Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 469 Who said I was drunk?

"It's time to serve!"

Not long after, when all the guests were seated, a shout suddenly came from the kitchen, which perked up all the neighbors in the yard.

Then, the first aunt, the second aunt, the third aunt and others came out of the kitchen, each carrying a large tray.

On the tray, there are plates of steaming, delicious and tempting food, placed full, making people drool at the sight of it.

Among them, Yan Bugui and Jia Zhangshi were particularly proud of the fact that they stood up and helped serve the dishes, as if they were afraid that the dishes would run away from them.

After a busy while, one or two plates of food were placed on each table, and they were all main dishes.

Immediately, before Li Dawei and Li Guoqiang announced the start of the meal, everyone rushed to pick up their chopsticks and reached for the meat they had already set their eyes on. There was even a situation where several people were fighting over the same piece of meat.

Fortunately, everyone was already used to it, and they also knew that there would be no shortage of food at a banquet at Lao Li's house, so at most they just glared at each other and then continued to pick up other meat.

In an instant, the entire courtyard was filled with the sounds of chewing and swallowing.

The only relatively calm place was the main table.

Although the aroma of the food had already aroused the appetite of everyone present, due to their respective status, they still forcibly suppressed the urge to wolf down the food and ate slowly instead.

"Come on, uncle, aunt, Uncle Song, Aunt Wu, thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to come and attend my child's 100-day banquet. I toast you with this glass of wine!"

While eating, Li Guoqiang suddenly stood up with a glass of wine, and then spoke to Chen Wen'an, Yu Jiaxue, Song Guochang and Wu Cai'e with a chuckle.

After saying that, he immediately tilted his head back, drank all the wine in the glass, and then slowly exhaled a breath of mellow wine.

When Chen Wen'an, Song Guochang and others heard Li Guoqiang's words, they immediately raised their glasses to gesture, and then drank all the wine in the glass.

Moreover, after drinking, they all showed an expression of enjoyment, and it was obvious that they were very satisfied with the drinks provided by Li Guoqiang.

In fact, the quality of these wines is indeed the best that Li Guoqiang has, and some of them are aged for twenty years.

Moreover, with the help of Dad Jin, this kind of aged wine has reached the most perfect state, which is simply incomparable to those wines stored in cellars using traditional methods.

It can be said that anyone who likes to drink will never be able to resist the temptation of this kind of wine. Even people who don't drink alcohol normally will have the urge to taste it when they smell the aroma of this wine.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Chen Wen'an, Song Guochang and others would behave in this way.

"Come on, cousin, aunt, Uncle Song, Aunt Wu, I want to toast you too!"

Soon, Luo Huijuan took the wine jug and filled the glasses of Chen Wen'an, Song Guochang and others with wine. Then, she picked up the wine glasses with a dignified and generous look on her face and spoke with a smile.

After saying this, she didn't wait for Chen Wen'an, Song Guochang and others to react, she just tilted her head back and drank the wine.

She looks exactly like Li Guoqiang, and can be regarded as a model of husband and wife following each other's lead.

Seeing her performance, Chen Wen'an, Yu Jiaxue, Song Guochang and Wu Cai'e couldn't help but show an expression of admiration for a moment.

At the same time, they also understood why Li Guoqiang was willing to marry Luo Huijuan as his first wife.

Not to mention anything else, just this hospitality attitude is enough to attract many successful men.

Afterwards, after they each had a drink, Li Dawei and Yao Meilan toasted them with a glass of wine respectively.

After a few drinks, the atmosphere gradually became lively.

Moreover, perhaps inspired by Luo Huijuan's performance, Yu Jiaxue and Wu Cai'e also displayed their own style in their words and deeds, attracting many envious glances.

After all, one of them came from an extraordinary family and could be called a rich lady, and the other was a famous actress, with outstanding figures and temperaments. Just a casual display of them would be enough to attract people's attention.

What's more, in the eyes of some older men, their charm is incomparable to those young girls.

In other words, the neighbors in the courtyard all knew their identities and did not dare to be too presumptuous. Otherwise, someone would have come over with a glass of wine and started flirting with them.

