Chapter 484: Heavy snow blocked the road, so we have to stay for a few more days
Su Mingzhe looked at Wang Quan's unconcealed smile and asked:

"Your girlfriend is back again?"

"I got her back, Brother Su. She has been waiting for me for the past six months and has never found a new boyfriend."

When Wang Quan said this, his tone was a little sweet and a little excited.

Su Mingzhe continued to ask without comment:
"What does your girlfriend do?"

“Working as a waiter in a state-owned restaurant.”

When Wang Quan said this, he seemed to be afraid that Su Mingzhe would look down on his girlfriend's job, so he quickly said, "It's very difficult to find a job in Jichun City recently. It's already rare to find a job as a waiter in a state-owned restaurant."

"I didn't say anything."

When Su Mingzhe saw Wang Quan's reaction, he knew that this guy had some "inferiority complex" about the job of waiter. In order to prevent Wang Quan from continuing to feel inferior, he simply dug deep and continued to ask which restaurant Wang Quan's girlfriend worked in and what her name was.

Wang Quan also answered them one by one.

The two of them kept chatting until after eight o'clock.

At this time, the snowflakes were getting bigger and bigger.

It was already past eight o'clock and the convoy had not arrived yet.

Su Mingzhe and Wang Quan discussed whether they should call the forest farm to ask what was going on.

At this moment, the clerk in the duty room of the Youth League Office suddenly came out to pass on a message, saying that they had received a call from the timber factory, saying that it was a call from the captain of the forest fleet, asking him to pass on the message that they had received a notice from the meteorological station that there would be a blizzard in the next two days, and that transport convoys that would take more than three hours would have to wait on the spot for news.

The distance from Jichun City to Mulan County is four hours' drive, which is just the right time to stop and wait for news.

Therefore, the convoy cannot set off today.

After receiving the notice, the team leader called the Youth League Office and asked them to notify Su Mingzhe and Wang Quan who were waiting.

"You two should go back first. The team said that the snow is too heavy. The weather station informed us that the snow will not stop in the next two or three days. The team will have to wait until next Monday at least to set off."

Su Mingzhe and Wang Quan looked at each other. They were both happy and helpless about the news.

However, the two of them would not be pretentious about having three extra days of vacation.

Su Mingzhe first asked the Youth League Office for a large piece of canvas to cover the two machines to prevent snowflakes from falling on them and melting into ice water, which would damage the machines.

After the machine was protected, Su Mingzhe said to Wang Quan:

"Wang Quan, you should go home first. Don't run around these two days. Come to the Youth Office more often. Once a convoy arrives, we'll leave immediately."

"Brother Su, aren't we going to wait for the forest farm's convoy?"

Wang Quan was a little surprised.

Su Mingzhe looked worried and said, "The village is still waiting for news from us. Besides, there are only three girls in the school and no men. I'm afraid they will get into trouble and there's no way to solve it."

Wang Quan also came to his senses and remembered that there were three female educated youth in Baiya Mountain.

Suddenly, he also started to worry:
"We agreed with the old village chief to come to Mulan County to pick us up. Now we can't go back. He won't be able to pick us up, so he must be worried."

"I'll call Director Yang later and ask them to find a way to notify them."

Su Mingzhe asked Wang Quan to leave and went to borrow a phone from the Youth League Office to tell Director Yang of the Mulan County Youth League Office about the situation.

Director Yang walked out of the office, looked at the snowflakes that began to fall from the sky, and after returning to the office, he could only ask helplessly:

"Then you should keep an eye out for the next two days. If there is a car going back to Mulan, come back immediately. As for the village, don't worry. I will call the village chief. There are six dogs with the three young women, so they will be fine."

Baiyashan Village belongs to Liuhe Commune. Baiyashan Village has no electricity or telephone, but Liuhe Commune has electricity and telephone.

Director Yang hung up the phone with Su Mingzhe and called the director of Liuhe Commune.

Soon, the director of Liuhe Commune sent a cadre on a bicycle to notify the old chief of Baiyashan Village.

Su Mingzhe reported the situation and went home first.

At this time, Jiang Cuiping had already gone to work, and her younger brother Su Mingxue was the only one at home.

Su Mingxue was naturally very happy when he knew that his elder brother would stay at home for two more days.

Afterwards, Su Mingzhe used the excuse of going to the sawmill to inquire about the situation of the fleet and went to Zheng's house again to tell Zheng Juan.

The three members of the Zheng family were naturally delighted to know that Su Mingzhe could stay for three more days.

Especially Zheng Juan, she is in love with Su Mingzhe, and it would be good to be able to spend one more minute together.

Su Mingzhe looked at his watch. It was just past nine o'clock.

"Auntie, let me treat Guangming first. I'll go to the lumber mill to check on the situation later."

"Brother Mingzhe, you can see the doctor anytime. Brother, you should go to the lumber mill first."

Zheng Guangming was mentally very happy that Su Mingzhe could stay for three more days, although when Su Mingzhe was at his house, he would be dragged out for a walk every afternoon by Zheng's mother until the evening.

However, in a few months, he will be able to see the world again.

