Dongshi Municipal Party Committee Secretary Lian Zhongyong is indeed quite young, only thirty-six years old. In recent years, with the prosperity of the ceramic industry and antique industry, and the capital injection from the two giants Hong Kong Jiahui International Group and Huaxia Group, Dongshi has become the second largest economic city in Qingdao Province. Working in Dongshi City is a lucrative job, and there are political achievements to be made at any time. Lian Zhongyong can become the leader of the Dongshi Municipal Committee at a young age, so he certainly has a good background.
According to private rumors from people in the upper-class circles of Dong City, this company secretary is the eldest son of the former governor of Gan Province. This company governor has just reached the retirement age. It is rumored that because of his good political performance, he may be transferred to the national ministries and commissions to continue serving. .
No wonder Lian Zhongrong dared to mention his background in front of Xia Zhiyuan that day. Ordinary people really couldn't afford to offend this background.
These are just speculations from Dongshi people. It is said that Secretary Lian has kept a low profile since he took office last year and never mentioned his family background. But his younger brother, Lian Zhongrong, was walking in the business world and often revealed his words from time to time. Everyone also knew that Secretary Lian was young and it was definitely not easy for him to be appointed as the top leader in Dongshi. So after a lot of guessing, among the high-ranking officials in the country, only Governor Lian was guessed. Over time, there have been such rumors.
Xia Zhiyuan rarely inquired about these rumors. But Xia Zhitao knew very well that he had many fair-weather friends and often heard these gossips while drinking.
That night, when Xia Shao came back and asked about it during the dinner, Xia Zhitao told all the gossip he had heard.
When Xia Shao returned home, everyone in Lao Xia's family was happy. Even the two old men drank some wine during the dinner. Xia Zhitao drank the most, and his tongue was a bit big. He said everything, "What are you talking about being low-key? I think it's just fake aloofness." ! He didn’t want to mention his family background, so why didn’t he control his younger brother? Lian Zhongrong’s grandson was out there every day, so how did he get the investment quota for the two folk kilns in our city and the ceramic industry? His brother isn’t Lian Secretary. There are so many people trying to make money like this. What’s the turn of him, an outsider who just came here last year? I don’t believe Lian Secretary doesn’t know about it! If you really want to avoid suspicion, these two brothers shouldn’t come here together. City, I think these two brothers came to our East City to make a fortune, one to make money, and the other to make political achievements. After making money, they will do the sword trick. If you keep a low profile with us, you are unwilling to pay attention to us, and you don’t even bother to show your identity in our East City. Ichiro! I’m so worried!”
"Zhitao, you can just talk about these things at home. If you go out and drink too much with your friends, you have to keep your mouth shut. Do you understand?" Xia Zhiyuan frowned. He didn't like to inquire about officialdom. There are some things you cannot listen to and some things you cannot say. My daughter asked me these words today. It’s okay to say them at home. Outside, it’s inevitable that walls have ears, and it’s a disaster if anyone listens to them. He knew Xia Zhitao's temperament, and he dared to say these things even outside.
"Brother, isn't this what Xiao Shao asked..." Xia Zhitao raised his eyes while holding the vegetables.
"Xiao Shao is asking you what you heard, and what do you think of Secretary Lian? Don't express your opinions. You don't know how many of them are accurate, so just show them off!" Jiang Qiulin secretly stepped on her husband. He kicked him and scolded him quickly. After scolding him, he smiled flatteringly at Xia Shao and said, "Xiao Shao, your uncle is like this. He is happy to see you back. He drank two glasses of wine. Just think of him as talking nonsense."
Xia Shao smiled slightly, with a profound smile.
Not to mention, what Xia Zhitao said rarely made sense.
"What my dad said makes sense. Gossips in officialdom should be avoided outside." Xia Shao glanced at the banquet, especially Xia Zhitao. Even if what he says makes sense, he still has to be beaten. With his temperament, he really dared to say these words outside.
