Chapter 27: New Year's Greetings
PS: There was a power outage for a day today, and it wasn't put until more than six o'clock, and the update was late, sorry.
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In the New Year of 1998, because of the lack of many relatives and friends, Chen Dayong's family lived a little more lonely than when they were in their hometown. However, since the end of the year, Chen Dayong's entertainment has gradually increased, almost never stopped, and he went home drunk every day. Zhao Xiaolan and Chen Feng couldn't look past it, and in the end, as soon as the mother and son were combined, Chen Feng sacrificed himself, followed Chen Dayong every day, and the father and son went to socialize and socialize together, and went to major banquets together. Although Chen Dayong felt that it was a loss of face to take his son with him, because of his wife's strict orders, Chen Feng resolutely refused to buy him, and in the end he could only accept it helplessly.
Sure enough, because of Chen Feng's son's block, coupled with Chen Feng's eloquence and the age advantage of minors, he is always very shameless to drink liquor against liquor, and those who persuade alcohol are without exception mice-pulling turtles have no way to start, and many people have been poured down by Chen Feng.
And Chen Feng has become much more mature after socializing with his father during the New Year. Because Chen Dayong is a builder, he has all kinds of "friends", including government officials and local ruffians, almost all walks of life. Different people have different expressions at the banquet, and in just over half a month, Chen Feng has seen all living beings in the world as a bystander. Let him gain a lot in dealing with people and things.
At the beginning of the Lunar New Year, Chen Dayong took Chen Feng to start greeting the New Year from top to bottom according to the important people written in his address book. Among them are the first and second leaders of the city, as well as the deputy mayor Liu Yongsheng, who was regarded as his backer at the beginning, and Zhang Youwei, the deputy mayor of Luo'an City, who is an old friend of him, and others, no less than a dozen people.
When he went to Lei **'s house to pay New Year's greetings, Chen Feng unexpectedly met with Lei Hongtao. After Chen Feng's last treat, the two have not been in contact again. This time I wanted to see Lei Hongtao very surprised. The last time he had a treat, Chen Feng said that his father knew his grandfather, and Lei Hongtao thought that his father had just met his grandfather, but he didn't expect that his father was actually qualified to come to his house to pay New Year's greetings. You must know that his grandfather, as the leader of the city, is not just anyone who can let him come to the house as a guest. Those who are qualified to enter their family and can be personally received by their grandfather all show that they are the people that grandpa values more.
Chen Feng generously stepped forward and took the initiative to greet: "Brother Lei, I haven't seen you for a long time, I didn't expect me to come to your house as a guest." ”
"Hehe, yes, I didn't expect it. Lei Hongtao smiled and stepped forward and patted Chen Feng's shoulder affectionately.
Chen Dayong and Lei Zhendong Lei ** saw that the two knew each other, and they both looked at them with some curiosity.
Lei Zhendong smiled and asked, "Xiao Tao, do you know Xiao Feng?"
This kid maintained the image of a good baby in front of his grandfather, and replied politely: "Yes, grandpa." Chen Feng is a man of the year in our school, and he broke two records in the last school sports meeting. ”
Lei Zhendong nodded, looked at Chen Feng appreciatively, and said to Chen Dayong with a smile: "Dayong, you really gave birth to a good son, no wonder Wang ** loves him so much, the last time I went to the provincial capital for a meeting, Secretary Huang also greeted me and asked me to take care of your father and son." ”
When Governor Wang was re-elected last year, he went one step further and became the provincial party committee. Chen Dayong didn't expect Lei ** to know the relationship between his family and Wang's ** family, and now after being exposed, he woke up to why Xingwang Company's various businesses in the city were carried out so smoothly last year.
Chen Dayong smiled reservedly, pretending to be modest: "This kid has cultivated the blessing of eight lifetimes, just happened to have a fate with Wang **, he is also a little smart, now his academic performance is much behind compared to his elementary school days, but he is much behind, and his best grades are only the third in the class, which is like when he was in elementary school, he is the first in the grade every time." ”
Lei ** said with a smile: "City No. 1 Middle School is a provincial key, and it is already great to be able to be third in the class." He's much better than my unsuccessful grandson, and I'll be thankful if this stinky boy can be third-to-last. ”
Lei ** "exposed his family ugliness" in front of Chen Dayong in the tone of his parents, obviously not treating him as an outsider, and he spoke in this self-deprecating tone, which undoubtedly made Chen Dayong feel a lot closer.
"Xiao Tao, in the future, you have to get closer to Xiao Feng and learn more from him, do you know?" Lei ** looked at his grandson with a red face with a stern face.
"Got it, grandpa. Lei Hongtao replied obediently.