This news kept him in a state of excitement and joy.

Another point, Su Mingzhe once told him that a single acupuncture injection is more useful than taking medicine for ten days.

If my brother-in-law Su Mingzhe can stay for three more days, I can take one month less medicine and see the world one month earlier.

"Guangming, it doesn't take that much time to go to the lumber mill."

Su Mingzhe smiled and touched Zheng Guangming's little head.

This brother-in-law is only five or six years old. Perhaps because he is blind, he has always been cautious towards the world, which makes people feel distressed when they see him.

After giving Zheng Guangming an injection and checking his recovery, Su Mingzhe agreed to have lunch together after returning from the sawmill, and then he said goodbye to the three of them and left.

The wood processing factory in Jichun City, whose full name is Jichun City Red Star Wood Processing Factory, is responsible for the wood processing work of nearly one hundred forest farms in the Songhua River area and Jichun City.

When Su Mingzhe rushed to the wood processing factory, the workers here did not stop working because of the snow. On the contrary, the workers were shouting slogans and working hard.

At the gate, Su Mingzhe revealed his identity and the gate guard notified the driver of the Mulan County Forest Farm's convoy on his behalf.

Soon, the team leader Gao Yaxuan came over and was quite surprised to see that it was Su Mingzhe who came to see him:
"Su Zhiqing, I have called the Zhiqing Office and they told me that we can't send the car today. Didn't you receive the notice?"

"Captain Gao, I have received the notice."

Su Mingzhe first expressed his gratitude to the team for notifying them of the news in a timely manner, and then smiled and said:

"I've been saying that I want to invite everyone to have a meal together, but you always say you don't have time. Now the road is blocked by heavy snow, so why don't we have some fun in the midst of hardship? Let me, the host, treat you all and let's have a meal together tonight. What do you think?"

"How can I let you, Su Zhiqing, spend money on this?"

Gao Yaxuan must have been very happy when he heard Su Mingzhe's invitation.

Being invited to dinner is a sign that your own value is reflected.

However, one should not be too honest. If one agrees immediately when Su Mingzhe invites him, it would seem that one is too unreserved.

It’s not like Gao Yaxuan hasn’t eaten in a restaurant before, and he doesn’t want to be looked down upon.

Su Mingzhe did not continue to be polite with Gao Yaxuan. He directly reached out and patted his shoulder, smiling:
"Captain Gao, I treat you all as my friends. I'm inviting you to dinner so that I can continue to trouble your team for help in the future. It's settled. We'll meet at Chaoyang Hotel at five o'clock this evening. See you there."

"alright."

Seeing Su Mingzhe's attitude, Gao Yaxuan stopped being polite.

After all, the two sides have known each other for half a year.

The team also picked up Su Mingzhe a few times and had a meal with him, which was no big deal.

As for Su Mingzhe's request for his help, Gao Yaxuan didn't take it seriously.

The two of them arranged a dinner, and Su Mingzhe first went to the nearby Chaoyang Hotel to book a table.

Wang Quan’s girlfriend works at Chaoyang Hotel.

Coincidentally, the restaurant is not far from the sawmill.

When Su Mingzhe arrived at the place, he did not go directly to find Wang Quan's girlfriend, but went to the counter to find the manager to reserve a table.

In this era, to eat in a restaurant, you not only needed money, but also grain coupons and meat coupons.

When Su Mingzhe arrived at Chaoyang Hotel, he first took out his work ID to prove his identity before registering his reservation information. When Su Mingzhe started to order, the manager hurriedly read the menu one dish at a time:

"One, two, three, four... thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen... a total of sixteen dishes. How many people are you going to bring, little brother?"

"There are indeed quite a lot of people here. There are fourteen of them."

Gao Yaxuan's convoy consisted of six cars, with two drivers in each car, which made a total of twelve people.

Including Su Mingzhe and Wang Quan, there are fourteen people in total.

The hotel manager stopped being surprised when he heard so many people coming.

"Two more soups, mushroom soup and sauerkraut soup."

"no problem."

As a restaurant manager, he certainly wouldn't be afraid of big-bellied men.

After Su Mingzhe ordered the dishes, he smiled and said:
"Manager, can we use larger plates for the dinner portions tonight? I can pay extra for that."

"no problem."

The hotel manager took out his abacus and calculated:
"It's thirty-two dollars and fifty cents in total, plus eight catties of grain coupons and three catties of meat coupons."

This price is really not cheap. You have to know that the average worker’s monthly income is only 20 to 30 yuan.

Su Mingzhe spent a month's salary on this meal, or even more.

If you don't increase the quantity, maybe twenty yuan will be enough.

However, Su Mingzhe asked for a large plate, so the manager raised the price by several percent.

Under the manager's gaze, Su Mingzhe remained calm and took out some money from his pocket.

The manager confirmed the tickets one by one and gave Su Mingzhe a receipt for the table reservation.

When Su Mingzhe brings people to dinner in the evening, he can just take this receipt with him.

Su Mingzhe was about to turn around and leave with the receipt, but suddenly remembered something and turned back to ask:
"Manager, can we bring our own drinks?"

"sure, no problem."

