The next day, Song Jinxiu and Zhao Tingting made an appointment to have lunch together.
Although both of them are in Beijing, they live some distance away from each other.
And they all have their own jobs and only get together occasionally.
The two of them made an appointment to meet at a state-owned hotel. This state-owned hotel was originally a two-story restaurant. The view was quite nice when sitting on the second floor to eat.
Song Jinxiu arrived first. Today's dishes were pretty good, including braised pork and garlic spare ribs.
Song Jinxiu ordered some greens and a plate of smashed cucumber and went upstairs to wait.
She went upstairs and Zhao Tingting followed her up within two minutes.
She had her hair tied into a bun and wore a light yellow long dress, looking mature yet a little playful.
Zhao Tingting has maintained a good figure and you can't tell at all that she has given birth to two children.
"Xiu Xiu, long time no see, you look more beautiful again!" Zhao Tingting took two quick steps and hugged Song Jinxiu.
"Not as pretty as you. Please sit down." Song Jinxiu hugged her back.
"Wait a minute, I'm going to give you a surprise, close your eyes." Zhao Tingting said excitedly while standing in front of Song Jinxiu.
Song Jinxiu looked at Zhao Tingting in confusion and closed her eyes at her urging.
After a few seconds, Song Jinxiu vaguely heard someone standing in front of her.
She opened her eyes in confusion, then looked at the person in surprise: "Jiaojiao."
"Xiu Xiu, long time no see!" Shangguan Jiao looked at Song Jinxiu with a smile.
"Ahhhh!!!" The two hugged each other excitedly.
"When did you come back?" Song Jinxiu asked.
"I just came back yesterday. Tingting said she wanted to meet you today, so I came along." Shangguan Jiao said.
"Okay, okay, let go of each other. I'm getting jealous. Humph!" Zhao Tingting separated the two and said angrily.
"Hug, hug!" Song Jinxiu and Shangguan Jiao gave Zhao Tingting a big hug.
"You've changed so much now!" Song Jinxiu walked around Shangguan Jiao.
He was wearing a military uniform, had neat short hair, and his skin was tanned.
She no longer has the delicate look she had before, but now she is a capable female warrior.
"I have made a lot of progress following the organization in the past few years." Shangguan Jiao said embarrassedly.
She used to be just a small flower in a greenhouse. Although she has not grown into a big tree yet, she can face the wind and rain independently.
"But it's still just as beautiful." Song Jinxiu exclaimed.
"Thank you, it's you. I haven't seen you for so many years, and you look more outstanding than before." Shangguan Jiao said embarrassedly.
"Okay, okay, if you keep praising me, you won't have time to eat!" It turned out that while they were chatting, the food had already been served.
"Hey, let's eat! I didn't know you were coming. I would have ordered two more dishes." Song Jinxiu said.
"Come on, let's go down and add two more." Song Jinxiu said, holding Shangguan Jiao's hand.
"No need. I ordered a bowl of noodles with gravy when I came up just now. It will be enough for each of us to eat a little later." Shangguan Jiao pulled Song Jinxiu and said.
"Have you been in the army these years? Is it very far away? Why don't you have any holidays?" The three of them sat together and chatted while eating.
“Well, it’s not very far. I was not used to it when I first joined the army.
It took me a long time to get used to it, and I thought that since I had just gotten used to it, I would stop running around all the time.
Moreover, many things in the army refreshed my cognition, and I realized that my previous knowledge was so shallow.
Later, I fell in love with military life. My parents came to visit me during that time, but since there wasn't much to do, I didn't take any leave," Shangguan Jiao said.
In fact, she had thought about going home, but her mother visited her twice in the army in the first year.
Seeing her condition at that time, I was very disapproving and kept asking her to go home and be the little flower she used to be.
When she first started to feel uncomfortable, she thought about giving up, but in the end she persevered.
After she persisted, she no longer liked her mother's nagging and did not dare to go home for fear of being detained by her mother.
It was not until this year that her mother completely gave up and realized that she could not change her daughter's mind, and Shangguan Jiao returned home.
Besides, she is old enough to get married!
Her mother said that if she didn't come back, Tingting's son would be looking for a wife in a few years.
The commander of the army was an old acquaintance of my father. He readily agreed to her long leave, and then she was kicked out.
As soon as I came back, I heard there was a party, so we made an appointment to come together.
"Then we should have a good reunion this time. I will be on vacation in two days. Come to my house for dinner! I will cook for you myself." Song Jinxiu said happily.
"Can you leave? Is there anyone to take care of your two children?" Song Jinxiu asked Zhao Tingting.
"No problem, my mother-in-law can help take care of the baby!" Zhao Tingting made an OK gesture.
She gave birth to a daughter as her second child, and everything became perfect with both a son and a daughter.
Now that the children are in school, she has plenty of time.
"Why did you become the director of the women's department out of the blue? It feels weird." Shangguan Jiao asked in confusion.
"It's that good-for-nothing from my family. He became a small manager after the company merged.
Although neither I nor my father-in-law are bosses anymore, we still work under him,” said Zhao Tingting.
The two looked at her in confusion, wondering what this had to do with her being the director of parent affairs.
Zhao Tingting smiled slyly: "My mother-in-law always relies on my father-in-law to suppress me. Now I am the director of the women's department, and she is under my control.
Whenever she acts up, I visit her as the director of the women's department and ask her to be nicer to her daughter-in-law.
For the sake of family harmony, you should be more tolerant. It is not easy for a daughter-in-law. She has to raise children at home and work hard outside.
This isn't the old society anymore, where we still have to deal with the practice of teasing our wives."
Song Jinxiu gave her a thumbs up. "You're the best."
"Of course not. I'm well behaved at home now. If I ask her to buy me a top, it must be matched with a pair of pants." Zhao Tingting said proudly.
"As the director of the Women's Department, you won't just mediate for your own family, right?" Shangguan Jiao asked.
"How is that possible?" Zhao Tingting said. "I'm the top mediator in our neighborhood office. The neighboring neighborhood office wants to poach me."
"Oh, tell me more about it. Don't you hate these trivial matters the most? How can you really mediate disputes?" Shangguan Jiao asked curiously.
"No matter how annoying it is, I will find a way to solve it! So, as long as you find the problem that comes to me, there is nothing I can't solve." Zhao Tingting said proudly.
"Last time, a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law came to us and said that their son (husband) did not spend enough time with them.
The mother-in-law accused her daughter-in-law of monopolizing her son and preventing them from having any relationship.
The daughter-in-law accused her mother-in-law of monopolizing her husband, and the couple didn't even have time to talk to each other in private!
Finally, with my mediation, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law never had any conflicts again."
Song Jinxiu and the other person looked at each other, very curious about Zhao Tingting's solution!
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