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Xu Taiping didn't expect things to go so smoothly, the old lady Zhao, who couldn't be persuaded by the Zhao family to go back, was persuaded by his own words, which was really a shame for himself.

After following the old man around the park for a while, Xu Taiping left first.

Early the next morning, Xu Taiping went to rent a decent Audi A6, and then came to pick up the old man.

To Xu Taiping's surprise, the old man was not at home, he posted a piece of paper at the door of his house, and this sentence was written on the paper.

"I'll go out to buy a new dress, you go to Zhao's house first, and I'll take a taxi by myself when I turn around." ”

Xu Taiping smiled and took the paper off the door, put it in his pocket, and then drove in the direction of Zhao's house.

Today's Zhao family, gongs and drums are noisy, and firecrackers are ringing in unison.

Outside the huge gate of the Zhao family, there was a large open space.

This vacant land is just talking about the land price, and in a place like the capital, where every inch of land is valuable, at least billions or tens of billions of dollars must be sold, but it was used by the Zhao family as a parking lot.

But anyone who wants to visit the Zhao family, the car must be parked here, whether you are a high-ranking official or a rich man, park the car in the car, and then walk in from the main entrance of the Zhao family, this is what visiting the Zhao family should look like.

Today's Zhao family has been busy since five o'clock in the morning.

Cooking sheep and slaughtering cattle or something, and then you have to sacrifice your ancestors or something, this ancestor worship is naturally not to worship the old man Zhao Gangzhu who is still bouncing outside, nor is it Zhao Tiezhu, the son of Zhao Gangyi, but the ancestors of the earlier Zhao family.

The Zhao family has actually existed for many years, and it was like this before Zhao Gangyi, although Zhao Gangyi is called the old lady Zhao, but this real ancestor is still the ancestor of the old Zhao family hundreds of years ago.

Ancestor worship is very important to the big family, Xu Taiping felt fortunate that he had not yet recognized his ancestors and returned to his ancestors, so naturally he did not have to follow early in the morning to participate in these cumbersome ceremonies.

It was nine o'clock in the morning when Xu Taiping arrived at Zhao's house.

Old man Zhao does longevity, and it is said that the Zhao family's own people will have a small gathering in the evening, but this matter has nothing to do with others.

The parking lot outside Zhao's house was already full of cars, and Xu Taiping thought that there should be a lot of luxury cars parked here, but he didn't expect Xu Taiping to find out that his A6 was already the best cars here!

The most common thing here is a small car of one or two hundred thousand, and it looks like it has been driving for a while.

Xu Taiping parked the car, and immediately someone came over and asked Xu Taiping to show the invitation card for the birthday banquet.

Xu Taiping took out the invitation, and then was taken by the other party to the main gate of the Zhao family.

At this time, there was a queue outside the main gate of the Zhao family.

This refreshed Xu Taiping's cognition, he took a closer look at the front of the line, and found that the reason why he was queuing was because there was a security check at the door.

It was the first time Xu Taiping went to someone else's house to attend a birthday banquet, and then he met someone who had to go through a security check.

"Mr. Xu, please come with me this way. The person in charge of leading the way for Xu Taiping saw that Xu Taiping was going to the end of the line, and hurriedly said.

"Which way?" Xu Taiping asked in surprise.

"You don't have to wait in line here. The man who led the way said.

Xu Taiping looked at each other in surprise, and the people around him also looked at Xu Taiping in surprise.

This came to the Zhao family to participate in the birthday banquet, there are very few people who do not queue up to pass the security check, basically they are very powerful people, most of these people are elderly middle-aged and elderly, and generally come to celebrate the birthday of the young, thirty or forty years old, have to queue up, because the identity of this kind of people is generally not so awesome, although they are very awesome in the outside world, but this is the Zhao family, where the awesome people are concentrated.

Xu Taiping was led by the man who led the way to a side door.

The side door was open, but no one walked.

Xu Taiping walked to the door, the other party asked Xu Taiping to give an invitation, Xu Taiping took his invitation to the other party, and after the other party checked the invitation, Xu Taiping was taken through this side door, and then walked into the Zhao family compound.

The Zhao family was not so luxurious, and as soon as they entered the side door, they saw a large courtyard.

This big yard is very large, and there are a lot of rockeries and ponds in the middle of the yard.

Such a yard, in fact, does not seem to be anything, but you must know that this is the capital, every inch of land is expensive, such a large place as a yard, and such a large place in front of the door as a parking lot is a reason, which is all profligacy.

Taking tens of billions of dollars worth of land as a yard parking lot is an extremely low-key luxury in itself, far more powerful than those works of art hanging on the wall, such as gold, silver and jewelry.

At this time, there were many people cleaning in the courtyard, and Xu Taiping was led through the courtyard, and then came to the core area of the Zhao family.

The architectural style of the entire Zhao family is an antique architectural style, whether it is the courtyard or the surrounding pavilions, it gives you a feeling of being in the home of the ancient magnates.

