"Xiao Fang, how did you make so much money?" Bai Jingran looked at Fang Yi in disbelief, he has seen a lot of rich people, but he has earned such a family business from scratch in his twenties, let alone seeing it, he has never heard of it. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Uncle, I'm lucky, I've bought some antiques from abroad, the market value is very high, and I have also made some money gambling in Myanmar. ”

Fang Yi pondered in his heart, the war money given by Peng Bin naturally couldn't be taken out and said, and after thinking about it, he could only tell the matter of Myanmar, which was all well documented, and Fang Yi was not afraid to tell Bai Jingran.

"Gambling on stones? ”

Hearing Fang Yi's words, Bai Jingran finally found a handle for Fang Yi, his face turned pale, and said: "I know about gambling on stones, there are many people who lose their gambling and go bankrupt, if you win today, it doesn't mean that you can still win tomorrow." ”

To be honest, after hearing about Fang Yi's so many achievements and benefits to his daughter, Bai Jingran's heart was already a little shaken, but as Bai Chuxia's father, he was unwilling to accept Fang Yi so easily, not to mention that Bai Jingran originally wanted to find a young talent for his daughter at today's birthday banquet.

"Jingran, it's good that this kid can do this. ”

Wei Xiaowan glanced at her husband a little strangely, she recently likes jade jewelry, because she knows that gambling on stones is the tradition of the jade industry, some time ago when Wei Xiaowan and her husband discussed this matter, they didn't see her husband's words so fierce.

As the saying goes, the mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law, the more she looks at it, the more she likes it, after knowing that Fang Yi is so good and so good to her daughter, Wei Xiaowan has already recognized Fang Yi in her heart at this time, plus the old father has also handed over the words, and now when Wei Xiaowan looks at Fang Yi, her eyes are very different from just now.

"The daughter was brought up by the father, so listen to the father's opinion. Bai Jingran looked at his daughter noncommittally and said, "In early summer, you go out with me to greet the guests, since Xiao Fang is also a guest, Mingcheng, you accompany Xiao Fang to sit inside." ”

"Dad!" Bai Chuxia shook his father's arm unruly, his boyfriend is here, she should accompany her, what is the matter with her cousin.

"There are a lot of people here today, how can you do if you don't go out?" Bai Jingran glared at his daughter angrily, got up and walked outside.

"Fang Yi, let the fifth brother accompany you, and I'll come over in a while. "The father who loved him in the past is so ruthless now, and Bai Chuxia is a little aggrieved.

"It's okay, you can go, Brother Wei and I can just go over by ourselves. Fang Yi nodded when he heard this, Bai Chuxia's parents didn't kick him out, it already showed that there was a play, as for these slight coldnesses, it was not a matter at all for Fang Yi.

"Jing Ran, what's wrong with you today?" Wei Xiaowan walked out with her husband, and she could see that her husband was a little abnormal today.

"Not really. ”

Bai Jingran glanced back at his daughter who was still in the room, and said in a low voice: "Even if this kid is good, we can't hang ourselves on a tree, there are many excellent young people, maybe there are better than him, so why are you in a hurry to make a conclusion?"

"Jingran, do you have any arrangements?" Seeing her husband's discomfort when he spoke, Wei Xiaowan guessed a few points in her heart.

"It's not an arrangement, isn't Vice Minister Wu of the Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Commission coming over today? In addition, there is Vice Minister Xu, they are all bringing their sons here, so we have to meet somewhat, right?"

Hearing his wife's words, Bai Jingran showed a trace of embarrassment on his face, he had not invited these two before, but Vice Minister Wu and Vice Minister Xu took the initiative to call and asked about the old man's birthday, and casually asked if Bai Chuxia had a boyfriend.

Bai Jingran didn't know about Fang Yi's return, naturally said that his daughter didn't have a boyfriend yet, so the two said that they would bring their son to celebrate the old man's birthday and create an opportunity for young people.

It's just that Fang Yi's sudden appearance has messed up the whole thing, if Bai Jingran now admits that Fang Yi is his daughter's boyfriend, wouldn't it be a lie to the two deputy ministers?

Although they are not from the same ministry, Bai Jingran's current level is only half a level lower than them, and they have no affiliation with each other, but when they reach their level of status, what they say is a spit, so although they can see that their daughter likes his wife and is satisfied, Bai Jingran still did not let go.

