Chapter 242 The magpie is calling!

Chapter 242 The magpie is calling!

Chapter 242 The magpie is calling!

"Dingling! Dingling! Dingling!"

At around nine o'clock in the morning, the phone in Li Huaide's office suddenly rang. Li Huaide heard the phone ringing, reached out to pick up the receiver, and greeted politely: "Hello! I'm Li Huaide, who is this?"

Jia Dongming, who was holding the phone, heard Li Huaide's questioning voice on the phone, and greeted Li Huaide with a smile: "Director Li! Good morning! I am calling you at this time. I hope I don't disturb your work?"

Li Huaide heard Jia Dongming's questioning voice on the phone, and hurriedly asked with a smile: "Director Jia! When I got up early this morning, I heard a magpie calling outside the window. I was wondering if there was anything good today. Now it seems that it was you, Director Jia, who was thinking about me."

Hearing Li Huaide's compliment, Jia Dongming smiled and said to Li Huaide, "Director Li! My sexual orientation is very normal. Why would I miss you if I have nothing to do? But I called you so early in the morning because I have something good to tell you."

When Li Huaide heard Jia Dongming's question, he immediately asked Jia Dongming curiously: "Director Jia! What good news do you have that you are thinking about me, your brother?"

Facing Li Huaide's question, Jia Dongming smiled and said to Li Huaide: "Director Li! The situation is like this. Didn't I say not long ago that I would invite you to my house for dinner after my house is repaired?"

"My house was officially completed today. Yesterday, I asked my old comrade to help me get some food. As luck would have it, my old comrade not only had wild goats, but also bear paws. So I used all my tricks to coax him into giving me a bear paw."

"What! Bear paw! This is a good stuff! It seems that I, brother, will have a good meal today." Li Huaide is a typical foodie. When he learned that Jia Dongming got a bear paw, his eyes suddenly lit up and he said to Jia Dongming happily.

After hearing what Li Huaide said, Jia Dongming smiled and said to him, "Director Li! The chef of the second canteen, Sha Zhu, lives in the same compound as me. After I brought the bear paw back last night, I asked him to prepare it and put it in the pot to cook. After get off work tonight, come to my place for a few drinks."

When Li Huaide heard Jia Dongming's invitation, he happily said to him, "Okay! Then let's not go home until we are drunk tonight."

After Jia Dongming hung up the phone with Li Huaide, he thought about the dinner he was going to have in the evening. After pondering for a while, Jia Dongming decided to call all the middle-level cadres of the Security Department. So he stood up from his desk, walked quickly to the door of the office, and shouted to the office not far away: "Haibo! Come to my office!"

Wang Haibo, who was drinking tea and reading a newspaper in the office, heard Jia Dongming's voice in the corridor. He immediately stood up from his desk and walked quickly towards Jia Dongming's office.

Wang Haibo walked to the door of Jia Dongming's office and saw Jia Dongming sitting at his desk. He reached out and knocked on the door and asked politely, "Director! What do you want to talk to me about?"

When Jia Dongming heard Wang Haibo's question, he smiled and said to Wang Haibo, "Haibo! Please inform Jianguo, Aijun and Guoping to come to my house for dinner in the evening."

When Wang Haibo learned that Jia Dongming wanted to treat them to a meal, he was surprised and said to Jia Dongming a little embarrassedly: "Director! It has been almost half a month since you took office, and we haven't treated you to a meal yet. How can we have the nerve to ask you to treat us to a meal?"

After hearing Wang Haibo's answer and seeing his slightly embarrassed expression, Jia Dongming smiled and said to Wang Haibo, "Haibo! If you want to treat me, you can save it for later. I tell you, I got a bear paw from an old comrade yesterday, and I've asked the chef at the steel mill to stew it in the pot. If you feel embarrassed to come, I won't force you."

"How shameless! How shameless! Director! If there is such a good thing as bear paw, I will come even if I have to go through fire and water." When Wang Haibo heard Jia Dongming say that there would be bear paw for dinner in the evening, he was no longer embarrassed and said quickly to Jia Dongming.

After hearing what Wang Haibo said, Jia Dongming smiled and said to Wang Haibo, "Haibo! There is a case at the branch office. I have to go there this morning. You will be responsible for notifying Guo Ping and the other two. When you get off work in the evening, you can go directly to my house."

