After both Old Master Wen and Uncle Zong came out to the yard, their hands were still shaking.
Especially Old Master Wen's face was very ugly, and he gritted his teeth and cursed several times.
Uncle Zong: "Commander, now think about it, could it be that we have misunderstood? I have watched Rugui grow up, and he doesn't seem to be that kind of person."
Old Master Wen banged his crutches on the ground: "The facts are in front of you, so don't make excuses for him. If you don't believe it, why did you shake like you were having an epileptic seizure just now?"
Uncle Zong: "..."
Tong Xuelu and Wen Rugui had no idea that their behavior had caused a misunderstanding, and Wen Rugui didn't even know that his reputation was damaged.
Inside the room, Wen Rugui's face was as red as a cooked shrimp, and he didn't dare to look at Tong Xuelu.
Too innocent.
Tong Xuelu wanted to laugh and felt that a man as pure as Wen Rugui was really rare.
She looked at him and blinked her long eyelashes: "My feet are no longer numb, no need to massage, thank you dear."
Dear! Dear! Dear!!!
As soon as these three words came out, Wen Rugui's face, neck and ears were all red as if they were dyed with color, as if they would bleed if poked.
"Hahaha... Why do you blush so easily? Are you like this all the time?" Tong Xuelu couldn't help laughing anymore.
Wen Rugui looked at her smiling face, and his heartbeat was so fast that he almost lost control.
He blushed and shook his head: "No, I only blush with you."
When he saw other women, let alone blushing, he couldn't even remember what they looked like.
As soon as the words came out, Tong Xuelu's laughter stopped abruptly, and she looked at her with misty eyes.
Oh, who said he was stupid? Who said he couldn't say sweet words?
This was the most beautiful sweet words she had ever heard in her two lives!
Tong Xuelu glanced outside the door, and seeing that it was quiet outside, a cunning flashed in her eyes.
She wanted to do something bad...
Tong Xuelu stood up, approached Wen Rugui and whispered: "At this moment, do you want to do something to me?"
As soon as she came over, Wen Rugui smelled the fragrance coming from her body, which was light, but it made his heart beat faster and he couldn't stop.
He felt his heartbeat was so fast that it almost jumped out of his throat, and his throat rolled and said: "Yes."
Oh!
Tong Xuelu's eyes lit up, and she used her fingers to lift her hair and gently brushed it across his chin: "So, what do you want to do?"
Wen Rugui's chin was itchy, and he felt that her hair seemed to be not only on his chin, but also on the tip of his heart.
He spoke again, his voice became a little hoarse: "Can you take a picture... and send it to me?"
Tong Xuelu: "..."
The air was silent for a few seconds.
Tong Xuelu looked at him in a daze, just like that? Just like that?
With such a great opportunity, he didn't want to do something rogue?
Wen Rugui saw her staring at him blankly, feeling uneasy: "It's okay if you don't want to take the photo."
The ambiguous atmosphere before was swept away, and Tong Xuelu sat back in the chair: "Why do you suddenly want my photo?"
Wen Rugui's eyelashes trembled slightly: "Zhou Yan and Huang Qimin both have photos of their partners."
This sounded aggrieved, as if a child went home to act cute with his parents. Other classmates all had new schoolbags, but he didn't.
Tong Xuelu felt soft-hearted and wanted to rub his head: "Then let's go take the photo later."
Since they are partners, how can he not have a face? If
others have it, he must have it too!
Wen Rugui looked at her with tenderness in his eyes: "Okay."
Although they are partners, it is not good for the two of them to stay in the room for too long, so Tong Xuelu suggested going downstairs.
Wen Rugui naturally had no objection.
But after going downstairs, I found that both Master Wen and Uncle Zong had strange expressions.
They seemed to be afraid to make eye contact with me. Occasionally, when they accidentally met, there was a strange and complicated look in their eyes.
It seemed like sympathy, and it seemed like guilt. In short, it was very complicated.
But when their eyes met Wen Rugui, it was not an exaggeration to describe them as frowning and facing thousands of people's fingers.
Uncle Zong originally wanted to cook a sumptuous lunch for Tong Xuelu himself, but because he found out about the previous incident, his hands were shaking so badly that he had to go to the cafeteria next door to get two meat dishes.
Master Wen changed his previous enthusiastic style. After the meal, he didn't say anything to Tong Xuelu.
