When will I have a long tassel?

"Ha, Tang Shuai, why did you come to Linhe? Didn't you stay in the capital to work? Are you here on a business trip? We haven't seen each other for several years. Let me think about it, we were still together during the Spring Festival the year before last. After dinner, I didn’t see you again..."

Ning Mo threw away her friends and rushed to Tang Zifeng. Without any explanation, she put a fat arm on Tang Zifeng's shoulder and asked a bunch of questions.

As soon as Ning Mo's arm came up, Tang Zifeng felt like he was being crushed by Mount Tai, and he couldn't breathe. He used all his strength to push Ning Mo's arm away, and then angrily yelled, "Fuck you, I'm not interested in men, especially fat men like you!"

"Bah!" Ning Mo also spit to show his disdain for Tang Zifeng, but the smile on his face did not diminish at all.

"Fat man, are these your friends?" Tang Zifeng pointed at Ning Mo's friends and asked.

Ning Mo nodded and began to introduce to Tang Zifeng: "These are all my colleagues in the factory. This is Lai Taotao, this is Cui Bing, and this is Chen Jinsong. ...This is my high school classmate, a talented student from Renmin University. , Tang Shuai!"

He said the last words to his companions. He kept claiming that Tang Zifeng was Tang Shuai. This was actually a nickname Tang Zifeng had in his high school class. It was said that it was passed down from the girls. When Tang Zifeng was in high school, he was the dream lover of half of the girls in the school. This benefited from his academic performance and appearance. Perhaps appearance played more of a role.

"Hello everyone." Tang Zifeng greeted the young people.

"Hello Tang Shuai!" Several people responded politely. In their minds, they really thought that the other party's name was Tang Shuai.

"What are you..." Tang Zifeng asked.

Ning Mo said: "We are about to eat mutton skewers. There is a new skewers shop in the food street. It tastes very good. Today we received our salary from the boss and we are going to open the meat skewers. You came at the right time. Let’s go together, Taotao said he was treating us.”

"Why am I the only one treating you?" The young man named Lai Taotao quit. "I promised you were the one treating me. Look, all your classmates are here. How dare you not pay for it?"

"Look, these guys have such character!" Ning Mo said to Tang Zifeng, then smiled again and said to those people: "I have decided, I will treat you. My buddy is coming to the river, so he must Please remember that I am treating you, this is all thanks to my brother!"

"Haha, I'll pay for the beer later, so I can support your buddy!" Cui Bing said cheerfully.

"How about we go singing after eating the meat skewers, and Jinsong and I will pay for it," Lai Taotao also said.

These few are all singles, the kind of people who can feed one person and the whole family without starving. Even though they looked so stingy when they asked others to treat them just now, they heard that Tang Zifeng was Ningmo’s high school classmate, so everyone expressed their willingness to pay. It's meant to entertain.

Tang Zifeng smiled and said: "Forget it, let me treat you. To be honest, I did some small business with friends in Beijing some time ago and made a few small bucks. Fatty and I have not seen each other for many years. You are all friends of the fat man, so how about you give me a chance to be a host and treat you all to me?"

"It turns out that Brother Tang is in business, so you should treat me! I agreed, I want five skewers of large skewers of lamb kidneys." Cui Bing said with a smile.

"You are not afraid of getting angry after eating. There is no place to vent!" Chen Jinsong laughed and cursed.

"It's okay, I'll sleep with Fatty tonight..."

"Fat man, this damn BT..."

Everyone was walking and talking and laughing, with Ningmo leading the way, and soon they arrived in front of the shop he mentioned. Although it was already early November, the outdoor temperature at night in Linhe was not particularly low. There were seven or eight tables outside the skewers shop, most of which were already occupied, eating skewers, drinking beer, and chatting. A wide variety of topics.

Seeing several young people coming, the waiter at the store quickly arranged a table for them and asked them to sit down. Ningmo and his gang seemed to be frequent visitors to this night market. As soon as they sat down, they began to skillfully order a variety of food, including skewers, boiled peanuts, beer, etc. After the waiter took the order to prepare the dishes, Ning Mo turned to Tang Zifeng and asked, "By the way, you haven't said anything yet, why are you here in Linhe?"

"Why did you come to Linhe?" Tang Zifeng asked with a smile.

Ning Mo said: "I have always been in Linhe. After I graduated from the technical school, I was assigned to work at Linyi Machinery. You should know Linyi Machinery, it is Linhe No. 1 Machine Tool Factory..."

"Uh..." Tang Zifeng was speechless. Isn't this world too small? However, if you think about it, it’s not surprising. Linyiji is also one of the top large companies in Dongye Province. Ningmo did not go to college after graduating from high school, but went to a technical school. After graduation, it was not surprising that he was assigned to work at Linyiji. Strange.

"Since you are here, why did you just say that you received your salary from the boss?" Tang Zifeng remembered what Ning Mo said just now. When he first heard Ning Mo's statement, he thought that Ning Mo was in a private enterprise. Worker.

