Return To 1998

Today is Saturday.

Fu Yuan's choice of the opening day of the Ximen Yipin Hotpot Branch in Tianyun City must have been deliberately chosen today.

Saturday is obviously a good day. In the first two days of opening, Saturday and Sunday will be ushered in, making it easier to become popular.

Near noon.

Diners in twos and threes began to enter the Ximen Yipin Hotpot Restaurant. As time went on, the attendance rate in the store became higher and higher, and the sound of people gradually filled with fragrance.

Xu Tongdao, Xi Dongyang, and Tang Qing sat at a four-person table in the corner, drinking tea leisurely, watching the popularity of the store getting higher and higher, and watching the busy but not chaotic figures of the waiters in the store.

...

A red Volkswagen Beetle came to this street and stopped on the parking lane across the road from Ximen Yipin Hot Pot Restaurant.

The driver's window glass slowly lowered.

A short-haired woman in the driver's seat and a long-haired girl in the passenger seat were seen.

The short-haired woman is in her early thirties, wearing a lead-grey women's short-sleeved shirt, and a delicate women's watch with a leather strap on her left wrist.

This woman's appearance is not outstanding, just a little beauty.

But the temperament is good, and it looks very capable.

The long-haired girl in the passenger seat is much better-looking, with a delicate face and facial features that are just right. No matter the eyes, nose, or mouth, they are not outstanding, but together they are pleasing to the eye. Pair of rimless glasses.

A floral short-sleeved shirt.

The text is quiet, with a faint bookish air.

As the window glass came down, the girl smiled slightly and said, Auntie, this store opens today, can't we go up and have a look?

The short-haired woman in the driver's seat shook her head slightly, No hurry, let's see how many people come in here for a while.

After a pause, she turned to look at the girl in the passenger seat, Jing'er, your information is not wrong, right? Are you sure that the owner behind this store is really a young man two years younger than you? Or starting from scratch? Dozens of stores opened in just a few years?”

Jinger pushed the glasses on the bridge of her nose,

Nodding with a smile, Don't worry, auntie, this is what my dad said, there's nothing wrong! When I first heard about this man, I was as surprised as you, a guy from the countryside who graduated from junior high school, doing business. He's so powerful, he's a genius in business, I don't know if he's in the store today, if he is, we might be able to see him later.

The short-haired woman nodded slightly.

His eyes turned to Ximen Yipin Hotpot Restaurant across the road.

There was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and he said softly: If this kid is really as good as you said, then depending on your father's relationship, let's hitch a ride with him and get a share of his business, or not In a few years, we can also make a fortune. Oh, Jinger, maybe when you get married, you will be able to earn a generous dowry yourself. I tell you, when a woman gets married, the bigger the dowry, In the future, you will have a higher status with your husband's family, and your man will not dare to show your face!

Jing'er rolled her eyes slightly, Auntie, see what you said! You haven't gotten married yet, even if you get married, you are the first! I'm still early!

The short-haired woman squinted her angrily, Go! What do you compare to me? It's not that you don't know that your aunt doesn't want to get married. By the way, how are you and Su Kun? Are you okay?

Jing'er: Just like that! Auntie, can we not talk about him?

Short-haired woman: Oh, you don't want to say that he will also be your man in the future. His father's position is higher than your father's. Can you retire from this marriage?

Hearing what her aunt said, Jing'er looked a little helpless and pouted.

Just stop talking.

...

At this moment, two men and two women, a total of four young people in their twenties, walked past their car, talking and laughing, hurried across the road, and trotted towards the Ximen Yipin Hot Pot Restaurant opposite.

At the same time, Xu Tongdao, accompanied by Xi Dongyang and Tang Qing, came out of the gate of Ximen Yipin Hotpot Restaurant.

Tongdao Xu stopped under the shade of a tree by the roadside, took out a cigarette case, handed one to Xi Dongyang, and then lowered his head and lit one.

There were more and more diners in the hall upstairs, and the voices were so loud that he couldn't sit still, so he wanted to come out and get some air.

As soon as the cigarette was lit, I heard a surprised greeting from the front, Huh? Xu, Xu Tongdao? Is Xu Tongdao you? Hey, it's really you! Xu Tongdao, I haven't seen you for a few years, why are you, why are you here? here?

It was the voice of a young man.

Xu Tongdao sounded a little familiar, so he frowned and looked up.

Sure enough, I saw a familiar face.

Two men, two women, four young people, the tallest man among them, Xu Tongdao looked very familiar, as if he was his classmate in the third year of junior high school.

In the third year of junior high school, he and this person were assigned to the same class only when they were divided into classes in the third year of junior high school, and they were classmates for one year.

The third grade class is a tradition in the village middle school they attended. Every year, dozens of people with the best grades in the third grade are individually selected to form an experimental class.

It's called the experimental class, but it is actually the top class. It is the dozens of students that the school focuses on training and protection every year. Every year, how many students in their middle school can be admitted to the county's No. 1 and No. 2 high schools, mainly because of this experimental class. .

Oh? It's you! Long time no see, who are you? These are your friends?

Suddenly seeing his classmate from that year here, Tongdao Xu wanted to call out this classmate's name to show that he had not forgotten this old classmate.

but……

As far as he is concerned, the classmates in the third year of junior high school are people who have known each other a long, long time ago.

At least twenty years ago.

He obviously seemed to be able to remember the name of this classmate right away, but it seemed that he was just a little bit short, just couldn't remember it.

He had no choice but to skip the classmate's name and greet him directly.

But his classmate didn't think so much. Maybe he didn't believe that in just a few years, Tongdao Xu couldn't call him by name?

He warmly introduced a man and two women beside him, Oh, yes! They are all my college classmates, this is Yang Song, these two beauties are Tao Ran and Song Yihan, we came here to play this Saturday, By the way, Tongdao Xu, I remember that your score was good enough to go to the second county middle school, right? Why did you later hear that you didn't go there? You are too wasteful? Passed the exam, but didn't go there? What have you been doing these past few years?

Hello!

Tongdao Xu smiled at the man and the woman and nodded in greeting.

The three also responded with polite smiles.

After hearing what they said just now, the three of them looked at Xu Tongdao with a little curiosity.

This year, the university has not expanded its enrollment, and the admission rate of high schools is also extremely low. Every year, there are very few top students who can be admitted to the county's No. 1 and No. 2 middle schools.

There is actually a guy here who was admitted to the second county middle school, but didn't go there?

Strange!