Return to 2001 to pursue dreams

Regardless of whether he came or not, the meal had to be prepared. The two of them started busy in the kitchen and kept complimenting each other: You Xuzhou men are really good at cooking! What a professional!

"It's so fragrant. What's in this stew?" A roar like thunder came from the door, followed by the sound of hurried footsteps. A tall young man opened an iron pot that was stewing at the base of the wall, and the smell of meat suddenly came. Permeated the entire yard.

There is more than one such iron pot, with various ingredients stewed in it. Brother Liang renovated the pot wall from scrapped tire pots. The pots burned firewood. Fortunately, there was no Environmental Protection Bureau to investigate at the time. Otherwise, just the smoke coming out of these pots could have been sentenced to three to five years. of.

Han Fei came in next, followed by someone with a resentful expression on his face and a box of wine in his arms. It was none other than the very angry Zheng Shaoqiu. You didn’t need to guess. The person who came in was none other than Mr. Zhang as Han Fei said.

Yan Gaoliang wiped his hands on his apron, took out a cigarette and handed one to Mr. Zhang. The man took it unceremoniously, took out a piece of wood from the bottom of the pot and lit it, then handed the piece of wood to Yan Gaoliang and asked. Said: "Brother, your craftsmanship is really good. What is stewed in this pot? It's so black!"

Yan Gaoliang fished out a piece with a shovel and handed it to him: "The wild eel prepared by the Haihe River in Tianjin. Although it looks ugly, it is not valuable locally, but after eating it, I felt very energetic. I even ate it. Within a week, the bones in my body were cracking!"

Mr. Zhang picked up the piece of eel with his fingers regardless of the appearance, and did not bother to burn his mouth. He gnawed it until only the bones were left. After eating, he called Han Fei and said: "Hurry up, Xiao Han, this thing is suitable for you." You eat it! It’s a super tonic! Use the form to make up for the form, so your wife won’t look down on you!”

Han Fei coughed loudly and said, "That's enough! This brother-in-law is right next to you! Be careful what you say!"

Mr. Zhang pretended to slap himself in the mouth, apologized and said: "I'm sorry, sorry! Look at what I'm talking about!" Seeing that Han Fei was about to glare, he quickly stretched out his hand to Yan Gaoliang and said: "Zhang Fugui! Brother, you are Gao Hong Da or Yan Gaoliang?"

Yan Gaoliang shook hands with him in a neither humble nor overbearing manner, and replied: "Hello, Brother Fugui, I am Yan Gaoliang!"

Mr. Zhang grabbed his hand without letting go and patted his shoulder with the other hand and said: "Good brother! I heard that you are the Marine Corps Reconnaissance Company Commander? Then you have to call me old squad leader!"

Han Fei quickly explained: "Yes, Boss Zhang was also born in the military. He went to the battlefield at the age of 18 and killed people!"

Yan Gaoliang stared into Mr. Zhang's eyes and said: "It can be seen from Brother Fugui's eyes that he can kill no less than three enemies!"

Gao Hongda interjected with a surprised look on his face and asked: "Is this obvious? Hello, Brother Fugui, my name is Gao Hongda!"

Zhang Fugui also shook hands with Gao Hongda very politely and answered the question for Yan Gaoliang: "Yes, those who have killed the enemy on the battlefield have murderous look in their eyes! They will carry it with them for the rest of their lives! I'm not bragging, at least Six Vietnamese monkeys died under my gun!" He turned around and asked Yan Gaoliang: "Brother, how did you tell from the look in my eyes that I killed more than three people?"

Yan Gaoliang said unhurriedly: "The first time you kill the enemy, your eyes will look nervous and panic. The second time you kill the enemy, the murderous aura in your eyes will look very excited. More than three times, your eyes will look very calm and indifferent. If you see If there are too many dead people, the eyes will be very empty, and those with poor psychological quality will easily collapse!"

