There are roughly two types of badgers. The ones in northern China are generally called badgers or dog badgers. There is also a kind of badger in the tropical rain forest called the pig badger, which is slightly different... The most famous thing about this animal is its fat, which is boiled into oil.
It is a very good medicine for treating burns, badger oil. In fact, this kind of medicine
The meat of the fish is also very delicious, at least Hong Tao thinks it is delicious. When he was fishing here in his previous life, some of his fellow fishing friends came with dogs. As a result, the two dogs started howling in the early morning, making people unable to sleep.
When they woke up in the morning, they discovered that they had killed a badger in the open space by the water.
Among the fishing friends, there were old men who had joined the fishing team and went to the countryside. After seeing this badger, without saying a word, he went up with a knife and pulled out the skin with three strokes, then pointed at the skin.
The thick layer of butter he brought with him introduced to everyone that this was badger oil. He took it home and boiled it for everyone, and then shared a portion the next time we met. As for the badger, it was not wasted and was chopped directly.
Throw it into pieces with bones and meat into a pressure cooker and stew.
It was the first time Hong Tao had eaten badger meat. He was a little reluctant at first. After a few mouthfuls, he couldn't stop the car. He was like a whirlwind. He ate a small portion of the pot of meat by himself. This meat was so delicious.
The meat is very delicate and tastes a bit like pork, but not so greasy. It is good whether eaten alone or stewed with other ingredients.
However, Hong Tao is no longer in the mood to taste badger meat. The wine table has already entered into a fierce battle. Now everyone is a bit drunk, and they don't care about who is the leader, who is the subordinate, who is the master and who is.
The guests basically just talked about having a drink, with all kinds of names, and some were so dumb that they couldn't even make up a name, they just drank.
Hong Tao's drinking capacity is pretty good. This thing relies half on talent and half on training. Even though those township cadres are not weak, Hong Tao never let them drink down. Even if he drinks, he has to drag Deputy County Magistrate Qiu and
Deputy Director Dou drank together.
When did the banquet end, how did he come back, and where are he now? These questions were all remembered when Hong Tao opened his eyes again and his mind became clearer. His current memory still remains at the banquet. Everyone because of Hong Tao's
I smoked a round of cigarettes and toasted. After I finished my drink, I sat down on my seat and looked at Katie who was eating so much. I sighed that this girl has such a good appetite, and then she stopped drinking. According to Beijing dialect, she was drunk.
But these questions are not the key. The key is whether you said anything out of the ordinary or did anything out of the ordinary after the break. The break is different from being drunk and sneaking under the table. It is a bit like being drunk and crazy and not remembering that you are crazy.
, people are still awake after the break, and they should eat, drink, and chat. In his previous life, Hong Tao accompanied his client more than once. The most cruel time was that he actually accompanied the client to swim in the swimming pool for half a day after the break.
I swam for an hour, so I was lucky that I didn’t drown.
"What did you do after the banquet yesterday? Don't you remember?" When Hong Tao asked Katie about what he did yesterday, Katie didn't understand the state Hong Tao was talking about.
"Nonsense, I remembered to ask you! Let's start with when you wrapped the badger meat in pancakes and ate it." What impressed Hong Tao most was Katie's eating appearance at that time. The broth flowed down her cheeks, and she still had time to eat it again.
A piece of fish stuffed into his mouth.
"Then...then Deputy Director Dou took us to take a boat and went for a walk in the reservoir. As a result, several people vomited on the boat, including you, and then came back. You have been sleeping until now,
Are you hungry? I'll get you some food. I packed up all the uneaten badger meat and brought back some cakes!" Katie's ability to summarize language is very strong. She can summarize it in just a few words.
After Hong Tao finished talking about his afternoon experience, he then brought up the issue of food.
"Let's put the badger meat aside for now. From now on, I will buy badger meat for you to eat every day. What I'm asking is, did I say anything on the boat yesterday, and who did I say it to?" Hong Tao really convinced his sister-in-law, very much.
I'm worried that she will turn into a fat man weighing more than 200 pounds as soon as she turns 30. If you say you dislike her then, it's inappropriate, so don't dislike her. I'm also afraid that she will crush her to death in bed.
"Pan has been chatting with you. You seemed to be telling Pan about your fishing here before. You even stopped the boat in one place for a while and then cried. That County Magistrate Qiu said you were touching
The beautiful scenery made me fall in love. Then the boat came back and let us live on the second floor of the restaurant until you sober up before leaving. Oh,
By the way, County Magistrate Qiu asked me to tell you that when you are free, call him and say that you want to talk about the contract. This time you are satisfied and you don’t have to drink like this in the future, right?" Kai
Ti is not really a foodie, her memory is pretty good, and she can understand Chinese and English, so she can make do as a translator.
