After Yang Manli met Yang Chenghu, she never felt depressed again, which made Zhang Zhifei completely relieved.
Because of his disagreement with the logistics director, Zhang Zhifei did not dare to fish openly, but there was not much work in the cafeteria, so Zhang Zhifei could only stay in the office and read Mao Xuanxuan and recite quotations to pass the time.
Over the weekend, Zhang Zhifei selected two lamb hind legs and more than 20 kilograms of steaks that he had slaughtered some time ago from the space and went to Li Huaide's house.
"Sister-in-law, I am Zhang Zhifei. Secretary Li asked me to come." Zhang Zhifei explained to the woman who opened the door.
"You are Zhang Zhifei. Lao Li often talks about you and says you are an excellent young man. Come in."
"Secretary Li is the one who praises people. Where is Secretary Li?"
"In the kitchen."
Zhang Zhifei walked in and saw Li Huaide wearing an apron and working in the kitchen.
"Secretary Li, are you cooking personally?" Zhang Zhifei asked with some doubts about Li Huaide's cooking skills.
"It's you, kid. What's wrong with my cooking? Don't look down on me. My cooking skills are pretty good. You're here as soon as you come. Why are you bringing things? I have everything." Li Huaide saw Zhang Zhifei using Pocket carry items.
"I made a reservation with someone in advance. The cattle and sheep that were just slaughtered this morning are still fresh." Zhang Zhifei said and took out the beef and mutton from his pocket.
"It's true, the blood hasn't dried yet. Meat like this is delicious when cooked. Since you brought good meat, I will eat the meat you brought today." Li Huaide looked at the meat and said.
Zhang Zhifei looked in the kitchen and saw that Li Huaide had prepared the ingredients for four or five dishes, and then said, "Secretary, you cook the vegetables and I stew the meat."
"Don't look at me with a suspicious look. I'm good at stewing meat. There is a descendant of the imperial chef living in my courtyard. I learned a lot from Nan Yi." Zhang Zhifei defended when he saw that Li Huaide doubted his skills.
"Okay, I'll leave it to you then. You kid can't let such good meat go to waste. And from now on, call me Brother Li, not Secretary."
"This is inappropriate!"
"If there's anything inappropriate, it's settled." Li Huaide said without any doubt.
Zhang Zhifei nodded in agreement, and then he and Li Huaide began to work in the kitchen. After the meat was almost cooked, the partygoers gradually arrived.
Li Huaide went out to greet people, and Zhang Zhifei continued to look at the meat. After about half an hour, all the people arrived and the meat was cooked.
"You can make enough food and clothing by yourself. You can scoop out as much as you want. The beef and mutton this time are my little brother. I ordered the fresh meat to be slaughtered in advance this morning. The method of stewing meat is also used by the imperial chef. You are in luck." Zhang Zhifei told Li Huaide. After the meat was cooked, he spoke to everyone.
"Brother Li, you're not bragging. Is it really the skills of an imperial chef?"
"He is really an imperial chef. Nan Yi, the chef in our steel rolling mill canteen, is the descendant of the imperial chef. His cooking skills are beyond words. He lives in the same hospital as my little brother. In order for you to eat well, he went all the way to learn from others. This is The meal comes at a price.”
"Brother-in-law, don't tell me, it's really delicious." Gao Xingming was quick and had already eaten it.
"呲流'..."
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For a while, no one spoke, and everyone began to focus on the food. More than 20 kilograms of steak and two lamb hind legs were almost eaten by this group of people.
After the meal, as arranged, everyone started drinking.
Li Huaide is today's wine official, responsible for maintaining order.
"This is my little brother Zhang Zhifei, who works at the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill. Please take care of me if anything happens in the future. By the way, he is also the son-in-law of our Lieutenant General Yang Chenghu."
"No problem, Brother Li's brother is everyone's brother." said a middle-aged man in his thirties.
"Zhifei, if I introduce someone, you can have two drinks with him. This is not too much to ask!" Li Huaide said to Zhang Zhifei with a smile.
"Okay, I will risk my life and accompany the gentleman." Zhang Zhifei was very grateful to Li Huaide and could only show his attitude.
"Zhifei, this is Wang Shengwu, the deputy director of our district grain station."
"Hello, Director Wang, I'll do it first out of respect."
"Call me Brother Wang. You are not allowed to address your official position today. The cup just now does not count, and you will have to touch two more and be punished with two more cups." Wang Shengwu said.
"Sheng Wu is right. We are all brothers. We are not allowed to address each other by title. We are punished with two drinks. Next time we will have four drinks."
