(Today is the first day of the New Year. I wish you a happy New Year here. I wish you all a prosperous future, good health, all the best, happy and worry-free.)

"Chen Ping, what's the situation? Didn't you say you won't accept gifts during the holiday this year, and you'll have a meeting for the people below? Didn't they listen to your words?"

At Chen Ping's home, Ye Lingzhi looked at the boxes of wine and tea that Zhang Tao had moved out of the car, and immediately frowned and asked Chen Ping.

In response to this, Chen Ping was helpless and spread his hands, saying, "Of course they listened to it, that is, because they all listened to it, they sent me so many things."

Ye Lingzhi stared at her eyes, and seemed a little difficult to understand Chen Ping's contradictory words. Chen Ping then explained: "These are not gifts, but New Year's goods sent by various units."

"New Year's goods?" Ye Lingzhi muttered this word, revealing such a relieved expression.

Chen Ping nodded to this, and then recalled the incident of Shi Xuming to Ye Lingzhi. After listening to Chen Ping's memories, Ye Lingzhi said: "This Shi Xuming is also a director at least. How could he do this? You criticized him on the issue of corruption. He was going to bribe you. Is he crazy?"

"In my opinion, it's not him who is crazy, but this officialdom." Chen Ping sighed, "Give gifts and money to the leader, and ask his leader to help him seek personal gain. These originally violated discipline are now normal phenomena in the officialdom. If anyone does not give gifts and money to the leader, it will be difficult for anyone to make a comeback. As for Shi Xuming, he is just doing things according to the normal official order in his eyes. Only by accepting his things can he feel at ease, otherwise he will still suspect that I want to touch him."

"Even so, you can't accept so many things from him! Chen Ping, you should also know that Song Chaozhong is still trying to catch your handle in the province!" Ye Lingzhi said.

"This is the next question I want to tell you, the New Year's goods." Chen Ping said, "I can indeed not accept Shi Xuming's New Year's goods, but you don't know about Ganoderma lucidum. Before Shi Xuming came to deliver the New Year's goods, the Municipal Government Office also sent me the New Year's goods. The few bottles of wine I just got back were the New Year's goods that the Municipal Government Office had sent me."

Following Chen Ping's words, Ye Lingzhi turned around and looked at the New Year's goods placed in the corner. As she remembered, she suddenly found that the bottles of wine that were regarded as New Year's goods were of great value.

"I'm afraid this is not prepared by the Municipal Government Office, but by the gifts prepared by all the officials of the Municipal Government Office together with the reasons of the Municipal Government Office." Ye Lingzhi said.

"I think so too, so I feel troublesome." Chen Ping said, "After all, preparing New Year's goods is our traditional custom for celebrating the Spring Festival, and it is impossible to change. And what New Year's goods are, there are no, and there are no rigid regulations. Now they prepare such expensive New Year's goods for me, which is strictly not an exaggeration."

"But would he think so in the province, especially Song Chaozhong?" Ye Lingzhi said worriedly, "I'm afraid that he will label you as soon as he hears this news, and then let the Spring Festival Integrity Office focus on you."

Chen Ping nodded and said, "Of course I know this, but what can I do if I know it? I still have to collect this kind of New Year's goods. After all, I know it does not mean that everyone knows it. So if others accept it, I confiscate it. Wouldn't you jump out and be the first to be a pioneer? This is definitely not a good thing for someone who has become the deputy mayor at such a young age."

"It's hard to say about the units below. Maybe they will take me as an example and don't send New Year's goods. This may not be a big deal for cadres, but for those grassroots civil servants, they are just waiting for the New Year's goods from the unit to celebrate the New Year! Isn't that because of my relationship, so many grassroots civil servants have been experiencing hard work for the New Year?" Chen Ping said, "Of course, it's possible that the following will continue to collect New Year's goods the same as usual, no matter whether the New Year's goods are snacks like Wansanho, Ao Sauce Noodles, or high-priced items like tobacco and alcohol."

Ye Lingzhi smiled bitterly and said, "I personally prefer the latter one. After all, if all units do not ship New Year's goods, the grassroots civil servants will start to make trouble, let alone things like New Year's goods without any taboos. They are taking the money from the public openly. How could these officials feel so wronged?"

"But if they have prepared New Year's goods for themselves, then it doesn't matter whether I will collect this New Year's goods or not. They will directly find out a lot of officials who have corrupted themselves in the name of New Year's goods, and finally push me to take responsibility. This routine is the most normal routine in the officialdom, and no one can find any faults." Chen Ping said.

"So Chen Ping, have you accepted the New Year's goods sent by Shi Xuming?" said Ye Lingzhi.

Chen Ping nodded and said, "Anyway, no matter what, Song Chaozhong, who is due, will always find a way to pin my head. So why not beat around the bush? If you have any tricks, just come to me directly."

Chen Ping changed the subject and continued: "It was just that what I didn't expect was that after I accepted the New Year's goods sent by Shi Xuming on behalf of the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau, all the departments behind them actually delivered the things one after another."

"From this point, I'm afraid that Director Shi is just coming to you to make a foreshadowing. As long as you can collect his New Year's goods, then other people's New Year's goods will naturally be fine." Ye Lingzhi said.

"That's why I brought all the stuff home," Chen Ping said. "On the one hand, I'm going to deal with these things for you, and on the other hand, I want to tell you that after today, I'm afraid someone will send New Year's goods to your house."

Ye Lingzhi expressed her understanding of this. After all, what Chen Ping received today was only the New Year's goods sent by various units of the municipal government, and these New Year's goods were obviously not the big ones, and the real big ones should be various enterprises.

Because greed in the officialdom is greedy, and the superficial effort is always done, it is impossible for each government unit to contribute too much and expensive New Year’s goods, but the bosses of enterprises are different, especially large state-owned enterprises and public institutions. These units not only have money, but also spend their own money. Then preparing New Year’s goods for officials is definitely more expensive than organs.

At the same time, due to the influence of the officialdom, it is impossible for enterprises to deliver New Year's goods to Chen Ping's office, so they can only send them to Chen Ping's home.

Ye Lingzhi asked: "Then what do you want me to do? Will you accept everything as required?"

Chen Ping replied: "Of course, I accepted everything as required. I have taken over everything. You don't need to push it out. Of course, you should also pay attention to the units and people who deliver New Year's goods. You will only collect New Year's goods sent by people or units that are familiar with or have a relatively large relationship with me. You must write them down one by one. As for others, forget it."

Ye Lingzhi gave an OK gesture: "Don't worry, Chen Ping, I understand how to do it."

Then Ye Lingzhi turned her head to the so-called New Year's goods in the corner and said to Chen Ping: "I think this pile of things costs at least tens of thousands of yuan, right?"

Chen Ping glanced at the pile of New Year's goods and said to Ye Lingzhi: "It's almost the same, and I asked Zhang Tao to help me deal with some of them, otherwise there would be more, and it would probably be nearly 100,000."

"This is not a gift or a bribery, it's just the New Year's goods prepared by each unit for you, the deputy mayor. It's so corrupt!" Ye Lingzhi shook her head and sighed.
Chapter completed!