Chapter 324 Visiting the Ding Family
After a boring morning, Lin Chen returned to Xiajia Hutong for lunch. He arranged for Liu Lan to pick up Xiao Jingru from school... Today was Saturday, so it was time to let the little girl come back to liven things up.
"Brother Lin Chen, aren't you coming back for dinner tonight? Sister An Xin and the others have had their reunion..." Liu Lan asked in a low voice.
"My colleague is treating me to a meal. I'll just go and sit for a while and be back soon. Anjie performed exceptionally well yesterday. Do you want to compete with her..."
When Liu Lan heard that he would be back soon, she was immediately delighted.
"I... I'll try! The main reason is that there are too many sisters here and I can't use my skills... I'm afraid they will laugh at me."
Of course Lin Chen knew this, after all, the current windows are not soundproof.
"You little idiot, you won't drag An Jie back to Xiyang Hutong after dinner. Your sister An Xin won't leave here tonight..."
When Liu Lan heard this, she nodded her head quickly. If she went back to Xiyang Hutong, she would go crazy!
"Oh, I understand! I want to take a plane..."
Lin Chen winked at her and said, "No problem, I'm just strong, but I prefer flying a plane."
Liu Lan thought to herself that Brother Lin Chen was really mean, didn’t you tell Sister Xueru that you like riding horses?
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The steel mill
Li Huaide has already started arranging people to find out Liu Haizhong's background... Money is good but you can't take something that's too hot to handle. You have to make sure it's foolproof.
Old Ding from the medical department was very excited. He didn't expect Lin Chen to agree so readily. So he planned to spend a lot of money to prepare some hard dishes...
Whether I can get a raise depends on my performance tonight... I can't be too shabby.
Back then, I treated Ergouzi just to save my own life... Now the gun is pointed at his head, does he not want to give up the lives of his wife and children?
Old Ding feels like crying when he thinks about it now. Why is it so difficult for ordinary people to live...
As long as they can have enough food to eat, they will give birth to another boy to leave roots for the Ding family.
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Evening
Lin Chen left Xiajia Hutong... and rushed to Lao Ding's house for a banquet.
After get off work, Lao Ding bought a rooster, which scared his wife.
"Old Ding, don't you want to live? How dare you buy a rooster in our situation... How are we going to get through the winter? We don't have the money to buy coal and firewood yet... Buy a chicken."
Seeing his wife about to cry, Lao Ding hurriedly smiled and said, "Just listen to my explanation! Lin Chen is coming to dinner soon, so I'll invite him to my house today. It'll save money compared to going to a restaurant!"
The mother and daughter realized that they were inviting Director Lin to dinner...
"Old Ding, is this appropriate? You should take him to a restaurant for a meal... that would be more presentable! It's so shabby at home, and what if he gets upset after drinking... there's no hope of a salary increase next year."
Old Ding shook his head: "Oh, why don't you understand? Didn't I invite him to a restaurant last time? But he didn't go at all. He said on the spot that it was not easy for me to support my family with my low salary... He said that if he really wanted to sit down and chat, he could just have a simple meal at home."
Lao Ding told Lin Chen again about inviting him to the office today...
His wife then realized that Director Lin was really thinking about his family.
So the couple started to boil water and kill chickens to prepare for the guests.
On the other side, Lin Chen had already arrived at the door of the Ding family. He didn't care about the food in the restaurant. Now he mainly cared about...
Lin Chen knocked on the door of the Ding family courtyard...
Lao Ding simply washed his hands and hurried to open the door.
"Director Lin, welcome. Please don't mind if this place is a little shabby."
When Lao Ding saw that the other party was holding things in both hands... he was stunned!
"Hey...Hey...Director Lin, why are you still carrying things?"
Lin Chen smiled and said, "What? Didn't you welcome us just now? Now you are stopped again. Hurry up and meet the guest!"
Lao Ding didn't expect that when he invited the other party to his home for dinner, he would actually bring so many things...
Old Ding reacted and quickly took the thing from Lin Chen's hand...
"Welcome, welcome, but..."
Lin Chen gave the light package to Lao Ding, as he was afraid that he couldn't lift the heavy bag of oil, flour and rice.
"Stop talking about this and that, and go back to the house! I don't have the habit of going to someone's house empty-handed..."
Lin Chen didn't finish his sentence. The next half of his sentence was that unless he didn't have a daughter.
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In this way, the two of them entered the main room, and Ding Qiunan had already poured the tea and brought it over.
"Uncle Lin, have some tea!"
Lin Chen looked at Lao Ding and smiled: "Actually! I still like the day you called me brother. I always feel old when you call me uncle!"
Ding Qiunan smiled and said, "My mother won't let me take advantage of you... You are a senior official, and your medical skills are better than my grandfather's. If I call you brother, my mother won't let me."
Mr. and Mrs. Ding smiled awkwardly.
"Director Lin, we should address each other as equals. It's only natural for my daughter to call you uncle. There's nothing inappropriate about that..."
Lin Chen laughed and thought that he would just need to pay for the change of words later...
"I'm just saying it, it doesn't matter what you say. Sister-in-law, I brought some wine and food, you can just put them in the dishes! I'm a little hungry after a busy day, you don't have to work anymore..."
The package that Lin Chen handed to Lao Ding just now was the food and wine for tonight. Lin Chen had seen that Lao Ding had only prepared a chicken. He took out the food and wine before entering the house...
"I'm so sorry. We're treating you to a drink. We also asked you to bring some food and wine..."
"Sister-in-law, please don't blame yourself. This will make me look like a friendly person. I know your family's situation. Ever since Brother Lao Ding came to the medical department, he has helped me a lot. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to get away to deal with other things..."
Lin Chen's words made the couple very grateful. They didn't expect there would be such an approachable cadre...
What they don’t know is that if they give birth to a daughter, they will give birth to a son...will he be approachable?
Lin Chen doesn't have time to provide disaster relief to all of the cities...
Since Lin Chen was hungry, the Ding family didn't stew the chicken...
The couple served the six main dishes that Lin Chen brought as requested...chicken, duck, fish, and mutton soup.
Old Ding knew it was from Zhimei Building at first sight... Lin Chen had invited the medical department to dinner a few days ago and they had this kind of food. He even packed some to bring back for his wife and children...
The mother and daughter were very happy and satisfied after eating the leftovers. He didn't expect that he would be able to eat them again so soon.
"Brother Lin, I'm not very good at speaking and I really don't know what to say. Let me toast you first..."
Lin Chen picked up the wine cup and clinked it with Lao Ding.
"Just be easy-going at home. Let's drink this cup and have dinner... Don't let sister-in-law and Qiunan wait for us."
Ding Qiunan and her mother didn't want to sit together for dinner, but Lin Chen pulled them to sit down and eat together. They didn't follow the old rules that women shouldn't sit at the table...
Now the men were drinking, and they didn't pick up their chopsticks. Instead, they waited for them...
"Okay, okay, Brother Lin is really... forget it, everything is in the wine."
After drinking it all, Lin Chen put down the wine cup: "Eat, eat, I'm already hungry! Don't laugh at me..."
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