Chapter 350 Not Simple
Not long after they were seated, the waitress who had greeted them at the door knocked on the door and asked if they could start serving the food.
Hu Yaoqing specifically asked Luo Yang and Song Yuanchao what they thought, and when he saw that they had no objection, he nodded to the waitress to indicate that the dishes could be served.
Don't underestimate Hu Yaoqing's action. His seemingly ordinary action not only shows his good family education and quality, but also gives the guests a sense of respect.
After meeting Hu Yaoqing, Song Yuanchao has been paying attention to his actions and judging what kind of person Hu Yaoqing is. As he gets to know him better, Song Yuanchao's evaluation of Hu Yaoqing becomes higher and higher. He is a smart man, a capable and resourceful man, and in short, he is not an ordinary person.
The food here is good. After all, the chef who can cook here must not be an ordinary chef, and the food he makes is certainly not bad. It's just that the taste of the food is a bit bland, maybe because this place often entertains different guests.
Although this taste was a little unfamiliar to Song Yuanchao, who had a strong taste, he could accept it. What's more, the dishes and ingredients were rare and good things.
As for the two bottles of wine that Hu Yaoqing brought, they were really good wines. Song Yuanchao had drunk a lot of good wines in his past life and now, but this was the first time he had drunk such good wine. This wine was mellow and fragrant. Compared with ordinary Maotai, it lacked a bit of strong sauce aroma, but it still maintained the aftertaste of wine aroma. At the same time, it had a long taste with a hint of soft sweetness...
Drinking wine, eating food and chatting at the same time.
Hu Yaoqing was good at talking and creating an atmosphere. He talked about a lot of past events at the dinner table, including his own, his past with the Lin and Luo families, and other people's.
In addition, it was unexpected that Hu Yaoqing had served in the army, but his service was very short and he retired early and returned to Beijing. But when talking about his past as a soldier, Hu Yaoqing vividly told the funny story of being forced to raise pigs in the army, and the funny part made everyone laugh.
"Come on, let's drink a toast to our fading youth!" Hu Yaoqing stood up and proposed, raising his glass.
Luo Yang and Song Yuanchao stood up together, clinked their wine cups together, and drank it all in one gulp.
Finish the drink and sit down.
Lighting up a cigarette, Hu Yaoqing said with emotion: "Time flies so fast. So many years have passed in the blink of an eye. Thinking back to when I was a little kid, the days seem so slow..."
At this point, Hu Yaoqing shook his head: "People are so greedy. When I was a kid, I always wanted to grow up quickly. But when I grew up, I wondered why the days passed so quickly."
Luo Yang didn't think much of this, but when Song Yuanchao heard it, he also felt a little emotional. He was a person who had experienced life, and life was just as Hu Yaoqing said, the ignorant teenagers hoped that time would pass faster, but when they grew up, they suddenly found that time passed too fast and hoped that time could slow down.
"Brother Qing, you don't want to be a poet, do you? Why do you suddenly feel like this?" Luo Yang asked with a smile.
"Poet? Come on, I don't have that talent. I'd rather be an ordinary person in my life."
"and you……?"
"Oh... it's hard to describe!" Hu Yaoqing sighed, poured the wine and drank it in one gulp, then put down the wine cup and said, "I have been messing around doing nothing these past few years. The old man doesn't like me anyway, and he keeps nagging me whenever he sees me. But you all know me, I am lazy and not as motivated as others. To put it bluntly, I love to play and enjoy myself, and I can't stand hardship."
"I know I'm not cut out for big things, but no matter what, every time I see the old man looking so disappointed in me, I feel bad. Besides, there's a limit to playing. If you play for a long time, it's just the same. People get tired and exhausted. Yangzi, Yuan Chao, don't you think this is true?"
Luo Yang nodded in agreement, and Song Yuanchao also nodded slightly. However, he knew in his heart that Hu Yaoqing's words were probably just an introduction. Today's meal would not be just a casual chat between friends. Hu Yaoqing must have invited Luo Yang for a purpose, and it seemed that he was about to get to the point.
"I remember that Brother Qing, you are on a temporary assignment in the department now, right?" Luo Yang asked after thinking for a while.
"You said it was a temporary position. A temporary position is just a title. It's just a deputy section chief in a cold office in the ministry. It doesn't matter whether you go to work or not. To put it bluntly, it's just a job."
Hu Yaoqing shook his head, looked at Luo Yang and then at Song Yuanchao, and said with emotion: "You are still the best. College students from the Imperial University will be given important positions no matter they are employed by government agencies or units after graduation."
"Haha, Brother Qing, what you said is nothing special about being a college student. You are not interested in going to college, otherwise you would have been a college student a long time ago."
"That's right!" Hu Yaoqing slapped his thigh and agreed, "If I wanted to go to college, I would have done so a long time ago, but I didn't think highly of it at the time, so I didn't go. Do you know why?"
