Jagged city

Jagged City - Chapter 150 IX Commander Zhao's Banquet

Within a month, more than a dozen enterprises that entered Xiliang began to break ground one after another. Lin Tao attended several foundation laying ceremonies, and everything was on the right track. The leaders of the Xiliang Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government were also beaming, as if they had seen the near future , Xiliang will prosper. │| │

On Saturday morning, Xiao Xiao took her two children to the Northwest by plane accompanied by Zhao Dingtian and Guan Lanlan, accompanied by the guard Xiaoguan and two nannies.There are also four guards, all of whom are actually helping Xiao Xiao move.Xiao Xiao saw Lin Tao waving to her with a large bouquet of flowers from a distance, and she was also very excited.Although they are old couples, Xiao Xiao still can't help but throw herself into Lin Tao's arms, her eyes are slightly red, the couple haven't been together for two months, Xiaobie is better than a newlywed!Lin Tao's residence in Northwest Province is a compound of the military region, a residence of more than 400 square meters for senior officials, with six bedrooms, two halls and three bathrooms, as well as a study room, a fitness room, and a small conference room. More than 400 square meters is just the area of ​​a small villa. This is a separate small courtyard with a small garden, garage and so on.The courtyard also has an area of ​​[-] square meters, Xiao Xiao is very satisfied with this small courtyard.

Commander Zhao Guangzu came to visit in person, and Lin Tao hurriedly introduced Xiao Xiao and Zhao Dingtian.Zhao Guangzu was very enthusiastic and asked about his health.Both Xiao Xiao and Lin Tao are very grateful.Zhao Guangzu thought in his heart that Lin Tao's daughter-in-law is really beautiful, and what kind of star his nephew Zhao Ronghua made is far worse than others.It doesn't look like a woman who has given birth to a child.Lin Tao is really lucky.For Zhao Dingtian, a big man, Zhao Guangzu liked it from the bottom of his heart, like the King Kong in that temple. It would be great if he was transferred to his own military region, but Zhao Dingtian is now a regiment-level instructor, and he is much better in the capital than in the northwest, so Zhao Guangzu He didn't dare to mention the transfer of Zhao Dingtian to the Northwest.

"Xiaolin, I see that your family has a large population. If the rooms are not enough, I will get you another one. The villa next to it is specially used for reception, and it is rarely used. If you want to use it, just live in it." Zhao Guangzu enthusiastically Said.

"Okay, thank you, Commander Zhao, but I can't use it in vain. The annual usage fee of 50 is fine. Don't worry, it's public money, and I promise you won't owe it!" Lin Tao laughed.

Zhao Guangzu grinned, originally he was being polite, this guy really wanted it, but the words had already been said, and he had to count, not to mention that Lin Tao was not living in vain, and the annual expenditure of 50 yuan was enough to stop other people's mouths up.

"If a family doesn't talk about two families, don't talk about those who don't have money."

"Commander Zhao thank you very much, I will not trouble you in the future, but this is business, and I am borrowing precious land to work, so I need that villa, which is different from the nature of my living here." Lin Tao, as the deputy director of the 2000th Bureau , [-] million yuan has been allocated for the activity, and a secret residence for special forces has been set up in Xiliang.It's no secret that it's a secret, Lin Tao bought all the first to fourth floors of Unit [-] where he was located in the Xiliang residential complex.

If you are working in the capital of Northwest Province, the most secret place is undoubtedly the military region.With the coordination of Lieutenant General Li, these matters are not a problem.Zhao Guangzu also knew that Lin Tao had a special status in the army, so he readily agreed, otherwise he would never allow it, and put other forces under his nose.

"Commander Zhao and my staff are working here under the pretext of visiting other military regions. You have to keep this matter a secret from other comrades, so please take it easy." Lin Tao said with some embarrassment.

"I didn't say anything, we soldiers have to pay attention to the secrecy regulations. At that time, I will issue the certificates of the relevant military areas, it's a trivial matter. I think you let other people clean up. I'm ready to welcome you, Xiao Xiao and the Dingtian couple. Our military area has a lot of people, the place is big, and there is a logistics supermarket inside. If you need anything, you can go directly to buy it—” Commander Zhao is like the uncle next door, very happy to introduce to the new neighbors Community situation.

Commander Zhao's banquet for Lin Tao was a family banquet. Lin Tao naturally asked for those gifts when he came to the door for the first time, and he gritted his teeth and brought the old man a bottle of "Lin Zang Qizhen". 'Two boxes of Moutai, one box of Zhonghua, high-end nutritional products, Dahongpao, etc. There are six or seven boxes.

