New Restaurants
Chen Jin looked at Chen Jia, whose eyes were sparkling with curiosity and gossip, and decisively went out before answering the phone.
"Are you back? Oh, I'm at the company." Chen Jin walked aimlessly in front of the office building, stopping and starting, and kicked away any stone he saw on the ground. Listening to the voice on the phone, I heard him asking if we wanted to have dinner together tonight, so I said, "Sure, let's go to Tai'an Road. There just happens to be a new restaurant there. I don't know if it's good, we can go and try it."
After agreeing on a time with Shen Baichuan, Chen Jin returned to the office, picked up the cup and took a sip of water, then asked, "Who won?"
"I see, Chen Yongan won, right? Where is that new western restaurant? Is it delicious? I'll try it someday."
Chen Jia was not able to find out any gossip about Chen Jin, and he also lost the bet with Chen Yongan, so he was a little depressed. When she asked, he didn't think there was anything wrong, so he said, "It's delicious. I went there with my friends in the compound. But there are a lot of people recently, so you have to go there in advance to line up, otherwise you won't be able to wait. Third sister, when are you going to eat? Take me with you."
"Well, I'll go in a few days and invite you and Chen Yongan." Chen Jin remained calm as he took out the magazine underneath and started flipping through it.
At around five in the afternoon, Chen Jin wanted to leave early and took Chen Jia home with him on the way. Chen Jia thought she was going to make an appointment with a friend, so he didn't ask much. When they arrived near the staff quarters of the Municipal Meteorological Bureau, Chen Jia said, "Third sister, remember to treat me and Chen Yongan to a meal. Chen Yongan will be off on Saturday."
"Well, remember, I'll call you then."
Chen Jin patted the big orange cat on the passenger seat, wondering if the restaurant would be willing to allow cats in. "If we can't get in, let's go to the store we visited last time. Maybe there's a seat there, right?"
Fortunately, people only asked her to take care of her cat and did not stop her from entering. There weren't many people eating inside. I guess it’s because most people get off work at 6 o’clock, so it’s already 6:30 when you get here, which is not yet the busiest time.
As soon as she came in, Shen Baichuan followed.
It was just the two of us and a cat having dinner together again, but it wasn't as awkward as last time. At least there are other people here. When I don’t know what to say, I can look at other people in the store.
"I was busy running errands for my grandpa when I was back for a few days. I also met a few friends when I went back." There was no contact in the past few days, and Shen Baichuan said all the words he had accumulated over the past few days. In fact, he was only gone for seven days, and he told him everything he did every day.
“How is your company doing now?”
"It's OK. Nothing went wrong. Everything went according to plan." Chen Jin said, "Professor Song and Professor Kong are out playing. The community is very quiet. I spend my days pretty much the same."
She mentioned that Uncle Wang brought back a little yellow dog, and Daju now likes going to work very much. "Every morning, he doesn't need me to call him to go out. He will wait for him at the door. But it's hard to take him home after get off work in the afternoon. I call him for a long time and even want to take him back. How can I raise so many cats and dogs? Just raising him is enough..."
There were no major events, no excitement, but there were a lot of trivial things.
"So the people from the clothing factory's staff quarters haven't come to cause trouble again, right?"
Chen Jin laughed out loud, "If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten about it."
"There's no need for me to cause any trouble. The company has hired four salespeople for the time being in the two storefronts it rented. They were all laid-off female workers from Baiyou. Now they are more worried about the company's failure than we are. Some people are still planning to cause trouble. I saw them sneaking around the door and observing the situation. If they dare to come, anyone with family members working in the company will be able to deal with them first."
"Aunt Zhou and her friends would call me every now and then and say they would come if anyone came to cause trouble."
I have to say that the aunties and grandmas in Qiaodong Village are still reliable when dealing with outsiders.
"Didn't you say you were busy after you came back?"
"I'm busy, but I still have time to eat." Shen Baichuan glanced at the Western food in front of her, "Do you need me to cut it for you?"
"No, I can do it myself." Chen Jin said as he cut the meat: "I don't eat it often, so I'm not very experienced, but I can still be self-reliant."
The seat by the window on the second floor was just right. Fortunately, she walked up quickly and occupied this table. A man lagged behind and didn't catch up. Chen Jin pointed outside and said, "Recently, when I was driving back in the evening, I passed by the Nanjiang Bridge. The sunset there was more beautiful than here."
"Let's go there another day." Shen Baichuan said, "I will go to the Science and Technology Park frequently in the future, so I will stay in Hanlin Garden during this period."
