a piece of meat and stuffed it into her mouth. After chewing it and swallowing it, she said, "I didn't expect you have such delicious food in Yulin. Just hearing your description makes me greedy." No, if I have a chance, I’ll go to Yulin to try this special delicacy.”

Deng Yunsong smiled and said: "There is definitely a chance. If you really like it, Section Chief Pei, I will ask someone to can the beef nuggets when I go home next time, and then bring some over for you to try."

Pei Qinghua's eyes lit up when she heard this. In the words of later generations, she was an out-and-out foodie. She couldn't refuse such special delicacies, but she still had to be polite: "Chief Deng, this Isn’t it too troublesome?”

Deng Yunsong said: "It's not troublesome, it's just a matter of words. It's just that I just started working and won't be home for a short time. Chief Pei, you have to wait for a long time."

Pei Qinghua said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, I'll thank Section Chief Deng first!"

Deng Yunsong smiled and said: "You're welcome, we are all colleagues."

 The two of them were chatting while eating. They were both top students who graduated from top universities in the country. They were of the same age and now worked in the same company. They had a lot of topics in common.

However, the two of them had a tacit understanding not to ask about each other's family situation. After all, it was the first time they went out to eat alone, and the relationship was not familiar enough to ask about each other's family situation.

This meal took more than an hour to finish.

Deng Yunsong paid the bill, then walked out of the restaurant with Pei Qinghua, and then walked towards the family courtyard together.

Pei Qinghua thanked him: "Chief Deng, thank you for inviting me to dinner."

Deng Yunsong clasped his fists and said, "Chief Pei, it's an honor for me to treat a beauty like you to dinner. I should be the one thanking you."

Pei Qinghua glanced at him and said with a smile on her face: "Chief Deng, I see that you are usually a serious person, but now you have learned to speak glibly."

Deng Yunsong smiled and said: "Chief Pei, I'm just telling the truth, how can I be glib!"

 “Poor-tongued!”

Pei Qinghua smiled like a flower: "Chief Deng, we must help each other and make progress together in our work from now on."

Deng Yunsong nodded and said, "Well, that's good. Then we will help each other, make progress together, and contribute to the development of the motherland."

 …

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