Chapter 400 Deng Yunsong’s Beautiful Colleague

It was about three o’clock in the afternoon.

At Guangzhou Customs, Zhou Haidong received a call from his father and asked, "Dad, what's the matter?"

Old Man Zhou said, "Haidong, when you get off work, come directly to the restaurant where I have morning tea every day."

Zhou Haidong asked in confusion: "Dad, what's going on? Who are you going to have dinner with?"

Old Man Zhou said, "Have dinner with your Uncle Huang and Uncle Deng whom you just met. Your Uncle Deng has a daughter who is very good. You have to behave well. If you can satisfy Uncle Deng, I will introduce his daughter to you."

Zhou Haidong covered his forehead with his hands when he heard this, and said helplessly: "Dad, didn't I tell you that I would find a partner myself? Why are you still introducing someone to me?"

Old man Zhou said, "I didn't intend to introduce him to you, but I was caught up in a conversation with your Uncle Deng. Let me tell you, Haidong, your Uncle Deng is no ordinary man. His little daughter is one year younger than you, and she is now the boss of two hot pot restaurants.

Moreover, the third hotpot restaurant is also under preparation and will probably be open for business around National Day.

You should know how profitable your cousin's hot pot restaurant is. The fact that your Uncle Deng's youngest daughter can open so many hot pot restaurants proves that her business must be very good. It is definitely no problem for her to make hundreds or even hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

So, you must seize this opportunity, because if you miss it, you will never get it again."

Zhou Haidong was surprised and asked, "Dad, are you sure these two or three hot pot restaurants are not owned by Uncle Deng, but by his little daughter?"

Old Zhou naturally understood what his son meant. If this property belonged to Uncle Deng, it would only prove that the woman's family was well off. But if this property belonged to the woman, then the meaning would be different. It not only meant that the woman's family was well off, but also that she had a very high talent for business.

Old Man Zhou said, "Your Uncle Deng told us in person that this hot pot restaurant is owned by his youngest daughter. This should be correct."

Zhou Haidong said: "If it is her business, then it is indeed remarkable. What is her education level?"

Old Man Zhou said, "High school education."

Zhou Haidong nodded and said, "She has a high school degree, but she's not bad. Which district is she from?"

Old Zhou said: "She is not from Guangzhou, but from Guangxi."

Zhou Haidong was surprised and asked, "Ah, from Guangxi? Then how did you know this Uncle Deng?"

Old Man Zhou said, "Your uncle Deng's youngest son was admitted to Zhongshan University of Medical Sciences. He came here to send his youngest son to school. Then he ran into him while drinking morning tea. Because they got along well, they have been chatting since morning and haven't even left yet!"

Zhou Haidong was shocked and said, "No way, you have been talking since this morning?"

Old Zhou said, "Well, I haven't met such a good chattering person in many years. Your Uncle Deng is very knowledgeable. After chatting with him for most of the day, your Uncle Huang and I have learned a lot! Well, I won't say much. Come over after get off work and behave yourself, okay?"

Zhou Haidong said: "I understand, Dad."

"Then hang up."

"Um!"

…

When Old Man Zhou went out to call his son, his old friend Old Man Huang was also speaking well of him: "Uncle Jiu, Old Zhou's family is quite well off. He used to work in the Municipal Procuratorate as a director-level cadre, and he just retired less than two years ago!

His wife worked in the Finance Bureau and retired a long time ago.

His eldest daughter also works in the Finance Bureau, his eldest son-in-law is a section-level cadre in the Public Security Bureau, and his father-in-law is a deputy-division-level cadre in the Commerce Bureau, and he has also retired.

My second son works in the Health Bureau and my second daughter-in-law works in the Tax Bureau.

The third daughter has been mentioned before. The fourth son is named Zhou Haidong and he works in the customs.

The youngest daughter works at the power bureau, so it can be said that the whole family has a very decent job.

Besides, Lao Zhou’s brothers and sisters are all doing well and are quite influential in this area.”

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "This family is indeed well-off."

Old Man Huang said, "His family's Haidong is indeed outstanding. He is a top student who graduated from a key university and he is also very handsome. It's a pity that my daughter is a bit older than him, otherwise I would like to marry Old Zhou."

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "Even you, Old Huang, praise him so much. It seems that Old Zhou's son must be a good one."

Old Man Huang nodded repeatedly and said, "Haidong is indeed good. When you see him later, you will know that what I said is true."

Deng Shirong was quite expectant when he heard this. He hoped that Zhou Haidong was as good as Lao Huang said. Then he changed the subject and chatted for about half an hour before Lao Zhou came back.

