Siheyuan: Start with a Truck Driver

The seventh day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar is auspicious.

Early in the morning, the No. [-] state-run canteen was busy, but a sign was hung at the door saying it was closed for one day.

Today is Wang Weidong's big wedding day. As the chief chef of the second state-run canteen, he has this face.

Director Yao was entrusted with the important task of collecting gifts.

A table was set up at the entrance of the cafeteria, and if guests came, their names would be written on them in wool notes.

Although the original owner is a licking dog, he is still a very good person. He likes to help others on weekdays, so there are many guests.

In this day and age, the gift money in Ningzhou City was basically six yuan, and the few who gave ten yuan were all relatives of the Liu family.

However, there are exceptions, such as He Wenhui who is standing in front of the table.

She took out 20 yuan from her pocket, put it on the table, and said in a low voice, "Director Yao, please write it down."

The appearance of He Wenhui made Director Yao unable to deal with it.

He knew that the girl's name was He Wenhui, and he also knew that the 20 yuan she handed over was a gift money.

but.

He Wenhui is Liu Hongchang's ex-wife. There is only one possibility for the ex-wife to come to her ex-husband's wedding.

That's here to mess things up!

Director Yao's face suddenly changed when he thought of this, and he couldn't help coughing twice.

The six sons who were receiving guests behind him heard the voice, turned their heads to look over, and saw He Wenhui at a glance.

I shouted in my heart: Woah, something is wrong!
If He Wenhui makes a big fuss at the wedding banquet, the second canteen will become famous, and the master's face will be lost.

Today, apart from the relatives and friends of the Liu family and friends of Liu Hongchang, there are also some leaders, especially the manager of the aquatic product company, who cannot be offended.

Thinking of this, Liu Zi couldn't stand anymore, he walked over quickly, and decided to sacrifice himself to block the eye.

"Oh, isn't this Wen Hui? I haven't seen you for a few days, and things are getting better than before. Today is the day of master's wedding. If master knows you are here, he will be very happy. It's just that there are many people in the venue. He has to entertain guests, so he can't come out to greet you in person."

He Wenhui knew Liu Zi's thoughts, and smiled bitterly: "Liu Zi, you are still so talkative, and I know your thoughts, but don't worry, I am not here today to find trouble, and I will not enter the venue. Gift gold, wish, wish him happiness"

While speaking, He Wenhui's nose was a little sore, tears came out, she couldn't speak anymore, she covered her mouth and ran away.

Seeing her disappearing figure at the end of the road, Director Yao smiled wryly and shook his head: "Humans just don't know how to cherish. When you lose it, it's too late to regret it!"

The appearance of He Wenhui was just a small episode. After Wang Weidong knew about it, he didn't care.

The wedding banquet was held amidst the excitement, and this time the second dining hall also spent a lot of money, and the tables were all hard dishes.

Braised fish in soy sauce, spicy prawns with Dongpo pork knuckle, braised pork with preserved vegetables, mouthwatering chicken.
To buy so much meat, money is secondary, mainly because tickets are hard to come by.

Now when young people get married, the work unit will also approve some vouchers, but it is far from enough.

That is to say, Wang Weidong can rely on the mountain to eat the mountain, and the second canteen has meat tickets allocated from above every month, otherwise it is really not enough.

The wine for the wedding banquet was old Fen wine. Wang Weidong originally planned to use Moutai, but after careful consideration, he gave up.

For one thing, the taste of Moutai is actually not as good as old Fenjiu.

Secondly, Moutai's reputation is too great. Although he has been qualified as the head chef, his level is not enough. It is too eye-catching to use Moutai to entertain guests.

In case of being stabbed by someone with malicious intentions, a punishment cannot be escaped.

Although Wang Weidong doesn't drink alcohol on weekdays, he can drink a lot. Anyway, he can pour the wine into the space warehouse when the glass is brought to his mouth.

Therefore, it has been able to achieve a thousand cups without pouring.

Those comrades from the fishery company were also old alcoholics. Seeing Wang Weidong drinking one cup after another, they also had the idea of ​​a competition.

"Hong Chang, today is your day of great joy, let's drink a double happiness first."

"Come, come, make a fortune in four seasons!"

Naturally, Wang Weidong was not afraid of them, and poured one cup after another into his stomach, leaving Manager Liu Hong dumbfounded.

"Okay, a hero in wine!"

While talking, he took out a ticket from his pocket and stuffed it into Wang Weidong's pocket:

"Next time, when those Northeast guests come, I must invite you to accompany me for a drink.

You don't know, they can drink it.