Chen Feng saw Lei Hongtao's embarrassment, so he relieved him and said: "Brother Lei's sports performance is also very good, I remember the last sports meeting, he also won the championship of the 100-meter run, usually Brother Lei is very popular in our school, many people say that he is righteous." ”
Chen Feng's words are also true, although Lei Hongtao is ***, but after these days of understanding, he is very obedient in school, but his academic performance is a little worse, but he is still very friendly to his classmates.
Lei Hongtao glanced at Chen Feng gratefully.
Lei ** also showed a look of relief when he heard this, and said with a smile: "This kid has better sports grades and better popularity, if his academic performance can be half of Xiaofeng's, I won't be worried." ”
Chen Dayong and his son stayed at Lei's house for more than two hours, and were left to have a sumptuous lunch together before they were able to leave.
After Chen Dayong's father and son left, Lei Hongtao couldn't help but ask Lei ** with questions: "Grandpa, I heard Chen Feng say that his father ran a construction company, why do you value him so much? Also, what did you tell him before, what happened to Secretary Wang ** and Secretary Huang?"
Lei ** glared, but asked majestically without answering: "Stinky boy, tell me how you met this Chen Feng?"
Seeing his grandfather's strict attitude, Lei Hongtao didn't dare to hide it, and told the story of his acquaintance with Chen Feng when he turned enemies into friends.
After listening to his grandson's explanation, Rao is a character who has gone through strong winds and waves, and he can't help but be afraid for a while.
If his grandson really called Chen Feng to "invite" him into the bureau at that time, it would undoubtedly be an earthquake for their family.
"You rabbit, you know you're in trouble for me. Fortunately, this time you have a big life, some eyes, and know how to look at people. If at that time, you really asked someone to help, did stupid things, and offended him, even grandpa, I wouldn't be able to protect you. ”
When Lei Hongtao heard this, he couldn't help but be startled, and asked even more curiously: "Grandpa, who is behind this Chen Dayong?"
"This Chen Dayong is nothing? The main thing is this Chen Feng. Lei ** emphasized, "This Chen Feng was valued by Wang ** somewhere, and actually recognized him as his godgrandson." This matter was privately told to your grandfather by Secretary Huang and my old friend. ”
Lei Hongtao asked with a shocked face: "Grandpa, the king you are talking about, is it ...... It's ......"
"That's right!" Lei ** gave him an affirmative reply, "Wang ** is the provincial party committee of our province** Wang Zhaoxiang." ”
Lei Hongtao's mouth was wide open, and he was speechless for a while.
The father and son came out of Lei **, and then went to Mayor Wang's house non-stop, and also visited Hongye's second uncle's house to pay New Year's greetings. However, the treatment is much worse than that of Lei **'s family, obviously Mayor Wang is not well aware of the relationship between Chen Dayong and Wang **, although he also met in person, but he simply said a few polite words to Chen Dayong, and after accepting the gift, he served tea and sent it off.
Chen Dayong is nothing, but Chen Feng is a little annoyed that Hongye's second uncle is so snub to his father. But thinking of Mayor Wang's father, who had fallen into a semi-coma and heard that his life was not long coming, and Hongye's grandfather, he felt a little more comfortable.
The father and son went to Liu Yongsheng to pay New Year's greetings again, but the treatment they received was very grand. It can be said that Liu Yongsheng was able to become the current deputy mayor, Chen Dayong has at least half of the credit, plus he knows the relationship between Chen Dayong's father and son and the current Wang **, how can he be lazy. At the banquet, the father and son of the Liu family personally toasted Zhang Dayong, and from time to time they gave Chen Feng dishes with a loving face and asked him to eat more; Liu Yongsheng's wife praised Chen Feng without words, and praised Chen Fengrao because he felt that he was thick-skinned, and he couldn't help blushing and getting goosebumps. In the end, Liu Yongsheng's wife also talked about her granddaughter who had just turned one year old, that is, Liu Dekai's daughter, lamenting that her granddaughter was not blessed, and she was born a few years later, otherwise she would be a good match with Chen Feng. This statement made Chen Dayong's father and son feel embarrassed for a while, but fortunately, Liu Yongsheng also felt that his wife said too much, so he sent her to the kitchen.
After coming out of Liu Yongsheng's house, Chen Dayong's father and son both felt relieved, and Chen Feng secretly swore in his heart that he would not come to their house in the future.
Because what happened to Liu Yongsheng's house, coupled with the people who were going to come to visit the New Year later, it was not worth mentioning in Chen Feng's opinion, so Chen Feng was lazy and hid at home and didn't go with him to join in the fun.