I'm back in 1990

Chapter 393: Reunion of Old Classmates

For dinner that evening, Huang Xiaochuan invited Ding Yi and Chen Zhe as well, and he even personally drove to pick them up.

They picked up Chen Zhe first, and then picked up Ding Yi.

After getting into the car, Ding Yi joked with Huang Xiaochuan, "What's going on tonight? It's so grand! Teacher Huang, you personally drove to pick us up. I'm flattered!"

Huang Xiaochuan, his eyes fixed straight ahead, said, "I just finished my registration today. Shouldn't you, Lao Ding, treat me to dinner tonight to celebrate?"

Upon hearing this, Ding Yi deliberately feigned a look of great alarm: "I knew it wouldn't be good. Stop the car, stop the car right now, I want to get out."

He kept tapping on the glass while talking.

"Alright! Stop filming. I think you could go to a drama academy for further studies. You're quite the actor." Huang Xiaochuan's face was still turned forward, but that didn't stop him from speaking.

Seeing that his trick had been exposed, Ding Yi wasn't embarrassed at all. Instead, he asked, "Is it just the three of us tonight?"

"And there's Sang Weihong and a few of her old classmates from the class of '89 who stayed in Shanghai. Oh, and Pang Dahai is coming tonight too."

Upon hearing that an old acquaintance was coming, Ding gritted his teeth and said, "That bastard Pang Dahai still owes me a drink!"

Huang Xiaochuan couldn't help but smile when he heard this. Pang Dahai's surname was Pang, and he and Ding Yi were basketball buddies. They used to play basketball together often. Before Pang Dahai graduated, the two of them arranged a group of people to play one last game. During the game, Pang Dahai went too far in protecting himself and accidentally pulled down Ding Yi's big shorts when Ding Yi jumped up to shoot, exposing Ding Yi's penis to the eyes of the spectators, thus confirming his nickname "Ding the Stick".

Feeling guilty, Pang Dahai not only apologized but also promised to treat Ding Yi to drinks as an apology. However, the guy disappeared as soon as he graduated, so the drinking session was naturally dropped. Hearing that Pang Dahai was coming tonight, it's no wonder Ding Yi was excited.

The three of them arrived quite early; the other guests for the evening had not yet arrived.

Ding Yi took the menu from the waiter, casually flipped through a couple of pages, and then asked Huang Xiaochuan, "How many people are there tonight?"

"I really don't know, let's wait until they arrive before we talk about it."

"OK!"

"Waiter, not everyone has arrived yet. Please arrange the dishes later."

"It's alright, just let me know if you need anything." The waiter politely left.

"Big spender, what's it like being a teacher?"

"How would I know? This is my first time being a teacher!"

Ding Yi looked Huang Xiaochuan up and down with a suspicious gaze: "You don't look like a teacher at all. I seriously doubt that you'll mislead students. I think you should stop harming the flowers of our motherland and come with me to Hong Kong to speculate on stocks. We're brothers, and our strength can break gold."

Then he asked Chen Zhe for confirmation: "Old Chen, don't you think so?"

"What?" Chen Zhe pretended to be deaf and dumb.

"Hey! Old Chen, I've noticed you've gone astray too."

While the three were arguing, Sang Weihong and her group arrived.

"Fat Seaweed, you're not allowed to leave tonight until you drink a pound of it." Ding Yi saw the fat man behind Sang Weihong and jumped up to hug his neck.

Fat Seaweed quickly begged for forgiveness: "Brother, I was wrong, I was wrong!"

Ding Yi grabbed Pang Dahai by the neck and asked, "What did you do wrong?"

Fat Sea slapped his left hand with his right: "It's all this stinky hand's fault, it ripped my pants. I'll give it a few slaps to vent your anger."

The people who came tonight were all acquaintances, and they all knew this joke. They all burst out laughing when they heard it.

Enraged, Ding Yi tightened his grip on Pang Dahai's neck a few more times, but unfortunately, Pang Dahai's neck was short and thick, and Ding Yi's thin arms were of no use at all.

"Alright, alright, you've finished your greetings, right? Sit down, sit down and let's talk." Huang Xiaochuan stepped forward and pulled the two apart.

