Chapter 311: Call from Liu Jin, Liu Section Chief

This wave altogether earned yuan, Ye Cheng gave Xiao Hu ten thousand, and his savings are now 182,000.

At Duan Chunsheng's home, as soon as they entered the door, Duan Shen warmly came out to greet them,

"Oh, the God of Wealth has arrived, my family's God of Wealth has arrived!"

"Aunt Duan, with you saying that, I don't even dare to come in."

"Pah! You are the God of Wealth; if you don't come in, the wealth will be gone. Hurry up and come in—Xiao Hu is already here."

Duan Shen pulled Ye Cheng into the house; it was already 8 o'clock, Duan Shen felt no trace of sleepiness, and upon seeing Duan Chunsheng hand over 20,000 yuan to her, she almost thought Duan Chunsheng had gone robbery.

Duan Yong was also there; seeing his father bring back the money, he was overjoyed and directly took out the liquor his father had treasured for over ten years.

"Come, Lao Er, Xiao Hu, let our family first toast you with a cup." Duan Chunsheng was in high spirits and downed the first cup in one go.

Even if I get drunk tonight, my wife and kids won't complain, because I've earned money.

A man is only a man when he makes money; if he can't make money, he's nothing.

Ye Cheng had just finished his cup when he saw Duan Shen lift her cup,

"Come, Lao Er, Xiao Hu, Aunt also toasts you with a cup."

Having said that, without waiting for Ye Cheng and them to speak, she downed it in one gulp—a one-liang cup—making Ye Cheng's heart pound with shock.

"Aunt, how can you drink so much?"

"Tch, who said women can't drink? Hurry up—look, Xiao Hu has already finished his."

Ye Cheng turned his head and saw Xiao Hu had already downed his drink, frantically grabbing peanuts; seeing Ye Cheng look over, he couldn't resist teasing him,

"Yeah, brother, be quick about it—don't act like a woman."

"What's wrong with being a woman? I, your aunt, am not a woman, nor can I drink." Duan Shen immediately protested.

Ye Cheng looked at the several people, speechless, and followed suit by downing his drink.

Just as the wine glass was set down, Duan Yong sprang up with a whoosh, raising his cup with both hands,

"Come, Brother Cheng, Brother Hu, I toast you with a cup—today you're the elders, I'll finish mine, and you each drink half."

Having said that, with a sizzle, he downed the cup in one go.

Seeing this, Ye Cheng stared wide-eyed, "No, your family even gave you food to eat."

"Hahaha, Lao Er, you are an honored guest—you must drink three cups first."

"Honored guest, my grandmother's honored guest—you don't deserve to eat vegetables, right?"

After three cups went down, Ye Cheng no longer paid attention to them, first eating the vegetables; if it weren't for the boat's slight rocking, he would have already collapsed.

Duan Chunsheng also stopped forcing the alcohol, letting Ye Cheng eat some vegetables before he began to speak,

"Lao Er, over the past two days the village has begun preparing for the election."

"Huh? It's already started?" Ye Cheng's eyes narrowed.

Seeing the two discuss serious matters, the others also lowered their heads to eat vegetables.

"Well, I'm a member of the Election Committee; we need to follow the whole process, and in these days we'll select the candidates. Then I'll find people to jointly nominate you as a candidate."

"Elections proceed step by step—first you need candidates, then a village chief. Ye Cheng also knows this."

"Alright, then I'll trouble you, Uncle Duan."

"Oh my, Lao Er, what's there to trouble about? Frankly, I, your aunt, am a proper woman, but I also support you—you're far stronger than that Chen Jinhai." Duan Shen interjected.

"Right, Brother Cheng, I've greeted the few of us who get along well, and we all support you." Duan Yong was also excited; as a young generation, suddenly having a chance to participate in the village committee election is a great encouragement.

"Then thank you all; I'll drink first as a sign of respect." Ye Cheng returned the toast.

After finishing this cup, Duan Chunsheng continued,

"Being a candidate is just the first step; everything still depends on the villagers' assembly election, to see how everyone votes. If your vote share isn't dominant, the rest is meaningless."

"Hmm, I'll think of a way."

"Thinking of a way is fine, but you can't buy votes with money; now the countryside has supervisors, and if caught, the votes are directly invalidated." Duan Chunsheng specifically reminded.

Now it's a new society; elections have higher-ups sending people to supervise. Unlike before, when some relied on wealth and power to start buying votes, such behavior is absolutely impossible nowadays.

Ye Cheng also knows this, but he isn't afraid; let's just do things the proper way.

This meal lasted until 11 p. m.; Ye Cheng really couldn't drink anymore—the three Duan family members plus Xiao Hu each can hold about a jin, and they keep urging drinks—who could stand that?

On the way back, Ye Cheng had already started talking nonsense, and it was Xiao Hu who carried him home.

All night he suffered from a headache, Ye Cheng got up several times, parched with thirst; at this point he really ought to have a considerate wife to attend to him.

Forget about a little fairy—she'd probably kick you out of bed with one foot.

The next day, Ye Cheng originally could sleep until nine or ten, but he woke up after seven; sleeping was too uncomfortable, so getting up felt better.

Early in the morning, he didn't dare eat instant noodles; he had wanted to cook some noodles, but hadn't even lit the fire when Xiao Hu's mom came in, holding a bowl of congee and steamed buns.

"Aunt, why did you come?"

Wang Ma glanced at Ye Cheng and said unhappily,

"You drank that much with Xiao Hu, of course you feel awful; I boiled some porridge this morning—drinking it will make you feel better—Xiao Hu's dad used to like porridge when he was drunk."

Ye Cheng gave an embarrassed laugh—news of his drunkenness had already spread.

"You young folks, even though your bodies are strong, you still can't drink like that; pay attention to your health—if you really can't handle it today, don't go out to sea, you know your body comes first."

"Okay, Aunt, we won't go out to sea today."

With that heavy-head, light-feet appearance, if they went out to sea, standing on the boat they might very well fall overboard.

All day, Ye Cheng hardly went out, just staying home to sober up.

Having thought today would be fine, he didn't expect that in the afternoon he suddenly received a strange phone call,

"Hello, who is this?"

At this time, telecom fraud was still relatively rare; usually they were legitimate calls.

On the other end of the line was a man, his voice very enthusiastic,

Ye Cheng, right? I'm Liu Jin.

Liu Jin? I don't know him." Ye Cheng said lightly, clamping the phone on his shoulder, freeing both hands to play on the computer.

He's just Chief Liu, you know now, right?" The person on the other end of the phone emphasized again.

Chief Liu?" Ye Cheng said in surprise, "What's wrong? Something happened again?"

Ye Cheng called up the game interface; a call from the police station definitely isn't good news, damn it, I don't know what happened again—could it be another allergy? He's so sensitive now.

It's not that something happened; I want to invite you to have dinner together tonight." Liu Jin said.

Huh?

Ye Cheng was stunned for a moment. "You, a police station chief, inviting me to eat?"

This,

That doesn't make sense.

No need, nothing's up—just keeping in touch. You didn't go out to sea today, right?

Yeah, I didn't go out to sea.

Alright, it's set then—tonight at Old Zheng's Restaurant in town, I'll be waiting for you.