Lin Shuo, Anne, Zhang Jin, and Wei Xingshan flew to Yanjing first. After getting off the plane, Wei Xingshan picked up his own car and acted as the driver, driving the three of them all the way north.
By the afternoon of the second day, Wei Xingshan's Land Rover was already galloping on the meadow on the Bashang plateau.
Lin Shuo came to Yanjing this time for three reasons.
The first thing is about my mother.
After finishing the two deals in the Outer Xing'an Mountains and the Altai Mountains, Lin Shuo had a vague feeling that his mother was still alive.
Those dreams were so real, Lin Shuo even felt that she should be not far away from him, paying attention to him.
But why doesn't she show up
Why don't you meet yourself
What kind of life is she living now
These questions have been pressing on Lin Shuo's heart, and there is no way to answer them, and no one has anything to say.
Cao Yusheng may be the only person in this world who is close to these answers.
Even if not, then at least this Uncle Cao is the only one who can talk about this matter behind closed doors.
Therefore, Lin Shuo wanted to see him.
The second thing is the matter of peer alliance ceremony.
Lin Shuo was at a loss as to what to do with this once-in-a-century ceremony.
Because of this, not only he had never experienced it before, but his father Lin Leshan hadn't experienced it either.
The Lin family turned upside down. The head of the family who participated in the last peer alliance ceremony was Lin Shuo's great-grandfather.
The specific regulations of the peer alliance ceremony have been with the Cao family for hundreds of years, because the Cao family is responsible for managing the intelligence and etiquette of the Liemen.
After the fire in the Cao family fifteen years ago, Cao Yusheng may not have known the rules of the ceremony, because almost all the intelligence documents were burned.
But Lin Shuo had more confidence in discussing with a mature and prudent senior.
This kind of matter can't be clearly explained in a few words on the phone. It must be met in person, and it will take several days to discuss it slowly.
The third thing is actually relatively unimportant to Lin Shuo.
That is the sale of the White Headed Flying Corpse.
With or without Cao Yusheng, Lin Shuo could do this business.
And the reason why he invited Cao Yusheng was actually just a pretext for Cao Yusheng to meet him.
Flying corpses with white heads, this is something that the Cao family created, other people can ignore it, Cao Yusheng must take care of it.
Otherwise, the door will not be able to convince the public.
Lin Shuo had already accepted the deal, and even specially invited Cao Yusheng, which was actually a very righteous act.
Cao Yusheng should appreciate this olive branch.
Lin Shuo didn't know what Cao Yusheng thought of him, but last time, he was rejected.
So before this meeting, Lin Shuo made a good preparation.
With the two stepping stones of the peer alliance ceremony and the white-headed flying corpse, I don't worry about Cao Yusheng not meeting me.
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The car was still driving around the plain on the dam, Wei Xingshan felt a little sleepy, he turned his head and glanced at Lin Shuo beside him, trying to find a topic to talk about, don't turn around and turn the car over.
In this car, he is the best. If the car overturns, other people may not be able to do anything, but he is the one who is unlucky.
"Old Lin, this Patriarch Cao, let's just go and meet him directly. Didn't we see each other at the meeting? Do you want to make a greeting card first?"
"Yo, do you still know about invitations?" Lin Shuo smiled, "According to the rules, when leaders meet, especially when a junior like me meets an elder, that's the next invitation."
"Then write one quickly."
"It's not that easy." Lin Shuo shook his head, and decided to tell this future apprentice about the family affairs, "Speaking of which, the meeting between our inheritance hunters can be complicated or simple.
If we meet in the mountains, which one is yours and which one is mine, which generation are you and which generation are you
It's easy to follow whose actions, how to do business, and a few words, and the matter is settled.
But if the leaders of the two hunting gates met to discuss matters, it would have been a big battle in the past.
Who is inviting and who is paying homage, you have to distinguish clearly first, the invitation card is for the guest, and the invitation card is for the meeting.
Posts must be stamped.
It's not the kind of thing that fools people now, it needs real gold leaf.
This post alone requires nine gold leaves.
Then the main banquet is not counted, and the running water banquet outside will last for nine days.
Heroes from all walks of life eat as soon as they sit down, and count when they are full, but there is only one thing.
That is what the two chiefs discussed, and these heroes should be invited to tell each other.
In fact, it was not mainly for ostentation. At that time, communication was not well developed, so we relied on this to spread the news. "
"Then what's the matter? How about we go back to Chengde and see if there are any gold foils for sale?" Wei Xingshan asked, "Anyway, the running water mat is the owner's business, so our guests can invite it."
"Come on, what are you spending so much money on?" Lin Shuo shook his head, took out an old mobile phone from his pocket, edited a text message and sent it out.
The corners of Wei Xingshan's mouth twitched as he watched.
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Although I feel a little sorry for my status because of this matter, it is clear that the text message that Lin Shuo edited in the car still had the effect of a greeting card.
Wei Xingshan drove the car and saw the Cao family's old house from a distance.
The meadow on the Bashang plateau is now covered with a thick layer of snow.
The white walls of Cao's old house are not conspicuous, but the roof is very beautiful, just like a stroke of ink in the distance.
