Gu Qi raised his eyebrows in surprise and walked quickly forward.
"Old Guo, why are you here just now?"
In the afternoon, his wife told him that he must go and invite Director Guo. No matter whether he would come or not, it was reasonable to make a trip.
He first distributed peanut candies to various departments, and then went to the government building to find Lao Guo.
Unexpectedly, Director Guo went out to do some business and still hadn't come back.
Gu Qi gave his secretary a dozen peanut candies and explained the purpose of his visit to Lao Guo.
The secretary happily ate the candy and said in a rare straightforward manner that he would wait for the factory director to come and tell him the good news immediately.
He thought that even if Lao Guo knew about it, he would at most just congratulate him and would not attend such an occasion.
Unexpectedly, after the banquet was over and the guests had left, he unexpectedly showed up, and was late!
Director Guo turned his head and saw him, then smiled kindly.
"I'm late. Can't I even get the last glass of wine?"
Gu Qi smiled silently.
Chen Xingling quickly moved aside and made an inviting gesture.
"Please come in! The wine prepared for you has been kept, waiting for you to drink it!"
Director Guo laughed and joked, "Is it true or false? Don't leave only empty bottles! I was a little late in getting here, and I heard from the secretary that Gu Qi was going to treat us to a meal at his new home. At first I thought it was at the first floor of Linjiang, but the secretary said it was on Shuiyue Road, so I thought about coming over, but I was pulled away for something else, and I only had time to come over now. I asked the driver to find us, but I still missed it."
"You're late, but it doesn't count as missing you." Chen Xingling greeted him warmly, "Come in, come in! Driver, come in and have a drink too."
Director Guo has begun to look around the garden under the bright moonlight and lights.
"Wow! It's really amazing! Is this a Hui-style building? Or a Su-style garden?"
Gu Qi invited the driver to come in together, and then followed Lao Guo to introduce him.
"I just randomly referenced some of the designs, but I didn't expect the result to be so good. The garden outside was designed and arranged by my wife, and it has a very pastoral feel."
"It's really nice." Lao Guo praised: "If you come here tomorrow, the scenery will probably be better. The black tiles on the walls, the swaying bamboo leaves, and the green grass all over the ground are really quite romantic."
After a pause, he praised: "It is worthy of being arranged by a scholar. It is well arranged and looks very pleasing to the eye."
Chen Xingling laughed: "I just did it casually, sorry to make fun of you."
Gu Qi smiled proudly and said that he had to go to work every day, and his wife had been working hard to take care of the garden from the time he bought the land to the time the garden was built. He could not help much, and it was all thanks to his wife.
When Director Guo heard that it was the homestead given by her natal uncle, he turned around and looked at Chen Xingling in surprise.
"When I was your witness, I half-jokingly said that since Aqi is from another place, it would be easier for him to settle down here if he married a local. See! Was I right?"
Gu Qi and Chen Xingling looked at each other and smiled happily.
"Thank you for your kind words! Thank you!"
Director Guo looked around and asked, "Where is that bad boy in your family?"
Chen Xingling smiled and replied, "He's hiding in the study. I don't know what he's doing."
Since coming to his father's side, Xiao Huzi has learned Gu Qi's habit of reading and drawing at night. Earlier, when everyone was busy, he hid in the study and played chess with himself.
The adults are very busy and have no time to play with him. They just hope he can be good and not make trouble. As long as he doesn't act naughty, they let him do whatever he wants.
Chen Xingling saw that Lao Guo's face was full of fatigue, and the driver also looked hungry.
"Director Guo, have you had dinner with the driver? Although the banquet is over, there are still a lot of fresh ingredients in the kitchen. Eat some to share the good times."
The driver smiled awkwardly and whispered, "I... the factory manager and I haven't eaten yet. He's been busy... he hasn't even had a glass of water since the evening."
"Ah!" Chen Xingling quickly ordered: "Aqi, take Director Guo and the driver into the living room first! I'll go get the hot soup!"