Chaoyang Hotel is a state-owned hotel. Although it has many rules, they are reasonable most of the time.

Guests are allowed to bring their own alcohol and the hotel staff will not stop them.

Su Mingzhe nodded, said thank you, then turned and left.

Afterwards, he went to Wang Quan's home and told Wang Quan that there would be a party in the evening at Chaoyang Hotel:
"Wang Quan, go find your girlfriend this afternoon and ask her to help take care of it. As long as this dinner party is successful, we can save a lot of effort in the development of Mulan County."

When Wang Quan heard that the evening banquet involved the future development in Mulan County, he immediately smiled and said:
"Brother Su, don't worry, I will make it clear to my girlfriend and arrange dinner tonight."

"Okay, here's the receipt. Take it. Go there early and ask your girlfriend to help with the arrangements."

Su Mingzhe declined Wang Quan's invitation to have dinner at his house, gave the receipt to Wang Quan, and left.

At this time, Zheng Juan and her mother had already prepared lunch.

The four of us had dinner.

Mother Zheng was about to take her son out again, but Su Mingzhe quickly stopped her:

"Auntie, I'm going to Mulan County in a few days. I'm afraid I won't be back until the end of the year. In the next two days, I want to take Zheng Juan out shopping and watching a movie."

Zheng's mother knew that Su Mingzhe felt sorry for her and her son and didn't want her and her son to suffer outside in the snow.

Faced with this kindness, Zheng's mother smiled, patted Su Mingzhe's hand, and nodded in agreement.

It is indeed not suitable for the elderly and children to go out on this snowy day.

Even when Zheng Juan and Su Mingzhe went out, they shivered suddenly in the cold wind.

Zheng Juan looked around and saw that there was no one around, so she simply hugged the man's arm, leaned on his shoulder, and walked towards the nearest Heping Cinema together.

The Peace Cinema has a history of more than 50 years and has two floors.

It was at the entrance of Heping Cinema that Zheng Juan and Su Mingzhe met for the first time.

When the two arrived at the place today, the cinema was preparing to play "Land Mine Warfare".

"Land Mine Warfare" is also an old movie from a few years ago.

However, the two of them didn't come to the cinema to watch a movie, so they didn't hesitate at all and just bought two tickets and went in.

As soon as the two of them entered, they discovered that there were quite a few people sitting in the cinema.

There are 1,200 seats on the upper and lower floors, and there are nearly a hundred people sitting in total.

Because it was not the weekend and it was snowing outside, the people who could come to see the movie were basically the "free and easy" young people with some spare money.

There were quite a few people here who looked familiar to Su Mingzhe, but when they saw Su Mingzhe and a woman coming in, they were very tactful and did not come to say hello.

The seats Su Mingzhe and Zheng Juan bought were near the corner.

Soon the movie starts.

Because it is an old movie from a few years ago, everyone has seen it many times.

When a boyfriend or girlfriend goes to see a movie, their attention is definitely not on the movie.

Soon, strange things happened in the cinema.

As soon as Su Mingzhe hugged Zheng Juan in his arms, he could clearly feel that her whole body was tense and she was a little nervous.

Fortunately, Zheng Juan found that although the man was hugging her, he was not as unscrupulous as other couples, so she slowly relaxed.

This is not because Su Mingzhe has a change of heart and knows how to respect Zheng Juan.

Instead, he saw a lot of acquaintances and was worried that he could no longer hide the news that he had a girlfriend.

In the future, if he goes to Zhou's house again and wants to pursue Zhou Rong, Zhou Bingyi will most likely give him two big fights.

The movie ended around three o'clock in the afternoon.

Su Mingzhe greeted his acquaintances awkwardly, and then introduced his girlfriend Zheng Juan.

Everyone said goodbye tacitly and went their separate ways.

At this moment, Songji Avenue was covered with a thick layer of snow, and snowflakes as big as goose feathers were still falling continuously.

Su Mingzhe managed to calm himself down and then took the happy Zheng Juan to the Dabailou to go shopping.

Dabailou is the most famous shopping mall in Jichun City.

This is Zheng Juan's first time to come here to buy something.

Su Mingzhe was naturally a lavish spender and bought a lot of things for his woman, including ready-made clothes and skirts, as well as long leather boots, high heels, antifreeze skin care products, perfumes, and so on.

There is no woman who doesn't love beauty.

After receiving these gifts from the man, although Zheng Juan was reluctant to let him spend money lavishly, she still happily tried on the dress after the man insisted on buying them for her.

Thanks to the heating supply of the Big White Building, the temperature is quite high.

Zheng Juan was only wearing a small top inside and a beautiful floral long skirt outside, and walked out of the dressing room.

Looking at her showing her snow-white arms and dancing in circles in front of him, Su Mingzhe felt his mouth dry and his heart beat faster.

At this time, Su Mingzhe felt that the two of them needed to find a place to calm down.

Five minutes later, a place where people could calm down was found.

Three minutes later, Zheng Juan was dragged into a guesthouse by the man.

Don't ask how to get the letter of introduction.

If you have the money, it is easy to book a guest room.

(End of this chapter)