Chapter 51

Niu Ben and Sun Jie came to the street and looked at the snack bars, either noodles or cooking. Every family was full of customers. Finally, they went to the corner diagonally opposite the bureau and came out with a newly opened dumpling shop. There were not many customers. Niu Ben and Sun Jie found an empty table and sat down. The boss was a tall fat sister-in-law in her thirties. She spoke very high and her rhythm was very fast, like a machine gun.

Seeing Niu Ben and Sun Jie sitting down, they came over and greeted him: Two, let’s have something to come. We have big meat leeks, big meat cabbage, big meat leeks, big meat fennel stuffed with 20 per catty. How many pounds are there?

Niu Ben said: Sister-in-law, you speak so loudly, it seems like a quarrel. Are you afraid of scaring the guests away?

The boss lady said: Brother, my voice can’t be changed. How many kilograms of Ah do you want?

Niu Ben smiled and said: Look at how many pounds we have, just eat enough.

Sun Jie said: Boss, you are from Northeast China, are you?

The boss lady said: It's Ah, sister, are you a pair, right?We just opened and we have eaten delicious food a few more times.

Sun Jie looked at Niu Ben's face and blushed slightly and said: Boss, we are colleagues, from the opposite bureau. This is our Director Niu.

The boss lady smiled and said: Director Niu, I'm sorry, I don't know your relationship. Even if I talk nonsense, what do you eat, just order it. I'll treat you to the boss and sister.

Niu Ben said: If you can treat you, let’s eat something casually, and it will come often.

Sun Jie said: Do you have vegetarian dumplings?

The boss lady said: There is Ah, eggs and leeks filling.

At this time, Niu Ben's cell phone rang. He took it out and saw that it was Yao Gui's. He signaled Sun Jie to continue ordering food and answered the phone.

Yao Ei asked: Director Niu, I am Yao Ei, where are you now?

Niu Ben said: Yao Ei Ah, I'm having dinner with a friend outside. Is there anything wrong?

Yao Yu said: Then you can be busy. I just said that my mother had just returned to me.

Niu Ben said: Have you eaten?

Yao Yu said: I just went back and was about to cook.

Niu Ben said: Then you make it, I'm going to eat it too.

Yao Yu said: I'm fine, I'm dead.

Niu Ben hung up the phone and Sun Jie said: Director Niu, I asked you six taels of meat and cabbage, and I asked four taels of vegetarian stuffing. If it doesn’t work, you can change it.

Niu Ben said: OK, I'm not picky about food, but is your four ounces enough?

Sun Jie said: I often eat four taels, is your six taels enough?

Niu Ben said with a smile: The boss’s wife said she would like to ask for a few kilograms of Ah as soon as she came up. I thought that the dumplings here might be too small to see.

Sun Jie said: People in Northeast China are used to drinking big bowls and eating big pieces of meat, and they are all generous and generous.

Niu Ben said: It seems that you know people from Northeast China very well.

Sun Jie said: My aunt married to Chenyang. I have been there several times and have some contact with people from Northeast China.

Niu Ben said with a smile: I will find a Northeastern partner for Xiao Sun in the future, and his words will be the same as this boss lady, which is very pleasant.

Sun Jie glanced at Niu Ben and whispered: Director Niu, don’t make fun of me, I want to introduce you to a partner like the boss lady.

Niu Ben shook his head and said: I dare not ask for it. I can’t stand it when quarrels every day.

Sun Jie smiled and said: I think this is just right for you, so you don’t have to be polite.

Niu Ben moved his upper body forward and whispered to Sun Jie: I still don’t dare. With a body like the boss’s wife, my husband must be stronger. I’m afraid I can’t beat him.

Sun Jie also whispered: I can't beat it, escape.

Niu Ben just kept saying that the boss's wife and a thin man came out of the kitchen and walked to Niu Ben's table and introduced: This is Director Niu, this is my husband.