Then, the three of them started chatting about everything under the sun again.

If people can get along well with each other, there will be a lot to talk about. Not to mention just half a day, even if they chat for three days and three nights, they will definitely not have to worry about running out of topics.

After all, with the three of them having decades of life experience, they could talk about any one thing for most of the day.

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"Oh my god, I've been working in the restaurant for almost a year, and I've never seen such a talkative customer. From morning tea to lunch to dinner, this mouth never stops. He's either eating or talking. It's incredible."

"I've been working here for almost two years, and I've never seen diners like this. Generally speaking, diners who drink can last longer, but I never knew that diners who drink tea can spend so much time."

"I really envy these three uncles. They live such a carefree life."

"Yes, it's really enviable. It would be great if we could live such a life when we are this age!"

"How can we have such a good life? These three uncles are obviously not ordinary people. They probably have pensions. We are just ordinary wage earners. Unless our children are successful in the future, we will have to work non-stop as long as we can move. How can we go to the restaurant to drink morning tea and drink it until the evening? That's impossible!"

"Alas, same person, different fate!"

“…”

In the evening, as Deng Shirong and the other two ordered several more signature dishes, the restaurant's service staff couldn't help but gather together and whisper.

What Deng Shirong and the other two did was truly incredible. They ate from morning to evening, and none of them had ever seen diners like them.

The diners who had morning tea the longest before only stayed until after lunch, which was far behind Deng Shirong and the other three.

Just as the restaurant staff were muttering behind their backs, Zhou Haidong finally arrived.

Old Man Zhou quickly introduced the two parties: "Uncle Jiu, this is my old Zhou Haidong. Haidong, this is Uncle Deng I told you about."

Zhou Haidong was the first to greet him: "Uncle Deng, hello!"

Deng Shirong nodded at him and greeted him, "Hello, Haidong!"

While greeting, Deng Shirong was also looking at the young man praised by Old Huang. It turned out that Old Huang was right. Old Zhou's son looked quite good. He was about 1.77 meters tall, which was considered a good height in Guangdong.

After all, the heights of people in Guangdong and Guangxi are among the lowest in the country. Even in later times, having a height of 1.77 meters is considered good, not to mention this era. Basically, you are one of the tallest people in the village.

His appearance was indeed not bad, because he came directly after get off work, so he was wearing the customs work uniform. With the contrast of the work uniform, he naturally exuded a sense of righteousness, and the whole person was as handsome as Lao Huang said.

In addition, he graduated from a key university and his family is well-off, so these conditions are really quite good.

Of course, the other party’s so-called family background is naturally not worth mentioning in Deng Shirong’s eyes. What he values ​​is Zhou Haidong’s own conditions.

Both parties sat down and exchanged a few polite words before starting to eat.

After eating a few bites of food, Deng Shirong took the initiative to ask: "Haidong, which department of the customs do you work in?"

Zhou Haidong swallowed the food in his mouth and replied, "Uncle Deng, I work in the Import and Export Food Safety Department. Our department is responsible for formulating the work system for the safety and inspection and quarantine of imported and exported food and cosmetics, and undertakes the registration of imported food enterprises and the inspection and quarantine, supervision and management of imported food and cosmetics in accordance with the law. We also organize and implement risk analysis and emergency prevention measures according to the division of labor."

Deng Shirong nodded and continued to ask: "What is your current level?"

Zhou Haidong answered seriously: "I am now the head of the processed food department."

Deng Shirong asked: "Section rank?"

Zhou Haidong hummed and said, "Section level."

Old Man Huang was surprised and asked, "Haidong, when did you get promoted? Why didn't your father tell me?"

Zhou Haidong said with a smile: "Uncle Huang, he is just a section-level cadre, not a great official, what is there to publicize?"

Old Man Huang looked at Old Man Zhou with envy, and said with emotion: "Old Zhou, you have a successor. No, it should be said that the disciple is better than the master."

Old man Zhou said with a smile on his face: "He is indeed better than I was back then. I was already 36 years old when I was promoted to a full-time officer."

Deng Shirong also praised him: "A 25-year-old regular officer is really amazing."

Of course, compared with ordinary people, it is not bad, but if compared with his second son, the gap is a bit big. After all, his second son is only 26 years old and is already a deputy director. The gap between the two is like a chasm.

However, Deng Shirong also observed carefully and found that Zhou Haidong was quite good. He did not become complacent just because he was a section-level cadre at a young age. His character was still acceptable.

The dinner was quite pleasant. Deng Shirong asked all the questions he should ask and Zhou Haidong answered them one by one.

According to Deng Shirong's observation, Zhou Haidong's answers were not lies.