This TV ticket should be regarded as a reward given to you in advance. "

TV ticket?
Wang Weidong was overjoyed, he was really sleepy and offered pillows.

These days, I am distressed by the boring nightlife, so someone gave away TV tickets.

These days, TV sets are a rarity, and most workers' families don't have them at all.

Wang Weidong was not polite either, he patted Liu Hong on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Manager Liu, it's interesting, don't worry, next time those comrades from the Northeast come, I will definitely let them have a pair, a pair! "

Of course, Wang Weidong would not think that Liu Hong gave away such a precious TV ticket just because he asked him to accompany him.

In the final analysis, it was still about wanting to build a relationship with Du Shengyuan and getting cucumbers from him.

"Let's just talk about it! By the way, do you still have cucumbers?"

"Yes, if others want it, if your brother wants it, then you must have it!"

The two old foxes looked at each other and smiled, and they both saw the plan in each other's mind.

A grand wedding banquet ended in great excitement. Da Lanzi, as a happy mother-in-law, watched Wang Weidong and Yang Maixiang standing at the door to see off the guests, and the corners of her eyes suddenly became moist.

It's Yang Maixiang who is sensible, and she said yesterday that all the gift money from the wedding banquet will go to Da Lanzi.

But can Da Lanzi ask for this money?cannot!

It was stated on the spot that the money would be used as the starting capital for the young couple.

Although he didn't ask for money, Da Lanzi's heart was warm.

Yang Maixiang's ability to do this shows that she respects her mother-in-law, and it also shows that she regards the Liu family as her own.

It's not like the white-eyed wolves of the He family who snatched away all the gift money from last time.

The only wish now is for Yang Maixiang to get pregnant as soon as possible so that the Liu family can carry on the family line.

After seeing off the guests, I helped clean up the banquet scene, and it was already dusk.

Yang Maixiang was talking with Yang's mother, and Liu Hongchang was about to slip out to sprinkle water when he was stopped by Director Yao.

"Hong Chang, come here for a while."

"What's the matter? Sneaky."

"Oh, keep your voice down, don't let Mai Xiang hear you."

Director Yao looked around and saw that there was no one else around, so he whispered, "Today, He Wenhui also came to hand over the gift money, which is still 20 yuan."

"Who? He Wenhui?" Wang Weidong rubbed his ears to make sure he had heard correctly, and he was a little dazed for a while.

"Why didn't I see her?"

"She handed over the gift money and left." Director Yao looked at you Wang Weidong meaningfully and said, "Yang Maixiang is a good girl, you are not allowed to do such things that turn heads."

"What are you thinking! Am I, Liu Hongchang, that kind of person?" Of course Wang Weidong can't do that. No matter how beautiful He Wenhui is, who can stand her family's white-eyed wolves?

Wang Weidong frowned, and thought of another thing, the list of rites should be shown to Yang Maixiang, so that he can repay the favor in the future.

He stared at Director Yao and said, "Brother Yao, did you write He Wenhui's name on the gift list?"

"No, no, can I be that stupid?" Director Yao said with a smile, "I just want to remind you."

"understand!"

Wang Weidong turned his head and left. Since He Wenhui's name was not on the gift list, let's pretend that there was no such thing!

As for the gift money, the He family owed Liu Hongchang more than 2000 yuan, and a mere 20 yuan was nothing.

Regarding He Wenhui's thoughts, Wang Weidong didn't want to speculate, he didn't have that much time to spare now.

After the wedding banquet, Wang Weidong took Yang Maixiang to the largest department store in Ningzhou City.

The original name of the department store was Ningzhou No. [-] Department Store, but after so many years, there was no second department store, so Ningzhou City called it Department Store.

Unlike the supply and marketing cooperatives that sell groceries, the goods sold here are relatively high-end items.

Such as Dacron fabrics, TV sets, Northeast fur, ginseng and the like.

The items are high-grade, and the price is naturally not low. What's more, you need special tickets to buy these items.

Therefore, ordinary employees cannot come at all.

Entering the department store, the aunts who were eating melon seeds just looked up, then lowered their heads and chatted.

Although Wang Weidong and Yang Maixiang are wearing brand new clothes today, they are not Chinese tunic suits with four pockets, so there is no need to treat them enthusiastically.

It was also the first time for Yang Maixiang to come to a department store, and she seemed very curious, wandering around and touching things.

It quickly aroused the dissatisfaction of a salesperson aunt.

"Girl, this is the fabric from Yangcheng, don't touch it!"

