60s: I have a store

Chapter 342 Dinner Party
When Zhou Yimin rode his bicycle to the cafeteria, he saw Secretary Liu already waiting at the door.

"Section Chief Zhou, why are you carrying so many things?" Secretary Liu saw a large bag of things on the back seat of Zhou Yimin's bicycle.

Zhou Yimin pretended to be mysterious: "Good stuff!"

After saying that, he took off the sack on the back seat of the bicycle. I didn't feel it was so heavy at first, so how come it became so heavy when I was taking it down?

It can only be said that he is worthy of being a secretary. When Secretary Liu saw Zhou Yimin struggling so hard, he hurried over to help.

It turns out that it is not that difficult if two people move together.

But Secretary Liu was a little puzzled: "Section Chief Zhou, what on earth is in it? It's so heavy?"

"Inside are some gifts for Director Hu and others." Zhou Yimin answered truthfully this time.

This made Secretary Liu very curious. He wanted to know what Director Hu and his team didn't have.

After quickly moving into the private room, Zhou Yimin took out some things and handed them to Secretary Liu while no one was around.

Zhou Yimin also understood the meaning of the phrase "the seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister".

It means the servants or doormen working in the prime minister's house, whose status is equivalent to that of a seventh-rank official in the imperial court.

Since the prime minister had great power in the court, almost all major matters needed the prime minister's approval. Therefore, the servants or doormen in the prime minister's house, although just servants, were often able to exercise certain powers because of their close relationship with the prime minister.

For example, if you wanted to see the prime minister for something, you had to inform him through the doorman, which to a certain extent showed the power of the doorman.

In ancient times, officials of the seventh rank usually served as county magistrates, equivalent to the current county head or mayor of a county-level city. Therefore, the servants or doormen in the prime minister's house could be on par with the county magistrate, showing their special status and power in society.

Secretary Liu instinctively wanted to refuse, because he didn't want to owe anyone a favor, which would be troublesome to repay later. But when he saw what Zhou Yimin was holding, he couldn't refuse.

What caught my eye was a ham weighing about seven or eight pounds, a small bag of apples, a few coconuts, and some fresh fruits and vegetables.

You have to know that if these things are available outside, you can't buy them even if you have money. I really couldn't resist the temptation. I can only say that Zhou Yimin gave too much.

Secretary Liu had no way to refuse and could only accept it. He would also report to Director Hu at the time to prevent Director Hu from finding out later. You know, a secretary is someone who is very close to the leader.

Some leaders will treat their secretaries as family members. If there is anything hidden, there will be a gap and it will be impossible to trust each other. This also means the secretary's job is over.

Secretary Liu put the things away and went to the kitchen. This was why he came so early. He was responsible for watching the kitchen cooking.

"Master Huang, I wonder how the food is being prepared?"

Master Huang replied: "The food is ready. Whenever the leader comes, I will just copy it and serve it."

The preparations have been made. Since this time the meal was a small one and the other people in the canteen had already gone on holiday, Master Huang called an apprentice and a familiar person to be responsible for serving the dishes. Therefore, the preparations had been made long ago and they were just waiting for Secretary Liu's instructions.

"That's good." Secretary Liu was relieved at this time.

I looked at the time and there were still about fifteen minutes until dinner time.

He walked out of the canteen door and stood aside waiting for the leaders to arrive.

As time passed, Director Ding and his team were the first to arrive, followed by Director Hu and his team.

When they entered the box, they saw Zhou Yimin already waiting.

When Zhou Yimin saw the leader coming in, he immediately stood up to greet him.

Director Hu and his colleagues also took their seats one by one, but the sharp-eyed Director Ding asked at this time: "Who are these things next to the door?" Then he pointed at the things Zhou Yimin brought.

Zhou Yimin took the initiative to admit: "These things are gifts I brought for the leaders."

After saying that, he walked forward and took out the things in the sack, one by one.

These are all distributed in advance, and each portion is evenly distributed. There is no such thing as one portion being more or one portion being less.

Director Hu and his colleagues also gladly accepted it. After all, it was a good thing to have a good relationship with Zhou Yimin. After all, the factory's performance this year was also inseparable from Zhou Yimin.

Director Hu carefully looked at the things Zhou Yimin sent and found that many of the vegetables were out of season, such as tomatoes, cucumbers, and Chinese cabbage.

It looks very tender and quite tempting.

Everyone was very happy to receive Zhou Yimin's gifts.

Zhou Yimin was also very considerate. He took out the Moutai that he had prepared in advance and poured a glass for each leader.

"Yimin, this is good wine!" Director Ding spoke at this time.

Director Hu also agreed: "Moutai is indeed a good wine!"

The first toast we wanted to make to Yimin was: "I hope you can invent more things next year and try to double the factory's performance!"

Led by Director Hu, everyone toasted Zhou Yimin.

"Thank you, leaders. You think so highly of me. I will strive to do my best and hope to be able to help the factory." Zhou Yimin was very humble.

At this time, everyone was talking about things in the factory, or their experiences from all over the world. In short, they talked about whatever was there.

After having a few drinks, Director Hu and his friends finally started eating.

The standard of this meal was not low, with six dishes, three of which were meat dishes.

However, Director Hu and his team would not be short of food, so they did not show up. They were unable to move when they saw the delicious food, but instead ate and drank slowly.

After more than an hour of dinner, it finally came to an end.

Director Hu saw other people leaving one after another, and saw Zhou Yimin wanted to leave too, so he hurriedly called out to him, "Yimin, please stay for a moment. I have something to talk to you about."

Although Zhou Yimin felt a little strange, he still stood aside and waited obediently.

When Director Hu saw everyone leaving, he finally explained why he wanted to keep Zhou Yimin alone: ​​"Yimin, where can you get such fresh vegetables? Can you still get them? I want to give them to an old leader. If I give these things to him, he will definitely like them."

After all, what Director Hu has, so how could the leader not have it? If you want to stand out from the many gifts, you must spend a little more time on it.

"We can still get some, but the quantity is definitely not much." Zhou Yimin gave the answer after thinking for a while.

We have as many of these vegetables as you want, but this kind of thing definitely cannot be said out loud, otherwise how can we show how precious these vegetables are?

Greenhouse vegetables are already available now, but due to cost issues, they have not been widely promoted, so fresh vegetables are still very scarce and precious in winter.

If the leader asks, the people below will continuously send gifts from far and wide. However, leaders who have experienced all kinds of hardships will not ask for this. Besides, things are pretty good now, at least they don't have to worry about food and clothing.

(End of this chapter)