Chapter 161 Party
Lin Shu and Gu Jiu were having a big meal at the old house, but they didn’t know that Li Yuanchao braved the wind and cold to help deliver his notice.
Because Gu Jiu went to the provincial capital during this period, and because of her engagement, this period of time was the most normal for Xu Ting in the past year.
Go to work every day, go home from get off work and help Xu’s mother cook together, or go on a date with your engaged partner after get off work.
These days passed peacefully, as if she had forgotten that she had ever liked another man.
When Xu Ming came home from get off work, he heard something moving in the kitchen, put down his briefcase and walked over.
Sure enough, in the kitchen, his mother was wearing an apron and chopping vegetables, and his sister was wearing sleeves and washing vegetables.
"What good dishes have you prepared for lunch today?"
Xu Ting lowered her head to wash the vegetables and replied without raising her head: "Green vegetables and radish."
Xu Minghehe He smiled and said, "Everyone has their own preference for vegetables and radishes. I still like to eat radishes. When I bite a little bit, the juice will splash out. It's sweet and delicious."
Xu Ting said contemptuously: "Those who didn't know better thought you were eating ginseng."
"Haha." Xu Ming touched his nose.
Mother Xu frowned, "Okay, don't talk nonsense here. Your dad is coming back soon. Go and make him a cup of tea. It will be ready to drink when he comes back."
Xu Ming resignedly went to pour water to make tea, when there was a knock on the door outside.
“Who is it?”
Xu Ming put down his tea cup and walked towards the door.
When he opened the door, he saw an excited Li Yuanchao, "Brother Ming, good news!"
"What good news?" Xu Ming stepped aside to let Li Yuanchao come in.
Li Yuanchao did not answer his question immediately, but sighed and said: "It's freezing outside. Make me a cup of hot tea. I'll take a sip of tea before I answer your question."
Xu Ming was about to make tea for his father, so he took another cup, added some tea leaves to the cup, and then poured hot water to brew.
Li Yuanchao didn't care whether the tea leaves were brewed or not. He picked it up, blew it and took a sip, "Brother Ninth is back, and he's asking us to have a dinner at his house tomorrow!"
Shocking!
“Bang!”
The sound of porcelain falling and breaking to the floor came from the kitchen.
"Why are you so careless, kid, and can't hold the bowl steady?" Xu's mother lowered her head and saw the debris on the ground, her pupils shrank, and she hated Li Yuanchao for speaking so freely.
Li Yuanchao turned to look at the kitchen in shock, "Brother Ming, this..."
He didn't know that Xu Ting was in the kitchen.
Had he known she was in the kitchen, he would have held it in.
"I see, how is your work now?" In order to avoid everyone being embarrassed, Xu Ming asked him about his work situation instead.
Li Yuanchao looked away and rubbed his hands on his thighs: "It's not just like that, sweeping the floor in the wind and snow every day, boring and ordinary."
Xu Ming took a sip of tea and shook his head: "Either sell your job, or find connections to transfer out of your unit. At least going to a factory is better than sweeping the streets every day."
Li Yuanchao was stunned. , he did not expect that Xu Ming also persuaded him to sell his job.
Xu Ming may not know at this time that the sanitation department is a real iron rice bowl in later generations, and there is a word in later generations called temporary workers.
Aren’t the street sweepers called temporary workers?
"This matter is important. I need to think about it carefully. Since you have been notified, I will go to Tang Jianjun and the others first." Li Yuanchao smelled the aroma of the food and could no longer sit still.
In this day and age, no one would wait for others to have dinner and rush to the door.
Every household has a quota of food, and the landlord’s family has no extra food, so he dares to invite others to eat.
Of course, Gu Jiu is an exception.
Well, the main reason is that Li Yuanchao can't let go in front of his elders. His brothers said otherwise.
Xu Ming repeatedly asked him to stay, but Li Yuanchao insisted on delivering a letter to Tang Jianjun. He sent him away with a smile, turned around and walked to the kitchen door.
"I don't care what I think in my heart. Since I'm engaged, I'll just wait until I get married. Don't interfere with my dinner parties with my brothers from now on."
Facing Xu Ming's warning , Xu's mother looked at her daughter anxiously.
Xu Ting didn't know whether she heard it or not. She lowered her head and was still washing the green leafy vegetables patiently, leaf by leaf, very seriously.
Xu Ming didn't care whether she heard it or not. He turned around and sat on the sofa to eat melon seeds. Feeling bored, he turned on the radio on the coffee table next to him and tuned a Peking Opera channel to listen.
The time soon came to the afternoon of the next day, and Tang Jianjun and others came one after another. The meeting place was chosen to be at the old house this time. An Fan happened to be helping in the store, so everyone could come over to have a meal together and get to know each other.
Liu Xiao'e attaches great importance to Gu Jiu inviting his brothers to the dinner party. After lunch, she lit another coal stove. There will be many people later and it will be too cold without a fire.
Liu Xiao'e warmly entertained Tang Jianjun and others as soon as they entered the hall. They found that there were two stoves in the hall. The charcoal fire in the stove was burning brightly, and a thick warmth immediately enveloped everyone.
In the past, the roofs of buildings were covered with tiles. This kind of house is not afraid of carbon dioxide poisoning even if it burns coal.
As soon as they sat down, Lin Xiaoyu and Lin Xiaoshuang helped pour water for the guests.
Looking at the little man holding a thermos bottle, Tang Jianjun was frightened and quickly took the warm water, "I'll come, I'll come, you'd better not touch the boiling water if you are so young, be careful of burning it."
Flower picking Passing the thermos bottle in Tang Jianjun's hand, "Brother Jianjun, let me pour the water. You sit down and chat with Brother Jiu."
Gu Jiu looked at Li Yuanchao and seemed to be asking, didn't you mean that Tang Jianjun and that Is Ding Xing talking about someone? Why are the flowers here today?
Li Yuanchao touched his nose, who knew that Tang Jianjun was so philanthropic and could walk among the flowers like a fish in water than any of them.
Look at the flowers. Tang Jianjun was reluctant to even do a small thing like pouring water. He showed his virtuousness to the fullest.
"I'm here, I'm here, how can I let you do something like pouring water?" Liu Xiao'e wanted to grab the warm water first, but was gently blocked by the flowers.
"Mom, just leave this matter alone and let my brother come." Lin Shu pointed to his second brother Lin Guang who came down from the second floor.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Lin Guang came down from the stairs and smiled naively at everyone, "Everyone is here early."
Tang Jianjun didn't notice, and said in a joking tone: "Second brother, I We just arrived, and we are all sitting here waiting for you to make tea for everyone."
"Making tea is a small matter, but we don't have any good tea at home. Don't dislike it." Lin Guang really smiled. Hehe came over to make tea for everyone.
After making tea, he looked around and said, "Hey, Xu Ming hasn't come here yet?"
Tang Jianjun: "cadre Xu has a lot of things to do every day. We don't wait for him. As long as he can arrive before dinner."
"Tang Jianjun, you are talking behind my back again, why do you expect a cadre to have so many things to do every day?"
At this time, Xu Ming walked in carrying a net bag of canned biscuits and glared at Tang Jianjun.
Tang Jianjun didn't take it seriously at all when someone behind his back was bumped into by the person involved. He laughed and said: "To us, you are a cadre when you sit in the office. I am not wrong to call you cadre Xu. If you are not active in gatherings, you What is it if it’s not about taking care of everything?”
"Don't fart for me!"
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