"Is there any special sign at the place where the boat is parked? Do you remember it?" Hong Tao was trembling in his heart. He didn't care about the contract negotiation at all and continued to ask.
"Remember, you pointed out to us a solitary small tree halfway up the mountain. You used to fish in front of that tree, but the distance from the water's edge to the small tree must be at least 20 meters high.
A hundred meters away, there are still jujube trees and weeds on it. County Magistrate Qiu and Director Dou both said that you drank too much and the water level dropped from
It hasn’t risen there since it came. When the water level is at its highest, there is a height difference of 10 meters or dozens of meters away from the small tree. Then you cry and insist on kneeling on the boat and kowtow to the tree. Later,
Returning." Katie vividly imitated Hong Tao's virtue at that time, while laughing at Hong Tao's behavior when he was drunk.
"It seems that I have to drink less wine from now on. It's very dangerous to make a gaffe while drunk!" Hong Tao sweated after hearing this. Although he couldn't tell from Katie's account that he had done anything extraordinary, he was afraid that someone might be interested.
, with Pan, a female spy, lurking on the side, she may have to be exposed a little bit. Although her Chinese is not that good, her brain is very useful and her logical analysis ability is amazing.
"Well, Pan also said that you should drink less in the future. She said that drinking like you is bad for your brain. By the way, should we leave tonight or tomorrow?" Katie asked Hong Tao about his schedule.
"It's already past 10 o'clock. If you're not familiar with the road, you'd better leave tomorrow morning." Hong Tao looked at his watch. It's already past 10 o'clock in the evening. There are few places with street lights on the dozens of kilometers of provincial roads from here to the expressway.
It's better to stay here for one night. Although this is not a high-end hotel, the room is still good, at least it is clean and warm.
On the way back to the city the next day, Hong Tao kept talking about Pan, but the woman seemed as if nothing had happened. She only persuaded Hong Tao to drink less in the future and pay attention to his health. Nothing else seemed abnormal.
Now that Deputy County Magistrate Qiu has spoken, Hong Tao will no longer delay. The sooner this contract is signed, the better. If it is delayed until spring and the floods in the upper reaches subside, the current contractor will probably be reluctant to part with it.
If he leaves, even if he uses Pan's connections to find someone to run him away, the price he will pay will be huge.
However, the signing process is beyond Hong Tao's control. Although both Qinglong County and the County Water Conservancy Bureau have agreed to change the contractor, they have begun to argue over the cost. The original contractor's annual contract fee is 2.7 million.
Yuan, and he has not paid all the contracting fees for this year, and is still short of about 500,000 yuan, but he does not want to make up the payment, and uses various reasons to shirk the responsibility.
For example, he built several huts in the reservoir for the patrol personnel to live in, as well as two speedboats. He couldn't take these things away, and had to convert them into money and hand them over to the county. In addition, he said that he would raise fish this year.
Since he lost a lot of money when releasing water from the reservoir, he cannot bear this loss alone, so
The contracting fee also had to be reduced accordingly. After going back and forth several times, Hong Tao saw that it was almost March. They could afford it, but he couldn't afford it, so he gritted his teeth and contracted the remaining less than 300,000 yuan.
Only when the payment is borne by oneself can the negotiation enter the next stage.
What is the next link? Of course it is the lubrication fee. What is the lubrication fee? In other words, it is a benefit fee. You ask government officials to go to the province and the city to help you stamp and go through the procedures. They can’t go in vain.
! Just go out and take care of the food and take care of the family! Someone will help you with the process. Who will make up for the mental worry and the loss of brain cells for several days? Of course, whoever is doing the work will make up for it.
In this matter, Pan and Katie didn't have any objections. Pan had been in China for almost two years and had been mingling among real estate developers and the government. The water there was much deeper than a small contract like Hong Tao's.
.The contracting fee here is only around 3 million, even if Party A is given a 10% bonus,
It's only 300,000. Those big projects, those that are worth hundreds of millions, hundreds of millions, or more than a billion at first glance. The units behind you are not worth hundreds of millions. How dare you go out and say that this is a project! It also attracts foreign investment.
It's not shameful enough, and if you reveal even 1% of these investments, let alone 10%, it will cost several million.
But, just giving money is not enough. Some leaders are willing to accept money, and some leaders are unwilling to accept money. You can't let you ruin this reputation. Hong Tao caught up with such people, Deputy County Magistrate Qiu and Deputy Director Dou
It's easy to say, but the person who really makes the decision is the county party committee secretary. This official is said to be a relatively decent official, so Chi Guoguo's spending money on it is definitely counterproductive and thankless, and he still has to find a way.
Moreover, this kind of matter has to go to the county work meeting to go through the process. It cannot be decided by just a slap on the forehead. So although that person did not come forward, the majority of the lubrication fee is controlled by them. These two deputy officials are just
They are sent out to do specific work. (To be continued...)