When the meal was over, Deng Shirong smiled and said, "Haidong, you are indeed a good young man. I'm sure you know why your father asked you to come over for this meal. As for my little daughter's situation, you can ask whatever you want to know. I will tell you everything I know."

Zhou Haidong said, "Uncle Deng, I do have a question. I work at the Guangzhou Customs, and your little daughter does business in Guangxi. We are thousands of miles apart. Even if we like each other, there is no chance for us to be together!"

Old Man Huang continued, "This is indeed a big problem. If two people want to be together, they must at least live in the same city."

Old man Zhou frowned slightly. He had only thought that the other party had good conditions before, but had not considered this issue.

Deng Shirong said with a smile on his face: "This is not a problem. As long as you two really like each other, it is not impossible for my youngest daughter to open a hot pot restaurant in Guangzhou. This can be discussed."

This sincerity was really enough. Zhou Haidong said with joy: "Uncle Deng, then I have no problem!"

Old Man Zhou couldn't help but say, "Uncle Jiu, we hit it off right away. It would be great if we could become in-laws. When would it be convenient for us to arrange for them to meet?"

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "I'm available anytime. It depends on Haidong's schedule!"

In a long-distance blind date like this, the man usually accommodates the woman and moves to the city where the woman is.

Old Zhou naturally understood the rules of blind dates. He looked at his son and said, "Haidong, can you take a leave? It will take at least two or three days to go to Guangxi and back."

Zhou Haidong knew that he was asked to go to Guangxi to meet the girl. He groaned and said, "It should be no problem to take two or three days off. I will talk to my boss about this tomorrow."

The dinner ended here and Zhou Haidong rushed to pay the bill.

When the show was over, the two sides exchanged contact information, and Deng Shirong smiled and said, "Lao Huang, Lao Zhou, I live upstairs. Let's have morning tea together tomorrow morning. After morning tea, I will go back to Guangxi."

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"Well, see you tomorrow then."

"See you tomorrow."

…

afternoon.

Capital city.

A department of the Ministry of Finance.

Deng Yunsong was concentrating on his work.

It is said that men who work hard are the most handsome, and this statement does make sense.

Women generally like men who are ambitious. A lazy and unmotivated man, even if he has a very good family background, can only attract superficial women, but not truly outstanding women.

At this time, Deng Yunsong was concentrating all his attention on his work. He had no idea that it was already time to get off work, nor did he know that at the door of his office, a girl with an outstanding figure, appearance and temperament was silently looking at him.

After more than ten minutes, Deng Yunsong finally finished his work. He then showed a satisfied smile and stretched.

Then, he saw the pretty girl standing at the door, smiling at him, and Deng Yunsong couldn't help but greet her, "Chief Pei."

Pei Qinghua smiled and said, "Chief Deng, you are really serious about your work. I'm afraid you don't even know that it's time to get off work now, right?"

Deng Yunsong looked at the time and said with a smile, "I really didn't notice it. Chief Pei, do you have something to talk to me about?"

Pei Qinghua said: "It's nothing, I just saw you working so hard, I felt that I was too lazy at work, I have to work hard in the future."

Deng Yunsong said: "We are all new employees. We should do more work and adapt to this working environment as quickly as possible."

Pei Qinghua nodded and said, "Section Chief Deng is right. I want to learn from you."

Deng Yunsong smiled and said, "We can learn from each other. It's getting late. If Chief Pei is free, can we have dinner together?"

Pei Qinghua blinked and replied, "Okay!"

…

Half an hour later.

Deng Yunsong and Pei Qinghua came to a nearby restaurant.

After ordering three dishes and a soup, the two people, who had been colleagues for two months, started chatting while drinking tea.

Both of them just left campus and started working this year, and they are both truly top students of this era. Deng Yunsong graduated from Tsinghua University, and Pei Qinghua is not bad either, having graduated from Renmin University. Both are top universities of this era.

Pei Qinghua smiled and said, "Chief Deng, it has been two months since we started working together, and this is the first time we have eaten out alone!"

Deng Yunsong smiled and continued, "This is my fault. I've actually wanted to invite you, Section Chief Pei, to dinner for a long time, but I was afraid it would be too presumptuous, so I didn't dare to ask."

Pei Qinghua smiled and said, "What's so presumptuous about this? We are all new employees. We should help each other and have a good relationship. It's normal to have a meal together. Why should we have so many concerns?"

Deng Yunsong laughed and said, "I am obsessed!"

As they were talking, the waiter started serving the dishes.

So the two of them ate and chatted.

Pei Qinghua asked: "Chief Deng, I only know that you are from Guangxi, but I don't know which city in Guangxi you are from?"

