Chapter 1288

Xue Xingyuan's words made Su Xinghui gasp. A case of Maotai for an ordinary reception banquet—wouldn't this table cost several hundred yuan?

Zhao Tong said, "Secretary Xue, let's not drink at noon, right? I have to go back in the afternoon."

Xue Xingyuan, while following the Guest House Director toward the private room, waved his hand with great momentum, "How can we not drink when you come to the county? It doesn't matter if you go back in the afternoon. It takes two hours to get back to the city from here. If you go back, won't you just go straight home? What work are you doing?"

Zhao Tong didn't really refuse from the heart either. When city cadres come to the county, how many don't drink? Not to mention it was Maotai. If you don't drink, you don't drink. Even if he was the Section Chief of the First Section of Cadres of the Organization Department, with great power, he couldn't drink Maotai everywhere he went.

The three entered the private room. Not long after, Changshan County Magistrate Ling Anguo, County Party Committee Deputy Secretary Li Bokun, Organization Department Minister Xu Yulai, and County Party Committee Office Director Wang Yuwen arrived together and entered the private room.

Seeing Zhao Tong, they all hurriedly greeted him enthusiastically. Zhao Tong introduced Su Xinghui to them, and Su Xinghui hurriedly stood up and shook hands with them one by one.

Su Xinghui looked at these people. Ling Anguo was a middle-aged man with a dark face, medium build, and a sturdy frame, but his face was quite weathered, and he looked older than Xue Xingyuan. He was especially enthusiastic when shaking hands with Su Xinghui.

Li Bokun was a fair-skinned, plump, and wealthy-looking person. He was two years older than Ling Anguo, but he looked much younger than Ling Anguo. His face could be compared to the Maitreya Buddha, and he always had a smile on his face, but Su Xinghui always felt that his enthusiasm was a bit fake.

Xu Yulai was a middle-aged man in his early forties, also a typical organization cadre who was gentle and refined, and his smile also carried the professionalism of an organization cadre.

Although Wang Yuwen was a member of the Standing Committee of the County Party Committee, he obviously didn't consider himself as such. When shaking hands with Su Xinghui, he habitually bowed his waist and smiled. After shaking hands, he ran to the kitchen to urge the dishes. After the food and wine were served, he took the initiative to open the wine bottles and pour wine for everyone.

Su Xinghui wanted to take the wine bottle, but Wang Yuwen smiled, "Comrade Little Su, your procedures haven't been handled yet, so you are still a guest of Changshan County. How can we let a guest pour the wine? Let me, let me."

Wang Yuwen poured wine for everyone at the table. Xue Xingyuan raised his glass, "Section Chief Zhao, come, I toast you!"

Zhao Tong picked up his wine glass and drank a cup with Xue Xingyuan, "Secretary Xue, don't just drink with me. Today, Comrade Su Xinghui is the main guest. He came from Shangjun County to be a rotated cadre in your impoverished mountainous area—it's not easy!"

Ling Anguo picked up his wine glass and said to Su Xinghui, "Come, Little Su, I toast you. Welcome to Changshan County to work. The conditions in our Changshan County are poor, so please don't mind any neglect."

Su Xinghui said, "County Magistrate Ling, I have also worked in mountainous areas, so I won't be unaccustomed to it. Please rest assured, County Magistrate Ling."

After finishing, Su Xinghui drank this cup of wine with Ling Anguo.

Li Bokun said, "Little Su, if you work in a mountainous area, your drinking capacity must be good. How is your drinking capacity?"

Su Xinghui smiled, "Secretary Li, my drinking capacity is okay."

Li Bokun suddenly became interested, "I see you look quite steady, you must be hiding your strength. You say your drinking capacity is okay, then it must be massive. Come, let's have a drink."

Su Xinghui smiled and raised his glass to drink with Li Bokun. Ling Anguo was an honest person, and he said to Su Xinghui, "Little Su, don't drink too fast, eat some food."

Su Xinghui nodded, "Thank you, County Magistrate."

Su Xinghui ate a chopstick of food. The craftsmanship of the chef at the Changshan County Party Committee Guest House was really not bad, and the taste of the dishes was quite good. However, Su Xinghui only picked those pork, beef, and other meat dishes he recognized to eat, and then ate some vegetable dishes. Those meat dishes he didn't recognize might be protected animals, and he didn't want to eat them.

In a place like Changshan County, which is all mountains, there are still quite a few protected animals in many undeveloped mountains, such as giant salamanders, water deer, serows, silver pheasants, pheasants, and leopards. Su Xinghui did his homework before coming.

Su Xinghui didn't expect these leading cadres in Changshan County to have any awareness of animal protection. Who cares what protected animals they are? If they eat them, they eat them. Who can sentence them? Moreover, they have their own ways. The protected animals they eat are basically "fallen to death" by themselves. It's not illegal to eat those that fell to death, right?

Although Su Xinghui couldn't stand the behavior of eating protected animals, he was a newcomer, and he couldn't just turn his face on the first meal. He couldn't change the status quo alone. He could only ensure that he didn't eat them. Only when he truly became a County Magistrate or County Party Secretary would he pay attention to this matter again.

Wang Yuwen saw Su Xinghui always eating those ordinary dishes and said diligently, "Little Su, don't just eat that pork and beef. Although our Changshan County is poor, it has one advantage: there is plenty of game. This plate is giant salamander, this plate is water deer, this plate is pheasant—they are all good things. Eat quickly."