Chapter 523 A Room Full of Important People
Time goes back to Suihua Tower on the 15th day of the Lantern Festival.
When Yueyue and the others came back from selling the lanterns, Huang Ling treated them to a small cake to commend their sales achievements, and Zhu Xiuyu arranged for dinner to be served later.
Everyone sat together drinking tea and eating melon seeds. The men chatted with each other, while the women listened to Zhuang Hualin and Zhu Xiu Yu talking about the gossip about the village and the alley.
The two did not hide it, nor did they feel embarrassed.
Huang Ling laughed so hard that her stomach hurt:
"Hua Lin, you're amazing, you're amazing! You're even more amazing than me! You're so amazing! Now, people on both sides will stay eight feet away from you."
"That's great. I don't want to have anything to do with them. I can't even bear to give them a piece of soap. I want to keep it for washing tablecloths at Suihualou."
Zhuang Hualin felt that the people in front of her were her relatives. Those so-called relatives looked down on her and Xiangdong, but everyone in this room treated her and Xiangdong sincerely.
"Speaking of this, it seems that the stinky soap in the building is really running out. I'll go check..." Zhu Xiu Yu put down the melon seeds and was about to get up.
"Sit down right there. They rub me with their hands without knowing how to make up for it after using it!" Huang Ling said with fake anger.
Zhu Xiuyu pursed her lips and sat down again.
Song Ying laughed and said, "Sister Ling, believe it or not, Sister Yu has been coming to work every day these days and she's not obedient at all. You fine her!"
"Hua Lin, is that so?" Huang Ling deliberately asked Zhuang Hua Lin.
Zhuang Hualin hurriedly shook his head: "I don't know, I don't know at all."
Zhu Xiuyu patted her, and they all laughed together.
When Yueyue heard that there were little turtles to see, she pestered Dongzhe to go see them, and the other children took the two younger ones to see them.
But it was getting dark and Dongzhe didn't see the turtle, so he thought of looking for it on the rock.
Xiao Ting smiled and said, "Be careful! It's winter now. You can change into outerwear, but there are no autumn clothes or long johns for you to change into!"
"No, hey, there it is! Yueyue! Come here!" At this time, Dongzhe found the little turtle and waved to Yueyue.
Yueyue broke free from Xiaoting's hand and rushed forward, but was picked up by Pengfei as she passed by him:
"Okay, okay, if you drop Yueyue down, I'll see if Aunt Song will beat you up!"
"Brother Pengfei, I want to see!" Yueyue twisted her body.
"Okay, I'll hold you and watch. If you go down by yourself and fall into the water, what will you do if your beautiful clothes get dirty?"
"Well, brother, come closer!"
"I, I, I, I!" Xiaohu was so anxious that he grabbed Hongbin's thigh.
"Come on! Uncle Bin, hold me!"
Hongbin easily picked up Xiaohu and went over.
"Be careful!" Xiaoting looked at them huddled together and worried, afraid that they might accidentally make a mistake.
Dongzhe was squeezed out directly. Xiaoting glared at him. Dongzhe immediately understood and started to give safety education:
"Yueyue, Xiaohu, you can only see the turtles when your brothers are around! You can't go near the pool by yourself, or you'll be punished! Yueyue will be punished by writing a long essay, and Xiaohu will be punished by not being able to eat cookies for a whole day!"
While he was educating the two children with his hands and feet, he winked at Xiaoting with a pleading look in his eyes.
Soon, Song Ying in the room could no longer sit still and wanted to come over to see the child. She slapped Zhou Huailan and Yang Qiuyan:
"You two together, don't want the child anymore!"
The two of them didn't want to be too relieved and shook their heads at the same time:
"No, no, it's so hard to find someone to take over."
"I'm impressed! I'm going to go take a look. It's fine if Lin Dongzhe falls into the pool by himself, but if Yueyue and Xiaohu fall in too, I'll punish him!"
"Thank you, sister!" the two of them said in unison, with no intention of moving their butts.
Huang Ling stood up and said, "I'll go see the turtle too."
