Duan Zetao nodded heavily, and said resolutely: "Grandpa, don't worry, as long as I am here, I will not let others bully our Xiao family at will!" ……”。

"I should be able to hold on for a while, as long as I'm still in the day, no one dares to touch the Xiao family! But you are not strong enough now, so what you have to do now is to make yourself stronger, so strong that when others want to move you, you have to consider the consequences, and you really have the ability to protect the Xiao family! ......", a cold light flashed in Old Man Xiao's eyes, and a terrifying power burst out from his body, as if he had returned to the era when he led thousands of troops and horses to charge into battle.

Duan Zetao was also infected by Old Man Xiao's arrogance, felt his blood boiling, and said excitedly: "Grandpa, you must take good care of your body, watch me become stronger, I want to become the youngest provincial and ministerial-level cadre in the country, and I will be a feudal official, so that even if others want to move the Xiao family, they have to see if he can afford to pay the price!" ……”。

Old Man Xiao lovingly stroked Duan Zetao's head, his eyes were full of relief, "Xiao Tao, it's really hard for you kid, your return to the Xiao family didn't bring you any benefits, and now you have to bear such a heavy responsibility......."

Duan Zetao hurriedly said: "Grandpa, don't say that, the Xiao family has given me a lot of help, just today Director Li of the National Development and Reform Commission approved a big project for me, and it is also to save your face, I am proud to be the descendant of the Xiao family, no matter what, I will not embarrass the Xiao family!" ……”。

Old man Xiao sighed: "Xiao Tao, you are the most outstanding I have ever seen among the young generations, you became the mayor of the provincial capital city at such a young age, and it is very likely that you will exceed the height that your grandfather has reached in the future, and enter the real national center, and the more you go up, the greater the test you will encounter, so you have to remember that the high place is not cold, you must learn to protect yourself, you can't always be emotional, and you can be quick for a while, as the so-called governing the country is like cooking a small fresh, the control of the fire is very important, too soft others will think you are weak and can be bullied, If it is too hard, it will make enemies on all sides, and it will be difficult to move an inch......".

Duan Zetao listened to Old Man Xiao's teaching, this is the crystallization of the old man's decades of experience and wisdom as an official, which has benefited him a lot, after all, the old man is old, and after talking for so long, he is also a little tired, Duan Zetao asked Old Man Xiao to rest first, he is ready to postpone his return to Xingzhou for a few days, and accompany Old Man Xiao well.

Before leaving, Old Man Xiao pointed to the cigarette butts on the ground, and said mysteriously: "Xiao Tao, remember to pick up the cigarette butts on the ground, otherwise that Xie Simiao will see it later, and he will be nagging and chattering non-stop......."

Duan Zetao saw that Old Man Xiao had regained the optimism of the old naughty boy, and his mind was clear, and most of the stones in his heart were finally put down, so he carefully helped Old Man Xiao cover the quilt, and lightly took the door out of Old Man Xiao's bedroom.

At this time, several elders of the second generation of the Xiao family, such as Xiao Kedi, Xiao Ketar, and Xiao Keyu, also came, and they were also worried about Old Man Xiao's condition, and they didn't bother anymore when they learned that Old Man Xiao was asleep.

The third generation of the Xiao family, Xiao Zhiwen, Xiao Zhiwu, Xiao Zhiqiang, Xiao Shengnan, Chen Xianzhi and others also came, Xiao Zhiwu, Xiao Zhiqiang, Chen Xianzhi and several of them got the benefits of Duan Zetao, and made a lot of money, seeing Duan Zetao naturally gathered around him to curry favor, they didn't pay too much attention to Old Man Xiao's illness, anyway, they didn't take a career path, as long as they had money to live a rich and comfortable life, they were satisfied, but they didn't think that there were eggs under the nest, once Old Man Xiao left, They want to live the life of a rich man, but it is not easy.

Xiao Zhiwen saw Xiao Zhiwu, Xiao Zhiqiang, and Chen Xianzhi flattering Duan Zetao there without skin and face, and his face showed a displeased expression, he was originally the pride of the Xiao family, and he has always been regarded as the successor of the Xiao family, but since Duan Zetao returned to the Xiao family, all this has changed suddenly, not only the old man Xiao is very fond of Duan Zetao, Xiao Kedi, Xiao Min and other second generations of the Xiao family are also full of praise for Duan Zetao, and even the brothers and sisters of the third generation of the Xiao family, who originally regarded Duan Zetao as an outlier, were also attracted by Duan Zetao. Open and close your mouth all day long, and hang "Brother Tao" on your lips.

All this made Xiao Zhiwen naturally extremely jealous of Duan Zetao, thinking that Duan Zetao had robbed him of the favor that should have belonged to him, so he didn't even ask Duan Zetao for a real estate company established by 100 million yuan to distribute all the third-generation dry shares of the Xiao family equally, in his opinion, Duan Zetao is now the mayor, he is also the mayor, and the level is the main hall, no worse than Duan Zetao, how can he ask Duan Zetao for charity.

Dinner is a big family together, the atmosphere is very dull as usual, only hear the sound of chopsticks and bowls colliding, Xiao Kedi is the oldest, Xiao Lao is sick, he naturally has to take care of the affairs of the family, after eating, he said to Xiao Ketar, Xiao Ke, Xiao Min and several other second-generation brothers and sisters of the Xiao family: "Ketar, Ke, Xiao Min, you come to the study after eating, let's have a family meeting ......."

After thinking about it, he said to Duan Zetao: "Xiao Tao, you can come too!" This is equivalent to officially regarding Duan Zetao as the successor of the Xiao family and letting him participate in the discussion of major matters of the Xiao family, Xiao Zhiwen saw that Xiao Kedi called Duan Zetao to participate in the family meeting, but did not call himself, and a resentful look flashed in his eyes.

Duan Zetao followed Xiao Kedi and the others into the study, all the people present were his elders, so he naturally didn't want to express any opinions, so he sat in the corner and listened to Xiao Kedi without saying a word.

Xiao Kedi frowned and said: "The old man's illness came too suddenly, and there is no good way to deal with 'Parkinson's disease' in medicine at present, of course we as children hope that the old man can live longer than Nanshan, but I am afraid that the disease will come like a mountain, the old man is already in his nineties, we have to prepare for the worst first, in case the old man leaves, it will definitely have a great impact on our Xiao family......."

Xiao Keyu on the side interjected in frustration: "Don't say that the old man will have a great impact on us if he leaves, that is, now, since the news of the old man's serious illness came out, I have been excluded in the ministry, and my division of labor was adjusted at the ministry meeting last week, and now I am in charge of the trade union and the old cadre......

Xiao Ketar also sighed and said: "Alas, don't mention it, I'm worse than you, now the ministry is preparing to carry out institutional reform, merge the original departments, and the department I am responsible for is also among the mergers, and I don't know how to arrange it after the merger, so I will completely stand aside!" ……”。