Tong Xuelu and Wen Rugui were both very puzzled.
After leaving the military compound.
Tong Xuelu sat on the back seat of the bicycle and asked, "Rugui, are your grandfather and uncle dissatisfied with me?"
Everything was fine before, how did it suddenly become like this?
Tong Xuelu was puzzled.
Wen Rugui couldn't figure it out either, and comforted her, "No, grandpa is very satisfied with you."
He felt that the old man's anger seemed to be directed at him, but because Tong Xuelu was there, he was embarrassed to vent it.
The two thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure it out, so they gave up.
Arriving at the photo studio, Wen Rugui went to the front desk to pay and get the ticket.
Taking pictures these days is a more luxurious thing than watching a movie.
It costs 3.4 yuan to take a ID photo, and 4.2 yuan to take a full-length or half-length art photo.
Wen Rugui paid the money and came back with two more invoices in his hand. The invoices at this time were in triplicate.
One was for the photo studio as a stub, one was for the photographer, and one was for the photographer to pick up the photos.
Photographer: "You want to take two individual photos and one group photo, right?"
Wen Rugui's eyelashes fluttered when he heard this.
Before he came, he just wanted a photo of Tong Xulu, but when he paid the money, he wanted both a solo photo and a group photo, and he also wanted to give her a photo of himself.
He seemed to become very greedy.
I wonder if she would think that she was going too far after hearing this?
Tong Xulu didn't think so much at all. Since she was already here, she might as well take pictures together.
Taking three pictures at once would only show that her boyfriend was "rich and powerful"!
Seeing that she had no objection, Wen Rugui secretly breathed a sigh of relief and nodded to the photographer, "Yes, two individual pictures and one group picture."
The camera at that time was still that kind of antique, covered with a large black cloth. Before taking pictures, the photographer had to go in and look several times to confirm.
It was already late when she came out of the photo studio, and she had to go back to the hotel in the evening.
She was now the manager and master chef of the hotel, and she couldn't just ignore everything. If something happened, she was worried that the three people in the hotel wouldn't be able to handle it.
Although Wen Rugui felt a little regretful and thought that the time they had spent together was too short, he also understood.
Moreover, he had to go back to the base this afternoon.
He drove Tong Xulu back to the hotel, and then reluctantly returned to the military compound.
Who knew that as soon as he stepped into the house, a roar came from the sofa: "Beast, kneel down for me!"
Wen Rugui:? ?
Old Master Wen stared at him fiercely: "Kneel down!"
Wen Rugui: "Grandpa, I can kneel down, but can you tell me what happened first?"
The old man stared at him as if he was worse than a beast. Old
Master Wen picked up the chicken feather blanket on the side and was about to hit him.
Uncle Zong came up to stop him: "Commander, let's talk nicely. Besides, if something bad happens, it will be the commander who will feel sorry for him."
Old Master Wen snorted: "How can I feel sorry for him... Tell me why you are so crazy, how can you do such a thing to a girl in broad daylight?"
Wen Rugui was confused: "What did I do?"
Uncle Zong's face flushed: "Rugui, just admit it, we heard what you did in the room at noon!"
With a "swish".
Wen Rugui's ears turned red, and his eyelids drooped to look at the ground.
Seeing him like this, Old Master Wen was more and more convinced that he had done a beastly thing: "You go back to the base today to file a marriage report, and then we will go to the Tong family to propose marriage!"
Wen Rugui was stunned again: ???
Marriage report?
Propose marriage?
"But I haven't gotten Xuelu's consent yet."
Old Master Wen was so angry that his beard was about to curl up: "You did such a thing, and now you come to ask if she agrees, don't you think it's too late?"
Wen Rugui: "Grandpa, Xuelu asked me to do it herself."
Old Master Wen was so angry that his face turned red: "You are shameless! You are a grown man who did such a thing, and you still have the nerve to push it onto the girl!"
He was about to hit him with the feather baton.
Zong Shu stopped him again: "Commander, don't be angry, let's talk it over!"
Old Master Wen took a deep breath: "You do as I say, and we will go to the Tong family to propose marriage tomorrow." If it's any later, they might even have a child!
Wen Rugui shook his head: "Grandpa, I can't do this. We need both parties to agree to get married, and Xuelu wouldn't want me to be responsible for her just because I massaged her calves."