Ning Mo smiled and said: "Lin Yiji has not been paid for several months. Now we are all hunting wild food in the factory outside, otherwise we would have starved to death. A few days ago, a few of us gave it to a private boss. The factory has done something, and the boss gave us a salary today, 50 yuan per person, so we are here to eat meat."

"I see." Tang Zifeng nodded. Han Weichang had also told him about this situation. Linyiji became a "foreign-funded enterprise" and only paid wages three times a year. If the workers did not go out to work and earn money, they would not be able to survive long ago.

"Damn it, the private boss is a bastard. We worked for him from dawn to dusk for more than a week, and each of us only earned 50 yuan, which is not enough to eat cabbage every day." Lai Taotao complained.

"I just eat cabbage in the factory every day, and my stomach is full of sour water." Cui Bing also said in a resentful tone.

"Well, our run-down factory should close down as soon as possible. I'm going to the south to work. I heard that the Pearl River Delta is recruiting technicians for three to four hundred yuan a month." Chen Jinsong said.

Ning Mo waved his hands: "Why are you talking about this? You are making my buddy laugh. By the way, Tang Shuai, are you here on a business trip to Linhe?"

Tang Zifeng smiled and said, "Fat man, if you are in Linyiji, don't you know that Linyiji has a new factory director these days?"

"I know, what is Zhou Lai?" Ning Mo said.

"My name is Zhou Heng. He was sent from the Machinery Department." Cui Bing was obviously more concerned about important matters in the factory than Ning Mo, so he directly said Zhou Heng's name.

Tang Zifeng added: "In addition to sending Director Zhou down, the Machinery Department also sent an assistant to the factory director. Did you know?"

"I know, my surname seems to be Tang, what's Feng?" Lai Taotao said.

"It's called Tang Zifeng," Chen Jinsong added.

"What Tang Zifeng! What are you talking about? My buddy is called Tang Zifeng!" Ning Mo laughed, feeling funny at the confusion of his friends.

"What, your name is Tang Zifeng?" None of the friends thought this was funny at all. From the beginning to the end, Ning Mo never said that his buddy's name was Tang Zifeng, but that his name was Tang Shuai, so It is absolutely impossible for anyone to confuse the two names. Since there is no confusion, there is only one possibility, that is, that Tang Zifeng is this Tang Zifeng.

Thinking that Tang Zifeng appeared in Linhe for no reason and had the same academic background as the legendary assistant to the factory director, don't you understand what's going on?

"Nice to meet you!" Tang Zifeng clasped his fists and bowed to everyone, "I am indeed the Tang Zifeng who came with Director Zhou. Tang Shuai is just a fat man's nonsense. Don't take it seriously."

"Ah, Tang, Assistant Tang..." Cui Bing stuttered a little. Didn't he say something wrong just now? This fat guy was really confused. All his high school classmates came to the factory as assistants to the factory director, but he didn't know anything about it.

Ning Mo only reacted at this time. He looked at Tang Zifeng and asked in disbelief: "Tang Shuai, are you serious? Wait, is your name really Tang Zifeng?"

Tang Zifeng picked up a beer bottle, hit Ning Mo on the head, and said angrily: "You are full of lard in your head. You have been sitting at the same table with me for three years and you have even forgotten my name?"

Ning Mo stroked his head and said aggrievedly: "Of course I remember your name is Tang Zifeng. Good guy, during the three years of high school, among the principal, grade leader, class teacher, and classroom teacher, who didn't chant your name several times a day? My ears are so fast I can hear the cocoon. But how did you become the assistant director of our factory?"

Tang Zifeng ignored Ning Mo's muttering. He smiled at Lai Taotao and others and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't know that you were all on the same plane just now. Now that we know each other, I will treat you to this meal today." . Please help me more in the factory from now on."

After that, he waved to the waiter, took out a hundred-dollar bill and handed it over, saying: "You can keep this money first, and you can serve the beer and skewers we have here. By the way, here are 10 skewers of kidneys."

The waiter quickly took the money and ran away. Several young workers looked at each other, all looking timid. Chen Jinsong plucked up the courage and said, "Um, Assistant Tang, I just..."

Tang Zifeng stretched out his hand to stop what he was saying, and said: "Everyone, if you respect me, call me Tang Zifeng, or call me buddy, call me Old Tang, or call me Tang Shuai like this damn fat man, it's all fine. If you call me Assistant Tang, We can’t be friends anymore, right?”

"This..." Several young workers hesitated.

Ning Mo had come to his senses. He reached out and patted Tang Zifeng on the shoulder and said, "That's right, I'll call you Tang Shuai. Why! Bingbing, Taotao, Songsong, I'll follow you." You said, there is really no need to be too polite with my buddy. He is not the kind of person who puts on airs. In the past, he was the first in the grade and I was the last in the grade. He never disliked me and always called me brothers. This is what we call a real talent, not like those sour college students in the technical department!"