"Ah~ I'm sorry, I'm just curious." Yang Maixiang was reprimanded, and lowered her head aggrieved.

Wang Weidong next to him was unhappy, and said with a smile: "Comrade, from what you said, you can't choose when you buy things?"

"I just can't pick it! What's the matter with you!" The saleswoman's aunt was also arrogant, her eyes widened and she wanted to quarrel with Wang Weidong.

"Okay, you are arrogant, let's go, let's go buy a TV."

Wang Weidong has seen many such people in this era, relying on a little bit of power in his hands, blowing beards and staring at the masses.

There is no need to compare with such a person.

But the saleswoman's aunt was not happy, she ran out from the counter, grabbed Wang Weidong's clothes: "Hey, why do you talk like a comrade, why am I so arrogant?

You have read this cloth just now, and you can’t buy it, so take the money and the cloth ticket and come out!

"

Wang Weidong was stunned, good guy, there are people who blackmail people like this, it's really a knife to the ass--opened my eyes.

Yang Maixiang is not that kind of weak temperament, she immediately pulled away the salesman's hand: "Are you still unreasonable? We just took a second look, and we have to buy it? I've also looked at you once, can it be Can I take you home to be an old mother?"

When the salesperson's mother heard this, she was so angry that she almost gasped: "What are you talking about, girl! To tell you the truth, if you don't buy these two pieces of cloth today, you don't want to leave!"

It was only then that Wang Weidong noticed that the two batches of cloth that the salesperson pointed to were earthy green, and the texture seemed to be a little messed up.A lot of dust has fallen on it, it can be seen that it has been stored here for a long time, and it should be a defective product that cannot be sold.

It seems that I was not targeted for no reason, the other party wanted me to help them get rid of the leftovers.

Isn't this clearly bullying people!

Of course Wang Weidong quit, and Yang Maixiang went all out, arguing loudly with the saleswoman.

Soon a few people attracted the attention of customers and other salespersons, and they surrounded them one after another.

Seeing more and more people, the aunt of the salesperson regretted it a little.

Just as Wang Weidong thought, these two pieces of cloth are leftovers from the department store, and if they can be sold at the original price, the salesperson will get an extra reward.

Seeing that Wang Weidong and Yang Maixiang are the kind of unassuming and honest people, the aunt of the salesperson thought that honest people would be easy to bully, so she made such a bad move.

Unexpectedly, both of them have soft-tempered temperaments, and they don't accept softness at all.

When Wang Weidong saw that there were more people, he felt happy in his heart.

No matter what era you're in, you have to be reasonable, right?
He turned to face the crowd, pointed to the two pieces of cloth and said: "The big guy came to judge, and my partner and I came to buy things, just looked at these two pieces of cloth, this aunt asked us to buy the cloth, isn't that right?" Buy and sell by force! Also, you guys can take a look, these cloths have been hanging here for a long time, they must be defective products, is it a bad conscience to sell such things to customers!"

The masses were already dissatisfied with the salespersons in the department store, and they echoed Wang Weidong's words.

"That's right, how can I let others buy it after just looking at it!"

"I see, this aunt is blackmailing people!"

"Hey, what can we do? We only have a department store in Ningzhou. If it is in the capital, she would dare to be so arrogant?"

Inside the store, there was a lot of noise, and two cars drove up quietly outside.

The car stopped on the street in front of the department store. A middle-aged man in a Chinese tunic got out of the car and ran to the car behind to help open the door.

"Director Li, slow down, don't touch your head."

The middle-aged man called Director Li got out of the car and stood below, looking up at the mighty department store.

He smiled and said, "Guangshan, you have kept the department store in order these years. After this inspection, you should have improved."

"Hey, Director Li, with your good words, I, Liu Guangshan, you also know that no matter where I work, I am a professional." Liu Guangshan, the director of the department store, narrowed his eyes with joy.

He reached out to hold Director Li's arm, and said with a smile, "Director, please, let's go check it out now."

Director Li patted him on the shoulder: "I can rest assured that you are doing business. Your department store is a banner of our Ningzhou City. Originally, such things as inspections can be avoided, but you also know that this is a necessary procedure. "

After finishing speaking, he turned his head to look at the inspectors with him, and said, "Comrades, you must inspect with a serious and responsible attitude later. We must be responsible for the department stores and the people of Ningzhou."

"Understood!" The three inspectors took out notebooks and pens from their pockets.

Seeing this emotion, Liu Guangshan sighed in his heart, this director Li is really an old fox, he speaks grandly, but doesn't show mercy at all.

However, he was not worried. The department store was fully prepared for this inspection.