Chapter 21: Meeting Chen Xuwu for the First Time 2
"Old Chen? What's going on? Come here. County Magistrate Ji still has something to say to you! Call your daughter over and walk and talk with County Magistrate Ji's son." Before Chen Xuwu continued to speak.
At that moment, a woman in a luxurious purple dress not far away greeted him. If Zhang Qian guessed correctly, she must be Chen Zitong's mother.
Chen Xuwu's eyes flashed with helplessness, and he said apologetically to Zhang Hailong, "Hailong, wait for me first. I will say a few words to County Magistrate Ji and then bring other family members over to see you. I haven't seen you in so many years.
It’s time to talk about it properly.”
"Okay, you're busy with your business, I'm not in a hurry." Zhang Hailong said he was not in a hurry, but he was still very anxious in his heart. After all, he still had many things to ask Chen Xuwu, but he also knew that now was not the time to speak, so he
Didn't say anything out loud.
However, Chen Xuwu walked back first, but Chen Zitong was determined not to go with him. She whispered to Zhang Qian beside her, "I tell you, the man I hate the most is Ji Shengchong, the son of County Magistrate Ji.
, he always likes to look at people with leering eyes, which is very annoying and disgusting. From this point of view, you are better than him."
"What do you mean by this?" Zhang Qiangang secretly applauded, feeling that it was rare for him to have the same views as Chen Zitong, but he suddenly felt that something was wrong with his words, and he couldn't laugh or cry, "You mean, besides the damn Ji you hate the most,
After the young master, am I the second most annoying man?"
"Of course it's you, who makes you the big bad guy, huh!" Chen Zitong turned her head and pouted her little mouth, which was quite cute.
"Hey, since you hate me so much, why do you still stay with me and help me?" Zhang Qian obviously didn't believe it. If Chen Zitong hated him, would he still kindly help him?
"Help? What kind of help? It's just a little effort from me, because it's my father you're looking for, okay?" Chen Zitong clenched his pink fist, shook it, muttered, "I can tell you, we still have
The bet is here, and when you lose, I will get back all the capital and profits!"
"Okay, okay, whatever you want, I'll see why you want to come back." Zhang Qian smiled and said, "Is it possible that I also take off my clothes and show you?"
"You..." Chen Zitong suddenly blushed with embarrassment. He quickly looked around to make sure no one heard him, then stamped his foot angrily, quietly reached out and pinched a piece of flesh on Zhang Qian's arm and twisted it hard.
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Zhang Qian was in so much pain that he almost cried out hysterically, but he managed to hold it back. He turned to glare at Chen Zitong and growled in a low voice, "You're crazy. You're going to be bruised, red, and swollen if you use so much force!"
"You deserve it. Who told you to talk nonsense? I just asked you to charge some interest first. Sooner or later I will take back the principal with interest, hum!" Chen Zitong seemed to feel that he had taken a big advantage, but he smiled happily.
He stood up. The slightly blooming smile was naturally sweet, and Zhang Qian couldn't help but feel a little stunned.
"Sister! You...when did you come out? Huh? Uncle Hai Long? Why are you here? Didn't I ask you to wait in the living room?" At this moment, there was a sound from behind.
With a sound of surprise, Zhang Qian turned around and saw that it was Chen Gang, Chen Zitong's brother, who he saw at the gate of the courtyard. And the person who came with him turned out to be Xu Tiexing, his classmate with Chen Zitong.
When he saw Chen Gang, Zhang Qian didn't give a good look and said, "If we had stayed in the living room and waited, I'm afraid we still wouldn't have seen your father! Fortunately, your sister brought us here and found him.
Your father, otherwise I don’t know when we can meet him."
Upon hearing Zhang Qian's words, Chen Gang suddenly looked a little unhappy and asked his sister coldly, "Is what he said true? Did you bring him to see our dad?"
"Yes, Uncle Zhang and my father are old friends, and Zhang Qian and I are classmates, why don't we bring them to meet us? You don't know, dad just saw Uncle Zhang, not to mention how happy he was." Chen Zitong said with a smile.
, "Dad said, after entertaining the guests, come back and have a good chat with Uncle Zhang."
"What? This kid is...a classmate with you?" Chen Gang was stunned, pointing at his sister Chen Zitong, with a look of hatred on his face, "You, you, I really don't know what to say to you.
You, how can you just bring someone to see dad casually?"
"What? Do you think we shouldn't meet your father?" Zhang Qian was a little unhappy when he heard this, "My dad and your dad are old acquaintances, why can't we meet? If your dad doesn't want to meet,
Then of course there is no need to meet. But your dad is willing to see us now, why don't you let us see him? Could it be that it's not that your dad doesn't want to, but that you don't want to? "
"I..." Chen Gang was about to speak with some annoyance, but he glanced in Zhang Hailong's direction and snorted with some embarrassment, "I didn't mean that. It's just that my parents were busy entertaining guests just now. For the time being,
I haven’t had time to talk to them yet. I’ll definitely tell you why you came here because you were in too much of a hurry.”
