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Chapter 193 Director Xiao Chen
"Xiao Chen, there is a very upright young man outside looking for you!"

At the Foreign Affairs Office, Chen Ru was sorting out information. Today was the day she and Qin Ming agreed to hand over the information, but Qin Ming had not shown up yet. She was wondering whether to go to school to find Qin Ming when she saw Sister Zhang walking in.

Very upright? That must be Qin Ming.

"Thank you, Sister Zhang. I'll go out first." Chen Ru looked happy, picked up the materials and walked out.

"This Xiao Chen has never been so active. It seems that something is going on."

"Sister Zhang, you didn't know before you went out. Our beautiful little Chen took over the job of a little brother. His name was Zhou Zheng. I heard he was a college student from Beiqing. He looked younger than Xiao Chen. I guess these two are getting along."

"Really or not, I also said that I would introduce my nephew to Xiao Chen. Now it seems there is no chance?"

"But let's put it down. How can your nephew compare to a young college student? He is a college student at such a young age. This young man must have an unusual background."

In this era of underdeveloped entertainment facilities, word-of-mouth gossip has become the mainstream. Chen Ru has a good job and a first-class appearance. She attracted the attention of her colleagues as soon as she entered the Foreign Affairs Office, and everyone planned to act as a matchmaker for her. , but because her conditions are so good, everyone has not yet agreed on who to introduce her to, so Cheng Yaojin suddenly appeared, and everyone naturally started talking.

But Chen Ru and Qin Ming were already meeting in the small conference room.

"I knew it was you. These are the information I translated. Take a look at them first. If there are no problems, just give me the other parts."

Chen Ru placed all the information in front of Qin Ming.

"I have translated several books in one week. Is the senior working overtime to finish the work?" Qin Ming did not expect that Chen Ru had translated all the materials. You must know that these are professional materials. Even Chen Ru Ru is a genius, and it would take a lot of time to translate all of this, but now she has actually finished it all.

"Fortunately, it was a little complicated at first, but it will get better gradually. You first have to see if you are satisfied with the things. This is related to the content of my work." Chen Ru knew that Qin Ming urgently needed these things for him, in order to make him To finish the task earlier, she had been sleeping only four hours a day recently, but she didn't want Qin Ming to know about these things, so she took the initiative to change the topic.

"Okay, let me take a look first."

"By the way, I brought this specially for you. It's still warm. Try it and see how it tastes."

Although Chen Ru didn't say it, her fatigue was already obvious. Qin Ming couldn't pretend not to notice, so he took out the lunch box and secretly added two drops of spiritual spring water into it.

"For me?" Chen Ru took the lunch box with some surprise, and opened it directly after receiving Qin Ming's affirmative reply.

"Wow, braised fish!" Chen Ru shouted happily.

Is there anything else that can make a gourmet feel happier when he sees delicious food?
Chen Ru was in this state now. She held the lunch box and placed it on the table very carefully. Then she washed her hands carefully, then came back and carefully picked up a piece and put it into her mouth.

"This taste...um..." Chen Ru closed her eyes and chewed carefully, then opened her eyes after a while.

It's strange that she has never eaten braised fish before. She has also eaten the dishes Qin Ming cooked before. Although it is delicious, the feeling is different. It seems that after eating this piece of fish today, she feels much more relaxed. , as if the fatigue from staying up late these days has disappeared.

Such a good dish should not be eaten like this, but needs to be tasted properly.

Chen Ru closed the lunch box silently, then looked at Qin Ming, "Junior, your fish is so good. I seem to have eaten a lot of stories. Can I take it back and slowly taste every bite of the story?"

Qin Ming: "..."

Logically speaking, the Chen family's conditions were good, and Chen Ru shouldn't have done anything to keep the fish and take it back to eat with her family, but she did just that.

It seems that he still underestimated the tight supply of materials.

"Of course, since it has been given to you, then it is yours." Qin Ming is not the kind of stingy person, not to mention that the person in front of him is a lifelong friend, and Chen Ru has helped him a lot, so naturally he He would also take care of her. He just didn't know about it before, but now that he knows that the situation of the Chen family is not good, he will naturally lend a helping hand.

"That's great, thank you, junior." Chen Ru smiled with crooked eyebrows and carefully put away the lunch box, "There should be no problem with these information. In fact, I took a look at it and I feel better..."

