Lao Tzu is a toad

Chapter 326
No. 8 Jianguomen North Street, a club fitness center, Li Zhijin squinted her slender eyes and remained silent. This has already expressed sufficient dissatisfaction to the well-trained Li family girl, and the object of her dissatisfaction , an aunt-like woman who was wearing earplugs and listening to a symphony on a treadmill, she was very calm. After a few minutes, she got off the treadmill and chatted with her personal trainer about her personal file that tracked her various indicators. Then she smiled at Li Zhijin. Come on, Jinzi, your aunt just let him find a way to get into the China Resources Building, so you feel sorry for him?The married daughter is the water that was thrown out. This is just the beginning of the blind date, and the elbow is thrown out?The sign is wrong.Li Zhijin smiled wryly and said, Aunt, can't you investigate Zhao Jiadi in a more obscure way?The aunt changed from her casual sportswear to a graceful lady's dress, and took her niece to the cigar bar on the top floor. She doesn't smoke or drink, and this is the only thing she likes. There is her private humidor here, which stores There are many good things that are not commonly seen on the market. She sat lazily, posing in a majestic sitting posture, exhaled a mouthful of smoke, and smiled lightly. The old man always said that I have a small belly and a narrow mind. My aunt really does not deny it. Since that little guy He is the eldest son of Zhao Taizu, and he has a small treasury and connections. If he can't get in here, how will he support my brocade in the future?I advised him to go back home as soon as possible, so as not to be an eyesore to our house.Li Zhijin frowned tightly and said in a high voice, "Auntie, is it me or you?"A woman with good looks and temperament, but she said with a charming smile that my aunt can't eat tender grass. Although she is at a wolf-like age, your second uncle is not very good at that, but young lads are probably not good at skills , Relying on the strength of the body, the light will be reckless and boring.Li Zhijin turned his head, sulking.After the gathering of many family members this time, she took the initiative to invite Ying to take the lead, and even the old man who had always been displeased with her agreed. Li Zhijin knew what kind of shrewd calculations these elders were planning. The aunt who was an executive in Morgan had the most vicious words , Of course, it’s not too unreasonable, it’s very suitable for outsiders to show off, Li Zhijin’s cell phone rang, it was Zhao Jiadi, he said that he had entered the building, and asked where they were, Li Zhijin said it was at the cigar bar on the fourth floor, What a relief.The young woman looked at the subtle changes in her daughter's expression, smiled and shook her head, exhaled a puff of smoke, and her eyes were blurred. For a woman of her level, both body and spirit have been fully released. The man has 41 flowers and a good family background. Women who are forty also have a special taste, know how to make decisions, know how to read words, and know how to read words. If stunned young people bump into them recklessly, they will really die.

Zhao Jia didn’t like this club the first time he entered the door, because his taste was too similar to that of Wang Fangfei, with classical American style, dark brown Thai glaze, and very decorative oil paintings. No wonder Wang Fangfei likes to choose this club when talking about things. Instead of the other top clubs, the venue was temporarily chosen by Li Zhijin's aunt Wei Mei. Zhao Jiadi left the courtyard and only knew it was near Jianguomen. He could only call Wang Fangfei when he was outside. The disintegration of the Jinhai Empire, this vase with the most connotation placed in Jinhai is much more low-key, it should have been instructed and beaten by Zhao Sanjin, and her younger brother Huang Ruiyang's rebellion also hurt the ambition of her. After this catastrophe Invisibly, the relationship with Zhao Jiadi has been relieved. The voice on the phone is obviously a little more sincere and warm than before. Wang Fangfei is a frequent visitor of this club, so it is not difficult for Zhao Jiadi to walk sideways.When we arrived at the cigar bar, Li Zhijin was already waiting at the door. Before sitting down, Zhao Jiadi handed over a box of Cuban cigars that had been prepared a long time ago, and said with a smile: "Auntie, I heard that you like to collect cigars, so I brought you a box .”

This box of cigars has no brand and is handmade. It was made by an old Cuban man with 40 years of experience in making cigars. Wei Mei, a young woman who has never gotten up and has no expression, is not polite. She opened the unremarkable box and sniffed it. Slightly slower, said with a smile: "Very good cigars, the travel fare is even more expensive than cigars."