Commander Zhao's house is also a small courtyard with two floors, which is much bigger than Lin Tao's house. After all, Commander Zhao is No. 1 in the Northwest Military Region.It's natural to live in a bigger house.In the living room, everyone in the Zhao family is waiting for Zhao Guangzu to invite guests.

"Grandma, who is Grandpa going to invite?" A five or six-year-old boy climbed onto Mrs. Zhao Guangzu's lap. This Mrs. Zhao is 61 years old. She is well maintained and her face is shiny. Except for some crow's feet at the corners of her eyes, there is no other place. Looks old, looks like a half-aged mistress, 47 or [-] years old.But as the head of the family, he naturally has the majesty and temperament of an elder.

"Mom, that Lin Tao is very airy, and my dad has to invite him in person." A beautiful young woman said coquettishly, holding Mrs. Zhao's arm.

"You—" Mrs. Zhao poked the young woman's forehead with her finger.

"Xiaofen, you don't understand this. My father is approachable. Besides, this Lin Tao is a major general and has a great future. Your husband and I are only a lieutenant colonel. I am far behind him. Wait for him to come. Now, you have to be more enthusiastic. That's a guest invited by our father himself. If you don't give Lin Tao face, you have to give face to our father. Look at our mother sitting here, she has a lot of style, that's called unruffled, Shocked and demeanor!" A young officer came out of the kitchen with a plate of fruit, four points like Zhao Guangzu, it was Zhao Guangzu's youngest son Zhao Sifang, who meant to illuminate the Quartet.

"You two, you really are a couple. No one introduced you at the beginning, so you just saw each other. You two are lazy and lazy." Mrs. Zhao scolded with a smile.

The daughter-in-law named Xiaofen didn't care, she put her arms around Mrs. Zhao's arm and said coquettishly: "Mom, Sifang and I are in free love. We are so good at matching each other. Look at how handsome your eldest grandson is. He is a tiger-headed tiger-brained old man." It is said that he is the same as my dad when he was a child. He will definitely be a commander in the future."

"I can't take it anymore. I'll throw up if I hear it again. Go, aunt will take you to play in the yard." Zhao Guangzu's youngest daughter Zhao Hongfei picked up the little boy in Mrs. Zhao's arms and left.

"Oh, wait, put on Runting's hat, it's the only seedling of the Zhao family!" Xiaofen yelled, picked up the hat and chased it out.

"Sifang, you have to talk about your daughter-in-law. Runting is the only seedling of the Zhao family, so you don't have to talk about it every day. Let your elder brother listen to your heart." Mrs. Zhao likes this daughter-in-law who likes to be coquettish. The old girl Zhao Hongfei was willing to bow down, and occasionally satirized the sister-in-law a few words, Xiaofen seemed heartless and didn't take it to heart at all.

"Xiaofen has this personality, and my eldest brother and the others know it too. Besides, my eldest brother and sister-in-law also like Xiaofen very much, so it's even better for Run Ting."

"Although your elder brother has always said that men and women are equal, you have also seen how your elder brother dotes on Run Ting. Your two nieces were never treated like this when they were young. And the old man values ​​his son, your father and uncle are also the same Although your aunts and the others have made a lot of money for the Zhao family, the attitude of the old man still makes your aunts feel unbalanced. Because they treat their grandchildren better than their own grandchildren! Typical patriarchy." Mrs. Zhao relied on Said bluntly on the sofa.

Zhao Sifang walked behind his mother and held Mrs. Zhao's shoulders.He smiled and said: "Our old Zhao family has a big business, so we have to talk about some rules, no one knows, except for the old man, the first wife of the Zhao family is the most authoritative, second uncle, third uncle, they are not all behaved in front of you Yes, the aunts also respect you very much, even my dad has to look at you and act—"

"Crack!" Mrs. Zhao patted the back of Zhao Sifang's hand hard.

"It's not big or small, just talk nonsense, before you meet him at the door, your father should be back." Mrs. Zhao is also very doting on her old son, she has been by her side, and knows his son's temperament like the back of the back of her hand, although her personality is a little tired Lazy, but smart, sociable, and kind-hearted by nature.It's not the same as Zhao Ronghua's cousin.

"Mom, my dad's car is coming, followed by a few cars, the guests must have arrived." Zhao Hongfei ran to the door of the living room and shouted.

Mrs. Zhao, Zhao Sifang and others hurried out of the courtyard and waited at the door.