The thin man hurriedly took out a pack of Furong Wang cigarettes from his pocket, handed a piece to Niu Ben with both hands and said: Director Niu, we have only been open for 5 days and don’t know the leaders of the surrounding units. Please ask Director Niu to take care of him in the future.

Niu Ben said: Thank you, I don’t know how to smoke. We will be next door to the door in the future. As long as your dumplings are delicious, we will come often and you don’t need to be so polite.

The thin man said: We sell dumplings here, with authentic Northeast flavor, and the quality is beyond words. Today, you two will open a book for you. You are welcome to come often. Your unit is working overtime and we will also deliver them. Just one phone call. We will deliver them to you in time. This is my business card.

Niu Ben took the business card respectfully presented to him by the male boss. When he saw the door, he said, "The King of Northeast Dumplings, below are the varieties and prices of dumplings, and finally there is the contact information and phone number.

Sun Jie also took the business card that the male boss gave to him with both hands and put it in his bag.

At this time, Niu Ben's cell phone rang again, it was Liu Yàn's. After connecting, Liu Yàn said: Ben Niu, where are you?

When the male boss saw Niu Ben answering the phone, he said politely: Then you two sit down, I'll go to the back, your dumplings will be ready soon.

Niu Ben nodded to the male boss and continued to say to Liu Yàn: Liu Yàn, I'm having dinner with a friend outside, is there anything wrong?

Liu Yàn said: Is it a boyfriend or girlfriend?

Niu Ben glanced at Sun Jie and said: Of course he is a girlfriend.

Liu Yàn said: Stupid, I haven’t seen you for two days. It turns out that I have a girlfriend. Be careful, you are there now, I’ll come soon.

Niu Ben said: Liu Yàn, if you are fine, I'll die.

Liu Yàn said: Stupid, be honest, I'll come to find you in the afternoon.

When Niu Ben hung up Liu Yàn's phone call, he brought the dumplings. The dumplings were not as small as Niu Ben said, but were large. They were full of six taels of meat dumplings, and they were stacked very high. Niu Ben was worried that he could not finish them, and the four taels of vegetarian dumplings that Sun Jie asked him were also full of trays.

The boss's wife brought them many seasonings such as oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, garlic, etc., and placed them on Niu Ben's table. She politely asked Niu Ben to season the sauce according to her taste.

Sun Jie poured some jealousy into the small plate in front of Niu Ben and said: Director Niu, you are so busy. After a while, the two girls will call you.

Niu Ben smiled and said: It's Ah, no one cares about me when I'm hungry. I'm going to have a meal, so I'll take care of me.

Sun Jie said: Director Niu, to be honest, are you interested in Yao Hui?

Niu Ben said: It's Ah, do you know?

Sun Jie said: You drank too much that day, and only Yao Yu left to take care of you and drove me away. I also saw that Yao Yu looked at you with special eyes, which was very concerned and heartbreaking.

Niu Ben said: To Ah, Yao Wei feels sorry for me, isn’t it?

Sun Jie said: Then on the day you invited us to dinner, Liu Yàn treats you very well. He seems to be your girlfriend, so he even invites us to eat.

Niu Ben said: It's Ah, that's the case, what's wrong?

Sun Jie looked at Niu Ben and said: I am talking to you seriously now, not joking with you.

Niu Ben said while eating: I'm telling the truth, no joke.

Sun Jie said: Director Niu, you are stepping on two boats. Be careful. That day, they met one of them and they were about to fight.

Niu Ben said: I don’t care. In today’s society, the winner is the king and the bandits are defeated, and the fittest survives.

Sun Jie said with a smile: Director Niu, your reputation in the past is very good, why are you becoming fickle now?

Niu Ben said: I am still me, there is no change.

Sun Jie said: You have not changed yet, so how can you be considered a change?

Niu Ben said: Just as a sketch said, the red flag at home does not fall, and the colorful flags are flying outside, which is considered free and elegant.