"Hey, hey! Don't worry, don't worry..." Xia Zhitao was afraid that Xia Shao would look at him and make him feel frightened with just a glance. Especially when I came back from abroad this time, I always felt more majestic than before. He wanted to ask how the mural was obtained from a large group like Ladis, but he didn't dare to ask. I was afraid that it would involve some commercial matters and offend Xia Shao's taboo. Xiaoshao is most taboo about others asking about Huaxia Group. Doesn't this mean that Lian Zhongrong is also taboo
Xia Zhitao doesn't know Lian Zhongrong's deep thoughts. He just knows a lot of people and has a lot of rumors. He has long heard that Lian Zhongrong went to the Huaxia Charity Foundation several times to meet Xia Zhiyuan and was rejected. outside the door. Xia Zhiyuan rarely did such merciless things to others. That person was the younger brother of Secretary Lian. Xia Zhitao was curious, asked about it, and smiled.
There's nothing else to say, boy, just wait and get whipped!
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That night, Xia Shao cared more about another piece of good news than the congratulations at the family table.
Zhang Ruman got her wish in this year's college entrance examination. She was admitted to the Beijing Military Academy with the second place in the provincial college entrance examination. She just got the admission notice three days ago and will return to Dongshi tomorrow!
"Your sister-in-law and her family are hosting a banquet in Qingshi, and they are inviting the leaders and colleagues from your uncle's unit. I heard that you are coming back today, and they have booked a banquet for tomorrow a few days ago, saying that they will treat the whole family to dinner when you come back tomorrow. Let’s have a meal!” Li Juan said to Xia Shao as they were leaving the table.
Xia Shao heard about this when she was in Hong Kong. As soon as Zhang Ruman received the admission notice, Li Juan happily called her daughter to announce the good news. Just hearing that she was going to a hotel for dinner tomorrow, Xia Shao raised her eyebrows imperceptibly, then nodded with a smile.
After dinner, it was already dark. Xia Zhimei and Xia Zhitao's families left, while the two old people stayed at home. Xia Shao helped her mother clear the dishes in the kitchen. After she came out, Li Juan asked her to rest, but Xia Shao said she was not tired and came to the living room to sit and chat with her grandparents and parents. After not going home for a summer vacation, Xia Shao also knew that her parents missed her. This time she could only stay at home for a week. During this time, she had to go to Qingshi and visit the headquarters of Huaxia Group before school started.
Therefore, Xia Shao simply went to bed later and sat down to chat more with her elders.
This conversation turned to the return of murals. Facing her parents and two old people, she didn't mind revealing something because she knew they wouldn't tell anyone.
Xia Shao still hid many details about these things. He just talked about the process vaguely, which shocked the whole family.
"You, you asked for 10% of the shares of Ladis Group for running errands? Then, how much is that?" The two old people didn't understand and Li Juan didn't understand this, but Xia Zhiyuan had some knowledge in the past two years, and immediately I feel like I’m just middle-aged and I’m going to have a heart attack. The latest chapter of My Beautiful Wife.
"Okay! That's how it should be! Those foreign devils robbed a lot of things from us back then!" Xia Guoxi didn't understand the matter of shares. He only heard his granddaughter saying that these shares were used to make transactions with the Ladis Group to contain other companies. China's national treasures were not allowed to be auctioned within ten years, and he applauded excitedly. But after cheering, when he saw his granddaughter looking over at him, he couldn't hold back his face, coughed and stopped talking.
The two female relatives, Jiang Shuhui and Li Juan, didn't care about these things. They were only interested in Xia Shao's marriage. Jiang Shuhui put down the tea handed to her by her granddaughter, took her hand, patted it, and said with loving eyes, "Look, this big thing has been done, but the wedding has been postponed. In a girl's family, the wedding is a big deal after all..."
Xia Zhiyuan was stunned and turned around, "Mom, it's an engagement, not a marriage."
