"I'm really sorry, little brother!"
Da Zhuang found the representative of the partner company he had dined with again. Upon hearing what Da Zhuang said, the representative slapped his forehead, "We really didn't handle this properly." The representative was actually quite happy to have a place to look for the taste of ho when he missed ho in the future. He didn't expect there to be another problem.
"I'll call and ask right away! Don't worry!"
The person in charge then turned around with a darkened expression and made a call to the manager.
"Hello? Manager Liu?" The manager's voice sounded very obsequious.
"Little Liu, I have a question for you. What is going on with that western suburb project? Didn't I hand it over to you?" Manager Liu's voice didn't sound as emotionless and scary as his expression.
The manager couldn't see Manager Liu's impending storm expression. "Oh, that's what happened. Manager Liu, I checked it out. Li Zhuang's team is just a small workshop. Handing such a big western suburb project to them is too risky. Longteng Company is a big company with good credentials..." I thought..."
"You thought it was ti for to step down and for you to take over as boss of my company?"
"Manager Liu?" Even soone as silly as the manager could tell sothing was wrong.
"I've looked over Li Zhuang's company qualifications in every aspect, they look pretty good. And the previous projects his team has done are extrely outstanding," said Manager Liu heavily. "Do you have any dissatisfaction with my judgnt?"
"I didn't... I was thinking for the good of our company..." The manager's panicked voice ca through.
"That's enough, stop talking," Manager Liu was increasingly annoyed by the manager's words, "Go to the HR departnt to process the paperwork, you can go be a manager at Longteng."
"Manager Liu!"
Manager Liu hung up before the manager could finish speaking.
"I'm really sorry, little brother," Manager Liu rarely couldn't maintain face.
He had sworn to Da Zhuang that he would give him the project and even drank wine with him as brothers. But in the end, soone under him got in the way.
This really is...
Li Zhuang was a little depressed, knowing that there was probably no turning back on this matter. He forced a smile, "Okay... Thank you, Manager Liu..."
He staggered away dispiritedly, wondering how he would explain this to his brothers...
"Don't go, little brother," Perhaps it was because Da Zhuang looked too dejected that Manager Liu couldn't help calling him back.
It seed he had made so kind of decision, "I have another project..."
Li Zhuang couldn't help but brighten his eyes again.
Manager Liu walked briskly back to his desk, opened a drawer, and took out a neatly kept file and handed it to Da Zhuang, "Take a look at this one."
"See if you can do it?"
Da Zhuang wiped the sweat from his palms and took it. His eyes widened in surprise.
It was a "Governnt Building Repair Agreent."
"I just closed this deal not too long ago," Manager Liu looked very solemn, "I'm also a small company, this contract is also very important to , so it has to be done well."
Li Zhuang carefully looked over the areas to be renovated and the tiline. "I can do it."
"We can get it done during this period," he said, quickly screening suitable building materials in his mind.
Manager Liu paused for a mont, "Brother, can you give a plan? It doesn't have to be too formal, just make clear what needs to be clear so I know you have it figured out."
"No problem." Da Zhuang readily agreed, "Tomorrow at the sa ti, in the little shop waiting for you to co, okay?"
"Okay!" Manager Liu happily agreed as well.
When Da Zhuang got ho, he dove right into the room without coming out even at dinnerti.
Gong Sister-in-law brought in a full bowl of dishes and rice for him.
When she ca out she was laughing. "He's writing so kind of plan in the room. He can barely recognize all the words and has to look stuff up in the dictionary."
"It's good too," Ding Sha also laughed. "Da Zhuang brother just told he still needs to treat Manager Liu tomorrow. Let prepare so things."
"Having prospects is always better than nothing."
After dinner, Ding Sha was in the room researching the thod of making palace cakes. Gong Sister-in-law knocked and ca in.
"Sha Sha, busy?"
"No, just casually looking, pondering," Ding Sha let her in. "What's up, Gong Sister-in-law?"
"Nothing... just, Da Zhuang's als and treating of guests these days, just deduct it directly from my salary later..." Gong Sister-in-law was a little embarrassed.
Not only is she freeloading here, but also treating guests here, it feels quite awkward.
"No need for that" Ding Sha shook her head. "It's just a al, why would we need money for that?"
"What do you an no need, no money spent on what?" Gong Sister-in-law looks gentle but is actually quite stubborn.
Ding Sha said a bunch of things but still couldn't convince her and had to promise her request, secretly planning to deduct only a token amount to save face.
The next day, Ding Sha got up and first went to see Little Ping An, who had just woken up and was babbling who knows what language. She kissed his cute little face and played with him for a while before going into the kitchen to check the ingredients for the day.
She planned to make braised duck with wood ear mushroom and salted egg stead at cake, and finishing off with choy sum in oyster sauce.
A piece of lean at was cut into pieces and then chopped into minced at, then mixed evenly with soy sauce, oil, salt, and starch before being spread flat on a plate. Two salted egg yolks were then placed on the surface before steaming.
The salted egg stead at cake is a dish that the elderly in Guangdong like quite a bit, probably because it's more traditional? Ding Sha rembered Manager Liu ate very happily that day, using his chopsticks most on Guangdong traditional cuisine. She figured he would like this salted egg stead at cake.
Sure enough, when Manager Liu saw these dishes, his eyes lit up. "Salted egg stead at cake?!"
He couldn't wait to take a bite. "So delicious!!"
As he ate, he said a few sentences in Cantonese. Probably due to living away for a long ti, it sounded sowhat unauthentic. But he ate very happily.
By the end, only an empty table full of plates remained. Manager Liu lanted, "I haven't had the taste of ho for a long ti..."
"After drifting away for so many years, my household registration also changed, my accent changed too. Sotis I really don't know if I'm still Cantonese..."
He recalled playing on the streetside as a child, ultimately sighing deeply.
As he was leaving, Ding Sha brought Manager Liu a packed takeaway box. Manager Liu was taken aback for a mont.
"Brought you a little snack," Ding Sha said with a smile.
Manager Liu took it and couldn't help but open it on the ride back to the company.
A box of neatly arranged stead rice cakes sat inside.
Manager Liu didn't know what to say for a mont.
He actually didn't like eating stead rice cakes.
His family used to sell stead rice cakes when he was little, so no matter if he was hungry or had a craving, the only thing he could eat was always stead rice cakes. Once he ate so many he threw up. Since then he thought he'd never eat stead rice cakes again his whole life.
It wasn't until he left ho that he no longer ate stead rice cakes that tasted that way.
Manager Liu quietly looked for a while, then took one and put it in his mouth.
The taste was still the sa - the taste he had desperately wanted to escape from every day and night as a child. But this ti when he ate it tasted very good and fragrant too.
Perhaps he was hosick.
Manager Liu wiped his face.
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