Chapter 8 Wine Table Culture
Director Tong enthusiastically held Zhang Lang's hand, "How is it? Is the job assigned? Why don't you just come to our Materials Bureau? I have the final say in this matter!"
"Thank you Director Tong for your concern, it has been allocated." Zhang Lang hurriedly expressed his gratitude.
"Oh? How about it? Are the new unit satisfied? If you are not satisfied, I will ask Wang Dapao to go." Director Tong asked with concern.
Director Tong is just a polite word. Of course, if Zhang Lang really asks it, Director Tong can do it for him, but he will definitely be despised by Zhang Lang in the future.
Wang Dapao is the Minister of Armed Forces. He was named because he spoke loudly and even fired can not cover his voice.
"I asked myself to return to the village to be the director." After saying that, Zhang Lang explained again.
"Return to the village to be the director?" Director Tong repeated it, then praised with a loud laugh: "Okay! Be brave! I deserve to be a fighting hero from our army!"
"It's good to take root at the grassroots level and start from the grassroots level. You're still young, and it's a good thing to go to the grassroots level to exercise."
Obviously Director Tong misunderstood and thought that Zhang Lang would choose to go to the most difficult grassroots rural areas.
Zhang Lang didn't explain much, and he accompanied Director Tong to gossip before he spoke, "Director Tong..."
"Oh! What are the directors? They all come from the army. I joined the army earlier than you and have been a soldier for longer than you. According to the rules of the army, call the old squad leader. Isn't it a loss?" Director Tong stopped Zhang Lang's words, touched his bald head and said with a smile.
"Okay! I'm here for something to ask the old squad leader for help." Zhang Lang was also a straightforward person.
"Since you're called the old squad leader, don't say anything you want or not, just say something."
"That's right. I'm going back to work in the village. I think there's nothing else in Northeast China, but I just lack vegetables. So I'm going to do greenhouse planting in the village so that the old and young men in Northeast China can eat vegetables in winter."
"Can greenhouse planting work? Is it okay?" Director Tong asked in surprise?
"Of course it can be done. Greenhouse planting is done in many places within the customs, but we don't have it in the northeast." Zhang Lang said affirmatively.
"Although I don't know how to do this in the greenhouse, when it's winter, some houses in the countryside can collapse. You have already thought about it." Director Tong was a little confused.
"Don't worry, the old squad leader, I've already thought about it. This is absolutely reliable." Zhang Lang nodded affirmatively.
"Okay! Since you have decided, then do it well and say, what do you need me to do?" Seeing Zhang Lang insisting, Director Tong stopped persuading, and he always had to try whether he succeeded.
Director Tong still admires Zhang Lang's aggressive spirit. Young people must have the momentum and cannot shrink their hands and feet to be afraid of failure.
"I'm looking for the old squad leader, I want the old squad leader to help get some white glass and vegetable seeds."
Vegetable greenhouses generally use plastic film. Considering that the snow is heavy in winter in Northeast China, in order to prevent the greenhouse from being crushed, all choose to use glass as the covering material.
"Okay! I'll arrange for someone to do as much as you want! Your brother will take care of this matter!" Director Tong patted his chest and promised.
The Materials Bureau was established in the 1960s. It is a product of the planned economy period. The Materials Bureau follows the national economic work policy of "developing the economy and ensuring supply" and the "unified planning, hierarchical management", and "guaranteed key points and taking into account the general" material supply policy, and carries out material purchase, sales and supply.
Generally, the county's material bureaus are mainly responsible for purchasing steel, pig iron, automobile, auto parts, motors, water pumps, bearings, transformers, tires, cement, glass, oxalic acid, europium oxide, soda ash, calcium carbide, asphalt, explosives, detonators, fuses, etc., for projects such as metal materials, electromechanical products, light chemical building materials, etc., are purchased by the material bureau.
During this period, the Material Bureau was one of the most popular units, and the purchasing staff of the Material Bureau in the 1980s were also one of the richest people.
This is also the reason why Zhang Lang came out of the Armed Forces Department and went directly to the Materials Bureau.
The 500-liter military oil tickets could be exchanged for more supplies from the black market, but Zhang Lang still found a material exchange in order to establish a good relationship in advance.
"Thank you for your help!" Zhang Lang thanked him while taking out the remaining 500-liter military oil tickets. "If you have the help of the old squad leader in the future, I won't need these anymore. Let's leave the old squad leader!"
"Good boy, I'm just sloppy. I won't take out any good things early." Director Tong snatched them over and cursed with a smile.
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"Okay, it's noon, and you have to have a meal for revolutionary work. Let's try the food here." After saying the matter, Director Tong looked at the time and invited Zhang Lang to have a meal together.
Zhang Lang did not refuse and stood up and followed Director Tong out, "Old squad leader, I won't be polite."
"You're welcome! Come here, you should eat and drink. If you are polite, you will look down on me!" People in Northeast China are straightforward and will not pretend to be polite.
Some people say that the Chinese people’s affairs are discussed at the wine table, which is a bit absolute, but China’s wine culture is also profound.
At noon, Director Tong called several leaders in the bureau to drink with him. Good guys, all of them were military-transferred cadres.
People from Northeast China like to drink, and those who serve in the army are never afraid of drinking. The troops often use the amount of alcohol to measure the level of the battle.
The soldiers gathered together. In that scene, those who didn’t drink could be drunk. They all used porcelain jars to make wine. A bottle of wine was used to make porcelain jars. Whether the character was good or not, it depends on whether you were happy or not.
When it comes to drinking, Zhang Lang has never been afraid of anyone. Zhang Lang always refuses everyone. You can drink whatever you say. That's so refreshing.
The guests and guests were having fun all the time. They were drunk. A deputy director named Zhang held Zhang Lang's shoulder and burped, saying, "Brother, drink openly! Don't worry, I will definitely understand what the old squad leader told me!"
Zhang Lang also drank high, and his tongue became big when he spoke, "Brother, I didn't say anything! Brother, I respect you, let me go!" After that, he picked up the porcelain jar and poured it into his stomach.
"Kangliang! I must drink this wine!" Deputy Director Zhang also picked up the porcelain jar and drank it in one sip.
The wine finally turned into water, and the nerves were anesthetized and the degree was not felt at all.
Zhang Lang looked for bottles to prepare bottles and poured wine for everyone, but found that there were empty bottles on the table. "Old... old squad leader, the wine... the wine is gone..., let... let... make two boxes of them!"
Director Tong is also old, "How can two boxes be enough? Look... I look down on the class... I am a squad leader? Today... one person and one box... no... not complete it! No one... can't leave!"
In fact, this is the characteristic of people in Northeast China who like to drink. They like to fight for alcohol, and they don’t drink until they vomit, are not enthusiastic enough, and are unconscious of their ability, which means they have not received good guests.
Chapter completed!