Chapter 140 139. Luo Yihang’s Circle of Friends

Director Hu, the leader among the people brought by Chiang Kai-shek, stood up with a smile, shook hands with the visitor, and pointed to a seat for him to sit down.

He laughed and said, "We can get together after work. What? We can't have that?"

The visitor smiled and said politely, "Look at what you said. It will be a great honor for Times Square if you come here."

After the pleasantries, Director Hu introduced the two parties, "This is Captain Jiang from the Municipal Bureau, and this is Instructor Xiao Gao from the Municipal Bureau. You should recognize this, Boss Luo, Captain Jiang's friend. This is Manager Wu from the mall over here."

Manager Wu nodded to everyone and stopped at Luo Yihang. He really didn't know him.

Luo Yihang took the initiative to say, "We are friends with Liu Ying."

Manager Wu smiled and nodded, and took the initiative to make arrangements: "If I hadn't passed by and took a look, I would have missed Director Hu, Captain Jiang and the others. Please give me some face today and I'll treat you to a meal."

"Go away." Director Hu waved his hand at him, "We are paying for our own meals. How can we let you treat us? It's a mistake."

"We'll just get together after work. Manager Wu, you have something to do first."

This was an order to leave, and Manager Wu did not force it. He said goodbye to everyone one by one and got up to leave.

When they got outside the store, Manager Wu called the security captain who had come with them but had not entered, and pointed at the beautiful barbecue behind him, "Starting today, arrange two more security guards to come here and keep an eye on it. You understand what I mean, right..."

After giving the instructions, Manager Wu went straight back to his office.

This wasn't just a chance encounter; he came here specifically.

As soon as Lao Jiang and his companions got off the car, a security guard recognized them and reported them. To open such a large commercial center, every detail has to be taken care of, and the relevant staff had already memorized the people who should be paid attention to.

Inside the store.

Luo Yihang continued what he had just said and joked, "Today, I am here to make you make mistakes. Look, I am giving you a bribe."

After saying that, he took out the walkie-talkie and said, "Shaoan, bring up what you have prepared."

Then there were sounds on the stairs, and Luo Shaoan came up with a tray with a large white porcelain basin on it and a stack of small bowls and spoons.

Luo Shaoan put the things on the table, said nothing, and bowed to Chiang Kai-shek first.

Lao Jiang was stunned at first, then he looked carefully and pointed at Luo Shaoan, "Isn't he the one, the one..."

"You don't recognize me, do you?" Luo Yihang patted Luo Shaoan on the shoulder. "Look at us now, what a great guy we are."

Luo Yihang told Luo Shaoan that he didn't need to stay here anymore and should go down to help.

Luo Shaoan bowed again and shouted, "Thank you, Officer Jiang." He took a few steps back and turned to go downstairs.

Old Chiang shook his head and marveled.

The others were confused.

"Captain Jiang, what's going on?"

Lao Jiang told the story of how the three kids stole vegetables, how they were caught, how they were frightened, and how they were sent to Luo Yihang for instruction. "I didn't expect that these kids could really be taught. I have to have a drink with him later."

After he finished speaking, Gao Qin slapped Lao Jiang and said, "You are teaching the children bad things."

"Seventeen or eighteen, not young anymore." Lao Jiang pointed at Luo Yihang and said, "Ask Hangwa how many times we drank when we were seventeen or eighteen."

Luo Yihang was holding a spoon to serve porridge to everyone. It was yellow millet porridge with a layer of oil floating on it. It was what Luo Shaoan had just brought up.

"Don't take me with you. I was a good kid back then, but I was taken care of by you bad boys."

The word "go away" came out of Lao Jiang's mouth. Luo Yihang raised his eyebrows first and asked him, "How is it? It feels good to be a good person, right?"

Well, the word "go away" was not wasted and can still be used. Lao Jiang directly followed up with the previous sentence, "Go away, I am a good person."

"You don't look like a good person." Luo Yihang also continued.

It also caused everyone to laugh and make fun of Chiang Kai-shek's fierce face...

After a few jokes, Director Hu and the others also realized that Lao Jiang and Luo Yihang had a really good relationship.

Luo Yihang also served the porridge and placed a bowl in front of each of them. "This is what I bribed you with. Try it."

"Xiao Luo, your bribe is quite rustic." Director Hu relaxed and teased while holding up the bowl.

He blew on it gently and took a sip.

As soon as the porridge entered his mouth, he immediately gave a thumbs up and said, "It's really good."