In front of the white walls and black tiles, there is a group of people standing indistinctly, many, twenty or thirty.
It was almost dark now, but when the group of people were seen in the distance, the sky was still bright.
When he got close, Wei Xingshan had to turn on the headlights, fearing that he might not be able to see clearly and hit someone.
As soon as the headlights were illuminated, Wei Xingshan saw clearly that the leader was a middle-aged fat man.
When he visited Anne in the hospital before, Wei Xingshan had seen this person and knew that this person was Cao Yusheng.
Surrounding Cao Yusheng was a group of old men and women, many of whom were leaning on sticks and trembling.
Wei Xingshan murmured in his heart.
As the saying goes, men are afraid of entering the wrong profession, and women are afraid of marrying the wrong man.
He had just resigned from his position as the captain of the Asian Operations Team of the International Biological Research Association, and planned to take Lin Shuo as his teacher and change his career to become a hunter.
But this Cao family can be regarded as the top family in the hunter industry. The leader of the hunter family came to visit, and it was such a group of old men and women who came out to greet them.
Then look at the co-pilot, Lin Shuo who is actually a widow, and the two family orphans sitting in the back seat of the car.
Wei Xingshan wanted to do it, the prospect of this industry seemed extremely worrying!
Couldn't he be on a thief ship
After wandering his mind, the car had already driven in front of the people, Wei Xingshan hurriedly stopped.
As soon as the car door was opened, before people got out of the car, the group of old men and granny surrounded them.
When he got out of the car, Wei Xingshan realized that he couldn't leave because it was impossible to get out.
And the three men and one woman who got out of the car seemed to have been looted:
"Oh! This girl is so handsome! Did you agree with your in-law's family?"
"This little boy looks good too, how old is he?"
"Young man, let me tell you, our granddaughter has just graduated from university, Yanjing Institute of Foreign Languages, and she is holding back the postgraduate entrance examination at the moment. But the exam is the exam, and life's major events have to be done, right?"
"Big man, you seem to be a bit old, are you married?"
"My little grandson is twenty-five years old this year. He works in the Yanjing Newspaper. There is nothing to say about his appearance. Miss, I still have a photo of him here."
"Don't look at us here, it's okay, there are houses in Yanjing, within the second ring road!"
"Yes, yes, it's not a mortgage. It's a one-time payment, so there's no worries in the future."
"That's right, occupying the house and squatting on the ground, even if you don't work in the future, you can live comfortably with some rent!"
"Look at the photo of my granddaughter. How is she? She's pretty. She's almost thirty and doesn't want to get married. I'm so worried!"
"Tell me what this young man thinks now. When I was their age, the children were all soy sauce!"
Wei Xingshan was confused at first, but gradually understood.
These old men and women are selling their children and grandchildren.
I don't know how Cao Yusheng told them, there seems to be some misunderstanding.
Wei Xingshan was tall and had a good view. He looked to the left and then looked again, hey, Lin Shuo was gone.
Looking further ahead, Cao Yusheng was gone.
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At this moment, Lin Shuo's wrist was pinched by Cao Yusheng, and he hurriedly walked in the alley of Cao's old house.
Lin Shuo had confidence in this force on his wrist.
This Fourth Uncle Cao didn't treat himself as an outsider.
When he saw himself, it was the same as when he saw Zhang Jin, and his heart was warm, so he unconsciously exerted force on his hands.
"Lin Shuo, you're here!" Cao Yusheng said this, and then seemed to think of something, and said, "Don't worry about those old men and women outside. When you are old, you are afraid that you will lose your incense in the future. , are you not in a hurry? Just ignore them, it’s okay.”
"Where are the young people from the Cao family?" Lin Shuo couldn't help asking.
"It's also up to me." Cao Yusheng said, "I had a lot of property in Yanjing before, and the people in the clan took care of it to some extent.
As a result, it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. Once people enjoy it, they will never go back. The younger generation of the Cao family stayed in Yanjing.
In the hunter business, training skills is too hard, and there has been no business in recent years, so there is no one to do it. "
With these words in his mouth, Cao Yusheng pushed open a door and led Lin Shuo in.
There was a courtyard inside the door. After Cao Yusheng led Lin Shuo in, he didn't rush to go in, but turned around and closed the door first.
After closing the door, Cao Yusheng supported Lin Shuo's two arms, looked up and down again, and murmured, "Like, really like."
When he said these words, the eyes of the Patriarch Cao were red.
Lin Shuo was a little dazed at the moment, not knowing what was going on, but at the same time, he was a little touched.
"Son, I know you didn't come here for flying corpses." Cao Yusheng said again: "Tell me, what do you want to know?"
Hearing these words, Lin Shuo didn't know what was wrong with him, and suddenly felt sad from his heart, almost uncontrollable.
At this moment, it was not the meeting between the two leaders, but the nephew seeing the uncle.
He first took a deep breath, calmed down his emotions, and asked: "Uncle Cao, what's the matter with my mother?"
Cao Yusheng seemed to have expected Lin Shuo to ask this question. He nodded, looked at the movement around him, and said in a deep voice, "Go, go to the room and talk."