Chapter 294

This New Year’s banquet of Chiang’s dignitaries was about resigning the old and welcoming the new.

The surface purpose is to pacify people from all walks of life, so that they do not make trouble, continue to live their own good life, want peace.

The real purpose is to make a huge piece of cloth of shame, to continue to run this government which has no leader and the government function is seriously lacking.

As long as everyone closes their eyes, it will be a peaceful world.

Fundamentally, the government team headed by Mayor Feng no longer exists. The various armies that were used to protect the citizens and the peace are also all gone with this government.

Remember when Mayor Fung went around cutting off money to buy arms?

At present, both the money and the arms have disappeared, anyway, from the books is not even a little bit visible, the Finance Bureau in addition to the director, deputy director who has been hiding in the hospital, as well as Su Chunjun, such as Su Chunjun generally early to escape the vigilance of the people, the other accountants, listening to the police, the secretary, the clerk, and so on all went to jail.

The money is gone, the account is evened out, someone must be responsible for this ah.

Who took the money? And who made the accounts flat? Whose hands did the money end up in? And so on. These questions can only take these small people who do the accounts to start.

And neither get arms, nor get food, not to see the money of the various generals of course refused to continue to listen to orders, have long been dispersed, each looking for a way out.

Therefore, this so-called municipal government is a completely empty framework.

Chiang knew it very well. There is no next person to take over.

Those who fit the seniority profile were not willing to come and take over this mess – and he certainly wasn’t. When the principal asked him, he wasn’t even willing to bring up a name or two to hand over.

To mention anyone was to do them a disservice. And the trap was so obvious that it wasn’t even good enough to use as a setup.

He knew very well that the principal asking him was actually hoping that he would be brave enough to step forward and take over the burden.

Who called his last name Jiang.

But even if his last name is Jiang, he is not willing.

There are a lot of people with the name Jiang, why should he be sentenced to death?

If you give your life to have a good reputation, but whoever takes over this mess is a skillful woman who can’t cook without rice, are going to be smashed in the hand, are going to stink for years to come.

Whether it is finally surrendered, or defeat, there can not be any good reputation, a good end.

He was silent for a long time, just willing to run to cover a layer of cloth.

Delivering a barely passable answer sheet.

He could only pick out one of these vermin to throw this stall to.

Su Chunjun.

He was a bit smarter than many people here, but not smart enough.

With his eyesight, he naturally couldn’t see it.

This mess that everyone avoids, handing it over to him only makes him rejoice.

Jiang Jiang patted Su Chunjun’s shoulder and introduced to the people at the table, “Come and get acquainted, this is Xiao Su, Old Feng’s senior ah.”

He then pointed to Miss Zhu Er and said, “This is Xiao Zhu, Xiao Su’s fiancée, a pair of golden girls.”

The people at this table were obviously not as cheerful as those at the other tables-that was Miss Zhu Er’s opinion.

The place where the New Year’s banquet was held was the same place where Mayor Feng had held the charity auction last time, the same hall, probably the same people serving, and even the same guests probably.

Except for those who died and those who fled.

It’s just that the host of the table was changed from Mayor Feng to dignitary Jiang.

The entire hall was full, the tables were large round tables, and the guests were mostly men and women in pairs. The gentlemen were dressed in suits and pale, and the wives were bejeweled and flustered.

Joyful music was played, and the band might as well have been the same. But like the last time, there was still not much of a crowd to enjoy the music.

It wasn’t like a New Year’s Eve party, but rather a post-funeral appreciation of guests.

Compared to the other tables, the table where Mr. Jiang was going to be seated was obviously a bit undercrowded, and was sparsely populated.

Zhu Yuyan looked around and felt that the faces of the people at this table looked more familiar.

Oh, once were also close to Mayor Feng.

She also saw a “familiar face”.

Probably no one would have guessed.

Mrs. Shao.

She sat beside a fat old man, obviously his wife.

