My Courtyard Refuge

: Belated Summer Vacation

After lunch at noon, Section Chief Li called everyone over to play mahjong, and the twelve people were divided into three tables.

Because Xu Dong was not familiar with Yanjing’s card playing rules, he could only make a table with three female colleagues. The money he played here was less, so he was happy and relaxed.

At five o’clock in the afternoon, the temperature finally dropped, and everyone couldn’t wait to put on their swimsuits and rush to the beach.

Tickets for the Jinmen Bathing Beach are very cheap, only 20 yuan per ticket. The price is very close to the people. It may be related to the relocation in two months. The bathing beach wants to make more money as much as possible.

It is precisely because of the low ticket price that there are so many tourists in the bathing beach, their eyes are full of colorful swimsuits, and there is almost no place to step on the beach.

When Xu Dong saw it, he directly gave up the idea of ​​going for a swim in the sea, turned around and went to the hot spring amusement palace next to it.

This project needs to be charged separately, and the price is not cheap, so there is not much traffic.

Not only him, but several old comrades including Section Chief Li also had the same idea, including Gao Yuemei who had no intention of going to sea in the first place.

“Xiao Xu, why don’t you take a whirlpool bath with some of us old guys, and then let’s find a master to massage you after the bath, so that you can wake up in the morning and feel comfortable.” Section Chief Li invited with a smile.

Xu Dong nodded and said, “Okay!”

“Old Gao, what about you, do you want to go together?” A male colleague joked.

“You old rascal, I’m going to soak in the hot spring!” Gao Yuemei said and left.

“Okay, see you later.”

When everyone returned to the hotel, it was already 8:30 in the evening, and everyone was satisfied with the three hours of relaxation time.

“I’m starving, section chief, what shall we have for dinner?”

Xiang Xin yelled that swimming was very exhausting, and her stomach was already flattened by hunger.

Gao Yuemei suggested: “Why don’t you eat hot pot, let’s cook while eating, without any delay.”

“Well, this method is good, let’s eat hot pot!” Section Chief Li made a final decision.

I borrowed an electric hot pot from the hotel, and within half an hour, the hot pot was ready.

===Section 47===

The sizzling meat slices, fresh and tender vegetables, sliced ​​sausages, and the spicy soup base, let alone a real taste.

Section Chief Li stood up and toasted: “Come on, everyone fill up the wine glasses. This is our department’s first dinner this year. It’s very meaningful. Let’s toast.”

“cheers!”

“cheers…”

After drinking a glass of wine, everyone dropped their chopsticks one after another, and the food in the pot was reduced by half in an instant. Gao Yuemei hurriedlyAdded a whole bunch of hot vegetables to the pot.

On the dinner table, the most sought-after ones are big meat movies.

Xu Dong held back for a while, and then lost the chance to have a second bite. Fortunately, there is no shortage of this kind of meat at home, otherwise he would die of depression.

After drinking a little wine, the atmosphere became brighter, and everyone couldn’t help chatting about all kinds of strange images in Jinmen.

“Section Chief, do you think it is necessary to build such a large-scale seawater plant?

If it weren’t for Xiao Xu’s swearing promise, I wouldn’t believe that such a large area is just a factory. ”

Xu Dong and Section Chief Li had a drink, and then added: “Uncle Li, I have found out, this is only the first phase of the project, and the total investment exceeds 200 billion.”

“Well, this is also the first time I know about this. After all, Jinmen is still a little far away from Yanjing. It’s normal if you’re not an insider, and you haven’t heard of it.” Section Chief Li sighed.

“Section Chief, Sister Gao said that the drought will not end in a while, and may last for several years. Do you think this is reliable?” Xiang Xin asked loudly.

Section Chief Li thought for a while, nodded and said:

“Lao Gao and I both came from that era. We would rather believe in something than nothing. If you have the conditions, you should make more preparations in advance!”

“Uncle Li is right, it won’t hurt if we make more preparations.” Xu Dong echoed.

After all, they are all colleagues, and he doesn’t want to see everyone suffer.

“But now that the purchase of food is restricted, what should we do?” Xiang Xin asked in distress.

“I went to Panjiayuan the day before yesterday, and I can buy some food there, but the quantity is not much and the price is expensive.” Xu Dong replied.

“How much can you buy?”

“If you run a few more times, you can still buy hundreds of catties.”

“Isn’t this too troublesome?”

Section Chief Li waved his hand and motioned everyone to be quiet: “If you want to buy grain, I have a channel here. I dare not say too much. Each person should be able to get five or six hundred catties of rice.”

“Lao Li, what’s the price?” Gao Yuemei asked hastily, the exorbitant price of milk powder really cast a shadow over her heart.

“Don’t worry, it’s definitely much cheaper than the price on the black market.” Section Chief Li said confidently.

“Chief, the price is not a problem. Can we buy more, even a round number of 1,000 catties?”

Section Chief Li shook his head: “No, there is also a quantity limit over there. With so many of us, five or six hundred catties per person is already the limit.”

“Okay, section chief, how much is it? I’ll transfer the money to you right now.” This man seemed impatient.

“There’s no rush. When the rice arrives, it won’t be too late for you to transfer the money.”

“Thank you, Chief!”

“Thank you Uncle Li!”

Everyone thanked him one after another, and Xu Dong didn’t mind hoarding more rice.

Overnight.

The next day, taking advantage of the lack of people in the morning, Xu Dong and others finally went into the sea. The temperature of the sea water was just right after nine o’clock. They played for more than two hours before they returned to their fullest.

At noon, after a simple lunch, everyone was ready to go back to Yanjing.

Overall, the team building was very successful. It not only deepened the friendship, but also a rare relaxing trip.

Back in downtown Yanjing, it was already three o’clock in the afternoon. Xu Dong drove Xiang Xin and others to the door one by one, and finally it was his turn.

“Honey, I’m back.”

Yang Lina walked out of the kitchen holding Xiaobao in her arms:

“Why did you come back so early, I thought it would be dinner time?”

Xu Dong hugged Xiao Bao from his wife’s arms, then kissed the little guy on the cheek, and replied:

“Demolition is going on over there, and there are not many places to play. Everyone came back after lunch.”

“Are you hungry? Mom just stewed the pork head today, do you want some?” Yang Lina asked concerned.

“Come on, I’m really hungry after you say it.”

Yang Lina quickly brought out a bowl of stewed meat, and put it on the dining table: “Hurry up and eat it while it’s hot!”

Xu Dong took the chopsticks and started eating with big mouthfuls. The stewed meat was really delicious.

“Eat… eat meat…”

Xiaobao smelled the smell of meat, and kept grabbing it into the bowl. Xu Dong quickly stuffed him with a small piece of meat the size of a fingernail.

“Don’t feed him too much, or he will have trouble with diarrhea.” Yang Lina reminded hastily.

“understood!”

…

Time soon came to August, and the Coco sisters were finally going to have their summer vacation.

At the beginning of the year, because of the blackout, all colleges and universities postponed the start of school.

But the learning tasks of the students have not been reduced because of this. In order to catch up with the progress, the school has no choice but to take up one month of summer vacation.