Just like Xu Damao, his eyes were almost straightened.

Later, it was Qin Jingru who noticed Xu Damao's ugly behavior while helping to serve the dishes. She went up and pinched him, which made him restrain himself a little.

Otherwise, with his stupid look just now, he would definitely make Chen Wen'an and Song Guochang unhappy.

They ate and drank like this, and before long, all the dishes were served. Then, at Qin Huairu's suggestion, the first and second aunts and other people who came to help with the work set up a table directly in the kitchen.

Moreover, the food on the table was so huge that it was almost impossible to put it all down.

This made Auntie One, Auntie Two and others almost smile out loud.

After all, according to local banquet rules, the host will not put away the food on the table even if it cannot be finished.

At that time, they will be able to divide the food, take it back home and eat it for a day or two.

Thinking of this, they suddenly felt happy in their hearts. Then, they did not rush to pick up the meat like the people in the courtyard outside, but started to eat leisurely.

At first glance, it does seem civilized and courteous.

As for Sha Zhu and Liu Lan, they were invited by Li Guoqiang to sit next to the main table with older and more senior neighbors such as Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, Yan Bugui and Jia Zhangshi.

Moreover, Li Guoqiang even stayed behind and had a few drinks with Sha Zhu, Yan Bugui and others, as a way of thanking them for coming to help today.

When he was about to go to other tables to toast other neighbors, Liu Haizhong suddenly reached out and grabbed him, then lowered his voice and said with a flattering smile:
"Um, Qiangzi, can you introduce someone to your cousin for me?"

"Forehead"

Li Guoqiang was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then he said with a smile: "Second uncle, the table has already been set. If you want to meet my cousin, can't you just go over with some wine? Do you really need me to specially introduce you?"

"I"

When Liu Haizhong heard this, he stammered for a moment, then said timidly, "I'm just afraid that he won't be happy." "Okay!"

When Li Guoqiang heard this, he was immediately amused, then nodded and said with a smile: "Then come with me!"

After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the main table.

When Liu Haizhong saw this, a look of joy immediately appeared on his face, and he hurriedly picked up the wine glass and followed.

In his opinion, if he could take this opportunity to curry favor with Chen Wen'an, the director of Dongcheng District, he might have a chance to become a leading cadre again in the future.

As for why he didn't go find Song Guochang, who was more familiar to him, it was purely because he had already ended things with Song Guochang last time and knew that the other person looked down on him.

Moreover, the reason why he asked Li Guoqiang to help introduce him to Chen Wen'an was that he was a little worried that if he went to see Chen Wen'an himself, Song Guochang would have some misunderstandings.

It must be said that ever since he became the leader of the steel mill inspection team, he has made some progress in terms of connections.

The only flaw is that he has a low level of education, can't express himself clearly, and has a too bad temper.

Otherwise, with the connections he had accumulated over many years of working in the steel mill, he would have been able to become a leading cadre long ago.

Soon, Li Guoqiang introduced Liu Haizhong to Chen Wen'an and Yu Jiaxue. Then he didn't pay much attention to them. He just made an excuse to toast the guests and left with his glass of wine. Only Liu Haizhong was left toasting Chen Wen'an and Song Guochang with a flattering look on his face.

Then, when he wanted to move closer to Chen Wen'an, he saw that Chen Wen'an was somewhat indifferent.

This made him feel both embarrassed and disappointed.

In fact, he didn't even think about it. Even if Chen Wen'an could appreciate him, he would not be able to give him a good face in the current situation.

Otherwise, if Song Guochang spread the news back to the district, people would think that he had no one to turn to and could only accept a misfit like Liu Haizhong!

Just as Liu Haizhong reluctantly returned to his seat, wanting to have a few drinks to ease his inner feeling of loss, Sha Zhu, as usual, started drinking with Yan Bugui.

Originally, Yan Bugui had no intention of competing with Sha Zhu in drinking, but he could not stand Sha Zhu's constant provocation, saying that if he couldn't drink, then he shouldn't drink. So in order to prevent Sha Zhu from taking advantage of him, he had no choice but to drink all the wine.