This fat old man pale like a corpse, he has not much hair, face, head, hands covered with age spots, like a cow.

Mrs. Shao was no longer beautiful either.

She was still young, but thin as a sheet of paper, wearing a gorgeous cheongsam, a round pearl necklace, her hair permed into neat rolls, and her lips painted bright red.

Sitting in a chair like a dead person who had already put on her birthday suit.

In the past she always wore a smile, like a flower. Now she was like a paper flower, not only without a smile, but also without popularity.

The others were actually similar to Mrs. Shao and her husband.

When they heard Mr. Jiang’s words, they all raised their glasses and turned to Su Chunjun and Ms. Zhu, laughing together and praising them as “golden couple” and “perfect match”.

But they all laughed in a dry manner, as if someone was holding a gun behind them.

Secretary Zhao sat on the left, Su Chunjun sat on the right, and Ms. Zhu sat next to him.

It was only after the four of them were seated that the entire hall began to move.

The music became more cheerful and the servants began to serve the food.

The hot dishes seemed like they had just been brought down from the fire.

Like stepping on wind turbines, the servants gently and swiftly filled the table.

The dishes were completely Chinese.

Just as she thought that, Miss Zhu saw a plate of steak on the carousel.

It seems that this is another banquet that combines the East and the West.

From the time he sat down, VIP Jiang did not speak, stretching out his chopsticks and eating by himself, the servant poured wine, he ate and drank at the same time. According to the theory, when he moved his chopsticks, everyone else could start eating, but everyone else apparently only stared at VIP Jiang eating and drinking, and held their chopsticks on the plate for a long time, not daring to put down their chopsticks.

Secretary Zhao stood up.

The others instantly put down their chopsticks and stood up together, the table clanking.

VIP Jiang looked as if he had come to eat and didn’t care about anything.

Secretary Zhao raised his glass and said with a smile, “Everyone, don’t be polite, eat and drink well. I’ll toast everyone.” He turned his head to Su Chunjun and said, “Little Su, quickly take the cup and stand up to toast everyone with me. Yan Yan, you don’t have to stand, you’re a girl, don’t drink.”

Su Chunjun smiled and stood up, also picking up his glass, one hand holding down Zhu Yuyan who was also going to stand.

Second Miss Zhu then sat down.

Secretary Zhao: “During this period of time, thanks to all of you, our work was completed so smoothly.”

The faces of a few people on the table quickly turned gray.

Secretary Zhao: “The VIP is very grateful to everyone.” He turned around and patted Su Chunjun’s shoulder and said, “Little Su, ah, you drink this glass of wine on behalf of everyone.”

Secretary Zhao drank it all in one go, and Su Chunjun drank it all in one go after Secretary Zhao finished it, and returned three more cups.

Although the people on the table heard that Su Chunjun drank the wine on behalf of everyone, they all hurriedly drank with him. Su Chunjun drank four cups, they drank eight cups, and so Su Chunjun finished three cups, in front of them there is still a cup of wine cups.

Their table began to have movement, the other table’s movement instantly disappeared, quieter than the spiritual hall.

The music was melodious.

Zhu Yuyan was smiling a lovely smile since just now.

VIP Jiang ate while looking at everyone, a table of people are like a dead body, it appears Zhu Er Miss is particularly different.

New Year’s banquet is naturally to be happy. If everyone is not happy, they are not supporting the party.

But it was also true that VIP Jiang’s purpose was to use this opportunity to scare people again.

So Secretary Zhao and Su Chunjun were laughing, but no one dared to laugh.

Because everyone could guess that VIP Jiang was ringing the bell for everyone.

He had just thought that this little girl was bold and resourceful. Now that he saw that she dared to laugh, he wanted to give her a chance.

He put down his chopsticks, lifted his wine glass, and said with a smile, “I saw Yan Yan smile, what is Yan Yan smiling about?”

Everyone on the table immediately looked over.

Secretary Zhao also looked over with a smile.

