Chapter 157: The Thanksgiving Banquet or the Hongmen Banquet
When the woman was frightened and was about to shout for help, when her eyes inadvertently looked at Lin Tao, the whole person was stupid all of a sudden.
And when Lin Tao saw the true face of the woman, he also opened his mouth in surprise, and his face was incredible.
"It's you!"
"Is that you?"
The two spoke in unison.
Lin Tao never expected to meet Zhang Huilan at Li Wanru's house.
And Zhang Huilan's face changed even more in shock, she never expected to meet the young man who bumped into her most important thing at her niece's house.
"Mr. Lin, you ...... How did you end up here? ”
Zhang Huilan was the first to come to her senses and asked embarrassed and surprised.
A few days ago, she and Li Ruiming, secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, spent the night in the farmhouse's farm, because Li Ruiming was old, the action was too intense, and his body couldn't bear it, and he almost died of a stroke, but fortunately he was saved by Lin Tao, who was also in the farm overnight. Otherwise, Li Ruiming would have died at this time, and she herself would probably be ruined and convicted of manslaughter.
"Sister Zhang, do you know Li Wanru too?"
When Zhang Huilan heard Lin Tao say this, she immediately understood, and said in surprise: "You are the friend that Wanru wants to feast on?" ”
"yes!" Lin Tao asked curiously, "Sister Zhang, what is your relationship with Li Wanru?" ”
Zhang Huilan's face turned purple, and she was embarrassed to find a crack in the ground to get into, why is there such a coincidence in the world, if she didn't run over on a whim just now, she wouldn't have collided with Lin Tao.
"I ......"
Zhang Huilan was about to speak, when Li Wanru, who was busy in the kitchen, suddenly ran out, and when she saw Lin Tao, she said with a happy face: "Lin Tao, you are here." ”
Seeing that Lin Tao and Zhang Huilan were chatting very energetically, Li Wanru asked suspiciously: "Do you know each other?" ”
Lin Tao was about to speak, but Zhang Huilan hurriedly rushed: "I don't know, I don't know, we meet for the first time!" ”
Lin Tao looked at Zhang Huilan in confusion, but saw Zhang Huilan secretly wink, with a pleading look on her face.
"Lin Tao, this is my aunt, who works in the Education Bureau."
Li Wanru explained to Lin Tao with a smile, then her face turned unnaturally red, introduced Lin Tao to Zhang Huilan, and said stupidly: "Auntie, this is Lin Tao." I was able to go to work in the provincial government because of his help! ”
Zhang Huilan didn't expect that Lin Tao was young, even if he had a high level of traditional Chinese medicine, he would have such a deep background, and he would be able to operate his niece who was suspended at home to work in the provincial department, and when she looked at Lin Tao again, her eyes were full of curiosity.
"Lin Tao, you talk to my aunt first, and I'll go to the kitchen to continue my work."
Zhang Huilan couldn't be alone with Lin Tao calmly at this time, so she spoke: "I'll help you start, it's faster." ”
Li Wanru nodded with a smile, and then said to Lin Tao: "If you want to drink tea, pour it yourself, you're welcome." ”
After the two girls entered the kitchen, Lin Tao sat on the sofa in the living room, bored watching the soap opera.
Inside the kitchen.
Zhang Huilan stood by the pool to help Li Wanru wash vegetables, she rubbed the cabbage leaves with her hands, and asked Li Wanru tentatively, "Wanru, how did you and Lin Tao meet?" ”
Li Wanru was stir-frying the shredded green pepper and pork in the pot, and after listening to Zhang Huilan's inquiry, her face was slightly red, confused: "I met by chance." ”
Zhang Huilan knew that Li Wanru was fooling herself, so she didn't dig deeper, and continued to ask: "Are you ordinary friends now, or are you ......?"
"Ordinary friends, of course!"
Zhang Huilan was not finished yet, and Li Wanru was busy opening up to cover up.
Zhang Huilan laughed, "For so many years, I haven't seen you fall in love with any boy and cook for him personally, you are just an ordinary friend, will I believe it?" ”
"It's really just an ordinary friend!"
Li Wanru said with a red face.
"Ordinary friends, he would do you such a big favor?"
"Hello others!"
Zhang Huilan smiled again and quipped: "If you are a good person, you have to do you such a big favor?" What about fooling my aunt like a three-year-old child? ”
"Oh, auntie, I found out that you didn't come in to help, you came to interrogate me!"
Li Wanru pushed Zhang Huilan out in shame and said, "You better go watch TV, if you want to ask anything, just ask Lin Tao!" ”
Zhang Huilan walked out of the kitchen embarrassedly, and when she saw Lin Tao watching TV, she squeezed out a smile and walked over and asked, "Do you want to drink tea?" Shall I pour you a cup of tea? ”
"Oh, no!"
Lin Tao turned his gaze from the TV to Zhang Huilan, and after glancing at her, he looked at the TV again, and asked casually, "Was that uncle okay last time?" ”
Lin Tao didn't mention the events of that night, Zhang Huilan already felt very embarrassed, but when he mentioned the events of that night, his face suddenly turned red, and he complained a little in his heart whether Lin Tao deliberately wanted to embarrass herself, and said with a somewhat unhappy expression: "It's much better." ”
Lin Tao heard that Zhang Huilan's tone was wrong, looked at her again, and saw that her face was a little ugly, so he realized that he had lost his words, so he explained with a wry smile: "Sister Zhang, I'm sorry, did I say the wrong thing?" ”
Zhang Huilan said curtly: "No, it's just ...... I hope you don't mention this to anyone, including Wanru, okay? ”
Zhang Huilan's tone was pleading.