Zhao Jiadi said frankly: "It's Zhi Jin's reference. I don't understand these things, so I can't smoke cigars."

The young woman laughed and said, "I think this is too pretentious? I accidentally saw Jinzi's diary when I was tidying up the room. There are many records of your speeches on it. You said that you hate those who drink wine and drink The elites have a sense of superiority. They really have the ability to go to Bordeaux to set up their own winery, make their own wine, and not sell it. It will make you uncomfortable, Auntie is very afraid that your first impression will be a pretender."

Li Zhijin glared at the open-mouthed aunt, who was unmoved and stared straight at Zhao Jiadi, who was in the water.

Zhao Jiadi shook his head and said calmly: "I mean that I don't have much money. People like Auntie who earn a lot of money by themselves smoke cigarettes worth more than ten yuan a pack every day. Smoking cigars is a very legitimate hobby. "

The young woman leaned forward subconsciously, her eyes were meaningful, she didn't delve into this topic, she diverted another question that was more inappropriate, and said straight to the point: "Xiao Zhao, I heard that you have a younger brother, who will take over from your family in the future? After watching a movie called "The King's Speech", the relationship between the two brothers is very strange. How do you get along with your half brother?"

Zhao Jiadi said calmly: "I don't get along well with my younger brother. I probably won't take over. I have no talent for making money. Unlike Auntie, I have read your evaluation report in Morgan. It is very exciting."

The young woman leaned back on the sofa again, her unattractive but sharp face was hidden behind the clouds and mist, a little blurred, she said slowly: "Xiao Zhao, you like Jinzi very much, How much do you like it?"

Zhao Jiadi smiled and said, "I only like her."

Li Zhijin smiled slightly, turned his head away, not to look at his aunt's astonished face, it was so vivid.

The young woman Wei Mei said with a smirk, "Xiao Zhao, are there any weeds outside that have not been cleaned up? Don't just bring them into Li's house. We can't rub sand in our eyes, let alone weeds." Let Jinzi suffer a little bit of grievance."

Straightforward and straightforward.

It is worthy of being a role in the business world rather than in the political arena.

Zhao Jiadi said indifferently: "I will not let Zhi Jin be wronged."

The young woman put the cigar between her fingers on the table with a half-smile, got up and left without taking the box of meeting gifts from Zhao Jiadi, and said plainly: "If you want to catch a banquet, you two young people can chat. "

Only Zhao Jiadi, who survived the first round of the Hongmen Banquet, and Li Zhijin, who survived the first round of the Hongmen Banquet, were left in the cigar bar. The latter whispered, "I'm sorry, but my aunt has a sharp mouth and a sharp heart, and I can't change it."

Zhao Jiadi chuckled softly: "I'm mentally prepared, I can handle it. Which hero will I meet next?"

Li Zhijin said helplessly: "I will meet my second brother's family at night and have a meal together, but don't worry this time, the three members of the second brother's family are very talkative, and the meeting is also a private nature, it has nothing to do with our blind date, just sit and chat .”

Zhao Jiadi naturally didn't dare to take it lightly, but he didn't show it. He stretched and asked, "What about lunch and afternoon?"

Li Zhijin smiled and said, "If you have no objections, you can eat here, and you can read a book on the 29th floor in the afternoon."

Zhao Jiadi nodded and said, "I'm free to do this."

