Chapter Thirty-Six: Toasting Wine

  Thanks for the monthly ticket and 5,000 coins from Brother Pear Blossom in the Rain!

  I didn't expect that You Zhi Bing was actually this kind of person, Zhu Zi Chuan felt a bit embarrassed. Originally wanted to send some human feelings, but it turned out to be a misunderstanding. They took rice from Xiao Ye's home, which absolutely had emotional value in it, and it was different from taking it from the grain and oil company. Moreover, they were people living in the capital city, what good things hadn't they eaten? It was mainly because their father had queued up here before.

  Ye Pingyu listened on the side and finally understood who had entrusted Zhu Zi Chuan to buy rice that day. It was definitely Ping Yuan Chao who directly entrusted him to buy rice, and Ping Yuan Chao was also entrusted by You Zhi Bing's father to buy rice. After messing around for half a day, he himself had dealings with their family again, which really is a great fate!

  "Commissioner Ping, Mr. You, that day I really wanted to give Director Zhu two bags of rice, and I gave him two bags of rice also wanting him to help our village sell rice, but unexpectedly Director Zhu secretly put the money down when he was about to leave, so this money should still be returned to Director Zhu..." After thinking for a moment, Ye Pingyu got up and also wanted to give the money to Zhu Zishen, but Zhu Zishen had said before that it was someone else's entrusted purchase, so the money should belong to Ping Yuan Chao, but he didn't dare to say it directly to Ping Yuan Chao, so his words were somewhat hesitant.

  Pingyuan Chao looked at him with a smile and said, "Xiaoye, don't mention the money anymore. Rural life is not easy, how can we take your rice for nothing? Did Zishen help you sell the rice later?"

  Ye Pingyu hastily said: "Helped us, in a few days someone will come to collect our rice, it's Manager Han from the Regional Grain and Oil Company!"

  Pingyuan suddenly turned his head and asked Zhu Zishen, "Have you let the regional grain and oil company's people collect the rice?"

  Zhu Zi Chuan immediately said: "It was Han Yuanqing who went, I contacted him after I came back, and it just so happened that their company was also short of rice, so I let him go. He's eating in the house next door right now, he'll be over in a bit..."

  Zhu Zi Chuan told Ping Yuan Chao about the situation, and then mentioned Han Yuan Qing's intention to come over and toast. He looked at Ping Yuan Chao's expression, and since he didn't show any disapproval, Zhu Zi Chuan understood that as long as Han Yuan Qing came over, Ping Yuan Chao wouldn't be unhappy.

  After a while, Han Yuanqing really came over, knocked on the door, and Zhu Zishen opened the door for him. As soon as he entered, he was all smiles, bowed his head, and walked to Ping Yuan's face to toast.

  Looking at him walking quickly over, Ping Yuan smiled faintly and said: "Yuan Qing, I heard you went to Donglin County to collect rice?"

  Han Yuanqing hastily said: "Commissioner Ping, I did all this according to Director Zhu's instructions. I heard you like the rice from that place very much. In a few days, I'll have someone from the company send some to the Food Office canteen, and we can have it for every meal!"

  Everyone burst out laughing, and Pingyuan Chao smiled: "Yuancheng, this is Zi Chuan intentionally provoking you, but you actually believed it. However, I don't object to your sending rice to the government office cafeteria, which can improve the meals for our cadres!"

  Han Yuanqing's face froze for a moment after hearing this, but he quickly came to his senses and laughed: "I don't care about that, anyway, Director Zhu said so, and the rice on that side is really delicious. If you eat it often, you'll definitely like it!"

  "Haha!" Ping Yuan also laughed, he knew that when Zhu Zi Chuan let Han Yuan Qing go to collect rice, he must have been waving the flag of his favorite food, letting Han Yuan Qing go to collect it. Although it was a bit improper, this was also doing good things for the common people, and he couldn't say anything about Zhu Zi Chuan.

  Zhu Zi Chuan explained beside him, "This matter was misunderstood by Old Han. At that time, I just said the boss asked me to go there to buy rice. The rice over there is very delicious, and I asked if he wanted to collect some. He probably thought the boss liked eating rice from that place!"

  With this explanation, Han Yuanqing couldn't help but laugh too. Anyway, it's all the same meaning, no one really cared about this matter, just using it as a joke.

  Han Yuanqing laughed and then went to toast Ping Yuanchao's wine. Facing the wine toasted by Ping, Ping Yuanchao just took a sip, while Han Yuanqing drank all the wine in his cup. After drinking, he went to toast You Zhongbing and his sister. You Zhongbing didn't know him, so he just politely took a sip of wine and that was it.

  While Han Yuanye was toasting and drinking with Zhi Bingyu, Ye Pingyu plucked up the courage to stand up and toast to Ping Yuanzhou. Just now he had been thinking about this issue, whether or not to go toast to Ping Yuanzhou's wine, after all, Ping Yuanzhou is a big leader in the region, can a small township cadre like him go toast his wine?

  After seeing Han Yuanqing toast to Ping Yuancheng, he had an idea in his heart and decided to stand up and toast a glass of wine to Ping Yuancheng. No matter what attitude Ping Yuancheng would have, as long as he could express this meaning, it was enough.