Deng Yunsong replied: "I'm from Yulin, a small city you probably haven't heard of."

Pei Qinghua said a little embarrassedly: "I am indeed a little ignorant about this. I only know Guilin, Nanning, Liuzhou, and Baise in Guangxi. I am not familiar with the others."

Deng Yunsong said with emotion: "We in Guangxi are relatively poor, and many cities are unknown, and Yulin is one of them."

Pei Qinghua consoled him, "Now that the country is reforming and opening up, major cities across the country are changing every day. Especially in Guangdong, which is at the forefront of reform and opening up, the urban changes are even greater. Just because Guangxi is poor now doesn't mean it will be poor in the future. Who knows when it will overtake us!"

Deng Yunsong laughed and said, "Thank you for your comfort, but the probability of this happening is too low. Reform and opening up had just begun, and that incident happened on our Guangxi border. When the whole country was busy with development, we were busy preparing for war and had missed the best opportunity for development.

As the saying goes, if you are one step slow, all the steps will be slow. It is not easy for us who have missed the opportunity to catch up! "

Pei Qinghua said: "This can't be helped. Guangxi's geographical location in national defense is too important. And it happened to be in the early days of reform and opening up. It really was held back. I hope you can develop with the support of the country in the future!"

Deng Yunsong sighed: "I hope so!"

Pei Qinghua said: "Let's not talk about this. Tell me about your Yulin. What are the characteristics?"

Deng Yunsong asked, "Features? Chief Pei, what do you mean? The scenery, the food, or other local customs?"

Pei Qinghua smiled and said, "Any aspect is fine."

Deng Yunsong said: "Let's not talk about the scenery. Although there is only one letter difference between Yulin and Guilin, there is no scenery worth mentioning in Yulin. However, there are some specialties in food, such as white-cut pork feet, beef shanks, dog meat and various snacks."

Pei Qinghua said: "I know about white cut, and I also know about dog meat, but what is this beef?"

Deng Yunsong introduced with a smile: "Niu Ba is a delicacy made with beef (the hind leg of yellow cattle is the best, and the front leg is the second). It was first made as early as the Southern Song Dynasty, and it has a history of more than 800 years.

The production process of this delicacy is quite complicated. The finished product is translucent, coffee-like, shiny, rich in aroma, salty and sweet, fresh and refreshing, tough but not hard, and has the characteristics of "sweet, fragrant and delicious". It is our most famous traditional special flavor snack in Yulin."

Pei Qinghua's mouth was watering when he heard this. He quickly picked up a piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth. After chewing and swallowing it, he said, "I didn't expect that you have such delicious food in Yulin. Just hearing your description makes me very greedy. If I have the chance, I will go to Yulin to taste this special food."

Deng Yunsong smiled and said, "There will definitely be a chance. Chief Pei, if you really like it, I will have someone can this beef when I go home next time, and then bring some over for you to try."

Pei Qinghua's eyes lit up when she heard this. In the words of later generations, she was an absolute foodie. She had no way of refusing such special delicacies. However, she still had to be polite: "Chief Deng, this is too much trouble, isn't it?"

Deng Yunsong said, "It's not a problem. It's just a matter of a word. It's just that I just started working and I won't be home in the short term. Chief Pei, you have to wait for a long time."

Pei Qinghua said with a smile: "No problem, then I would like to thank Section Chief Deng first!"

Deng Yunsong smiled and said, "You're welcome. We're all colleagues."

The two of them ate and chatted. They were both top students who graduated from top domestic universities, were of the same age, and currently worked in the same company, so they had a lot of common topics.

However, the two of them tacitly did not ask about each other's family situation. After all, it was their first time to eat alone, and they were not familiar enough to ask about each other's family situation.

This meal took more than an hour to finish.

After Deng Yunsong paid the bill, he walked out of the restaurant with Pei Qinghua and headed towards the staff quarters together.

Pei Qinghua thanked him: "Chief Deng, thank you for treating me to dinner."

Deng Yunsong clasped his fists and said, "Chief Pei, it is my honor to invite a beautiful woman like you to dinner. I should be the one thanking you."

Pei Qinghua glanced at him and said with a smile on her face: "Chief Deng, I think you are usually a very serious person, but now you have become so smooth-talking."

Deng Yunsong smiled and said, "Chief Pei, I am just telling the truth, I am not being glib!"

"loquacious!"

Pei Qinghua smiled like a flower: "Chief Deng, we should help each other in our work and make progress together."

Deng Yunsong nodded and said, "Well, that's a good point. Then we will help each other in the future, make progress together, and contribute to the development of our motherland."

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