Chapter 165: Childhood Friends
"Brother Berton, I want this, this, and this."
Obediently sat aside and waited for the brothers to finish speaking, and smiled and took the menu and ordered several dishes in a row.
She wasn't in the slightest interested in what they were chatting about. As for the two concubines around her who may be her brother's concubine, Xiaoxiao feels that there is no pressure, she is a princess, and she will be the wife of Cunzài in the future, and these people have to please her.
She eats whatever she wants.
Yes, exactly.
"Waiter, give us the palace to protect the chicken, the clouds and the moon......"
Calling the waiter, Zhou Xingyun ordered more than a dozen dishes in a row, but he didn't even look at the price.
Anyway, there is no price tag for the dishes in the menu here. If it weren't for the fact that it was on Wanggong Street, where every inch of land was expensive, Zhou Xingyun would have suspected that they were opening a black shop.
Although I had already eaten and burped before, when the dish came up, Xiaoxiao gave full play to the combat power of a little Lori, and it was extremely fast when it swept up.
"Brother Berton, this squid is delicious, you can eat it too."
"Thank you, smile."
"Uh-huh."
When eating, Xiaoxiao didn't forget to pick up vegetables for her brother Pony, giving full play to the virtue of a future virtuous helper, but the image full of oil was a little ugly.
Alas, I really don't know what education in the palace has become.
Looking at Xiao Loli's eating appearance, Zhou Xingyun secretly shook his head, heartbroken for the education of the royal family of the Ming Kingdom.
"Hello, the cost of your meal has been paid by Lord Feng."
After checking the system, the beautiful cashier said to Zhou Xingyun with a smile.
"Oh."
I didn't expect the gentleman to be so polite, so Zhou Xingyun was not polite, and walked out of the hotel with the little Lori who was full of food and couldn't walk.
Under the construction of little Lori, Zhou Xingyun took her to the amusement park for an afternoon.
Although little Lori is a princess with good roots, she is a six-year-old girl after all, and she has no immunity to roller coasters, pirate ships, and bumper cars......
"Brother Berton, you have to remember to pick me up tomorrow."
Holding the thigh of the colt brother, he said with a smile and teary eyes.
After a day of play, she was very happy, but the thought of returning to the lonely palace compound made her feel unhappy.
"Okay, I'll pick you up tomorrow."
pinched the cute face of the little Lori, Zhou Xingyun didn't care about the plainclothes maid who was eyeing her on the side.
"Well, pull hook."
Stretching out his little hand, he said solemnly with a smile and wide eyes.
"Okay, pull hook."
Pulling a hook with the little Lori, Zhou Xingyun looked at the little Lori sitting in the car, and there was a trace of reluctance in his heart.
These days, little Lori's lethality is a bit big.
Sending off little Lori, Zhou Xingyun went to the 'Linglong Pavilion' to the cousin's banquet.
Coming to a four-story pavilion on Chang'an Avenue in Beijing, Zhou Xingyun walked in alone.
"Hello sir, could you please show me your membership card?"
As one of the four private clubs in Beijing, Linglong Pavilion naturally uses a membership system, and when Zhou Xingyun walked to the door, the beautiful waitress at the door asked with a smile.
"Brother."
Without waiting for Zhou Xingyun to say anything, Wang Xingyu ran forward, and the beautiful waitress respectfully stepped aside.
She knew the club regular.
"Who else is there today?"
Standing in the elevator, Zhou Xingyun asked casually.
"There are few people, they are all our childhood playmates, and there are a few of them, brother, you also know them."
replied with a smile, Wang Xingyu, who failed in the conspiracy last time, naturally didn't dare to design it blatantly, and was afraid that this somewhat enlightened cousin would want to understand and settle accounts with him.
"Oh."
remembers that he lived in the capital for a period of time when he was a child, but Zhou Xingyun didn't have much impression of those little friends.
"Brother Zhou."
"Brother Yun."
"Brother Zhou."
……
As soon as he walked into a luxurious private room, Zhou Xingyun saw a group of young people huddled up to say hello, and a few of them were much older than him, and they still called their brothers.
Unlike Zhou Xingyun's previous life, in this life of the Ming Kingdom, although there are groups of gentlemen, there is a natural group that stands proudly above their heads, that is, the descendants of the nobility, and Zhou Xingyun is undoubtedly the leader of this group.
After chatting with these people for a few words, Zhou Xingyun learned about their general situation without a trace.
In addition to his cousin Wang Xingyu, the most noble person present was the late Liu Yueqi, the great-grandson of the former military department secretary, his father is now a major general in a certain army, and the conversion of the finished product level can be regarded as touching the edge of the third grade, and it is very likely that he will go further in the future.
The second is He You, who was born in a family of eunuchs, who has been an official in Beijing for generations, although his grade is not high, he has also produced high-ranking officials such as six squires, and he can be regarded as a local snake in Beijing.
Xu Bing, who is a little more active in business, has a family that straddles both political and business worlds, although he is not well-known in the political circles, but the Ming Dynasty's hundreds of years of government-business combination ideas are enough for the Xu family to occupy a place in the business world.
As for the rest of the people, the family is just some petty officials in the capital, even if there was once glory, now it has declined.
It didn't take long for Zhou Xingyun to know that this was a little playmate party specially held for him by his cousin, these people had all played with him before, it seemed that he was an age to wear open crotch pants, but it made his body and mind relax.
As the most distinguished Zhou Xingyun, he became the focus of the audience as soon as he arrived, and seven or eight friends kept looking for topics to chat with him, and the most attentive was Liu Yueqi, who had the highest status.
"Seventh brother has become a major so quickly, congratulations. Come, I'll toast you. ”
Hearing the person next to him mention that Liu Yueqi had already reached the rank of major in the army, Zhou Xingyun smiled and congratulated.
Zhou Xingyun's titles are all used as jokes when he was a child, but no one really accepts them, after all, there is a natural gap between them.
When I was a child, I was ignorant, but now that I have grown up and realized the reality of society, how can they be the brother of the prince of the country.
"Don't dare, don't dare, Yun Shao laughed."
Some flattered raised the wine glass in their hands, and Liu Yueqi replied with some restraint.
If he is in front of others, he is a little proud of his capital, after all, being able to mix with the rank of major at the age of twenty-two is enough to be called young and promising, but in front of this nobleman, it is just an insignificant little bit.
He is no longer the child who didn't understand anything at the beginning, relying on his age, everyone calls him Seventh Brother, and only when he enters the army can he feel the deep imprint brought by that class.
Since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the army has been a system of its own, maintaining the martial spirit, but the differences between classes have become more and more obvious.
Although Liu Yueqi, who is in the army, is a little disdainful of such flattery, she also knows that she bows to reality, not to mention that the other party's noble status makes him not feel any discomfort.
"Alas, Brother Seven, I have said it, we don't care about our identity now, we only talk about seniority. I'll call you Brother Seven, and you can just call me by my name. ”
Looking at the sincere and frightened appearance of this young major who was the 'proud son of heaven' in the eyes of ordinary people, Zhou Xingyun felt a little proud in his heart, and at the same time, he became more and more approachable.
In this Daming country, where human relations are the pivot, if he wants to mix up the glory of his ancestors in the future, it is far from enough to rely on the shadow of his ancestors.
If you want to be a son of a cow fork, you can't do it without a solid team.
And now these friends can be a helper in the future.