Although Xia Bingbing was cold and elegant, she was a very dedicated and strong-willed person, both at work and when she drank. In her opinion, as the head of the budget department, it was her duty to fight for subsidies for the county at the provincial office, and drinking with the leaders of the budget department was a way for her to fulfill her duty.
Therefore, when Su Yetai gestured for her and Zhang Yaling to start toasting Fang Xin and Li Tao, she immediately stood up and placed six glasses of wine in front of her. She raised one of the glasses and said to Fang Xin and Li Tao, "Director Fang, Director Li, the two leaders just agreed to help our county fight for temporary subsidies, which solved the urgent problem for our county's finance bureau. It also made me, the head of the budget department, heave a sigh of relief. In order to express my gratitude, I'll toast the two leaders a few glasses of wine. If the leaders drink one glass, I'll drink three glasses! "
As she spoke, she raised the glass in her hand to Fang Xin and drank it in one gulp. Then, she drank the other two glasses of wine in one gulp. Seeing this, Fang Xin also smiled and raised his glass of wine, drank it in one gulp. Then, Xia Bingbing drank the other three glasses of wine, and Li Tao also drank a glass of wine.
Warm applause immediately rang out in the private room.
Zhang Yaling was not to be outdone. She also prepared six glasses of wine and toasted Fang Xin and Li Tao with three glasses of wine each, which also won the applause of the entire room.
After Zhang Yaling finished toasting the two directors, Xia Bingbing once again placed three glasses of wine on the table in front of her. She picked up one of the glasses and turned to Lu Tao and said, "Lu Tao, I'll toast you in the same way. I'll drink three glasses, you drink one. First, thank you for your efforts to fight for the provincial subsidies for our Taolin County. You're from the Local Taxation Bureau, so you have no obligation to fight for funds for us. However, when Director Cai asked for your help, you agreed without hesitation and immediately went to find Director Fang, Director Li, and Team Leader Chen. Although the funds we fought for were the result of the extra care and care of the three leaders of the budget department, you also did your best to help. I believe that Director Fang and Director Li should have no objections to what I said. "
Fang Xin and Li Tao quickly said, "Little Xia is right. Little Lu has indeed worked hard to fight for funds for your county. To be honest, if he and?? Didn't look for us, your county's new village construction subsidy for the second half of this year is indeed a little difficult. I hope you can understand this point. We also have our difficulties, right? But since …? She's our newly promoted village team leader, so we have to give her some face, right? Besides,??? She's also someone who never begs us for other people's matters. For the sake of your Taolin County, she's made an exception this time. Just because of this, we have to think of a way for you. "
Su Yetai, Cai Zhangming, and the others hurriedly nodded in agreement.
Xia Bingbing holds the cup and waits for Fang and Li to finish. He continued to look at Lu Tao and said, "That was the first reason why I respect you. The second reason is that I want to take this opportunity to formally apologize to you. Yesterday, when we were eating in that restaurant on the way to the provincial capital, I wasn't very friendly to you. I even said a few inappropriate words. I'm a straightforward person. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong. If I have to apologize, I'll apologize. If you feel that my apology is not sincere enough, or if you don't forgive my rudeness yesterday, you can choose not to drink this cup of wine, but I must finish these three cups of wine. "
As she spoke, she did not wait for Lu Tao's response and quickly drank the three cups of wine in front of her.
Lu Tao saw that her eyes were blurry and her cheeks were red. Although she was not drunk, she was probably thirty to forty percent tipsy. He wanted to persuade her not to drink three cups of wine in a row, but he did not expect that before he could say anything, she would finish all three cups of wine in an instant. He admired her straightforwardness, so he stood up and placed the three cups of wine on the table in front of him. He said very sincerely, "Chief Xia, you and I are both civil servants of Taolin County. The finance and tax are one family. Since it's your duty to fight for financial subsidies for Taolin County, I won't shirk my duty. You don't have to thank me.
"The people we really want to thank are the two leaders here, Chief Fang and Chief Li, as well as the one who has already left the table. As for the words you said to me during dinner last night, I believe that it's because you have a straightforward personality. You say what you think in your heart and don't have any ill intentions. Moreover, what you said was the truth and did not fabricate right and wrong to attack me. I'm not so petty as to keep these words in my heart. Moreover, later on, I also said something sarcastic to you. For this, I was even criticized by Chief Cai. If you want to apologize, let's apologize to each other! "
As she spoke, she drank all three cups of wine in one gulp like Xia Bingbing.
Next, Su Yetai, Cai Zhangming, and Lu Tao each toasted Fang Xin and Li Tao. Xia Bingbing and Zhang Yaling also toasted Su Yetai and Cai Zhangming.
Li Tao had drunk with Xia Bingbing and Zhang Yaling many times, so he knew that their alcohol tolerance was about the same. They could both drink about half a catty of white wine. Now, three out of the six bottles of Maotai on the table had been finished. Xia Bingbing and Zhang Yaling drank a little more than the others. Each of them drank about six ounces, so there was still a lot of room for them to drink. However, his and Fang Xin's alcohol tolerance was only about half a catty. If he let Xia Bingbing and Zhang Yaling continue toasting, Fang Xin and he would definitely get drunk …
Therefore, he discussed with Fang Xin in a low voice. Then, he turned his head and glanced at Xia Bingbing and Zhang Yaling. He said with a smile, "Little Xia, Little Zhang, looking at the way you drink and toast, you really have the heroic spirit of women who are not inferior to men. Director Fang and I both admire and fear you. I know that you want to fight for more financial subsidies for the county. Director Fang and I understand this idea very well. However, before you continue toasting me and Director Fang, I want to tell you a true story. The name of this story is' Five Hundred Cups of Wine in an Auditorium. 'The two main characters of this story are the brigade commander and political commissar when I was in the army. Does everyone want to hear it? "
Su Yetai and Cai Zhangming knew that there must be a deeper meaning to this wine-tasting story. Moreover, it must be related to fighting for financial subsidies for Taolin County. Therefore, they took the lead and applauded enthusiastically. When Xia Bingbing, Zhang Yaling, and Lu Tao heard the title, they also became interested and applauded.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
