Chapter Thirty-Two: Inviting Guests from All Over

  Thanks for Jian Wushuang's monthly ticket and support!

  He wrote a note, took a thick stack of money, and Ye Pingyu's heart was filled with emotion. To be honest, from childhood to adulthood, he had never taken so much money at once. His current salary was only a few hundred yuan, and his parents at home were farming without much money. Usually, there were only tens or twenties of spare change in his pocket. Now, taking so much money at once made him worry about losing it.

  This is public money, if it gets lost, he will have to compensate for it, his annual salary is not enough. Although the countryside doesn't have much money, they spend money like flowing water, I don't know how much money this trip will cost. I heard that a table of food in those big cities costs a lot of money, and he has never eaten such expensive food before.

  The money was ready, and Yang Leyi also arrived in the afternoon. After arriving, he sat in the party and government office waiting. Cao Dafu didn't inform Zhao Yuangong about this matter at all, nor did he let Ye Pingyu tell others. He thought that by pulling strings, Zhao Yuangong would not be able to benefit from it.

  By about three o'clock in the afternoon, Cao Dafu was ready to set off. From Caolingzi Township to Qingyun District, there were nearly 200 kilometers of road left, and he had to leave early, otherwise it would be dark afterwards.

  Ye Pingyu prepared everything and then instructed Chang Fang to take care of things at home. Chang Fang saw him busy running around, wanting to follow Cao Dafu out, and knew that this must be something important. Feeling Ye Pingyu had just taken on the role of Party Secretary and was already in character, now entrusting her to take care of things also showed a kind of trust in her, which made her feel very happy.

  Driver Old Zhu started the car, and everything was put in the trunk. After all preparations were made, Ye Pingyu went upstairs to call Cao Dafu down, and then they got on the car together. He sat in the front passenger seat, while Cao Dafu and Yang Leyi sat in the back seats.

  Yang Leyi was also very happy to be able to attend the banquet in the area this time. As the branch secretary of the village, it is crucial to gain the trust of the township party committee secretary. Now being able to go out with Cao Dafu and chat together is an opportunity to deepen their relationship.

  But that's secondary, the key is that he now wants to see what kind of relationship Ye Pingyu has in the region, which makes people unexpectedly surprised, suddenly becoming the director of the party and government office. Last time, when Manager Han came, he didn't have many ideas, and he didn't know how Ye Pingyu got in touch with him. Although he was very grateful to Ye Pingyu and Manager Han who came to collect rice, he didn't expect that after collecting the rice, Ye Pingyu suddenly became prosperous and became a leader in the countryside.

  Few people in the village knew about this matter, and when he came to attend the meeting and learned about it, his expression was extremely shocked. After the meeting, he ran to Ye Pingyu and said a few words with a smile, Ye Pingyu also understood the meaning. In the village, his family had no close relationship with the village cadres, if not for the rice collection, he would not have dealt with Yang Leyi.

  Yang Leyi's family has a very strong family influence in the village, otherwise he would not be able to become the secretary of this branch. Even if he became one, he would not be stable, and their Liu family belongs to a small family in the village. If it weren't for his grandfather having some prestige, others might bully them.

  Normally, their family and the Yang Leyi family were like well water not offending river water. Even if he entered the countryside as a cadre, the Yang Leyi family didn't take him seriously, a cadre without position or power wasn't considered a real cadre.

  But now Ye Pingyu has suddenly become the leader of the village, and the situation has undergone a huge change. Yang Leyi returned to the village and never mentioned this matter to anyone else. He was afraid that if others knew about it, they would secretly contact Ye Pingyu and use his identity to do some things to shake his position. On the other hand, he was also thinking about how to get along with the Liu family and consolidate his current position.

  So he thought for a moment, and on the second day of his return home, he brought an old wine jug, holding a tobacco pouch, and carrying several pieces of braised pork head meat, to Ye Pingyu's grandfather's house. To say that in the past, he had even learned martial arts with Ye Pingyu's grandfather, but later became a cadre in the village and step by step became the village secretary, almost never having any more dealings with Ye Bingyi again.

  Now, Ye Pingyu has become the director of the Party and Government Office. He still wants to take advantage of this old relationship. Ye Bingyi is a respected person in the village. He comes to visit him, pulling closer the relationship between the two, which will be very helpful for his next step in getting along with the Liu family. By the time others realize that Ye Pingyu has become the director of the Party and Government Office and want to intervene, it's already too late. His relationship with the Liu family is solidified, and Ye Pingyu naturally won't help them mess with him again. This is his plan.

  Things are going very smoothly, after all, Ye Bingyi is a seventy-year-old elderly man who usually stays at home alone, has no one to chat with, and no one to accompany him drinking and smoking. Now that the branch secretary can come over to keep him company, he also gains some face, and it's also a good way to relieve boredom. As they are all villagers in the same village, they don't think Yang Leyi has any other purpose, so the two of them chat quite well together.