When Wang Haibo heard what Jia Dongming said, he immediately nodded and replied, "Director! I understand. I will go and inform Guoping and the others now." Jia Dongming watched Wang Haibo walk out of his office, simply packed up his things, and walked out of the office.

After Wang Haibo left Jia Dongming's office, he immediately went to the office of the logistics department. When he saw Zhang Guoping sitting at his desk, looking down at the report, he smiled and greeted Zhang Guoping: "Old Zhang! What are you busy with so early in the morning?"

Zhang Guoping looked up instinctively when he heard Wang Haibo's question. Seeing Wang Haibo walking into the office with a happy face, he asked Wang Haibo curiously, "Old Wang! What else can I be busy with? Of course, I need to verify the quantity of materials in the warehouse. But you look so happy. Did you find some money this morning? Why are you so happy?"

When Wang Haibo heard Zhang Guoping's question, he didn't beat around the bush and introduced him with a smile: "Guoping! The director said that he wants us to have dinner at his house tonight, so he asked me to come and let you know."

"What! The director invites us to dinner. The director has been transferred to our security department. We haven't even invited the director to dinner yet. How can we have the nerve to ask the director to invite us to dinner?" When Zhang Guoping learned the purpose of Wang Haibo's visit, a shocked expression appeared on his face, and he blurted out to Wang Haibo.

When Wang Haibo heard Zhang Guoping's question, he smiled and said to Zhang Guoping, "Guoping! When the director said he wanted to treat us to a meal, I actually had the same idea as you and planned to treat our director to a meal. As a result, the director told me that he had a bear paw and had asked the chef of the steel mill to stew it in a pot yesterday."

"The director is so sincere in inviting us to dinner, we can't afford to lose his face, right? As for inviting the director to dinner, we will wait until we finish dinner tonight and then slowly return the favor."

Zhang Guoping's eyes lit up when he heard Wang Haibo's words. He said with emotion, "Bear paw! My goodness, this thing was a delicacy that only dignitaries could eat in the past. The director invited us to dinner and he actually had such a good thing to entertain us."

Zhang Guoping paused for a moment, then opened the drawer of his desk, took out a few Class A wine tickets, and said to Wang Haibo, "Old Wang! The director invited us to dinner, we can't just not show any appreciation, right? Here are a few Class A wine tickets. Take some time to go to the supply and marketing cooperative and buy a few bottles of wine. We can take them to the director's house tonight."

Wang Haibo saw the wine ticket that Zhang Guoping took out from the drawer, nodded subconsciously, and replied, "Okay! I'll take some time when I'm free to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some wine. We shouldn't go to the director's house for dinner empty-handed."

At around eleven o'clock in the morning, Jia Dongming, who had been looking at case files all morning, rode his bicycle back to the courtyard and saw the door god Yan Bugui.

When Yan Bugui saw Jia Dongming, he pretended not to have seen Jia Dongming come back, just like he did yesterday, and walked straight towards Yan's house.

Jia Dongming saw Yan Bugui's reaction but didn't take it to heart. He pushed his bicycle back to the courtyard and saw Master Lei waiting for him in the courtyard. He took out a pack of Daqianmen cigarettes from his cloth bag and said to Master Lei with a smile, "Master Lei! Sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time! Take this pack of cigarettes and share it with the other masters. Thank you for your help during this period."

When Master Lei saw the cigarette that Jia Dongming handed over, he didn't bother to be polite with Jia Dongming. He smiled and thanked him, "Boss! On behalf of the old brothers, thank you."

After hearing Master Lei's thanks, Jia Dongming took out a wad of money from his pocket and said to Master Lei with a smile, "Master Lei! This is your final payment. Please count it."

Master Lei took the money handed over by Jia Dongming, wet his thumb with his saliva, and then counted the money.

After a while, Master Lei counted the money and put it in his pocket. Then he said to Jia Dongming, "Boss! The amount of money is correct. If you have any problems with your house in the future, you can always come to me."

After hearing Master Lei's promise, Jia Dongming smiled and said to Master Lei: "Master Lei! I am quite confident in your craftsmanship, so I will give it to you!"

(End of this chapter)