Chapter 1141

As soon as he ran to Wang An, he heard Shi Suo say with dissatisfaction:

"Luckily I ran fast. Brother, tell me, were you going to run away?"

Wang An said with a wry smile:

"Why would I run? Where would I run to? You and your daily antics."

Shi Suo didn't care and said with a smile:

"Anyway, you definitely can't run away today, hahaha..."

As he spoke, Shi Suo jumped up and sat on the tire cover of the four-wheeled tractor, then continued to laugh:

"Let's go, let's go eat at the state-run restaurant. Hehehe, today I must treat you well."

Wang An immediately blocked him:

"Cut the crap. I'm not an outsider. Why go to the state-run restaurant? Besides, you've only been a regular employee for a few days. Going to the state-run restaurant, a meal there would cost you half a month's salary. Damn, just go to your house and have your sister-in-law cook a couple of dishes; that's good enough."

Actually, if Wang An paid, he could afford to treat him anywhere, but looking at Shi Suo's stance, he definitely wouldn't let Wang An pay.

Unfortunately, Shi Suo was just someone living on a salary, and his wife had been taking medicine for years, so Wang An really couldn't bear to let Shi Suo spend money.

But you have to say, people from the Northeast have a flaw: they care too much about face and suffer for it. Even if they have no money left in their pockets after the meal and nothing to eat for the next meal, the meal must be presentable.

I don't know if this flaw is good or bad; it's hard to evaluate.

When Shi Suo heard Wang An say this, he said with resentment:

"Brother, you say that, but treating you to a meal must be something good; otherwise, how bad would I feel?"

Wang An took out a cigarette and handed it to Shi Suo, lit one for himself, and after lighting them with a lighter, he said:

"What's good or bad? It's just a meal; as long as you're full, it's fine. Eating at your house, your sister-in-law can eat with us. Otherwise, is it appropriate for just the two of us to eat? Anyway, if you want to treat me to a restaurant, I'm definitely not going."

Shi Suo looked at Wang An, seeing his firm and unyielding attitude, and changed his tone:

"Alright, then let's go to my house. I'll have your sister-in-law prepare a few dishes, and I won't go to work this afternoon. The two of us will have a good drink."

Wang An was stunned and subconsciously said:

"Why do you have to ask for leave to drink with me? Holy crap, why don't we gather another day? Drinking can be done anytime."

Shi Suo shook his head:

"No, I haven't taken a day off since I became a regular employee. I'll just take this afternoon off. It's fine, it doesn't matter if I don't go tomorrow."

Wang An nodded and drove the four-wheeled tractor forward.

He didn't ask where Shi Suo lived and drove straight toward the supply and marketing cooperative.

Arriving at the cooperative, Wang An said to Shi Suo:

"Brother Shi, watch the cart for a while. Don't let the grain on the cart be stolen. I'll go in and buy something and come out."

Shi Suo hurriedly said:

"Brother, you'd better not buy anything for my house. I'm telling you, brother, my house doesn't lack anything. Don't buy anything when you come to my house; be real."

Wang An jumped off the cart and said with a smile:

"Who said I'm buying for your house? I have to come here anyway."

That's what he said, but Wang An was indeed going to buy some gifts for Shi Suo's house. The main thing was that the local custom was like this: when visiting a colleague's house for the first time, it's not very polite to go empty-handed.

He bought two cans, two bottles of malted milk, and two packs of walnut cakes wrapped in paper before walking out of the cooperative.

In this era, such a gift could be considered quite decent, because normally, two packs of cakes or two jin of biscuits would be enough.

Seeing Wang An get on the cart holding a pile of food, Shi Suo said with displeasure:

"Brother, you... I'm treating you to a meal, and you spent so much money. What kind of thing is this?"

Wang An said indifferently:

"Oh, this is just the first time visiting your house. Next time I go to your house, I'll definitely just bring my mouth; I won't buy anything."

Shi Suo wanted to say something else, but Wang An interrupted:

"Brother Shi, where is your house? Hurry up and point the way."

Shi Suo pointed to the east and said:

"Go that way, it's not far."

After pointing the way, Shi Suo said:

"Brother, why are you like this? Why did you buy so many things? It's super expensive, it's a waste of money, I..."

Just like that, under Shi Suo's direction and nagging, Wang An drove the four-wheeled tractor all the way to Shi Suo's house.

Driving the four-wheeled tractor directly into the courtyard, Wang An ignored the nagging Shi Suo, got off, and walked into the house carrying the cakes, cans, and malted milk.

Before Wang An reached the door, a woman who looked decent walked out. Seeing Wang An, the woman was clearly stunned and subconsciously said:

"You are..."

Before the woman could finish, Wang An interrupted with a smile:

"You must be sister-in-law. I'm Brother Shi's colleague. He insisted on treating me to a drink, so I came over."

As soon as Wang An finished, Shi Suo said from behind him:

"Yan'er, this is the Xiao An brother I often tell you about. I finally caught him today; otherwise, who knows when I'd run into him next time."

Hearing Shi Suo's introduction, Shi Suo's wife's attitude instantly did a 180-degree turn and said happily:

"I've heard your Brother Shi talk about you for a long time. He said if it weren't for you, his position would still be a question mark. Brother Xiao An, sister-in-law thanks you; you've helped our family a lot..."

Just like that, Shi Suo's wife blocked Wang An outside the door and said a lot of thanks, while Shi Suo added his own comments from the side.

It was clear that the couple's gratitude toward Wang An was absolutely genuine.

But Wang An was still holding two packs of cakes, two cans, and two bottles of malted milk, which was quite uncomfortable.

So, Wang An couldn't help but interrupt:

"Sister-in-law, why don't we go inside and talk? I'm thirsty, give me some water to drink."

To be honest, Wang An was speechless. The main thing was that the couple shouldn't be this excited. Who doesn't let a guest in immediately and instead blocks them at the door to chat?

After Wang An finished, the couple finally reacted. Shi Suo said:

"Yan'er, look at you. My brother finally came, and you're just standing at the door. Move aside."

Shi Suo's wife also immediately blamed herself:

"Oh, brother, don't blame sister-in-law; I was just too happy."

As she spoke, Shi Suo's wife moved aside.

Shi Suo complained to his wife again, but this complaint didn't contain any emotion.

After Wang An entered the house, he found there were no boxes or cabinets, so he put the gifts on the kang.

Wang An sat on the kang and vaguely heard Shi Suo in the outer room talking to his wife about preparing food and wine. It seemed Shi Suo even gave his wife meat coupons and grain coupons.

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Wishing you, brother, a smooth journey and wealth every day.

(End of chapter)