What?
Massaged her calves?
Grandpa Wen and Uncle Zong were both stunned.
They were making such embarrassing noises, were they massaging their legs?
Wen Rugui looked at their faces and frowned slightly, "Grandpa, Uncle Zong, did you misunderstand something?"
The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.
They were obviously very passionate about Tong Xuelu before, but after they came down from the building, they didn't dare to look into Tong Xuelu's eyes, and looked at him coldly.
Now they call him a beast and ask him to propose marriage. Don't they think they are on top...
Wen Rugui thought of this and looked incredulous: "Grandpa, Uncle Zong, how can you have such dirty thoughts?!"
"..."
Grandpa Wen and Uncle Zong's faces both turned red.
The hall was quiet for a few seconds.
Grandpa Wen coughed and said, "I remember that Lao Jiang also asked me to play chess. I have to go there quickly."
He turned around and fled.
Uncle Zong: "..."
Commander, you can't be so unkind!
How can you leave him alone to face Rugui at this time?
**
After Wen Rugui returned to the base, Tong Xulu's life returned to its previous peace.
Three days later, she went to the photo studio to get the developed photos.
It's no wonder that if a person is good-looking, he or she can still take good-looking photos even with poor camera equipment.
Among the three photos, Tong Xuelu likes the one of the two of them the most.
In the photo, she is sitting on a chair, and Wen Rugui is standing behind her, with his hand slightly on her shoulder.
The photographer who took the photo for them was also quite talented. He captured the gentle moment of Wen Rugui and froze it in the photo.
Tong Xuelu put the photo back into the envelope, and then sent one of the copies to Wen Rugui at the base. When
the three siblings of the Tong family saw the photo when they returned home, they were all shocked.
Tong Mianmian widened her big watery eyes, with a look of shock on her face: "Sister, why are you in there?"
Tong Xuelu then realized that Xiaotuanzi had never seen a photo before, let alone taken one.
She rubbed her head and said, "This is a photo. Just like when we look in the mirror, our appearance will appear in the mirror. Taking a photo is to capture our appearance and preserve it forever."
Tong Mianmian tilted her head, obviously unable to digest this.
But this did not hinder her curiosity and desire for the photo.
The two brothers Tong Jiaming and Tong Jiaxin also looked at the photo eagerly.
Tong Xuelu thought for a moment and said, "National Day is next week. Then our family will take a family photo."
Tong Jiaxin suddenly looked up at her and said, "Sister, are you serious?"
Tong Xuelu nodded, "Of course it's true. Don't you have pocket money? If you want to take personal photos, you can use your own pocket money." Tong Jiaming 's
heart moved when he heard this.
Tong Jiaxin felt a little bit of a toothache.
Although Tong Jiaxin is usually very naughty, who would have thought that he is the most miser among the three of them?
Tong Jiaxin didn't spend a penny of the pocket money she gave them every month.
He saved it all and hid it. As the eldest brother, Tong Jiaming would sometimes buy things for his younger brothers and sisters. If the family was short of soy sauce or something like that, he would also pay to buy it, so he was the one who didn't save any money.
Tong Mianmian puffed out her chest and said in a baby voice, "Sister, Mianmian wants to take photos with you, Mianmian has money!"
Tong Xuelu couldn't help laughing, "Then sister will take advantage of Mianmian's blessing to take an extra photo."
Tong Mianmian's chest puffed out even more when she heard this.
She wanted to spend money on her sister, she was very rich! Two
days later, Tong Xuelu received a notice from the Ministry of Commerce, asking her to go to Minister Lin's office.
Tong Xuelu was not surprised at all when she received the news.
She explained the hotel affairs, packed up a little and went to the Ministry of Commerce.
When she arrived at the Ministry of Commerce, Secretary Zhuo told her that Minister Lin was now in the chairman's office and didn't know when he would be back.
Tong Xuelu said that it was no problem, and then took out a small bag of beef balls from the bag and handed it over, saying: "Secretary Zhuo, have you ever eaten the beef balls in our hotel? Would you like to try one?"
If it were in modern times, it would be very strange to bring beef balls to meet people.
But in this era, food is too precious, especially delicious food.
Secretary Zhuo had just tied his face, but when he smelled the aroma of beef balls, his face could no longer be tied: "No, Manager Tong, eat it yourself."