  With this situation, Yang Leyi is now following Cao Dafu and Ye Pingyu together, naturally thinking of furthering his relationship with Ye Pingyu himself. To be honest, Ye Pingyu also needs his support. As a rural cadre, without the support of local cadres, he will find it difficult to do anything. Although he is only the branch secretary of Jinhuvillage and not the branch secretary of Caolizhuang Village, as long as he resolutely supports Ye Pingyu, others who want to bully Ye Pingyu will weigh their options carefully. If they provoke him, he can bring the villagers to give Ye Pingyu momentum, making it impossible for others to underestimate him.

  Along the way, Yang Leyi thought about things while talking to Cao Dafu. Ye Pingyu sat in front and didn't say much, but Cao Dafu laughed and told him a few jokes, then asked him about his contact with Zhu Zichuan and how he would get in touch after arriving at the destination.

  The road to Qingyun area is not very good, the road is narrow and bumpy, the jeep is shaking a lot when driving on it. The two sides of the road are all large tracts of farmland, no factories can be seen emitting smoke, the environment is extremely beautiful.

  The entire Qingyun area is very large, but its development is still relatively backward. However, I heard that the Qingyun area will soon be withdrawn and built into a city. The original county-level Qingyun City will become a prefecture-level Qingyun City, with several districts set up below it. This is a major transformation. After becoming a city, there will be more economic autonomy, and development can proceed faster. As for the whole province, the Qingyun area is one of only two areas that have not yet been withdrawn and built into cities.

  Ye Pingyu had only been to Qingyun City when he was in college, and every time he came here to transfer buses to go to the provincial city for school, so he was not familiar with the road conditions at all. However, this didn't stump Driver Zhu, as Cao Dafu would often come to Qingyun City from time to time, driving his car, so he was quite familiar with the place.

  After entering the territory of Qingyun City, the road conditions improved, although the road is not very wide, it looks good, and there are not many high-rise buildings on both sides of the road, but there are many people, making it look prosperous, much better than Donglin County.

  After arriving in the city, Cao Dafu did not let Ye Pingyu go to the district office immediately, but instead took him to a store and bought some good wine and cigarettes, saying they were for entertaining guests. This cost nearly 2,000 yuan, which made Ye Pingyu feel heartbroken. The wine and cigarettes couldn't be eaten as food, and spending so much money at once was equivalent to his family's annual income.

  After buying cigarettes and wine, Cao Dafu and Ye Pingyu arrived at the regional administrative office. The large courtyard of the regional administrative office looked very ordinary and quiet from the outside, with no tall buildings inside, but many trees, a green canopy, a delivery room at the entrance, and two armed police officers standing guard on either side.

  Ye Pingyu got off the car and ran to the delivery room. The old man in the delivery room stared at him for a few eyes, asked who he was looking for, and he said he was looking for Director Zhu. Then the old man asked which Director Zhu he was looking for. In the entire district government compound, there were people from various departments, and those with the surname Zhu were not many, but there were several. Shouldn't there be a name?!

  This made Ye Pingyu embarrassed, after messing around for half a day, he still didn't know what the Director Zhu's name was. After thinking about it, he just blurted out his phone number and said he was from the Regional Office. Only then did the old man's attitude improve somewhat, going to look up Zhu Zichuan's name in the directory, and Ye Pingyu only found out that Director Zhu was actually named Zhu Zichuan.

  The old man in the delivery room called Zhu Zi Chuan, and after the phone was connected, the old man was very polite, apparently he knew Zhu Zi Chuan, so he told him about Ye Ping Yu coming to find him. When Zhu Zi Chuan heard that Ye Ping Yu had arrived, he immediately told the old man to let Ye Ping Yu in.

  As soon as he saw how much Zhu Zi Chuan valued Ye Ping Yu, the old man's gaze at Ye Ping Yu turned into a smile, and he pointed out the way for Ye Ping Yu to go find Zhu Zi Chuan.

  But Ye Pingyu thought for a moment, then went back to call Cao Dafu over, wanting to go with him. Cao Dafu also wanted to go up with Ye Pingyu, but when they reached the door, the old man stopped him again and told Ye Pingyu that Zhu Zishen had only invited him to come up, not telling anyone else that they could also come up, so it was better for him to go alone. Otherwise, he would have to contact Zhu Zishen again.

  As soon as he saw that things were so troublesome, Ye Pingyu looked at Cao Dafu, and Cao Dafu thought for a moment before saying: "Little Ye, you go up first, I'll wait here for you. After Director Zhu gets off work, let him come out and it's okay. We still need to contact Manager Han."

  After listening to Cao Dafu's words, Ye Pingyu thought for a moment and said: "Secretary Cao, I'll go upstairs and talk, it won't take long. Actually, we came here today mainly to thank Manager Han."

  Cao Dafu smiled and said, "You must invite Director Zhu to come down. We didn't come here easily. Even if he doesn't want to go eat, it's good to see each other. This intention must be conveyed!"

  It seems Cao Dafu still attaches great importance to Director Zhu. Ye Pingyu thought for a moment, nodded and headed towards the inner courtyard.