  Yè Píngyǔ suddenly stood up, his face flushed red. He had been drinking quite a bit of wine already, which could cover up his nervous emotions. Looking at the smiling Péng Yuǎn Cháo, he said: "Péng, Commissioner Péng, I'd like to toast you with a glass of wine!"

  Ye Pingyu stuttered, Zhu Zichuan and Ping Yuan Chao looked at him together, both laughing. Ping Yuan Chao smiled and said kindly: "Alright little Ye, let's also clink glasses!"

  Ping Yuan hastily picked up his wine glass. To him, Ye Pingyu was just a kid, very young and about the same age as his own children. He felt that Ye Pingyu had good qualities and since he worked in the lower townships, he wouldn't have any ulterior motives towards him. So, he readily agreed to Ye Pingyu's request and smiled as they clinked glasses together.

  As soon as Ye Pingyu saw Ping Yuan's familiarity, his emotions became even more excited. He lightly touched the cup with Ping Yuan and then tilted his head to drink the wine. Ping Yuan originally wanted him to drink less, but before he could say anything, it was already gone.

  Ping Yuan Chang couldn't help but sigh and say to Zhu Zi Chuan: "This child is really something!"

  When Pingyuan Chao affectionately called himself a child, Ye Pingyu felt warm in his heart after hearing it. This is just like an elder in the family calling him by name, making people feel especially close!

  Han Yuanqing was toasting You Zhi's wine on the side, but he also heard the conversation between Ping Yuanchao and Ye Pingyu. He had his own thoughts in mind. After drinking with You Zhi, he turned around and drank with Ye Pingyu.

  After Ye Pingyu finished drinking the wine of Pingyuan Chao, he sat there, the effects of the alcohol having fully taken hold, but he still managed to hold on and not fall over at the table.

  Seeing him like this, Han Yuanqing came over to toast. If according to the hierarchy, he would not have taken the initiative to toast Ye Pingyu's wine, but now seeing Ping Yuanchao being very affectionate towards him, he couldn't underestimate it and took the initiative to toast, which would only deepen his relationship with Ye Pingyu.

  So Han Yuanqing walked over and was about to toast Ye Pingyu, but Ye Pingyu didn't expect him to come over and toast him instead. He suddenly stood up and said repeatedly: "Manager Han, I'll toast you!"

  Han Yuanqing held up his wine glass and smiled: "Xiao Ye, thanks to your help last time, we were able to collect the rice so smoothly. Your on-site arrangement was meticulous and saved us a lot of trouble. Thank you!"

  Ye Pingyu hastily said: "Manager Han, we came especially to thank you, how can we let you thank me? This cup of wine is for you, thank you for coming to our village to collect rice and solving a major problem for us!"

  Ye Pingyu spoke very sincerely, Han Yuanqing smiled and clinked glasses with him, then also without hesitation, directly downing a full cup of wine. Ye Pingyu saw this and naturally couldn't pretend to be a bear, even if he got drunk, he had to express his feelings!

  Another task completed, Ye Pingyu took a deep breath and sat down, then secretly practiced the Eight Pieces of Brocade he usually did, although it might not have any effect, but somehow felt that it would make his body feel better.

  Han Yuan Qing finished the toast, said goodbye to Ping Yuan Chao and left. After a while, Ping Yuan Chao got up and told Zhu Zi Chuan to take care of You Zhi Bing and others, and also arrange for Ye Ping Yu, it's late, don't go back tonight.

  Zhu Zi proposed to accompany You Zhībīng and others to Cǎo Lǐng Zǐ Xiāng tomorrow, taking advantage of the opportunity. Píng Yuǎn Cháo listened and thought for a moment before saying: "Tomorrow I have an important matter to attend to in the provincial city, I need you to go with me, can you let other personnel from the office accompany us?"

  Qingyun area is going to be withdrawn and built into a city, there are many things to do. After the withdrawal and construction of the city, the first secretary of the municipal party committee may very likely be him. Therefore, Pingyuan Chao has been very busy recently and needs to go to the provincial capital frequently to report work to the provincial party committee and government. Zhū Zǐchuán must follow him together.

  When he heard about the situation, Zhu Zi Chuan looked at You Zhi Bing and originally wanted to accompany them properly, but unexpectedly something came up. As soon as You Zhi Bing heard about the situation, he immediately said: "Uncle Ping, don't bother the other staff in the office, isn't Xiao Ye here? He can take us there, no need to make a big fuss!"

  Pingyuan asked immediately: "Xiao Ye, can you take Zhibing and the others to your grandfather's place tomorrow?"

  Ye Pingyu immediately straightened his body and replied: "I can! But I'm afraid of taking poor care of Mr. You and the others!"

  "You don't need to worry about us, we're all grown-ups, just take care of ourselves and that's it. We only need someone to lead the way, and no one is better at leading the way than Little Ye!"

  You Zhībīng said that makes sense, Píng Yuǎn thought for a moment and then said: "What do you two need tomorrow, just mention it, I'll make sure your safety is guaranteed. How about this, I'll have the office send a car over, let Xiao Ye take you there and show you around, after visiting Xiao Ye's grandfather, you can come back, must ensure safety, did you hear?"

  Pingyuan Chao attaches great importance to their safety issues, but You Zhongbing said: "Uncle Ping, don't worry, nothing will happen. We'll go and come back, no need for a car or anything. With Xiaoye accompanying us, it's enough. My dad doesn't let me make a big deal out of it either!"