Sun Jie said: If you don’t tell you, you are not honest at all.

Niu Ben said: The dumplings are delicious, eat them quickly, and it is real to eat them in your stomach.

Sun Jie also pushed the dumplings in front of him to Niu Ben and said: You have eaten them all, I am full.

Niu Ben said: I'm not polite. I can't eat it today, and I can still eat it hot tomorrow, which is much better than eating instant noodles.

Sun Jie said: Then you can ask your two girlfriends to cook Ah for you.

Niu Ben said: When they do it, I will starve to death.

Sun Jie said: You are not a good person, and I don’t believe what you say anymore.

Niu Ben said: Then I don’t care. Do you believe it or not? You really don’t eat it anymore. I really pack it up.

Seeing that Niu Ben really wanted to pack it, Sun Jie pulled herself back to her and said: I had overeated this, you can't ask for it.

Niu Ben asked: Do you have hepatitis?

Sun Jie said: No.

Niu Ben said: If you don’t eat now, I really have to pack it and take it back. There are so many more, enough for me to eat.

When Sun Jie saw that Niu Ben said everything was true, she pushed his dumplings to Niu Ben again and said: Then you can take them, I mean I have eaten them, I'm afraid you will dislike them.

Niu Ben put Sun Jie's dumplings into his plate and called the boss's wife to pack and pay the bill. The boss's wife walked over with a smile and said: Director Niu, are there enough dumplings?Are you satisfied with the taste?

Niu Ben said: It’s delicious, you see, I can’t bear to eat it, so I’m going to take it back and enjoy it slowly.

The boss’s wife packed Niu Ben and said: Thank you Director Niu for your praise. This time I would like to invite you two to taste it. You can take the money back. Usually we can’t even invite you if we want to.

Niu Ben stood up and said: We have eaten dumplings, don’t worry, we will come again.

The proprietress stuffed the money on the table into Niu Benshi's hand and pushed him to the door and said: Director Niu, you don't have to be polite. Welcome to come again next time.

Niu Ben left the dumpling shop and suddenly stopped and said: I just paid with the boss’s wife and forgot to take the dumplings.

Sun Jie said with her hands behind her back: Then go back and get it now.

Niu Ben said: I don’t want money, but now I’m sorry to go back.

Sun Jie stretched out her hand from behind and said with a smile: I've taken it long ago. In front of the leader, if you don't have this look, do you still want to be in trouble?

Niu Ben smiled and said: Thank you, you don’t know that I suddenly realized that I didn’t get dumplings just now, and I regretted it so much.

Sun Jie said: Just a little dumpling is worth your regret to be like that.

Niu Ben said: It’s a pity that there are so many left.

Sun Jie said: I said, every time you spend your meal with the guest, you are reluctant to leave. It turns out that you are reluctant to leave the remaining food.

Niu Ben said: You may laugh at me for being so stingy in your heart. Then you are a full man and don’t know that the hungry man is hungry. Today we are the two of us. I am not afraid of you making jokes. If there are too many people, you dare not do this.

Sun Jie looked at Niu Ben silently, unable to speak for a long time. It was not because she came out to have dinner alone with Niu Ben today, it was really hard to believe that a dignified deputy director was living like this. Even if she said it, no one would believe that this was true.

So, is this person ours? I used to think I knew a lot, but now I seem to have no idea about him all of a sudden.

Niu Ben saw Sun Jie slowly walking behind and turned around and said: Xiao Sun, go to your house this afternoon. What kind of gift should you bring? Please advise me.

Sun Jie said: Director Niu, you don’t need to bring anything. My mom and my dad just want to meet and thank you, and there is no other meaning.

Niu Ben said: The first time I came to your house, I always have etiquette. How about I bring some fruit?

Sun Jie thought for a while and said: Okay, there is a fruit shop downstairs in our house. Can we buy it when we get there?

Niu Ben said: Okay, give me the plastic bag, I'll go home first.