"That means living in Hanlin Garden. I know too well how far it is from school to the Science Park. Before my senior year, I had to take two buses to go home. Sometimes I had to take a bus for more than three hours, which made me feel like I was out of Rong City."
Chen Jin looked up at him, then lowered her head to struggle with her fork and said, "When it's time to work, get busy." She didn't say the rest, as smart people would understand.
She is not the kind of person who thinks only about dating, and she will not be attracted by someone who thinks only about dating.
“Of course, you are all making progress, and I can’t fall too far behind.” Shen Baichuan smiled and helped her take a tissue and handed it to her.
The big orange boy sitting in the middle was leaning on the back of the chair looking out.
Although she is not used to eating in Western restaurants, the steak here is delicious, so she will bring Chen Jia and Chen Yongan to eat there again on Saturday. It's quite quiet here, the music is soft and no one is talking loudly. Just for this environment and atmosphere, it is worth coming again.
However, there are always some unexpected events.
Just at this moment, Chen Jin, facing the stairs, saw a woman rushing up angrily, as if she was here to settle a score. Hey, it was someone I had seen before - the wife of one of the vice presidents of the Cheng Group. When she went there for an internship, she encountered this person causing trouble in the administrative department.
Chen Jin motioned Shen Baichuan to look back, “Shen Baichuan, is that your third aunt?”
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw someone lock onto the target and head straight for the table in the corner in front of theirs.
When Shen Baichuan looked back, he happened to see someone pick up a drink and throw it at the young woman at the table, and then pick up another cup on the table and throw it at the man at the table.
Very fair and just.
"The person coming over is my third aunt, and the man at that table is my third uncle. The person having dinner with my third uncle... is one of my cousin's secretaries."
This relationship is interesting.
It was probably because the large potted plant in the middle blocked Shen Baichuan, and Shen Baichuan had his back to them, so his third uncle didn’t notice them when he came over. If I had seen this earlier, I probably wouldn't have eaten here.
"Your third uncle is really amazing. He's good at finding places. It shouldn't be easy for your third aunt to find it." A newly opened, not-so-new, but high-end western restaurant, even a vice president can find it. She thought that no matter whether they were talking about dating or work, they would never be able to find this place?
"This isn't too far from the Cheng Group. Besides, it's better for him to come here. If he goes to the restaurant he usually goes to, maybe someone he knows will see him and tip off my Third Aunt."
Shen Baichuan moved his position and looked sideways. His third aunt was already on the verge of a rage. After splashing water, she slapped everyone in the face. It is indeed his third aunt's style.
Once they found out, they would start making a fuss and fighting without saying anything, but they still wouldn't divorce.
"Please put away your gloating expression." Chen Jin reminded him.
Shen Baichuan chuckled, "It doesn't matter whether I accept it or not, they will target me anyway. They will stop me from agreeing to split the technology company with me, and they will kick me out even if they divide the shares. How can it be so good?"
Anyway, they were just putting on a show in front of outsiders to appear harmonious. When he got the chance to watch them having fun, of course he had to take a good look.
"Is that so? Then you are still kind. You didn't even go up and lead everyone to applaud and cheer for them."
As soon as the voice fell, a scuffle broke out in front, and Uncle Shen Baichuan blocked it in the middle, and both of them scratched him. This attempt to mediate is meaningless and only irritates people. After all, it’s wrong to help either side.
Chen Jin and Shen Baichuan were watching with great interest. Daju also turned his head over at some point. Watching the fun was much more interesting than the scenery outside.
When the restaurant waiters heard the noise, several of them ran over to try to stop the fight, and only the customers sitting close to them were unlucky. When the city gate catches fire, the fish in the pond will suffer.
Chen Jin thanked him, "Fortunately we didn't sit over there, otherwise we would have been in trouble."
The quarrel was so intense... one person insisted that the woman was a vixen, and the other said that the woman was a psychopath. Anyway, Aunt Cheng was convinced that Uncle Cheng was having an affair with the young secretary, but the secretary said that Uncle Cheng himself invited her to dinner to discuss work and there was no other relationship at all. Uncle Cheng insisted that he was here to discuss work, and said that Aunt Cheng was suspicious and disturbed his work...
Everyone spoke firmly, and it seemed like they were telling the truth.
"What kind of job do you have? What kind of job can you, a laid-off idler, talk about? Do you have any shame? You hooked up with someone close to your nephew... I must beat you two to death today... Don't stop me! Let me go! Do you know who I am?"