Lin Tao saw that Mrs. Zhao's family came out of the yard to greet her, so she stopped the car quickly, got out of the car with a distance of more than 30 meters, and walked up quickly with Xiao Xiao and Zhao Dingtian and his wife.This Mrs. Zhao is not simple. Mrs. Zhao's original name is Chen Zhaoxia, she is the daughter of the founder of the country. That is such a deep background. Mr. Zhao is a soldier under Mrs. Zhao's father. Mr. Zhao has always respected his eldest daughter-in-law. Because of this, apart from looking for the old man, Mrs. Zhao is actually the person in charge of the Zhao family.

When the Zhao family saw the two young couples walking forward, their eyes lit up. The two soldiers, one elegant and the other tall and mighty, were both handsome and extraordinary.There are two women, one is a country and a city, and the other is Xiaojiabiyu.In the past, he always thought that his daughter-in-law Xiaofen was very beautiful, and she could show her off everywhere. If she stood with a woman who was walking towards her, she would be like a maid.

"Xiaolin couple, Dingtian couple, let me introduce to you, this is my wife Chen Zhaoxia, this is Quanzi Sifang, this is my daughter-in-law Xiang Xiaofen, this is my daughter Hongfei, and this is my little grandson." Zhao Guangzu I am happy to introduce Lin Tao.

"This is the Xiao Lin I often talk about, Major General Lin Tao, this is her wife Xiao Xiao, this is Xiao Lin's adjutant Ding Tian, ​​and our family is also surnamed Zhao, the most powerful hero in the army, this is Ding Tian's wife. "Zhao Guangzu introduced Lin Tao and the others to his family.

"Hi sir!" Lin Tao saluted Mrs. Zhao.Why is it called the chief? Before Lin Tao came to the Northwest Military Region, he investigated Zhao Guangzu. When he saw it, he was shocked. This Mrs. Zhao has a deep foundation and her parents have passed away for many years, but all the old subordinates and junior subordinates still respect the descendants of the old chief. .These people are basically living important people with power in their hands.In addition, Mrs. Zhao is the deputy director of a certain military research institute in Northwest China, with the title of lieutenant general.Lin Tao naturally wanted to salute.

"Xiaolin, Dingtian, don't be too polite. This is a family banquet for you. It's as good as being at home. Xiaolin is really lucky. This daughter-in-law is so beautiful! She's just in her early twenties? She's so young!" Mrs. Zhao praised.

Xiao Xiao was grabbed by Mrs. Zhong, and said with a blushing face, "I'm on the same side as Lin Tao, and I'm 28."

"One year older than me? How is it possible? How do you take care of it? Sister Xiao Xiao, hurry up and give me two tricks." Xiang Xiaofen asked with bright eyes.

Zhao Sifang, who was shaking hands with Lin Tao, smiled awkwardly: "This woman only cares about beauty and so on. For the sake of beauty, she took the initiative to double the size. Hey, our family, you are also a sister-in-law, so you have the nerve to call her sister!"

"You don't care, I have a fate with Miss Xiao Xiao!" Xiaofen shouted, glaring at Zhao Sifang.

"The lack of tutoring made the brothers work."

Lin Tao smiled, thinking that the two couples were very interesting.

Lin Tao and Zhao Dingtian also shook hands one by one. Zhao Sifang patted Zhao Dingtian's arm and said, "Brother, your physique, tsk tsk, is worthy of being from our Zhao family. It is estimated that Zhao Zilong in Changshan is not as powerful as you."

"Haha, you kid is right. This Dingtian is definitely Zhao Zilong's second. If Dingtian is asked to ride a horse and carry a gun, it is not sure who will win?" Happy.Guan Lanlan was also very excited to follow, these are big shots, although Dingtian and herself are Lin Tao's deputy, they are very satisfied.

Lin Tao and his wife and Dingtian and his wife were let into the living room, where the host and guest were seated separately, and the nanny brought tea and water.Xiang Xiaofen pulled Xiao Xiao to talk, Zhao Hongfei accompanied Guan Lanlan, and the four of them sat on one side.Lin Tao, Dingtian, Zhao Sifang, and their son Runting sat across from each other. Zhao Guangzu and his wife sat next to each other.

Mrs. Zhao said: "Xiao Lin is a soldier with strong adaptability. Xiao Xiao is used to staying in the capital. I'm afraid she won't be able to adapt to the climate and living environment in the Northwest for a while. It's hard to follow Xiao Lin here."

"I have been to the Northwest on business trips before, and I feel that the wind and sand is a bit bigger than Beijing. It should be no problem. I am also transferred to the Northwest Province this time, before Lin Tao was transferred. If he hadn't come to the Northwest, I would really think about it. "Xiao Xiao said to Mrs. Zhao.

"By the way, Xiao Xiao, what do you do for work? Judging by your temperament, you look like a prosecutor!"

