Chapter 38
As soon as Lin Gui walked out of the unit door, Leopard Boss jumped in front of her and motioned her to follow. Lin Gui smiled and followed Leopard Boss's pace.
In April, the temperature has risen and it is not too cold in the morning and evening. Wearing a coat and a short-sleeved shirt is just right. There are many people on the street who have just finished morning exercises and look energetic.
It was a sunny day today, the sun had already come out a little. On the road lined with camphor trees, Leopard Boss was walking in front, and Lin Gui was following behind him holding Da Huang. There were some morning glories growing among the wild flowers on the roadside, and occasionally one or two cats would jump out from these bushes.
The leopard boss meowed impatiently, while Lin Gui watched the cats playing gently. She had invited Jiang Yi and the others to dinner today, so Lin Gui did not wear her usual casual clothes for work. She dressed more formally, a little black dress with floral patterns and a suit jacket. These were new clothes for her. Lin Gui even curled her hair for this dinner party.
When they arrived at the shop, Boss Leopard left to continue patrolling, and Lin Gui started the shop business for the day.
The traffic brought by this exhibition is really good. At nine o'clock, Lin Gui's store was crowded with people. In the past, this time was a relatively leisurely time with not many people, but today the number of people suddenly increased several times.
Zhou Xiao was busy with the cash register, Tang Mingcheng was busy tidying up the shelves. Lin Gui was debating whether to invite Jiang Li and the others to dinner another day and stay to help today. Zhou Xiao said, "Boss, you go ahead. The two of us can handle it. If it really doesn't work out, let Xiao Tang and I help. Let the customers take the shelves themselves."
Lin Gui was persuaded, mainly because it would not be nice to stand someone up after agreeing to their deal. So Lin Gui accompanied them for another hour and then went to the agreed location early. She did not bring Da Huang with her at this time. Fortunately, Da Huang was tired from socializing in the past two days and did not make a fuss about going with Lin Gui today.
Half an hour later, Lin Gui arrived at the agreed location first, which was a Yunnan restaurant. Lin Gui came here in advance to choose a seat, occupied the box, and then sent the relevant information to Jiang Li.
This Yunnan restaurant was where Lin Gui's family would eat every holiday when his parents were still alive. Lin Gui hasn't been here for a long time since his parents passed away.
This restaurant has always been doing good business, so when Lin Gui was thinking about where to eat, he subconsciously thought of this place.
Sitting in a familiar restaurant, Lin Gui thought that she might have to treat others to meals more frequently in the future, so she would have to find a few more restaurants to try and keep in stock.
When Lin Gui sent a message to Jiang Li, Jiang Li was at home choosing what to wear. When he saw Lin Gui's message, he didn't care about anything else. He just picked a set at random from the ones he had picked out and hurried to urge Jiang Yi to hurry up.
Jiang Yi: "Why did you two drag me along for dinner? Don't you know me?"
"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up, everyone is here." Jiang Li urged.
Jiang Yi sped up, and Jiang Li got out to drive. He glanced at Jiang Yi through the glass as they passed by. He was wearing a blue shirt, a white short-sleeved shirt, and khaki pants, and looked very youthful. Jiang Yi then drove away with peace of mind.
When the car arrived at the door, Jiang Yi came out on time, and the two of them walked towards Lin Guifa's seat.
The restaurant was not far from the Jiang family's location, and since it was Monday, there was no traffic jam, so Jiang Li arrived in 20 minutes.
In the car, Jiang Yi asked, "Why don't you meet up for the weekend? You even took a day off. It's obvious what you're thinking."
Jiang Li: "You can see it, but don't say anything nonsense."
When Lin Gui asked Jiang Li to have dinner with her, she also asked him which day he was free. Jiang Li blurted out "tomorrow", so they chose to have dinner together today.
They arrived soon. Jiang Li went to park the car and Jiang Yi got out and ran to find Lin Gui.
Lin Gui waited in the box for Jiang Yi to come in and asked, "You came so quickly, where's your brother?"
"Hey, my brother is parking his car. Why don't you ask me instead of asking him as soon as you get here?" Jiang Yi teased.
"How could it be that I didn't greet you first?"
"Forget it, forget it. By the way, I deserve some credit for your first place. I passed the smuggling information to you. You hid well as an undercover agent, didn't you?" Jiang Yi said jokingly.
"Of course, of course. This time it depends on you." Lin Gui obeyed her words.
While the two of them were happily chatting, Jiang Li came in. Lin Gui greeted Jiang Li and then arranged for them to sit down and order.
By this time it was already 11:15, which was just the right time for lunch.
The three of them each had a menu. As the guest, Lin Gui ordered some basic dishes, and the rest had to be selected according to taste. As the guest, Jiang Li should have ordered, but he didn't know Lin Gui's taste and was embarrassed to order. Fortunately, Jiang Yi was there at this time. She was familiar with her brother's taste, and after getting to know Lin Gui, she also knew Lin Gui's taste very well.
In the end, the important task of ordering food was given to Jiang Yi. It was a good thing that Jiang Yi was called, Lin Gui thought to himself.
If only Lin Gui and Jiang Li were present at the dinner, the atmosphere would probably be quite awkward.
