Chapter 41 The dinner storm
Secretary He was dissatisfied when he heard this: "How can that be? It's time to eat. I finally came to me and went back hungry. No, no, no, no, no."
Gu Ting was not a person who could be twisted and turns, so she said straight: "The director takes care of us and we have to go back early. It's too late, and it's not easy to drive on the road."
"Xiao Tao, Xiao Tao, call your Uncle He and ask him to leave two rooms." Secretary He shouted in his throat, and he had already started to arrange the problem of their accommodation.
At this time, a gentle young man with glasses came running with his cell phone: "Okay, OK."
Gu Ting was so anxious that she didn't know which one to stop.
Manager Feng also advised: "Secretary He has a good intention, and there are many opportunities for cooperation in the future. It is rare to come here, don't erase his interest."
Zhang Zhen heard the implication and said with a smile: "Secretary He and Manager Feng are hard to refuse their affection, so we can only respect ourselves rather than obey."
When Secretary He saw Zhang Zhen say this, he immediately smiled and said, "That's right, it's rare to come to the countryside and try the local dishes here."
Secretary He pointed to the young man wearing glasses and introduced to Zhang Zhen and Gu Ting: "This is our college student village official, Xiao Tao. It's not long after graduation, and it may be working."
The three of them shook hands with a smile.
Manager Feng had a driver who took his own car and led the way in front. Xiao Tao drove Secretary He, and Zhang Zhen and Gu Ting also drove his own car. Gu Ting called Zhao Lin and told Zhao Lin that the acceptance was successful and Secretary He could not refuse after dinner. Zhao Lin had to give in another word of safety.
They and their group arrived in the town. This town is called Tangshui Town, which is not big but very famous. Tang means hot water in ancient words. Legend has it that Houyi shot the sun, and a sun fell here and sank into the ground, and a hot spring poured out of the ground in an instant.
A villager in Hegang is the uncle He mentioned by Secretary He, who runs a local restaurant and a homestay in the town.
Uncle He and Secretary He are old relatives, cousins who have been separated by generations. He is a little older than Secretary He, about fifty-six or seven years old.
Uncle He and his wife worked in the south in their early years and earned some money. Later, they got old and came back. The old house at home was dilapidated, so they simply bought a private house in the town, a three-story building and a large yard. After their only daughter got married, Uncle He and his wife were preparing to live their lives.
Unexpectedly, two years later, the town was engaged in hot spring tourism development, and a large number of tourists from surrounding short-distance tours flocked to the town. Uncle He took advantage of the opportunity to renovate and plan the small building and yard. He changed the acre of land in the countryside to grow vegetables and start the business of local restaurants and homestays.
Zhang Zhen and Luo Luo followed Secretary He to a large yard and saw a large plaque on the front of the courtyard gate, which read five big characters from Hejia Local Restaurant, which were vigorous and powerful.
Uncle He received Xiao Tao's notice and had already greeted him with a smile at the door.
In the middle of the courtyard is a three-story building, and there is a couplet at the gate of the first floor: welcoming guests from all over the world and savoring the flavors of east, west, south and north.
Gu Ting looked at it and sighed sincerely: "This Yan style is very well written, plump and vigorous, and magnificent."
Secretary He cast a complimentary look at her. He pointed to the couplet and the plaque, and said proudly: "This is our Principal He's calligraphy. He is the first college student to go out in Hegang."
There is a row of houses to the west of the yard, each with a number on the door, which looks like a place to stay. There is a pavilion at the southeast corner, and a pool under the pavilion with lotus flowers planted inside. Now there are only leaves left. A few koi are raised in the pool and swim happily.
Uncle He sent them into a private room, with a Chinese-style wooden round table in the middle, and there was a sofa next to it. The chairs and sofas were European-style. The walls were covered with magnificent wallpaper, decorated with several Chinese-style flower windows, and some oil paintings of flowers. Gu Ting thought to herself, "Whatever you look like is, you dare to put it in one place."
There were no special rules, so Secretary He and Manager Feng sat down, and the others sat down casually.
Uncle He came to serve in person, and the big dish and Xiaotao had already placed an order in advance and had already started to cook. Secretary He ordered some more symbolically. He introduced to Uncle He: "These two are designers of Jinshanghua, and the design of Dagang Village was made by Xiao Gu and the others."
Uncle He gave Gu Ting a thumbs up and said, "This design is really nothing to say, especially the flower wall is like a fairyland."
"I dare not take it, I dare not take it. Thank you, thank you." Gu Ting hurriedly stood up to thank you.
Although Uncle He is older than Secretary He, he still uses a respectful title to him: "Secretary, tomorrow, our village will be renovated, and my old house will also have a flower wall like this."
Secretary He smiled: "Adapting to local conditions, do you understand? What is your home changed? If you have to listen to the designer, how can you listen to your flower walls? What's the point? Isn't that? Xiao Gu?"
"Yes, it depends on the surrounding environment. The matching is the most natural and beautiful." Gu Ting is good at it.
"Oh, that's it." Uncle He seemed to understand.
"Would you like to ask these two designers for your decoration?" Secretary He also brought the topic to the decoration of the local restaurant.
Uncle He really looked at Gu Ting and Zhang Zhen, and Gu Ting turned to look at Zhang Zhen.
This is a difficult problem. If it is really based on the design, everything here doesn't match, but it's really exciting to say that.
Zhang Zhen said, "The main thing is to like this decoration, and the second is to be comfortable. You are a combination of Chinese and Western styles, and the countryside is interesting, which is very good."
