Starting out as a drug dealer in 1988

"Brother Qiang, come and sit over here, and don't be so formal with me!"

As Zhao Wenhao spoke, he raised his hand and pointed towards the sofa.

Then, he took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took out one of them, and handed it to Gu Qiang: "Here, have a cigarette!"

Faced with Zhao Wenhao's sudden action, Gu Qiang seemed a little flustered. He quickly waved his hand and said, "Thank you, I don't smoke, you can smoke it yourself."

After hearing what Gu Qiang said, Zhao Wenhao showed a half-smile on his face and asked casually, "Oh? You really can't smoke? Or do you just not feel like smoking today?"

When asked this question, Gu Qiang broke out in a cold sweat and had no idea how to answer.

In fact, he has always had the habit of smoking.

But since today was the first time I met Zhao Wenjing's younger brother, I really wanted to leave a good impression on him. Who would have thought that now the opposite of what I wanted would happen and I ended up making things worse.

At this moment, Zhao Wenhao spoke again: "Come on, have a cigarette!"

As he spoke, he once again handed the cigarette in his hand to Gu Qiang.

This time, Gu Qiang really couldn't find any reason to refuse.

After all, the other person had already said this, and if I continued to refuse it would probably make the situation even more awkward, so I had no choice but to bite the bullet and take the cigarette.

"I heard that Brother Qiang works at a tractor factory. What's the job like there? Is it hard? Do you have to work overtime often?"

Zhao Wenhao asked casually and helped Gu Qiang light a cigarette.

Gu Qiang looked at the Zhonghua cigarettes in Zhao Wenhao's hand and hesitated, but ultimately said nothing.

Zhao Wenjing didn't tell him much about his brother's work, so he didn't know that Zhao Wenhao was the boss of Hengyuan Electronics.

In his opinion, it seemed a little inappropriate for a young man to smoke such good cigarettes.

But after all, this was the first time the two parties met, and it was not appropriate for him to give advice.

"My work is okay, it's not too hard. Our factory produces tractors, and our repair team is a little less busy." Gu Qiang answered while smoking.

"I heard you have brothers and sisters? Do you live together as a family?"

"Well, that's true. My younger brother and sister are still in school, so we will definitely live together. But you can rest assured, once I get married, I can apply for housing from the factory." Gu Qiang explained quickly.

Zhao Wenhao frowned a little. A family of five lived together. If Zhao Wenjing was included, there would be six people in total, which was really crowded.

According to Xiang Zhifeng's information, Gu Qiang's father was the office director of a tractor factory. According to his position, the family's house was only about 40 square meters.

It is indeed difficult for six people to squeeze together.

Fortunately, Zhao Wenhao took this into consideration when buying a house and bought an extra house. Later, it could be used as their wedding house.

Of course, Zhao Wenhao wouldn't mention this matter at this time. After all, nothing had happened yet, at least the parents of both parties hadn't met.

So, Zhao Wenhao did not bring up the topic again, but turned the topic elsewhere.

The two chatted for a while, and nearly half an hour passed.

Most of the time, Zhao Wenhao was asking questions and Gu Qiang was answering them, just like an interview.

Zhao Wenhao couldn't help but feel a little funny. This kind of thing is usually done by parents, but now he is a bit like Zhao Wenjing's parent, interviewing his son-in-law to see if he is qualified.

However, thinking of his unreliable father, Zhao Wenhao shook his head and couldn't help sighing.

However, it was this action of shaking his head and sighing that caused Gu Qiang to misunderstand.

He thought Zhao Wenhao was not very satisfied with him, which made him feel a little uneasy.

"What are you talking about?" Zhao Wenjing finally came out of the kitchen, holding a pot of food in her hands. "Wenhao, go clear the table and get ready for dinner!"

"I'll do it, I can do it." Gu Qiang quickly stood up. He was really scared of being asked, so he quickly found something to do.

Zhao Wenhao chuckled and didn't stand up, letting Gu Qiang do what he wanted.

Zhao Wenjing rolled her eyes at him, then helped Gu Qiang clear the table and went to the kitchen to get the dishes.

A pot of hot pot was quickly served, and Yang Yue finally finished his work and walked out of the kitchen.

Zhao Wenhao took out two bottles of Moutai from the bag beside him and opened one of them. "Brother Qiang, I don't know how much you can drink. Let's get one bottle first, and then open more if it's not enough."

Gu Qiang looked at the bottle of Moutai and swallowed.

He had never tasted Moutai in his life. Especially after opening the bottle, the aroma of the wine aroused his craving for alcohol.

During his free time, he also liked to have a drink or two with his old man. But the problem was that his alcohol tolerance was very average, and under normal circumstances, he could only drink two taels.

Moreover, the person he faced for the first time today was Zhao Wenjing's younger brother, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

Smoking and drinking at the same time, wouldn't that leave a bad impression on others? Especially since Zhao Wenhao had just been shaking his head and sighing, Gu Qiang was very uneasy.

"Why drink so much? You two can only drink half a bottle." Zhao Wenjing promptly took the bottle and began to help pour the wine. "Gu Qiang can only drink half a pound at most. Don't get him drunk."

Oh, this silly girl!

Zhao Wenhao covered his head and smiled bitterly. He really wanted to get Gu Qiang drunk.

As the saying goes, true feelings are revealed when drunk. He just wanted to see what Gu Qiang would look like when he was drunk.

However, he didn't expect that this idea would be directly destroyed by Zhao Wenjing.

There’s nothing I can do but eat it.

Zhao Wenhao could only give up for the time being.

"Wenhao, I've never been able to ask you, what do you do for a living?"

Halfway through the drink, Gu Qiang finally asked.

Zhao Wenhao looked up at Zhao Wenjing and said casually, "Let's do some small business and sell some home appliances. Come on, Brother Qiang, do another one."

After saying that, he picked up the three-cent wine glass, clinked it with Gu Qiang, and then drank it all in one gulp.

Gu Qiang was not willing to be outdone and did the same.

"Let me tell you, no matter what business you do, honesty is the foundation. Also, I see you're extravagant, so you should be frugal. With all those Zhonghua cigarettes and Maotai liquor, someone who didn't know you would think you were the richest man in Xuanzhou."

Perhaps because he had a few more drinks, Gu Qiang seemed to be more relaxed.

"Puchi..." Yang Yue on the side couldn't help laughing.

"Yueyue, don't laugh. I'm telling the truth. You two are going to get married in the future, so as his girlfriend, you should try to persuade him more. It's really not okay to be so extravagant."

Gu Qiang glared at Yang Yue.

Yang Yue stuck out her tongue and said nothing more.

But Zhao Wenhao smiled and filled Gu Qiang's glass again.

Not bad, he's a homebody.

"Still pouring? You two have already drunk half a bottle." Zhao Wenjing quickly snatched the bottle and stopped them from drinking.

Zhao Wenhao had just let Gu Qiang drink a little too much and wanted to hear his inner thoughts, but he didn't expect Zhao Wenjing to stop him again.

His purpose today was to test his future brother-in-law from all aspects. Unfortunately, he only managed to test half of him.

Forget it, next time.

There will always be a chance in the future. Anyway, we have officially met now. I can just ask him out alone next time.