Two generations of military wives compete for time

In the golden autumn of October, the weather is clear and cool, and the joy of harvest is everywhere. Golden corns are hung in front of and behind the houses, and thinly sliced ​​dried sweet potatoes cover the hillsides.

The sounds of bicycle bells and car horns on Wufu Road, Meiman Road, Xingfu Road, Macau Road and Hong Kong Road are one after another, making it very lively.

At nine o'clock on Saturday morning, Qian Yizhen, Ming Yuanhui and Wang Min arrived early at the private room of Huaguoshan Hotel to prepare for the lunch.

Gao Pan rushed to the private room and greeted Qian Yizhen, Ming Yuanhui, and Wang Min, and repeatedly emphasized: "Today's lunch fee is paid by me, and no one else can compete with me."

Qian Yizhen said, "Boss Gao, I haven't seen you for a few years. You seem to be very wealthy. I would rather obey you than be polite. Thank you for the dinner!"

Gao Pan said, "Mr. Qian, aren't you making fun of me? No matter how rich I am, I dare not compare with you, hahahaha."

Qian Yizhen smiled and said, "I heard from Yuanhui that you are busy building a mountain road for your hometown. This is a good deed of great merit. If you need my help, just let me know. You're welcome."

Gao Pan said, "Mr. Qian, I really need your help. I have already completed the preliminary work for investing in the construction of the winding mountain road, but I am a little confused about which road construction company to hire. Could you please give me some advice?"

Qian Yizhen said, "That's easy. When the Dream Come True Group built Wufu Road, Meiman Road, Xingfu Road, Macau Road, and Hong Kong Road, they used two road construction companies. The quality of their work is very good. If you need it, I can help you contact them. Under the premise of ensuring the quality of the work, I can ask them to give you a discount. You are doing a good deed, so I have to help you, hehe."

Gao Pan said, "Okay, thank you so much. When the project starts, you and your wife must come to the ceremony to show your support."

Qian Yizhen said: "No problem. I will call Secretary Zhang Chuanren now and ask him to help you contact the managers of the two road construction companies..."

At ten o'clock in the morning, Yang Ruolan's family's business car stopped in front of the Huaguoshan Hotel. Yang Ruolan, Fu Minghui, Jie Liqiang, and Chen Leqi got out of the car one by one and came to the private room under the guidance of the waiter.

Qian Yizhen, Ming Yuanhui, Yang Ruolan, Chen Leqi, Gao Pan, Jie Liqiang, Fu Minghui, and Wang Min greeted each other and exchanged pleasantries before taking their seats one by one.

Everyone looked at each other, sat in silence on their chairs, and watched the waiter put the dishes on the table quietly, but they didn't know where to start, and the silence lasted for about ten minutes.

Yang Ruolan spoke first: "Everyone, eat as much as you can. We will have lunch at our own hotel, and Yizhen will pay for lunch. We will have dinner at the Lanyan Flying Hotel, and I will pay for it."

Gao Pan said: "Everyone please stop fighting. As agreed, I will pay the bill."

Ming Yuanhui said: "Now that everyone is here, let's raise our glasses together and wish our friendship will last forever."

After half a glass of wine, the atmosphere at the table gradually became lively. Yang Ruolan said, "It's not easy for us to get together today. Let's drink and talk freely and relax. Everything in the past is just a passing cloud. Let it float away. Come on, drink, drink."

Fu Minghui raised the wine glass and said to Yang Ruolan, "Sister Ruolan, I'd like to toast you. Thank you for making Xia Bing successful and for helping me redeem the villa in Shanghai. I need no thanks for your kindness. I'll drink it up, please feel free to do as you please." After that, she drank the glass of red wine in one gulp.

Yang Ruolan said: "Sister Fu, you're welcome. Xia Bing is a rare talent. It is our blessing that Xia Bing works for Xintong Clothing City and marries the Chen family.

Sister Fu, I have a favor to ask. Please persuade Jie Liqiang. He has been depressed since he came out of prison. We have all been in prison, so why are we different?"

Gao Pan continued, "Brother Jie Liqiang, I've been to jail, too. What's wrong with that? It just means that our life experiences are richer than those who haven't been to jail. There's no need to feel inferior. My company is short of staff. Are you willing to be my partner?"

Fu Minghui said, "Gao Pan is right. Going to jail is also a kind of experience. There is nothing to be ashamed of. Come on, the three of us who have been to jail, let's have a drink. We are all in the same boat. Let's drink."

Qian Yizhen said with emotion: "Time flies by so fast. Twenty years have passed in the blink of an eye. Our next generation has reached the age of attending high school and college. We were all young once, too. Time is unforgiving."

Chen Leqi followed everyone's example, raised his glass, and said in not very fluent Chinese: "I'd like to toast to everyone. You are so nice, and wife Yang Ruolan is even better. Cheers!" Everyone laughed and clinked their glasses together.

Yang Ruolan said drunkenly, "Xie Liqiang, please speak up. Don't keep silent all the time."

Xie Liqiang slowly stood up, picked up his glass and said, "Thank you all for hosting this welcoming party for me. It's hard to describe how much I appreciate it. I've been in prison for so many years, and now that I'm out, I'm not used to it. Cheers, everyone, feel free to drink."

Fu Minghui said: "It is fate that the eight of us can gather here. Come on, Xie Liqiang, Gao Pan, Wang Min, let's have a drink together, four single nobles."

Yang Ruolan said, "Yes, yes, yes, the four of you should have a drink, your destiny is waving to you, hahahaha."

Wang Min raised his glass, drank it all, and said calmly: "I will be a single noble for the rest of my life. The camera is my lifelong companion. Let the waiter take a photo of us, okay?"

Fu Minghui held the wine glass in her hand, staggered to Ming Yuanhui and said, "Commissar Ming, the biggest mistake I have made in my life is breaking up with you. I regret it so much. There is no regret medicine in the world. I'm sorry! I'm sorry."

Ming Yuanhui said: "There's nothing to be sorry about. I should actually thank you. If you hadn't dumped me, I wouldn't have had the chance to marry Yizhen, hahaha."

Gao Pan also came up to Minghui and said, "You regret it, but I regret it even more. If I hadn't broken up with Qian Yizhen, I wouldn't have to go to prison to practice. Alas..."

Qian Yizhen said: "Don't regret it, everything is the best arrangement. Let's not talk about the unopened pot, let's talk about something happy."

Gao Pan continued, "In order to pursue Guo Yan and live a life of easy success, I ruthlessly dumped Yi Zhen. Guo Yan and I lived a glorious life for ten years, with a bright future and a beautiful life that everyone envied.

But I was young and hot-headed, and didn't know how to cherish. I was blinded by greed, which led to both my husband and I going to jail. It was because of me that Guo Yan died young from cancer.

It was my fault that my son became an orphan. It was Political Commissar Ming and General Manager Qian who helped me raise my son. You two are Gao Weizhe's second parents. I, Gao Pan, thank you two! Woo woo woo." Gao Pan sat on the ground and burst into tears in front of everyone.

Xie Liqiang held a wine glass and held onto the table. He walked up to Gao Pan and comforted him, "Boss Gao, don't cry. I'm a bastard too. The people I feel most sorry for are my ex-wife Yang Ruolan and my two children Feiyan and Feixiang. I don't have the face to face them, wuwuwu." Xie Liqiang also couldn't control himself and sat on the ground and burst into tears.

Two waiters heard the crying and hurried in to ask what happened. Fu Minghui said, "It's okay, you guys go and do your work. Let them cry and let out the depression and resentment in their hearts." The two waiters nodded, understood and walked out, gently closing the door of the private room.