Director Hou smiled and asked me: "Oh? What kind of local specialties are they? I must like the things from my hometown. Mayor Feng, you must not be polite. I am completely a soldier. Money
They are all external things and only value friendship."
I replied: "This time we brought you some game, cured meats, and a Shangjiang inkstone from the Qing Dynasty. Originally we wanted to find a better ancient inkstone, but we really couldn't find it at this time."
He was immediately overjoyed, "What a good thing. The game and cured meats from Shangjiang were my favorite things to eat when I was young. Ancient inkstones from the Qing Dynasty? Such things should be considered orphans now, right? I know, that thing
Although the value is not high in the current market, it is really good stuff. Mayor Feng, thank you. I haven’t been back to my hometown for many years. I miss and like everything in my hometown.
I remember that when I was a child, my family was very poor. Once I was sick, my mother cooked me a bowl of sugar glutinous rice balls, and put a small spoon with red flowers on the bottom in the bowl. At that time, I took the glutinous rice balls and glutinous rice balls in the bowl in one go.
I ate all the sugar water...the taste was so delicious.
After many years, whenever I think of that bowl of glutinous rice balls and sugar water, the little red flower at the bottom of the little spoon always appears in my mind. In my heart, that little red flower represents
It’s that wonderful taste…”
When he said this, he couldn't help sighing, and then said: "Later I joined the army, especially now, eating delicacies from mountains and seas in my mouth, I no longer have the good feeling before. In fact, people can only live in the poorest
Only when you can feel the beauty of life.”
I said, "Yes. I remember that when I was a kid, everything I ate tasted delicious. At that time, my family could only eat meat two or three times a month. Fatty meat tasted great even without any seasoning. It's different now.
, no matter how good you eat, it doesn’t taste as good as before.”
Director Hou smiled and asked me: "Mayor Feng, why do you think people like to go to hotels now? Is the food in hotels more delicious?"
I shook my head and said, "No. In fact, the dishes in many small restaurants now taste better. Many people now eat in hotels because of their status and mentality. Of course, the dishes in hotels are still different.
At least the oil used is different. The oil used in the hotel is absolutely safe and hygienic. For example, a plate of fried water spinach is completely different from the one in the hotel to the one in a small restaurant. As long as you taste it carefully, the difference will come out. It’s not too big.
Most people don’t appreciate it carefully, and what they really value is the psychological feeling.”
Director Hou laughed and said, "Mayor Feng, you are telling the truth. In fact, many people are confused now and don't know what they really need. What is the saying? Money is a sin.
They are fishing; they say that women are a disaster, but they all want them; they say that the heights are too cold, so they all climb; they say that smoking and drinking are harmful to the body, but they don't quit; they say that heaven is the most beautiful, but they don't go to it. Haha! People are like this nowadays
."
We all laugh.
The waiter opened the wine, and Director Hou said: "This is one kilogram of Moutai, which has been stored in the cellar for ten years. Two bottles for the four of us today is probably enough."
I was immediately shocked by his words, "Director Hou, these two bottles are two kilograms, each of us weighs one kilogram... This will definitely make us drunk."
He smiled and said: "Today I saw my parents and officials in my hometown, and I was very happy. Mayor Feng, aren't you happy?"
I hurriedly said: "Of course I'm happy. That's fine, let's just be happy and happy."
At this time, I noticed that the director of the National Development and Reform Commission that I had brought with me turned pale, and then I suddenly remembered that his drinking capacity was not very good. However, under such circumstances, I could not take care of him, so I immediately glanced at him.
The idea was to let him drink as much as he could. He nodded towards me.
Four wine glasses were filled with Moutai. The liquid in the glasses was yellow and orange and looked very beautiful. But I know that for Moutai, the darker the color, the higher the concentration. Of course, after drinking it,
The easier it is to get drunk.
At this time, Director Hou had already raised his wine glass and said, "Come, Mayor Feng, I welcome you to come to Beijing as a guest. I am from Shangjiang City. Today I have the honor to drink with my parents and officials from my hometown. I feel very special."
I'm so happy. Come, let's drink."
Su Wen was immediately shocked, "Cheers?!"
Director Hou smiled and said: "Director Xiao Su used to be a criminal police officer. I know that criminal police officers are very good drinkers. There is no gender distinction. Many of my female cadres are also very good drinkers, and when I saw Director Su, I was like
A drunk lesbian, right?"
Immediately, without any explanation, he came directly to clink glasses with the three of us, and then drank it all in one gulp.
I once drank with the leaders of the Shangjiang Military Division and had dinner with the head of the Jiangnan Province Garrison District. I know the drinking style of soldiers. And I have also heard that in the past, our department in Jiangnan Province was responsible for
People went to Beijing to seek project funds, and the ministry leaders in Beijing proposed to allocate 10 million over a glass of wine. Although it was just a legend, I believe some of the legends may be true. This time we came to Beijing for that big project.
, it seems that getting drunk today is inevitable.
I immediately picked up the glass and drank it all in one gulp. Su Wen also drank it. But the director of our National Development and Reform Commission looked very embarrassed, "Director Hou, can I drink it in two times? This is the total amount of alcohol I can drink.
A cup’s worth.”
Director Hou's face immediately turned ugly. I immediately said to the director of the National Development and Reform Commission: "Director Hou received us so warmly, how could you not finish the drink? You are still from Shangjiang City."
Under the pressure of my gaze, the director of the National Development and Reform Commission finally drank the glass of wine. He couldn't help coughing after drinking it, and Su Wen hurriedly handed him the cup. He felt better after drinking it, but his body was already shaking.
.
I apologized and said to Director Hou: "I'm sorry, Director Hou, his drinking capacity is really not good."
Director Hou smiled and said: "Okay, let him stop drinking. I see that the people in my hometown are happy. Since he can't drink, let's forget it, otherwise others will say that I bully the people in my hometown. Mayor Feng, don't you
I know that one time a certain director of Jiangnan Province came to Beijing, and I invited him and his party to dinner. He just told me that he couldn't drink alcohol. As a result, this person later used mineral water to drink with me, and I found out later.
I was very unhappy at that time. I have that kind of personality. You can stop drinking, but you can’t mess with me, right?" (To be continued)