Rebirth as an official

The game continues, shuffling, cutting, dealing, and calling the banker.

I don’t know whether Wu Wangtian did it intentionally or it was just a coincidence. He has never been in the banker once.

As long as Wang Xi takes the bank, he basically gives up, but on the day Li An took the bank, his cooperation with Wang Xi was absolutely top-notch.

After playing fourteen games in a row, Li An was the banker six times and lost thirteen games. He only won the one time he was the banker. Now he has lost 750 yuan.

Faced with this kind of situation, if you focus on other people, you will lose a red eye. You must either loudly reprimand them for cheating, or tactfully withdraw from the game.

But Ang Lee showed no dissatisfaction or intention to quit the game.

He continued to play cards calmly and joked with the people around him from time to time.

"This Li An is pretty good. If his family is not extremely rich, then he has a very strong psychological quality."

After playing a few more games, Li An's luck came and he won two consecutive games. At this time, Wang Xi spoke.

"Secretary Wu, is the meal ready? I'm hungry."

Wu Wangtian immediately understood what Wang Xi meant, glanced outside and said, "It must be ready, let's eat."

If you look at it from the eyes of ordinary people, it means that Wang Xi saw that Li An was getting lucky and decided not to play, which meant that he was a bit of a rogue and couldn't afford it.

If it were an ordinary person, he would definitely curse and never let the game end.

Many people present looked at Li An, wondering how this young man would react to such a situation.

Is it anger, tolerance, or some other behavior.

Li An was still smiling, with no expression of anger or depression at all.

He quickly arranged the cards on the table and put them into the card box, and then said:

"Let me do the math. There are 22 games in total. I was the banker for ten games and won four. I lost to Wang Suo by [-] and Wu Zhishu by [-]."

The way poker is played here is that the money is not cashed out every game, but settled after the game is over.

At this time, Wang Xi waved his hands and said with a smile: "It's not about money, it was just an excuse to play cards, so it's fun. Let's go and eat."

Sure enough, everything just now was Wang Xi's test of himself. If he did anything wrong, Wang Xi would look down upon him.

If the guess is correct, all Wang Xi's performance just now was a test of Ang Lee's desire for money. How much a person values ​​money represents how strong his desire is.

Why do countless works from ancient times to the present include a sentence when describing a hero: This person regards money as dirt.

This is a universal value. Money is certainly important, but if you take money too seriously, your future will be limited.

Seeing Wang Xi taking the lead to leave the living room and walk to the dining area next door, Li An actually breathed a sigh of relief.

He went out today but didn't bring any money with him. If he really wanted to give money just now, he could only ask the people around him to borrow it, which would make the situation more embarrassing.

This time, the "economic half-hour" actually lasted more than an hour, and the food was already prepared and placed on the table.

When Li An came over, everyone else at the large round table had already sat down, and only the seat on Wang Xi's right was vacant.

Obviously this position is reserved for myself.

According to the traditional rules here, the position where Wang Xi sits is the main seat, which is the most noble position, the position on the left is the main seat, and the position on the right is the second most expensive.

Judging from the current situation, Li An has temporarily gained the recognition of everyone present and has become a person second only to Wang Xi and Wu Wangtian.

Li An knew that whether he could stabilize his position would depend on the next drink.

Although I know my position, I still have to decline.

"Oh, I think Director Wang or Director Liu is more suitable for this position. I can just sit here."

After Li An finished speaking, he was going to find a stool to squeeze in at the door. The seat farther away from the door on the wine table was the most expensive, so the door was naturally the worst place.

"Xiao Li, don't refuse, it's right here, come and sit." Wang Xi smiled and pointed to the vacant seat.

"That's right, everyone has sat down and stopped moving. Cadre Li, please sit down quickly." Wu Wangtian also talked to him.

Now that the words were said, etiquette matters were considered to be in place, and Li An sat down generously.

The dishes prepared by Wu Wangtian's family today are very rich. Although there are no precious ingredients such as seafood, chicken, duck, and fish are all available.

Braised chicken nuggets, stir-fried pork intestines, steamed sea bass, sweet and sour pork ribs, more than a dozen dishes filled the large round table. It was amazing to be able to cook so many dishes in one hour.