Jiang Shuhui glanced at her son and frowned. The old lady was slow-tempered, and even though she disagreed with what she said, she spoke in a leisurely manner, "In a girl's family, reputation is the most important thing. An engagement means you have made an appointment to be the future wife of the man's family. After that, it's just a matter of course. Isn't this a big deal? , then in your heart as a father, what is the big deal?"
When the Huaxia Group was in public opinion some time ago, Xia Zhiyuan and his wife were afraid that the two old people would become worried and angry if they listened to gossip in the village, so they simply took the two old people into their home, and Li Juan went out to buy groceries to take care of them all day long. In the house, the old man does not need to go out, and he will not hear any gossip. But there is no airtight wall in the world, and the two old people still heard something. Jiang Shuhui has always been generous. It doesn't matter if Huaxia Group is gone. Her granddaughter doesn't have to be so busy all day long! The most important thing is the marriage. Get married as soon as possible. Then you can have a fat boy and live a good life.
The old lady's thoughts were simple, and the big things were not as important as her granddaughter's marriage.
Xia Zhiyuan choked, and Li Juan glanced at her husband and held back her laughter. She still doesn't know what he's thinking? The last time Xiao Xu came to visit, he admitted it verbally, but in his heart he still wanted to keep his daughter for a few more years. Someone robbed his daughter, and of course he felt uncomfortable.
"Mom, don't worry. The engagement date has been decided a long time ago. The date in August has been postponed, so we will do it on the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month! It is also a good day, and it happens to be the day before New Year's Eve. Didn't we agree before? It's okay to postpone it , in time for the Chinese New Year, our family went to the capital, and we spent the year in the capital!" Li Juan said with a smile.
"It was before. Didn't something happen?" Although the old lady was kind-hearted, she was not stupid. Some time ago, people said that the Xu family wanted to regret their marriage. The old man kept thinking that the old chairman was not that kind of person all day long. But when it came to the marriage of his children, the Xu family had no intention of changing their original intention, so they should say hello to the Xia family. How can a man be silent and the woman be hot-tempered? Whether she can marry into the Xu family or not is not the most important thing. What is important is that this granddaughter has been well-behaved and sensible since she was a child. She feels sorry for her in her heart. No matter which family a boy comes to marry, he must first follow the rules of the elders and come to the house to propose marriage. Then the Xia family can prepare for the wedding. Don't let outsiders see that such a good granddaughter is rushed to your doorstep. This can't happen!
Xia Shao smiled when she heard this, and just wanted to appease her grandma, telling her that she would wait until she returned to the capital, met with the old man to discuss the matter, and then the family would prepare. Anyway, there are still several months left, didn’t she just come back? We have to do the same thing, there's no rush.
Unexpectedly, before she could speak, Li Juan smiled, her face glowing red, "Mom, don't worry. Xiao Xu called me a long time ago! He said Xiao Shao would come to our house before school starts. , sent her away on the engagement day, and picked her up to start school on the way."
Um
Xia Shao raised her eyebrows.
Li Juan said cheerfully: "Xiao Xu, this silly boy, I told him, why should I give him gifts on the day of engagement? According to the rules of the elders, on the day of engagement, people come to the door with a gift to propose marriage, and on the day of the wedding, the man and the woman sit together. , just hold a banquet and invite guests. Xiaoshao hasn’t graduated from university yet, don’t we still have to wait to get married? Let’s hold the engagement banquet first to rectify the status of these two children. As for the date of the engagement banquet Why should I specially send it as a gift? But this child insists on sending it. How can the elders have such rules? Lao Xia and I are discussing this matter these days. You two are here today. How about giving me some advice? "
"Hey! So urgent?" The old lady was stunned. She originally thought that she would just ask the Xu family to say hello, but she didn't expect that she would have to come to see her off on the day of the engagement banquet
"Isn't it too grand?" The elders don't have this rule, and the old lady can't make up her mind either...
Xia Zhiyuan stood aside and said nothing. He was very conflicted. Ordinarily, if that kid wants to kidnap his precious daughter, of course he has to make it grand. The whole world knows that he wants to marry his precious daughter! From now on, he would not dare to bully her or default on her debt. But he didn’t want to show off too much. He always felt that his family was not a showy family...