Xiao Xiao said with a smile: "I really have a connection with the prosecutor. Lan Lan and I are both lawyers of Yinhe International Law Firm. This time, the Northwest Province opened a branch, and I came to preside over the work of the firm."

"Wow, you're a barrister. Sister Xiao Xiao, you're really amazing. You're an absolute urban white-collar worker. No, you should be a gold-collar worker."

Xiao Xiao said embarrassedly: "Sister Xiaofen, you can call me Xiao Xiao."

Lin Tao also continued: "Yes, I call you sister-in-law, and you call my daughter-in-law sister, it's a bit messy!"

"Yes, my wife, why do you want to be a junior? Is it to look young?" Zhao Sifang teased.

Xiaofen replied bluntly: "Everyone talks about his own business, you guys don't want to get involved in our women's affairs."

"Okay, young man, you can call him whatever you like!" Zhao Guangzu laughed.

Guan Lanlan said to Xiaofen: "Actually, the addressing between us and Sister Xiao Xiao is even more confusing. Ding Tian is brother-in-law Lin Tao's nephew, and Uncle Lin's godson. But Ding Tian always calls her brother-in-law and uncle, and calls me Sister Xiao Xiao Auntie." , Sister Xiao Xiao is afraid that Dingtian will follow her and call her aunt outside."

"You girl, why are you talking about everything?" Xiao Xiao patted the back of Lan Lan's hand.

The Zhao family smiled and said to themselves, the relationship between these two young couples is extraordinary, no wonder they are so close.They would have been even more surprised to have learned that the two young couples were married together and lived in the same house.

"Ah, Xiao Lin, why do you carry so many things?" Zhao Guangzu watched the guard nanny and Lin Tao's driver move boxes of things through the living room.

"I should have come to pay a visit to the chief long ago, but I have been very busy, and Xiao Xiao didn't come here. This time, I will make it up together and make up for my sins. This is a little wish from me and Dingtian as juniors, to wish the chief an early year." Lin Tao said with a smile.

"Crab!" Run Ting jumped down from the sofa to catch the crab that fell out of the foam box carried by the nanny. Turning red, looking at everyone with embarrassment, standing up and continuing to grab, muttering: "Xiaomian, I'll crush you. Let you crawl."

Lin Tao sent two boxes of live crabs and frozen yellow croaker in addition to tobacco and alcohol supplements.Xiaoguan was last, and there were two living creatures in his pocket.

Zhao Runting yelled: "Bastard!"

Everyone couldn't help laughing when they saw it, there were two wild soft-shelled turtles in Xiaoguan's pocket, which was very ridiculous.Xiao Guan was pointed at by the child Run Ting, with an embarrassed expression on his face, he hurried to the kitchen, cursing in his heart: "You little bastard!"

"That's a soft-shelled turtle, don't call me bastard." Xiang Xiaofen shouted to her son.

"It's not fish, it's bastard. I've eaten it. It's delicious. Mom, I want to eat bastard!"

"Bah, you little bastard, the more you shout, the more energetic you are!" Xiaofen said with a slightly red face.

Mrs. Zhao smiled and shouted, "Mother Liu, tell the kitchen to cook soft-shelled turtles as well."

Zhao Guangzu also laughed out loud: "Is he a bastard in the first place, why do you have to call him a nickname!"

Everyone laughed.

Zhao Sifang said to Lin Tao and Zhao Dingtian, "It's okay to give gifts as you wish. You and Dingtian are really serious, and you only need a cart of rice and flour."

"In the future, I will settle down in the compound of the military region, and I will often have to ask the chief and elder brother for help! When the time comes, Brother Sifang, just don't drive me out."

"How do you talk? In the future, if you have something to do, brother, you can speak up. My brother is still lying on his feet!" Zhao Sifang said immediately.

Zhao Guangzu suddenly said angrily: "I'm just sitting here, come over and show me!"

"Dad, you really don't give me any face in front of Brother Lin." Zhao Sifang said with a sneer.Lin Tao and others also found it very funny. The two men's personalities are really similar, and they are both ruthless and humorous.

"Come on, both of you guys play tricks on me." Mrs. Zhao smiled helplessly, thinking, this Lin Tao is really popular, and people like it, no wonder the old man invited him in person.It would be a good thing for the youngest son to have a talk with Lin Tao in the future.

"In our house, my mother counts!" Zhao Sifang whispered to Lin Tao, but Zhao Guangzu still heard it, his old face turned red, and he gave Zhao Sifang a hard look. If there were no guests, he would have kicked his son twice. No.

Mrs. Zhao looked at Xiao Xiao's flamboyant face and said: "Xiao Xiao's skin is so soft that it's almost watery, no wonder Xiaofen keeps pestering her, I'm tempted just looking at it."

