Chapter 1901

Su Xinghui said, "My wife's maternity leave hasn't ended yet, there's still nearly a month. Now she is taking the child at my home. I estimate she will come over after her maternity leave ends."

Yuan Yifu said, "Then she should rest well at home, don't worry, don't worry. It's fine for her to stay at home for another month or two. However, you are alone here, and there will definitely be some inconvenience in your life. How about this, you eat at the county party committee reception center during this time, life must be arranged well."

Su Xinghui shook his head and said, "Thank you, Secretary Yuan. However, life is easy to talk about. I eat until I'm full, and the whole family is not hungry. I'll just go anywhere to eat."

While speaking, the county's leading cadres arrived one after another. Yuan Yifu stood up and introduced their identities to Su Xinghui one by one. Su Xinghui also compared these people one by one according to the list in the document.

After the introduction, everyone sat down according to the rank order. Twenty people sat around the dining table, and the waiter began to serve dishes. All kinds of mountain and sea delicacies were sent up one after another, and the wine served was Moutai.

Yuan Yifu laughed and said, "County Magistrate Su should be able to drink, right? Drink more today?"

Su Xinghui shook his head and said, "It's noon now, and we still have to work in the afternoon, so let's not drink, right?"

Yuan Yifu smiled and said, "It's okay, our drinking is also work. If you drink too much, County Magistrate Su can just open a room at the reception center to rest in the afternoon, no need to work. Come, I'll pour you wine."

Yuan Yifu took an opened bottle of wine from the waiter's hand and wanted to pour wine for Su Xinghui, but Su Xinghui turned the wine glass upside down and placed it on the table, shaking his head and smiling, "Secretary Yuan, it's not that I don't give you face, but I don't drink at noon."

Yuan Yifu's face changed a bit, and the faces of the twenty county leaders at the table also changed a bit. Some glared at Su Xinghui, some looked a bit panicked, and some looked at Su Xinghui with some playfulness.

Who was Yuan Yifu? He could be said to be the local emperor of Chongjin County. It was rare for him to pour wine for others personally, unless the Municipal Party Committee Secretary and Mayor came to have this treatment. But he poured wine for Su Xinghui personally, and Su Xinghui didn't appreciate it. This was too ungrateful, right?

The atmosphere in the private room suddenly became awkward and tense. Everyone's eyes gathered on Su Xinghui. Yuan Yifu's eyes also looked at Su Xinghui with uncertainty. Su Xinghui was calm and composed, always smiling and looking at Yuan Yifu.

Just when the atmosphere was so tense that throwing a match would explode, Yuan Yifu suddenly laughed out loud: "Comrade Xinghui doesn't want to drink, so don't drink. Waiter, get a bottle of beverage."

Yuan Yifu's laughter made the atmosphere in the private room much more relaxed. Everyone's faces showed smiles again, and the waiter also brought a bottle of beverage for Su Xinghui. Su Xinghui took a look, and it was actually fruit juice from the Yongfeng Beverage Factory.

However, everyone had some doubts. With Yuan Yifu's character, Su Xinghui didn't sell his face so much, and he just endured it?

Yuan Yifu seemed to have really endured it. He smiled and said, "Comrade Xinghui is coming to our Chongjin County for the first time, eating Chongjin County's meal for the first time, so we arranged some specialties of Chongjin County. These are all good things, there are silver fish, mandarin fish, river pig meat, wild duck, goose meat, and this plate is swan meat. This is a rare thing, you can be considered to have a mouth for food. If you had come a few days earlier, you wouldn't have been able to eat it. The swan just flew over from the north."

Everyone nodded and sighed. This table of wine and dishes was indeed the highest specification of Chongjin County's reception. Generally, it was only when the Mayor and Municipal Party Committee Secretary came that there was this specification, because wild animals like river pigs, wild geese, and swans were not always available, and it depended on luck.

Yuan Yifu raised his chopsticks and picked up a piece of swan meat, pointed the tip of the chopsticks a few times and said, "Comrade Xinghui, eat while it's hot, this thing will be fishy when it's cold."