When encountering such a big event, the family had no idea and looked at Xia Shao habitually. Ever since she started to make a name for herself in the business, she has been like the head of the family. Whenever something is difficult to decide, the family will always ask her for her opinion. Even if what we are talking about now is her marriage.
Xia Shao was sitting in a chair, holding a teacup in her hand, smiling sweetly at the moment. A twenty-year-old girl still has the face of a young girl. In the warm yellow light of the living room, she has delicate eyebrows and a pink jade-like face that makes people want to touch her. How pleasant it is. But her smile made the whole family stunned. This smile was sweet, but why did it look like she was grinding her teeth
Xia Shao smiled and lowered her eyes as the family watched.
OK, someone has learned to kill first and then play...
The girl's gaze flashed with murderous intent for a moment. At this moment, she was in a villa far away in the capital.
When the man was alone in the villa, he rarely turned on the light. On the floor in the living room of the house, there were things of all sizes. The man held a piece of paper in his hand and walked around, shuttling between these things. Every time he saw something, he would cross it and check it carefully.
As he rowed, he raised his head and looked in the direction of Dongshi with emotion, his eyes soft and soft, looking, looking, lowering his head, and continuing.
In the living room of the Xia family, Xia Shao slowly took a sip from her tea cup and said with a smile: "Ask me what to do? You are the elders. I'm going to bed first, grandparents, parents, don't worry too late. "
After that, Xia Shao stood up with a smile, walked slowly out of the yard, and went back to the house to sleep.
Xia Shao just went back to the house, closed the door, glanced towards the living room, and chuckled. She wouldn't give any advice on this kind of thing! It's the elders' pleasure to worry about their children's marriage. She has decided. How boring is that? Let them do it.
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Xia Shao had a good night's sleep. When she got up early the next day, she seemed to have no worries about meeting her parents. After asking, I found out that the two decided to follow Xu Tianyin last night. As for marriage customs, as long as both families are happy, anything can happen.
Xia Shao smiled and walked to the table to have breakfast. After finally returning home, she was idle that day. She did nothing all morning and even went back to the house to lie down for a long time. Li Juan knew that she was tired and rarely rested, so she looked into the room several times distressedly without disturbing her. But in the afternoon, Xia Shao couldn't lie down even if she wanted to.
Zhang Ruman is back.
Zhang Qixiang and Xia Zhiqin decided to have a banquet at a five-star hotel in Dongshi. Zhang Qixiang also has friends and comrades in arms in Dongshi. His daughter has been admitted to the Beijing Military Academy, which is a happy event for the Zhang family. When I came back to treat this time, the relatives and friends invited them together, but Zhang Qixiang's family knew that Xia Shao didn't like liveliness, so they specially ordered a family dinner tonight. Only close relatives of the Zhang family and Xia family came, and they arranged it in a hotel private room. There was a big table.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, Xia Zhiyuan drove to the hotel with his parents, wife and daughter. When he arrived at the door, Xia Zhiyuan was stunned.
I saw large flower baskets standing on both sides of the hotel entrance, with the words "Warmly congratulate Zhang Ruman, the second best student in our province's college entrance examination, for being awarded the gold medal of the Beijing Military Academy!"
Xia Zhiyuan and Li Juan were both stunned, and then Xia Zhiyuan said with a smile: "My brother-in-law is very happy this time. He has never been so high-profile before, but this time it is a rare high-profile one for my daughter. You go in first, and I will buy two hangings." Here come the firecrackers, let’s set off two at a time.”
Xia Shao smiled and glanced at the flower basket, "Dad, go in."
"Ah?" Xia Zhiyuan was stunned.
"If my uncle wants to do this, he might have bought firecrackers early. Let's go in and take a look first."