Mr. Zhang couldn't help giving a thumbs up and praised: "Brother, you are a professional! The first time I shot an enemy at close range, I was not afraid of your jokes. I peed my pants! After the third time, I felt like killing someone was like killing a chicken. There’s no difference.”

Han Fei couldn't listen anymore and quickly interrupted: "Stop talking, or you won't be able to eat later!"

Mr. Zhang said sarcastically: "Okay, I can't talk about those fighting and killing things in front of a nerd like you! By the way, brothers, are you satisfied with this yard?"

Gao Hongda hurriedly replied: "Very satisfied! Listening to your question, you should have helped find this yard?"

Mr. Zhang waved his big hand and said: "Brother Xiao Gao, if you are so polite, I will leave! The brother Han Fei recognizes is my Zhang Fugui brother! Why are brothers using these polite words?"

Yan Gaoliang quickly smoothed things over and said, "Yo Xi, the meal is ready! Let's hurry up and cook! Third brother, hurry up and serve!"

Poor Secretary Zheng Shaoqiu, who usually looked majestic in front of Gao Hongda, was like a waiter, quickly setting the table and serving food with Gao Hongda.

Before the dishes were all served, Zhang Fugui and Han Fei couldn't wait to pick up the small noodle pancakes on the pot with chopsticks, blew a few breaths, and ate them hungrily. Zhang Fugui couldn't help but light his head: "Damn it, half of this pancake is crispy and fragrant, and half is soaked in soup. It's so damn delicious!"

Han Fei also echoed: "If these two brothers hadn't invited me to eat ground pot chicken last week, I wouldn't have bothered to ask you to help me buy a courtyard! You still have to eat and drink in your own yard. This is called a relaxing and comfortable place." !”

Yan Gaoliang raised the small glass and said, "Boss, I won't be polite to you anymore. Come on, let's go!" After taking a sip, he said dissatisfiedly: "This small cup is really boring for drinking!"

Zhang Fugui was chewing a piece of meat without swallowing it. He put down his chopsticks and kept tapping his fingers, as if he was afraid that someone would take away the conversation. He said in a whimpering voice: "Brother is right! Change to a bigger cup! Change to a bigger cup! You guys!" The three of you continue to use small cups, and I won’t bully you three ladies!”

Gao Hongda and Han Fei shouted at the same time: "Damn it! Who are you looking down on?" Gao Hongda also added: "We, Secretary Zheng, are the only ones who like to drink from small cups?"

Zheng Shaoqiu, who had always had no sense of presence, kicked his stool and shouted: "I think you are a coward! Whoever doesn't use a big cup is a grandson!" The people at the table burst into laughter, and the atmosphere suddenly became lively.

After the big glass of wine was filled, Gao Hongda suggested settling the money to buy the yard first: "As the saying goes, brothers will settle accounts. Last week we agreed that the three of us would buy the yard together. We couldn't let Brother Han Fei pay for it alone before. Although You say Big Brother is here to trick you, but you can’t do it so blatantly!”

Zhang Fugui took over the conversation and said in an admiring tone: "This sentence is just for cheating, brother. It's very good! But your boss is poor. Let me be fair. No matter whether it is 3 or 5, you two Brother, you have to come up with some!"

Yan Gaoliang gave a thumbs up: "Brother Fugui, you are a fair person after all! I admire you brothers! Come on, let's go!"

Zhang Fugui said in a low-key voice: "Brother, this is ridiculous! People say that I have been fair since I was a child! Come! Let's drink to justice!"

Han Fei waved his hands repeatedly with an aggrieved look on his face: "Oh no, let me tell you, have you two misunderstood the meaning of justice? This is a scholar meeting a soldier, and it is hard to explain! What's more, there are still two ruffians in the army, and both troops have It’s even more unjust for unwanted people to get together!”

Yan Gaoliang asked Zhang Fugui with a little doubt: "Brother Fugui also changed his career midway? Judging from your background, you should be very promising. Why did you give up?"