Upon seeing the guests arrive,

The waiter reappeared with the menu.

Huang Xiaochuan pointed at Sang Weihong: "Waitress, give her the menu."

Then he said to Sang Weihong, "Senior, you take care of ordering, they take care of eating, and I'll take care of paying the bill. Everyone should eat and drink well tonight."

"I don't know how to order, you should do it!" Sang Weihong flipped through the menu and was shocked by the prices. She quickly handed the menu back to Huang Xiaochuan.

Huang Xiaochuan took the menu but didn't look at it. Instead, he silently counted the number of people.

"Waiter, please arrange the dishes according to the standard of 300 per person. Serve the cold dishes first, and then serve the hot dishes as soon as possible."

"Okay!" The waiter took the menu and left.

Tonight, Huang Xiaochuan has three people on his side, and Sang Weihong brought four more, making a total of eight people, which is just right!

While waiting for the food, Sang Weihong asked Huang Xiaochuan, "I heard you got to deal with Teacher Pan from the General Affairs Office today?"

Huang Xiaochuan rolled his eyes: "Senior, what you're saying sounds like you're trying to incite me. I was just following the school rules to get the benefits I deserve. I'm not a doctor, I can't cure him."

Upon hearing this, the group realized there was more to the story!

Everyone immediately became interested. Duan Peiqin, Pang Dahai's classmate, asked with a gossipy look, "What's going on, Mr. Huang? Tell us!"

Seeing that everyone was quite concerned about this matter, Huang Xiaochuan briefly recounted what had happened that morning.

Seeing that everyone was quite concerned about this matter, Huang Xiaochuan briefly recounted what had happened that morning.

Ding Yi slammed his fist on the table in anger: "Damn it, all sorts of monsters and demons are here, even the guy in charge of the keys is pretending to be a big shot."

"Alright, alright. If he knocks over the table again, we won't be able to eat. Let's just let this go. If he does it again, we'll deal with him then."

At this moment, several waiters arrived and began serving the dishes. Huang Xiaochuan asked Sang Weihong and the others a few questions.

"What would you girls like to drink tonight? How about red wine? Or just soft drinks?"

Jiang Yun, quick-witted and outspoken, said, "Red wine, it has to be red wine. It would be a disservice to Mr. Huang's kindness if we didn't drink a little at this gathering of old classmates tonight."

Huang Xiaochuan brought a small case of Burgundy red wine tonight and immediately asked the waiter to open it.

He opened two more bottles of Wuliangye himself and poured one for Pang Dahai first: "Pang Dahai, I know your alcohol tolerance, so don't hold back tonight."

"Big spenders are big spenders, still as impressive as ever, they're throwing around Wuliangye!" Fatty Dahai's eyes lit up as he looked at the Wuliangye.

Unfortunately, Pangdahai didn't know its value; the first bottle of Burgundy that Huang Xiaochuan brought could have bought several cases of Wuliangye.

Although most people don't recognize it, surprisingly, someone at this table knows this kind of wine.

"Mr. Huang, where did you get this wine? How much is it?" The one who asked this was Huang Lin, formerly the head of the publicity department of the student union, who now works at the Municipal Economic and Trade Commission.

"Where else could it have come from? Of course, it was bought." Huang Xiaochuan changed the subject, refusing to mention how much it cost.

Pang Dahai understood the implication in Huang Lin's words: "Huang Lin, do you perhaps know how much it costs?"

"Once I attended a business cocktail party hosted by a foreign company, and this was the kind of wine they served. A bottle probably cost over ten thousand yuan!"

"what?"

Sang Weihong and the others all gasped.

Huang Xiaochuan feigned a look of deep regret, saying, "Oh dear! I've lost out big time. I stole this from my uncle's house. If I'd known it was this expensive, I wouldn't have brought it. How about we pour the wine back into the bottle and get a different one?"

Such behavior naturally provoked widespread opposition.

"No way! How could you even think of that? Pouring the wine back in?"

"Big spender, have some self-respect, okay? Don't tarnish your big spender reputation."

"That's right, I never expected you, Mr. Huang, to become so stingy."

The atmosphere suddenly became much livelier, filled with laughter and chatter, as if we had returned to our university days.