Song Ying rolled her eyes at her, and the two of them laughed and went out to find the child.
At the intersection, the sign of Suihua Building lit up. Fan Shilei stood in front of the sign and didn't move. Jiang Manye stayed beside him quietly and watched.
"Good word." Fan Shilei said softly, then turned into the alley.
"Shi Tou, if you don't come home no matter where you go, you won't be able to eat spare ribs. Aren't you hungry?" Jiang Manye asked.
"Wait." Fan Shilei smiled at her, and she followed him obediently.
She was just worried that Fan Shilei was hungry, not tired.
After selling the meat in the afternoon, Fan Shilei took her for a stroll. Until this time, he said that he had never taken her for a proper shopping trip since coming to Suzhou.
He bought clothes, shoes and cut Jiang Manye's hair. She didn't want to agree at first, but Fan Shilei insisted. She didn't want to spoil his fun, so she followed his arrangements.
Fan Shilei led her to the gate of Suihua Building.
"I've heard of this place. Their pickles are the most famous. Let's buy some to go with our dishes." Jiang Manye said.
"I've heard people at the factory talk about this shop. I saw the calligraphy at the entrance of the alley was really good, so I wanted to see if the calligraphy on the sign was even better. The background and calligraphy are really good. Great, great."
"Well, okay, then we won't cook the ribs today. We'll eat them tomorrow. Wait for me, I'll go ask if I can buy some pickled duck to take away." Jiang Manye couldn't read, she just wanted her son Shitou to eat something good.
"Hey...Xiao'e..."
Just as Fan Shilei was about to call Jiang Manye, he heard someone call "Auntie Jiang".
He looked over and saw a neat, thin and tall young man, with a beautiful and fashionable young girl beside him.
"Dong-chul" Jiang Man'e recognized Dong-chul.
"Aunt Jiang, you know my name!" Dongzhe grinned.
"Yes! Dongzhe, Uncle Li mentions you as his good grandson every three sentences, so of course I remember you." Jiang Manye said with a smile.
Dongzhe saw a gentle man standing beside him and asked, "Is this Uncle Fan?"
Jiang Manye introduced the two people.
At this time, Song Ying and Huang Ling came out and ran into the couple.
Song Ying smiled and said, "You mentioned the new neighbor today, and now I see him."
Huang Ling invited them to celebrate the festival together, but they felt a little embarrassed.
Fan Shilei thanked him: "Thank you for your invitation, but since you are having a family dinner, we can't disturb you. When we move, we will invite you all to our home and have a simple meal."
Huang Ling glanced at Song Ying. How could Song Ying not know what she was thinking?
I quickly tried to persuade him: "Come on! Come on! If you go back at this time, how long will it take for you to have dinner? Engineer Fan, Deputy Director Zhou's family is here at the factory office, and Grandpa Li's family is here too. We're all colleagues and neighbors. Please don't be polite and give me some face."
The factory leader was present. Fan Shilei thought for a moment and replied, "Then it's better to obey than to be respectful."
Huang Ling was delighted and hurriedly called out, "Come on, come on!"
It was a fairly large private room, with two round dining tables that could seat ten people each, and two sets of 3+2+2 sofas by the window. There were quite a few people in the room, some sitting on the sofas, some sitting at the dining table, chatting happily.
Song Ying introduced the people in the room to Fan Shilei, and Fan Shilei's palms were sweating.
Director Zhou of the Industrial Bureau.
Deputy Director Zhou of the factory office.
Section Chief Huang of the Justice Bureau.
Director Lin, who is in charge of two private factories.
Manager Zhu, the general manager of Suihualou.
Two university professors.
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I have never seen so many leaders in one room in my life.
Jiang Manye only knew that they were all leaders, so she felt a little awkward, but everyone smiled at them gently and did not put on airs.
Next we introduce the children.
Two of them are studying at Fudan University, one is studying business at Yangzhou University, one graduated from USTC, and I heard there is another Tsinghua graduate who is not in this room.
Jiang Manye's eyes lit up and her face turned red.
Huang Ling noticed her mood swings and asked, "Xiao Jiang, what's wrong?"
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