When I got busy, time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye it was already dinner time.

Tong Jiangkun, Li Yajuan, Wang Yanqiu and other colleagues packed their things one after another, took off their red vests, and carried their shoulder bags to get off work.

Seeing that only Li Yajuan and Han Xiaowu were left in the office area, Zhang Lili greeted: "Xiaowu, the secretary knew that he would say beautiful words. If she didn't greet you, I would like to greet you. I would treat you at noon today. Dongmei, don't go back, go to hotpot with us!"

Han Xiaowu quickly shook his hand: "Director, don't be so polite."

"Director, you go and eat with Xiaowu. I'll go home and have everything at home."

Zhang Lili was talking and doing things in a hurry, holding Xu Dongmei's arm: "What are you going back? Let's go together! Xiaowu, I'm not far away, right downstairs."

"Director, why not, let me invite you at noon."

"How can I ask you to pay for it? Besides, I have a coupon, and it will expire if I don't go to eat it!"

"Okay, then I'd better obey my orders than respect." Han Xiaowu didn't want people to feel hesitant, so he agreed in one go. At the same time, he made up his mind and asked them to sip together when everyone had time.

The three of them took the elevator downstairs, walked twenty or thirty meters along the pedestrian street, and came to a hot pot restaurant.

Zhang Lili took out her cell phone from her bag, found out the bargaining link, walked in and asked: "Beauty, can this package be used at noon?"

"How many of you can do it?" The waiter took the phone and looked at it, then handed it back to her.

"Three."

"Please sit in the table No. 6 and No. 8."

"What about this?" Zhang Lili raised her phone again.

While walking in with the three of them, the waiter smiled and replied: "No hurry to do this. I will tell you to the bar that the pot and dishes of the set meal will be served first. If it is not enough, you can use your mobile phone to scan the QR code on the table to add the dishes, and then check out the set meal coupons together when you finish the purchase."

"Okay, thank you."

Hotpot is not a stir-fry. As soon as the three of them sat down, they took out tissues and wiped the table, and the waiter served the bottom of the pot.

It was obviously not the first time Xu Dongmei came here, so she got up and walked to the left: "Director, Xiaowu, the ingredients are inside, you have to make them yourself. There are free cold dishes, fruits and tremella soup over there, so I'll get some side dishes and fruits first."

"Xiaowu, go and get more side dishes."

"Director, I'm not in a hurry. You go first, I'll help you see the bag."

"That's fine, then you drink some water first."

As he was talking, the waiter brought the menu over and watched the waiter serve the dishes one after another, while crossing out the names of the dishes with a ballpoint pen.

One serving of fat sheep, one serving of air-carrying goose intestines, one serving of black chicken rolls, one serving of duck gizzards, and two servings of vegetarian dishes. The original price includes the bottom of the pot, which is 183 yuan, and after the bargaining, it is only 39.9 yuan! Han Xiaowu ate various hot pots, but the per capita consumption has never been less than 15 years old. Looking at the hotpot on the table, he thought to myself, can the boss make money by opening a store like this?

At this time, Zhang Lili came over with shredded tofu and two small cold dishes of kelp shredded: "Xiaowu, see if it's enough? Order it if it's not enough, don't be polite to me!"

Frankly speaking, the small fat sheep on the table not only has a small quantity, but also has a bad appearance. You can tell at a glance that it is not cut immediately, but it has been cut early and frozen into rolls. When customers order it, they count the dressing plates. If you only talk about eating, Han Xiaowu likes to eat freshly cut beef, tripe and yellow throat, but today it is someone treating him, why is he so embarrassed to add dishes? He quickly got up and said, "Enough, enough, we are only three of us, and we can't eat too much if we order too much."

"Then let's eat first, if there isn't enough, then order it."

...

After the mutton was put into the pot, one person picked up two chopsticks and disappeared. The black chicken roll was similar to the mutton.

As for the duck intestines, Han Xiaowu didn't know whether it was air-carried Han Xiaowu. He only had a thin layer, and the bottom was full of ice. The portion of the duck gizzard was unsatisfactory, and at least one person could eat one.

In Xu Dongmei's opinion, today's lunch was already very luxurious. Like Han Xiaowu, she was embarrassed to order it again, but went left and right to pick up small cold dishes to fill her stomach, and even helped to serve three small bowls of tremella soup.

Although the amount of dishes is not large and the pot base of this restaurant is not very authentic, Han Xiaowu ate it with relish and felt that it was better than the hot pot I had eaten before.

The pot bottom and hotpot are in the bargaining set meal, and there is no need to pay for it, but the small ingredients and tableware have to be paid separately.