Xiao Xiao smiled and said: "The chief's skin is also very good, you look younger than my mother, I will be satisfied if I want to be like you in the future."

Xiang Xiaofen frowned and said: "Mom, let Xiao Xiao's name be changed, old chief, the chief's sounds awkward, plus a commander's staff or something, I don't know, so I think this is a battle meeting? It's not like a family feast. "

Zhao Guangzu laughed out loud after hearing this, and the others also laughed out loud when they heard what Xiang Xiaofen said was interesting.Because Zhao Guangzu is the commander, and Zhao Sifang is the regiment-level combat staff officer.

"You're the only one who knows how to be a monster. Xiaolin and Dingtian are about the same age as Hong Fei. I think you can call old Uncle Zhao. It sounds good. Dingtian is still from the same family, and they are all from your old Zhao. "

"That's right, Xiaolin, you are already considered Sifang brothers. If you don't see me, just call me uncle?" Zhao Guangzu narrowed his eyes and said.

"Yes--Hello Uncle, Hello Auntie!" Lin Tao also climbed along the pole. These two calls were natural, and everyone laughed and laughed, and soon became familiar with the Zhao family.

Zhao Sifang was very interested in the matter of the instructor, and knew that Zhao Dingtian was a fierce man in the security area, so he pestered Zhao Dingtian to reveal his hands.Zhao Zhao Guangzu also wanted to read it. Zhao Hongfei loved to read martial arts novels, so he looked at Zhao Dingtian expectantly. In their eyes, Zhao Dingtian must be much better than Lin Tao.Dingtian looked at Lin Tao.

Lin Tao laughed and said, "Why don't Dingtian show off his hard qigong, this is intuitive."

"Well, actually, I'm a bit bigger. In terms of real kung fu, one of my uncles can hit me three times." Zhao Dingtian laughed.

"Let's go to the small courtyard to see, don't listen to Dingtian's modesty." Lin Tao didn't explain, these people also regarded Zhao Dingtian as modest, in fact, even Xiao Xiao didn't know who was the best of the two, but Zhao Dingtian kept saying that Lin Tao was the best, but in terms of In appearance, Zhao Dingtian is definitely more intimidating.

The small courtyard of the Zhao family has a small garden, a rockery, and a pond.There are dozens of strangely shaped stones of different sizes on the side of the rockery, and some of them are ordinary stone eggs, not strange stones.

Lin Tao pointed to a stone that looked like a stone pier, with a thickness of two feet and often three feet.

"Uncle, that Shidunzi is a treasure, if not, let Dingtian practice with him."

"Fart baby, it's just a stone block. But it's so big, how do you practice it? Put bricks on it? How can Dingtian break ten pieces at once?" Zhao Guangzu said.

Lin Tao said with a smile: "Everyone is interested, Dingtian!"

Zhao Dingtian stepped forward, facing everyone, his waist dropped slightly, and he performed a squatting pose on a horse, but he didn't have much luck, so he exhaled and said, "Open!"

Zhao Dingtian slapped it down with his big hand.

"Crack!" The three-foot-high stone pier suddenly collapsed, torn apart, and everyone immediately exclaimed.

"Ah, there's something inside!" Zhao Hongfei screamed again.

I saw that the stone pier was split into several halves, and a stone egg rolled out from the middle, with a yellow stone skin on the outside, and a place where the skin was broken, revealing a fine white light.

Lin Tao picked up the stone egg like a small pumpkin, and touched it with his fingers, revealing more whitening color, Lin Tao smiled and said: "I'll just say, how can ordinary stones be placed in my uncle's house, as expected, there are treasures hidden in them?" , I think this is suet jade, right?"

Lin Tao brought the stone egg in front of everyone.Zhao Guangzu looked at it carefully, and then said with a smile: "It's really suet jade. I have this stone decades ago, and it seems to be a stone transported from Xinjiang. I really didn't expect that there is indeed a treasure inside, hehe, Ding God, this is a big gift for me. My dear, such a big rock can be smashed into pieces with one palm."

"Yeah, it's too powerful, it's almost like the Eighteen Palms of Subduing the Dragon, if it's photographed on someone, it's not a pie?" Zhao Hongfei said with her mouth open.

Dingtian pretended to be simple and honest with a smile: "Fortunately, there was no trouble, and almost smashed Commander Zhao's mutton fat jade. Such a big mutton fat jade is worth tens of millions."

"Hahaha, if it weren't for Dingtian's palm, this would be a rotten rock. Dingtian is a lucky star! Let's go back and have a good drink!"