"You, why don't you promise others to say a word to me?" Wei Xiaowan glanced at her husband dissatisfiedly, and said in a low voice: "I think Fang Yi's child is good, although there is no one in the family, but it's not just right, we don't have a son, just such a daughter." ”

"Look and see, look and see. Bai Jingran smiled bitterly, his wife's words already showed his attitude, plus his daughter's vote, he almost had no say in this matter.

"You're just doing too much. Wei Xiaowan came to a conclusion about her husband's behavior, and when she saw her daughter catching up from behind, Wei Xiaowan immediately shut up, and she still had to save some face for her husband after all.

"Fang Yi, let's go, let's go to the banquet hall. "After his aunt and uncle left, Wei Mingcheng really regarded himself as the master.

"Brother Wei, what do you mean by Uncle Bai?" Fang Yi was also a little uncertain at this moment, this was the first time he had experienced such a thing, and he had no experience at all.

"What can he mean?" Wei Mingcheng sneered and said, "You put your heart in your stomach, this thing is done." ”

"How do you say that?" Fang Yi looked at Wei Mingcheng puzzled, he could just feel that Bai Chuxia's father seemed to have a little prejudice against him.

"Let me tell you so. ”

Wei Mingcheng smiled and said: "In my aunt's house, my aunt has the final say, in the entire Bai family, it is the old man who has the final say, but the old man loves the girl in early summer the most, as long as he is iron-hearted in early summer, the old man will definitely support it." ”

There are two brothers in Bai Jingran, the next generation is also a prosperous person, his eldest brother's family has three boys, but the girl can be one in Bai Chuxia, so boys are not rare in the Bai family, and Bai Chuxia was raised as a princess since childhood, and the Bai family loves her very much, both men and women.

"Besides, even if the old man doesn't agree, then there is another way. Wei Mingcheng said this, but he kept silent and sold a pass.

"Just. Fang Yi glared at Wei Mingcheng angrily, seeing that he had already walked through the corridor to a banquet hall, Fang Yi didn't ask any further.

"Grandpa Bai's birthday, there are a lot of people coming?"

Glancing left and right, Fang Yi found that this banquet hall was very large, with seventy or eighty tables placed in it, and at the front of the banquet hall, there was a big longevity character, which was set off with red satin on both sides, and the whole venue was very festive.

In the place closest to Shou Zi, there was a single table, Fang Yi knew that it should be the main seat of Shou Xing Gong, and the people who could sit at that table were probably all people with the same identity as Shou Xing Gong.

"It's not much, the old man's birthday banquet is still a family banquet. ”

Wei Mingcheng shook his head and said: "The Bai family used to be a big family in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and I don't know how many relatives and friends there are just relatives and friends. ”

Counting the Bai family is a family that has been handed down from the Ming and Qing dynasties, and it has been prosperous in the two dynasties, and in modern times, there are many people, and there are hundreds of people in the line of the old man Bai, plus the relatives who have not come out of the five suits, I am afraid that there are thousands of people.

At this time, there were already many people in the banquet hall, both men and women, but it was still early before the birthday banquet began, and most of the people who came early were young people, gathering together to chat, and seeing Fang Yi and Wei Mingcheng coming in, many eyes were cast.

These eyes are naturally focused on Wei Mingcheng, not to mention his military uniform with a general star, even Wei Mingcheng's burly figure is easy to see at first sight.

"General?"

Regardless of whether they know Wei Mingcheng or not, they are all taken aback when they see that military rank, those who know Wei Mingcheng are surprised by the military rank Wei Mingcheng wears, and those who don't know Wei Mingcheng are surprised by Wei Mingcheng's youth.

"Mingcheng, are you here?"

As soon as the two walked in, a man in his early thirties greeted him, staring at Wei Mingcheng's epaulettes and saying, "Mingcheng, you won't wear Uncle Wei's clothes, will you?" ”

"My dad is an internal guard, can he be the same as me?" Hearing similar words again, Wei Mingcheng couldn't help but roll his eyes, and said to the visitor: "Brother Xuezhi, I was promoted by my real skills, and it has nothing to do with my dad and my grandfather." ”

"What? Don't joke about you, boy. ”

Hearing Wei Mingcheng's words, the person who came was taken aback, although he worked in the government system, he also knew the level corresponding to the general, just by virtue of Wei Mingcheng's military rank, it was equivalent to the level of the provincial and ministerial level, looking at the entire banquet hall, there was no one who was equivalent to Wei Mingcheng's level.