After having lunch together, Li Zhijin took Zhao Jiadi to the reading room. Zhao Jiadi picked out a famous economic book in English and read it silently while reading it. For Zhao Jiadi, who is aspiring to the Development and Reform Commission, oral English is the biggest obstacle. Now He is trying to make up for it every day. Getting a duck egg in the English test does not mean that he does not know English. On the contrary, in the field of economic theory, English is undoubtedly the mainstream, but Zhao Jiadi's spoken English is indeed terrible. How much is how much, Li Zhijin took the book absent-mindedly, sitting beside him, all looking at him, Zhao Jiadi smiled and said when I get tired from reading, can it be your turn to read the book and I will come to see you?Li Zhijin laughed and said that the relationship is good.As a result, Zhao Jiadi was obsessed with reading all afternoon, and completely ignored Li Zhijin until Li Zhijin received a call from his second brother. In the car, Zhao Jia drove the A6, and she led the way to a shopping mall. The restaurant is on the third floor. The decoration and price are very ordinary, and the head of the family of three has long been waiting at the entrance of the first floor of the shopping mall. Li Na is a The director-level inspector of a certain department of real power matches the name given by his parents. He is probably a man who is sensitive to deeds and words, with a standard Chinese character face. He looks like a good person. Zhao Jiadi was dumbfounded when he arrived at the restaurant and saw Li Na's wife and son. Isn't this the mother and son he saw in the small park of Wukesong No. [-] Cadre's Retirement Center?The crying little guy playing Rubik's Cube, the petite and elegant young woman, has such a small emotional world?Manzi was the happiest one. He didn't forget to practice Rubik's Cube assiduously while sitting at the dining table. He was so excited when he saw the master who taught him the world's best martial arts. He offered to sit next to Zhao Jiadi to learn. Duan Fan has nothing to do with Li Zhijin and her elder brother and sister-in-law at all. Li Zhijin's sister-in-law Song Qiongying is a very handsome daughter of a family, and finally caught a son who was wolfing down his words and interrupted with a smile: "Xiao Zhao, listen It is said that you are very good at chess, and it has been spread all over Wukesong. Li Na is an amateur, and you can learn from each other when you have time."

Zhao Jiadi said cheerfully, "Okay."

Li Na laughed and said, "I meant to bring shame upon myself."

The little guy said sincerely: "Dad, you lose to brother Zhao, that stinky chess basket of yours, it's not shameful."

Li Na smiled slightly, and patted his son's head, full of pampering.

The young woman gently wiped the oil stains from the corners of her son's mouth, glared at her husband who would never know how to be a competent parent, turned to look at her son and smiled angrily: "You know how to show off to your father and get your little girlfriend snatched away in the kindergarten. I didn't see you asking for an explanation, I just dared to cry secretly on the way home."

The little guy who was exposed blushed.

Zhao Jiadi fanned the flames and said: "Manzi, this is not right. You have been robbed of your wife. You have to fight with your love rival. If you can't beat it, go home and cry for your parents to see, and let them support you."

Li Na smiled wryly.It is quite appreciated by young women.

The little guy raised his head and said cautiously: "I can't beat it, that little fat man is very strong, his arms are thicker than my legs."

Zhao Jiadi asked with a smile: "Then your girlfriend is still willing to move on?"

The little guy sighed bitterly: "She said that the little fat man's father is a director, a higher official than mine, so she went to be friends with the little fat man. Sigh."

Zhao Jiadi can only sigh with emotion that the little girl is really amazing.

The young woman was far more talkative than her husband, and she said with just the right amount of pride in her words: "Two days ago, the kindergarten teacher intercepted a love letter from Manzi to his new girlfriend, Xiao Zhao, guess what we Manzi wrote?"

The little guy said shyly and angrily: "Mom, don't say it!"

The young woman ignored her son's protest and said with a happy smile, "Xiaoqing, there are three things that make me the happiest. The third is that I found money on the road. The second is that I got the little red flower. The first is that I was able to hold your hand and go skating together." The slide, and you'll be my wife when you're playing house."

A few adults had fun together, and the little guy wanted to dig a hole and go down.

