"But this place only accepts regular customers. I only found out about this because I did him a favor last time and he invited me to dinner here. I knew you guys would be back today, so I reserved a table here in advance. The food is really good, and you definitely won't be disappointed."
I waited for less than ten minutes before my third cousin's classmate and his mother came over with plates and served the food.
Sweet and sour spare ribs, duck in sauce with seafood, braised pork with fermented bean curd, shredded eel with fried oil, stuffed gluten with meat, four-happiness roasted gluten, stir-fried vegetables with seafood, meat slices with shiitake mushrooms and mustard greens soup. The main course is the classic bacon and vegetable rice.
Most of them are hard-core dishes, it seems that the funding this time is very sufficient.
There are not many rules for a group of children to pay attention to when eating. However, before the meal officially started, the fourth cousin Xu Jianan took out two bottles of Qibao Daqu from the shoulder bag he was carrying. Xu Manman was speechless when her younger brother Xu Jianguo handed her a bottle of soda.
"Sister, this is for you."
Xu Manman glanced at the bottle of orange soda, then looked at her brother who had passed the voice change period and had stubble starting to appear above his lips, "You drink?" Although he has grown up, he is not yet an adult, right?
Second cousin Chen Feng said with a smile, "There are no elders around today, so it's okay to drink a little. Besides, our Jianguo has grown up and is a man, so how can he not know how to drink? Let him try, and don't worry about him."
Chen Ming slapped his unruly second brother on the forehead and said, "You are the most thoughtful. If Jianguo gets drunk, you carry him back."
Fourth cousin Xu Jianan said with a smile, "Brother Ming, don't worry, there are so many of us here, even if each of us takes 20 kilograms, we can still carry it back."
Everyone laughed and giggled. They were all elders who had grown up together and had a close relationship. Even though they hadn't seen each other for two or three years, it didn't affect their relationship.
Moreover, the younger generation does not have so many requirements for eating. They just eat meat if there is meat, drink wine if there is wine, and raise a glass if they are in the mood.
But the men in their family all have one common advantage, which is that no matter where they go, they must take good care of their younger sisters/sisters. Xu Manman only needs to concentrate on eating the whole time, and the dishes are put on her plate one by one.
The ancestral cooking skills of my third cousin's family are really good. The taste is no worse than that produced by the system. The unique flavor of local cuisine is fully reflected.
No one chatted in the first half of the meal. It was only when they were about 80% full that they slowed down their eating and started chatting and exchanging feelings.
The most talked about topic at the dinner table was university life in Hai City. My third cousin Xu Jianmin, fourth cousin Xu Jianan and second cousin Chen Feng all went to Hai City Jiaotong University, but they majored in different subjects.
Chen Ming and his fourth cousin Xu Jianan both studied computer science. These two were the ones who talked the most enthusiastically. In the end, they simply left the others behind, took out their books, and went to a corner to hold a discussion.
The two men didn't stop until they finished their meal and were about to leave.
The five young men finished two bottles of white wine, and they all looked like nothing had happened. Even the youngest, Xu Jianguo, remained calm. Xu Manman had reason to suspect that these brothers must have taken this boy out for drinks when she and her parents couldn't see them.
Because Xu Manman and Chen Ming had been on the bus for a whole day and night, they were not arranged to do any other activities after dinner and were sent directly home.
When they returned to the textile factory's staff quarters, there was naturally a sensation. Everyone in the staff quarters knew about the younger generations of the Xu and Chen families. Five college students emerged at once, and two of them who went to the countryside were admitted to the most prestigious universities in China, Peking University and Tsinghua University. When the news came out, there was a sensation in the staff quarters.
Xu Jianguo and Xu Jianan had seen how powerful these grandmas and grandpas were, so they sent them to the gate and did not go in.
Xu Manman smiled and greeted everyone along the way. The distance that usually took her a few minutes took her more than twenty minutes this time. By the time she got home, her face was so stiff from smiling.
In addition, many people asked her about finding a partner. She had watched them grow up, so she couldn't just give them the cold shoulder like a stranger. In the end, Xu Manman simply hid behind her eldest and second cousins, and didn't feel relieved until they entered the house and closed the door.
Chen Feng smiled, "Do you know why I have to live in a dormitory even though the school is so close? Every time I go home, although it's not this exaggerated, it's not much better. I'm really exhausted.
They've been with me since I was little, but now that I've been admitted to university, they're looking at me like I'm a monkey. It's no wonder these grandparents have so many questions, they even want to ask what color pants I'm wearing today."
Chen Ming couldn't help but kick his brother again, "How can you talk when your sister is still here?"
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