Li An accidentally caught a glimpse of two boxes of "Luzhou Laojiao" placed on the wall and couldn't help but twitching at the corner of his eyes.

People in Linjiang drink very hard, especially in the countryside, where drinking is even more brutal. At ordinary gatherings, each person starts with half a catty of liquor.

Li An looked at the table, where about ten people were sitting, and estimated that two boxes might not be enough.

He looked around at the eager eyes looking at him.

I acted a little too conspicuously today.

After a while, I will definitely be the focus of everyone's attention. My small body is a bit awkward.

"Is it possible to use that trick?" Li An thought worriedly.

Wu Wangtian looked at everyone arriving, picked up the wine cup and said: "This is the first glass of wine today. I want to thank Wang for taking the trouble to come to our village to know the work. Come and do it."

After saying this, Wu Wangtian was the first to drink, and everyone else also drank the wine in their glasses.

As soon as he picked up the wine cup, the smell of koji came to his face. It was a strong-flavored high-alcohol wine. Li An couldn't help frowning and drank it all in one gulp.

The spicy taste flows from the mouth down the esophagus into the stomach, burning.

It’s been a long time since I drank. If you count the last banquet in your previous life, it’s been more than half a year.

Since he took the position of secretary of the municipal committee, there have been fewer occasions when he had to drink by himself.

Every time he attended a banquet, he only had a small taste, and no one forced him to drink. This may be one of the benefits of being in a high position.

He is not a drinker, or he hates drinking, and is a little disgusted with the taste of alcohol. But strangely speaking, Li An is born with a good drinker, and he has no problem drinking a pound without getting drunk.

Some people say that alcoholism is innate, but this actually has scientific basis.

People who drink well actually have more alcohol dehydrogenase and acetaldehyde dehydrogenase in their bodies. These two enzymes can break down alcohol faster.

As soon as Li An finished drinking, Wu Wangtian raised a second glass, "This second glass of wine is to wash away the dust of Cadre Li. Yesterday, Cadre Li didn't entertain him well when he first came. Today, it will be Cadre Li's welcome wine."

"Thank you Secretary Wu and everyone, I'll finish this drink."

Li An quickly stood up and drank first. Although he knew it was just an excuse to drink, he must say thank you as it was a social courtesy.

"This third cup..."

Wu Wangtian brought three glasses of wine in a row. This is the rule at the local wine table. After drinking three glasses, you can order food first.

Li An felt a little dizzy after three glasses of wine. This was not from drinking, but from hunger. He had not eaten even a drop of rice since early in the morning and was already cooing.

"Xiao Li, hurry up and order some food. You must be hungry after a busy morning today. The local chicken raised by Party Secretary Wang is delicious." Wang Xi picked up a chicken wing and put it on Li An's plate.

"Thank you Wang Suo, I'll do it myself." Li An was polite.But I only took a few bites and didn’t eat them all.

This is not because Li Ang dislikes the chicken as not delicious. On the contrary, it is very delicious, but you must exercise restraint.

That's because the next process is about to begin - the toasting process.

If you want to last longer at the next wine table, you must eat less or no food. If you go to a banquet, you will find that people who drink a lot rarely eat food.

Li An saw everyone present looking at him with seeming confusion, and their eyes were ready to move. His first level was about to come.

As expected, after everyone had a few bites of food, Wang Xi spoke first.

"This is Xiao Li's first time coming to the village. We can't let others say that the people in our village don't understand the rules." After Wang Xi finished speaking, he winked at Wu Wangtian.

"That's right, that's right. I want Cadre Li to feel the enthusiasm of our Fuqiang Village, so I'll do it first."

Wu Zhishu said to Wu Sheng who was holding a pig's trotter and chewing it: "You still eat, but you don't have any eyesight. Go get something quickly."

"Oh oh oh!" Wu Sheng quickly put down his chopsticks, walked quickly to the side cabinet, took out six wine cups, put them on the plate and walked to Li An.

Wu Wangtian also came over with a bottle of wine and said with a smile: "Cadr Li, we have a rule in the countryside. For guests coming from afar, we have to toast six glasses of wine first. Cadre Li, I, Old Wu, will toast you one."