"Brother Xuezhi, do I dare to joke about this?"

Wei Mingcheng finally realized the trouble at this time, he couldn't take out the appointment letter at any time, and then changed the topic, let Fang Yi out, and said: "Brother Xuezhi, let me introduce you to a friend, his name is Fang Yi, he is a jade carving master in China today, and he came here to celebrate Grandpa Bai's birthday this time."

Fang Yi, this is Bai Xuezhi, the second brother in early summer, you can also call the second brother. ”

"Hey, wait. Hearing Wei Mingcheng's words, Bai Xuezhi was stunned for a moment, then turned his face to look at Fang Yi and asked, "Does he know Chu Xia?"

"Well, he's Chu Xia's boyfriend!" Wei Mingcheng didn't hide it, and said straight to the point.

"What?'s boyfriend in early summer?"

Bai Xuezhi was taken aback by Wei Mingcheng's words, her cousin is the baby of the family, if she finds a boyfriend, it will be a big deal for the entire Bai family, but no one has mentioned this matter, which means that no one in the family must have known about it before.

"Mingcheng, we haven't seen each other for half a year, why are you so good at joking? Do you think that if you wear such clothes, I won't be your second brother?" Bai Xuezhi stared at Wei Mingcheng with an unkind face, not to mention whether his clothes were real or fake, even if it was true, then he couldn't joke about Bai Chuxia.

"Everybody thinks I'm joking these days. Wei Mingcheng smiled helplessly, he knew that he would have to keep explaining when he saw someone, and he wouldn't wear this dress to show off when he was killed today.

"Well, you're just kidding me. Wei Mingcheng was really tired, waved his hand helplessly, and said, "Second brother, where do we sit at that table?" You beckon others to go, and I'll take Fang Yi to take a seat." ”

Wei Mingcheng knew that for such a birthday banquet, the number of guests who came was very particular, where relatives should sit, and then where friends should sit, all of which had already been divided, and who could go to the main table had already been decided.

"Don't rush me away, tell me if your clothes are real or fake. ”

Bai Xuezhi pulled Wei Mingcheng, and the seat arranged for Wei Mingcheng before was the table of the junior among the relatives of the Bai family, and it was also the same table as Bai Xuezhi, but if Wei Mingcheng was really a major general, even if he was a junior, he would also be qualified to go to the main table.

"I won't go to the main table if it's really fake. Wei Mingcheng waved his hand very dryly, and said, "Fang Yi and I will find a random place to sit first, hey, look, someone has come in again, you go and get busy with yours." ”

"Alright then, you go to the fifth row table on the right and find a seat first. ”

As soon as Bai Xuezhi looked up, he saw a few more people coming in, their brothers all had their own reception tasks today, Bai Xuezhi was in charge of the reception in the banquet hall, and he really couldn't just pull Wei Mingcheng to speak.

"That person over there is Uncle Bai Chuxia. After finding a place to sit down with Fang Yi, Wei Mingcheng angrily pouted at the front and said, "Uncle Chu Xia works in the organization department, which is a real power unit, I heard that it can go further." ”

Fang Yi followed Wei Mingcheng's gaze, at the position of the first table, three old men in their fifties were talking there, the person Wei Mingcheng said was fifty-three or four-year-old in age, with a Chinese face, and from a distance, he had a feeling of not being angry but threatening.

"This man has good luck. ”

Fang Yi nodded, since it was Bai Chuxia's family, he also used a bit of means of looking at his appearance, as the saying goes, Heavenly Court is full and eats official meals, and Fang Yuan of the Earth Pavilion is in charge, Bai Chuxia's Uncle Heavenly Court is full like a standing wall, and his ears are close to his head and his high eyebrows are a face of official fortune.

On the contrary, Bai Chuxia's father's official luck is average, Fang Yi just glanced at it, Bai Jingran can go one step further at most, and it is good to be able to get a deputy minister-level treatment before retirement.

