As everyone was busy inquiring about the provincial adjustments, Ji Yang received a call from Sun Xiaoxiao.
When he arrived at a hotel in the county town, Ji Yang met Sun Xiaoxiao, and aside from her, there were two young men. One of them was the person he had saved and sent to Capital City for treatment, and the other was Hu Chengguo.
"Chief Ji, we meet again," Hu Chengguo said to Ji Yang with a smile, giving him a big hug.
Sun Xiaoxiao also smiled and said, "Chief Ji, that’s not very honest of you, sending me there to invest, but then you run off to this place."
Hu Chengguo laughed and said, "Let’s eat him out of house and home then, make him foot the bill. I know, our Chief Ji is a wealthy man."
Everyone burst into laughter.
At that moment, the young man who had been silent stepped forward, firmly grasped Ji Yang’s hand, and said, "Chief Ji, my name is Zhou Chengqian. If it weren’t for you last time, I probably wouldn’t be here."
"It’s nothing," Ji Yang replied. "Even if I hadn’t saved you, someone else would have."
"Chief Ji, I, Zhou Chengqian, will remember your lifesaving grace, and you’ll see it in my actions from now on."
Ji Yang could tell that although this man was a bit of a rich kid, he was also a decent person. He smiled and said, "All right, since you’re all here, I’ll take care of everything. Let’s eat first."
Ji Yang, naturally familiar with the area, led them to a very nice little restaurant.
"Guys, when it comes to eating, a small restaurant is more authentic."
"Anyway, we’ll just listen to you."
After everyone was seated in the private room, Ji Yang had ordered the food and came back to find everyone chatting about the local customs and culture.
"Chief Ji has been recovering until now, but now I finally made it here."
"That’s enough of that," Ji Yang said, not letting him continue with the thanks. "Since you’re here, just enjoy yourselves for a few days."
Sun Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "Chief Ji is easy to get along with. Hey, instead of calling you Chief, how about I call you ’bro’?" Sun Xiaoxiao looked at Ji Yang with a smile.
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Sun Xiaoxiao laughed and said, "I’m twenty-two, Hu Chengguo is the oldest at twenty-five, just don’t know about the months."
When Ji Yang mentioned his birth month, Hu Chengguo laughed and said, "You’re one month older than me."
Zhou Chengqian said, "I’m twenty-four, so I’ll call you ’Brother Ji.’"
Sun Xiaoxiao suddenly burst into laughter and after a while said, "That’s hilarious, Brother Ji!"
Everyone thought about it, found it amusing, and laughed as well.
Ji Yang felt slightly embarrassed but forced a smile, "Just call me whatever you like."
"Then it’s better to call you Yang."
Everyone laughed again.
With such jokes, the atmosphere immediately became more cheerful.
"It’s getting cold, I ordered mutton soup pot; it’s really well made here, everyone try it."
As everyone began to eat, they all started praising it.
Ji Yang said, "The goats from this place are quite distinctive; I’ve eaten goat from many places, but this place’s is really good."
Hu Chengguo praised, "The mutton here really is good."
Sun Xiaoxiao said, "It’s really delicious. No wonder this place does good business."
After some talk about the food, Sun Xiaoxiao looked seriously at Ji Yang and said, "Yang, we came here not only because Old Zhou wanted to thank you but also because we heard about the adjustments in your province. We wanted to see if we could help in some way."
Hearing this reason, Ji Yang truly felt grateful.
"There aren’t any problems at the moment; I’m just a minor village official, so it shouldn’t affect me here."
Sun Xiaoxiao said, "You can’t talk like that, Yang. We all owe you, and although there’s a crisis, there are also opportunities."
Ji Yang hadn’t really considered the opportunities, just looked at them all.