"Absolutely."
Lin Tao nodded solemnly, "This is your private matter, I won't talk too much." ”
"Thank you!" Zhang Huilan glanced at Lin Tao gratefully.
Lin Tao put down the remote control in his hand and couldn't help asking: "One day you revealed that the identity of that uncle is not ordinary, can you tell me his true identity now?" ”
Zhang Huilan hesitated, thinking that Lin Tao would know Li Ruiming's identity sooner or later, since he asked, it would not hurt to sell him a favor, so she nodded at Lin Tao, and lowered her voice and whispered: "He is Li Ruiming, Secretary of the Provincial Political and Legal Committee!" ”
"What's that?"
Lin Tao was shocked all of a sudden.
Secretary of the Provincial Political and Legal Committee, that is the real provincial city real power faction bigwig, in charge of the public procuratorate and law, and even the deputy director of the Provincial Public Security Department like Chen Miao is under the control of Li Ruiming.
Lin Tao thought that Li Ruiming might be a successful businessman, and he also thought that he was the leader of a certain unit in the city, but he never expected that he would be a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee at the top of the province.
"Lin Tao?"
Zhang Huilan saw that Lin Tao was stunned for a moment, so she opened her mouth to remind.
"Huh? Oh! Lin Tao came to his senses all of a sudden, and his expression looked extremely weird.
Zhang Huilan pursed her lips and smiled, and said softly: "Are you scared?" ”
"It's really scary!" Lin Tao smiled bitterly, "I thought that his identity was not simple, but I didn't expect it to be so simple!" ”
"So, please be sure to keep it a secret!"
Zhang Huilan reminded seriously again.
Lin Tao nodded lightly and sighed: "Don't worry, I know it in my heart." ”
Zhang Huilan was relieved at this time, a relaxed smile appeared on her face again, and she no longer thought about the embarrassment just now, she took the initiative to peel an apple for Lin Tao, handed it to Lin Tao, and then instructed: "It's either tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, Li Ruiming will invite you to dinner, I'll tell you first, so that you can be prepared, and whatever he gives you when the time comes, you have to take it all, you know!" ”
"Why?" Lin Tao took the apple handed by Zhang Huilan, thanked him, and then asked curiously.
Zhang Huilan glanced at Lin Tao with deep meaning and explained: "If you refuse to accept his reward, he will not think that you do good deeds without asking for anything in return, but will think more, thinking that you may use this matter to blackmail him!" It really makes him think crookedly, maybe not only will he not be grateful to you, but he will ......"
Lin Tao understood what Zhang Huilan meant, and sighed with a wry smile: "The leaders in the officialdom have a lot of thoughts! ”
Zhang Huilan pouted and smiled: "Society is originally so complicated, it's not just that the leaders in the officialdom have a lot of thoughts. You are still young, and after you get in touch with some big names like Li Ruiming, you will slowly be able to understand a lot of things from it! If you have time, I suggest you check out the book Thick Black. ”
"Okay, I'll watch it when I find time!"
While the two were chatting, Li Wanru began to serve food outside from the kitchen, and said to Lin Tao and Zhang Huilan with a smile: "Lin Tao, auntie, hurry up and try my skills!" ”
It took more than an hour for Li Wanru to make a total of five dishes and one soup, and from the perspective of color, it can be regarded as full of color and fragrance, but I don't know how it tastes.
After the dishes were served, Li Wanru asked Lin Tao with a smile, "Drink white wine or red wine?" ”
"I'm coming by car, do you want to drink at a wine bar?"
Li Wanru shook her head and said: "The red wine is boring, it's better to drink the white bar, it's a big deal to find you a substitute driver when you're drunk!" ”
Lin Tao was speechless, in that case, why bother asking me?
Li Wanru opened a bottle of Wuliangye, which his father treasured, and Zhang Huilan joked funny on the side: "When your father comes back, I know that you drank his good wine, and I guess I will feel distressed for a while!" ”
Li Wanru pouted and said, "Anyway, he has a lot of alcohol, and it's not a big deal to drink one or two bottles." Auntie, you can also drink some today! ”
"I'm not going to drink it, am I? I don't drink well! ”
Li Wanru smiled: "Your house is on the next floor, and you don't have to drive, what are you worried about!" ”
Zhang Huilan looked helpless and said with a wry smile: "Come on, then I'll accompany your friend to drink some." ”
She deliberately didn't use Lin Tao's name, showing that she was alienated from Lin Tao.
Li Wanru poured half a glass of liquor for Zhang Huilan, then poured a glass for herself and Lin Tao, put down the wine bottle tightly, and looked at Lin Tao with deep meaning, "Lin Tao, I will salute you first for this glass of wine, thank you for helping me so much!" ”
She drank the two taels of wine in the cup into her stomach very boldly, and the spicy smell churned directly from her stomach to her throat, and her eyes were red when she choked.
Zhang Huilan glanced at Li Wanru reproachfully, quickly sandwiched some vegetables for her and put them in the bowl, and said loudly: "What are you doing in such a hurry to drink on an empty stomach, hurry up and eat some food to suppress the wine." ”
Li Wanru smiled nonchalantly, then raised her eyebrows and looked at Lin Tao, "I'm already dry, do you want to have a drink too?" ”
Lin Tao glanced at the wine glass with a wry smile, and said angrily and funny: "Eldest sister, are you a thank-you banquet or a Hongmen banquet?" ”
"Of course it'......" Li Wanru smiled slyly and quipped playfully: "Hongmen Banquet, I'm going to eat you alive." ”
Because of the wine, Li Wanru's pretty face was crimson, and her eyes were full of autumn water when she looked at Lin Tao, charming and moving.
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