Kneeling in front of my wife’s tombstone and crying bitterly, I was reborn

This is an adobe house of about 30 square meters. There are two wooden cabinets on the inner wall, with some kraft paper file bags on them.

Against one side of the wall, there are two black painted drawers, which are very old-fashioned desks, and the chairs are also wooden chairs. There are people sitting at both desks, a middle-aged woman in a red jacket, and a young man with glasses wrapped in a green cotton jacket, both of them are busy.

Against the other wall, there is a honeycomb coal stove with several wooden chairs around it.

Unlike a single barrel-type honeycomb briquette stove, this honeycomb briquette stove has a circle of cast iron on top, which is equivalent to a table top, but the table top is very small and rough.

There is also an iron pipe chimney extending outside the window.

It looks like this stove has a bit of the charm of the fire table that Shen Qiansan had seen in his previous life, but it is very rough and not beautiful.

But very practical.

Look, there is an aluminum cooking pot on the stove, with white steam bubbling out of the pot.

As soon as they entered the house, they felt a lot warmer.

"Director Zeng!"

"Director Zeng!"

"Village Chief Fan!"

"Village Chief Fan!"

The middle-aged woman in the red jacket and the man with glasses saw Zeng Changfeng coming in with a large group of people, including Fan Benshan and Fan Wenqing, and they both stood up quickly to greet them.

Although I didn't receive any advance notice, I don't know what Shen Qiansan and his companions are here for.

But the middle-aged woman in the red jacket and the man with glasses had also worked in the factory office for many years and had some good eyesight. Just by looking at the way Shen Qiansan, Zhao Hanyu and Zhou Xiaozhou were dressed, they guessed that they were leaders of a certain unit who came to inspect.

But they didn’t know what unit he was from, and he looked very unfamiliar and they had never seen him before.

Also, the woman among the three is too pretty!

Just as the two were looking at Shen Qiansan and the other two, Zeng Changfeng said, "Cui'er, Guangyi, you two should go out first."

Of these two people, the woman in the red jacket is his cousin Fan Cuicui, and the man with glasses is his nephew Zeng Guangyi.

Although they are both direct relatives, he wants to discuss the sale of the factory with Shen Qiansan, so it is not appropriate for them to be present even if they are direct relatives.

Regardless of whether the deal could be reached or not, Zeng Changfeng drove the two out as soon as they came in.

Shen Qiansan didn't say anything about this.

After Fan Cuicui and Zeng Guangyi left, Zeng Changfeng closed the door and asked Shen Qiansan and others to take a seat.

There were not enough chairs, so Zeng Guangxian moved two more from the next room, then picked up the kettle on the stove and brewed two pots of strong tea.

"Boss Shen, I don't have any good tea here. Please take a sip to warm yourself up."

With previous experience, Zeng Changfeng now talks to Shen Qiansan first, and then to Zhao Hanyu.

The people who came were Shen Qiansan, Zhao Hanyu, Zhou Xiaozhou, Fan Benshan and Fan Wenqing, a total of five people, but they only brewed two pots of tea, which were made in those enamel teapots.

This era was not like the later generations, when guests came, they would use disposable cups to make a cup of tea for each person. In 1991, there were no disposable cups. If you went to a company with better conditions, you would use a white porcelain teacup or a glass cup to make a cup of tea. But more often, whether it was at work or at someone else's house, you would usually use an enamel teacup to make a cup of tea, and everyone would take turns to drink it.

In this era, there is no such idea as drinking other people's saliva. Anyway, everyone drinks it, and no one thinks it is unhygienic, and no one dislikes it.

Shen Qiansan took the teacup and took a sip. Seeing that Zeng Changfeng had already handed a cup to Zhao Hanyu, he handed it to Fan Benshan and said, "Village Chief Fan, you have some tea too!"

"No, no, no, give it to Comrade Zhou...Comrade Zhou first!" Fan Benshan hurriedly declined. He didn't know what Zhou Xiaozhou did, so he had to call him comrade.

A few years ago, people even called each other comrades as a sign of affection. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, this term was used less frequently, but it is still normal for people who are not familiar with each other to call each other comrades.

However, this term has almost disappeared among ordinary people in a few years. Even within the system, it is rarely used.

Almost all of the ones you can hear are in movies and TV dramas.

"Director Fan, you drink it, I'm not thirsty!" Seeing Fan Benshan taking the tea from Shen Qiansan and handing it to him, Zhou Xiaozhou thanked him and refused.

This was an instinctive courtesy. After all, Fan Benshan was about the same age as her father. According to Chinese traditional customs, the elders should drink tea first.

The reason why Fan Benshan didn't drink first and let Zhou Xiaozhou drink first was also a kind of etiquette, or politeness.

Although the Chinese tradition is that the elders drink tea first when visiting, it also depends on the situation. For example, now, in Fan Benshan's view, he is the host, at least half of the host, and Zhou Xiaozhou is the guest.

It is not the case that the host drinks the tea first and then lets the guests drink.

Otherwise, how can we say that China is a civilized country and a country of etiquette? There are so many rules for such a small matter as who drinks tea first.

It’s a pity that with the development of the economy and the erosion of Western culture, over the past few decades, many traditional etiquette has changed and become less humane.

Of course, this was the feeling Shen Qiansan had when he saw this scene, but he didn't say it out loud.

After taking a look, he picked up a pair of black fire tongs from the ground and opened the iron cover on the coal stove.

As soon as it was opened, a stream of hot fire and ashes rushed out.

Shen Qiansan paused for a moment, waiting for the coal ash to settle before he looked into the stove. He saw that the stove was burning red and the coal was burning with bright flames.

It can be seen that, as Zeng Changfeng said, the honeycomb coal stove in their factory is of good quality. At least looking at the condition in this stove, the coal is burning very fully and with strong fire. Otherwise, there wouldn't be such a large amount of heat and dust rushing up the moment the iron cover was opened.

Zhao Hanyu also stood up and looked into the stove.

Well, I only saw the red-hot coals and the bright furnace wall. The rest... I couldn't make out anything.

"How about it?"

Zhao Hanyu looked at Shen Qiansan and asked.

At the same time, Zeng Changfeng, Zeng Guangxian, Fan Benshan and Fan Wenqing also looked at Shen Qiansan.

Especially Zeng Changfeng and Zeng Guangxian, father and son, their eyes were full of expectation when they looked at Shen Qiansan.

Whether Shen Qiansan will buy their honeycomb coal stove factory depends on what he says next.

The fateful moment has arrived.

How could they not be nervous?

Shen Qiansan didn't seem to notice the gazes of the people around him, nor did he answer Zhao Hanyu's words. He just used the tongs to put the iron lid back on the stove, then sat down and stretched out his hands to feel the heat emanating from the outer wall of the stove.

"Boss Shen, how do you feel?"

Shen Qiansan's look made Zeng Changfeng so anxious that he couldn't sit still anymore, and asked nervously.