The core area of the Zhao family is also a huge compound, and there are hundreds of tables and chairs on this compound at present, and on the edge of the compound, there are two or three storey pavilions, all of which are made of wood, and at first glance it is the kind of very expensive wood, the workmanship is absolutely first-class, and it looks very simple and elegant.

According to what Lao Z said, the core members of the real Zhao family all live in this place, and only this place can be called the Zhao family.

The Zhao family has a lot of properties in the capital, and there are more real estate and the like, but no matter where the house is, it can't be called the Zhao family, because there is no ancestral shrine of the Zhao family in those places.

The ancestral ancestral hall of the Zhao family, in the depths of this stretching pavilion, where many ancestors of the Zhao family are enshrined, and today's ancestor worship ceremony of the Zhao family is carried out in the ancestral ancestral hall.

At this time, there were already many people in this courtyard, and there were signs with names written on each table.

Seeing these signs, Xu Taiping was still very emotional, he remembered the various banquets he had attended, there were few such signs with their names written on them, and everyone's seats were basically casually seated, unless there were some leadership positions that could be arranged or something.

This big family is really a big family, and even where the people who come sit are properly arranged.

Xu Taiping was sighing, and a good-looking girl came to Xu Taiping with a plate, with tea and steaming towels on the plate.

"Please drink tea, it's our own fried tea!" the little girl said to Xu Taiping with a smile.

"What a card!" Xu Taiping sighed, took a sip of tea, and then took out a towel, wiped his face, and wiped his hands again.

After doing this, Xu Taiping put the towel on the plate and said, "Where is the old man?"

"The old man is talking to someone in the house, and he will come out in a moment, please wait a moment!" said the little girl, turning to leave.

Xu Taiping had nothing to do, and he was not in a hurry to find his place, so he casually found a position on the edge of the courtyard and sat down.

There are many people like Xu Taiping, who are not in a hurry to find their own place, or they have found their place, but they see that there is no one to sit, so they don't sit in their own place, they just sit on the edge of the courtyard.

From time to time, someone came over to chat with Xu Taiping, after all, the people who can get invitations to attend the birthday banquet are people with status, chat a few words, mix up a familiar face, make a friend or something, that is also beneficial and harmless.

Xu Taiping is an extroverted person, so he naturally chatted warmly with these people.

After chatting for a while, Xu Taiping found that the first thing these people said to each other was to ask each other's surname.

Although this is nothing wrong with normal communication etiquette, Xu Taiping feels a little weird.

After chatting for a while, Xu Taiping understood that one of the main purposes of daring these people to ask your surname is to confirm whether the person standing in front of you is surnamed Zhao, if it is surnamed Zhao, then it may be the Zhao family, so you have to pay more attention to the next chat or something.

The Zhao family is a very large family, and the Zhao family has a lot of heirs, mainly because of the relationship between Zhao Gangzhu's son, Zhao Tiezhu, Zhao Tiezhu married a lot of wives and gave birth to a lot of children.

Because of this relationship, there must be at least hundreds of people in the entire Zhao family now, and each of these people basically has their own generation, basically you can know which generation of the Zhao family the other party is.

Of course, there are also people who don't name according to the characters, and there are a lot of these people in the Zhao family, after all, the Zhao family is a place where all kinds of magical characters are gathered, and some people don't like the characters, so they can name their children as they like.

The current Zhao family, the generation of intermediate power, is the Taizi generation, such as Zhao Taixun, Zhao Taiji, and Zhao Taiheng, which are the three very good, and there are many Taizi people scattered in all walks of life, and they are also excellent.

Although Xu Taiping's name has a Tai character, he is not surnamed Zhao after all, so those who chatted with Xu Taiping also took it for granted that Xu Taiping was an ordinary guest like them.

Xu Taiping sat on the side for an hour, and there were two more people around him.

These two people are friends Xu Taiping just made, one is called Chen Shengli and the other is called Li Chenghuan.

This Chen Shengli was brought from the Central Plains, it is said that he is engaged in the coal mining industry, and his assets are unknown, but Xu Taiping can feel that this person must be a very rich master, and that Li Chenghuan, from the southwest, is doing the trading of herbal medicines, opening a small pharmaceutical factory, no money, and no power, which makes Xu Taiping very surprised, how could a person like him come to the birthday banquet of the old man Zhao, and later after inquiring clearly, Xu Taiping knew that the old man Zhao had a serious illness in the early years, and the doctor gave a prescription, and the prescription had a medicine, and almost no one in the country had it, and it happened that Li Chenghuan's grandfather had it and sold it to the Zhao family, Mr. Zhao survived by this medicine, so Li Chenghuan's grandfather also became a benefactor of the Zhao family, every New Year's festival or something, they have phone calls with each other, this time Mr. Zhao's birthday banquet, he gave Li Chenghuan's family an invitation, it was originally Li Chenghuan's grandfather who was coming, but the journey is long, Li Chenghuan's grandfather is also old, and he can't come, so he let Li Chenghuan come.

These two people and Xu Taiping were able to talk, so they sat down beside Xu Taiping.