Ye Cheng earned a total of 10,000 yuan in this round. He gave 10,000 yuan to Xiao Hu, and his own savings amounted to 182,000 yuan.

Upon entering Duan Chunsheng's home, Aunt Duan greeted him with boundless enthusiasm.

"Oh, the God of Wealth has arrived! My family's God of Wealth has arrived!"

"Aunt Duan, I'm too embarrassed to come in now that you've said that."

"Pah! You're the God of Wealth. If you don't come in, the wealth will disappear. Hurry up and come in, Little Tiger has been here for a while."

Aunt Duan pulled Ye Cheng into the house. It was already 8 o'clock, but Aunt Duan was not sleepy at all. When she saw the 20,000 yuan that Duan Chunsheng handed to her, she almost thought that Duan Chunsheng had gone to rob her.

Duan Yong was also there. Seeing the money his father brought back, he was overjoyed and immediately took out the wine that his father had treasured for more than ten years.

"Come on, second brother, Xiao Hu, let our whole family toast you first." Duan Chunsheng was in high spirits and downed the first cup in one gulp.

Even if I get drunk tonight, my wife and kids won't mind, since I've earned my own money.

A man is only a man if he makes money; if he can't, he's nothing.

Ye Cheng had just finished his drink when he saw Aunt Duan pick up her glass.

"Come on, second brother, little tiger, your auntie will also toast you."

After saying that, without waiting for Ye Cheng and the others to speak, he downed the entire cup in one gulp, a full ounce, which made Ye Cheng's heart tremble with fear.

"Auntie, how come you can drink so much too?"

"Tch, who says women can't drink? Hurry up, look, Xiao Hu has already finished his."

Ye Cheng turned around and saw that Xiao Hu had already finished eating and was frantically picking at peanuts. When he saw Ye Cheng looking over, he couldn't resist making a teasing remark.

"Yeah, bro, be more straightforward, don't act like a girl."

“What’s wrong with women? I’m not a woman, and I’m not a heavy drinker,” Aunt Duan immediately protested.

Ye Cheng looked at the group, speechless, and then downed his drink in one gulp.

The moment he put down his glass, Duan Yong jumped to his feet, raising the glass with both hands.

"Come on, Brother Cheng, Brother Hu, let me toast you. You're the big ones today, so I'll finish mine and you can drink half."

After saying that, he downed the glass in one gulp.

Ye Cheng was dumbfounded. "No way, your family even gave you vegetables to eat?"

"Hahaha, second brother, you are a distinguished guest, you must drink three cups first."

Distinguished guest, Grandma's distinguished guest, doesn't deserve to eat the dishes, right?

After three drinks, Ye Cheng stopped paying attention to them and started eating. If he hadn't had some snacks on the boat, he would have been dead long ago.

Duan Chunsheng stopped forcing Ye Cheng to drink and let him eat some food before he started to speak.

"Second brother, the village has started preparing for the election these past two days."

"Hmm? It's starting already?" Ye Cheng's eyes narrowed.

Seeing that the two were talking about serious matters, everyone else lowered their heads and started eating.

"Yes, I'm a member of the election committee and I'm responsible for the whole process. The candidates will be selected in the next few days, and I'll find someone to nominate you as a candidate first."

Elections are conducted step by step; candidates must be selected before a village chief can be appointed, and Ye Cheng knew this.

"Alright, then I'll trouble you, Uncle Duan."

"Oh dear, second son, what's the trouble? To be honest, I'm just a woman, but I support you. You're much better than that Chen Jinhai," Aunt Duan interjected.

“Yes, Brother Cheng, I’ve already spoken to all of my close friends, and we all support you.” Duan Yong was also very excited. As a member of the younger generation, the sudden opportunity to participate in the village committee election was a great encouragement.

"Thank you everyone, I'll drink this first as a sign of respect." Ye Cheng returned the toast.

After finishing his drink, Duan Chunsheng continued,

“Being a candidate is just the first step. Everything will depend on how everyone votes during the village assembly election. If you don’t have an advantage in votes, everything else is meaningless.”

"Yes, I'll figure something out."

“You can try to find a way, but you can’t buy tickets. The township is monitoring it now, and if they find out, the tickets will be invalidated immediately,” Duan Chunsheng specifically reminded him.

This is a new society now. Elections are supervised by officials sent down from higher levels, unlike in the past when some people could buy votes because they were rich and powerful. Such behavior is absolutely unacceptable now.

Ye Cheng knew this, but he wasn't afraid. He figured he'd just do it the proper way.

The meal lasted until 11 p.m. Ye Cheng was too drunk to drink anymore. The three members of the Duan family plus Xiao Hu could each drink a jin (500ml) of liquor, and they kept toasting him. Who could stand that?

When they got back, Ye Cheng had started talking nonsense, and Xiao Hu had to carry him back.

Ye Cheng had a terrible headache all night and got up several times. He was also very thirsty. At times like this, he wished he had a wife, a considerate wife, to take care of him.

Forget about fairies, they'd probably kick you off the bed.

The next day, Ye Cheng, who used to be able to sleep until nine or ten o'clock, woke up at seven o'clock. Sleeping was too uncomfortable, so it was more comfortable to get up.

Early in the morning, I didn't dare eat instant noodles. I was thinking of cooking some noodles, but before I even lit the fire, Little Tiger's mom came in with a bowl of porridge and steamed buns.

"Auntie, what brings you here?"

Wang Ma glanced at Ye Cheng and said irritably,

“You drank so much with Xiaohu, you must be feeling unwell. I made some porridge this morning, it will make you feel better. Xiaohu’s dad used to like to drink porridge when he was drunk.”

Ye Cheng gave an awkward laugh. "So much for getting drunk."

"You young people may be healthy, but you can't drink like this. You need to take care of your health. If you really can't go out to sea today, then don't. Your health is the most important thing, you know?"

"Okay, Auntie, we're not going out to sea today."

Looking so top-heavy, they're supposed to be going out to sea? They might even fall off the boat while standing on it.

Ye Cheng didn't go out much all day; he stayed home to recover from the effects of the alcohol.

I thought everything was fine today, but unexpectedly, I received a call from an unknown number this afternoon.

Hello, who is this?

At that time, there were relatively few telecom fraud cases; generally, the calls were legitimate.

The person on the other end of the phone was a man; his voice was very enthusiastic.

"Ye Cheng, right? I'm Liu Jin."

"Liu Jin? I don't know him," Ye Cheng said casually, tucking his phone between his shoulders to free his hands to play on the computer.

"It's the head of the police station, now you know, right?" the voice on the other end of the phone emphasized again.

"Chief Liu?" Ye Cheng asked in surprise, "What happened? Has something else occurred?"

Ye Cheng brought up the game interface. A call from the police station could never be good news. Damn it, I wonder what's wrong now. Could it be another allergic reaction? Are we that sensitive now?

"Nothing happened, I just wanted to ask you out for dinner tonight," Liu Jin said.

"ah?"

Ye Cheng was taken aback. "You, a police station chief, invited me to dinner?"

this,

That doesn't make sense.

"No need, it's nothing, just catching up. You didn't go out to sea today, right?"

"Yes, I didn't go out to sea."

"Then it's settled. We'll meet at Old Zheng's Restaurant in town tonight. I'll be waiting for you."