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Half an hour later, Xu Bin and the old man received the heated lunch together.

"What's for lunch?"

Xu Bin shook his head: "I don't know either. The child's mother prepared the lunch box. I usually don't care about such things."

"Brother, I brought sweet potato pancakes. Should we change the taste?" the old man suggested.

Nowadays, the food rations are of a single variety, and colleagues who have a good relationship with each other usually exchange the food with each other when eating, at least to make their stomachs feel better.

"OK!"

The old man was very down-to-earth, so Xu Bin agreed and immediately opened his lunch box, which contained eight or nine egg-sized rice balls.

This is no ordinary rice ball. Tan Aifang minced mushrooms, dried fish, fish balls and shrimps together, then mixed it with rice and kneaded it. It smelled particularly fragrant.

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As soon as the old man saw the rice balls, he immediately covered his lunch box secretly and sighed: "Brother, it was me who was rude. Let's each eat our own thing!"

"Don't!" Xu Bin grabbed the old man and said, "We have already agreed, how can we go back on our words?"

After saying that, he scooped two rice balls with a spoon and put them into the other party's lunch box, and then took two pieces of sweet potato pancakes back from the other party's lunch box.

Two for two, no one seems to suffer.

"Brother, what do you want me to say..." The old man was quite embarrassed.

"It's just two rice balls, no big deal." Xu Bin finally found a sense of superiority from the old man.

The old man immediately gave a thumbs up: "Brother, be open."

After returning to his seat with his lunch box, Xu Bin felt much more relaxed, and everything in front of him became clear.

"Dabin, why are you laughing? Did you find the money?" Tan Aifang asked in surprise.

"No, I just met an old friend and chatted for a few words." Xu Bin shook his head.

"Who is it? Do I know him?"

"You don't know me. Let's stop talking about this and hurry up and eat. Jingyi must be hungry." Xu Bin immediately changed the subject.

Tan Aifang was noncommittal and gently opened the lunch box.

"Hey, where did this sweet potato pancake come from?"

"My old friend forced it on me." Xu Bin replied.

"No, I remember that I made nine rice balls last night, exactly three for each person. Why are there two missing?"

"I gave it as a gift in return. They gave me sweet potato pancakes. I couldn't pretend not to see it!" Xu Bin explained.

Tan Aifang covered her chest and complained: "It's a huge loss. One of our rice balls can be exchanged for ten sweet potato cakes. Why are you so stupid?"

"We are all old friends, it's boring to talk about this." Xu Bin said nonchalantly.

"I want to see what kind of friend he is, so valuable?"

Seeing that her parents were about to quarrel, Xu Jingyi quickly took off her headphones and interrupted:

"Mom, give me a sweet potato pancake. I haven't eaten it for a long time. It's weird."

"You see, Jingyi likes to eat sweet potato cakes." Xu Bin said proudly. For the couple, the world is not bigger than their daughter.

Xu Jingyi rubbed her temples. Her father's emotional intelligence was second to none. He was simply a straight man. If it were now, he would not be able to find a girlfriend, let alone a wife. He would be alone.

"You are so stupid, can't your daughter understand what you mean?" Tan Aifang said angrily.

"Okay, Mom, it's time to eat. If you don't eat, it will get cold." Xu Jingyi advised again.

After a not-so-pleasant lunch, Yanjing was about to arrive, and the family of three were a little uneasy. They hadn't seen each other for a year, and they didn't know if anything had changed in Yanjing.

…

At half past one in the afternoon, Xu Dong arrived at the high-speed rail station.

After waiting for more than half an hour, he finally received the boss's family, but there was an old couple beside him. The boss meant that this person was an old friend and hoped to give him a ride.

After some polite greetings, Xu Dong asked as he walked:

"Uncle, where is your son's home?"

"I have the address. Please help me take a look. It's our first time in Yanjing and we are not familiar with it." The old man took out a small note.

Xu Dong took it and took a look. Well, Daxia Media College is on the edge of the East Fifth Ring Road, not far or near from their home.

"Uncle, is your son a university teacher?"

The old man was very proud: "Yes, he used to teach at Wannong University and was transferred to Yanjing last year."

"Wannan Agricultural University? Then why did he go to Daxia Media College?" Xu Dong asked confused.

"I heard him say this. The universities here have opened many new majors related to agriculture, and they are in urgent need of additional teachers. My old son is also lucky and has caught up with the good time."

"I see, my car has arrived. Everyone, hurry up and get on the bus. Grandpas and aunts, don't take the bus. I'll take you there directly!" Xu Dong said politely.

Although he himself has no academic qualifications, he particularly admires those knowledgeable people. Now that he meets them, he doesn't mind giving a little help.

"This...this...how can I be so embarrassed? It's too troublesome!"

"It's not troublesome. It's in the same direction as our home, half an hour away at most." Xu Dong explained.

Seeing that his brother was giving him face, Xu Bin rarely said thank you. Xu Dong nodded and said no thank you.

Forty minutes later, Daxia Media College arrived.

The old man once again expressed his gratitude. He originally wanted to give the other party a bag of home-fried dried sweet potatoes, but in the end he didn't. Even a fool could see that the other party was not short of money or food.

On the way home, Tan Aifang almost pointed at her husband and scolded him. Xu Dong persuaded him several times before he persuaded the couple.

"Jingyi, what did your father do?"

Xu Jingyi covered her forehead and explained softly: "My father exchanged two rice balls with meat for two sweet potato cakes with the old man just now on the train at noon. My mother has been angry!"

"Alas, sister-in-law, just exchange it. I think the old man is also a real person." Xu Dong helped persuade.

"Brother-in-law, you don't know how much meat I put in the rice ball. I usually don't want to eat it. Your eldest brother is so good, he swelled up his face and lied to me that he was an old friend. In the end, we have known each other for less than an hour. What a bullshit old friend."

Tan Aifang said angrily.

"As long as it is sincere, one hour is also an old friend." Xu Bin couldn't help but retort.

"Say it again?"

Luckily, they got home at this time, and Xu Bin quickly fooled her. The spendthrift woman made him lose face today.

At the door of the house, Xu's mother had been waiting for a long time with Xiaobao in her arms.

"Mom, we are back."

"Why so late?" Xu's mother couldn't help but frowned.

"On the way back, I helped the eldest son send an old friend off, which delayed me for more than ten minutes." Xu Dong explained.

"Okay, I'm glad I'm back."

"Grandma, I missed you so much." Xu Jingyi rushed to Xu's mother as soon as she got off the car.

"Good child, grandma misses you too." Xu's mother wiped her tears with the back of her hand. She raised her eldest granddaughter by herself, and her feelings for her were not much less than those for Dabao and the others.

Xu Dong stepped forward to take Xiaobao, allowing the two of them to vent their feelings.

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