Chapter 959: Reminiscing about the Past
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The birthday banquet finally started without danger.
After Mr. Zhao did that, the atmosphere of the whole birthday banquet became relaxed.
The wine and food were brought up one by one.
Old Man Zhao first opened the whole table with a glass of liquor, and then everyone began to eat and drink.
Don't look at the old man Zhao is seventy years old, but his body is still very tough, and he is very hearty when he drinks.
Of course, after all, there were hundreds of people present, and he couldn't drink every one of them, and the people who came up to toast, Old Man Zhao stopped on point, he didn't ask everyone to finish drinking, and no one else dared to tell him that he was going to let him do it.
Xu Taiping admired the old man Zhao, no wonder this person can be the head of the Zhao family, with this mind, it is not comparable to ordinary people.
Xu Taiping has not seen the so-called family, but the children of the family have a big temper, not to mention the head of the family.
The Zhao family gave Xu Taiping an unprecedentedly beautiful feeling, and Xu Taiping felt that if he gave birth to a big family one day, he would definitely be like the Zhao family.
The Zhao family's birthday banquet, the wine and food are very good, there are mountain delicacies, there are seafood, what surprised Xu Taiping the most was that he didn't feel luxurious at all.
Each dish is very down-to-earth, although the selection of ingredients is very particular, but when it comes to the dishes, basically you can eat them when you usually eat birthday banquets, such as braised pork knuckle, such as sauce-flavored pork ribs, such as egg fried rice and the like.
Of course, the dishes are very down-to-earth, but the methods are extremely exquisite.
Not to mention anything else, just talking about that egg fried rice, Xu Taiping felt very annoyed, there was no egg yolk in an egg fried rice, it was pure egg white, the rice grains were distinct, and it was fragrant, Xu Taiping inquired a little, and there were more than 30 procedures for making this egg fried rice.
This can be regarded as the most elaborate egg fried rice Xu Taiping has ever tasted.
This time the wine of the birthday banquet, there is no Moutai, there is no Wuliangye, only the rice wine brewed by the Zhao family, the rice wine is mellow and fragrant, the entrance is soft, the degree is not high, the taste is good, each table is allocated several cylinders, all of which are filled with the most authentic clay pots, it is said that there is a certain year, some people once wanted to spend more than 100,000 yuan to buy a cylinder from the Zhao family, but they didn't buy it.
The wine is enough, the food is delicious, and everyone's enthusiasm has been stirred up by some previous accidents that are not accidents, so everyone eats very comfortably.
Xu Taiping saw that the time was almost up, picked up the wine glass and walked to Old Man Zhao's side and said to Old Man Zhao, "Old man, I wish you happiness like the East China Sea and longevity than Nanshan." ”
"Call me uncle. Old Man Zhao said with a deliberate straight face.
"Uncle... Uncle. Xu Taiping screamed a little embarrassed, after all, he had never been called such a person in his life, and this uncle was still a seventy-year-old old man.
"Although you don't change your surname and come back, you have to remember that what flows through you is the blood of my Zhao family, no matter what, you are my Zhao family, and the family rules of my Zhao family are also binding on you. Old man Zhao said.
"Well, old man, I don't want to be controlled by rules. Xu Taiping said.
"My Zhao family's house rules are very simple. Old Man Zhao said, "Don't do adultery, adultery, and plunder, don't do things that harm the country and the people, my Zhao family will never ask any clan to become such a great person, and no matter where you are, no matter whether your surname is Zhao or not, my Zhao family will be your thickest and most solid backer!"
Xu Taiping was stunned, he didn't expect that the Zhao family's family rules would be like this, and he thought that there would be some words such as swearing allegiance to the Zhao family, but there was nothing.
The meaning is very simple, just don't do evil.
"I can do this!" Xu Taiping said with a wine glass, "Old man, I respect you." ”
"Hey, if only your dad was alive. Old Man Zhao sighed, then picked up the wine glass and took a big sip.
"Young and old, drink some. Xu Taiping hurriedly said.
Old Man Zhao drank a big sip of rice wine, and he had already drunk a lot of it before, so his face was already flushed red at this time, he raised his hand and patted Xu Taiping's shoulder and said, "When your father was born, you didn't know, I was sad." ”
As soon as he heard Old Man Zhao's words, Xu Taiping's face changed slightly, his father was born, and Old Man Zhao was sad?
"How I wish I could have a younger sister, but as soon as your father was born, he was still a man, hey!" Old Man Zhao sighed.
Xu Taiping couldn't hold back and laughed.
Old Man Zhao continued to pat Xu Taiping's shoulder, with a look of memory on his face, and said, "I am the oldest in our generation, after me, everyone is a man, you don't know, I want to have a sister, we have many brothers, your father is the most rebellious one among us, and he thinks about being an ordinary person every day, isn't this a joke, are ordinary people so easy to be?" He has the blood of the Zhao family flowing in his body, and he is destined to be impossible to become an ordinary person, but he still doesn't believe it, and finally left the Zhao family, becoming the first Zhao family to really break away from the Zhao family in the history of the Zhao family for more than a hundred years, to be honest, I was very angry at the time, because I watched him grow up, I and his father, that is, your grandfather, my uncle, are not a few years old, so, your father is just like my own child, he left the Zhao family, and the saddest thing in the entire Zhao family is me! However, I still admire your father, your father has the courage to say that he will leave, everything in the Zhao family will not be taken away, and once he disappears, he will be heard for so many years, even if it is the eyes and ears of the Zhao family, he has not been found, it is too powerful. It's a pity that your father's life is not good, and he died early. Taiping, tell me, why didn't your dad have it?"
