The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 232 A unique dinner party (Thanks to Czh555 for the reward!)

After dinner, Chen Huihong created a group of four people who love each other as a family, and said that if they want to make plans for dinner or tea parties in the future, they can just say it in the group, which is convenient.

Then Chen Huihong started the group video.

Qin Huai usually does not participate in this video.

Since the extension of working hours, Qin Huai has less time to use his phone every day. From a serious mobile phone addict, he has become a super ruthless person who occasionally forgets to take his phone in the locker. Every day, he only plays with his phone for a while before going to bed and after getting up, and comments on memorials in WeChat Moments.

In sharp contrast to the busy Qinhuai is Chen Huihong.

Chen Huihong was even more idle than Ouyang. The reason why she had so much time to bring Chen Huihui to Suzhou this time was because she was on strike like Ouyang. After waking up, Chen Huihong felt deeply that work was a constraint. Anyway, she had money and there was no need to be trapped by work. The neighborhood committee was not a formal neighborhood committee. She established it with her own money. In a sense, it was more like a property owners' committee.

So Chen Huihong threw her job away and handed it to her dear brother, saying that she would definitely bring enough pastries for her family to celebrate the New Year when she returned from Suzhou this time. She went on strike and ran away with Chen Yingjun's expectations and trust.

But Chen Huihong is not a lazy person like Ouyang. When Ouyang is at work, he is best at skipping work to go to Yunzhong Canteen to eat something delicious. Chen Huihong is Ms. Chen, a well-known enthusiastic citizen in Yunzhong Community.

Wanting Ms. Chen to have some free time is even more painful than asking her to buy fruit with her own money.

But Huihui is an obedient and sensible child. She does her homework seriously every day, goes out to play happily, and strictly abides by the rules set by Chen Huihong regarding playing with mobile phones and does not play for even a minute more. She also does not make any mistakes in her homework, leaving Chen Huihong with no room to control her child.

After all, Chen Huihong's educational philosophy is not to push her child too hard. As long as Huihui is happy, that's enough. Our family is rich, and all the money mom will earn in the future will be left for Huihui. If it's not enough, she can get some from your uncle.

Out of extreme boredom, Chen Huihong set her eyes on Luo Jun.

Whenever you have time, start a group video call to show your concern for the empty-nest elderly.

Qu Jing joined the video call based on the situation. The three goblins would get together to discuss Wang Gensheng, Gong Liang and Chen Gong whenever they had time.

Everyone knew Wang Gensheng, even Luo Jun had seen him in the Yunzhong Canteen. Only Chen Huihong had seen Gong Liang before, and they met once when getting snacks.

But Gong Liang is a well-known figure, and there are plenty of ways to find out more about him. Just ask Dong Shi when he is not at work what kind of person Mr. Gong is, and he will be able to tell you about him for two hours straight.

Only Chen Gong is very mysterious.

He is so mysterious that all we know about him is the personal assistant of the domineering president, and no other information is known. The side quests are also very abstract.

Those who knew that this mission was Chen Gong's wish, and those who didn't thought it was his boss Han Guishan's wish. He really did what his boss was anxious about, thought about what his boss was thinking about, and regarded his boss's affairs as his own affairs. His boss's wish was his wish.

Such a mysterious monster, which only appeared twice, made the trio very curious.

Well, actually it was mainly because Chen Huihong was curious, after all, she was too bored.

Chen Huihong wanted to get some information about Chen Gong from Qin Huai, but Qin Huai said he could not help. After all, although Chen Gong's illustrations had been unlocked and there were side quests, he and Chen Gong were not familiar with each other.

The only way Qin Huai improved his relationship with Chen Gong was to like his posts on WeChat Moments.

The annual summary of good taste, model figures in various departments, sales in City A hit a new high, and President Han personally attended the xx meeting. These were the kind of forwarded posts that normal people would never click on or like, but Qin Huai liked them all.

Occasionally comment and give a few thumbs up.

You can't comment too much, because too many comments will give Chen Gong the illusion that he wants to join the company.
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Time flies and it’s time for Sunday’s dinner.

In fact, it was not a dinner party, but a thank-you dinner that Huang Shengli specially prepared for Qu Jing to thank her for helping him introduce a doctor.

Then, after some twists and turns that no one had expected, the number of people at the thank-you banquet was a little too large.

Qu Jing, Director Liu, Director Liu's daughter, Dr. Zhou who still has no name, Qin Huai, Huang Anyao, Ouyang, Chen Huihong, Chen Huihui, Wang Gensheng, Chen Juan, Xu Tuqiang, Uncle Qian, and Grandma Ding.

A total of 14 people!

Seeing this, I'm sure some of you have noticed who is the most out-of-place person on this list? That's right, it's Huang Anyao!

As for how Wang Gensheng, Chen Juan, Xu Tuqiang, Uncle Qian and Grandma Ding joined this dinner, it all started on Friday.

After being reminded by Qu Jing, Wang Gensheng felt that staying in Gusu for half a month to a month was a good choice, so he decisively contacted an agent and rented a house in the community opposite Huang's Restaurant, which was also the community where Qin Huai lived.

