The town | drink

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Drinking alcohol is called "eating wine" in the south, and in some places it is called "drinking", although the meaning is similar, but in my opinion, the word "drink" seems more bold.

Drinking alcohol is also an important job. Comrades, classmates, comrades-in-arms, fellow villagers, friends, superiors and subordinates, etc., often get together to chat and drink. Drunk in the dark, drunk to hurt the stomach. Still have to drink! Not drinking is not enough to reflect the truth, not drinking is not enough meaning. Sometimes drinking is also work, how much business is discussed at the wine table, and how many unspoken things are resolved between drinking? This is a "field" that no one can escape!

Drinking alcohol is an important aspect of reception work. You visit a foreign country, or contact the business, people give you a face, or entertain you to persuade the wine is not enthusiastic, you are not happy in your heart. On the contrary, you feel much better. Once I went to a model unit in agriculture to visit, people's reception is not very warm, after we take care of our own food and accommodation, we said politely to others: "I'm sorry, I came here to cause you trouble." They were rude, clasped my hands and said, "It's a bit troublesome, but we're welcome." You have come and eaten and lived, and you have brought us income. "It almost didn't make my nose angry." With this lesson, another time I went to a certain place to learn the advanced experience of others, I had already made psychological preparations, and when we met, we first modestly said a few words, expressed the sincerity of serious study, and showed that I took care of myself. Who knows, people waved their hands and said, "Where, you have come here all the time to look up to us, where is the reason for self-care for food and lodging?" Besides, they are all counterpart brother units, who has done something that does not have a number in mind, and what is the head of learning? There is something we pull on the wine table! "After listening to our hearts, our hearts were warm, and the wine table was naturally full of enthusiasm, full of pride, and drank a leg and stomach was weak."

Drink wine also to talk about wine morality. At the wine table you will meet a variety of drinkers. I have a friend who is honest and honest, and he can go to the wine table, and no matter whether you drink or not, how much you drink, he will toast and dry; and no matter if you drink enough, he will pull down anyway. He drinks well, drinks too much, does not cry or make trouble, you feel that such a friend can be made. I have a classmate who is different, there is a lot of alcohol, but it is not pleasant to drink, sticky, slippery, and often has a variety of reasons, such as taking a few pills from his pocket and saying: "You see, I am taking medicine these days, I can't drink alcohol." Another example: "You see, my face is red, and I will get drunk when I drink again." "There are also many problems with drinking, such as class reunions, all the same people, he has to score three, six, nine and so on." At a class reunion, he repeated the same trick and raised a glass: "Let's drink at different levels, I first pay homage to the students at the level of the main section, then have a drink with the students of the deputy section level, and finally have a drink with the general staff." Of course, his proposal was not approved, and it was inevitable that some students would be angry and blow their beards and stare at the table. I have a teacher who loves to steal drinks, he eats at home three times a day, enjoys the pleasure of drinking alone, and hides the bottle in the open air after drinking one bottle. When he went out to attend the banquet, he sat at the table and was polite and did not drink, so he drank wine for a long time. I like to get together often with three or five friends, "It is better to have fun alone than to have fun with people." "I'm not an alcoholic, I can't drink without getting drunk, I can't be too drunk, I enjoy this drinking atmosphere." There is a bully drinking method that is quite annoying, you want to ask him to drink, he pretends, he does not drink and lets you drink, or he drinks less and makes you stupid. He didn't appreciate it when you were drunk, but instead complained that you were stupid, saying that you drank and drank. There is a kind of person who drinks wine and borrows wine to go crazy, slaps the table and stares at the table, pointing at mulberry and scolding the locust, I am ashamed to be with this kind of person, and when this situation is encountered in the wine field, I turn my head and leave, and if I can't afford it, I will hide aside.

Drink alcohol to follow the customs. Travel to Hohhot on business, have friends to entertain. He said: "We have a rule for drinking in Inner Mongolia, I will first introduce a few friends at the table, let's drink a circle first, after drinking, you can say their names, that is, recognize our friends." If you can't say their names, it's because our love hasn't arrived yet, and you'll have to punish yourself. The first one stood up and introduced himself, "Hello, my name is Sultan Grakham baladan Zamu." The second introduced himself: "Hello, my name is UljidRezhitutupa. "Before I was introduced to the third place, I was blindfolded and had to admit punishment."

