"Okay, okay, I won't keep you in suspense. I came up early because I received a call from above. Several senior secretaries from the city and several leaders of the county party committee have gathered in the county and are rushing here to celebrate my birthday. I'm notifying you in advance so that you can welcome them." Liu Nengzhu said.
Tang Qingshan frowned instantly: "What did you say? Someone from the city is coming too? What's the point? I'm not hosting a banquet. How about this, you call them and tell them not to come."
sweat.
Liu Nengzhu was speechless.
Drive guests away?
In other words, Tang Qingshan has the confidence to do so.
They are the secretaries of several big shots in the city. You want them not to come?
He suddenly felt a little emotional.
In the past, it would have been impossible for Tang Qingshan to know him.
But now, Tang Qingshan no longer takes the big shots in the city seriously.
Look, this is confidence.
And the source of all confidence, of course, is Tang Xiaobao.
A good son was born!
Liu Nengzhu coughed and said, "Old Tang, you're putting me in a difficult position. They're probably halfway there by now, and you want me to chase them away? I don't have the guts to do that. Besides, it's not appropriate to chase them away, is it?"
Tang Qingshan thought about it and agreed.
"Okay, you can come, but you can't bring gifts."
"Okay, okay, I'll do as you say. By the way, is Tang Xiaobao back?"
"No."
"Then you should contact them quickly. Someone will have to chat with the leader by then. How about you do it?"
Tang Qingshan understood again.
It turns out they all came for Tang Xiaobao...
Well, that's normal.
He was also feeling emotional.
Fortunately, I gave birth to a good son!
In desperation, Tang Qingshan could only call his son.
After finishing the call, Tang Qingshan slapped his head and called out, "Li Dong, Li Dong."
Li Dong ran over.
"Uncle Tang, what's wrong?"
Tang Qingshan said, "No, we may not have prepared enough dishes. We will have guests coming soon. So, go to the street to buy some more dishes, and mainly a few bottles of good wine."
"ah?"
Li Dong was dumbfounded and said, "Uncle Tang, I don't have a car either. I'm sure I'll miss something if I go back and forth."
When Liu Nengzhu heard this, he quickly said, "It's okay, I have a car, let's go do these things together."
Li Dong quickly said, "That won't do. You're the mayor, such a high-ranking official. How can you follow me around to run errands?"
His tone was a little strange.
Liu Nengzhu could only ignore what was said and coughed. "What errands? Even if it's errands, it's what we should do. Aunt Li is so old, but she's the birthday girl. Now that Brother Tang wants to celebrate her birthday, it's a good thing. We should all run errands. Besides, whether we are leaders or not, we all serve the people."
sweat……
Tang Qingshan said, "Then I'll really trouble you to make the trip."
"It's as it should be."
Liu Nengzhu called Li Dong: "Let's go."
As the two of them left, Wu Chunmei, who was standing nearby, felt somewhat smug and whispered, "Hey, why is Mayor Liu so willing to run errands?"
"You're asking even though you already know the answer, right?"
Tang Qingshan glared at him.
Wu Chunmei laughed and said, "Isn't it okay for me to be proud just this once? Our son still has face."
"Shouldn't we be doing this?"
Tang Qingshan frowned and said, "Look, now the city leaders have been alarmed."
“We didn’t invite them.”
"Oh, this world is so bad, I don't know what to say. If our son is a loser, not only the city leaders, but Mayor Liu probably won't even bother with us, right?"
"That's right. Now everyone calls you Brother Tang. Hey, it's really prestigious."
"Stop talking and go greet the guests."
…
11 o'clock in the morning.
Tang Xiaobao hasn't come home yet.
But all the big shots from the city and county were there.
That's not right either.
There were four business cars in total, and more than a dozen guests, none of whom were full-time leaders.
All of them are secretaries.
We all received instructions from the leader and are here today to attend the birthday banquet on behalf of the leader.
There were several boxes of gifts, all of which were nutritional supplements...
Tang Qingshan wanted to refuse, but in the end he couldn't open his mouth.
These are all gifts for Aunt Li, there is no reason for him to refuse them.
Besides, he is a leader after all. Deep down, he is still a farmer and is naturally in awe of these officials.
As soon as this group of guests arrived, they attracted the attention of all the guests.
Everyone was talking about it and paying attention to the situation here.
Tang Qingshan did not dare to neglect them and welcomed these special guests to the living room to sit down, and Wu Chunmei poured them tea.
Liu Nengzhu moved two boxes of things, stuffed them into a corner of the living room, and waved to Tang Qingshan.
Tang Qingshan went over, opened the box and took a look, his face changed.
"Who sent this?"
Liu Nengzhu said enviously, "They were given to me by the city and the county."
A box of Golden Leaf cigarettes and a box of Moutai liquor.
They are all good things.
Tang Qingshan was a little unhappy.
"Old Tang, don't make this public. This is all from the higher-ups. Just understand. Also, when I picked them up in town just now, they gave me all the gifts. There were 23 people in total, and the gifts totaled 300,000 yuan. They're all in my car. I'll hand them over to you later. The list is with me." Liu Nengzhu said in a low voice, with envy still in his tone.
Tang Qingshan really couldn't control his emotions this time.
He said to Liu Nengzhu in a low voice, "Come with me."
In the living room on one side, although everyone was chatting with each other, they were always paying attention to what was happening on Tang Qingshan's side.
At this time, everyone was a little nervous and confused.
It seems that Tang Qingshan is unhappy.
Is the gift money too little?
These secretaries were all a little ashamed.
The average amount per person is more than 10,000 yuan, so this gift money is really a lot.
Tang Qingshan took Liu Nengzhu to the bedroom on the second floor.
"Didn't I just tell you? No one accepts gifts. I'm not trying to make money, I just want to show my filial piety."
Liu Nengzhu said, "Old Tang, you are worldly-wise. If you don't accept the gifts from everyone, they will have a hard time explaining it to you when they return home. Besides, who would not give gifts at a banquet? It's a Chinese tradition."
"The government has repeatedly banned banquets. Don't they know that? They give so much money as a gift without any hesitation. They really are rich!" Tang Qingshan said sternly: "In short, I won't take a penny of your money. You must return it all."
"That won't do, Old Tang. If I do this, I'll end up offending them. They'll definitely come after me. Brother Tang, please don't do this."
Liu Nengzhu became anxious.
He has a point.
If the gift money was really returned, his ability to do things would probably be questioned by his superiors. If the superiors were angry, they would definitely make trouble for him.
The two argued in the room for a while, but could not come to a conclusion.
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