The Pentium Era - South to North

Zhang Chen and the other three went upstairs and heard a noise on the stairs. Zhang Chen's parents had already opened the door and walked out. When they saw Xiao Zhao, they were stunned for a moment, and then they thought that this was probably Xiao Wu's girlfriend. .

Everyone entered the door. Zhang Chen and Xiao Zhao introduced, "This is my mother." Xiao Zhao quickly bowed and said, "Hello, mom!"

This is my dad. Xiao Zhao bowed again and said, Hello dad!

Zhang Chen said to his parents: "This is my girlfriend Xiao Zhao."

Zhang Chen’s parents were shocked. What about Jin Lili?

Zhang Chen's mother said to Xiao Zhao and Xiao Wu: "Sit down, please sit down, Xiao Wu, please sit down too."

She pulled Zhang Chen into the room and asked, "Son, what's going on with this woman?"

"What's going on, my girlfriend, didn't you hear people calling you mom?"

"What about Lily?"

"broke up."

"Ah, why? Didn't this and this go well when we went to Hainan?"

"There's no reason, we just broke up, do you understand? Go cook, I'm hungry."

"Okay, okay."

Although her mother was full of doubts, she still walked out. She smiled with Xiao Zhao and said to Xiao Wu, "I'm ready to eat here. I'll go fry it right away."

Xiao Wu said yes, thank you auntie.

Xiao Zhao stood up and said, Mom, I'll do something for you.

She followed Zhang Chen's mother into the kitchen.

After dinner, Zhang Chen and Xiao Zhao were going to the post office, and Xiao Wu had to leave as well. Xiao Wu and Zhang Chen said that they would have dinner together in the evening. Before Zhang Chen had time to answer, Zhang Chen's mother said, "You are not allowed to go out to eat, Xiao Wu." Wu, you should come to my house for dinner tonight.

Zhang Chen's father said beside him, let her do it. If she doesn't let her do this, I will be nagged by her for a week and I will be bored to death.

Xiao Wu said okay, I'll have another meal in the evening and we'll have a midnight snack.

Zhang Chen took two longevity cigarettes given by Boss Liu to Xiao Wu. Xiao Wu took them in his hand, looked at them, and shouted: "Taiwanese cigarettes? This is good. I will bring this to Xiao Jin and others to try."

Zhang Chen rode his father's bicycle and took Xiao Zhao with him. The three of them separated at the door of the post office.

Zhang Chen and Xiao Zhao walked into the post office. Xiao Wang was already waiting for them. It only took ten minutes to complete all the procedures. At Xiao Wang's suggestion, they divided the money into six one-year time deposit certificates. , so that even if they need money, they can just withdraw one or two, lose the regular interest on these two, and can continue to earn regular interest on the others.

After returning home, Zhang Chen's parents were sitting in the living room, watching TV around a brazier, obviously waiting for them. Zhang Chen felt a little tired. He said to Xiao Zhao, let's go back to my room to rest. Xiao Zhao and He said, go ahead and I'll talk to my parents.

She walked over, smiled at Zhang Chen's parents, and sat down by the brazier.

Zhang Chen returned to his room and lay on the bed. He heard Xiao Zhao and his parents chattering outside the door. He could not hear clearly what they were saying. Zhang Chen fell asleep without knowing it. When he woke up, When he came, he strained his ears to listen. He only heard the sound of the TV outside, but not the sound of people talking.

He got out of bed curiously, walked outside, and saw his father sitting alone by the brazier, staring at the TV.

Zhang Chen walked over and sat down. His father pointed to a cup of tea on the stool next to him and said to Zhang Chen, "That's your tea. Your mother made it for you earlier."

When Zhang Chen picked it up, his father said, "It's cold, please change the cup."

Zhang Chen didn't take it seriously, took a few sips, and asked, "Where's Xiao Zhao?"

"I went to the market with your mother to buy groceries."

Zhang Chen joked: "Oh, are you so familiar?"

Dad doesn't ring.

Zhang Chen thought his father would ask him about Jin Lili, but his father didn't ask and just watched the TV with interest. An agricultural science and education film was playing on the TV, teaching everyone how to get rid of rice planthoppers in rice fields.

Zhang Chen said: "Why are you looking at this? You are not a farmer."

His father handed him the remote control of the TV, but Zhang Chen didn't answer it. He got up and went back to his room and continued to sleep.

Zhang Chen was woken up by a pair of cold hands. He opened his eyes and saw Xiao Zhao sitting in front of the bed. Zhang Chen smiled and said, "Why, are you back shopping with your mother-in-law?"

"Yes, I want to wash the vegetables, but mom won't let me. I'm going to make some authentic Sichuan dishes later."

Xiao Zhao said and put his hands into the quilt. Zhang Chen quickly used both hands to clamp Xiao Zhao's hands on his chest and warm them.

Xiao Zhao looked at the paintings on the wall in Zhang Chen's room and asked, "Dear, were these all painted by you?"

Zhang Chen nodded.

"I won't do it. I want to take a few back and hang them in our house." Xiao Zhao said.

Zhang Chen said yes.