Then Uncle Wang and Chen Juan met Chen Huihong at the gate of the community on Friday morning.

The three of them were a little confused when they met.

Everyone felt that this scene was not right. Normally, the three people should have met at the entrance of the Yunzhong Canteen, not at the entrance of the Gusu community.

Chen Huihong, who had nothing to do, suggested that since they were already there, they might not be able to queue up for dine-in at Huang Ji at 7:49 in the morning, but they would probably be able to buy a round of buns.

If Wang Gensheng and Chen Juan are fine, why don't they go buy some buns together? Chen Huihong believes in Chen Huihui's self-control and she will definitely finish her homework before playing with the tablet.

Uncle Wang thought this was a good suggestion, and the three people who were originally going to the supermarket to purchase daily necessities changed their route and lined up in front of Huang Ji's door.

Then while waiting in line, I met a series of familiar faces including Xu Tuqiang, Uncle Qian, and Grandma Ding.

Uncle Wang was so confused that he almost wanted to take out his cell phone to call Qu Jing to ask if it was easy to have hallucinations when he was old. He was living well in Gusu, but why did he feel like he was back in Shan City?

Same queue.

Same diners.

They were all grabbing the same steamed buns. (Uncle Wang didn’t know that the steamed buns during this period were made by Zheng Da and Zheng Siyuan)

What on earth is there in Gusu? Why are so many people here?
After a conversation, Xu Tuqiang and others who were staying in the hotel learned that there was such a good option as renting a house in the community, so they immediately contacted the agent to rent a house.

The agent looked at the crowd of old men and women and almost thought he was dreaming back to the time when he was selling houses many years ago. At that time, the house speculation group was also composed of a group of old men and women who would buy any house available in the right location.

Now this group of old men and women will choose a good location and rent out any house that is available.

When Chen Huihong lived in Yunzhong Community, she often did group buying, such as cherries, durian, rice, flour, oil, etc. Now that she met familiar people in an unfamiliar place, Chen Huihong felt that she was ready again, so she directly started a group buying for smart home decoration.

At this point someone might say, isn’t it a waste of money to renovate a rented house?

Yes, Chen Huihong felt so too, so after moving in, she spent two days talking to the landlord emotionally and logically and finally bought the house.

When the uncles and aunts who joined the tour heard that Qinhuai would come to Huangji for exchanges in September, they immediately said that Suzhou has beautiful scenery and a suitable climate, and is very suitable for vacation in September. Buying a house close to Huangji is also a necessity for vacation.

The house-renting group suddenly turned into a house-buying group.

I almost bought it up to the price of the house in the community.

So many houses were suddenly traded in an old community, shocking nearby residents who hurriedly asked whether the area was going to be demolished, otherwise why so many people came to our community to buy houses recently.

The houses in our community are not good, the property management is not good, it's an old community, old houses, and old location, there is no subway, public transportation is inconvenient, and there are frequent traffic jams nearby. Except for being close to Huang Ji, there is no benefit at all.

Being close to Huang Ji is not an advantage. It is too easy to be tempted. The monthly pension is so little. Sometimes I can't resist and the money I saved this month is wasted. Now I don't have to worry about this. I can't resist and can't go in. The line at Huang Ji is very long. For people like Qian Zhongheng who can't sleep at night, they get up at 5 am to line up at the door of Huang Ji. They can't resist and use the excuse of not resisting to eat at noon to deceive themselves.

The old men and women moved into the community in groups, carrying their bags, and began their daily routine of queuing up on small stools to buy buns every morning.

As for how Xu Tuqiang, Uncle Qian, and Grandma Ding managed to sneak into the dining group...

Because the private room Huang Shengli reserved for Qu Jing was a 14-person room.

Qu Jing went to work and rested normally these days. When Chen Huihong started a group video call, Qu Jing joined the video call and chatted with Chen Huihong and Luo Jun.

The content of the conversation between the three monsters was basically the other three monsters. Since Gong Liang and Chen Gongke had less to talk about, the focus of the conversation was actually on Wang Gensheng.

As they were chatting, Qu Jing remembered that there were actually many empty seats in the private room for Sunday dinner, so she might as well invite Wang Gensheng and Chen Juan to come and dine together.

When she was having a hard time in the human world, a kind-hearted spirit came to her aid and gave her snacks so that she could eat something good. Now that she can eat good food, it is only right that she should help her fellow spirits and let Uncle Wang eat something good too.

Wang Gensheng and Chen Juan were lucky enough to join the dinner.

Uncle Wang has been upright, fair and just over the years and never lies, but that doesn't mean he can resist showing off.

Wealth and honor do not return to their hometown, just like walking in brocade at night.

If you go to Huang Ji Private Room for dinner and don’t post to your Moments, wouldn’t the meal be wasted?
Of course, Uncle Wang also has reason.

He didn't understand why Qu Jing called him. He knew that if he only captured people from the group of morning joggers, he would have no advantage over others.