Tong Xuelu took out a string of beef balls and handed it over: "Secretary Zhuo, don't be polite to me, you can help me taste it, if there is anything that needs to be improved, you can tell me."
There are two beef balls in a string, cut into four halves. Secretary Zhuo looked at the beef balls in front of him and couldn't refuse a second time.
She took it, took a bite and praised it highly: "No wonder so many people like the spicy hot pot you ordered, the beef balls are very chewy!"
Tong Xuelu smiled and said: "It's great that you like it. By the way, did Minister Lin tell me what I should do here?"
Secretary Zhuo glanced around and said in a low voice: "After your last meeting, several hotel managers came to see Minister Lin. When I brought tea in, I heard something and it seemed that they said I want you to share the recipe of Malatang so that everyone can use it together."
Secretary Zhuo said and then quickly added: "Don't let it slip when you go in later, and don't say that I told you."
Tong Xuelu looked at her gratefully: "Don't worry, Secretary Zhuo, you care so much about me, how could I betray you? Next time Secretary Zhuo comes to our hotel, I will make you delicious food!"
Secretary Zhuo smiled again when he heard this.
After about ten minutes, Minister Lin finally came back.
He frowned, as if he was worried about something.
Tong Xuelu smiled and greeted him: "Hello, Minister Lin."
Minister Lin seemed to have just noticed her: "Manager Tong is here? Come in."
As he said that, he strode into the office. Secretary Zhuo quickly stood up and poured two glasses of water and brought them in.
Minister Lin sat down on the sofa and pointed at the chair opposite him and said, "Manager Tong, please sit down."
Tong Xuelu then sat down: "I wonder if Minister Lin asked me to come here this time because of something?"
Minister Lin took a sip of water from the enamel pot and said slowly: "Manager Tong is a young and promising person. This hotel is getting more and more prosperous under your leadership."
Tong Xuelu smiled and said, "It's all because of Minister Lin's good leadership!"
Minister Lin smiled and said, "I went to a meeting recently, and the leaders above severely criticized our Commercial Department, saying that our Commercial Department has remained the same for ten years and its performance has never moved. It made my old face blush."
"At that time, I thought of the restaurant run by Manager Tong. It has been doing so well in just half a month. Do you think that if all the state-owned restaurants in Beijing were to make malatang, would the business department's performance be affected?"
Here they come, the ones who are trying to get the recipe are here.
Tong Xulu made a "Puh" sound in her heart and put on a shocked look on her face: "Minister Lin means to buy seasoning packets from our hotel? It's not impossible, but it will increase my workload."
"Of course I am willing to contribute all my time and energy to the country's construction cause. It's just that in addition to being the manager of a state-owned hotel, I also serve as the hotel's master chef. Minister Lin must have heard about my family's situation."
"My parents are both deceased, and my younger brothers and sisters are still young. As an older sister, I can only spend more time and effort to take care of them. So I really have the will but not the strength. I can't feel at ease that I couldn't help Minister Lin!"
As she said this, she wiped away her tears.
Minister Lin was immediately anxious: "Manager Tong, stop crying. You are doing two jobs at the same time. You are an active member of the cadre. No one will say anything to you!"
Minister Lin just wanted her to give up the formula selflessly, but now that she was crying like this, he couldn't say anything.
She was an 18-year-old girl, doing two jobs at the same time, and taking care of her brothers and sisters at home. If he asked her to give up the formula at this time, once it was spread out, wouldn't he be a bastard who bullied others by taking advantage of his power?
Tong Xuelu wiped her tears and said, "No wonder everyone says that Minister Lin is the reincarnation of Justice Bao, who is fair and just. Now that I hear what Minister Lin said, I feel relieved!"
Minister Lin was placed in a high position. In order to maintain his image of fairness and justice, he could not say what he was thinking.
Tong Xuelu continued, "Minister Lin just asked to buy seasoning packets from our hotel. I can't do it alone, but I can ask the employees in the store to do it together. But in this way, they have done more work. Can I give them an extra salary?"
Minister Lin frowned and was about to say that it was impossible to give them an extra salary.
The salary was issued by the Ministry of Finance. Where would he get the money?
