However, since all the county leaders, big and small, were holding back, he didn't dare move either! He was just a small winery director and could only rank behind the county leaders.

He waited and waited, but no leader showed up. Moreover, no leader from the province came either. It was as if everyone had forgotten the news that had been broadcast for three consecutive days, as if they had forgotten Zhou Xiang, the benchmark and role model.

He never expected that Zhang Ning and Ji Bin, who were obviously one grade higher than Zhou Xiang, actually had a friendship with Zhou Xiang. Then, he thought of Zhang Ning's cousin Li Li. Li Li was from the same town as Zhou Xiang and they were elementary school classmates.

He was thinking about what gift to give to Li Li's wedding the day after tomorrow when his youngest son came to him with blisters on his face, proudly showing off how everyone was respecting him.

He was so angry that he asked his son to look in the mirror himself.

The younger son was also frightened by his own appearance, and then said that he would blame the person who beat him.

There were so many things that Director Xu couldn't have imagined. Zhou Xiang actually asked her lover to do it herself.

After his father reminded him, Xu Fanghui quickly nodded, "Yes, it's something growing on my face. Dad, can we get some medicine? Does Miss Zhou really have some magical medicine?"

Director Xu nodded. "Yes, she is even more powerful than those chivalrous men you have seen. This news is not only coming from the capital, but also from Huai County. Some of the rumors are true."

Xu Fanghui's eyes were full of stars, what a chivalrous man!

Director Xu slapped his youngest son awake. "Now, we don't know if we can get Miss Zhou's forgiveness. You are not allowed to cause me any more trouble. If you get sick again, how am I supposed to ask for help? If I have a problem, I have to go to Miss Zhou? Isn't that courting death?"

Let’s not talk about this father and son for now.

Ling Ran found his wife at Zhang's house, looking at a photo album. "Honey, should we go to the restaurant? It's already 11 o'clock."

Zhou Xiang nodded and said, "Let's go. Have Ji Bin and the others gone to the restaurant yet?"

"I don't know. I came straight to you."

"Then let's go to Ji's house first. Auntie, we'll leave first. Next time I have a chance, I'll come back to continue admiring Zhang Ning's 'little style'."

Mother Zhang smiled gently, "Okay, okay! Come again next time if you have the chance."

The two of them were escorted out of the Zhang family compound like stars in the crowd, and Ling Ran told her about what happened when he was stopped by Director Xu just now.

Zhou Xiang nodded. "They must be looking for an antidote. How much do you think I should ask for?"

"I feel like this factory director probably has a lot of extra income, and it's not necessarily all from exploiting the employees. The employees give him small profits. He must have someone behind him to keep his position as factory director. I just don't know how he makes all that extra money."

"Wine!" Zhou Xiang immediately thought of using the winery's wine.

"There's definitely no problem with the accounts."

Zhou Xiang glanced at him sideways. "I don't want to file an ICAC case against him. His backers want to capitalize on the winery's production, so they have to keep it thriving. The livelihoods of so many employees depend on him and his backers. If someone else were to run the company, they might just ruin this state-owned enterprise."

Ling Ran squeezed his wife's hand and said, "Okay, I won't charge him. Since he's rich, he should at least get a hundred thousand or eighty thousand."

"That's too little. His son's forehead is just a little red, and he dares to ask for 10,000. Well, I'll charge 10,000 for each blister!"

Ling Ran laughed, "Don't you still need someone to count bubbles for him?"

"Let's count them! Each bubble is a hundred yuan. I guarantee someone will rush to count them. They will definitely check carefully and make sure not to miss a single hundred yuan."

The two chatted when they arrived at the door of Ji's house. Ji Bin and Zhang Ning were still waiting for them.

Zhou Xiang was anxious, "Hurry up and leave. What should we do if we can't find the person to accept the gift?"

Zhang Ning had changed into a red, imitation Qing Dynasty-style thin cotton dress. When she heard Zhou Xiang's words, she smiled and said, "Principal Ji, no, my parents-in-law and the accountants have already gone."

"Okay, as long as someone goes first, did you buy your wedding dress and veil from the capital?"

Zhang Ning nodded. "Yes! I wouldn't have enough time to make it back home. The colors and styles are very new in Beijing."

"Yes! That bright red wedding dress was very beautiful."

When Ling Ran heard this, he quickly held his wife's hand tightly, "Wife~"

Zhou Xiang turned his head to look at him, "Why are you so suspicious? Can't I praise others for being better than myself?"

Ling Ran nodded quickly, "Yes, yes, yes. From now on, from our tenth to our eightieth wedding anniversary, I will order you a new wedding dress."

Zhou Xiang couldn't help but roll his eyes. Eighty years? A hundred years! Even if they could live that long, would her skin and figure still be able to wear a wedding dress? Scared to death.

Ji Bin and Zhang Ning laughed, "That's a good idea."

Xiao Chunmei and Zhou Hua came over. "What are you laughing at? Aren't you in a hurry to go to the restaurant?"

"Let's go, let's go."

Ji Bin also became anxious and called out to his best man outside to drive over.

Zhou Xiang and his three companions drove their own car and followed the wedding car to the restaurant.

After getting off the car, Zhou Xiang looked at the familiar street scene, then at the three big words "Sijiqing", and couldn't help but smile. This was the place where his rheumatism was aggravated in his previous life!

Ling Ran hugged his wife's shoulders and said, "Let's go! Don't be sad. This restaurant will still be running even without you washing the dishes. I just don't know if that auntie is your former boss lady!"

"I wanted to see it too! I didn't hear it on the phone."

In my previous life, when I graduated from technical school, thanks to my mother's efforts, I was recruited into a catering service company. In this company, ordinary employees did not need any skills at all.

She was still learning abacus. In an era when abacus was replaced by calculators and cash registers were replaced by computers, what was the use of abacus?

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