After sitting in the coffee shop for a while, I finally paid the bill and went to the restaurant where I used to work overtime with Fang Yuan and had a few drinks. This restaurant is our tacit old place. In the past few years, we have talked about a lot of unsatisfactory life and workplace here, and we often remember the relaxation and freedom in college, and then threw many emotions into the wine in exchange for equal amount of pleasure.

I came to this small restaurant almost at the same time as Fang Yuan. Because the alley was very narrow, we avoided the three-wheeled transport truck that was coming towards us. We took a lot of effort to park the car. He was in front and I was in the back, and we walked out of the car together, but we didn't say much and walked side by side into the restaurant.

The boss's wife is still the same as before. She likes to sit at the door at noon to attract customers for the restaurant. When she saw us coming, she said with emotion: "You two guys have really not been here for a while!"

Fang Yuan and I made an excuse almost the same, and replied at the same time: "I've been a little busy lately!"

The boss lady looked at the car parked opposite us and said, "I think you two are really busy. You are now making a fuss, but you can't remember our small restaurant."

"No, nothing...Isn't this coming again today!"

The boss lady smiled and said, "Looking at the fact that you two cowards have become prosperous, I am happy for you from the bottom of my heart... But, today, can you repay the previous credit account?"

Fang Yuan and I looked at each other. We do often take credit here, but we can't remember what year or month it was, and who should have paid for this account at the beginning.

The boss’s wife really took a book, found our credit record, and handed it to us: “Hey… there are three-by credit uncut, a total of 266 yuan.”

The boss lady is a good person. She has never made any debts with us. It was not until today that she felt that Fang Yuan and I had a decent identity, so Fang Yuan and I felt guilty. Regardless of who should have treated us, they took out their wallet from their pockets, took out 300 yuan together, and said together: "No need to look for it..."

The boss's wife drew 100 yuan from me and 200 yuan from Fang Yuan, saying, "The money is not worth much now. It's not an exaggeration to charge you 300 yuan. It's still the same as before. Zhaoyang is stingy and really has no money, so she can collect 100 yuan from Zhaoyang and Fang Yuan takes 200 yuan, which is fair and just."

As he said that, he took away the remaining money in our hands and said, "This is another 300 yuan. Even if the money for dinner today, the car driven by Zhaoyang is a6 and the square radius is a4. Zhaoyang is better off. This time, he will collect 200 yuan from Zhaoyang and 100 yuan from a square radius, which is still fair and just."

Fang Yuan smiled and said, "Auntie, you are really a sensible person!"

"If you do small business, you are not smart enough, but you can make money...300 yuan, you can have the best meal with me, so you can make the best meal for you. It's a farewell to you. I'm afraid I won't come to my small restaurant for dinner in the future!"

I said, "Where are you talking about this? We have always been thinking about your restaurant!"

"Then I'll test you two. You two are not allowed to look at the signboard next to you and tell us what the name of our restaurant is. I can't say it. I don't believe you've been thinking about it."

Fang Yuan and I looked at each other in this way. For a moment, no one could tell the name of the small restaurant. We took a step back and saw the signboard of attracting customers. We remembered that it was called "Huifang Hotel", which was named after the boss who was a chef.

......

This afternoon, there were no guests in the restaurant. Fang Yuan and I sat in the old seat and started eating. The boss's wife seemed to have decided that we would not come again. She turned on the air conditioner surprisingly generously to keep us warm, and it also seemed to let us remember the goodness of "Huifang Hotel".

We used tea instead of wine. After eating the most hearty meal we could take here, I put a bowl of tofu soup for Fang Yuan and said, "Try it, the boss's craftsmanship seems to be better than before."

Fang Yuan took it from me, took a bite, just nodded, without verbal comments, then threw a cigarette at me, lit one himself, took a deep breath, and asked, "Zhaoyang, we have been brothers for so long, do you still remember when we started to divide you and me?"

I was a little bit stopped by him, and I didn't want to subjectively misinterpret his intention to ask this, so I asked back: "Why do you ask this?"

"I remember you told me in college that we are a handful of soil on the ground. If you spit a mouthful of water, I will throw some snot, mix it, mix it, mix it, mix it and mix it..."

I nodded and said, "Our life is nothing but the saliva that we vomit and the snot we throw out, mix and mix, we will definitely not be able to produce any noble porcelain, but we are just porcelain, brothers!"

Fang Yuan took another puff of cigarette, as if he disliked the smell of tobacco. He used his mouth and nose to let the smoke spread. He bounced the ash in his hand and said to me: "......... Over the years, it has changed a lot. I seem to have everything and I lack everything. So I can never find a sense of security in this world... Just like Mr. Mi, one sentence can end everything I have worked hard in the workplace... But I have no complaints about her, and no malice, because this is the law of survival."

I heard some smell from Fang Yuan's words, but I didn't interrupt, waiting for him to continue speaking.

Fang Yuan took only two sips of cigarettes, squeezed them in the ashtray, and said, "But no matter how you change, you, Zhaoyang and I, are still brothers who mix snot and saliva. This is the foundation that I will never forget in my heart... So if you put one hundred and twenty hearts, no matter when, I will never forget that we are brothers. Your position is my position..."

After a brief silence, he smiled and said, "Maybe twenty years later, you, Zhaoyang and I, can still come to this Huifang Hotel, have a few drinks, and then chat with each other!"

I looked around this hotel...but I didn't know if Fang Yuan still existed in 20 years, but the atmosphere of our chat was a little relaxed because of Fang Yuan's statement, and the purpose of my search for him was indeed to make this promise.

At the beginning, I tried my best to recommend him and Chen Jingming to Mi Cai, hoping that they could become Mi Cai's right-hand man. If Fang Yuan could do his best to Mi Cai like Chen Jingming, it would be a perfection for me.

"Zhaoyang, you and Mr. Mi should also be careful and create someone... If there are two families, one man and one woman, and you don't mind Yan Yan and I, we will have a family. With Mr. Mi's excellent genes, it will definitely be great to have a child!"

"Okay, if we have a daughter, a full moon wine, you will have to take it down and arrange it."

"No problem." Fang Yuan said, raising his cup to use tea instead of wine and ran into me.

We raised our heads and drank the already cold tea in the cup, and then looked at this "Huifang Hotel" together. Maybe we were all thinking that in the future, when both families have children, they will bring their wives and children to this "Huifang Hotel" that has proved us for many years.

Because it is a symbol, symbolizing the birth of grassroots between me and Fangyuan, and symbolizing that we are brothers who are not distinguished from noble or low.

......

After saying goodbye to Fang Yuan, I also said goodbye to a worry. At present, it seems that Mi Cai’s emotions are not affected by Zhuomei’s failure in listing. I believe that with the support of the woman in red, she will quickly adjust her state, continue to control Zhuomei, and lead Zhuomei to achieve a leap... and our relationship will also settle down.
Chapter completed!