Chapter 396: Chapter 281 Family Banquet at Yanjiang Police Station
The evening celebration banquet was a plentiful feast, with chicken, duck, fish, and at all available. Old Qian had spent the entire afternoon preparing for it.
Four officers from Bailong Port Police Station ca, including the retired Li Weiguo and Captain Wang, who were driven there by Han Yu. Old Zhang, Old Ding, Old Jia, and a few from Port Supervision Bureau joined after work without returning ho. Together with Zhu Baogen, Xiao Yu, and Yu Zhen, there were twenty people in total.
The small cafeteria on the first floor and the duty office could not accommodate everyone, so they simply set up the banquet in the second-floor conference room.
The conference table was long. Everyone sat along both sides, with Li Weiguo and Captain Wang sitting at the head of the table at everyone’s insistence, giving it a feel sowhat akin to a foreign banquet.
The long table wasn’t a square or the round type found in restaurants.
Considering that people sitting at one end wouldn’t be able to reach dishes placed at the other, Old Qian divided each dish into two portions, so people didn’t need to stand up to reach for food, nor worry about not being able to reach it.
Everyone sat together, enjoying their drinks heartily and chatting jovially.
"Opportunities really matter a lot for a person!"
Li Weiguo, returning to his old unit and looking at the two fish sitting at the lower end of the table, felt a flood of emotions and exclaid with a wine glass in hand, "Let’s not talk about Salted Fish, let’s talk about Xiao Yu. If it weren’t for his third-level rit earlier this year, and the bureau changing his status from rural to urban to help him secure a technical staff position, he wouldn’t have been able to wear the police uniform so easily. Even Director Zhang would have found it difficult to talk to the HR departnt."
Old Ding agreed wholeheartedly, putting down his chopsticks and saying with a laugh, "That’s why we should thank Director Yang. He knew he was getting transferred and still helped Xiao Yu so much before leaving."
Jiang Xiaojun then sighed and added, "It’s like the blessing in disguise. If Director Yang had agreed to sell the boat to Changhang Bureau or approved Salted Fish’s transfer, Xiao Yu wouldn’t have been able to wear the uniform."
"That’s certain. Although it’s easier now to change one’s household registration, sorting out a permanent position, whether it’s in administrative or institutional staffing, is very difficult."
"Baogen, if you were twenty years younger and had a high school diploma, that would have been great."
"Instructor Li, I know my own limits and I really have no such aspirations."
"Even if you had any aspirations, there’s nothing much that can be done. Here, this drink’s for you, let’s drown our sorrows."
Owing to his part-ti job which could be deed inauspicious, Zhu Baogen worried that others might find his presence unwelco. Except for when he went out to conduct funerals, he seldom sat at the table to dine with others.
Today, not only was he sitting at the table, his seat was also arranged quite upfront.
Zhu Baogen was touched, quickly grasping his wine glass with both hands and leaning forward to clink glasses with Li Weiguo.
Uncle Liu, knowing Zhu Baogen’s drinking capacity, couldn’t help but laugh, "Didn’t we just say that today you don’t need to stand up to drink, whether toasting or returning a toast?"
Jiang Xiaojun added while knocking on the table, "Once you lift your butt, you need to drink again. Old Zhu, that’s a foul, another drink."
Han Xiangning and Yu Zhen were responsible for pouring drinks tonight, each taking one side.
Noticing Zhu Baogen emptied his cup in one go and was about to stand up to pour more, Zhu Baogen quickly said, "All good, all good, I’ll penalize myself with another drink. Han Da, don’t get up, I’ll pour it myself."
Salted Fish gave himself the nickna of "Director of Fish
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