Chen Jin clicked his tongue and said, "This is similar to the hair pulling in our village."
Watching the three of them being taken downstairs by the waiter, the people in the restaurant turned their gazes away when they saw that they were no longer in sight.
After thinking about it, Chen Jin couldn't help but ask curiously, "Are they always like this? Did they also make a fuss like this on your grandfather's 70th birthday?"
"No, they don't dare. Making trouble outside is one thing, but making trouble in front of the old man, unless they feel too happy staying at home and want to be separated and live on their own." Shen Baichuan suddenly laughed: "My third uncle can find this place, and my third aunt can find it too. It must be my cousin who tipped off. In a few days, on her birthday, my cousin may really make some trouble. Who knows."
"Your cousin hasn't taken over yet?"
"The old man favors boys over girls. It's not that easy."
Things are very complicated in this kind of big family. It's okay to watch the fun as an outsider, but the thought of really getting involved gives me a headache.
There was a small incident during the meal, which actually prolonged the meal time. The meal came to an end only when dusk fell.
Shen Baichuan did not follow back to the small western-style building. She had her things to do, and he also had his work to do.
"Let's go. We'll go together the day after tomorrow."
She took her big orange dog into the car and rolled down the window so that they could enjoy the cool night breeze.
When I drove home, I found that the door of Professor Song's house next door was open, and the voices of Professor Song and Dean Xi talking could be faintly heard from inside the house. Hey, is today a good day to go home?
Since Professor Song and President Xi are back, Professor Kong should also be back. She also wanted to ask Professor Kong to recommend some more books. If you look for books on your own and read them haphazardly, you won't be as good as those from professionals who know which books are suitable for people who are just starting to learn.
While asking Daju to get out of the car, he went to the back seat to get the gift given by Shen Baichuan. When I looked inside, I saw a cup.
The thing she has the most in her house is cups. However, "This one is OK. It can barely fit on the shelf."
Chen Jin hummed a tune as he went home. When he looked back, he saw Daju was still in the front yard. She didn't rush him, but left the front door open, letting him go. He would go home naturally when he wanted to.
In the evening, Nie Rong called and after talking about things, he asked, "Sister Jin, what good things have happened recently?"
"Not really." Chen Jin suppressed his good mood and said, "Ling Yun said he would be back at the end of next month and he could tell Xie Ning. Please help tell him. This way, he won't ask me again next time we have dinner together."
"Okay." Nie Rong muttered, "Tell me the truth, why did Sister Yun only call you? I haven't seen her contact us."
"You are all busy people. I can't find anyone, so of course I have to call me." The phone in the living room rang, so she ended the call with Nie Rong. He walked over to pick up the phone and answered it. When he heard the voice on the other end, Chen Jin was pleasantly surprised and said, "You haven't called me for a long time. Are you doing well in Shanghai..."
Chen Jin was leaning on the sofa and talking on the phone, laughing from time to time. Daju, who had finally decided to come back, jumped silently onto the sofa and leaned next to her.
Hey...this cat loves to join in the fun!
The next morning, the community became lively again.
She went out an hour later than in previous days, and the little kids in the neighborhood came rushing to her house.
"Teacher Chen, let's go find Daju."
But Daju now has her own little friend Dahuang, who waits to go out and play with her every day. As soon as she opened the door, she went to the car and waited.
"Daju is going out with me. I'll play with you guys another day." Chen Jin said, and then immediately added: "I can't take you out to play. Teacher Chen has to go to class. Do you want to go to class?"
The power of these words was so great that soon, they all waved goodbye to her obediently and ran away in groups.
However, Chen Jin did not go to the company today. The car drove all the way to Nancheng District, and the final destination was Qiaoxi Village.
I said I didn't want to come again, but I had to come anyway.
She has to come, otherwise she will be at a loss.
When I drove in, I saw that the sign of Liu Yang's store had been taken down, and the shelves inside were much emptier, with only a large freezer left.
The other person waved at her, so she couldn't ignore him. Chen Jin rolled down the window and asked, "Isn't there a meeting in the village? You haven't gone yet?"
This time it’s still about money, I shouldn’t be so negative.
Liu Yang said: "I was just about to close the shop and go over."
"Come on, I'll give you a ride." Chen Jin still remembered that someone treated her to a soda last time.
"Come on, I've been telling you that you may be a bit harsh in your words, but you're still a good person... Hey? Hey! Hey hey hey! Didn't you say you'd give me a ride? You're leaving right away?! Can you please listen to what I have to say..."
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