Three or Two Things about Rebirth

Qin Huifang ignored him and picked up the cup and said, "I can't drink alcohol now, so I can only drink instead. I'm sorry, I made you laugh. When I unload the goods, I will drink with you to make amends."

"Okay, okay." Yang Dawei said.

Suddenly, the pager on his waist rang, making a beeping sound, and everyone looked at him.

Yang Dawei frowned and took down the machine impatiently, "Who is it? So annoying!"

He pressed a few buttons with his thumb and said, "Old Qin, let me use your phone!" Without waiting for Qin Huifang to answer, he got up and went to the living room to make a call. Qiu Luming heard him dial the number and someone on the other end asked him where he was and when he would be home. Yang Dawei said, "I'm drinking at my friend's house. You guys eat, no need to wait for me!"

The person on the other end of the phone cursed him a few more times: We finished eating a long time ago, who the hell is waiting for you, come back earlier, otherwise no one will wait for you at the door!

Yang Dawei hummed twice, "Okay, okay, I got it, hang up now!"

Qiu Luming couldn't help laughing. She felt that since the pager rang, Yang Dawei was like a different person and suddenly became superior.

When Yang Dawei sat back down, Lu Jiaming said, "Old Yang, why don't you buy a mobile phone? That would be so stylish!"

"Forget it!" Yang Dawei took out a cigarette box from his pocket, and put it back under Qin Huifang's gaze. "Forget it, my father doesn't even use a mobile phone, how can I use it safely? He might snatch it away later, and he may not even give me the money. Forget it, I'll just make some money and have some free time."

"So when you receive the pager, where are you going to look for a phone?" Lu Jiaming asked sarcastically.

Yang Dawei narrowed his eyes dangerously and stared at Lu Jiaming.

This time, even Qiu Luming felt that Lu Jiaming was really unmanly and stingy. It was just a phone call, why bother to be so petty. He was a person who, except Qin Huifang, could not take advantage of anyone. If it was just that, it would be fine, but the key point was that he loved to take advantage of others.

Qiu Luming frowned, feeling more and more that Lu Jiaming was not worthy of Qin Huifang.

Ma Mingjun suddenly burst out laughing, "I just came back from vacation, and my second aunt introduced me to a girl. If I don't go, she will complain about my mom in front of my grandma, saying that my mom looks down on her."

Everyone's attention was immediately diverted, "Who is it?"

"Does it look good?"

“Are there any units?”

Ma Mingjun took a bite of the scrambled eggs with green onions and said, "These eggs are delicious. Are they made by Han Meifen?"

"I'm asking you who your blind date is!" Yang Dawei shouted dissatisfiedly.

"Her name is Li Xiumei."

"Li Xiumei? The one who is one grade lower than us, always has her hair down, and looks like 16-year-old Chen Feier?" Yang Dawei asked in a raised voice.

"From thirty to thirteen, there is no woman in Jiayang that you don't know, right?" Ma Mingjun said with a sigh, "It's her. She didn't pass the entrance exam after graduation and is also studying at her own expense in Harbin."

"Everywhere, everywhere! It has to be here! She's so beautiful!" Yang Dawei urged.

"Fuck, why are you so excited about my boyfriend?"

"It'll be at least a year and a half before she graduates, so you have to get her first! Find her a job after graduation, and then get married quickly! Hahaha, then we'll all go to your house for dinner!"

"I have no idea about my fate, so I can't think that far ahead. So, how is your partner doing? Are you going to get married after graduation?" Ma Mingjun asked back.

"What kind of marriage is this? It's ruined." Yang Dawei stopped smiling and took a sip of wine.

"Failed again? You are such a jerk. Who did you like? You dumped the girl again!" Zheng Wei hit Yang Dawei on the shoulder. "You are such a jerk! It will be unforgivable if you don't get your comeuppance. From junior high school till now, you have been with five or six girls, right?"

"Five or six aren't enough, seven or eight is enough." Lu Jiaming added quietly.

"Alas, who made me charming!" Yang Dawei smiled indifferently, "But I have a principle: a rabbit does not eat grass near its burrow! If you don't believe me, ask Lao Qin, Lao Qiu, and then ask Lao Han. Over all these years, have I ever said anything excessive to the beauties I have been with? No! Have I ever been showy or touched them? No! No matter how wicked I am, I will not bring harm to my friends!" After saying that, he raised his glass and clinked it with Qiu Luming, and then clinked glasses with Qin Huifang and Han Meifen.

Lu Jiaming's face turned pale and he gritted his teeth, "If it wasn't for me treating you today, I would have slammed the table on your face!"

"Hahahaha!" Yang Dawei laughed with his head tilted back. "Yeah, you're so stingy, how could you bear to knock on your own table!"

Qin Huifang sighed, "Oh, I can't get angry right now. If you two can't talk properly, let's just call it a day!" At this point, she suddenly became emotional, slammed the table, and the chopsticks jumped to the floor, "Gah! Can we still play?"

Seeing that the situation was not good, Yang Dawei surrendered immediately. He put down the cup, clasped his hands together, raised them above his head, lowered his head and said loudly, "Auntie! I was wrong!"

