Chapter 463: Eating at My Own Home
The restaurant He Lebang mentioned was neither far nor near, it was on another main road next door.
The further they walked, the more Hong Bin felt something was wrong. He walked over to He Lebang, interrupted his conversation with Liao Yazhen, and asked in a low voice:
"There are quite a few small restaurants on this street. Which one should I go to?"
He Lebang glanced at him and said, "I said I'd treat you to a meal, so how can it be a small restaurant? Of course we should go to a big restaurant!"
"Grand Restaurant" Hong Bin raised a question.
"yes!"
"no......"
"Oh, come on, I don't ask you to spend any money, but you feel sorry for me. Don't be so stingy when pursuing girls in the future!" He Lebang rolled his eyes at him.
Hong Bin glanced at everyone and could only follow.
When he arrived in front of the big restaurant that He Lebang mentioned, his heart finally gave up.
The restaurant He Lebang chose was Suihualou.
So he walked to the end of the crowd and shook his head slightly at Xiao Yue who was welcoming guests at the door.
Some of the waiters at Suihualou were recruited in Shanghai, and some were veterans from Suzhou who came here to train the newcomers. Xiao Yue was from Suzhou, so he was very familiar with him.
Xiao Yue immediately understood what Hong Bin meant, pretended not to know him, and led a group of people into the building.
As soon as everyone sat down, he turned around and kindly informed Zhu Xiu Yu.
"Manager Zhu, Brother Hongbin came with a group of friends and pretended not to recognize me."
Zhu Xiuyu smiled and said, "Then just pretend you don't recognize him. If he doesn't pay, there's no need to give him a discount. Just give him a membership discount after he pays."
Xiao Yue nodded quickly: "Okay, Manager Zhu."
Zhu Xiu Yu knew that this person probably just came to work and didn't want his colleagues to know too much about him, so he pretended not to know him, not because he was afraid that others would ask him to treat him.
Just as he was thinking about it, Hongbin knocked on the door and slipped into the house.
"mom."
"Why are you being so sneaky about having a meal?" Zhu Xiu Yu put down the bill in her hand and looked up at her son.
"A colleague of mine wants to treat us to a dinner, and there's a girl he wants to pursue, so I'd better not show up and steal his limelight." Hong Bin replied with a smile.
"Oh, so that's the case! I think it's great that you can come out to dinner with your colleagues. Let's do that next time. Next time, invite your colleagues and friends to dinner." Zhu Xiu Yu replied.
"Okay, then I'll go out first!" Hongbin opened the door and stuck his head out to look.
"Oh, you're so bold. You're so big. If you shrink, others won't be able to see you!" Zhu Xiu Yu laughed when she saw Hong Bin shrinking timidly.
"Oh, haha, Mom, you go ahead and get busy! Don't stay busy too late, I'll be back at the dormitory with them soon and won't be here anymore!"
"Okay, go ahead!"
Looking at her son's expression, Zhu Xiu Yu smiled.
It's nice to make friends.
Hongbin returned to the private room, and Xiaoyue took over the entire process of following the order and arranged for his apprentice to be on duty at the door.
Several people were discussing the menu lively in the room.
Liao Yazhen flipped through the menu and said, "This is the first time I've seen a menu with color photos! The photos are so beautiful, but I wonder if the dishes really look this good."
Xiao Yue quickly replied, "Don't worry, photos can't capture the true beauty of our dishes. If they're not, we won't charge."
Liao Yazhen laughed: "If I insist that it's not like that, then I can eat without spending any money."
Xiao Yue has been working at Suihualou in Suzhou for quite a long time, so he is very good at dealing with these problems. He also smiled and said:
"I can tell from the guests that you work for a large company. You're all well-educated and talented people. It's impossible for them to say something bad for no reason. If you say it's not good, then it must be our dishes that are the problem. This is exactly the feedback we need at Suihualou! You've given us extremely useful feedback. What's wrong with treating you to one or two dishes? It's absolutely fine!"
Once the tall hat was put on, everyone sat up straighter.
Everyone ordered a dish they wanted to eat. Xiao Yue took the order and poured tea for everyone. Hong Bin only got a glass of boiled water.