When this topic was brought up, Zhang Fugui knocked his chopsticks on the table, picked up a chicken claw, and complained while nibbling: "Don't mention it, ever since these nerds took control of the military, they have been messing around all day long, and everything is full of chaos. Yes, I really couldn't stand it, so I changed my job directly. My old man was very angry, not because of my willfulness, but also because of those people who didn't live up to expectations. After that, I went to the party school to study, right? I have been working for the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee for several years, but I still feel so damn uncomfortable! It’s even more uncomfortable than being in the army! Brother Xiao Yan, why don’t you work anymore?”

At this moment, Yan Gaoliang actually wiped away his tears and said with a lonely expression: "I became a company commander at the age of 25. I thought I had a bright future. I was still in the same military zone with my girlfriend. I thought I would have a good harvest in love and career. Who knows? The senior officers in the army took a fancy to her because of her upright character, so she gave the pervert a bad look at that time, and later she was tricked during an exercise."

Zhang Fugui threw the unfinished chicken feet on the table and said angrily: "It's me! I'll kill him if he runs to the end of the world! It's not a gentleman to not avenge this! What did you say to me?" Who’s the goods?”

Yan Gaoliang dipped his fingers in wine and wrote a name on the table, and said bitterly: "What I said today is top secret. I trust you completely. Let's be honest. I tried to kill him for revenge. This thing is destined to be lucky." , escaped!"

Zhang Fugui erased the name on the table and asked: "Everyone in the circle knows about the gunfire in front of the general's mansion. It turns out..." He was stunned for a moment and said to everyone: "What I said today is top secret!"

The three people who listened to the story attentively nodded their heads. This story was so damn scary that if it were leaked, people would really die.

Zhang Fugui continued: "Brother, you did a great job! You can tell such a big secret to me because you trust me, and you will not leak a word from me! I am also curious about who is so knowledgeable. I am curious What's more, a group of local people and the entire city's police were dispatched to blockade the entire city. How did the assassin escape unscathed?"

Yan Gaoliang replied with a wry smile: "It came from the sea. I swam dozens of nautical miles in one night and crossed the strait!"

Zhang Fugui once again raised his thumbs and praised: "This is really awesome! Besides, your enemy is definitely not a good guy. He came from a flattering background and actually dedicated his own daughter to his boss. That boss is not the same." What a good thing, selling an official position and getting a title, the old guys in the dormitory are very disgusted with it!"

Yan Gaoliang's eyes showed hope, and he quickly asked: "Brother Fugui, do you think there is still hope for my revenge?"

Zhang Fugui directed Gao Hongda to quickly take down the finished ground-pot chicken and replace it with ground-pot eel, and then said easily: "A gentleman takes revenge. It's not too late in ten years. Protect yourself first. There are plenty of opportunities!"

The eel was served, and the five pairs of chopsticks were still playing fast.

Han Fei took this opportunity to change the subject and said, "Let's continue talking about the checkout?"

Yan Gaoliang also came back to his senses and said: "Yes, settle the bill! The third child and I will each give you three million, that's all! Boss, just take some losses!"

Zhang Fugui is obviously the protagonist today, showing his domineering attitude in every aspect. He slapped the table and said, "I think it's OK! That's it! Have a drink!"

Several people each drank a glass, and one bottle was gone. Gao Hongda quickly continued to open the bottle and pour wine.

Zhang Fugui wiped his lips and said with a smile: "You three are unreasonable!"

Everyone is puzzled.

He continued: "You don't even want to take me with you!"

Han Fei rolled his eyes at him and said, "I asked you to drink last week. You said you were discussing business and couldn't come. Who's to blame?"

Zhang Fugui said in a scoundrel tone: "I'm really in trouble! You didn't count that time, but this time I'll be my new one, and I'll be counted! Let's do it together!"

Zheng Shaoqiu, who had been making soy sauce, then asked: "Take me with you?"