Director Guo was a little embarrassed and asked, "Is it too much trouble? We can just sit down and have a drink of water and leave. It's too late and we don't want to bother you for too long."
After all, the banquet was over, so it was fine if I missed it, but it would be a shame to trouble the host to find food again. After all, it was not easy to prepare food so late at night.
"It's not a big deal. It can be done in a few minutes." Chen Xingling ran to the kitchen.
Gu Qi invited Director Guo and the driver into the living room and gave them a brief introduction.
The large living room had been tidied up, and even the floor had been mopped clean by Ma Dali, leaving it spotless.
Chen Xingling had just packed a roast duck and made the excuse that he couldn't finish it, as there were several more at home, so he asked the brother and sister to help finish it.
In the end, Ma Dali had no choice but to accept it.
Chen Xingling sent the brothers out, turned around and went to the kitchen. He found that Zhao Xiaoxing and Gu Yi were almost done with their work, so he asked them to go to rest early.
She also reminded Zhao Xiaoxing that she had been busy all day and if there was anything that had not been finished, she could come back the next morning to help.
The leftovers on the table were snatched away by my mother-in-law, and there were still a lot of fresh ingredients and soups left in the kitchen.
Chen Xingling asked them to come over every morning to help with eating and also bring dinner together to avoid wasting such good ingredients.
At present, Gu Yi was worried that his old mother would force them to live on the first floor of the house facing the river, so he listened to the advice of his eldest brother and sister-in-law, and used all his salary from last month to pay off the monthly rent, and renewed the lease until next spring.
His old mother ordered them to move out, but he lied and said that the previous landlord required them to rent the place for more than half a year, otherwise he would not rent it. So he simply borrowed money from his eldest brother and his wife and rented the place until the spring of next year.
His old mother was so angry that she scolded him for spending money recklessly and demanded that he give up the lease.
He pretended to agree, and then told her the next day that the landlord refused. The landlord also said that he could move out anytime he wanted, and that the money would not be refunded anyway because it had already been written in the contract.
The money had already been paid, and moving out would only waste it. His mother scolded him severely, but in the end she was forced to agree that they continued to rent a house outside.
Even though she repeatedly warned us that we must move there in the spring of next year, that time was still a long way off, and by then the bridge would be straight to the bow, and we would always find a way to deal with it.
After all, times have changed. He is no longer the boy who asked his family for money. He can make money on his own, and he has his elder brother and sister-in-law to support him. So he comforted his wife that there is no need to worry, let alone be afraid.
Most of the money I have is spent on rent, leaving only a little money for my own use.
Gu Yi didn't want to eat at the first floor of Linjiang to avoid listening to his old mother's nagging and cursing, and he also didn't want his wife to be ordered by his old mother to do a lot of housework after she passed away. So he had already made up his mind that before he received his salary for this month, he would come to his eldest brother and sister-in-law's place from time to time to eat and drink.
Hearing his sister-in-law say that there were still a lot of food left, Gu Yi immediately agreed happily and said that he would have dinner here for the next few days.
Chen Xingling was very generous and readily agreed, asking them to go and rest first.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they left, Director Guo arrived at his door.
Chen Xingling touched the big pot and found that the chicken soup was still warm, so he scooped out a large pot of soup, threw four slices of instant noodles in, cut a few small cuttlefish and threw them in, plus a few fish balls made in the afternoon.
The pot was boiling hot. She turned around, cut half a roast duck, and a piece of honey-glazed pork belly, and quickly placed them on a plate.
After cutting the meat, she scooped out two plates of pickled apricots and a dish of cold seaweed.
At this time, the noodles were almost cooked. They were served in two large bowls, sprinkled with a handful of chopped green onions, and quickly placed on the table one by one.
Director Guo asked in surprise: "It's been less than a minute, and you've done so much in a short time?"
"They are all ready-made." Chen Xingling replied with a smile: "It's not a problem at all."
It was nearly eight o'clock in the evening. Director Guo and the driver were very hungry. They didn't bother to exchange pleasantries and quickly started to eat.
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