When we parted, the little guy solemnly asked Zhao Jiadi for his mobile phone number, saying that his mother promised to buy him a mobile phone on his tenth birthday, and he would save the number when the time came.In the evening, Zhao Jiadi had just arrived in the courtyard to clean up Wang Banjin's room after moving some of his collections, when he received a call from an unknown person in a mellow voice, saying that he was Zhijin's uncle and that he would make an appointment to meet tomorrow.Of course, Zhao Jiadi has no reason to refuse, but the meeting place gave Zhao Jia a headache for the first time. The Office of the Assistant Minister of Commerce, this is your mother. If you don’t take advantage of the home court like this, it’s just a membership card to go to the American Club. But in this assistant minister's office, it's useless for you to carry a hundred cards.Wang Banjin, who had just moved the little half of the booty here, saw Zhao Jiadi holding his mobile phone and not talking, and gloated and said he was dumbfounded, asking for trouble, Li Zhijin was so easy to marry?If I had known this before, why should I do it in the first place?Zhao Jiadi sat on a chair and smoked a cigarette. Wang Banjin threw a flesh-colored silk stocking on Zhao Jiadi's head as a prank, saying that if he gave Xiao Baliang a little bit of bad luck, he might not be lucky.Zhao Jiadi, out of sight and out of mind, threw the silk stockings back on the bed, went to the study to meditate on the layout, the day Wang Banjin probably moved and lost all energy and energy, Zhao Jiadi, who is already desolate and rough without harassment, Zhao Jiadi got up early in the morning, punched a set of punches, went out to buy breakfast, and called Wang Banjin to get up, only to see a long leg hanging outside the quilt. When he got up to eat, Wang Banjin didn’t move. Zhao Jia was the first to lift the curtains, and Wang Banjin, who was still hiding in the quilt, screamed, “Aren’t you afraid that your sister’s spring will be peeped by others?Zhao Jiadi sneered and said that if you don't get up again, I will throw you into the street together with the quilt.Wang Banjin intensified and shrank her beautiful legs back into the quilt, shouting that she was so happy to sleep, so happy to go to work, so scary, so scary, Zhao Jiadi walked over, tore the quilt off her body, and moved to her room. Sure enough, Wang Banjin 10 A few minutes later, he sat down angrily at the table, stuffed a steamed bun into his mouth, and was full of anger. Zhao Jiadi was indifferent, and went out after eating his share. The traffic jam in Yanjing was too violent, so it was safe to leave early. Li Yingping is a difficult boss. Compared with this official of the Communist Youth League who will be transferred to the local provinces and cities in the next three years to serve as a senior official in the borderlands, Aunt Li Zhijin's bitter words are really insignificant. Big witch, before Zhao Jiadi stepped out of the courtyard threshold, Wang Banjin rushed out with a small steamed bun in his mouth. After moving the nest, he had to take the subway to work. Wang Banjin made a signature move of kicking his crotch, and went to work enchantingly.

Zhao Jiadi drove the a6 steadily, and his mind was full of Li Yingping's brilliant resume and recent speeches at public events.For the red children, their upward curve in officialdom is full of unparalleled "beauty", because it rises too steadily, so that it is pale and empty, without any suspense.

Living in Chang'an is not easy, and there are no idlers in the officialdom.

Zhao Jiadi was in a daze when he entered the Ministry of Commerce.

There is no reason to think of Chen Jing's words from the heart of Xiuye ​​Fox Zen: "I look at her world, it is the world of the underworld to look at the world of the sun!"

Walked through the layers, through the room.

Behind every nameplate that hangs are countless stories and struggles.

Finally arrived outside Li Yingping's office, the secretary in charge of bringing Zhao Jiadi here helped knock on the door.

Li Yingping was a burly and handsome middle-aged man, sitting behind the desk, looking at Zhao Jiadi.

Examining eyes.

But what made Zhao Jiadi even more unbelievable was that the uncle asked the secretary to pour Zhao Jiadi a glass of boiled water, then got up and said, "There is a temporary meeting, please sit down for a while, and have lunch together in the cafeteria of the ministry."

That's all. After Zhao Jiadi waited for nearly three hours, the secretary who received the call apologized: "Assistant Li accompanied Minister Gao to inspect the work, and he may not come back before get off work at night. Do you continue to wait or ?”

Zhao Jiadi smiled and said, "Just wait a little longer."

Zhao Jiadi believed a rumor in the circle that this assistant to the minister had a stronger aura than the minister, so much so that a big joke was made when he went to a coastal province two years ago, a person who was eager to show enthusiasm, but had poor eyesight The local leader was not the first to shake the minister's hand after seeing a group of people, but instead held the minister's assistant's hand graciously, which became a joke.

In the end, Zhao Jiadi waited all afternoon but couldn't wait for Li Yingping, so he had to leave the office building together with the secretary who chatted enthusiastically from time to time for most of the day.

After the secretary sent Zhao Jiadi out, he turned around and returned to the office, dialed the phone and said softly, "He's gone. I've been flipping through the "Thirteen Lectures on Ancient Poems" in your bookcase all this time, reading very slowly, especially It is very thoughtful to read your comments in the blank space."

There was an oh on the other end of the phone, and then hung up.

(End of this chapter)