Then the four heads shook, and Zhang Fugui said: "Quickly pull him down! You brothers, husband, and uncle are worshiping together, why don't you make people laugh? I'll give you someone to be our host today!" With that, he searched in the yard. When I touched it, I muttered: "There is no Buddha statue or Guan Gong statue here!"

In the end, he simply took a jade sign engraved with Guan Gong from his neck and hung it on a tree in the yard. He came back and took Yan Gaoliang's hand, and waved to Han Fei and Gao Hongda to follow him.

Four people knelt under the tree, and Zheng Shaoqiu began to sing loudly: "Brothers are sworn brothers, trust each other in life and death, rescue each other in good and bad times, help each other in good and bad times, help each other in adversity. Heaven and earth bear witness, mountains and rivers are allies, stick to each other throughout life, and swear not to violate each other." We become brothers today, and from now on we will share blessings and share hardships; we will work together and never leave. Emperors, queens, and queens, learn from this heart!"

A cultural person is a cultural person, and this word is very high-end! Zhang Fugui is older than everyone else, so he is naturally the eldest.

Han Fei said seriously: "From now on, you can only call me second brother or second brother! I will not accept any other titles!"

The remaining three brothers agreed in unison: "I know, second brother!" Han Fei was so angry that he sighed several times.

As the saying goes, a thousand cups of wine is too little for a close friend. They didn't know how much they drank. Anyway, a box of wine was not enough.

After drinking heavily, Han Fei mysteriously revealed a secret about his boss: "Do you know? Our boss is a boss maniac! In the party school, he bows to the instructor, and when he goes to work, he bows to the leader. In doing business, he also cooperates with others. Shang worshiped his brother. I remember that when he vomited on the roadside after drinking too much, a stray dog ​​passed by, and he pulled him over and worshiped him! He called that dog brother Xiao Wang! "

Zhang Fugui waved his hands indifferently and said, "Didn't you drink too much? I asked it what its surname was, and it barked. Don't I think its surname is Wang?"

Everyone laughed, and Gao Hongda asked casually: "Brother is also doing business? What kind of business are you doing?"

Zhang Fugui sighed and said: "What kind of business can I do? Even if I take over a project from above, it won't be too big, a small project worth one trillion yuan!"

Everyone's eyes were as wide as lanterns, staring straight at him, waiting for his next words.

Zhang Fugui looked at the pairs of eyes that were very curious about knowledge and said very proudly: "Do you know the Tianjin Binhai New Area? It will be like Caofeidian in Tangshan. It will reclaim land from the Tianjin Port to build a larger deep-water port. , the construction period is about ten years, I borrowed the qualifications of Zhejiang Road and Bridge Company to build a bidding section."

Han Fei nodded and said: "I know about that project. The old man at home told me not to participate! He said that the project was for children like you who grew up in the compound and did not have serious positions. We serious people should not participate. Got it!"

Zhang Fugui stared and asked: "This old man Han! What nonsense are you talking about? From an old man's point of view, we are indeed not doing our jobs properly, but my old man thinks that it is not a bad thing for me not to participate in the disputes within the system. As long as I don't commit crimes, Anything is fine, but I really don’t dare to tell the old man about this matter, otherwise I will be scolded again!”

Yan Gaoliang asked curiously: "Is the old chief's temper so strong?"

Han Fei replied: "Not bad. The old man joined the army in 1944. He has outstanding military exploits and is an upright man. He also has very strict requirements for his children and will never allow his children to take advantage of the country!"

Yan Gaoliang gave a thumbs up and said: "The old leader is powerful and upright. If you have the opportunity, you must pay a visit in person!" He finally stated his intention.

Zhang Fugui said excitedly: "He will definitely like your character. Tomorrow night, you go to the rest house with me to see the old man. If he beats me, stop him!"

Yan Gaoliang tried his best to suppress the excitement in his heart and nodded in agreement. Nonsense, can you disagree? Wasn't he just waiting for this opportunity?