"I'm so sorry, bro!"
Da Zhuang found the representative of the partner he had dinner with before. After hearing what Da Zhuang said, the representative slapped his forehead.
"What we did was not authentic," the representative was originally quite happy that he would have a place to find the taste of hometown when he missed home, but he did not expect that there would be problems again.
"I'll call and ask right now! Don't worry!"
As the person in charge said this, his face darkened and he called the manager.
"Hello? Mr. Liu!" The manager's voice sounded very flattering.
"Xiao Liu, I want to ask you something. What's going on with that western suburbs project? Didn't I tell you about it?" Mr. Liu's voice sounded far less scary than his expression.
The manager could not see the impending storm on Mr. Liu's face. "Oh, it's like this, Mr. Liu, I checked. Li Zhuang's team is just a small workshop. It's not safe to hand over such a large project in Xijiao to them. This is Longteng Company, a large company with good qualifications... I just thought..."
"You just think it's time for you to be the boss of my company, right?"
"Mr. Liu?" No matter how dumb the manager was, he could tell something was wrong.
"I've seen that Li Zhuang's company has good qualifications in all aspects, and the cases his team has done are all excellent," Mr. Liu said in a deep tone, "Are you dissatisfied with my judgment?"
"I'm not... I'm doing this for the sake of our company..." came the manager's panicked voice.
"Okay, stop talking." Mr. Liu became more and more annoyed as he listened. "Pack up and go to the Human Resources Department to complete some formalities. Then you can go to Longteng to be a manager."
"Mr. Liu!"
Before the manager could finish his words, Mr. Liu hung up the phone.
"I'm so sorry, brother," Mr. Liu said, rarely showing any shame.
He swore to Da Zhuang that he would give him the project, and even drank with him and became friends with him, but in the end, his own men interfered.
Really...
Li Zhuang was feeling a little depressed, knowing that there was probably no turning point in this matter, so he forced a smile and said, "Okay... Thank you, Mr. Liu..."
He was about to leave in a state of despair. How was he going to explain this to his brothers
"Don't go, brother," perhaps because Dazhuang's expression was too depressed, Mr. Liu couldn't help but call him back.
As if he had made up his mind, "I have another project..."
Li Zhuang couldn't help but his eyes lit up again.
Mr. Liu walked quickly back to his desk, opened a drawer, took out a well-kept document, and handed it to Da Zhuang, "Take a look at this."
"See if you can do it?"
Da Zhuang wiped the sweat from his palms, took it and looked at it, his eyes widened.
It is the Government Building Renovation Agreement.
"I just got this order not long ago," Mr. Liu said with a serious expression, "I am also a small company, and this order is very important to me, so I must do it well."
Li Zhuang carefully looked at the area that needed repair and the time limit, "I can do it."
"We can do it within this deadline." He said as he quickly screened suitable building materials in his mind.
Mr. Liu paused and said, "Brother, can you give me a plan? It doesn't have to be too formal. Just make it clear. Let me know that you have a plan."
"No problem." Da Zhuang agreed immediately, "I'll wait for you in the store at the same time tomorrow, okay?"
"Okay!" Mr. Liu also agreed happily.
As soon as Dazhuang got home, he went straight into the house and couldn't be called out even when it was time for dinner.
Mrs. Tong brought in a bowl full of vegetables and rice.
When he came out, he was still laughing. "What kind of plan are you writing in the room? You can't even recognize all the words. You have to look them up in the dictionary."
"Okay," Ding Sha also smiled, "Brother Dazhuang just told me that he will invite Mr. Liu tomorrow and asked me to prepare some things."
"Some hope is better than nothing."
After dinner, Ding Sha was studying the recipe of palace pastries in the room when Tong Saozi knocked on the door and came in.
"Shasha, are you busy?"
"No, just looking around and thinking about it," Ding Sha asked her to come in. "What's wrong, Sister Tong?"
“No... it’s just that when the time comes, you can just deduct the money that Dazhuang spent on meals and treats these days from my salary..." Mrs. Tong felt a little embarrassed.
Not only are you eating and living here for free, but you're also treating me here. I feel really embarrassed.
"No need," Ding Sha shook his head, "It's just a meal, why would I need to spend money?"
"Why not? How can this be free of charge?" Mrs. Tong looked gentle but actually very stubborn.
Ding Sha talked for a long time but couldn't defeat her, so he had to agree to her request, but he thought in his heart that he should just deduct less as a token of his appreciation.
The next day, Ding Sha got up and first went to see Xiao Ping'an, who had just woken up and was mumbling something in some foreign language. He kissed his little face, played with him for a while, and then went into the kitchen to check today's ingredients.
She planned to make a braised duck with bean curd sticks and steamed pork patties with salted egg, and finally a Chinese cabbage with oyster sauce.
Cut a piece of lean meat into pieces and then chop it into flakes. Then mix it evenly with light soy sauce, oil, salt and starch, spread it evenly on a plate, then put two salted egg yolks on the surface and steam it.
Steamed pork patties with salted egg is a dish that is more popular among the elders in Guangdong, maybe because it is more traditional
Ding Sha remembered that Mr. Liu enjoyed his meal that day and he ate mostly traditional Cantonese dishes. He thought he would like the steamed meat patties with salted egg.
As expected, Mr. Liu's eyes lit up when he saw the food. "Steamed meat patties with salted eggs?!"
He couldn't wait to take a bite, "It tastes so good!!!"
He spoke a few words in Cantonese while eating, but perhaps because he had been wandering around for too long, his speech didn't sound quite authentic.
But he enjoyed eating it very much.
At the end of the meal, there was still only one empty plate left on the table. Mr. Liu sighed and said, "It's been a long time since I had the taste of home..."
"After so many years of wandering, my household registration has changed, my accent has changed, and sometimes I really don't know if I am still a Cantonese..."
He recalled playing on the street as a child and finally sighed deeply.
When leaving, Ding Sha handed a packed box to Mr. Liu, who was stunned for a moment.
"A little snack for you," Dingsha said with a smile.
Mr. Liu took it and couldn't help but open it in the car on the way back to the company.
A box of beautiful rice cakes was neatly placed in the box.
Mr. Liu didn't know what to say for a moment.
He actually doesn't like eating rice cake.
When he was a child, his family sold rice cakes, so no matter how hungry or craving for rice cakes he always had, he could eat rice cakes. One time he ate some and vomited.
At one point, he thought he would never eat rice cake again.
Until he left home, he never tasted rice cake that tasted like that again.
Mr. Liu looked at it quietly for a while, then picked one up and put it in his mouth.
It’s still the same taste, the taste that I wanted to escape from day and night when I was a child.
But this time he ate very quickly and with great relish.
Maybe I miss home.
Mr. Liu wiped his face.
Author's side note: Yesterday's supplement is for everyone!!
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