Lu Jiaming stroked Qin Huifang's back and said, "Don't be angry, wife. I'll make you some water to wash your feet in the evening!"

Han Meifen was amused by the two people and burst out laughing, and Qin Huifang's mouth corners also curled up.

Ma Mingjun suddenly asked Qiu Luming, "Qiu Luming, I heard that you and Fei Yuanhang are dating?"

Everyone's eyes turned to look over.

Qiu Luming was concentrating on picking small mushroom cubes to eat. Hearing this, he put down his chopsticks and took a sip of his drink. "Ma Mingjun, you are responsible for changing the topic today, right?"

"I'm at my wit's end and can only push you out." Ma Mingjun smiled bitterly. In the past half hour, he had tried to change the subject three times to avoid a quarrel between Lu and Yang, but each time he failed.

"I didn't mean to hide it. The main reason is that you are not in Jiayang, and those who are in Jiayang can't catch you. Fei Yuanhang and I have been in contact for three months, and we are communicating now."

"Do both sets of parents agree?" Ma Mingjun glanced at Zheng Wei and asked again.

"I agree. Principal Fei was an educated youth just like my parents, and they have similar ideas. By the way, the Public Security Bureau and the Grain Bureau went on a port tour that year, and Fei Yuanhang also went. I don't have any impression of it, but he said that he was the one who pulled me ashore at that time."

When Qin Huifang suddenly heard Qiu Luming mention the port, a barely perceptible embarrassment appeared on her face, but it quickly disappeared.

Ma Mingjun smiled and said, "Yes, yes, Fei Yuanhang's mother worked at the Shangzhi Police Station and had not retired at that time. Um, I heard that he is a doctor? Then you..."

“Yes, I’m a doctoral student.”

"...Oh, maybe there really is such a thing as fate. This falling into the water seems to be a matchmaking for you two!

However, our Zheng Wei also jumped into the river to save people that day. What a pity, Lao Qin and Lao Qiu are both already in love, and he didn’t get any of them!”

Zheng Wei just lowered his head and said nothing.

Everyone noticed his abnormality. Qin Huifang pretended to be angry and pointed at Ma Mingjun, "Lu Ming is my lifesaver, how dare you make fun of her! No, you have to drink a glass of wine as a punishment!"

"Punish, punish, punish. Zheng Wei has to pay for one!" Ma Mingjun clinked glasses with Zheng Wei and took a sip of wine.

Zheng Wei also gulped down two big gulps.

It was getting dark outside before they knew it. Several boys were playing finger-guessing games and clinking glasses. In more than three hours, they had drunk four kilograms of liquor. This liquor was a small liquor brewed by Jiayang Distillery, and the alcohol content was over 60 degrees. At this moment, except for Zheng Wei who could still lean on the back of his chair, the other three, including the host Lu Jiaming, were already lying on the table, drunk.

Qin Huifang came out of the balcony holding a small basin with a plastic bag hooked on her finger. Qiu Luming took the small basin and saw that there were more than ten frozen pears in it. He scooped half a bucket of cold water and put the frozen pears on it. Qin Huifang also gave everyone an ice cream.

Qiu Luming waved his hand and refused to eat. "It's too late. I have to go home."

Han Meifen also made preparations to leave.

Qin Huifang tried to persuade him to stay, "It's just past eight o'clock, play for a while longer!"

"No, my second brother went to the countryside early this morning to work on a site. No one is picking me up today. If I come home late, my mother will scold me for three days and three nights!"

"But, they are all drunk, I...I can't do anything to them!"

Qiu Luming patted everyone on the back, "Get up, everyone! Don't sleep any more! Put on your cotton-padded jackets and go home! Huifang needs to rest!"

Zheng Wei was the first to stand up, but before he could say anything, his legs went weak and he collapsed under the table. He tried to stand up but failed. "Huh? Did I drink fake wine? How come it seems to have gone all the way up to my ankles?"

"This is a six-year-old liquor! It's sweet, spicy, mellow, and has a strong aroma of wine, but it doesn't make you drunk. It's such a waste to let you drink it down like this!" Qin Huifang said dissatisfiedly.

Zheng Wei had fallen asleep sitting on the floor at this time.

"It looks like they can only stay at my house tonight." Qin Huifang frowned and said, "But you two can't stay. It will have a bad influence."

Han Meifen said quickly, "We can just ride back by ourselves. There are street lights along the way."

"How do so many people live there? There's only one bed in your house?" Qiu Luming asked.

"Bed? It's good enough to have a floor!" Qin Huifang took out her new wedding quilt from the closet and said distressedly, "I haven't even used it yet! Damn it, if I had known earlier, I wouldn't have thrown the quilt at the doorstep of his second sister's house and let them make the bed!"

"Call their homes one by one and ask someone to pick them up."

"That's fine too, you guys can go home and leave me alone?"

"Can you do it? How can a pregnant woman pull four drunkards? Let us help you get them to the living room!"

“No need!” Qin Huifang poured cold water on the towel, walked up to Lu Jiaming, and splashed it on his face. Lu Jiaming sat up with a cry, “Who? Who? Who the hell splashed water on my face!”