Hu Zi quickly put away his wine glass. He had not forgotten the last time he made a fool of himself by drinking too much.

"No need, Brother Yuan. I'm almost cured once you give me this prescription."

Chen Yuan knew that Hu Zi's alcohol tolerance was average, and he just wanted to scare Hu Zi. He had something important to say, and he couldn't let him get drunk.

"Our braised pork offal business has stopped, but it can't stay closed forever."

"There's a meat processing plant on the other side of the city. It's not as big as the one in the county, and the distance is much further. But now the county side isn't working, so we have to go further away."

After Chen Yuan finished speaking, everyone immediately put away the smiles on their faces.

Li Shanghai sighed helplessly. This was the only way now.

"I'll go see if I can find a way to contact them tomorrow."

Hu Zi can't help with this kind of thing and can only worry.

Chen Yuan suddenly asked, "Huzi, do you still have any sorghum wine?"

Hu Zi nodded, "There's more."

After a pause, he frowned and said, "But they are all high-proof. We may not be used to drinking them."

Chen Yuan waved his hand, not minding at all.

"That's fine. The purchasing director over there likes it."

Li Shanghai was stunned. "Brother Yuan, you know all this?"

Chen Yuan had worked in the county for a long time in his previous life and knew a lot of things.

But so many years have passed between the two lifetimes that he can't remember many things.

He made up a lie, "I went to the state-owned restaurant last time and chatted with Fang Wude, and I got the words out of him."

Li Shanghai gave Chen Yuan a thumbs up, it really depends on Chen Yuan to have a solution.

Chen Yuan looked at Hu Zi and said with a smile: "Hu Zi, fill a jar for me later and I will take it with me."

Hu Zi nodded his head like a chick pecking at rice. He was finally not a drag anymore!

Chen Yuan thought for a moment and said, "You should make more wine this year. You'll probably need it later."

Hu Zi patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Brother Yuan, I'll take care of it!"

The next day, Chen Yuan and Hu Zi took the wine jar and went to the county.

They waited outside the tube-shaped building in the compound for half a day before someone showed up.

Chen Yuan came forward and greeted him warmly, "Hey, isn't this Director Qi?"

"long time no see!"

Qi Zhicai was obviously confused. He didn't know Chen Yuan at all, but he still greeted Chen Yuan out of politeness.

"Long time no see, are you..."

Chen Yuan said enthusiastically: "It's me, Xiao Chen, have you forgotten?"

When you go out, your identity is given by yourself!

Qi Zhicai thought for a long time but couldn't remember who Xiao Chen was. However, when he saw Chen Yuan was so enthusiastic, he felt that Chen Yuan looked familiar.

I guess they knew each other before, but he just forgot.

"Ah, Xiao Chen, I remember now."

"How did you come?"

Chen Yuan pointed at Hu Zi beside him and said with a smile: "I came out with my brother to do something. I just got a jar of sorghum wine, over 50% alcohol."

"I remember Director Qi likes this thing, right? I'll give it to you then."

As he spoke, Chen Yuan gave Hu Zi a look, and Hu Zi followed suit and walked forward.

"Director Xu, please take it!"

Qi Zhicai got a jar of sorghum wine for some unknown reason and couldn't stop smiling.

"Oh, you guys are really wasting money. Your sister-in-law is making dumplings today, why don't you go up and have a sip?"

Chen Yuan pretended to be reserved and refused: "This is not good, right? I'd better go back with my brother."

Qi Zhicai waved his hand and took the man upstairs.

Chen Yuan didn't hesitate and went upstairs with Hu Zi.

This tube-shaped building has a long, dimly lit corridor with residents on both sides, and there are public toilets and washrooms on each floor.

The house where Qi Zhicai and his family live is quite good because two families share a kitchen, so there is no need for a group of people to squeeze into the kitchen.

Chen Yuan just wanted to come up to get familiar with the route. He couldn't really eat here. If he spoke too much, he would be exposed.

When they were almost at the door, Chen Yuan tugged at the corner of Hu Zi's clothes.

Hu Zi immediately understood and thought of what Chen Yuan taught him.

"Brother Chen, my stomach hurts. Ouch, it hurts so much."

Chen Yuan turned his head and pretended to be worried, "Hey, brother, are you okay?"

"Director Qi, my brother has a stomachache. It seems that he can't eat today."

"We'll visit again some other day."

Seeing Hu Zi shaking in pain, Qi Zhicai hurriedly said, "This is serious, take him to the hospital!"

Chen Yuan let out an "Ah" and helped Hu Zi out of the tube building.

The two of them walked a long way before Hu Zi straightened up.

"How about it, Brother Yuan, did I act like it?"

Hu Zi raised his head and looked at Chen Yuan with a look of seeking praise.

Chen Yuan smiled and said, "It's their loss that the art troupe didn't recruit you."

Hu Zi chuckled, "So what should we do next?"

Having just met Qi Zhicai, Chen Yuan planned to create an opportunity for a chance encounter tomorrow.

However, since he was already here, he couldn't go back now.

"Let's go and get some information."

Hu Zi was confused by what he heard, and followed Chen Yuan to the gate of the county's large meat processing plant, where he squatted for a long time.

The meat processing factory just got off work and the entrance is bustling with activity.

"Oh, that braised pork offal I bought last time was so delicious! I haven't seen it in the past couple of days!"

"Me too. I even asked our factory for some, but what they produced was shit."

"Hahaha! Lao Liu, your words are too rude!"

"Do you know why they stopped selling it? I heard that Director Yao from our purchasing department gave a gift to the deputy factory director and insisted on replacing Old Li."

"Hey~ I'm telling you, there's an 80% chance that Yao Hongmei and the other two are having an affair!"

……

Chen Yuan and Hu Zi immediately perked up. It turned out that Zhang Hao's mother was Yao Hongmei.

As the group of people moved forward, Chen Yuan and Hu Zi mixed in with the crowd, listening attentively to their gossip.

"Really? Now that you mention it, I think so too!"

"I saw Yao Hongmei walk into the office with her hips twisted, and she walked like that when she came out!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, if this is true, then they are both really bold."

"What do you know? Yao Hongmei's husband is not good enough. A woman is like a wolf at thirty and a tiger at forty. She is at the age of a tiger."

Each of the people who spoke sighed and went back to their respective homes.

They spoke softly, and if Chen Yuan didn't have sharp ears, he wouldn't have been able to hear all the information.

Hu Zi thought for a moment and asked, "Brother Yuan, what should we do now?"

Chen Yuan frowned and thought. No matter whether this matter was true or false, as long as it was reported to Zhang Hao's father, it would sow the seeds of suspicion.

"Did Li Shanghai come to the county today?"

Chen Yuan planned to let Li Shanghai do this.

Hu Zi remembered that Li Shanghai told him yesterday that he would not go out today, so he said, "He should be at home. Why don't we go to Da'an Village?"

Chen Yuan thought that he could not get any information in the city, so he nodded.

When the two were riding their bikes back, they happened to meet Fang Wude who was getting off work.

"Hey, Xiao Chen?"

"Wait a minute, I'm looking for you!"

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