This is the taste.

It was just a small bowl of porridge, and I finished it in a few mouthfuls.

After he had finished it, he felt that the porridge was really good.

I just felt a warm current circling in my stomach.

He had always felt a chill in his stomach, and the uncomfortable symptoms were now much better. He even burped twice, and both of them were chilly.

After the burp, I feel more comfortable.

Director Hu looked up at his colleagues around him. The younger ones didn't seem to have any reaction. Gao Qin was the same. They just thought it tasted good.

Looking at Chiang Kai-shek again, he looked like he was enjoying it, but he didn't burp.

Seeing Director Hu's expression, Luo Yihang smiled and said, "This millet is not bad, millet is good for the stomach."

Director Hu suddenly realized that both he and Chiang Kai-shek had stomach problems. He had a cold stomach and inharmonious spleen and stomach, while Chiang Kai-shek had chronic gastritis.

They were discussing the condition on the road just now.

It’s good for the stomach, “Where did you buy this millet?” Director Hu asked directly.

"I planted them myself." Luo Yihang pointed at Lao Jiang. "In the first few months, Lao Jiang came to my place and found out that he had stomach problems. I found some seedlings and planted them. There weren't many, but I harvested 300 kilograms."

Upon hearing this, Director Hu realized that the protagonist this time was Lao Jiang, and he kept winking at him.

Lao Jiang was not polite and asked Luo Yihang directly, "How did you divide it?"

"I left 20 kilograms for my old man, and I gave 80 kilograms to Ruirui. Many of them who are engaged in scientific research have stomach problems. The remaining 200 kilograms..." Luo Yihang paused, "It's for Sister Qin."

Gao Qin was very surprised and pointed at herself, "Is there anything about me in this?"

"Of course not. If you give it to Chiang Kai-shek, he won't know where to put it. He won't even eat it if it's eaten by bugs."

Gao Qin patted Luo Yihang's arm with great pride and said, "You are absolutely right. You have to give it to me. I will take care of him."

Then, Director Hu panicked.

If it was in Chiang Kai-shek's hands, he could just snatch it away, but if it was in Gao Qin's hands, that would be inconvenient.

Director Hu was holding the porridge bowl, his third bowl of porridge, and raised it to Gao Qin and saluted, "Instructor Gao, look, ha ha, isn't it, ah..."

Hesitant and timid.

Gao Qin also understood, without Director Hu saying anything, she was very generous and just waved her hand, "I'll give you five kilograms."

"Okay, eh, no, our bureau?"

"How much can be used to make porridge? Five pounds is not a small amount."

Director Hu winked at Lao Jiang repeatedly. When Lao Jiang was about to speak, Gao Qin glanced at him. Lao Jiang shrank his neck and pretended not to see it.

Luo Yihang is relieved, it's still Sister Qin who can control her and let her go.

Two hundred kilograms, it must be a favor.

But if it were handed over to that fool Chiang Kai-shek, it would take less than half a month to clean up the mess, and he would get nothing.

"You can go back and divide it among yourselves. You have almost finished the porridge. Let's order the dishes first." Luo Yihang stepped forward to smooth things over and handed the menus to everyone.

Director Hu thought so too, took it, looked at it, and laughed, "You just nourished your stomach, and now you eat barbecue. Is this nourishing or ruining it?"

"Beer with wolfberry, wear knee pads when going clubbing, and apply the most expensive eye cream to stay up all night." Luo Yihang followed with a joke and turned over the menu in his hand, "So I recommend crayfish."

"Wow, grew up eating ginseng?" Director Hu exclaimed when he saw the price, but his expression didn't seem too surprised. He was just acting.

When they are not working or looking serious, they are just ordinary people. Director Hu likes to be funny.

Luo Yihang agreed and said, "It's definitely worth the money. You can pay if you are satisfied with the taste."

"What if I don't like the taste?"

"Then let Chiang pay." Luo Yihang pointed at Chiang.

Everyone laughed.

Both the host and the guests had a great time that night.
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The next day, Sui Wa and a group of his colleagues from the municipal hospital came.

Manager Wu took another look as he "passed by" and said, "Hey, Director Liang, Director Li, how did you find time to come over? It's a great honor to have you here."

After exchanging pleasantries, Manager Wu called the customer department and instructed, "Push the barbecue restaurant at Exit A2 among our customer groups and publicize it on our official accounts. They are our high-quality partners, and we should think ahead of time about what we should do. Don't wait for others to mention it before we act. Do you understand?"