"Hey, what smells so good?"

Chen Ru put the lunch box on the window sill, and the director of the canteen of the Foreign Affairs Office ran over after smelling the smell.

"Director Zhang, my friend brought this to me." When Chen Ru heard the voice, she subconsciously held the lunch box in her arms, driving as if she was afraid of being robbed.

"Ahem, Director Xiao Chen, don't be nervous. I just smelled the smell of meat, so I came here to take a look." Director Zhang also looked embarrassed. He was already old, how could he snatch the food from the little girl?

"Oh, now that you've seen it, go back." As a gourmet, Chen Ru is very protective of her food.

"Ahem, so what? This is Director Chen's friend. He's so handsome. Let's chat. Let's chat." Director Zhang has been dealing with the canteen for many years and can identify the ingredients by smell. Just as he was about to leave, he got angry again. He changed his steps and said, "What about that, Director Xiao Chen, can your friend know how to fish?"

"Director Zhang, what are you doing? My friend came to see me and gave me some food. Isn't that too much?" Chen Ru's smile turned a bit cold, and she unceremoniously accused Director Zhang of meddling in others' affairs. Qin Ming did not make a mistake by bringing him food. Why did Director Zhang look like he was questioning him? Besides, you are just a canteen director in charge of logistics. You just need to take care of your own one-third of an acre. Why are you reaching out here?
Even if she, Chen Ru, is a soft persimmon, it's not because of you. Not to mention that she, Chen Ru, is not a soft persimmon.

"Ahem..." Director Zhang was pretending to cough before, but this time he was choking on his saliva. It is said that people from the Chen family, a handicraft family, look simple but are actually shrewd. He finally realized this today. The shrewd thing was too much. He didn't say anything yet, "Director Xiao Chen, you misunderstood. That's not what I meant."

Director Zhang hurriedly explained, but Chen Ru still had a sullen face and did not appreciate it. Qin Ming also frowned. He just came to give Chen Ru a box of vegetables as a friend. If he got into trouble because of this, then But it was his fault.

"Hey, look what's going on." Director Zhang stamped his feet and lowered his voice, "I won't mince words and just tell the truth, Director Xiao Chen, you know that our canteen has been in tight supply recently. The meat and vegetables have been cut off for a long time. There is nothing else, but there is a very important reception tomorrow. The boss has already sent a message, asking me to bring out the meat and vegetables for the reception no matter what I think of. , I have no choice now, all the connections I can leave have gone, but I can’t do anything if I can’t buy meat and vegetables. I don’t see you here, so I take the liberty to speak..."

As soon as Director Zhang said this, Qin Ming and Chen Ru both thought about it. They had been having a relationship for a long time. Director Zhang wanted to get fish from them. Chen Ru had no way to do this, so she just Looking at Qin Ming, she saw that Qin Ming had sent the things. As long as he had the slightest look of embarrassment on his face, she would find a way to get rid of the job.

But Chen Ru didn't know that Qin Ming had countless things like meat now. As long as there were reasonable and suitable channels, he could exchange some of them, but the foreign affairs office was not in a circle he was familiar with. In his previous life, he could He has no chance to contact these people, so he doesn't know whether Director Zhang can make friends with them.

"Director Zhang, I have to discuss this with my friend first. After all, I didn't catch this fish entirely." Qin Ming did not refuse directly, but Director Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, "That's right, Director Xiao Chen You guys are busy now, I’ll come back later.”

Director Zhang looked at Chen Ru with a pleading look, and then left. Whether he could get the fish or not now really depends on God's will.

I hope that Director Xiao Chen will give her a few kind words for the sake of giving her more vegetable soup. I also hope that Director Xiao Chen, a friend of my friend, can agree to exchange fish for them in the canteen.

Qin Ming didn't know Director Zhang's entanglement, and was thinking about this matter in his mind.

It is very risky to trade in the pigeon market in this era. If you are caught, you will have to receive education even if your things are gone. But if you exchange materials with the collective, it is to support the construction. The collective thanks the individual for his selfless help and gives money. It is a normal and reasonable thing to wait for something to be given in return, but the Foreign Affairs Office is special. If he gets supplies for others, this matter will never be hidden from anyone who is interested.

"Brother, if you feel embarrassed about this matter, I will go and help you. You are a college student and you have to do homework every day. How can you have time to catch fish in the river, let alone catch fish for our Foreign Affairs Office in a big way? , this matter will have a bad impact on you, and it will have an even greater impact on your friend."

