Siheyuan: This is really immoral

Li Dabiao had been outside in the heat for a long time, but it was impossible for him to let Deputy Director Li wait outside for Lin Zhuang. Fortunately, Lin Zhuang came over before he had to wait too long.

Li Dabiao led Lin Zhuang in and said to him with a smile, "No, the factory manager and I came here early. Come in quickly. We are waiting for you to come and order the food."

This time, they did not sit in the hall as they did when Lin Zhuang came. It was obvious that Deputy Director Li had booked a private room. When they walked into the room, Li Dabiao knocked on the door politely and said:

"Director, Lin Zhuang is here."

Deputy Director Li was holding a menu and looking at it. When he saw Lin Zhuang coming in, he said with a smile, "Lin Zhuang, you're finally here. I ordered a few dishes. Do you want to add anything?"

After Lin Zhuang sat down, he took the menu without hesitation, looked at it, ordered a random dish, and returned the menu to Deputy Director Li, saying to him:

"Director, your order is quite complete. I'll just add a vegetable I like."

When Deputy Factory Manager Li heard this, he handed the list to Li Dabiao and instructed him, "Dabiao, please order what you like. If there is none, you can take it out to the staff."

Li Dabiao was so bitter that he couldn't vent it. It was obvious that this meal was eating up his little treasury. Seeing that his uncle only picked the expensive dishes, his heart was already bleeding. How could he bear to add any more dishes? After pretending to look at it, he took the menu and went out.

After seeing Li Dabiao leave, Deputy Director Li smiled and said to Lin Zhuang: "My nephew is a good person and has good abilities, but he is a little petty. Lin Zhuang, you will have more contact with him in the future. If you have any problems, please be more tolerant and tell me."

Lin Zhuang took a sip of tea, nodded, and responded: "Section Chief Li is usually very nice, maybe he is a little bit in front of you."

Just at this time, Li Dabiao opened the door and came in after paying the bills at the door. When he heard Lin Zhuang's words, although he didn't know what Deputy Director Li said, Lin Zhuang's words made him feel extremely comfortable.

After the three of them were seated, Deputy Director Li took out a thick stack of banknotes from his bag and handed them to Lin Zhuang, saying, "This is the money for the flour this afternoon, plus your share. The total is 1210. Count it."

"Director, why don't I believe it? There's no need to count."

Lin Zhuang took the money in his hand, looked at how much it could be exchanged for, and knew that it was the right money. He said a few polite words, then picked up the two bags next to him and handed them to them, saying, "This is a big wild fish I caught myself, and then asked a fish pickler in the yard to pickle it. He said he has been pickling fish for thirty years."

This is indeed a rare thing. The two were very interested when they heard this. The wild big fish plus the good pickling method will be of interest to everyone who hears about it. Deputy Director Li and Li Dabiao picked up the bag, looked at the fish and smelled it, and said:

"You know what, this smells really good. I'll give it to my kids when I get home to try."

After Deputy Director Li put the bag aside, he asked solemnly, "Linzhuang, the 20,000 kilograms of rice you mentioned this afternoon...?"

Deputy Director Li and Li Dabiao were looking at Lin Zhuang at this time, waiting for his reply. When Lin Zhuang heard what he meant, he knew that promotion was not a problem, as long as he could confirm whether the rice was real.

"Director, don't worry. I keep my word. Twenty thousand kilograms of rice, no more, no less. But Director, can our steel mill handle so much at once?"

After hearing Lin Zhuang's conclusive words, Deputy Director Li assured Lin Zhuang and said:

"It's only 20,000 kilograms. Even if our steel mill can't use it all, there are so many factories in this city that are short of food. It's like this. I went back and talked to your Chief Li. We originally said that we would find a way to promote your position this week, but today is Monday and it's a bit rushed. You come to the factory tomorrow to go through the process, and we will finalize your position the day after tomorrow, or at the latest on Thursday. How about that?"

Lin Zhuang didn't want to delay for so long for the sake of reward, so he said: "Director, you also know that at this time, materials are hard to come by, especially so much, so we should do it as quickly as possible, and don't delay the important work."

After the three of them started chatting about family matters, there was a knock on the door and the waiter said:

"The food is ready. Do you want to serve it now?"

"Come on now, what are you waiting for?"

After saying that, Li Dabiao, who was closer to the door, opened it. At this time, even the waiter did not have a good sense of service. After serving the dishes, he left without even arranging the dishes.

The dinner officially started when Deputy Director Li took out a bottle of Maozi. He asked Li Dabiao to open the wine and said:

"Linzhuang, this is great wine. You don't usually get to see it. Let's enjoy it today."

After Li Dabiao poured the wine for the three people, he raised his glass first and said, "Then I wish us more and more success!"

Lin Zhuang echoed: "I hope we, like all the readers, will be safe and sound."

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This bottle of wine was obviously not enough for the three grown men to drink. When the wine was almost finished, Li Dabiao added two more bottles of Tongzhou Laojiao.

Throughout the dinner, Deputy Director Li and Li Dabiao teamed up to get Lin Zhuang drunk, intentionally or unintentionally trying to get him drunk, probably wanting to hear some of his true words after drinking.

But Lin Zhuang's drinking capacity was not something they could shake. Deputy Director Li and Li Dabiao tried every means to get Lin Zhuang to raise his glass and drink, and Lin Zhuang cooperated and drank. Every time he finished drinking, his eyes would be a little blurry and shake slightly, making people look as if he was drunk.

This gave them hope, so they forced themselves to continue pouring wine for Lin Zhuang despite feeling drunk and nauseous. However, when the third bottle of wine was almost finished, Lin Zhuang still looked like he was half drunk. When he saw that the wine was gone, Lin Zhuang opened the door and shouted, "Waiter, two more bottles of wine..."

Li Dabiao looked at the waiter who was about to come over after hearing this and said quickly, "No more, no more, no need to come over, he's drunk and talking nonsense."

Li Dabiao didn't dare to order any more wine. Deputy Director Li had already laid his head on the table unconscious. He was obviously very drunk, but he didn't even know how much Lin Zhuang had drunk.

Lin Zhuang pretended to be drunk and pushed Li Dabiao and said, "Chief, how can we not order more? We are not satisfied yet. We must have two more bottles... no, three bottles. Today we are finally close friends. We must celebrate."

Li Dabiao could only use the tactic of procrastination, begging for mercy, "No, no, the factory director and I can't drink anymore today. You see, Director Li is already lying there, it's time to go back. Linzhuang, let's do this next time, next time for sure."