Zheng Shuyun happened to be sitting next to Hongbin, so she said "hmm" and looked at Xiaoyue.
Xiao Yue then realized that he had almost let himself go. He knew Hong Bin didn't drink tea and was used to giving him plain water, so he quickly replied:
"This guest just met me at the door and said he couldn't have tea, so I served him plain water."
Hong Bin thanked Zheng Shuyun and told her:
"I can't drink tea after noon, otherwise I'll have to serve as Zhong Kui's assistant in the evening."
"Me too," Zheng Shuyun smiled softly and said to Xiao Yue, "Could you please help me get a glass of boiled water too?"
"Okay, please wait a moment." Xiao Yue agreed quickly.
"Then drink this cup first," Hong Bin carefully placed the boiled water in front of Zheng Shuyun and reminded her, "Be careful of the heat."
"Thank you!" Zheng Shuyun thanked him, lowered her head to drink water, and suddenly raised her head again, meeting Hongbin's gaze.
It turned out that he had not looked away just now, but when he saw her looking up, he looked away in panic.
"By the way, I want to ask, are the things sold in the Yuesheng Department Store you mentioned good?" Zheng Shuyun asked in a low voice.
The voice was almost drowned out by the laughter of the people opposite, but Hong Bin listened carefully, so he heard it. He answered seriously:
"It depends on what you buy. For general daily necessities, Yuesheng's prices aren't the lowest in Shanghai, but they're definitely considered cheap. The quality is guaranteed, and there are more styles and colors to choose from. Anyway, they're definitely much better than this Chunying."
"Oh, then I will go to Yuesheng later. Thank you." Zheng Shuyun nodded.
The two joined the Post and Telecommunications Bureau in the same year and had the same salary level, but Hongbin was in a technical position, which provided more subsidies than administrative positions.
In any case, their salaries are something that many people envy.
But obviously, Zheng Shuyun is quite frugal.
He recalled the first time he met Zheng Shuyun.
That was his first day of reporting to the group. After reporting to the administrative department, he had to get his work permit, stationery, etc. When he saw Zheng Shuyun, he thought she was very efficient and thought she was an old employee. He didn't expect that she had only arrived a week earlier than him.
Zheng Shuyun checked the items distributed one by one, then handed them to Hong Bin and pointed at the registration book and said:
"Comrade, please check and write 'checked' here and sign."
"Zhuang Hongbin, wow, your handwriting is so beautiful." Zheng Shuyun praised him at the time, and Hongbin thought she was just being polite.
Later, she would also come to the department to deliver documents and information. The two of them never spoke to each other, just nodded to each other when they met. Unexpectedly, she actually remembered his name.
Just as I was daydreaming, the food was served.
Xiao Yue introduced the dishes while serving them:
"We have a promotion in our store today. Everyone will receive a small cake. You can try it. If you like it, you are welcome to come often."
The female comrades looked at the delicate little cakes and exquisite dishes and kept praising He Lebang.
He Lebang was extremely proud.
Hongbin saw that Zheng Shuyun seemed to like the cake very much, and his eyes were smiling.
He waved to Xiao Yue, who came over, took his cake, and put it aside in the cake box.
"Why, are you still saving it?" He Lebang asked.
"I'm saving my stomach to eat the vegetables." Hongbin answered, concentrating on eating.
After dinner, some people wanted to go to the movies, some wanted to go shopping, so they went their separate ways.
In the end, they all went out to play, leaving Zheng Shuyun and Hongbin to return to the dormitory.
The two didn't talk much along the way. When they arrived at the dormitory gate, Hongbin handed the cake box in his hand to Zheng Shuyun.
Zheng Shuyun looked inquiringly at him, but Hongbin smiled at her without saying anything, revealing his eight teeth.
Zheng Shuyun bit her lip, took the cake, said "thank you" in a voice as small as a mosquito, then turned and left quickly.
Hongbin watched her enter the building before returning to his dormitory.
He didn't know if he had seen it wrong. Just now, Zheng Shuyun's face was flushed, like the red sun that had been hidden in the clouds for most of the day before it came out.
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