Seven dishes and one soup, four meat dishes, two vegetarian dishes and one cold dish.
As soon as Chen Yang served the first dish of beef tenderloin with Hangzhou pepper, Ma Shanfeng and Mao Xiaoli came up with chairs. When he served the second dish of chicken wings with ginger and honey, Zhang Qiudao came down from upstairs.
This was the first time they met. Zhang Qiudao was already 20 years old, but he had a baby face and was about 175 cm tall. He liked to wear black clothes, thinking that he looked mature, but in fact he was always spraying pesticides with a mobile phone in his hand.
"A disciple of the Zhengyi Sect, Zhang Qiudao." Zhang Qiudao nodded at Chen Yang, then dragged a chair from inside the house and sat down at the table.
The courtyard of the branch office is quite spacious, with some flowers and plants planted, and a large water tank next to it, with lotus buds blooming in it. The scenery is pleasant, quiet and beautiful. There is also a round stone table in the courtyard, with no chairs. It is still around six o'clock, the sky is a little dark, and the sunset is hanging in the sky, but it is still clear.
So Chen Yang decided to eat in the courtyard, where the breeze was gentle and it was not hot and quite cool. The environment was also good. As for the many mosquitoes in summer, one or two mosquito repellent talismans could solve this problem.
"Chen Yang, the new director of the branch."
Zhang Qiu said, "Please give me more advice in the future."
Chen Yang smiled, and his mood improved. He always felt that Zhang Qiudao was very reliable, a fourth-grade Heavenly Master who was polite, and he would receive orders every month with a high completion rate. He had good reviews, good performance, and was enthusiastic about work. His surname was Zhang. He remembered that the founder of the Zhengyi Sect had the surname Zhang. What a fate!
It is easier to get things done when you have a close relationship. Finally, I have a reliable colleague.
Thinking of this, Chen Yang's eyes were filled with relief.
When all the dishes were served, Zhang Qiudao and Mao Xiaoli stood up to get the bowls, chopsticks and rice cooker. Chen Yang took off his apron, washed his hands, sat on the chair they had brought out for him, and chatted with Ma Shanfeng.
"Your family member hasn't arrived yet?"
Chen Yang glanced at the time: "It's almost time."
Ma Shanfeng smiled and said, "Are you also from the same group?"
“I guess so.”
At this time, Mao Xiaoli's voice came from the room: "Ma Shanfeng, where is your wine hidden?"
Ma Shanfeng: "Don't talk nonsense, I don't hide alcohol."
"Stop it." Mao Xiaoli leaned out of the window and shouted, "Hurry up and tell me! The director is cooking for us today and it's the first time we're meeting his wife. Don't be stingy."
"You can only take one bottle of plum wine and one bottle of bayberry wine from the wall behind the portrait of our founder in my office. You are not allowed to take anything else."
Mao Xiaoli said twice, "I don't drink white wine."
After a while, Mao Xiaoli held two bottles of fruit wine in each hand, all of which were plum wine and bayberry wine brewed by Ma Shanfeng himself. When she opened the bottle caps, the faint aroma of wine and fresh fruit aroma came to her nose, taking advantage of the summer evening breeze and a table of delicious food, which made her mouth water.
Zhang Qiu said, "I'll go get some ice cubes to freeze the wine first."
At this moment, the sound of a car shutting down was heard at the door. Chen Yang's eyes lit up: "He's here."
As soon as everyone saw him, they knew that the person coming was Chen Yang's boyfriend, so they all stared at the door. Then they saw a tall, handsome, and majestic man walk in.
Mao Xiaoli and Zhang Qiudao looked at each other and said, "Sorry sir, we are not accepting orders now. If you need it urgently, please place an order on the Dafu app first and we will take it."
Du Shuo glanced at them indifferently, and they all felt a chill down their spines. They couldn't help but raise their heads and straighten their chests with a look of alertness. Especially Mao Xiaoli, who felt as if she had seen him somewhere before. When she met Du Shuo's eyes, she suddenly remembered Director Du Beidu of the General Administration.
The two gave her the same feeling, but this was impossible. The two people looked nothing alike, so Mao Xiaoli was confused.
Among the few people, Ma Shanfeng was the calmest. He greeted them with a smile: "Are you there? Qiudao, go get another chair. Xiaoli, go to my office and get a bottle of white wine."
Zhang Qiudao and Mao Xiaoli didn't understand what was going on, and thought Du Shuo knew Ma Shanfeng, so they went into the house to move chairs and get some wine.
Chen Yang touched Ma Shanfeng's calm eyes, "You—"
Ma Shanfeng waved his hands, obviously knowing everything.
Chen Yang sighed, the older you are, the wiser you are. He didn't say anything, but Ma Shanfeng knew that Du Shuo was his girlfriend. And he was so calm even though his girlfriend was a man.
In fact, Ma Shanfeng had guessed it as early as the second day Chen Yang moved in. What kind of woman could be so possessive and suck so hard to leave a large kiss mark? When Du Shuo came in, the look in Chen Yang's eyes easily confirmed his guess.
