Chapter 232 Xu Yingxiong goes down to the village to collect taxes 3
Led by Weiha, who held a torch and carried wine, the three of them followed the path in the village to the gate of Weipo's courtyard.
Weiha shouted several times: "Oh. Weipo!"
Maybe it was because of the torch, but the dog in front of Weipo's house didn't bark or pounce. It just kept a distance of two or three meters from everyone, and it was like a stalemate.
Soon someone came out of the house.
"Hey. Why?"
"Oh. For Po, the cadres from the countryside are here."
The person who came out was Wei Po, and he recognized Wei Ha's voice. When Wei Ha said that the township cadres were coming, he quickly came over and welcomed everyone into the house.
After entering the house, Po lit a lighter and lit an oil lamp. Although the light was dim, it still illuminated the area around the fire pit a lot.
Weiha handed the wine to Weipo: "Weipo, this is from Xiaoxu and the others."
Weipo rubbed his hands in embarrassment and said, "How embarrassing is this? You guys are already very nice when you come to my house, and you even start drinking."
Xu Yingxiong: "We won't get anything for Po. Let's do it for everyone."
Weipo took the wine and put it behind the fire pit. Then he blew out the fire in the fire pit.
Hearing that someone was coming to the house, Weipo's wife and children gathered around. Although they did not speak Chinese, it could be seen from their smiling expressions that they welcomed Xu Yingxiong and Mu Yi. Han guests came to the house.
, they are very enthusiastic and happy.
Wei Po: "Wei Ha, why did you come to my house?"
When Weiha was about to speak, Xu Yingxiong took over. "It's nothing, Ha Weipo. I just wanted to come to your house to have some fun today and have a drink with you."
When it came to drinking, Weipo quickly asked his daughter-in-law to wash a few wooden wine glasses. Then he took out half a bottle of wine from the cabinet and poured wine into everyone's glasses. After pouring one glass, he handed one over to everyone.
He was holding the wine. He also picked up his own glass of wine, and then toasted everyone's wine.
Everyone clinked their glasses to each other, and then drank their own wine in one gulp.
Weipo filled up the glasses for everyone and then started talking: "Xiao Xu, who is this?"
Xu Yingxiong: "Oh. This is Comrade Mu Yi who is new to our town. Mu Yi, please give Poe a glass of wine to deepen your impression."
When Mu Yi saw Xu Yingxiong calling him the wine he was offering to Po, he quickly picked up the cup and said to Wei Po: "Hello Wei Po. My name is Mu Yi, and I am also a cadre of Erhakou. I am very happy to come to your house today to play.
, come and let me toast you."
Weipo also picked up the wine and clinked the glasses with Muyi, and then said: "Welcome. You are welcome to come to our Erhakou as a guest. The conditions here are very difficult and it is not easy to play."
Mu Yi: "It doesn't matter. I came to Erhakou half a month ago."
Weipo looked at Weiha: "Oh."
Weiha: "Muyi came down with Ma Buqi some time ago. It was already a little late when he came, and he stayed at my house for one night. The next day he got up and looked at the village. There was something going on in the countryside, so they rushed back.
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Xu Yingxiong: "Wei Po, your family has raised a lot of pigs this year?"
Wei Po: "There must be more than ten or twenty of them, large and small."
Xu Yingxiong: "Where is the old sow?"
Weipo: "There are two."
Xu Yingxiong: "Oh. An Yi, two old sows will probably give birth to dozens of piglets a year."
Wei Po: "Well, I'll lay down about twenty or thirty of them. Some will die, some will be sold, some will be eaten, and some will be left."
Xu Yingxiong: "Wow, your daughter-in-law is Wajiwa." He said while extending his thumb.
When Wei Po's wife heard Xu Yingxiong praising her, she turned her head away in embarrassment.
Xu Yingxiong: "Wei Po, you still have cattle and sheep, right?"
Wei Po: "It's very troublesome to raise sheep. I have to herd sheep. I don't have any. I have three cows."