It seemed as if they were all family heirlooms with Second Miss Zhu, acquaintances through the years, close as can be.

Teacher Su also looked over – he was familiar with Second Miss Zhu, she used to talk randomly and then after practicing at the university, she started to talk deliberately, especially in the Japanese classroom.

Innate talent combined with acquired cultivation, killing people invisibly.

Zhu Er Miss then laughed at Secretary Zhao and Mr. Su: “Just now, if it wasn’t for Mr. Su drinking two more glasses, it looked like he was drinking a cup of wine with someone.”

This was a drinking table joke.

Any fool could hear what the reaction should be.

Not to mention that there were no fools at this table.

The table laughed, laughed, laughed dryly, laughed stiffly, laughed while exchanging glances with the people at the table, saw everyone laughing before continuing to laugh at ease.

VIP Jiang laughed so hard that his eyes glistened.

Secretary Zhao was deliberately surprised for a moment, put down his wine glass and then pointed at Su Chunjun with tears and laughter, “You ah you …… this still don’t care?”

Su Chunjun smiled and made a bow to Secretary Zhao, his fiancée made fun of Secretary Zhao, naturally he came to make amends.

The first table laughed, laughed so shockingly that even the sound of the music covered it down, and seemed to set the tone for this banquet, and it was as if everyone had just realized – the New Year’s banquet needed laughter.

And so, without further prompting, every table came to life at once, with laughter, toasts, and chortling, all bubbling up.

Essential Jiang said to Secretary Zhao, “Xiao Zhao, take Xiao Su down to toast everyone on my behalf, I won’t go myself.”

Secretary Zhao promised, called up Su Chunjun and left.

Su Chunjun said to Zhu Yuyan, “You go serve the VIPs.”

She said serving, but in fact, she was just accompanying and talking, and she didn’t even need to serve the wine and food. Ms. Zhu had purposely told Miss Zhu Er before that at the drinking table, pouring wine for men who were not relatives, fiancés, husbands, or teachers was sexually suggestive.

It wasn’t just pouring wine. Including a toast, even including handing a handkerchief, all had similar meanings.

Ms. Zhu Er stared, “So exaggerated?”

Ms. Zhu: “How refreshing. What do you think the status of a woman pouring wine at a banquet is? It’s not like it’s a small gathering of boudoirs, all girls. At all serious banquets, all the attendees are men, what do you think women do when they appear at such occasions?”

This kind of comparison, Zhu Er Miss will understand.

In fact, it is still sexism, just as now show up decent jobs are not women’s share, but all banquets, the default is a man, women can only be serving underlings.

In Dream of the Red Chamber, when Bao Yu went out for a drink, he let his subordinate Ming Yan go down and didn’t want him to serve him, but instead called a prostitute to come in and serve him.

Mr. and Mrs. to attend the banquet or the Western side of the flow over.

In order to learn from the westerners, only gradually there is a trend to bring their wives to the banquet.

Because of this, men feel that the old-fashioned wives who do not leave the house and do not step out of the door, and who have never seen the world and do not know how to speak, are outdated, and what they need now is a new wife who is exquisite in all aspects and who can speak well, and who is happy to be danced by a man with her arms wrapped around her waist in front of a large crowd.

But even so, the men like to dance around other people’s wives, but do not like their own wives being danced around.

Ms. Zhu sneered, “They don’t like it when women are not open; they don’t like it when women are too open. Men are all careful. Anyway, you remember one thing, besides Mr. Su, the next man, don’t pay attention to him even for a single glance, if you look at him one more time, he will even want to know what color pajamas you are wearing.”

So Miss Zhu changed her seat after Mr. Su left and sat next to Mr. Jiang, but with her hands on her knees, she did not touch the cups or the chopsticks, and did not eat or drink. When Mr. Chiang wanted to speak, she listened with a smile and answered carefully. If he doesn’t speak, she treats herself as if she were a decoration.