Tong Xuelu didn't give him a chance to speak: "The Ministry of Commerce doesn't need to pay this salary. As long as other hotels go to our hotel to buy seasoning packets, we will set the price, and the extra money will be considered as a subsidy for our employees. Minister Lin, what do you think of this?" Minister
Lin pondered with the enamel pot in his hand.
In this way, the Ministry of Commerce doesn't have to pay them an extra salary, and the problem of other hotels wanting the spicy hot pot recipe is also solved.
The hotel can purchase from the supply and marketing cooperative, and naturally it can also purchase from Manager Tong's hotel. This is not against the rules.
If the hotel's performance goes up, he can also report to the leader.
As for her setting the price herself, it will eventually have to be confirmed by him. I believe that a smart person like her would not dare to set an outrageous price.
Thinking this way, it is killing three birds with one stone.
The more Minister Lin thought about it, the better his idea was. Of course, he couldn't express it so directly.
"Manager Tong's suggestion is not bad, but you should go back and make a plan for me. I'll give you a reply when I think it's okay."
Tong Xuelu saw through Minister Lin's trick at a glance and nodded repeatedly: "Okay, I'll go back and make a plan according to Minister Lin's advice!"
Tong Xuelu pushed this idea to Minister Lin, saying that it was his idea.
If there are any problems in the future, just let people go directly to Minister Lin.
After leaving the office, Tong Xuelu asked Secretary Zhuo to go to the hotel for dinner when she is free.
Secretary Zhuo saw that she was smiling with a relaxed face and guessed that she had solved the problem.
She also wanted to make friends with someone as capable as Tong Xuelu, so she smiled and agreed.
Walking out of the Ministry of Commerce, Tong Xuelu raised the corners of her mouth slightly.
Let other hotels go to her hotel to purchase, and the profits do not have to be handed over to the country.
Of course, she will still hand over the money to the Ministry of Commerce later, and then let the Ministry of Commerce distribute it to them in the form of subsidies.
In this way, no one dares to criticize.
**
An uninvited guest came to the hotel that day.
This uninvited guest was none other than Fang Jingyuan's shitty brother Fang Wenyuan.
After Fang Wenyuan came to the hotel, he ordered a spicy hot pot and ate quietly in the hotel. He
did not make any trouble from beginning to end.
Tong Xuelu saw this and did not take him seriously.
The hotel is open for business, and anyone can come to eat as long as they are willing to pay.
Who knew that after the meal, Fang Wenyuan walked towards her, hesitating for a long time and said: "My birthday is in two days."
Tong Xuelu rolled her eyes: "What does your birthday have to do with me?"
Fang Wenyuan looked at her in disbelief: "..."
He had been entangled for a long time since returning from the hotel, and he didn't believe in his heart that Tong Xuelu had changed her mind.
Thinking back to his birthday in the past, Tong Xuelu was always very active in preparing birthday gifts for him.
But he waited for several days, and Tong Xuelu didn't show any expression, so he came to remind her this time, but he didn't expect to hear this!
In the base.
The three chickens of love ate together in the cafeteria.
After the meal, Wen Rugui wiped his hands with a handkerchief, and then opened the package in front of Zhou Yan and Huang Qimin.
Zhou Yan and Huang Qimin had just seen him bring a package to the cafeteria, and they were very curious: "Rugui, your partner sent you something again?"
Wen Rugui's face was indifferent: "Yeah."
He took out a bag of meat jerky from the package, and then showed it to Zhou Yan and Huang Qimin, and put it back.
Zhou Yan: "..."
Huang Qimin: "..."
Could it be that he was deliberately showing off in front of them?
After taking out the meat jerky, he took out the biscuits and put them back, and finally took out an envelope and took out three photos from it.
Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows: "Your partner finally sent you photos? But it's a bit late, we both received it early in the morning."
Huang Qimin nodded.
Wen Rugui: "This is a photo of me and my partner, do you want to see it?"
Group photo!!!
Zhou Yan and Huang Qimin were shocked on the spot.
They haven't taken a group photo yet!
It's not that they can't afford the money, but their partners are embarrassed to take photos with them!
Nowadays, men and women will take photos together only when they are about to get married.
Is Wen Rugui getting married?
The two expressed this doubt.
Wen Rugui shook her head: "No, we just took a photo together."
That's all!
Zhou Yan and Huang Qimin were immediately hurt by this remark.
They didn't take a group photo, and they lost this round again.
Damn!
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