Weiham immediately added: "A cow is about to give birth to a calf."
Xu Yingxiong: "Oh. It's very comfortable."
After saying that, he picked up the wine glass and bowed to him. The two of them drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.
When Wei Ha met Xu Yingxiong and Wei Po for a drink, he also picked up the wine and had a drink with Mu Yi.
After two glasses of white wine, Mu Yi felt hot all over. This was because the alcohol was starting to take over. Because he thought he had a "mission" to serve the Po family today, Mu Yi felt a pull on Xu Yingxiong, and then whispered in his ear.
He said: "Hero, I can't drink enough. If I keep drinking cup after cup like this, I'm afraid I'll fall down soon. Can I stop drinking?"
Xu Yingxiong: "Today I'm here to talk about things. You can't do it if you don't drink. It's hard to talk about things when you're really drunk. Just pour a glass of wine and try not to take the initiative to toast. If someone toasts you, it won't happen.
There's a solution. It would be rude not to do it. If you really can't do it, just go out quietly and grab it and spit it out. Drink more water."
With Xu Yingxiong's "guidance", Mu Yi felt a little "confident" in his heart, so he filled up the wine with confidence.
Weipo didn't seem to have any intention of leaving for the moment when he saw the guests. He also felt that the cadres from the countryside came to visit his home, which was a great "face" for him. He had to "show some respect" no matter what.
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The four of them continued chatting and drinking lively around the fire pit.
After a while, suddenly there was a loud squealing outside the door.
Xu Yingxiong: "Wei Po, what are you doing?"
Wei Po: "Oh, Xiao Xu, you didn't do anything. You came to my house to be a guest and you think highly of me. You didn't mean anything. I'll kill a pig to entertain everyone."
Xu Yingxiong and Mu Yi both said quickly: "This is no good, no good. Why, go out and have a look quickly and tell them not to kill."
I saw Weiha sitting motionless by the firepit, smiling and saying: "It's okay. It's okay."
Xu Yingxiong: "Because the conditions of the Po family are not good, a pig costs tens of dollars. Don't kill it. If this is the case, we will leave."
When Wei Po heard that Xu Yingxiong said he was leaving, he became anxious. "Xiao Xu, Mu Yi, you look down on me, right?"
Xu Yingxiong and Mu Yi quickly said: "Wei Po, you misunderstood. It's not that we look down on you. If we look down on you, we won't come to your house."
Wei Ha also said: "Wei Po, why do Xiao Xu and Mu Yi look down on you? They are the best cadres in Varado Township. They are afraid that you will increase the burden by killing pigs."
Wei Po: "Killing a pig is not a big deal. I still have dozens of pigs that don't exist. If you respect me, don't leave."
Having said that, if he leaves like this, he will be "looking down upon" him. If there is a "stalemate" like this, everyone will lose "face" and the work will definitely not be able to continue.
Xu Yingxiong and Mu Yi sat down again.
Everyone "criticized" Wei Po, and then toasted to each other.
Suddenly, Xu Yingxiong asked Wei Po a powerful question: "Wei Po, I think your family doesn't have money to pay taxes, so why are you delaying paying them?"
In fact, Wei Po had already thought that the township cadres' visit to his home might be related to "taxes", but after talking for a long time, no one mentioned it. When he suddenly mentioned it again, he was stunned.
Weipo, who was stunned for a moment, said with the strength of his drink: "It's not that I don't want to make friends with you. I just don't want to make friends with you for the time being."
When everyone heard this, they felt that there must be some reason for this. So they asked: "Why don't you want to submit for the time being? Why don't you actively take the lead in submitting?"
Weipo picked up the wine and took a sip, then said casually: "Why don't you take the lead if you are a cadre?"
Mu Yi didn't hear anything wrong with these words, but he just felt there was something "sour" about them. But Xu Yingxiong and Weiha heard something wrong. It seemed that Wei Po had some thoughts about "cadres". And this "cadre"
Chapter completed!