After saying this, everyone here was happy, and Uncle He happily went to arrange the dishes.
After a while, the dishes were on the ground one after another. Xiao Tao took out two bottles of Jin Shiyuan liquor and started to pour the wine. Zhang Zhen wanted to drive, but Gu Ting had never drunk the liquor. The two looked at each other.
"Secretary He, let's have some drinks." Gu Ting had no choice but to ask.
Secretary He shook his head: "How can you do it? How can you not drink when you get to me?"
"Look, Zhang Zhen wants to drive, but I don't know how to drink." Gu Ting pressed the wine glass.
"This one is only 42 degrees. If you can't get drunk, I can even drink a bottle." Manager Feng also joined in and persuaded him to drink.
"Isn't it arranged? You guys have a rest here today and go back tomorrow. Otherwise, I will call Mr. Zhao immediately and ask for her opinions?" Secretary He made a gesture to call.
Zhang Zhen didn't expect Zhao Lin to think that they couldn't even do this, so she said, "Okay, everything is up to Secretary He's arrangement. Gu Ting is a girl, so she shouldn't drink it."
"Pour less, pour less, drink as much as you can." Manager Feng was speaking.
Xiao Tao poured them wine in turn.
Uncle He’s craftsmanship is really good. Chicken, duck and geese are both free-range and delicious. The fish and shrimp are from the reservoir and have a pure taste. Most of the vegetables are grown by themselves in the field, picked now and fresh.
After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food, guests and hosts enjoyed all the fun. Before they knew it, the two bottles of wine had already bottomed out. Secretary He stood up and delivered a speech: "Thank you Xiao Gu and Xiao Zhang for participating in the acceptance. I am very satisfied with the design of the flower on the cake. In the future, we will strengthen cooperation and build Hegang into the most beautiful and distinctive village in the town. Come on, let's do it!"
The dinner was over, and Secretary He did not forget to ask Uncle He to leave two good rooms for Zhang Zhen and Gu Ting.
Winter is here, and there are many outsiders in Suzhou, Shanghai, where you come to Tangshui Town to take hot springs. You can leave from home in the morning, arrive at noon, take a bath in the afternoon, eat local dishes at night, and sleep in the B&B at night, which is very comfortable. So when you get to the night, Uncle He’s business is very good and he’s busy.
Zhang Zhen and Gu Ting were embarrassed to ask him to open a room during this time of visiting guests, so the two of them went to the pavilion in the yard to sit.
"Secretary He asked about decoration, why did you say that?" Gu Ting asked in a low voice. Gu Ting drank about two taels of white wine, but her mind was quite clear.
"If it is decorated here like a five-star hotel, what's the appeal? The farmhouse is just for wild and fresh. This kind of thing is not distinguished from ancient and modern times, but also for the sake of foreign countries. As long as you think it's good and beautiful, just pile it up together, isn't it a pleasure." Zhang Zhen was stumbled everywhere on his body while talking.
Gu Ting looked at him and asked strangely: "It's so cold this day, there should be no mosquitoes."
"I don't know, it's just itchy." Zhang Zhen kept scratching his back.
Gu Ting thought to herself that there might be mosquitoes on the pavilion on the water, so she pulled Zhang Zhen to the lobby on the first floor.
The lights outside were dim. When he went to the lobby, he saw that it was amazing. Zhang Zhen's eyes were scarlet and there were many red spots on his cheeks. He pulled his sleeves up and his arms were covered with red bumps, so he was probably covered with all his body.
Gu Ting was startled and asked in a sharp voice: "What's wrong with you?"
Zhang Zhen looked down and his reaction was very normal: "It's okay, I'm allergic."
"What should I do?" Gu Ting looked at his appearance and felt a little inexplicably wanting to cry.
"I have medicine, and I'm in the bag, and it's fine after taking it." Zhang Zhen said lightly, and the person was already a little soft on the sofa.
Gu Ting hurriedly found the medicine in Zhang Zhen's bag for him, poured him a glass of water and handed it to him. When he touched his fingers, he felt it was very hot. He touched his forehead with his hand, which was also hot, probably causing a fever.
Seeing Zhang Zhen taking medicine, Gu Ting hurried to find Uncle He to ask for a room. Uncle He had just stopped and was shocked when he saw Zhang Zhen's appearance. When he knew that he had taken medicine, he hurried to the front desk to arrange the room.
But I knew that there were a lot of customers today, so the front desk rented out all the rooms in the west. Zhang Zhen and Gu Ting were specially explained by Secretary He, and Zhang Zhen was also allergic to him. He didn't know what caused the allergies, but he couldn't ignore them.
The girl at the front desk was afraid that Uncle He would be angry, so she murmured in a low voice: "Isn't there a big bed room on the third floor?"
Uncle He was a little angry: "That air conditioner is broken! And..."
Secretary He clearly ordered two rooms, but they were colleagues and friends, but they were not lovers yet, so they couldn't sleep in the same bed. Uncle He was old and his eyes were poisonous, so he had no choice but to rub his hands.
"I wonder if there are any beds in the hotel outside?" Gu Ting heard the muttering from the front desk, and she wanted to stay in the hotel outside.
"This, don't worry about it. This point must be full." Uncle He broke Gu Ting's last hope.
"Is there a sofa in the big bed room?" If you had to live in one, Gu Ting could only sleep in the sofa. Judging from Zhang Zhen's situation, he urgently needed a rest.
Chapter completed!