Xu Tuqiang, Uncle Qian and Qu Jing also have a good relationship. Before Qin Huai came to Huang Ji, when Qu Jing went to Yunzhong Canteen for breakfast in the morning, Xu Tuqiang and Uncle Qian would always give Qu Jing a good seat at table 9, which is closest to the window. This relationship should not be underestimated.

Principal Ding and Qu Jing also had a good relationship. As a kindergarten principal with rich teaching experience, Grandma Ding was very good at greeting the younger generation. When she sent locust flower honey to Qin Huai, she would occasionally bring a jar of ordinary honey to Qu Jing, hoping that Qu Jing would say a few good words for her in front of Qin Huai for the sake of the honey.

There are many children in the family, so we can finish any bags of fermented rice steamed buns. One or two bags are not too few, and ten or eight bags are not too many.

Uncle Wang was rational and didn't post to his friends to show off in advance, or to open champagne at halftime. He also didn't show off in the group chat, because too many people would easily make enemies.

He couldn't help but show off when he was chatting privately with Xu Tuqiang.

When Xu Tuqiang heard that Wang Gensheng had his own special kitchen when he came to Suzhou, he was devastated.

Obviously everyone goes to queue up at Huang Ji's door at 7 o'clock every morning, how come you overtook them and got the special meal, and even sat in the private room to eat it.

Why is it that people with the surname Wang have such a good fate?

And what is Xu Tuqiang’s greatest characteristic?
It’s not that I like to eat glutinous rice cakes, it’s that I’m thick-skinned.

Xu Tuqiang was the first person in Yunzhong Community to borrow fermented rice steamed buns. He borrowed one from everyone and ended up borrowing a whole bag to visit his daughter. Only a shameless person would do such a thing.

Xu Tuqiang immediately found Qu Jing for a private chat, appealing to her emotions and explaining the benefits. He started by saying that they were both determined to teach Jiangmi Nian Gao and then talked about how Uncle Xu had been feeling unwell recently and wanted to go to your hospital for a physical check-up. Did you have any package recommendations?

After talking about a bunch of things, he started to play the victim and said that it was not easy for me to queue up to buy steamed buns every morning. The happy time when I could eat steamed buns after running in the Yunzhong Canteen was gone forever. I heard that Huang Ji's hot dishes were also delicious, but Uncle Xu was too old to compete with the young people. I have been in Suzhou for so long and have never eaten Huang Ji's dishes.

Finally, he showed his true colors and asked if there could be a seat for him at the Sunday dinner.

Uncle Xu is able to endure hardships. If there is no seat, he will just stand and eat with the bowl in his hand.

Of course Qu Jing couldn't let Xu Tuqiang eat while standing with the bowl in his hand, so she agreed immediately.

Then Uncle Qian also came to play the victim.

Grandma Ding came to deliver honey.

Xu Tuqiang bought a massage chair.

Uncle Qian brought a foot bath bucket.

Xu Tuqiang laughed at Uncle Qian's foot bath bucket, saying it was not as valuable as his massage chair, which made Uncle Qian so angry that he bought a head therapy device.

Grandma Ding felt that she couldn't lose, so she bought a humidifier and an air purifier.

The three of them competed directly.

After Qin Huai heard about this, he wanted to send Dean Qin's WeChat to the three people and ask them to stop sending it. Qu Jing rented a small one-bedroom apartment and there was no room for so many things.

Next time you want to make a purchase, just transfer money to the Sanmalu Children's Welfare Institute and ask Director Qin to expand and strengthen the welfare institute and merge with nearby welfare institutes so that children in welfare institutes in other counties can also taste Director Qin's exposed-stuffed dumplings.

In short, although the process was bizarre, the result was this: those who had dinner on Sunday were all Qin Huai’s acquaintances.

In other words, Dr. Zhou and Director Liu, mother and daughter, are not very familiar with Qin Huai.

But it doesn’t matter, after Qin Huai introduces himself, everyone will become familiar with each other.

Doctor Zhou and Director Liu, mother and daughter, will make sure they get to know Qin Huai well.
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Sunday, 1:27 p.m.

In the private room of Huangji 888, Qin Huai and Huang Anyao were already sitting inside waiting.

The dinner was scheduled for 1:45. Qin Huai had to work during normal business hours, so they could only have the dinner during off-peak hours. The menu was pre-ordered, so there was no need to order, and the food would be served at the appointed time.

Qin Huai glanced at the message on his phone: "Qu Jing and Director Liu are already riding their bikes, Ouyang and the others are still in the community, Huihui has not finished her test paper yet and it will take another 10 minutes."

“They all arrive on time.”

Huang Anyao rubbed his hands nervously: "My dad asked me to entertain Dr. Qu and her friends. What if I don't do a good job?"

“I’m really bad at this.”

Qin Huai glanced at the group "Sunday Huangji 888 Private Room Dinner"

13 people, forgot to include Huang Anyao.

"Don't worry." Qin Huai comforted, "Just let them entertain you."

This group was created on Friday, and everyone has been chatting in the group for two days.

Director Liu has already thought about what flavor of aromatherapy to buy for Qu Jing.

Huang Anyao: “Ah?”

(End of this chapter)