The place where Zhang Chunli made an appointment to meet Xiao Yuan was at Xia Jiuying's aunt's house, that is, Gu Xiaodong's house, if Xiao Yuan could choose, he would never choose this place to meet, and he was worried that if he met Zhang Chunli at Gu Xiaodong's house, Gu Xiaodong would turn him away, so he told Xia Jiuying his thoughts on the way.

"I don't know what happened to you and my cousin, you have become enemies, in fact, you don't have to worry, my cousin has a house outside, he rarely comes home, and my aunt is also very curious about you." Xia Jiuying said.

"Hehe, I don't expect your aunt to be so good to me, just don't turn me away." Xiao Yuan said with a wry smile, at the beginning of the year, he and Tang Sa cheated tens of millions of dollars from Gu Xiaodong, and almost forced him to go bankrupt, it was impossible for Xia Jiuying's aunt not to know about it, so he didn't have much hope for Xia Jiuying's aunt's attitude.

"Don't worry, since my mother let you go, my aunt won't kick you out, usually my aunt loves me very much, and with me here, she won't kick you out." Xia Jiuying said.

"I hope so." Xiao Yuan said.

Xia Jiuying's aunt's house is not far from the Jiangzhou Municipal Government compound in a place called Weimin Community, this community is actually the Jiangzhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government's leadership family home, and the people who can live in it are either the current Jiangzhou Municipal Government officials and their families, or the old cadres who have retired from the leadership positions of the municipal government, so compared with ordinary communities, its security is much stricter, and Xiao Yuan's car has a general license plate, so as soon as he drove to the door, he was stopped by the doorman, although Xia Jiuying followed, Still meticulously asked Xiao Yuan to fill out a form, explaining his intentions, and then let him in.

Parking the car in the parking lot of the community, Xiao Yuan and Xia Jiuying got out of the car, took the picture scroll of Zheng Banqiao copied by Pan Qi, and walked to the community together, Xia Jiuying is very familiar with the people in this family yard, and when she meets some old men and old ladies along the way, she will take the initiative to greet them, and when these old men and old ladies are smiling and talking to Xia Jiuying, they also have a strong interest in Xiao Yuan who walks with Xia Jiuying, and even a few enthusiastic ones have to pull Xiao Yuan to ask questions and ask questions, So much so that the distance of a few hundred meters from the entrance of the community to Aunt Xia Jiuying's house took more than 20 minutes before it came to an end.

Although this community is called a community, the environment is like a large manor, its area is very large, and in addition to some ordinary buildings, there are also a considerable number of independent courtyards.

Xia Jiuying's aunt's house is a single-door courtyard, the house is a two-story small building with a dark red exterior wall, the architectural style is Soviet-style, it looks very heavy, such a building is not the highest specification in this community, but it is also medium to high, Xia Jiuying rang the doorbell outside the gate, and soon, a middle-aged woman wearing plain clothes and an apron came out of the house, and when she saw Xia Jiuying outside the door, she came over with a smile, opened the door, and let them in.

"Aunt Zhao, is my mother at home?" Xia Jiuying asked.

"Yes." Aunt Zhao replied, glancing at Xiao Yuan as she spoke, with some smiles on her face, and asked, "He is Xiao Yuan, right?" ”

"Hello Aunt Zhao, I'm Xiao Yuan." Xiao Yuan smiled and said.

"It's really not as good as I thought, he's a handsome guy, no wonder he can make my family like this." Aunt Zhao said with a smile.

"Huh." Xiao Yuan smiled, feeling that Aunt Zhao's words were a little difficult to accept, so he simply closed his mouth in a funny way.

Aunt Zhao took them into the house, and the entrance was a dark red screen, the content on the screen was not the landscape calligraphy and paintings of ordinary people, but the portrait of the founding great man and the five words of serving the people displayed in the form of relief below, this kind of decoration is also in line with the interior decoration of the red family in Xiao Yuan's mind, which is thick and political.

Bypassing the screen, it is a small living room, the style of the whole living room is still solemn and solemn, the dark red solid wood sofa, the dark red solid wood coffee table, and then there is a portrait of a great man hung on the north gable, there is a couplet on both sides of the portrait of a great man, and the content is still the poetry of a great man.

Zhang Chunli and another woman who was slightly chubby and looked very similar to Gu Xiaodong were sitting on the sofa, and when Xiao Yuan and Xia Jiuying came over, they also stood up.

"Xiao Yuan, this is my aunt." Before Xia Jiuying entered the living room, she took the initiative to hold Xiao Yuan's arm, and after entering the living room, she pointed to the slightly chubby woman and introduced Xiao Yuan.

"Hello Auntie." Xiao Yuan said hello to Xia Jiuying's aunt, but the title was auntie, before he didn't know the other party's attitude, he felt that it was better for him to be cautious, otherwise he rashly shouted aunt with Xia Jiuying, and was rejected by the other party, wouldn't it be boring to find himself?

"Well, you can also call your aunt with Yingying, sister-in-law, you can talk to the two children, and I will prepare a meal for you." Aunt Xia Jiuying looked at Xiao Yuan with a look of joy and sadness, opened her mouth to say a word to him and Zhang Chunli, and then left directly.

"I told you my aunt wouldn't be hard for you, right?" Xia Jiuying heard her aunt call her with her, and said something in Xiao Yuan's ear with some joy.

"Xiao Yuan, we're meeting again." Zhang Chunli nodded at Xiao Yuan, with a smile on her face, and said, after speaking, she looked at her daughter who was still holding Xiao Yuan's arm tightly, and said with a smile, "Let go, since Mom let Xiao Yuan come, she won't drive him away again." ”

Xia Jiuying listened to her mother's words, her face flushed with a hint of redness, and she let go of Xiao Yuan's arm a little shyly, and said, "I'm not afraid that you will drive him away." ”

Xiao Yuan handed the scroll in his hand to Zhang Chunli and said, "When I came, I didn't know what you liked, so I took a picture of Zheng Banqiao's orchid bamboo from home that Fan Qi copied, and I didn't know if it was suitable." ”

Zhang Chunli took the scroll and said with a smile: "The old man likes Zheng Banqiao's painting very much, I'll give it to him for you." ”

Xiao Yuan was a little surprised by Zhang Chunli's words, and hurriedly said: "If the old man likes it, then it's the best." ”

"Well, he'll love it." Zhang Chunli said, and then she said to Xia Jiuying, "Yingying, you go and make a pot of tea, and send it to the study in a while, and Xiao Yuan and I will talk about something alone." ”

"Oh." Xia Jiuying sighed, a little reluctant to let her mother break up, but she still left obediently, while Xiao Yuan followed Zhang Chunli to a study on the first floor.

"Xiao Yuan, are you surprised that I invited you over?" After the two sides sat down, Zhang Chunli asked.

"There was some surprise, indeed." Xiao Yuan nodded.

"I didn't want to come to you, but I had to tell you about some things, so I came here." Zhang Chunli said.

"Tell me something." Xiao Yuan said.

"I'll ask you a few questions." Zhang Chunli did not answer Xiao Yuan immediately, but offered to ask him questions.

"You ask?" Xiao Yuan sat up straight and said.

"Xiao Yuan, I heard Xiaodong say, you know a woman named Tang Sa, and your relationship is very good, is there such a thing?" Zhang Chunli asked, and the question asked surprised Xiao Yuan even more.