Chapter 34 Dinner with colleagues Dapeng followed the instructions and came to Zhoujiazhuang. "Fellow villagers, is this Zhoujiazhuang?" Dapeng asked the villagers who were working. "Yes! You are?" "I'm Zhou Yimin's childhood friend. We live in the same courtyard. He asked me to come here to inform you that the parts you want have been prepared and you can go to the city to get them. Oh, and there's a tricycle, drive it back to him." When the villagers heard that Yimin’s friend was their friend from Zhoujiazhuang, they hurriedly wanted to take Dapeng to rest and drink some water. When the old branch secretary received the news, he immediately assigned several young people to go into the city and drive the tricycles from the steel plant back. They had all determined the location of the water well and were just waiting for the parts. In order to get the water well closer to their homes, each family had a lot of arguments. In the afternoon, Zhou Dafu and his team went into the city to find Zhou Yimin, handed the tricycle to Zhou Yimin, and then used a ox cart to pull the parts of the water pressure well back without stopping for a moment. The village is waiting to build a pressurized water well! Chow Tai Fook and his people know what is important and what is not. Zhou Yimin asked them to tell his grandparents that he was having dinner with his colleagues tonight and would be back tomorrow.
After pulling the parts back to the village, almost all the villagers went out to dig four water pressure wells before dark. They had participated in the construction of the water pressure wells that day, so they knew the steps. Chow Tai Fook went to his great uncle's house and told them that his sixteenth uncle would not be back tonight. Grandma was a little disappointed, but grandpa expressed his understanding, saying that it was only natural to get together with colleagues and build good relationships. When night was about to fall, Zhou Yimin slowly came to the courtyard of Section Chief Wang, carrying a basket with five pounds of beef in it. Let's have hotpot! Beef is good. In fact, various meatballs, sausages and the like are also suitable for hot pot, but it is difficult to explain why we take those things out, so we just give up. "Uncle, is Wang Weimin in this yard?" Zhou Yimin handed a cigarette to an uncle at the gate of the courtyard. The old man took the cigarette and said with a smile, "Are you the workers from Weimin? Several of you have come. Come in quickly! He is in the backyard. You can see him when you go in." "Okay! Uncle, thank you!" Looking at Zhou Yimin's figure, his eyes fell on the basket, and the old man envied Wang Weimin. It was not the first time that they saw Wang Weimin having dinner with his co-workers. Compared with other people in the courtyard, Wang Weimin's family eats well. As expected of a purchasing agent. When Zhou Yimin came to the backyard, he saw his colleague standing at the door of the section chief's house smoking. When they saw Zhou Yimin, they immediately shouted, "Yimin, here." "Yimin, would you like one?" Someone handed Zhou Yimin a cigarette. Everyone's eyes involuntarily fell on the basket in Zhou Yimin's hand. Tonight's main dish was inside. Upon hearing the news, Section Chief Wang came out and said, "Just arrived? I thought you couldn't find the way." Zhou Yimin handed over the basket: "Go get the meat, but you only got five pounds." Just get it? My colleagues are speechless and can’t complain, you are so awesome!
When Section Chief Wang saw it, he was delighted. "Wow! This beef is delicious, perfect for hot pot. Okay, wait and eat!" Section Chief Wang came into the house carrying beef. Zhou Yimin also followed him in and said hello to Section Chief Wang’s wife. "Hello, sister-in-law!" Section Chief Wang’s wife has short hair and looks very refined. Although she has given birth to three children, she still has a graceful figure. "You are Yimin? Lao Wang has mentioned you to me often these days. Come on, treat yourself as your own family, don't be polite." After saying that, she asked her three children to say hello. Zhou Yimin took out a few coconut candies and distributed them to Section Chief Wang’s three sons. Yes! All three are sons. Everyone envied Wang Weimin, but only Wang Weimin was sad and wanted a daughter. The children were well-mannered and did not take it immediately, but looked at their mother. Wang Weimin's wife was a little surprised because she had never seen this kind of candy. In fact, coconut candy was only produced in the past two years, and many people have not seen it yet. "Yimin, this is the first time I've seen candy like this." Then, she nodded to her children and said, "Hurry up and thank your Uncle Zhou." "Thank you, Uncle Zhou!" The oldest child takes the candy and then distributes it fairly. The younger brother saw that the wrapper of one of his candies was wrinkled, so he asked his older brother to give him a new one. Zhou Yimin smiled and said, "This is coconut candy from the south. I heard it was only produced in the last two years. It has a coconut flavor and is pretty good. You guys should try it too." As he spoke, Zhou Yimin took out another one. When everyone heard that it was produced in the south and had a coconut flavor, they were curious and came up one by one to take one. "So this is what coconut smells like, so nice!" Coconut is a product of the south. People in the north have never even seen it, let alone eaten it. Outside the door, there were still a dozen children wandering around. Although they didn't come closer, they glanced over here from time to time. Zhou Yimin and others could see what they were thinking. Zhou Yimin was not stingy and waved to them: "Come here." Then, give one to each of them. Zhou Yimin bought a pack of 40 pills at the store. There were a few pills left, so he simply gave them to Section Chief Wang’s three sons. Before the three little ones had time to be happy, their mother took away the candies, saying that they could not eat so much candy and put it aside. This is also an old tradition of the parents, and some of the candies were even melted. You can’t tell that Section Chief Wang is also a good cook. He cut the beef into evenly thin slices. After all the ingredients are prepared, the hot pot stove is brought out and we are ready to eat. Section Chief Wang took out two bottles of Xifeng Liquor.
This is also one of the most famous wines nowadays. Two bottles are definitely not enough. Other people also brought some wine, but it was not as good as Section Chief Wang’s Xifeng wine. "Come, let's have a drink to congratulate Yimin..." Section Chief Wang took the lead in raising his glass. Everyone said a lot of nice things. Everyone carries the fancy sedan! Besides, this time, I was able to have a meal of beef thanks to Zhou Yimin, so naturally I would not be stingy with my praise. Section Chief Wang’s wife and the child quickly “ate their fill”. This round, they spent almost two hours eating and drinking before leaving, feeling very satisfied. "Old Wang, do you think Yimin has a girlfriend? How about my cousin introduce him to someone?" Wang Weimin's wife couldn't help but suggest while cleaning up the mess. The more she looked at Zhou Yimin, the more she felt that he was a rare talent. It would be better to introduce him to her cousin instead of letting such good things flow to outsiders. Zhou Yimin himself is good-looking and generous, as can be seen from the fact that he brought five pounds of beef to the dinner party and distributed candy to everyone. Moreover, Lao Wang said that although Zhou Yimin had only been employed for a short time, he was very capable and could invent things. The whole factory publicly praised him and he was promoted two levels. You can't find a man like this even with a lantern. You can find one if you are quick. "Suqin? Yimin may not like her personality." Wang Weimin said with a wry smile. He had met his wife's cousin before. She was a very strong person and most men couldn't stand her. "How do you know if you don't try? What if Yimin likes women like that?" "Okay! I'll ask some other day." Three percent commission, should it be reasonable? I struggled with this commission for a long time. Too much is not good, too little is not attractive. (End of this chapter)