After drinking for a while, they finished the pot of wine on the table. As a result, when Liu Haizhong came back, he couldn't even pour a glass of wine to relieve his sorrow, and he was very angry on the spot.

Fortunately, Luo Guofu, who was in charge of entertaining the guests in the courtyard, soon came to their table and poured a new pot of wine, so that there was no conflict between Liu Haizhong and Sha Zhu.

At the same time, when Li Guoqiang came back from toasting the guests, most of the guests had already filled their stomachs and shared the leftovers on the table. Then they said hello to Li Guoqiang and hurriedly took the food back home so that their family members could satisfy their cravings.

After a while, the only people left in the courtyard were the table of Sha Zhu and Yan Bugui, and the table of Chen Wen'an and Song Guochang.

Seeing this, Chen Wen'an first glanced at Song Guochang, who was already drunk and red-faced, and then laughed and said, "Old Song! Looking at you like this, I'm afraid you're almost drunk. How about we drink another day!"

"Who said I was drunk?"

When Song Guochang heard this, he immediately glared, then stiffened his neck and shouted, "The amount of wine we drank just now is far from enough! If you don't agree, let's drink more!"

"Row!"

Seeing that Song Guochang refused to drink the wine, Chen Wen'an sneered in his heart, then nodded and said, "Then let's continue drinking and see who gets drunk first?"

After saying that, he raised the wine glass, gestured to Song Guochang, and then drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

Originally, he was thinking about giving Song Guochang some face in front of Li Dawei and Li Guoqiang, so that his cheap nephew Li Guoqiang would not think that he, the director of the East District, was too bullying and thus have any opinions about him.

However, Song Guochang didn't appreciate it at all.

Since that was the case, he had no choice but to be ruthless and let Song Guochang know that he could never be his opponent, whether in official circles or in the bar.

When Song Guochang saw Chen Wen'an drinking so happily, a hint of pride flashed across his eyes, and then without saying a word, he also picked up the glass and drank it in one gulp.

In fact, his drunken look before was completely pretended.

Because he, like Wu Cai'e, was a wine lover, and due to his own defects, he even once became an alcoholic.

So, getting him drunk is not an easy task.

In addition, he was somewhat glad that he had never drunk with Chen Wen'an before, otherwise, it would be impossible to get Chen Wen'an to agree to drink with him so easily!
He wanted to see, after Chen Wen'an got drunk by him, would he still dare to act superior in front of him?

Thinking of this, he immediately filled his glass with wine, then pretended to be drunk, shook his head and shouted loudly: "Come on, let's continue drinking!"

When Chen Wen'an saw this, he naturally would not back down easily and immediately picked up the wine glass.

You and he drank a cup, and before long, they each had seven or eight cups.

Although a glass of wine weighs only a little over one or two ounces, seven or eight glasses weigh nearly one pound, but with the wine I drank before, it would be at least two pounds.

Because they drank quickly, the smell of alcohol did not have time to reach their heads. In addition, the wine they drank was fine wine that had been aged for twenty years. Not only was it soft and smooth in taste, but the smell of the wine was also very mellow and gentle.

Therefore, even though they had drunk half more than usual, they were still not too drunk.

At the same time, Chen Wen'an looked at Song Guochang's seemingly shaky body, and he more or less came to his senses. He knew that Song Guochang must have been pretending with him before.

However, even so, he did not take Song Guochang's little trick seriously.

Because he believed that with the drinking capacity he had developed from years of hanging out in bars, he would be able to get Song Guochang drunk.

As he was thinking, he raised another glass and then stared at Song Guochang sharply.

Seeing this, Song Guochang naturally followed suit very readily, without paying any attention to Song Guochang's provocation.

"Hey!"

Li Dawei sat nearby and watched for a long time, trying to hold back, but in the end he couldn't help but leaned close to Li Guoqiang's ear and asked in a low voice, "Do you think they will have any problems if they drink like this?"

(End of this chapter)