Before I got there, I saw a few people waiting there by a country road. Mayor Wang hurriedly pulled over and explained to the senior officials after getting out of the car:

"Senior official, Secretary Gu, because the roads in the countryside are not wide, I am worried that I will not even be able to find a place to park at that time. Therefore, let the mayor and secretary of the township below bring the village chief of Jikai Village over, and we can park the car well, and we can't occupy the lane at will and affect the traffic below. ”

The high-ranking official was originally very angry, but the people below would appear to greet him, and when he heard Mayor Wang say this, he was also angry, after all, others were thoughtful.

The senior official nodded and said:

"Don't spread out any more about what we're here, otherwise Ji Kai's housewarming banquet will probably be messed up by you. Let the people below know not to come over. ”

Mayor Wang nodded yes, and then under the guidance of the head of Ji Kai's village, he came to a newly repaired tourist ring route, which has few cars and is relatively wide, and parking on the side of the road will not affect traffic.

Under the leadership of the village chief, the senior officials and their entourage came to Ji Kai's new home.

At this time, the outside had already begun to eat, and after the village chief signaled to the mayor and secretary, he hurried to find Ji Kai and quietly told Ji Kai the news that the senior officials and others were coming.

Ji Kai was surprised when he heard it, how could they come over. However, I still said hello to my father first, and asked people to quickly clear out an empty place on the third floor, set up two tables of banquets, and said that a distinguished guest was coming, and then hurried to greet the high-ranking officials and others.

"Senior officials, Secretary Liu, Mayor Wang, why are you here? Don't call me in advance, so I might as well postpone the start of the table! What a surprise attack on me! ”

"Haha, we also temporarily learned about the completion of your new home, and came to celebrate with you. Congratulations on your new move! Come, let me introduce you, this is a senior political and legal official of our province, just call him Secretary Gu. The senior official said with a smile.

"Hello Secretary Gu, I didn't recognize you when we met for the first time, I hope you will forgive me!"

It turned out to be this one, Ji Kai guessed that Secretary Gu came today, maybe because his son made trouble for his logistics company last time to apologize.

Secretary Gu hurriedly said:

"It's me who came abruptly, uninvited, and Mr. Ji Haihan!"

After Ji Kai smiled, after getting to know the rest of the people, he hurriedly led everyone through the crowded and narrow aisle to the third floor of the new house. On the way, I still vigorously said that the place is relatively small, please forgive me.

In the crowd present, someone found that among the people led by Ji Kai were the mayor and secretary of the city, as well as the mayor and secretary of the town, and it was not clear what the two looked bigger. Ordinary people watch TV news or something, who remembers what the provincial leaders look like! However, when I saw that the mayor and the secretary were behind those two, I knew that there was a lot of discussion and discussion.

After the senior officials and others took their seats, the secretary and the driver were at another table, and the senior officials and others were at the same table. Secretary Gu still understood the situation and knew that he had to pay for a banquet in the countryside, so he quickly took out his wallet and asked the secretary to hang up red, and said to the senior official with a smile:

"When we come to the housewarming banquet, we can't eat and drink for nothing, we follow the local customs, and everyone has to pay their share of the money. This is not much, I have inquired, and the average person only has 200 yuan. In this way, according to my meaning, 500 yuan per person is enough, no more, no less. ”

After speaking, he asked the secretary to hurry up to do it, and when the rest of the people saw it, they took out the money and went downstairs to find the place where the red hung and handed over the money. Of course, high-ranking officials are no exception.

Ji Kai could only smile and thank everyone, after all, this is the rule, and it can't be rumored that high-ranking officials went to the farmhouse to eat a banquet for nothing, and besides, this is a thing that adds luster to his face, why stop it?

Father and mother brought their sister and brother-in-law to bring wine and food and put them on the table, and Ji Kai also introduced them to each other. The senior official said kindly to Ji Kai's parents:

"Two old brothers, old sisters-in-law, your sons, now you are happy! Thank you for nurturing such a talented and kind-hearted son! ”

Anyway, there were a lot of words of praise in their mouths, and Ji Kai was embarrassed to say it, so he hurriedly went down and served the food himself. If you want to say that the leader's secretary and driver have eyesight, without waiting for the leader's instructions, they got up one after another to help serve the food and take the bowls, and soon the two large tables were filled.

The senior official stopped Ji Kai's action of opening the wine and said:

"Mr. Ji, today is not a rest day, we are busy and sneaking to attend your housewarming banquet, and we also dare to come under the pretext of the task assigned by the superior leader, otherwise, we don't dare to put down the work in our hands at will! Unless it's a holiday season, maybe it's still done.

Therefore, we will not drink this wine, and the leading cadres must abide by the relevant regulations and strictly enforce them, and we will have to leave after dinner, and there is still a lot of work to do. Please forgive Mr. Ji! ”

Ji Kai had also heard about some of the country's regulations on leading cadres, so he didn't persuade them anymore, and beckoned everyone to eat at will. Then he sat down with him, and while eating, he asked the high-ranking official:

"Senior official, I don't know what tasks you said were assigned by the superiors, is it related to me?"

After the high-ranking official ate a bite of food, he put down his chopsticks and said:

"I'm also wondering about this. Two days ago, the secretary and I both received a call from the Great Elder's office, asking us to pay attention to the Provincial Museum and yours to see if there is an old man dressed as a Taoist to appear, and if we find it, please help give some money to the old man. We really don't know what the old man looks like and where he comes from.

It's just that I haven't found it recently, so I found this excuse today, and came to ask you if there is such an old man who has come to look for you, or when I look for you later, I ask you to temporarily help us advance some money, and we will return it to you later. ”

Ji Kai hasn't had anyone looking for him recently, and he doesn't understand who is coming to him, but he still nodded and agreed, if such a person really came to him, he would definitely take out some money and give it to the old man, and he wouldn't say anything if he didn't pay it back.

The senior officials and others may have something to do, and after eating for half an hour, they said that they had eaten well and were ready to leave, and said that they would ask Ji Kai to accompany them and take a walk to digest it.

Seeing this, the rest of the people hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks in their hands and said that they had eaten well.

During this time, Secretary Gu kept his head down and ate, and he didn't speak, and when the senior official proposed to go back, he quickly got up to accompany him.

Ji Kai hurriedly accompanied the senior officials and others downstairs, and came to the path outside, everyone guessed that the senior officials and Secretary Gu might have something to talk to Ji Kai, and they all fell behind, letting them walk in front, separated by a distance.