"Xiao Zhao, Xiao Zhao, everything is washed." Zhang Chen's mother called outside the door.

"Coming, Mom." Xiao Zhao responded, jumped out of bed and ran out.

After dinner, Xiao Wu was about to leave. He told Zhang Chen that he would have supper at ten o'clock and wait at the door of the county committee.

Zhang Chen said yes.

The family gathered around the fire pot, eating melon seeds and peanuts, drinking tea and watching TV. Zhang Chen felt a little strange. The Spring Festival had passed a long time ago, but that night, it always gave him the illusion that he was still celebrating the Spring Festival.

When it was almost ten o'clock, he and Xiao Zhao went out and rode to the door of the county committee. Xiao Wu was already there.

"Where to eat?" Zhang Chen asked.

"At the entrance of Qu Xiaomen," Xiao Wu said, "there is a Jinhua Tonggu Pot, which tastes very good."

The two bicycles rode along the dim street lights of Yongcheng Avenue in the direction of the district primary school. The snow on the ground had melted, and a gust of wind had just blown. The ground was covered with fallen leaves of the French plane tree, and the wheels crushed them, making a loud sound. A rustling sound.

On both sides of the gate of the district primary school, the school demolished the wall and built two rows of two-story street-level houses. There are two cement-filled open spaces at the door. All the people renting here are restaurants, which is where Yongcheng eats and eats late night snacks. In the summer, the open space here is filled with tables.

Now in winter, there are still many shops with good business. They have set up sheds in the open space at the door. Three sides of the shed are covered with woven cloth, and the side facing the store is open. They went to the "Jinhua Tonggu Pot" business. Very good, the shed at the entrance and the shop on the first floor are already full of people.

When Xiao Wu walked in, the boss immediately came over and told Xiao Wu that there was still a private room reserved.

"Not downstairs, go upstairs."

Xiao Wu said, the boss quickly said okay, turned around and said to the waiter, go get it out from upstairs and bring a brazier up.

Two waiters immediately ran upstairs.

Xiao Wu walked to the ordering area, ordered a few dishes, and then took Zhang Chen and Xiao Zhao upstairs.

Zhang Chen was slightly surprised when he arrived upstairs. He found that the room upstairs was not a private room, but a small room where the boss or the chef lived. There was a single bed with a quilt folded on the bed.

A small square table was temporarily added to the small open space next to the bed, with one side by the window and the other side using the bed as a stool. There were two chairs on the other two sides. Under the table, there was a hot brazier.

Xiao Wu walked over and sat down on the bed. He felt it was too short, so he stood up again, took the quilt pile and put it where his butt was going to sit. Then he sat on it and it was just right. He asked Zhang Chen and Xiao Zhao to sit on the two chairs. Sit down. After sitting down, Xiao Wu saw Zhang Chen and Xiao Zhao looking at him with some doubts in their eyes. Xiao Wu smiled and explained:

"If you don't eat down there, it will be annoying to eat down there. When we sit down, there are two people, but when we eat in the back, there are dozens of people."

Zhang Chen understood that when Xiao Wu was sitting in this restaurant having a late-night snack, friends from the society who were coming and going would definitely come over to say hello with licking their faces. After saying hello, they would sit down to accompany him. After all, he would brag to others later, I had dinner with Xiao Wu yesterday, which was a very honorable thing.

Xiao Wu knew a lot of people in Yongcheng, or to be precise, there were a lot of people who knew him. It was normal for dozens of people to come over for a meal.

Anyway, in this kind of scene, you won’t even know who paid the bill until the end. It all depends on you. Did you master the timing when you joined in, and did you master the skills and justification when you quit? It’s unlucky to know nothing. Damn it, in the end he had to pay for these people he didn't even know.

Anyway, in this county, there is no shortage of people who have some money in their pockets and want to make friends with Xiao Wu. They are happy to be such fools.

The same goes for Xiao Wu. He will call you brother tonight, but tomorrow, when you walk by him and say hello, he will have already forgotten who you are.

Thinking of that scene, Zhang Chen also laughed.

The waiter brought them a charcoal stove, then brought a large casserole, and sat the casserole on the charcoal stove. There was a pot of milky white soup boiling in the casserole, and they could smell the aroma from a distance.

The waiter brought a large plate of cooked pork ribs and put them into the casserole, followed by Jinhua ham slices, Qianzhang, soaked dried bamboo shoots and green garlic.

There are also several plates of beef, lettuce, yuba, duck blood, kelp knots, etc., which are put aside to wait for the tube bones to be eaten before adding them to the pot.

They were served hot rice wine with shredded ginger and eggs. Xiao Wu asked Xiao Zhao to drink it with Zhang Chen while he drank the hot coconut juice.

There is a brazier below, a hot casserole above, and heated wine to drink. The small room immediately makes people feel warm. Xiao Wu and Xiao Zhao said, sister-in-law, hurry up and eat.

Xiao Zhao couldn't help it. She scooped up a tablespoon of soup and took a sip, exclaiming, "It smells so good!"

"Use this to suck the marrow from the bones. It's delicious." Xiao Wu pointed to the straw on the table and said to Xiao Zhao.

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