Siheyuan Great Craftsmen

"What are you so happy about? Do you want me to join you?"

Just then, a voice sounded and Nie Guodong also walked in from outside.

"Senior!"

"Senior!"

A group of people from the technical department greeted Nie Guodong when they saw him.

"Section Chief, Section Chief Zhou said that after get off work we should go to Dong Lai Shun to eat mutton hotpot!"

Dong Tianbao's eyes rolled around and he suddenly shouted at the top of his voice.

"Oh? Really? Then will you take me with you?"

When Nie Guodong heard this, he stared at Zhou Tian with a sly fox-like smile on his face, which made Zhou Tian shudder violently and feel like a rabbit being targeted by a hunter.

"Bring it, bring it, how can we not bring the section chief!"

Zhou Tian quickly forced out a bitter smile and said, "God knows, I just said that I would take everyone to eat mutton hotpot, but I didn't say to go to Donglaishun." Who knew that under the instigation of the crowd, it became that he wanted to take everyone to Donglaishun to eat mutton hotpot.

This is not a concept at all. Let’s not talk about whether the mutton hotpot at Donglaishun is delicious or not, but it is expensive.

When he thought about the huge shrinkage in his wallet, Zhou Tian even wanted to eat Dong Tianbao alive. If he remembered correctly, that guy was the first one who shouted the loudest.

Soon, with the sound of music coming from the radio, it was time to get off work.

The people from the technical department surrounded Zhou Tian like a group of hungry wolves, not leaving his side. It seemed that if Zhou Tian dared to run, they would eat him alive. Zhou Tian shook his head helplessly and sighed: "What is going on!"

"Okay, let's go!" Zhou Tian rolled his eyes at everyone and led this group of "starving" colleagues out of the new workshop. Because the distance was far, he did not push his bicycle and led this group of "foodies" out of the steel mill.

"Big brother!"

"Big brother!"

As soon as they came out of the steel rolling mill, Zhou Jun and Zhou Min also came up and shouted, but when they looked at the group of people behind Zhou Tian, ​​they were obviously stunned.

"Xiaojun, Xiaomin, let's go, you guys come too. We have a technical department party today, you guys can come too!"

When Zhou Tian saw his two cousins, he invited them directly. After all, he could invite colleagues from the technical department, so he couldn't forget his own cousins.

"No, big brother, we have something else to do today, so Xiaomin and I won't go. Big brother, you go early and come back early, Xiaomin and I will go back first!"

However, Zhou Jun shook his head and rejected his elder brother's invitation.

"What can you do when you go back? Come on, it's Big Brother's treat today!"

Having said that, Zhou Tian grabbed the two brothers Zhou Jun and Zhou Min without saying anything, and went to the bus stop with the others. They took the bus to Jinyu Hutong inside the north gate of Dong'an Market on Wangfujing Street.

From Dongzhimen to Jinyu Hutong, the entire distance is 5 kilometers, and it takes more than minutes by bus. Along the way, the huge crowds of people walking on the street also attracted a lot of attention.

Fortunately, they were all wearing steel mill uniforms, otherwise they would have been approached and questioned by the police.

When they arrived at Jinyu Hutong, they could see from afar four or five shops with blue brick and gray tiled surfaces, with signs saying "Donglaishun Restaurant" outside.

A group of people walked into the "Donglaishun Restaurant" and soon attracted the attention of many people who were eating inside. A young man also hurriedly stepped forward to greet the crowd and asked: "Comrades, are you ready to eat?"

Seeing that everyone was looking at Zhou Tian, ​​the young man also followed the crowd's gaze and looked at the young man in front of him.

"Yes, there are seventeen of us in total, and another person will be coming soon. Please arrange two tables for us!"

Zhou Tian nodded, looked around and found that there were not many people eating at this time.

"Well, please follow me!"

When the young man heard this, a bright smile immediately appeared on his face. He led everyone to two adjacent tables and waited for everyone to sit down.

Zhou Tiancai started ordering dishes. There were sixteen people in total, seventeen in total including the section chief. To be honest, he felt a little distressed when ordering the dishes. You know, according to his estimate, the dishes alone would cost him a full two hundred thousand yuan, not including the mutton.