"The Bai family is still very powerful in the government system. ”

Wei Mingcheng did not exaggerate, although the old man of the Bai family had always been in the education department before, but his two sons did not follow the path of the old man, but were in the Organization Department and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs respectively, especially the boss, and he also served as a vice governor in a certain province, and was regarded as the leader of the next Organization Department, which can be described as having a bright future.

"The teacher is here too. When Fang Yizheng and Wei Mingcheng were chatting, they suddenly saw Bai Chuxia's parents taking Yu Xuan into the banquet hall.

"Aren't you going to say hello?" Seeing that Fang Yi didn't mean to get up, Wei Mingcheng couldn't help but say.

"No, the teacher will sit at the main table, what am I doing in the past?" Fang Yi shook his head, he saw Bai Jingran walking directly to the first row with Yu Xuan, and the teacher was obviously familiar with those people, and immediately integrated into it after passing.

"It's a pity that the teacher didn't mix the system. ”

Seeing this scene, Fang Yi shook his head with a smile, compared with Sun Lianda, Yu Xuan's life is much more flexible, and he can talk and laugh in front of these provincial and ministerial-level leaders, but this is something that many Yijie Buyi can't do.

"Brother Wei, you don't have to accompany me here, you can chat with your friends. ”

Fang Yi looked left and right, and found that the table they picked was really a bit off, the two of them were not conspicuous at all sitting here, and almost all of the people who came were chatting in the center, except for a few people who noticed Wei Mingcheng at the beginning, the rest of the people didn't notice this.

"Where do I have friends here?"

Wei Mingcheng shook his head, he didn't stay in the capital for a few years, except for a few brothers from Uncle Bai's family, he didn't know some other relatives of the Bai family at all, and with Wei Mingcheng's temperament, he wouldn't take the initiative to make friends.

"Hey, that kid is here too. Wei Mingcheng looked around boredly, and suddenly saw a person, and couldn't help touching Xia Yi with his elbow, and said, "Hey, see it, your rival is here!"

"Rival in love?" Fang Yi looked up, the person Wei Mingcheng said had really seen it himself, but it was not the young man he met at the door of the ministry building when he went to pick up Bai Chuxia a few days ago.

"Hehe, chasing your girlfriend here. Wei Mingcheng gloated and laughed, "Fang Yi, if I were you, it would definitely be unbearable, I would definitely go up and beat him up first." ”

"Brother Wei, you are so idle, go and help me beat him up. Fang Yi glared at Wei Mingcheng angrily, and simply turned his back and sat on another chair, he was here to pay a birthday greeting to Grandpa Bai Chuxia today, but he was not here to find trouble.

"Brother Xuezhi, who are the two over there?"

Wei Mingcheng saw Wu Zilin, and Wu Zilin also saw him, but now Wei Mingcheng is wearing a military uniform, and the military rank is really scary, Wu Zilin is not sure for a while that it is the driver he saw a few days ago.

"In the early summer, the people from Grandpa's family came to celebrate Grandpa's birthday. Bai Xuezhi said with a smile: "Their family is in the military system, if you want to get to know each other, I will introduce it to you." ”

"Brother Xuezhi, is that person really a major general?"

The person who asked was a twenty-eight or nineteen-year-old young man, who looked like a talent, but there was a little frivolity between his eyebrows, and when he was talking to Bai Xuezhi, his eyes swept over a few girls not far away.

"You've always heard of the guards of the military system. ”

Bai Xuezhi was not sure whether Wei Mingcheng's military rank was true or false, so he could only say vaguely: "Their family has a deep foundation in the army, and several members of the family are all powerful figures in the army, and Wei Mingcheng has developed very well in recent years. ”

"Then you have to get to know it, Brother Xuezhi, help us introduce it. ”

Hearing Bai Xuezhi's words, the young man's eyes suddenly lit up, you must know that the military government is two completely different systems, the children who grew up in the government compound and the children in the military compound are also two completely different circles.

The military system is relatively closed, and it is difficult for outsiders to integrate into it, and even if they know each other, it is difficult to have deep friendships.

However, there are many benefits to people who get acquainted with the military system, especially in recent years, the military system has been restructured, such as military factories and some tertiary industries have been attributed to the localities, and there are many things that can be operated in the middle, but if there is no strong relationship in the army, it is also in vain.