Song Xijiao tore off the precautions, which also listed things to bring to the delivery room and her experience of confinement, and handed it to her.
"Secretary Gu, these are some experiences I summarized when I was pregnant. Please keep them and take a look."
Gu Mingyan took it and said, "Thank you, Mr. Song."
Song Xijiao waved her hand, "Secretary Gu, you're too polite. Just call me Jiaojiao."
"Okay, Jiaojiao."
"Secretary Gu..."
"Um?"
"The land in Qingpu..."
"Alas..." Gu Mingyan sighed, "The government does have other uses for that piece of land in Qingpu. Jiaojiao, it's not that the government doesn't understand you, it's just..."
But what it was, Gu Mingyan didn't say, and Song Xijiao didn't ask. The two seemed to have reached some kind of tacit understanding. They smiled at each other and said no more.
Before Song Xijiao left, she said a lot of things sincerely, such as asking her to relax, asking her husband to spend more time with her, and to call her if there was anything.
This even touched Gu Mingyan.
Yang Peifeng was in a daze from beginning to end. He watched the two of them go from being polite and distant to being arm in arm and calling each other sister in just one hour.
Oh shit!
What the hell happened?
"Leave."
When Song Xijiao was halfway there, she found Yang Peifeng still standing there stupidly, and she was immediately furious.
"Yang Peifeng, what the hell are you still doing standing there? Are you waiting for me to die?"
On the way back, Yang Peifeng held it in for a long time before he could utter a word.
"Mr. Song, you are an expert."
Song Xijiao curled her lips. "In this world, it's harder for women to build careers than men. How can I not give myself some buffs?"
"But, as expected of someone who climbed up from the bottom, he's really tight-lipped."
"So what do we do next?"
Song Xijiao looked out the window with a deep look in her eyes, "Wait."
"wait?"
"Yes, wait for Gu Mingyan to come to me."
“…”
Yang Peifeng was confused again, but he knew that Song Xijiao's waiting was definitely not a wait to die.
Sure enough, the next day, Song Xijiao received a call from Gu Mingyan.
"Jiaojiao, what are you doing?"
"Nothing, I was just thinking about Secretary Gu."
"Oh? What did you miss about me?"
"Missing Secretary Gu, why don't you come to me?"
"Hahaha, Jiaojiao is really so predictable. I really came to see you." Gu Mingyan laughed so hard on the other end of the phone, "I wonder if Jiaojiao is free at noon, let's have lunch together?"
Song Xijiao smiled and said, "I don't dare take you to eat outside. If anything goes wrong, my head will be chopped off."
"Then Jiaojiao said what should we do?"
"Of course I cooked the meal myself to entertain Secretary Gu."
"Then I'd rather obey than be disrespectful."
"What does Secretary Gu like to eat?"
"Anything is fine. I'm not picky."
There is a lively rainbow trout in the pond, and in the vegetable baskets of different sizes are vegetables suitable for pregnant women and wild pea tips. The meat is slaughtered on the same day and wrapped in plastic wrap. There is no blood stain and it is handled very cleanly.
She made the decision after consulting a doctor and a chef, aiming to ensure both nutritional balance and good taste.
Song Xijiao was wearing an apron and busy in the kitchen, while Yang Peifeng was helping her.
"Mr. Song, will Gu Mingyan really come?"
"meeting."
"Will she bring anyone with her?"
After all, politicians' words are lies. Who knows what she is planning?
"It doesn't matter whether you bring people or not," Song Xijiao said as she handled the rainbow trout, "We all need to incorporate our attitude into the details and let others feel your sincerity. Even if the final result is not satisfactory, at least they will remember you, and that's enough."
Yang Peifeng nodded, not quite understanding, "So what should we do next?"
"Next..." Song Xijiao curled her lips, "Of course, I'll wait for Secretary Gu to attend my Hongmen Feast."
“…”The Hongmen Banquet?
Yang Peifeng's hand shook and he almost dropped the spatula.
At 11:30, Gu Mingyan arrived at her house on time. Yang Peifeng opened the door for her and gestured for her to come in. "Secretary Gu, please come in."
Gu Mingyan nodded and responded with a smile. She was not wearing formal clothes today, but casual clothes, which made her look a lot gentler.
There was another man beside her, whose temperament was comparable to Pei Zhiting's, with a scholarly air. Gu Mingyan introduced him:
"This is my love, Qin Yiwei."
Then she introduced her to her lover, "This is the Jiaojiao I told you about, and this is Special Assistant Yang."
Qin Yiwei nodded to the two of them and extended his hand, "Hello, I'm Qin Yiwei."
Song Xijiao wiped her face on her apron and shook hands with him.
"Hello Mr. Qin, I'm Song Xijiao."
Gu Mingyan and Qin Yiwei began to look at the interior decoration of the house. The interior decoration was very simple, mainly Chinese style. There were several landscape paintings hanging in the living room, which looked majestic. There were many flowers planted on the balcony. They couldn’t be named, but they were blooming very brightly.
The kitchen is open, and the aroma of food fills the whole house, whetting people's appetite.
"Jiaojiao, where is your husband?"
"He went to the farm with his precious daughter to look at the cattle."
Gu Mingyan was puzzled: "Cow?"
"Well, a cow. I bought something online last month. The seller said the cow would be tall and mighty, with delicious meat, and that it would be flown in from Scotland. But the cow turned out to be only the size of a size 43 shoe. I seriously suspect the seller was just trying to make fun of me."
Gu Mingyan was amused by her, "So what happened next?"
"And then? Then he was conquered by my daughter. He would sleep in my daughter's arms every day. The cow also worked hard. Under my daughter's care, he grew from a size 43 to a size 44."
Everyone was amused by her, and the atmosphere became much more relaxed for a while.
"Jiaojiao is really good at joking."
"No, seriously. I later looked up what a Scottish Highland cattle is called. When they grow up, they become non-domestic cattle. They are said to be models in the cattle world. If Secretary Gu likes it, I will bring it to you someday to show you."
"OK."
Gu Mingyan chatted with Song Xijiao for a few more minutes and found that she was quite humorous.
She has a lot of knowledge and can talk about anything no matter what is being discussed.
It doesn't feel flattering, and makes people feel good about it involuntarily.
The food was served quickly, including rainbow trout in quinoa rice soup, meatball soup with wild pea tips, tender and smooth emerald tofu soup made with wild peas, pickled pork with bamboo shoots, steamed beef with baby cabbage, steamed egg with clams, shrimp with celery and cashews, stir-fried snow peas, and brown rice.
Gu Mingyan was surprised and said, "Jiaojiao's cooking skills are really good. Just looking at her makes me hungry."
"Secretary Gu, thank you for your praise. Please take a seat."
Gu Mingyan pulled Qin Yiwei to sit down.
Yang Peifeng served the two of them some food, then sat aside tactfully, refusing to join in their conversation.
Qin Yiwei is a professor, and his favorite thing is to study these things. He eats more than Gu Mingyan and asks a lot of questions. Song Xijiao answers them fluently, not like a businessman at all.
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