Chapter 26 Friends and Family

After dealing with all the people who came to congratulate him, Gao Zhendong returned to his desk, picked up something, and walked towards Chief Engineer Chen's office.

After entering the office, before Gao Zhendong could speak, Lao Chen spoke first: "How is it, Zhendong, are you feeling happy? Do you feel like you're floating?"

Gao Zhendong understood that Lao Chen was reminding him not to get too cocky, and also congratulating him, so he chuckled: "No, no, this is nothing, there's a bigger one coming later."

When Old Chen heard this, he laughed angrily: "Oh, you think it's too little? You look down on the factory's rewards, right? I fought for the bicycle tickets for you in vain."

Gao Zhendong took out an iron box from his pocket like a magician: "How can that be possible? I'm just thanking Master for coming."

Old Chen's expression changed: "Stop, take the things back, what else do I need from you?"

Gao Zhendong waved the box in front of Lao Chen and said, "Okay, Master Lianjie, I'll take it back then." He pretended to take it back.

Old Chen suddenly sniffed and his eyes lit up: "Wait! How can you give something away and then take it back? You have no manners at all, kid."

Lao Chen's drift turn is very spiritual and focuses on authenticity.

Reaching out and grabbing the box, Lao Chen opened the lid and took a deep breath: "Smells good! Where did you get it? This thing is hard to find."

"I have a classmate who works in Hangzhou. He got it from West Lake and sent it to me."

"Okay, okay, that's it for now. You go to work, and I'll go talk to Lao Yang about something." As soon as Lao Chen got the things, he turned hostile and chased everyone away. He took the tea box and walked out. It was obvious that he wanted to show off to Director Yang. As for how much tea would be left after showing off, it was hard to say.

After get off work in the afternoon, Gao Zhendong passed by a bulletin board which was crowded with people. From a distance, he saw a large red paper posted next to the notice of the basic militia of the Security Department in the morning, with the words "Good News" clearly visible on the top.

I could faintly hear human voices.

"How come Gao Zhendong is so popular? He is on both sides, and he only does good things for them."

"Yes, yes, this guy has great potential."

Gao Zhendong was very happy and walked home energetically. On the way, he thought that if there was something good going on, he must find his closest friends to celebrate together. He found a deserted place, took out a few pre-prepared dishes that didn't require much effort and only required steaming and boiling, put them in his pocket and walked towards Wang Dezhu's house.

When they arrived at Wang Dezhui's house and knocked on the door, Wang Dezhui was at home. When she saw Gao Zhendong, before Wang Dezhui could say anything, Xiaomei rushed over and said, "Uncle Gao is here, Uncle Gao, sit down." While talking like a little adult, she shook her short legs and struggled to drag a chair for Gao Zhendong.

Gao Zhendong picked up Xiaomei, and Xiaomei giggled happily.

Wang Dezhu joked: "I think my daughter is raised for you."

Gao Zhendong sat down with a proud laugh. Wang Dezhu looked at Gao Zhendong and said, "Old platoon leader, I smell that what you took are all food. There are so many of them. There must be something good today. Tell me, tell me."

Gao Zhendong ignored him and took out a pork belly with preserved vegetables, a boneless braised chicken, and a pig's trotter with pickled cabbage from his pocket. He put them in ceramic bowls of different sizes and called Wan Yueqin, "Sister-in-law, boil the pig's trotter in some water and steam the other two. You and the second brother should eat something good. The eldest Wang and I will have two cups of wine."

Wan Yueqin didn't bother to be polite with him. She agreed and took the things to start working at the stove.

Gao Zhendong turned around and told Wang Dezhu about what happened today. After listening, Wang Dezhu gave him a thumbs up and said, "Old platoon leader, it has to be you. You have not lost your skills in the army, and you are also a first-class scientist. I can't get the title of advanced worker every year, but you got one just after joining the work."

"Scientists don't dare. I'm still a long way from that." Gao Zhendong said as he teased Xiaomei with candy, "But it's a good thing after all. Two good things at least. So the first one is that I wanted to come to you to have some fun."

"If you don't come to me first for this kind of thing, I'll be mad at you. It just so happens that I see that you have a watch but no bike, which is really inconvenient, so I got you a bicycle ticket a few days ago. Now it's just right, haha."

Gao Zhendong was very happy to hear that Wang Dezhu still cared about his car, but he really didn't need it: "Thank you very much, but the factory rewarded you with one, which is for the return air furnace project. You should keep this one, it will be very useful."

"Your factory is really generous. Fine, I'll save it." Wang Dezhu turned to Wan Yueqin and said, "Your brother is lucky. He's getting married soon. Give this ticket to him."

Wan Yueqin said while busying herself: "He must be so happy this time, thank you Zhendong."

Gao Zhendong drank water with a bewildered look on his face: Why are you thanking me? What does it have to do with me? You don't want to thank Wang Dezhu? Oh, he's your man, that's fine.

While chatting and laughing, Wan Yueqin prepared the things Gao Zhendong brought and placed them on the table. Wang Dezhu took a bottle of wine and started eating.

Gao Zhendong and Wang Dezhu were eating and drinking, while Wan Yueqin was eating and taking care of Xiaomei. Xiaomei took a bite of braised pork with her left hand and a piece of pork knuckle with her right chopsticks. Her facial features were squeezed together and her eyes were narrowed with happiness.

While eating and chatting, Gao Zhendong suddenly became curious: "Isn't your office busy? I saw you got off work early today."

Wang Dezhu shook his head. "We are busy. Our area is large, and there is a factory as big as yours in our jurisdiction. The limited manpower and joint defense are not enough. Public security is a problem every day. I am just relying on your sister-in-law who is pregnant with her second child and can come back early to take care of her occasionally."

Gao Zhendong thought for a moment, "Hasn't our factory established a basic militia? I've seen that they have arranged militiamen on duty in three shifts. The number of people is not small, more than 30 each time, but the people and things in the factory are easy to manage, and they don't have much to do. Why don't you contact our Security Department and do some police-civilian cooperation? Our factory militia has personnel and equipment, you can discuss and see if you can relieve your pressure in some way."

Wang Dezhu had just picked up a piece of pork knuckle, but he froze when he heard this. He thought about it carefully, then swallowed the meat in one gulp: "Yeah, this is a good idea, police-civilian collaboration. Hey, I never thought of this before. I'll discuss it with the station and bring you in as well."

Gao Zhendong quickly refused: "No, I already have enough things to do in the technical department, you can discuss it with our security department, don't drag me into it. Besides, I'm good at killing enemies, but I can't be used to deal with petty thefts, haha."

It was already past 8 o'clock in the evening when they finished their meal. Gao Zhendong pinched Xiaomei's chubby face and said goodbye to her family: "Let's go, sister-in-law. Tell me when you finish the milk powder. Don't be afraid to bother me."

Gao Zhendong walked home humming a song. Along the way, he always felt as if he had forgotten something from Wang Dezhuo. He thought about it but couldn't remember it. He shook his head and thought, "Forget it." If he couldn't remember it, it proved that it was not a big deal. He would talk about it when he remembered it, and if he couldn't remember it, forget it.

(End of this chapter)