Chen Ru, like Director Zhang, didn't know that Qin Ming was making things out of thin air. She was just planning for him carefully, "You don't know, something is not right now. If we take one step, we have to watch many steps in the future." ”

Huh?
Chen Ru seemed to want to hint to herself. Could it be that the Chen family had already received some news?

This is not right. It is now 59, and there are still more than six years before the strong wind. It is impossible for the Chen family to predict this so early, right?
"Senior sister, what do you mean by this? Have you heard any bad news?"

"I can't tell you these things yet. Don't worry, junior fellow. You are an outstanding talent in our Beiqing. Just study and do your homework with peace of mind. Don't worry about other things. If there is anything, I will come to you." Half of Chen Ru's news came from the Chen family and half from her Foreign Affairs Office, and then she digested and summarized it herself. Now everything has not been decided, and it is not easy for her to tell others. She only told Qin Ming, although she said She was saying this, but in fact she was already arranging a retreat, and in this retreat, she included Qin Ming.

"Director Zhang, he is actually a nice person, and he is also a person who can keep secrets. If there is no problem with your friend, he can help you. The relationship with the Foreign Affairs Office is actually useful. If it is inconvenient, this matter I will go and push it for you..."

Seeing that Chen Ru changed the subject, Qin Ming did not continue to pester, "In that case, I can agree to this matter. Fortunately, my home is next to the Yongding River, and my friend is an expert in this area."

"That's it, I'll go find Director Zhang right now." Chen Ru didn't waste any words and quickly found Director Zhang. The two parties agreed on a time to deliver the fish, and then Qin Ming left the Foreign Affairs Office with the information.

The Qin family was naturally lively in the evening. The fish that Qin Ming cooked was large, but it was so delicious that I couldn’t hold it back. In the end, I finished the big pot of fish, and even the remaining soup was eaten by several children. They ate them with steamed buns, which made Qin Ming very worried that the fish bones would get stuck in the throats of these little guys. But obviously, his worries were a bit unnecessary, because these kids just chewed up the fish bones and swallowed them. .

As soon as the rooster crowed for the first time the next day, Qin Ming got up.

He put the cart in the yard into the space, then climbed over the wall and ran out of the courtyard. Qin's father and Qin's mother felt young because they were old. Opening the courtyard door by himself would disturb them, so he climbed over the courtyard wall and ran towards the city. go.

Seeing that he was about to arrive at the Foreign Affairs Office, Qin Ming found a deserted alley, took out the cart and the barrel, poured the prepared river water into the barrel, and then put the fish in. After all this, Qin Ming pushed the cart out of the alley.

Director Zhang of the Foreign Affairs Office has been waiting at the door for a long time. Just when he thought Qin Ming would not show up, he saw a figure walking towards this side. When he saw the other person pushing a cart, Director Zhang immediately went over to meet him, " Comrade Qin, you are here, I thought you would not come today."

"Since I agreed to Director Zhang, I have to count. My friend took advantage of the night to get these things. It was inconvenient for him to show up, so he asked me to deliver them to him. Let's go in first and talk about it?" Have you exchanged supplies? question, but Qin Ming didn't want to leave any trouble. These words explained where the fish came from. It was done secretly at night. This matter cannot be made public.

Director Zhang is naturally a good person for being able to hold a managerial position in the Foreign Affairs Office. He immediately understood what Qin Ming said. Although the street lights were not very bright and he could not see clearly what was loaded on the truck, the dark and moving things could not be seen clearly. Young Master, it seems that this friend, Director Chen, is very particular about his work.

"Let's go in first. Don't worry, Comrade Qin. I will keep my mouth shut. If your friend has anything else in the future, I can send it to you myself or ask you to send it to me. We will never treat you badly." Thinking about our farmer brothers.”

After entering the kitchen of the Foreign Affairs Office, the lights turned on and the fish in the bucket could be seen clearly.

"hiss……"

Director Zhang took a deep breath.

I originally thought that a few fish would be good, but I didn't expect that the bucket was densely packed with fish, and they were quite big. It was estimated that they would weigh dozens of kilograms each and not be lifted.

It seems that I have to give my friend Director Xiao Chen a big thank you gift.

(End of this chapter)