Mr. Xu is a few years younger than Mr. Zhou, but he is already in his seventies, compared to Mr. Zhou, who retired from the Politburo early, Mr. Zhou is still serving as the vice chairman of the Military Commission in the Military Commission, and the Xu Shaoyun brothers have already hung up the rank of major general at a young age, which can be seen from this point that the influence of the Xu family in the military circles can be seen in general.

There is an old man Xu in charge, and the second generation is gradually standing out in the military circles, and the Xu family does not have to worry too much about the situation of lack of success for the time being, but from the current position of the two Xu Shaoyun brothers, if they want to enter the military committee in a short time, it obviously takes a lot of hard work, and it is obviously a little too early to say this before.

If the Zhou family and the Xu family get married, there is no doubt that the influence of the Zhou family in the army can be improved in the long run, then the Xu family can marry the Zhou family, for the Xu family, it is not an opportunity, with the Zhou family as a political ally, it is undoubtedly a guarantee for the Xu family's power handover, in fact, the political marriage is nothing more than a combination of interests, and the relationship between Zhou Fan and Xu You is obviously no exception.

Although the old man Xu is old, he is full of energy when he speaks, and even if the old man does not speak, he simply sits there, but there is a majestic and solemn taste on his body, and he is also depressed and breathless, this feeling is only found in the generation of Old Man Zhou.

Seeing Zhou Fan come in, the old man looked at Zhou Fan with a smile, and then nodded and said, "This child of the Ziming family is really a talent, not bad." ”

It's good to be praised by the old man Xu, the old man is obviously quite satisfied with Zhou Fan's grandson-in-law, of course, whether this will be interspersed because of Zhou Fan's identity, which Zhou Fan doesn't know, but to get the old man's approval, Zhou Fan is also slightly relieved, after all, being stared at by the old man, the taste in the middle is not comfortable, and the pressure is too great.

Zhou Fan stood aside cautiously, needless to say, Old Man Xu said that in the second generation, Xu Shaoyun and Xu Yushan brothers, Zhou Zishan and Zhou Ziming brothers were also there, and even Zhang Jindong was also present, so naturally it was not Zhou Fan's turn to speak, basically the old man asked, and Zhou Fan replied cautiously.

The old man mainly asked some questions about Zhou Fan's work, and when he heard that Zhou Fan was suspended to a township below this time, the old man said with a smile: "How is it?" If you want me to say that you young people should be sent to the grassroots level to exercise and exercise, and only by enduring hardships can you become a master. ”

Zhou Fan smiled and nodded in agreement: "Although the grassroots work is a little more complicated than the ministry, I have really learned a lot of things." ”

"It's good to learn something, young people must learn more and see more, you still have a long way to go." Old Man Xu patted Zhou Fan's hand with a smile, and then got up and entered the house.

Now that the old man has met, then the next engagement time will be arranged by the people below, logically speaking, Zhou and Xu are well-known figures in the capital, the two marriages, even if the engagement banquet is not noisy in the whole city, at least it has to put on a show, but the two families have an unusually tacit understanding and choose to keep a low profile, but the elders of the two families talk together, by the way, Zhou Fan and Xu Yu met with the parents of both sides, and then the man handed over some jewelry and gold to the woman, and basically the engagement was completed.

As for this dowry and the like, Zhou Fan doesn't know very well, anyway, it was discussed by the parents of both sides, and Zhou Fan naturally couldn't care about it, but when he poured tea for his father-in-law and mother-in-law, his mother-in-law gave Zhou Fan a big problem, and Zhou Fan didn't come back to his senses all of a sudden.

This is still relying on Xu Shaoyun, the old man, to help solve the siege, otherwise Zhou Fan may not know what the embarrassment will become, but thinking of what the mother said, Zhou Fan's heart is a little heavy, is happiness really so simple?

"What are you thinking? Are you going to get married and haven't reacted yet? Seeing Zhou Fan stunned there, Zhang Jindong reminded with a smile that only Zhang Jindong had the least appearance of elders in front of Zhou Fan, and he usually liked to joke about Zhou Fan.

"Uncle Zhang, don't make fun of me, my dad told me that on the day you got engaged to your aunt, you dreamed of your aunt's name." Zhou Fan said with a smile, when he said this, it made Zhang Jindong's old face blush, this Zhou Ziming is really true, he will say everything to the child, and this will put his face there.

"You kid likes to listen to your father's nonsense, but I also know that Xu You, this child, you can't bully people in the future, and if Xu Shaoyun and his wife find trouble with you because of this matter, don't blame me for not helping you at that time." Zhang Jindong Road.

"I'll be nice to her." Zhou Fan glanced at Zhang Jindong and nodded firmly.

Even if the combination of the two has too many external factors, but since God has arranged Xu You as Zhou Fan's wife, then Zhou Fan must do the obligations that a husband should do, this is a responsibility as a man, Xu You himself is the same as Zhou Fan, because this marriage has lost a lot of things, in fact, if you really want to talk about it, Xu You is just a poor girl, born in such a family, and sacrificed the happiness that should have belonged to her for the benefit of the family.

The engagement has been negotiated, and the two families will have a meal together, this matter is almost finalized, as today's protagonists Zhou Fan and Xu You, naturally want to sit together with the second generation of the two families, although they are all close relatives of the two families, but those who are here will pull one out, in the eyes of people outside, they are undoubtedly well-known figures.

Not to mention the two generals of the Xu family, Zhou Ziming and Zhang Jindong are both leaders of ministries and commissions, even the younger Zhou Ziming, who is also the mayor of a city in the northwest, is in charge of the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of people, which is undoubtedly a big man in the eyes of the people.

The elders of the two families tacitly did not talk about state affairs, and most of what they said were some old childhood things in the past, and Zhou Fan also rarely heard some interesting things about Zhou Zishan's generation when they were children, just like Zhou Zishan wrote a note to a female classmate in the same class when he was studying, but this was heard in the mouth of Zhou Fan's father-in-law, but Xu Shaoyun obviously did not fall well, and was poked out by Zhou Zishan that he had a crush on a female classmate in the class when he was studying, because of this incident, Zhou Fan's mother-in-law almost didn't pull Xu Shaoyun aside for a good interrogation.

(To be continued)