Chapter 25

But after entering, he saw Chen Tian sitting in the main seat, and instantly an unknown fire rose up directly.

After serving all the dishes, Deputy Factory Manager Li waved his hand, signaling that he could go out first.

"Sha Zhu, don't be in a hurry to go home, lest you need to add dishes or something later."

Sha Zhu's face sank instantly upon hearing this.

He worked hard to stir-fry and cook, while Xu Damao and Chen Tian could sit inside and enjoy the fruits of his labor.

Even now, he couldn't leave and could only wait in the kitchen for the summons of Factory Manager Yang and the others.

"Chief Engineer Chen, I heard from Xu Damao that you live in the same Sihe Academy as them?"

"Then you must try Sha Zhu's skills; nothing else, the food he makes is indeed quite good."

Factory Manager Yang said this while his chopsticks kept putting food into Chen Tian's bowl.

He was so enthusiastic that it made Chen Tian feel somewhat embarrassed.

"Chief Engineer Chen, Factory Manager Yang, Deputy Factory Manager Li, and all the leaders present!"

"I, Xu Damao, am truly lucky to be able to eat with so many leaders!"

"Nothing else, I'll finish this cup!"

Xu Damao said this, stood up, and drank the wine in his cup clean.

Chen Tian knew that this Xu Damao was going to show off again, but he had no intention of stopping him.

Xu Damao was usually a guy full of crooked ideas.

He was idle all day, and even in front of leaders, he would only try his best to flatter them.

"To be able to eat with so many leaders, I, Xu Damao, must have had smoke rising from my ancestral grave!"

"You must know that when I, Xu Damao, toast, I pay attention to 'one day, three smalls'!"

"Oh, what kind of saying is that?"

Hearing him say this, Factory Manager Yang also became a bit interested and asked.

For someone who could liven up the atmosphere like this, it was always something lacking at the dinner table.

"This so-called 'one' refers to the leaders."

"Who are the leaders? They are our heaven, the heaven of our factory!"

"As long as the leaders drink one cup, someone like me who is not worth mentioning has to drink three!"

Xu Damao loved to show off at such banquets and talk eloquently.

Even if he was just a foil, he could save face by saying it out loud.

At such a banquet, he paid attention to pouring and drinking by himself.

Others at the banquet wished that others would toast them less.

But this kid was different; he paid attention to the fact that if he didn't get himself drunk, then this meal was for nothing!

"Yo, you, the one called Xu Damao, are actually quite good."

"Come, come, come, everyone, let us raise our glasses to celebrate Chief Engineer Chen joining our factory."

Factory Manager Yang was also amused by Xu Damao's flattery.

He raised his glass directly, signaling others to stand up and toast Chen Tian.

After three rounds of drinks and five flavors of dishes.

Factory Manager Yang took out a stack of bills and such from his pocket again.

"Chief Engineer Chen, this is prepared by the factory for you."

"You must know that you are the technical chief engineer of our factory."

"If such a senior engineer goes out, how can he not have these things to save face?"

"In the future, as long as you have any requirements, just bring them up, and the factory will try its best to satisfy them!"

Seeing that Factory Manager Yang was a bit tipsy later on, Chen Tian took those bills over.

The ones on top were ordinary food bills, cloth bills, and watch bills, and inside, there was even a bicycle bill mixed in.

In this era, bicycles were not as common as they would be in later generations.

A bicycle in this era cost nearly two hundred yuan.

Although this price could be managed by some families if they gritted their teeth.

But in this era, having money alone was not enough.

To buy a bicycle, one also needed a bicycle bill and industrial coupons.

Only then could one go to the place where bicycles were sold to make a purchase.

The factory had less than twenty such bills throughout the year.

And who these bicycle bills were given to was all up to the factory leaders.

Even that First Uncle, a veteran worker in the factory for many years.

And even a senior fitter, hadn't received one in all these years.

"This is a good thing!"

Seeing these bills, Chen Tian's eyes lit up.

For himself, having a means of transportation to and from work in the future would be much more convenient.

Although Xu Damao was also about the same at this moment, he couldn't help but feel a burst of envy when he saw that bicycle bill.

"Factory Manager Yang, I'll toast you again; you drink as you please, I'll finish mine!"

Saying this, Xu Damao picked up the wine glass in front of him again, raised his neck, and finished it.

Both of them were invited out, so why was there such a big difference between people?

Xu Damao couldn't figure this out no matter what, and could only pour his depression into his stomach as wine.