Chapter 160: Another crooked path
The small county town is located in the western part of Yun Province, and it gets dark relatively late, and it is still bright at six o'clock in the afternoon.
As soon as the group appeared at the corner of the street, someone ran to the county recruitment, and the director had already arranged for someone to wait on the side of the road. Soon, the middle-aged director and a few people stood at the gate of the county recruitment and waited.
County Magistrate Zhang and Li Zhendong walked side by side in the front, and Li Zhendong was slightly behind by half a position to show respect for the elderly. An old man in the twilight and a vigorous young man talked from time to time, and occasionally Li Zhendong's words made the old man laugh, and there were seven or eight people behind the two.
As the crowd got closer and closer, the faces of the people waiting changed slightly. Everyone knows the old county magistrate, who is the handsome and rich young man next to him? No one knows each other, so what is the origin of that posture? There were talks and jokes with the old county magistrate, and the county magistrate didn't think it was angry. You must know that the old county magistrate has always attached great importance to these traditional etiquette and customs, which means that this young man has the qualifications to run parallel with his old man?
A few steps behind the county magistrate and the teenager, there were also several heads of the county science bureaus, Director Luo of the Agricultural Bureau, Director He of the Forestry Bureau, and Tian Section Chief of the county supply and marketing cooperative. There were also two strange men in suits among the leaders of the county bureau, and everyone's minds turned very quickly. Guess where this guest is coming from?
sent the county magistrate and his entourage into a large guest room in the county recruitment restaurant, seized the opportunity, and asked the county magistrate's secretary Xiaolu in a low voice, "Brother Lu, what is the origin of this?" ”。 Both of them are close contacts of the county magistrate, and they are very familiar with each other and have a lot of contacts. Xiao Lu smiled, "Brother Lu, it's a good thing, that is a merchant from the port area." Director Lu suddenly realized, I said, look at the clothes of the young man and the two entourages, the proud style. Gee! Pulling his clothes, Director Lu showed a look of envy, there is no comparison!
Li Zhendong's eyes looked over, and it was this middle-aged man who could follow him into the private room, and the rest had already dispersed. County Magistrate Zhang smiled and nodded at this one, then, this must be a subordinate who has won the trust of the county magistrate. Secretary Lu was very clever, and when he saw the young businessman's eyes looking at this side, he took a few steps forward and introduced the middle-aged man, "Mr. Li." This is Director Lu of the county recruitment, and he is also the deputy director of the government office."
Director Lu hurriedly stretched out his hands, Li Zhendong smiled and stretched out his right hand, "Director Lu, fortunately, fortunately", the two of them said a few words. County Magistrate Zhang, who was standing a few steps away on the side, had already spoken: "Okay." Xiao Lu, you also go to the table to accompany the guests." Director Lu smiled. Just now, I was thinking that I was afraid that I wouldn't have a chance to serve this time.
The room was large, but unfortunately it was too shabby, giving it a feeling of being empty, and there was a small black and white TV on a simple wooden table by the wall facing the main seat. What is a county guest house like this? Not even the factory guest house of the machine factory is comparable.
In the dining room, prepared meals are served quickly. When the waiter introduced the food on the table, Li Zhendong's attention was finally drawn to the wine. Wait for the waiter to finish the introduction. Li Zhendong was already full of surprise, and almost all the dishes on the table were made by wild animals. Soups of bee pupa, muntjac, wild boar, pheasant, partridge, pangolin, and more.
"Poor and remote, only these things can still be used" Seeing the surprise in Li Zhendong's eyes, Director Lu said slightly proudly, "Mr. Li." How's that, not bad, right? ”
"Your county is so polite" Li Zhendong looked at a table of mountain treasures, sighed, these are all good things, and said sincerely: "It's not just good, it's hard to eat it at a high price in the port area." Li Zhendong and Huang Deding had heard during their casual chatting that it was very popular to eat wild meat in the port area for a while, but later the port area enacted legislation to protect wild animals, and fewer people ate it. But there are still people who take risks for a feast, that is, Huang Deding himself sometimes sneaks some to eat.
After the reform and opening up of the mainland, it is convenient for Hong Kong and the mainland to travel between them, and the mainland has not banned the consumption of wild animals for the time being. Or in Lingnan, a large number of Hong Kong people have passed through the customs, just for the game to come to the mainland to eat. For a long time, perhaps it has always been, Lingnan is the province with the largest consumption of wild animals in the country, and there is a saying that "those with two feet do not eat except people, and those with four feet do not eat except for benches".
Can't eat it at a high price? The high price that can be said in the mouth of the merchant is unimaginable to everyone. The speaker has no intention, but the listener has a heart. The atmosphere of the table was condensed, and several people in it had flashing eyes and thoughtful expressions. The price of this game is very low in the local area, and the price of some game meat is not even as high as pork, because some game meat does not taste very good and requires special preparation methods. Many families do not eat it themselves after being caught, so they can only sell it.
County Magistrate Zhang laughed and ordered to start. Li Zhendong is really not polite, even in later generations, there are not many opportunities to eat this kind of table full of mountain delicacies, in comparison, there are more seafood. At the banquet, the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves and talked warmly, and Li Zhendong and County Magistrate Zhang chatted while eating. Here, something went wrong with Da Gang's two guys.
Da Gang, a person who has been cautious and bold, is a militant in Zhao Qiang's gang in the machinery factory, and has seen more of the world with Li Zhendong, so he is not scared anywhere, let alone after drinking? Under the enthusiastic persuasion of everyone, mingle with the people around him. Xiangwei's Mandarin is mixed with two Lingnan vernacular from time to time, and a few people next to them happen to be Mandarin with dialects, but fortunately, they can still understand each other, but they are talking and laughing.
Director Lu had already arranged for two good-looking and slender people to serve everyone in the dining room. Seeing that it was evening, one of the girls with a slightly round face and a sweet look rushed to turn on the TV in the room and let the guests watch TV. Da Gang looked at it, and laughed, and one of the people next to him wondered, what is this merchant laughing at when he turns on a TV?
"Too small" Da Gang gestured, what is this little bit to see? "Our Li Gongzi is in the big courtyard in the deep area, and the TV set that we bought to watch for us people is much more than this, and it is still colored" Da Gang gestured with his hand to the size of the TV. Ah, it's so big, a few people next to me were surprised, what? Buy such a big color TV for your subordinates? How much does that cost? Wouldn't it be nice to watch TV?
A few people asked in a low voice, your son's business is very big? "Of course it's big!" In Da Gang's heart, Li Gongzi is already doing a first-class big business, "In the Lingnan Deep District, one of the big courtyards that our sons bought is several times larger than the entire courtyard you have here." How many times? The area recruited by the county is already large enough, or is it several times that of this place, how big should it be? "Our son-in-law has also imported several luxury cars from abroad, which are almost none," said one next to him, exclaiming, "Even luxury cars can be used in the mainland?" "That's, there's nothing our son can't do" Da Gang said unashamedly, and Xiao Bin next to him also echoed.
"Shut up, Da Gang, Xiao Bin" Li Zhendong has a calm face, am I omnipotent? How did I not know? After a few glasses of wine, you can't even tell the difference between the southeast and the northwest! The more he said, the more he didn't like the words, "Everyone, I'm sorry, I've drunk too much, I'm drinking." Dagang and the two hurriedly lowered their heads to eat the vegetables, thinking of Ami tofu in their hearts.
Drinking? Da Gang's voice was very loud, and everyone present actually heard it, and even the old county magistrate's eyes flashed. (To be continued......)