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"Xing Ming, you know him."
"Zhao Wei, Minister of the District Armed Forces Department."
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In addition to Li Huaide and Zhang Zhifei, there were 9 other people at the scene. Zhang Zhifei was fined with two glasses of wine, and soon he drank 20 glasses. The key is that the glass was not too small.
Fortunately, Zhang Zhifei's body had been transformed and he was proficient in Chinese martial arts, otherwise he might have been knocked down directly.
After completing the lap, the atmosphere became lively, and Zhang Zhifei was willing to go all out. He accepted everyone who came, and he and everyone else began to call each other brothers.
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A group of people started drinking at around 2 o'clock in the afternoon and went straight to around 8 o'clock in the evening. Even though Zhang Zhifei had a good drinker, he felt like the world was spinning. As for the other people, some fell on the ground and some fell on the sofa. No one could stand up. straight.
"Sister-in-law, look at what I'm doing. I don't have anything on me!"
"I'm afraid you have a strong stomach. You actually knocked down all these drunkards."
"Sister-in-law, you're exaggerating. I didn't drink much. I'm also a little dizzy. By the way, sister-in-law, what should these brothers do?" Zhang Zhifei said with a big tongue.
While they were talking, three uniformed police officers came in from the door. It turned out that Li Huaide's wife had just called his nephew and asked him to send someone to take the drunkard home.
"Aunt, how much alcohol have they drunk?" One of the men, about 1.7 meters tall and thin, about 20 years old, asked looking at Li Huaide and others lying on the ground and on the sofa.
"I didn't count. I drank a lot anyway. Don't worry about them for now. There is still some beef and mutton stewed today. I just heated it up. Let your colleagues try it."
"Since we have eaten, we should send the leaders home first," said one of the men in his 30s.
"We're all home. Why are you so polite? If I bother you so late, they probably won't even remember their own home. You go have something to eat first and let them sober up."
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Zhang Zhifei was the last one to be sent home. It was almost 10 o'clock when he arrived. After a brief wash, he took out a pen and paper and wrote down the names, workplaces, positions, and contact information of everyone at the wine venue today.
The group of people I got to know through Li Huaide could indeed help with some small things in the future, but Zhang Zhifei also knew that they only called him brothers for the sake of Li Huaide and his father-in-law.
I can't just because I have these relationships, I can't tell the difference between east, west and north. If I need help with anything, I'll be annoying. But in general, it's really beneficial to me.
And as we get along in the future, our relationship will get closer and closer, and we might even become close friends.
After the party, Zhang Zhifei returned to his life of going to work and going home.
Zhang Zhifei took the morning off on Wednesday and went to the train station to see off Li Huaide.
Those who drank that day also came to see Li Huaide off. It seemed that these people were Li Huaide's inner circle, and most of them were top second generations.
"I told you not to come, why are you here anyway." Li Huaide was very happy to see everyone, and said indifferently.
"Brother Li, let's see you off. The mountains are high and the road is long. You must take care of yourself."
"Brother-in-law, this is the Colt M1911 pistol you have been thinking about for a long time. I got the gun license for you. Be careful when you go out. If you can't solve the situation, bring my sister back." Gaoxing Ming handed it to you. Li Huaide had a pistol and a gun license.
"Ok, I know."
"Brother Li, I don't need to say more. I wish you a safe journey." Zhang Zhifei said to Li Huaide.
"Well, I got my wish. You should also strive for more opportunities. Don't be like an old man without any enterprising spirit."
"Um."
Everyone in the General Logistics Department chatted for a while, and the train was about to start, so everyone said goodbye to Li Huaide reluctantly. From today on, we don’t know when we will see each other next time.
"Brothers, if I still have something to do with my unit, I'll go back first. If you need anything, call my unit or come to see me." Zhao Wei, the district's armed forces director, said to several people.
"Okay, if I have time in a while, I will organize everyone to go hunting." Gaoxing Ming suggested.
"It's settled, you go prepare the firearms and let everyone know when the time comes."
"Zhifei, you, the next generation successor of the royal chef, will be responsible for cooking the prey you catch."
"No problem, as long as the brothers respect the younger brother, he will be available when called." Zhang Zhifei quickly agreed upon hearing this.
Men all love to play with guns. As soon as they heard about hunting, they all became interested. After a while, they booked a location and waited for the appointment time.
After bidding farewell to Li Huaide, Zhang Zhifei was completely fine and just stayed in the canteen, waiting for get off work.