"It's really..." After his daughter said this, Xia Zhiyuan realized that Zhang Qixiang's family even bought flower baskets, how could they forget to buy firecrackers? He was so happy and confused, "Then let's go in first and talk about it later. I am the Carpenter Emperor." ."
Li Juan and Xia Shao supported the two old people, with Xia Zhiyuan leading the way, and entered the elevator under the attention of the hotel waiters. Arriving at the private room booked by Zhang Qixiang's family, as soon as he arrived at the door, he saw the excitement inside.
Xia Zhimei and Xia Zhitao have not arrived yet, and the spacious private room is now filled with relatives of the Zhang family. However, these relatives all looked frightened and stood in the room, smiling apologetically at the two people in the room.
The two people stood with their backs to the door, and the words in the room were coming out.
"How embarrassing is this? Although it is a good thing, it is not necessary for the secretary to come in person..." Zhang Qixiang smiled awkwardly. This is a really distinguished guest today, and he came uninvited.
"Haha, this is also the glory of our Dongshi. It's right to come and congratulate you. Captain Zhang has raised a good daughter." Lian Zhongyong spoke in a gentle and gentle voice, unhurried.
"Secretary Lian has given me the award. Please sit down, please sit down!"
It wasn't until Zhang Qixiang said these words that Lian Zhongyong seemed to realize that the people in the room were still standing and said, "Why are they all standing? Everyone, please sit down."
After that, the person next to him pulled up a chair for him, and he was about to sit down. Someone from the Zhang family inside happened to look up and saw the door, and his expression changed.
"Xia, Director Xia?"
Xia Shao had never met the Zhang family, and everyone inside looked unfamiliar, but the Zhang family recognized her.
People in the room looked up one after another, and the two people with their backs to the door turned around. They were both men in their thirties. One of them, Xia Shao, had already met outside the airport lobby last night. It was Lian Zhong. Glory. The other person is of medium height, his facial features cannot be called handsome, but he is clean, and he has an easy-going smile. He is someone who makes people get close to him at a glance.
Xia Shao, however, smiled faintly and did not say hello. She entered the door with her parents first and arranged for the two old people to sit down. Then she turned around and said with a smile, "Is this Secretary Lian?"
Lian Zhongyong seemed very happy to see Xia Shao. He stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Director Xia, I have heard about this name for a long time. It was a pity that I only got to see you today after taking office last year."
"Even the secretary has promoted me, and you have personally come to congratulate the high school students in the city. It should be my regret that I only got to see such a good official who is close to the people and loves the people today." Xia Shao smiled and shook hands with Lian Zhongyong.
Lian Zhongyong's smile suddenly felt awkward, "I also heard that Director Xia was coming today, so I stopped by to congratulate him. Some time ago, Director Xia really brought glory to the country and our Dongshi when he was abroad!"
"Thank you very much, Secretary Lian, for your congratulations. Winning glory for the country is my duty. While I was abroad, Secretary Lao Lian took care of Huaxia Group's properties in Dongshi."
Lian Zhongyong was embarrassed again.
The two of them were talking to each other, and the people in the room couldn't hear what was said, but they could tell that Secretary Daqinglian came here today because of Dong Xia's face! No wonder…
Lian Zhongrong laughed even more awkwardly beside him. He understood the meaning of these words, and he knew that what happened a few days ago had offended Xia Shao. Today I asked my eldest brother to come forward and intercede, but it doesn’t seem to be going well...
Sure enough, Xia Shao turned to Zhang Qixiang and smiled: "It's an honor for the secretary to visit today's family dinner. Uncle, would you like to add two chairs?"
"No, no, since it's a family banquet, I don't want to bother you. I'll invite Xia Dong to talk about it another day." Of course Lian Zhongyong understood what Xia Shao meant. She already said it was a family banquet, and she obviously didn't want to keep anyone.
After taking a deep look at her, the two brothers, Lian Zhongyong and Lian Zhongyong, came out of the private room under the greetings of the Zhang family and wisely left first.
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Not finished yet, will make up for it tomorrow morning