Chapter Fifty-Four: Tell a Joke

  Yemina suddenly called to invite her to dinner, Ye Pingyu felt very strange and couldn't let her treat herself as a guest. In the evening, she asked her to go to a newly opened restaurant in the countryside, Zui Xian Ge Hotel, and then called Wang Qiang over, bringing Zhao Yanan from the office, four people went together for dinner.

  Yemina wanted to invite him out for a meal and talk about her own affairs, but after arriving at the hotel, she found that Ye Pingyu had called two more people over. She couldn't say anything, so Ye Pingyu ushered her in and introduced them to each other.

  Zhao Yanan learned that Ye Meina was a friend from the same village as Ye Pingyu, so she enthusiastically greeted her. Wang Qiang also recognized Ye Meina after seeing her.

  Seeing two beautiful women sitting next to him, Wang Qiang felt a little nervous in his heart. He had known Zhao Yanan before and naturally admired her. Now that they were eating together, Zhao Yanan was generous and outgoing, occasionally chatting and laughing, making him feel a bit restless. In front of the girls, he lacked some confidence.

  After Yemei Na arrived, although she didn't look as beautiful and confident as Zhao Yanan, she was also stunningly beautiful, making him dare not to look at her too much.

  Ye Pingyu sat there, calmly and naturally greeting everyone. However, he also observed that Wang Qiang still didn't have a partner, and Ye Meina wasn't dating anyone either. If they were to be matched together, it would actually be a pretty suitable pair. Although Wang Qiang had always had feelings for Zhao Yanan, Zhao Yanan's standards were quite high, so she probably wouldn't even consider Wang Qiang.

  Zhao Yanan was delighted when Ye Pingyu called her out to dinner. In the office, Zhou Xuan was a bit of a suck-up like Liang Jun, and Ye Pingyu didn't like him. Yao Weiguo was always cold and distant, and couldn't get close to Ye Pingyu either. Only she and Chang Fang got along with Ye Pingyu, but tonight Chang Fang wasn't home, having told her she went to the county town, so only Zhao Yanan ended up going out to dinner with Ye Pingyu.

  Ye Pingyu is increasingly taking on the role of director of the party and government office, Zhao Yanan admires him more and more, has a mind to belong to him, but Fang Chang sometimes mixes in, Ye Pingyu himself never reveals his heart, making her unsure what to do.

  It's been a long time, and parents are also urging her to find a partner. Good men aren't that easy to find nowadays, and if the opportunity is lost, it's gone for good. But as a girl, how can she possibly take the initiative to express her feelings to the boy she likes?

  Ye Pingyu deliberately avoided Zhao Yan's fiery gaze, ever since Feng Xiuyao appeared, his mind was no longer here. Chang Fang and Zhao Yan were his closest colleagues, but if it involved romantic feelings, it would be complicated, so he'd rather not touch on that aspect of things, letting him worry less at work.

  Yemina looked at Ye Pingyu sitting there like an elder brother, and the eyes that flowed out were also a kind of worshiping eyes. Although her own brother Ye Ming was the real big brother, she had never worshipped him, but instead thought he was not doing his job properly, causing trouble for their parents every day. Who was as good as Ye Pingyu, working in the rural party committee, high above, and respected by others?

  Ye Pingyu invited them to have a simple meal, and he also wanted to take this opportunity to chat with Ye Meina about her work at the health clinic. Wang Qiang had been feeling depressed lately, and Yan Bengli knew that Ye Pingyu was going to transfer him to the party and government office, so she didn't treat him very well either. Now that they were calling him out, it was also to help him relieve his depression. There were only a few purposes for this gathering, so except for Wang Qiang drinking a little wine, no one else drank much.

  Everyone ate and chatted, usually Ye Pingyu wasn't very talkative, but in this kind of gathering, he was the one who spoke the most, because his official position was the highest, everyone listened to him speak, he felt a bit uncomfortable, how did it seem like his abilities suddenly increased as soon as he became an official, and everyone looked at him when he spoke.

  Ye Pingyu smiled and asked Wang Qiang to tell a joke, Wang Qiang was not very good at talking normally, now he was asked to tell a joke, he was a bit embarrassed, but he wanted to show off in front of the two beauties, so he racked his brains and told a small joke he had just seen in a magazine: "A little donkey asked an old donkey, why do we eat dry hay every day, while cows eat high-quality feed every day? The old donkey sighed, this is something we can't compare to, we make a living by running errands, they make a living by showing off their breasts! Haha!"

  The joke was very short, and before he even finished telling it, Wang Qiang burst out laughing himself. When someone laughs at their own joke before they've even finished telling it, that means the joke isn't very funny. Sure enough, after he finished, Zhao Yannan looked at him calmly and asked, "Are you done?"

  Wang Qiang finally stopped laughing and said: "That's all!"

  "It's not interesting!" Zhao Yan said lightly.

  However, Ye Meina found it interesting and smiled softly, glancing at Wang Qiang twice. Ye Pingyu glanced at Zhao Yanan and thought that Wang Qiang's joke was inappropriate, especially since Zhao Yanan was sitting right there, and he had to mention something about relying on her chest to eat, wasn't this intentionally mocking Zhao Yanan's flat chest? Ye Meina, on the other hand, seemed pleased.