Yunnan cuisine is famous for its various kinds of mushrooms, the kind that can make you goblin-eyed after eating them. Since this is not the place of origin, there are few wild mushrooms, but the menu has a wide variety of mushroom cooking methods. Lin Gui ordered mushrooms stewed in chicken soup and grilled matsutake mushrooms, and the rest were ordered by Jiang Yi.
"Just order whatever you want. I don't really know what you like." Lin Gui asked Jiang Li when she saw that he didn't order.
Before Jiang Li could think of how to answer, Jiang Yi saw his reservedness and answered for him: "Don't worry, I'm here. I've ordered everything you like to eat."
Then he added, "My brother has never eaten with girls, except us sisters, so now we are frozen."
Lin Gui smiled, and Jiang Li became angry and said, "Don't listen to her nonsense. I'm just not very familiar with the food here."
"Hey, hey, have you ever had dinner with a girl?" Jiang Yi asked in response.
Jiang Li was silent.
With Jiang Yi around, the atmosphere is much better than when I first arrived.
009 was also gossiping in Lin Gui's mind: "Wow, host, there's a pure-hearted boy here."
Lin Gui was also quite curious, so she whispered in Jiang Yi's ear, "Has your brother never had a girlfriend? That shouldn't be the case at this age."
Jiang Yi also whispered to Lin Gui, "He studied for both his bachelor's and master's degrees, and also studied medicine, although it was veterinary medicine. He graduated two years earlier than the people around him, so he was too busy in college to talk."
Lin Gui understood. No wonder Jiang Li had only been working for a year at the age of 25 and had a master's degree.
"Hello, hey, hey, I can still hear you." Jiang Li said.
Lin Gui smiled embarrassedly, but Jiang Yi didn't care at all.
When the dishes arrived, Lin Gui was the first to pay the bill on her mobile phone to avoid the hassle of pushing and shoving when it came time to pay.
Since the chicken soup was ordered first, it was the first to arrive. It was made with black-bone chicken, and the soup base was clear and transparent. It was served in a casserole. In addition to chicken, there were various kinds of mushrooms in it. The ones I recognized were seafood mushrooms, enoki mushrooms, and oyster mushrooms. There were also many kinds that Lin Gui had never seen before. I guess they were unique to Yunnan.
Lin Gui was about to pick up a spoon and serve everyone a bowl, but Jiang Li was one step faster than her. He put his hand over Lin Gui's hand that had touched the spoon, then turned around and took the spoon away first, saying to her with a smile, "Let me do it, you just sit there."
Jiang Yi also told Lin Gui to leave it alone, but Lin Gui said, "Isn't this my treat?"
"Hey hey hey, what's our relationship? It's not a big deal. Let's chat."
Then Jiang Yi started asking about Dahuang and Becky.
Dahuang is fine. Because of the exhibition, Lin Gui informed Huaqin in advance that it is not convenient for Becky to come to the store, so I heard that Huaqin took Becky to work these days.
Talking about Becky, Jiang Li finally had a topic to chat with Lin Gui, and he listened for a long time.
"Is Becky okay now? After such a long time, you can start getting vaccinated." Jiang Li said.
"Really? I thought it was vaccinated when it was discharged from the hospital. I'll ask Sister Huaqin then. Also, when is the best time to give vaccines to cats and dogs?" Lin Gui thought of Leopard Boss and Da Huang and asked.
"Dog vaccines are divided into rabies vaccines and some core vaccines. The core vaccines are used to prevent some diseases. There are two-in-one, four-in-one, six-in-one, and eight-in-one vaccines. It depends on which one you need." Jiang Li replied.
"These vaccines require a booster shot every year. Has Dahuang received his shot this year?"
Lin Gui remembered that she had taken Dahuang to get vaccinated when the community released him. She was afraid that she would have to ask Grandma Xu which vaccine he got and when. So she told Jiang Li: "I'm not sure what kind of vaccine Dahuang got. I'll ask when I get back. What about the cat?"
"Kittens need to consider the timing of vaccinations, but adult cats can be vaccinated directly."
"Oh, oh, I see." Lin Gui said he understood and planned to go back and bring Boss Leopard and his little brothers to get vaccinated when he has time.
"What's wrong? Did you meet other cats?" Jiang Li asked.
Lin Gui proudly shared with them the story of how Boss Leopard escorted her every day.
As expected, Jiang Yi was envious, "Woo woo woo, this kind of cat is so handsome and makes me feel safe."
"Yes, yes, it's very handsome." Lin Gui replied.
"Why can't I meet such a friendly cat?"
Lin Gui thought that Leopard Boss's usual actions should not have anything to do with his jumping relatives, but for the sake of his own little face, he did not explain why Leopard Boss did not let him touch him and released the news about his jumping relatives.
"Maybe it's because Miss Lin is more popular with small animals." Jiang Li said from the side.
The more Jiang Yi thought about it, the greedier she became. She told Lin Gui that she wanted to go back with her to see the kitten this time. Lin Gui thought that Tiaotiao had come again recently and should still be there in the afternoon, so she agreed.
The dishes were served one after another, and the topic ended there.
While eating, Jiang Li was thinking that he had to find some common topics, otherwise he would not be able to talk as much as the burden Jiang Yi.
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