Chapter 111: Mission 2.0

Previously, at the banquet after the appointment meeting, Nie Haiquan and Yang Zhiguo had eaten dishes cooked by He Daqing, and they were very deeply impressed by him.

"Factory Director, you flatter him; he is still just a novice."

"Hahaha, Section Chief He is too modest. Comrade He Yuzhu, I hope you will keep it up in the future and make even more delicious meals for our worker comrades."

"Yes, Factory Director, I guarantee I will complete the mission."

"Hahaha, good, go get busy."

In the afternoon, Zhang Ping'an could not stand the smoke inside the room, so he started wandering around the Rolling Mill. Previously, when he came to the Rolling Mill, he basically went straight to the kitchen and rarely went anywhere else. Today, having rare free time, Zhang Ping'an strolled around everywhere.

However, this Rolling Mill is truly massive; it must be at least two or three thousand mu, with workshops occupying more than half. But I heard that the thousand-plus mu of land outside the high walls also belongs to the Rolling Mill.

In the afternoon, Zhang Ping'an returned to the Procurement Section. Section Chief Zhu Weiguo had already assigned the tasks and was announcing them.

"Zhang Ping'an, Jia Dongxu, Jilin Province."

"Zhu Jianshe, Li Weiguo, Jinmen."

"Qian Dajun, Sun Anping, Lu Province. Everyone take your procurement lists and go to your respective places to coordinate. If you can get more things, there will be rewards when you return. You have two days of vacation; depart on time the day after tomorrow."

"Yes."

Taking advantage of the early hour, Zhang Ping'an went home to tell his parents, and incidentally went to the Back Mountain to take back the three tiger cubs.

As soon as Zhang Ping'an entered the deep mountains, the eldest tiger cub smelled him and came over. Zhang Ping'an felt that this guy had a bit more of a bloody scent on him, though its size hadn't changed much.

"Are you coming with me?" If it had adapted to this place, Zhang Ping'an would not force it to leave.

The tiger cub's massive head first rubbed against Zhang Ping'an, then it shook its head. It seemed this guy had already become familiar with this place.

"Fine, remember to develop stealthily, and don't act recklessly until you're an adult. I'll come see you again when I have time." Afterward, Zhang Ping'an took out a large basin of Space Water to feed it before leaving.

The next day, Zhang Ping'an ran to the Back Mountains of Fang Family Village and Qin Family Village one after another. The two tiger cubs had also adapted to these places. Zhang Ping'an gave them instructions and fed them a large basin of Space Water each before leaving.

Zhang Ping'an's space already had three tiger cubs again, which were born to the original male tiger and female tiger. Now they were only about the size of a common Wolf.

However, the male tiger and female tiger were even more massive. Zhang Ping'an felt their body length was at least over three meters, and their weight must be over three hundred kilograms, like two little mountains of meat.

Seeing Zhang Ping'an, they were not surprised either; they let out a roar and lay down lazily. Zhang Ping'an rubbed them a few times, and the two guys even blissfully emitted purring sounds similar to cats.

The three dog-sized tigers were also close to Zhang Ping'an; they surrounded him and started frolicking, gnawing on his shoe tips and pant legs.

Zhang Ping'an played with them for a while before exiting the space. He returned to the city and found Wang Xiaoling to tell her about the business trip.

"I reckon it shouldn't take more than a month; I'll be back soon."

"Oh." Wang Xiaoling was clearly not in high spirits.

"Alright, I'll try my best to come back early; it won't delay our wedding." Zhang Ping'an touched Wang Xiaoling's head.

Zhang Ping'an was also helpless; he hadn't expected his first business trip to be so far away. Fortunately, there was a direct train this time, but even so, the journey would take three or four days, so a round trip would take at least a week.

"Besides, there seem to be many good things for beauty and skincare over there. I'll bring some back for you when the time comes, I guarantee you'll still look like this after you're fifty."

"How can there be such magical things?" Wang Xiaoling was indeed distracted.

"There are. The Wild Honey there, especially the forest frogs, are the most nourishing for you women. Who knows, I might even be able to find a few stalks of old wild ginseng."

"Alright then, you must come back early." Wang Xiaoling was currently working at the Pharmacy filling prescriptions, so she was quite sensitive to medicinal herbs.

"Mm, you can't get as thin as last time." Zhang Ping'an pinched Wang Xiaoling's baby fat again.

"Mm."

On the third day, Zhang Ping'an and Jia Dongxu packed their luggage and set off. It was a pity it was a hard seat, but fortunately, they were both tough men. After three days and two nights, the two of them set foot in this ice and snow world of Jilin Province.