It's just that the couple became husband and wife. Deputy Director Ma said that when he was young, he traveled all over the country and saw all kinds of monsters, let alone a young couple. But looking at Du Shuo's demeanor, he is probably a big shot.
Deputy Director Ma may not be as talented in Taoism as others, but he is accurate in judging people by their appearance.
Zhang Qiudao brought out a chair, and Ma Shanfeng asked Du Shuo to sit down. Mao Xiaoli came out with a bottle of white wine and a bucket of ice in her other hand.
Ma Shanfeng took the liquor and asked Zhang Qiudao to get out his set of tea-making tools.
Zhang Qiudao held his arms still, with a stern look on his face, and refused to obey orders.
Ma Shanfeng had no choice but to say, "I will write a good report on your order this time."
He then went into the house to get the tools for making tea.
Ma Shanfeng said, "Fruit wine should be drunk cold, while white wine should be drunk warm. What's your name?"
"Spend."
"Du?" Ma Shanfeng glanced at Du Shuo, and his relationship with the director of the General Administration, Chang Beibei, flashed through his mind. Then his heart shuddered and he threw these thoughts out of his mind.
This was not something he could explore.
"Brother Du," Ma Shanfeng said to Zhang Qiudao and Mao Xiaoli after greeting them, "This is the director's target."
Zhang Qiu said: “!”
Mao Xiaoli: "Sister-in-law?!"
puff.
Chen Yang almost spit out the fruit wine he had drunk, and although he stopped, he still choked. Du Shuo patted his back to soothe him, and when he recovered, he poured him a glass of water: "Drink slowly."
After Chen Yang finished drinking, he took the cup and put it down, saying, "If you want to laugh at me, don't choke yourself." Then, he glanced at Mao Xiaoli and said, "Just call me Du Shuo, forget about 'sister-in-law'." He took a sip of the wine and said, "If you want to call me sister-in-law, call Yang Yang."
Chen Yang almost choked again and pinched him: "Don't talk nonsense. Xiaoli, just be the same as before. As for him, do whatever you want."
Mao Xiaoli smiled awkwardly and buried her head in eating a mouthful of food. As soon as she put it into her mouth, her eyes suddenly widened: "It's delicious."
She looked up to talk to the others, but she found that Zhang Qiudao had already sat down and was eating, with the food piled high in his bowl. Although Ma Shanfeng drank slowly and watched their conversation with a smile, he was actually picking up food just as fast as Zhang Qiudao.
"Cunning!" After saying that, she buried her head in eating, not willing to be outdone, for fear that if she was a step slower all the food would be eaten up.
These horrible colleagues with deep scheming hearts acted so shocked at first. In the end, they just wanted to eat all the food secretly by themselves. Mao Xiaoli thought angrily.
Chen Yang couldn't help but laugh. He thought some people would be surprised or uncomfortable, but in their eyes, his partner being a man was not as attractive as the table of dishes he cooked.
After dinner, Mao Xiaoli slumped in a chair, holding her stomach, looking at the starry sky and muttering, "It's so delicious. Brother Chen, the person who marries you is so lucky."
Mao Xiaoli, who has relied on takeout instant noodles for three years since leaving home to work on her own, seems to have realized the true meaning of happiness in life at this moment.
Chen Yang: “Exaggerated.”
Mao Xiaoli: "No." She gave a thumbs up: "This is Brother Chen's cooking skill, right Zhang Qiudao?"
Although Zhang Qiudao didn't sit like Mao Xiaoli, he was not bored playing games. Hearing this, he nodded. He added, "It's delicious."
Ma Shanfeng smiled and chatted with Du Shuo. Since they both loved tea, they talked about it.
After looking at each other, I always feel that they are of the same generation. Du Shuo looks thirty years younger than Ma Shanfeng, but his calm temperament makes it impossible to associate him with an impulsive and energetic young man.
Chen Yang sat next to Du Shuo, leaning on his back, with all his weight on him. The latter did not move at all, and his posture remained upright.
The stars are exceptionally bright and numerous tonight.
Chen Yang peeled a candy and just put it in his mouth, he noticed Du Shuo's gaze. He quickly put the candy in his mouth and raised his head with an innocent look.
"The fourth one today."
Chen Yang secretly shook the corner of Du Shuo's clothes, blinked, and acted coquettishly silently.
Du Shuo moved his body, raised his hand to pinch Chen Yang's neck, and said coldly: "This will not happen again."
Chen Yang raised his palm to indicate his oath, and secretly looked at the others. He found that some of them were sipping tea, some were daydreaming, and some were stargazing and studying the constellations seriously, so he breathed a sigh of relief that no one was paying attention to them.
Little did they know that they were staring at them from the corner of their eyes. They all thought at the same time: Director Chen is such a good wife.
Suddenly, Mao Xiaoli's phone rang. She picked up the phone and said a few words before hanging up. Then she announced to everyone, "A new order has arrived."