Drink wine to know thyself and the other, in order to be able to fight a hundred battles. I have a friend from the business world, good drinking, once attended a party, people have not yet gathered, the small dishes have just been served on three or five plates, he suddenly became interested in a friend of the tax office. In the case of not knowing the amount of alcohol of the other party, he proposed to have a drink with the other party first, and the other party also dried it. My friend saw that people really gave themselves face, raised a glass and proposed to meet for the first time to toast again, and people were happy to dry up. Two cups of belly, it has passed half a pound, and there are still guests who have not arrived. Anyway, idle is also idle, friends of the tax bureau said: "The first time we meet, see brothers are also temperamental people, I have to pay you a cup back, please appreciate your face." "Speaking of this, my friend can only swallow bitterly in his stomach." Three glasses of belly, my friend has lost his sense of proportion, but the other party is still talking and laughing, and said to everyone here: "I have a standard for drinking, one pound of wine gargling, half a pound of wine to support the wall to go, drinking two pounds of wine is a bit much, the wall does not go, that feels very good." If I didn't drink enough wine, I felt overwhelmed. ”

A male college classmate came to visit, and I entertained him with wine and invited a female classmate from the same city to sit with him. Although this female classmate and I work in the same small town, we usually have a rare meeting, and at first she pushed off the female comrade who was not good at drinking and dipping her lips with a wine glass, and we didn't care. After graduating from college for more than ten years, meeting naturally and cordially, drinking several rounds, several people are in high spirits and toasting each other. The male classmate toasted the female classmate and said, "Toast you three cups and wish you eternal youth." I'll have three drinks, you'll have to drink one, and you'll have to give me that face. "The female classmates were not good enough to push away and had to do a cup." The female classmate said to the male classmate: "You have come from afar to see us, and I have to do my best to honor you with three cups of friendship." "Male classmates repeatedly pushed back, female classmates where willing to give in." I came forward to beat the disc and said: "It is not good to drink too much, and it is not good not to drink, then two cups are one cup, three cups are respected by female students, and six cups are drunk by male students." After drinking, the female classmate said: "During the university period, thanks to your care, I still want to come to this day, it is still unforgettable to me, here I borrow flowers to offer Buddha, and then toast you three cups." "The male classmate has long been the end of the crossbow, invincible to the power of alcohol, where willing to drink again." I hit the disc again and said, "Then drink one cup at a time, three cups each." "In desperation, the male classmates had to drink strongly, but where can they drink again." I can only secretly cry for my male classmates. As the saying goes: "There are three kinds of people in the liquor store that cannot be ignored: those with pigtails, those with red faces, and those who charge pills." That's a big deal!

The land is divided into north and south, and the wine is divided into regions. Drink Maotai in Guizhou, Wuliangye in Sichuan, Fenjiu in Shanxi, Gubeichun and Hengshui Laobaigan in Hebei, Shandong, and Erguotou in Beijing. I go on a trip or on a business trip and like to drink local wine. Once to Beijing Xiaotangshan to study, several students gathered in a small restaurant to eat, asked the boss what kind of wine, the boss recommended two and a half pounds of two pot heads, 13 yuan of blue bottle, 15 yuan of white bottle, I clapped loudly: "We came to the capital, just drink this expensive!" The voice was loud, the attitude was dashing, the momentum was bold, and the people at the same table laughed.

Late at night, I woke up drunk, there were a few bright lights in the house, and the world outside the building was very quiet. I lay in bed, my eyes open and I couldn't sleep, I remembered all kinds of things in the liquor store, I remembered the day that had just passed, the year, decade, decades that had passed, the setbacks I had encountered in my life, or a certain highlight moment I had experienced... Thoughts drifted away, the stories of their own lives were not connected to each other, there was no beginning, there was no end, and a storm of confused instantly blew up in the brain...

People who have not been drunk in the middle of the night are not enough to talk about life.

Thursday, May 5, 2022

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