"Uncle, it's a good thing we wore two extra layers of clothes; it's indeed colder here."

"Indeed. Let's go, let's head to the Supply and Marketing Cooperative first."

The Rolling Mill had already coordinated the goods with the Supply and Marketing Cooperative here, and they had come this time to strive for a larger share.

"Mm, good."

The two arrived at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative and, after showing their credentials, found the Logistics Director Chen Guoqiang, who was responsible for distributing goods.

"Director, the procurement team from the Sijiucheng Rolling Mill has arrived."

"Mm, good. Let them come over, and arrange a table for tonight."

"Very well, Director."

"Welcome, you two."

"Hello, Director Chen. I am Zhang Ping'an, and this is Jia Dongxu. This is a small token of our appreciation." Zhang Ping'an took out cigarettes, liquor, tea, and pastries from Sijiucheng; of course, these were all provided by the factory.

"Good, good, good. Sit, drink some tea to warm up. This is the list of goods to be shipped out in the next two days; you two check it."

"Good, sorry to trouble you, Director Chen."

"Eh~ we are all comrades. You look it over first, and I'll host a welcome dinner for you tonight."

"Done, many thanks, Director Chen."

Next came the sound of flipping paper. There were quite a few miscellaneous items, but of course, the main ones were still grain and meat.

"Xiao Zhang, Xiao Jia, it's getting late. Let's go eat first; we'll check the data tomorrow."

"Done, we'll listen to Director Chen."

"Good, let's go."

At this moment, the table at the Reception House was already filled with various rare animals that would be considered illegal in his past life. The aroma was enough to whet one's appetite.

"Director Chen, this..."

"Xiao Zhang, Xiao Jia, it's just some home-cooked food, don't mind it."

"Director Chen is too polite. It's just that our Jilin Province is rich in products; you can't see these in Sijiucheng."

"Hahaha, as long as you like it. That Xiao Wang, bring the loose liquor over and fill it up for Xiao Zhang and Xiao Jia."

"Come, let's have a drink first." Without waiting for the two to react, he downed his drink first as a sign of respect.

"..."

In Sijiucheng, they used small cups for drinking, but here, large bowls were placed on the table, and the liquor was all fifty or sixty-degree sorghum liquor.

"Director Chen is too kind," Zhang Ping'an said as he downed his drink in one gulp, while Jia Dongxu felt a bit overwhelmed and braced himself to drink it down.

"Hahaha, Xiao Zhang has a great capacity for liquor; Xiao Jia, drink slowly and eat some food to settle it." The men here all had high tolerances for alcohol and liked to drink quickly.

"Director Chen, I toast you."

"Hahaha, good." Director Chen was also taken aback, not expecting Zhang Ping'an to still have the strength to counterattack.

Next, the two of them went back and forth, leaving the others accompanying them at the table stunned.

"Director, there is a phone call for you here," Secretary Xiao Wang said, hurriedly interrupting when he saw his director was about to lose.

"Ahem, alright then. You all keep drinking with my brother Ping'an first; I'll be back in a moment."

"Phew~ This guy is so young, yet he can drink even more than someone like me who has been tested by alcohol. Xiao Wang, you did well."

"It is all thanks to the Director's good teaching."

"Hahaha, let them use a wheel-war tactic on him for a while first. I'll rest before going back; if he gets drunk, there will be no need to bring up the matter of the extra quota."

Chen Guoqiang was also helpless; everyone wanted more, but where was he supposed to get so much stock to provide? Yet, he couldn't refuse them directly, so he could only make it impossible for them to ask.

Zhang Ping'an also saw through Chen Guoqiang's intentions, but with his space, he wasn't afraid; anyway, he had poured it all into the space basin, so it wouldn't matter how many people there were.

Half an hour later, when Chen Guoqiang returned full of confidence, he was dumbfounded: the six colleagues accompanying them were either slumped on the table or had crawled under it, leaving only Zhang Ping'an sitting there eating food with a flushed face, while Jia Dongxu had also passed out drunk.

"Ahem, brother Ping'an has a great capacity for liquor, let's keep drinking." Seeing Zhang Ping'an's flushed face, Chen Guoqiang guessed he was reaching his limit, so he decided to add more fuel to the fire.

In the end, Chen Guoqiang was taken to a bed at the Reception House by Zhang Ping'an and Secretary Xiao Wang, and the others were also arranged to stay at the Reception House.

The next day, Chen Guoqiang rubbed his dazed head as he got up, and fragments of last night began to surface intermittently: "Oh no."