"That's not how it works. Whether he comes or not is his business. If we don't go and invite him, then that's our problem."
"No matter what, we can't just skip this formality." Zheng Xianyong smiled and waved to everyone, signaling them not to offer any random suggestions.
Although the Sheng family has produced three college graduates, they are still in school and will have to start from the bottom even if they are assigned jobs in the future.
At this time, it's best not to offend anyone unnecessarily.
No matter what, Feng Baosheng is the secretary of Qianchuan Forestry Farm. If he were to make a fuss or give Sheng Liancheng and his son a hard time in the farm, they would not have an easy time either.
In life, one should be tactful; even if you can't befriend someone, you should never offend them.
Since Zheng Xianyong had spoken, the others naturally couldn't say anything.
So, Sheng Xikang hurried to the farm headquarters, but couldn't find Feng Baosheng there, so he went to his home to look for him.
Feng Baosheng's wife has a job in the provincial capital, and his child also studies there.
Since Feng Baosheng was transferred here, his family couldn't make arrangements for him right away, so they were temporarily living apart.
Feng Baosheng lived alone in the old house in Wangjiachuan. When Sheng Xikang arrived there, Feng Baosheng was squatting in front of the stove, tending the fire.
"Oh, Secretary Feng, let me do this job."
Sheng Xikang stepped forward, took the match and the firewood, cleared the firewood in the stove pit to make a space, lit the firewood, and put it inside.
“My mother used to teach me that fire needs to be hollow and people need to be humble. If the stove is too full, it won’t light.”
Sheng Xikang smiled, handed the matchbox back to Feng Baosheng, and then scooped some water from the water vat and added it to the pot.
"Secretary Feng, we're having a banquet at home today, so don't bother cooking at home. Come on over to my house for a meal."
Sheng Xikang glanced at the bottom of the pot; the firewood was already burning.
The weather wasn't that cold yet at this time of year, and once the firewood in the stove was burned out, the kang (heated brick bed) would be warm.
He casually tossed two more pieces into the pot, then grabbed Feng Baosheng's arm and led him outside.
"Come on, let's go eat. My mom and a group of aunties and grandmas have prepared ten dishes. Perfect timing, you should come and try our family's feast."
"Hey, hey, wait a minute, I haven't said I'm going yet."
Feng Baosheng was helped out by Sheng Xikang, and he kept shouting as he walked.
"Hey, it's so boring eating alone at home. It's much more fun to eat with us, everyone can chat and laugh together."
Furthermore, leaders need to go deep into the grassroots and integrate with the masses.
"We're usually so busy with work, Secretary Feng, you don't really have time to find out what the workers are thinking. Today's a rare opportunity, so why not take this chance to find out?"
Sheng Xikang didn't care about any of that. He supported Feng Baosheng and led him straight from the Feng family home to the Sheng family home.
At the Sheng family's house, the dishes were being served, and a large group of men were sitting in the courtyard, chatting and laughing.
Upon seeing Sheng Xikang and Feng Baosheng enter, everyone immediately stopped, and some even stood up. "Secretary Feng."
Everyone felt awkward and didn't know what to say, so they could only offer a dry greeting.
Feng Baosheng was also quite uncomfortable, and could only force a smile and nod to everyone.
"Hi everyone, hello everyone. Um, I'll just join in the fun."
Upon seeing this, Zheng Xianyong quickly went over and led Feng Baosheng to their table.
It just so happens that everyone at this table is a leader from the forest farm; they meet at the farm headquarters every day and are quite familiar with each other.
"Secretary Feng, we're all from the forest farm, so there's no need to be polite. Eat and drink as you please."
"Let me tell you, this banquet at Old Sheng's house is considered quite grand in our forest farm, so you can eat as much as you want."
Zheng Xianyong gave a thumbs up and introduced it to Feng Baosheng with a smile.
Since he was already there, it wasn't appropriate to put on airs anymore, so Feng Baosheng sat down and chatted with Zheng Xianyong and the others.
At this moment, the women who were helping out brought out the last two dishes.
Sheng Xikang came over and poured wine for all the uncles and elders present.
"Thank you all so much for coming tonight to celebrate the success of my third son."
Well, to be honest, I really didn't expect my third brother to achieve this. I'm truly happy today.
Well, time was short, so I didn't prepare any delicacies. It's just a few simple home-style dishes. Please don't mind, everyone, have a taste.
We can't promise anything else, but the drinks are plentiful. Tonight, we won't leave until we're drunk!
As the head of the family, Sheng Liancheng naturally had to say something, so he raised his glass and toasted everyone present.
"Come on, let's all raise our glasses and celebrate Sheng Xikang's excellent score of 479 points, which has earned him admission to Peking University."
This is the first time our forest farm, no, the Songjianghe Forestry Bureau, has achieved this, a top achievement, and it's worth celebrating.
Xikang, study hard when you get out there, learn real skills, and don't let everyone down. Enough said, let's have a toast!
Zheng Xianyong then took the lead in offering his blessings to Sheng Xikang, and the others echoed his sentiments. Then, everyone raised their glasses together to celebrate.
With fine wine and delicious food before them, these people had been busy on the mountain all day and were starving, so they didn't care about anything else.
After the first drink, everyone started eating and drinking freely, praising the delicious food as they ate.
The banquet started outside first, and Zhang Shuzhen and her people waited for a while. Seeing that everyone was eating happily and there was nothing else going on outside, she led the women who helped her and her own children inside to eat.
At first, the people outside were probably a little reserved and hesitant because Feng Baosheng was there.
After a few drinks, these men forgot all about being secretaries and started shouting and singing loudly, making quite a scene.
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