  Ye Pingyu smiled and said: "Wang Qiang, the joke you told is too common, it's not very suitable to tell in front of these two beautiful women, tell a more elegant one!"

  Wang Qiang's face turned red with embarrassment, and he said: "Ping Yu, I won't say anything else, this is what I just saw, so I'll let you talk about it!"

  Looking at the three of them, Ye Pingyu thought for a moment and smiled: "Okay, then I'll tell one too, but you're not allowed to laugh, only guess. Whoever guesses correctly will get a prize, how about it?"

  As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Yanan clapped her hands and laughed: "Great, great, I wonder what Director Ye will reward us with?"

  "The prize will be announced later, now just listen to me finish speaking." Ye Pingyu smiled and continued: "There were a pair of twins who hated each other very much, why did they hate each other? Because the two often fought over milk to drink, so both wanted the other to die. After not too long, they came up with an idea - the older brother put poison in the younger brother's milk, and the younger brother also put poison in the older brother's milk. The next day, guess who died first?"

  Everyone listened to Ye Pingyu's joke, and indeed didn't laugh. This wasn't a joke but a criminal investigation question. Only hearing that "naughty" talk made Zhao Yannan and Ye Meina feel a bit embarrassed. Wang Qiang thought this was even more vulgar than his own jokes about breasts.

  However, upon hearing Ye Pingyu's question, the three of them fell into deep thought. Before long, Wang Qiang spoke up and said: "The first to lay down the poison should be the second to hang!"

  Ye Pingyu smiled but didn't speak, Ye Meina thought for a moment and said: "Brother Pingyu, the joke didn't say who poisoned first, maybe they ate milk together... and then hung up together?"

  At this point, Ye Meina's face turned red, Wang Qiang tried hard not to laugh, while Ye Pingyu shook his head and laughed: "No!"

  The problem was complicated, and Wang Qiang and Ye Meina couldn't think of it. Only Zhao Yannan was still sitting there thinking hard. After half a day, she suddenly slapped the table and shouted: "You're so bad, Ye Pingyu!"

  Ye Pingyu smiled and said: "What's wrong with me? Have you figured out the answer?"

  Wang Qiang and Ye Meina both looked at her, wanting to know the answer. But when they asked, Zhao Yanan's face turned red, and she twisted and turned, unwilling to say it out loud. Only after being pressed to the end did she say seriously: "It wasn't the eldest who hung up first, nor was it the second who hung up first, nor was it both of them hanging up together. It was their father who hung up first!"

  "Why?" Yumi Mei Na opened her big eyes and said with some puzzlement.

  "Haha!" Ye Pingyu couldn't help but burst out laughing, Wang Qiang thought for a moment and immediately understood, bursting into loud laughter as well. Zhao Yana's face turned bright red with embarrassment, but she too couldn't stop laughing after that. Ye Meina stared blankly for two minutes before suddenly understanding, her face flushing red as she smiled shyly.

  "Brother Pingyu, you're really too bad, even worse than my brother!" Ye Meina's face turned red as she looked at Ye Pingyu with a smile.

  Ye Pingyu burst out laughing and said: "Cold joke, cold joke, everyone stop laughing, just now only Yanan answered correctly, say what prize do you want!"

  "Go away, Ye Pingyu! I don't want your prize anyway. Later on, you'll probably say that the prize is a box of poisoned milk for me to take home and drink!" Zhao Yanan sat there, casting a glance at Ye Pingyu, no longer falling for his trick and not thinking about the prize anymore.

  Ye Pingyu burst out laughing and said: "Yan, when did you learn to grab answers?"

  Zhao Yanan immediately stood up from her seat upon hearing his words and started hitting Ye Pingyu's body, the dinner table suddenly burst into laughter, with tears of joy streaming down their faces.

  A joke that didn't sound funny at first ended up making everyone laugh uncontrollably, and after they finished laughing, Ye Pingyu and everyone else finally sat down calmly. Everyone felt very happy and unexpectedly found out that Ye Pingyu was really good at telling jokes, a master of humor!

  The atmosphere was lively, and Zhao Yannan was no longer shy, instead actively telling a joke about the hospital director and a young nurse, with some ambiguous content in it. Although it was also very funny, Ye Meina listened to it but didn't smile, silently sitting there without laughing out loud.

  After finishing speaking, no one spoke again. Then it was time to eat. After eating, everyone dispersed, but Ye Meina called out to Ye Pingyu and wanted to say a few words to him.

  As soon as Ye Pingyu saw Yemina come to talk to him, he let Wang Qiang and Zhao Yanan go first. He walked with Yemina towards the rural health clinic, on the one hand chatting with her about things, and on the other hand also sending her safely to the rural health clinic.

  Nor did he know what Yemei Na would say to him, on the way back with her, Ye Pingyu casually asked her if she had anything, Yemei Na hesitated for a moment, said some things that made him extremely unexpected, and his face suddenly showed an angry expression, reacting very greatly.