The government canteen is at the back, a two-story building. Zhou Guangming led Chen Shaoping and said as they walked: "The staff canteen is on the first floor, and the second floor is the small canteen. The secretary and the county magistrate usually eat there, and small-scale receptions are also there!"
Chen Shaoping kept it in mind carefully. After walking into the canteen, there was already a line of people queuing up. Everyone was talking to each other in low voices. Zhou Guangming took Chen Shaoping to get the stainless steel plates and said to the fat man standing there in charge of registration: "Master Wang, this is Chen Shaoping, a new colleague from the government office, has he registered in the canteen yet?"
The fat man immediately became excited when he heard this. He looked at Chen Shaoping and nodded, saying, "Is he the new Secretary Chen? He is indeed a talented person!"
"You can eat in the cafeteria for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Breakfast is one yuan, lunch and dinner are two yuan, and they are paid every quarter! Breakfast includes rice noodles, noodles, steamed buns, steamed buns, lunch, and dinner are all three meat dishes, three vegetarian dishes and two soups. Standard, self-service, take as much as you like, if you don’t have enough, you can add more!”
Zhou Guangming introduced Chen Shaoping in detail.
When Chen Shaoping came to the food area, he saw meat dishes including cold beef slices, braised chicken, and stir-fried pork under the lights. Vegetables include stir-fried cabbage, braised eggplant, and cold cucumber. The soups are radish and pork ribs soup, and pickled cabbage and red bean soup.
There are not many dishes, but the portions are generous and the taste is great.
"The Shangjin Banquet is arranged on Jiqing Road in the evening. Let's go there together after get off work!" Zhou Guangming said to Chen Shaoping while eating.
During this period, people kept coming over to say hello to Chen Shaoping, and everyone called Chen Shaoping Big Secretary Chen.
In the evening, the welcome banquet arranged by the Government Office for Chen Shaoping was arranged in a large private room on the second floor of Shangjin Banquet. All the staff of the Government Office were present and there were two tables for fifteen people.
Among them were Zhou Guangming, director of the Government Office, He Yanlai, deputy director, and the secretaries of the other four deputy county magistrates, as well as those who arranged the meeting.
There are also two female colleagues, one named Wang Yanmei and the other named Liu Ziqiong, both of whom are pretty.
Once the banquet started, it would be a fierce battle in the drinking hall. Even Chen Shaoping's two kilograms of liquor could not withstand the attacks of the government office.
Liu Zhenhua's drinking capacity is indeed among the worst in government offices.
Chen Shaoping drank so much that he was eventually moved to the Mengchuan Hotel next to the county government by Zhou Guangming, and someone was specially arranged to take care of Chen Shaoping.
Chen Shaoping vomited four times that night. Not only did he vomit up all the good things he had eaten, he also vomited out all the yellow bile water in his gastric juice.
At this welcome banquet, Chen Shaoping conservatively estimated that he drank at least three kilograms of liquor.
After sleeping until 11 o'clock at noon the next day, Chen Shaoping suddenly woke up. It was working time!
Chen Shaoping quickly made a face and was about to go to work in the government. At this time, the director Zhou Guangming called.
"I'm sorry, director, I overslept!" Chen Shaoping answered the phone and apologized quickly.
"Haha..." Zhou Guangming said with a cheerful smile, "It's okay, Shaoping, I asked you to have a good rest. Our brothers from the government office took turns attacking you last night. I didn't expect you to capture four of them before you fell. It’s amazing, I haven’t seen a young man as good at drinking as you in a long time!”
Hearing Zhou Guangming praise himself so much, Chen Shaoping felt happy.
"Shaoping, you have a good rest and adjust in the afternoon. We are going to pick up the county magistrate in the evening!" Zhou Guangming said happily.
After hanging up the phone, Chen Shaoping recalled the drinking battle last night. New colleagues from the government office took turns to come to pay homage to Chen Shaoping. Chen Shaoping refused to accept anyone who came. He drank two kilograms of white wine just after eating half of the meal.
After knowing that he would definitely be drunk, Chen Shaoping simply let go and drank.
When Chen Shaoping still had memories, he remembered that deputy director He Yanlai and deputy county magistrate Zhao Fuhai's secretary Li Zhiyuan were already drunk under the table.
After drinking some water, Chen Shaoping regained his mental state. After careful reflection, he came to a decision: "If I drink one-on-one in a government office, no one will be my opponent! Or even one-on-one, I won't be afraid at all!"
Chen Shaoping walked out of the Mengchuan Hotel. He was about to eat a bowl of rice noodles with an empty stomach. The cell phone in his arms suddenly rang. It was a call from his mother, Li Yufang.
"Hello, Mom!" Chen Shaoping answered the phone.
"Shaoping, we are in the county seat, where are you!" Mother's voice came from the phone.
"Are you in the county town? What are you doing in the county town?" Chen Shaoping asked hurriedly, feeling a little worried.
He knew his mother too well and would never come to the county town unless something happened.
"Hello, Shaoping, it's me, Zhang Junming!" A strange voice came from the phone.
"Zhang Junming?" Chen Shaoping felt that this was a very familiar name, but he couldn't remember it for a while.
"Shaoping, I am the town party committee secretary of Songguan Town. Do you remember me?" Zhang Junming said with a smile on the phone.
"Oh, oh, it turns out to be Secretary Zhang, hello, hello..." Chen Shaoping finally remembered.
Songguan Town Party Committee Secretary Zhang Junming, Mayor Li Guodong, Chen Shaoping's father Chen Zhongshi, mother Li Yufang, and brother Chen Shao'an were standing under the Democracy Square Cinema City.
Chen Shaoping was not far away from them, and he met them within two minutes' walk.
His father, Chen Zhongshi, was wearing an old gray and white casual jacket with a cigarette in his hand. His mother was wearing a red flower coat and holding a bag of eggs. His younger brother, Chen Shaoan, was a head taller than Chen Shaoping. Carrying a bag, inside was a big killed rooster.
The other two people are very strange, they should be Zhang Junming, the secretary of the town committee, and Li Guodong, the mayor.
"Hello, Shaoping. I'm Zhang Junming!" Zhang Junming is tall and thin, wearing a casual jacket.
"Shaoping, hello, I'm Li Guodong!" Li Guodong is fat and has dark skin. Both of them shook hands with Chen Shaoping and their tone was very respectful.
"Shaoping didn't eat, did he? Let's go, I've arranged everything!" Zhang Junming waved his hand and said proudly.
On the way, Chen Shaoping learned that Zhang Junming and Li Guodong had brought his parents and brothers to the county town in the name of applying for subsidies.
It is unknown whether the subsidy is true or false, but the fact that they treated the guests to dinner is true.
They had no interaction with Chen Shaoping. They wanted to invite Chen Shaoping to dinner but were afraid that Chen Shaoping would refuse, so they came up with the idea of asking Chen Shaoping's parents to come forward.
Chen Shaoping figured this out and was not annoyed. He was just curious whether Zhang Junming or Li Guodong came up with this idea. They were really smart!
Chen Shaoping's parents are both honest farmers. I really hope that the local parents will take care of this. Therefore, Chen Shaoping also gave Zhang Junming and Li Guodong enough face. Although they were still hungover, he still drank a few drinks with them...