"Brother Gang, what's going on? Why did Zhang Qian show up at Chen Zitong's birthday party? Your family and theirs..." At this time, Xu Tiexing, who looked anxious, couldn't help asking. Obviously, he was interested in Zhang Qian.
Qian expressed serious concern about the relationship between Qian and the Chen family.
Regarding Xu Tiexing's motives, Zhang Qian naturally understood that this guy just liked Chen Zitong, so he felt a serious sense of crisis when he saw him here.
Chen Gang thought for a while and then said, "It's nothing. This family has some relationship with our Chen family in the past. My dad and Uncle Hai Long have been friends for many years and haven't seen each other for a long time, so I wanted to meet up this time."
"Oh? So that's it. Uncle Hai Long is Zhang Qian's father, right? I wonder where you are, uncle?" Xu Tiexing said with a smile, "Uncle Chen's friend is naturally not a small person. I want to inquire about it.
There may be times when I can rely on you in the future."
As soon as Xu Tiexing said these words, Zhang Hailong suddenly felt a little speechless. High position? Where did he get such high position? He has been staying at home to recuperate these years. He is just a little person living on his last breath. How can he have the face to accept these words?
"Xu Tiexing, what do you mean? Who my dad is has nothing to do with you!" Zhang Qian was very angry. It's impossible for Xu Tiexing not to tell from his clothes that his father was just an ordinary poor man, but he still used such a
To stimulate him with words, this is simply provocation and ridicule!
"Why is it no longer relevant? Who is Uncle Chen? Director of the Construction Bureau! In the entire Andu County, he is a figure who can't help but tremble when he stomps his feet. Anyone who can be friends with him, no matter before or now, must
You have to be a good match. They say that birds of a feather flock together, do you think this is true?"
"You..." Zhang Qian still wanted to argue. This was obviously saying that his father was not worthy of being friends with Uncle Chen. Of course he couldn't bear it. But at this time, Zhang Hailong pulled him aside and signaled him to stop talking.
"Brother, Xu Tiexing, don't go too far! Whether Uncle Zhang has money or not has nothing to do with whether my father can be friends or not, okay? You think everyone is a snobbery like you, and only has money, money, money in his eyes.
Yes! Brother, if you interact with people like Xu Tiexing every day, sooner or later you will get into the eyes of money and you will not be able to get out! Humph, no matter how poor Uncle Zhang is, I believe that as long as my father wants to make friends, he is qualified to be his father's friend!" Seeing Zhang Hailong and
Zhang Qian was somewhat passive when Xu Tiexing said that, and Chen Zitong couldn't help but stand up and question and refute.
"Sister, what are you talking about? You don't understand anything at all! You don't help your brother, but you help outsiders. It's really your fault." Chen Gang didn't expect that his sister actually helped the Zhang family and his son, and he couldn't help but
He sneered and said, "Is this really destined? Are you attracted to this boy from the Zhang family? Or do you already know what dad told you?"
"Brother! What are you talking about? How can I not!" Chen Zitong blushed and said angrily, "What did my dad say to me? I heard it inexplicably. I'm just talking about the matter. You
Please don’t take it to other places!”
"Okay, okay, let's just discuss the matter, right? Huh, sister, if you knew the truth, I'm afraid you wouldn't speak for the Zhang family like this." After Chen Gang said this, he glanced at Zhang Qian and said disdainfully, "Unless you really want to
Otherwise, I advise you not to talk too much if you marry a poor family and work as a maid for the rest of your life!"
"What do you mean!" Zhang Qian was really angry. How could Chen Zitong, the eldest brother, speak like this? Isn't it obvious that he looked down on the Zhang family? Zhang Qian could look down on him, but he couldn't look down on the Zhang family!
"What do I mean? You should know better than me!" Chen Gang sneered, "Stop pretending to deceive my sister into sympathizing with you. If you dare to tell the story of the Zhang family, I'll see if my sister will help you!"
Zhang Hailong frowned, coughed a little displeasedly, and said, "It's not good for you to say that just now. We didn't want to do anything when we came this time. We just wanted to meet your dad and you. Besides,
Those things back then were caused by your father himself...
"So what if it was my dad who said it? It wasn't because he didn't think too much back then that he decided hastily. Now..."
"Chen Gang! What are you talking about? Shut up!" Just when Chen Gang was halfway through his words, Chen Xuwu's voice suddenly sounded, and his figure quickly appeared in front of everyone.
Because Chen Gang and Xu Tiexing were here, and the quarrel with Zhang Qian and the others was getting louder, many guests at the reception gathered here curiously to see what was going on. I'm afraid Chen Xuwu wouldn't notice such a movement even if he didn't want to.
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"Dad, what I said is the truth. Why do you ask me to shut up? More than ten or almost twenty years have passed and things are different now. How can we still use the conditions of the past to bind the two families?" Chen Gang was
The father scolded, obviously a little dissatisfied, "I just don't want to see the Zhang family come to my house like a benefactor. The past is the past tense. Now it's unreasonable to come here to ask for debts!"
"Say it again! Didn't you hear I told you to shut up? Believe it or not, I will slap you!" Chen Xuwu suddenly became angry and waved his hand to hit Chen Gang. Chen Gang was so frightened that he hurriedly took two steps back.