"Sick. Xu Taiping said, "For as long as I can remember, my father's health has been very bad, he was sick all the time, and then he died of illness within a few years. ”
"Sick?" Old Man Zhao frowned and said, "Our Zhao family, I don't dare to guarantee that the bloodline will be so good, but, over the years, the Zhao family has thousands of bloodlines, but no one has a genetic disease, and they are generally in good health, when your father ran away back then, I still remember that he was as strong as a monkey, how could he say that he was sick?"
"I don't know, I just remember my dad in my impression, very thin, thin, coughing every day, he smoked very much, even if he kept coughing, he smoked, my mother said, my dad's body is smoking badly. Perhaps, it's a lung problem. Xu Taiping said.
"Have you checked the cause of your father's death?" asked Old Man Zhao.
"I haven't checked, my dad has been in the ground for so many years, and I don't want to touch him, and my mom also said that what my dad wants most in his life is to stay in one place quietly and be an ordinary person, so no matter what I do in the future, don't bother my dad. And her. Xu Taiping said.
"Your mother... Xu Qingzhi?" asked Old Man Zhao.
"Hmm. Xu Taiping nodded.
"Xu Qingzhi, Xu Qingzhi, if it wasn't for this woman back then, perhaps, your father wouldn't have had enough courage to leave the Zhao family in the end, this woman, a terrible woman. Old man Zhao said.
"Is there anyone else on my mother's side?" asked Xu Taiping.
"There is no one anymore, your mother comes from a down-and-out family, when your mother met your father, that family was no longer good, it was estimated that I wanted to use your mother to cling to our Zhao family, to see if I could bring the dead back to life, but I didn't expect your mother to abduct your father from the Zhao family, since then the Xu family has been completely dead, it went bankrupt more than ten years ago, and the people of the Xu family don't know where they went. Old man Zhao said.
Xu Taiping listened to Old Man Zhao's words and felt a little embarrassed, his wife didn't have any relatives on his side, and this family said that it would decline.
"Don't say it, Taiping, if you have anything you can't handle in the future, even if you come to the Zhao family to find us, all the Zhao family members are your backing, by the way, and Yongliang's matter, I hope you don't continue to be extremely bad in your heart, after all, according to generation, he is your nephew." Old man Zhao said.
"Zhao Yongliang, he's not dead yet?" Xu Taiping asked in surprise.
"My son, it's not going to die so easily. Zhao Taiji interjected on the side.
Xu Taiping glanced at Zhao Taiji and found that Zhao Taiji was also looking at him.
"You can rest assured, my son is at fault first and violated the rules of the family, so no matter what you do to him, I will not interfere, but it is very happy that Yongliang is still alive, I have to say that the bloodline of our Zhao family is really different, Yongliang is a person who was originally useless, and he can burst out with such a powerful potential after being in a desperate situation. Zhao Taiji said.
Xu Taiping looked at Zhao Taiji, he could completely feel that what Zhao Taiji said was true.
Zhao Taiji is not like those so-called rich second-generation parents, who blindly only maintain their children, which makes Xu Taiping feel that this Zhao Taiji at least did not lose the face of the Zhao family.
"If jade is not cut, if Yongliang is not polished, then this life will be over. Old man Zhao said.
"Father, what you taught you a lesson!" Zhao Taiji hurriedly nodded.
"Uncle, I'll go and have two drinks with my cousins, you drink less!" Xu Taiping said goodbye to Old Man Zhao, and then turned around and walked to Zhao Taiji's side.
"Have a drink, cousin. Xu Taiping said.
"You didn't lose the people of our Zhao family, it's good. Zhao Taiji looked at Xu Taiping and said lightly.
"I'm all for myself, I didn't think about anything for the Zhao family. Xu Taiping said.
Zhao Taiji tugged at the corners of his mouth, then picked up the wine glass on the table and drank with Xu Taiping.
Xu Taiping didn't stay in Zhao Taiji for long, after he had a drink with Zhao Taiji, he went to Zhao Taiheng with a wine glass, and also had a drink with Zhao Taiheng.
After drinking with these two Taizi people, Xu Taiping walked to Zhao Taixun's side.
"Did Old Lady Zhao reveal my identity?" Xu Taiping sat next to Zhao Taixun and asked.
"I don't know, but it should be the old lady, to be honest, the old lady also seems to want you to return to the surname Zhao, however, one thing is for sure, the old lady will not persecute you, if he persecutes you, this is not the case today. Cho Tae-hoon said.
Xu Taiping nodded, and just wanted to speak, when suddenly, a rapid alarm sounded in the courtyard!