Hu Yaoqing answered the question without waiting for Luo Yang and the others to reply, "The reason is very simple, because this university is different from yours. You got into the university based on your real talent. I don't admire anything else, but I admire people with ability the most. To be able to get into the university based on your own ability is a real talent. With so many people competing for so many places across the country, you must have fought your way out of a huge crowd!"
Hu Yaoqing gave them a thumbs up and continued, "It takes real ability to pass the exam. Recommendations are useless! I'm not like some people who think they are college students just because they have the title of worker-peasant-soldier college student. I, Hu Yaoqing, would never brag like that."
Hu Yaoqing's words were clearly a mockery of Zhang Liming, because Zhang Liming got his university diploma in this way. With Hu Yaoqing's family background, if he really wanted to go to the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University, he would have been able to do so. But he chose not to go because he looked down on it.
Whether or not one can get into university is one thing, but studying at a workers, peasants and soldiers university when one clearly does not have the ability to get in is another. This is Hu Yaoqing's attitude towards university. This is consistent with Song Yuanchao's view, and it also makes Song Yuanchao feel more favorable towards Hu Yaoqing.
As he spoke, Hu Yaoqing continued: “I admire people with real skills, Yuan Chao, Yangzi, you are this!”
Shaking his thumbs up at them, Hu Yaoqing said, "Besides, going to college is not enough. Yangzi, I heard that you are doing really well in business in Dashilar. Needless to say, these two points alone make you much better than me. Come on, everyone, have another drink. I admire people like you!"
Clink glasses and drink it all.
Putting down the wine cup, Luo Yang smiled and shook his head: "Brother Qing, don't mention Dazhalan anymore. You may not know that I have stopped doing business there a long time ago."
"Yes, yes, I almost forgot." Hu Yaoqing seemed to remember something and slapped his forehead and said, "I've heard that it was Granny Zhang who did it, right?"
When he said this, Hu Yaoqing deliberately gave Luo Yang a look, with a faint smile on his lips.
Luo Yang was stunned. He chuckled twice and did not answer while pouring wine. If it was Zhao Minglei, Luo Yang would not deny it, but when it came to Zhang Liming, it was hard for Luo Yang to say. After all, Zhang Liming was not an ordinary person. In addition, the man in front of him had always been at odds with Zhang Liming. If he said something bad about , who knows what Hu Yaoqing would say next, so Luo Yang could only pretend to be deaf and dumb.
"You are good in everything except this. Granny Zhang is not a tiger, so why are you afraid? You are being bullied to the point of being scared?" Seeing that Luo Yang was silent, Hu Yaoqing complained, "I know all your bad deeds. Can you really hide them from me?"
"Yes, Granny Zhang didn't show up herself, but aren't Zhao Minglei and Wang Juan his people? And that old bear who was arrested some time ago, isn't he Zhao Minglei's lackey?"
Hu Yaoqing said with some disdain: "Grandma Zhang is a person of character, how could she do such a despicable thing? Apart from other things, you and him are childhood friends who played together. This guy doesn't even care about this little friendship , and sneaks around and does dirty things behind your back. He is simply a piece of shit!"
As he spoke, Hu Yaoqing saw Luo Yang trying to explain something, so he raised his hand to signal Luo Yang to listen to him first.
"Don't tell me this isn't true. If you really say that, then you don't treat your brother Qing as your brother. Although I'm usually unreliable, I know how to be loyal. Yangzi, do you think I heard it from hearsay? You're wrong! To tell you the truth, Wang Juan has been hanging out with me for the past few months. Do you think I don't know something about it? Besides, I also know Zhao Minglei, and he's been to my place twice. Can their private dealings escape my eyes?"
Hu Yaoqing pointed at his own eyes, then at the table in front of him: "Your story is not a secret. If you ask someone, you will know everything. Add to that the stories of Granny Zhang, Wang Juan, and Zhao Minglei, and the truth will be right in front of you, right?"
"Yangzi, you should have come to me in the first place. Don't you think of me as a brother? You should have come to me earlier when this happened so that I could settle it for you! Others are afraid of Granny Zhang, but I'm not afraid of her! Hey, why did you back out? When I think of this, I feel sorry for you."
Hu Yaoqing shook his head repeatedly with a look of regret, then suddenly remembered something, slapped the table and laughed, "But then again, God is watching what people do. The old coach once said, it's not that there is no retribution, it's just that the time has not come. When the time comes, everything will be repaid! Isn't Zhao Minglei like this now? Old Xiong won't be arrested? Isn't that bitch Wang Juan dumbfounded? And that old lady Zhang, hahaha, if I guess correctly, this guy might be so angry that his face will turn blue behind closed doors. Yangzi, awesome! Awesome!"
The last two words "Niu" came out of Hu Yaoqing's mouth. At the same time, Hu Yaoqing looked up and down at Luo Yang with a smile that only heaven and earth know, you and I. Luo Yang's hair stood up instantly and his face changed slightly.