After speaking, Yuan Yifu put the swan meat into his mouth and chewed it, nodding while chewing, clearly very satisfied with the chef's craftsmanship.

Others also raised their chopsticks and picked up dishes to eat.

Su Xinghui didn't move his chopsticks, he asked, "Secretary Yuan, the river pig you mentioned, is the scientific name called river dolphin?"

Yuan Yifu stopped his chopsticks. He was stunned and said, "You say this, I really don't know much about it. Is it called river dolphin?"

Vice County Magistrate Nie Xin nodded and said, "Yes, river pig is a local dialect, the scientific name is river dolphin."

Su Xinghui said, "Since it is a river dolphin, then at least three of the dishes Secretary Yuan just mentioned are national second-class protected animals, namely river dolphin, wild goose, and swan. I think these dishes cannot be eaten, right? Isn't this an illegal act?"

Everyone stopped their chopsticks and cast stunned eyes at Su Xinghui. Is this person a two-hundred-and-fifty? Everyone is eating, what are you pretending to be? And national protected animals, protected animals are to restrict ordinary people, can they restrict us cadres? This country is all these cadres, what does it matter to eat a few protected animals?

Of course, a few eyes were still full of playfulness.

The smile on Yuan Yifu's face stiffened. He looked at Su Xinghui and said after a long time, "Are these national second-class protected animals? I really don't know."

Su Xinghui looked at Nie Xin and said, "County Magistrate Nie should know, right?"

Nie Xin was the Vice County Magistrate in charge of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery. The management office of the Yanglan Lake Nature Reserve in Chongjin County was also under his management. He could be considered a professional.

Everyone's eyes cast on Nie Xin again. The sweat on Nie Xin's forehead came down all of a sudden. How could he say this? If he said it was a national second-class protected animal, he would offend Yuan Yifu on the spot. But if he said it wasn't, wasn't he talking nonsense with his eyes open? This also showed that he was not proficient in business, and he couldn't even remember the list of second-class protected animals, and he actually participated in the banquet.

Moreover, this second-class protected animal was placed here. Could he deny it just because he said so?

Thousands of thoughts turned in Nie Xin's head, but none of them could get him out of the current predicament.

Yuan Yifu asked gloomily, "County Magistrate Nie, what's wrong with you?"

Nie Xin looked at Yuan Yifu's eyes and then at Su Xinghui's eyes. Su Xinghui's eyes were as sharp as a knife. Nie Xin couldn't help but shiver. He was forced into a corner and could only grit his teeth and say, "Yes, these three are national second-class protected animals."

Yuan Yifu said sternly, "Since they are national second-class protected animals, why didn't you tell me earlier? You made us all break the law."

Nie Xin knew that this was Yuan Yifu throwing the pot, but he couldn't carry this pot. Eating national second-class protected animals, this matter could be big or small. But with Su Xinghui's background, if he kept holding on, he, this Vice County Magistrate, would probably not be able to be a County Magistrate.

He couldn't help but cast begging eyes at Yuan Yifu, but Yuan Yifu's eyes were very fierce. He looked at Su Xinghui again. Su Xinghui's eyes were neither happy nor sad. I don't know if it was Nie Xin's illusion, but Nie Xin felt that Su Xinghui seemed to nod slightly at himself.

Wu Zhengjing said, "County Magistrate Su doesn't know, today these river pigs, wild geese, and swans all died on the river beach by themselves and were picked up by people and sold to the reception center. Anyway, they are already dead, and it's a waste not to eat them."

Wu Zhengjing was quite witty and immediately thought of a good excuse. This could at least exempt the crime of hunting national second-class protected animals.

Everyone looked at Su Xinghui to see what he would say.

Su Xinghui smiled slightly and said, "No matter how they came, they can't be eaten anyway. Sorry, I'm a bit tired today, so I won't eat this meal. Everyone, please enjoy."

After speaking, Su Xinghui stood up and walked away.

Everyone was in an uproar. Yuan Yifu's face was as heavy as water. After a long time, he also stood up and left, leaving nothing behind.