The old doctors in Sui Wa's department didn't want to come at first. They are old and need to take care of their health. Eating barbecue late at night is too greasy and difficult to digest.

But when I mentioned it, it was the one from Zhuling.

Then you have to come. In their words, it's called friendship, it's a long-standing spiritual friendship.

A bunch of old people.

It’s still the same place as yesterday, but there’s no millet porridge. Corn juice is served first.

An upgraded version with candied dates and wolfberries.

It was not broken into pieces, but put in whole. There is a layer of water floating on top, which looks good for health.

After sitting down, there were no polite words.

The topic was forced to turn to Poria cocos.

It is true that they have a spiritual friendship of peeing together, but after peeing this year, there is still next year, and they are still thinking about peeing a few more times.

"Okay, we'll have the second batch by the end of the year. If it's fast, it'll be before the winter freezes, and if it's slow, it'll be after the spring thaws. But let me make it clear, this is the second batch, and we won't have the first batch."

It’s fine as long as it’s there. We don’t care about the first or second batch.

(Sui Wa: Meow meow meow?)

The business was settled. Doctor Liang picked up the corn juice in front of him and took a sip. Alas, something was wrong.

I held it in front of my eyes, looked at it, and took a sip. Something was definitely wrong.

"Xiao Luo, Xiao Luo." Doctor Liang called quietly, "Do you have any corn silk here? Show it to me."

Luo Yihang didn't understand why, so he asked Luo Shaoan to go to the kitchen and get a handful of corn silk.

These are all made and squeezed freshly, not to mention the corn silk, even the corn husks are included.

Luo Shaoan was quite honest and took a large handful.

Doctor Liang took it and asked Doctor Li next to him to take half of it. Doctor Li held it in his hand and asked another doctor to take most of it.

Several doctors scrambled for the corn silk, and the table was covered with corn silk.

A bunch of old kids.

When the corn silk got into their hands, they did the same thing in unison: first look at it, then smell it, then lick it, then put it in their mouths to chew it, and then spit it out.

Luo Yihang was curious, "Could this also be a medicinal herb?"

Doctor Liang was very happy today and explained to Luo Yihang: "This is really a medicinal herb. It tastes sweet and light, and is neutral in nature. It enters the bladder, liver, and gallbladder meridians. It has the effects of diuresis and swelling, and clearing the liver and promoting bile secretion."

The purpose is, "Your corn silk is good, save them all and I'll take them away."

It's a diuretic again... Luo Yihang wasn't interested and asked casually, "How do you use this whisker?"

"What else can I use it for? Dry it and boil it in water."

It really is just boiling water, that’s even worse, I don’t like drinking it.

"Okay, I'll ask the kitchen to put away all the whiskers, and you can take them with you when you leave."

Anyway, after squeezing the corn juice, the remaining leaves and cores will be taken back. I will break the leaves into pieces to feed the shrimps, and save more cores, thinking of making mushroom bags myself.

Luo Yihang agreed to Doctor Liang's request, but Doctor Li was unwilling to do so. "Why should I give it to him? I have to take some too."

"Yes, that's right. It can't all be attributed to Lao Liang." Several other doctors also spoke up.

They are also patients and need diuretics.

Although these corn silks are good, they are actually not worth much, but the problem is that someone has snatched them away.

Luo Yihang chuckled, "Everyone, everyone, I have corn silk here every day, I save it all, whoever comes next time can take it. Whoever comes first will get all the saved."

The doctors turned their attention to Luo Yihang, "You cunning kid..."

After some laughter and joking, they started to order food.

The main dish is still crayfish.

But among these, spicy ones are not good as they irritate the stomach and intestines; chilled ones are not good as all diseases are caused by cold; and blanched ones have no flavor.

Finally I tried the Huadiao Drunken Shrimp, wow, this is so good, it’s good for health.

Chinese medicine doctors are so particular, and it makes Luo Yihang very upset.

However, Luo Yihang did not "spare" them and asked the doctors to take a photo with the Huadiao drunken shrimps.

I'll wash it and hang it on the wall, and talk about health preservation...
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Day three.

Manager Wu.

"Hey, Principal Fang, how come you have time to come here today..."

A few days later, a large poster of a beautiful barbecue appeared on the billboard on the wall outside the main entrance of Times Square.

Later, Liu Piaoliang found out that Manager Wu had an only son who was in the third year of junior high school this year.

(End of this chapter)