Zhang Lili went to the bar to pay the bill, and took Han Xiaowu and Xu Dongmei, who had eaten and drunk enough, out of the hot pot restaurant, muttering: "Narrowns cost money, if I had known, I wouldn't have used his napkin!"

Han Xiaowu held back his laughter and comforted her: "Director, we have only been fooled once, we will know next time we come."

Xu Dongmei couldn't help but laugh: "Director, next time I ask, I will cut the price and have coupons."

"You, keep it and bring the children to eat. Hotpot is delicious once a while, but it's always bad." Zhang Lili took out the electric car key from her bag and asked while walking outside the pedestrian street: "It's only twelve o'clock now. Xiaowu, are you going upstairs or go back and rest for a while?"

"I'll go upstairs. I'm just here for the first time and don't understand a lot of things. I want to be familiar with it."

"Okay, then you go up. The activity in Wangchi is at 3:30 in the afternoon. Then you will go with Yajuan, Yanqiu and the others. Dongmei, where are you?"

"I'm going home, and the clothes I washed in the morning are still in the washing machine. I have to go back and take them out and dry them."

"Okay, we'll go back to our house."

"Thank you, Director."

"Well, what a big deal!"

Han Xiaowu was very moved when he watched the director and Xu Dongmei leave.

After all, their salary is not high and they live a careful life. For them, today's hot pot is similar to a big meal. I was thinking that a meal might not be enough to repay this favor, but suddenly I found that Ganlan Ramen was right in front of me.

The owner of the ramen shop family is both the target of united front, and there is only one customer in the shop at this moment. Han Xiaowu had a whim and walked into the shop and looked at the middle-aged man sitting at the bar playing with his mobile phone and asked, "Hello, is the boss here?"

"I'm just eating noodles, big bowl or small bowl? The menu is on the wall. If you want to eat something else, look at the menu."

"Sorry, I'm not here to have a meal."

"What's the matter?"

Han Xiaowu asked with a smile: "Boss, are you Ma Delu?"

The boss was stunned for a moment, and spoke Mandarin with a strong northwest accent, and looked at him in confusion: "Yes, I am Ma Delu, how do you know?"

"Boss Ma, I am from the community. My surname is Han and my name is Han Xiaowu. I am responsible for the United Front Work and Youth League Committee. Our director asked me to visit you to see if you have any difficulties that need to be solved."

The community is upstairs, and Ma Delu often deals with the community. He thought that your community can take care of everything, but in fact, it can't control anything, so he simply put him on: "Is it difficult to have a bad business?"

"Sorry, the business is not good...I...I really can't help. Even if I want to come and take care of your business, I can't eat ramen every day, so I can't stand it."

"The rent is too high. I earned some hard money from getting up early and going to bed late every day. I am working for the landlord. Can you tell me about it?"

"I can't help with renting."

"Then there is nothing to say, I have only these two difficulties."

Han Xiaowu didn't feel that the minority compatriot who left his hometown to open a ramen restaurant in Anhai was difficult to deal with. Instead, he felt that he was quite humorous. He took out his mobile phone and opened the lock screen: "Boss Ma, I said it was a difficulty other than these two problems. It seems that you have no other difficulties for the time being. Otherwise, we will add WeChat first, and if you encounter something else in the future, you will send me WeChat."

Boss Ma may think that Han Xiaowu's arrival is a bit redundant, so he reluctantly picked up his phone and added WeChat.

Han Xiaowu didn't want to affect his business and was about to say goodbye when a young woman wearing a black turban lifted the curtain and walked out of the kitchen.

"Boss Ma, who is this?"

"My cousin, I just came the day before yesterday, what's wrong?"

"I just arrived, where do I live?"

Boss Ma said impatiently: "Live with us. If you don't live with us, where can she live!"

Han Xiaowu thought that the director of the building in the community he rented would definitely not know, otherwise he would report it in the morning. Thinking of this, not only did it involve another ethnic minority compatriot in the community, an additional united front target, but also involved the management of foreign population. He subconsciously looked at his cousin and reminded him: "Boss Ma, your relatives must not apply for a residence permit when they come. When the afternoon is no longer busy, can you take some time to ask your cousin to bring your ID card and go upstairs to register."

"I understand, I'll take her there later."

"We go to work at two o'clock, and full-time grid workers come at two o'clock."

"Isn't it just looking for Xiao Xu? I know."

"Do you know Xu Simin?"

"Let me say that, I know everyone in the community except you! Did you go to the opposite side with Director Zhang and Xiao Xu just now? I can see clearly."

"Just know each other, I'll trouble you."
Chapter completed!