He also ordered more than a dozen plates of mutton. All in all, two tables of mutton and vegetables would cost him nearly half a million. Even though Zhou Tian didn't care about money on weekdays, he felt a pang in his heart at this moment, not to mention the two brothers Zhou Jun and Zhou Min standing next to him.

At this moment, he didn't dare to move at all. The smile on his face, which had originally been somewhat happy, now looked very forced.

"Oh, you're here already! It seems that arriving early is worse than arriving at the right time!"

When all the mutton and vegetables were served, Nie Guodong arrived late and sat down next to Zhou Tian, ​​looking at the two tables full of mutton and vegetables in front of him.

The corner of his mouth twitched slightly, and he did some calculations in his mind. He couldn't help but look at Zhou Tian as if he was looking at a sucker.

"Hey, Chief, what's that look in your eyes? Just look at me, but it seems to me that you are laughing at me."

Zhou Tian felt very uncomfortable with the section chief's gaze and asked with a little anger.

"Oh, nothing, I'm just looking at a sucker!"

Unexpectedly, the section chief spoke directly without any concealment.

As soon as the section chief said this, everyone burst into laughter, especially Dong Tianbao and Liu Wei, who were laughing so hard that they fell forward.

"No, Chief, you are eating my food, but you put down your bowl and curse. Why am I the one being taken advantage of?"

Zhou Tian couldn't help but feel even angrier when he heard this. He was already upset enough because he couldn't let go of his pride and invited a group of colleagues to dinner. But now the section chief said this to him. It would be strange if he felt good about it.

"Okay, enough talking, let's eat, today we have to eat as much as we can. You know, your section chief is very rich, don't be afraid of eating him out!"

Nie Guodong ignored Zhou Tian and greeted everyone. He picked up chopsticks and put the vegetables into the already boiling pot.

In fact, Nie Guodong did not lie about this. As far as he knew, Zhou Tian was rewarded with a promotion and cash reward by the factory for his research and development of the horizontal lathe. It's just that most people don't know about it.

And he happened to be an insider. With three million in cash, he didn't think that one meal could bankrupt this kid.

After hearing what the section chief said, everyone started putting ingredients into the pot. In less than a moment, the rich aroma of mutton wafted up and entered everyone's noses, making everyone salivate.

With the dipping sauce, everyone began to wolf down their food, sweating profusely and shouting that it was delicious. Only Zhou Tian, ​​Zhou Min and the three Zhou Min brothers found the food tasteless.

After eating and drinking, everyone started to disperse. As expected, when they paid the money, the figure of 580,000 made everyone secretly shocked. Fortunately, it was the section chief who treated them. If it were them, it would be enough to spend their monthly salary on it.

After leaving Donglaishun, Zhou Tian and his two brothers breathed a sigh of relief after everyone said goodbye to him one by one.

"Brother, this is too much! It's enough for our three months' salary!"

Zhou Jun waited until everyone had left before he spoke with some heartache.

"Stop talking. Do you think I don't feel bad? I'm being bullied. I originally wanted to invite them home to eat mutton hotpot, but Dong Tianbao said he would go to Donglaishun. Do you think your brother would agree?"

As Zhou Tian spoke, an ugly curve flashed across the corner of his mouth.

"Forget it, let's go. Just treat this as a lesson. These guys don't take me, the deputy section chief, seriously. They will suffer in the future!"

As they were talking, Zhou Tian and the other two took the bus back to Mianhua Hutong.

Before they reached the front door of their house, they saw their grandparents standing at the gate from afar, looking at the alley from time to time, with their hands in their sleeves and stamping their feet.

"Grandpa and grandma, why are you standing at the door? Why don't you go home? It's so cold!"

When Zhou Tian saw this scene, for some reason, he suddenly felt a sour feeling in his heart. He hurriedly stepped forward to grab his grandparents' hands and scolded them with heartache.

As he spoke, he hurriedly took the hands of the two old people and walked towards home.

"Hey, grandson, grandma and your grandpa are not cold. We just saw that you haven't come back yet so late, and we are worried about you, so we came out to check on you!"

Grandma listened to her eldest grandson's rebuke, but her wrinkled face showed kindness and she spoke softly.

"Grandma, forget it. Look at you and grandpa's hands. They are almost frozen. You are not cold yet. Come back to the house and warm up!"

Zhou Tian felt the cold temperature in the hands of the two elders and knew that they might have been waiting outside for quite some time, so he quickened his pace.