If Jiang’s glass is empty, it’s empty, and she doesn’t see it.

Mrs. Shao came over with her glass, shortened herself to a half crouch, and said to VIP Jiang, “VIP, how are you, I’d like to propose a toast to you.”

She drank a glass herself, and very naturally picked up the decanter, filled it up again for herself, and then filled VIP Jiang’s empty glass.

She took another drink herself.

VIP Jiang didn’t say anything, didn’t do anything, she came over and drank two glasses in a row.

VIP Jiang took one look at her and knew what she was doing here. He shook his head and said, “I don’t drink, go back and sit down.”

Mrs. Shao smiled and said, “If you don’t drink, I’ll drink for you.”

She drank her own glass and was going to take the glass of VIP Jiang.

Jiang held down the glass, sighed softly, and said again, “This lady, please return to your seat.”

Mrs. Shao was thin, but she was still beautiful, and even had a beauty that was different from that of the day. Her eyes were open, frightened and uneasy, like a child whose hopes had been dashed and who had lost the last piece of candy. She looked at dignitary Jiang, seeing that he was unmoved and turned to look at Zhu Yuyan, she struggled to show a smile again and said with a laugh, “I am also an old acquaintance of Second Miss Zhu, Second Miss, I will have a drink with you.”

She was going to continue pouring wine.

Essential Jiang turned his head to look at Zhu Yuyan.

Zhu Yuyan stood up and winked at a waiter over there, who hurried over.

She went over and held Mrs. Shao’s arm and said, “Ma’am, you’re drunk, I’ll accompany you out to sober up.”

The waiter had already come over, and without her needing to say anything more, she forcefully picked up Mrs. Shao and dragged her out.

To prevent her from struggling again, Zhu Yuyan also followed her.

Only when they left the banquet hall and came to the corridor did the waiter put Mrs. Shao down under Zhu Yuyan’s instruction.

Mrs. Shao leaned against the wall, trembling.

Zhu Yuyan supported her and asked, “What’s wrong with you?”

Mrs. Shao opened her eyes to look at her, a trembling hand grasped her tightly, “Save me.”

Zhu Yuyan was stunned and asked softly, “How can I be saved? Do you need money?”

Mrs. Shao is not the kind of person who doesn’t have a doorway, she is smart and tactful. Zhu Yuyan thought, for the sake of being the same woman, if she just needed a chance, she was willing to help her. I just don’t know, how does she need her to help her?

Mrs. Shao stared with a pair of eyes, as if she was in a daze, but also as if she was thinking, as if she finally came back to her senses. She shook her head, stood up straight, and piled on a smile, “I’ve had too much to drink, look at me, talking drunk. Second Miss, don’t mind.”

After she finished speaking, she was about to go back into the banquet hall again, Zhu Yuyan pulled her back, wanting to stop talking.

Jiang Jiang did not eat this kind of thing.

She could understand why Mrs. Shao did what she did, but it was clear that she didn’t have the right person this time.

Mrs. Shao was pulled back by her, looked back at her, bowed her head and said, “I was drunk just now, don’t worry second miss, I won’t lose my temper again.”

Zhu Yuyan then let go.

Mrs. Shao took another step.

Zhu Yu Yan said behind her, “Mrs. Shao, you just said …… if I can do something ……”

Mrs. Shao looked back at her.

This girl is just like last year, her eyes are bright and moist, and her posture is beautiful and generous.

She is so envious ah, really want to be as happy as her.

Mrs. Shao smiled and said, “Second miss, call me seventh sister next time.”

Zhu Yuyan hurriedly apologized.

Mrs. Shao smiled and said, “Apologize for what? There is no need to apologize. Next time you see me, if you are willing to call me seventh sister, I will be very happy. This Mrs. Shao and that Mrs. Shao, who knows how long it will last? I’d even get it wrong myself.” She gathered her hair and smiled at her again, twisting her waist as she walked gracefully into the banquet hall.