Chapter 386: Speech at the Birthday Banquet
Why are you going? โ
Zhen Jiabao vaguely knew that Helian Quan should want to go to the old man Zheng He, but he was very worried when he looked at his state - don't really go to the old man to settle accounts, Zhen Jiabao still remembers that the old man is not in good health, and it is a big deal if these two people are angry.
"You don't have to worry, I just have something I want to ask, and I'll be back in a while."
Although Helian Quan was in a complicated mood now, he still gently touched Zhen Jiabao's side face, and then resolutely went out.
Zhen Jiabao couldn't rest assured, stomped his feet in the house and decided to follow him - he didn't expect her worries to be superfluous, and the old man's housekeeper used the excuse that the head of the house had already fallen asleep, and he was not ready to pass on the word to Helian Quan.
Helian Quan understood that if it weren't for Zheng He's instructions, the housekeeper would naturally not dare to speak like this, the figure standing at the gate of Zheng He's courtyard was very gloomy, and Zhen Jiabao, who was following him, was even more complicated, feeling that Zheng He was too deceitful.
Zheng He's housekeeper had a good attitude, looked at Helian Quan and said respectfully: "Young master doesn't need to be in a hurry, he will naturally be able to see it on the day of the master's birthday banquet." โ
Helian Quan put his hands in his coat pockets, looked up at the dark window upstairs and was silent, but Zhen Jiabao couldn't hold back his anger.
"So I'll go back first."
Helian Quan was silent for a while, and finally calmed down, and even nodded to the housekeeper as a greeting, Zhen Jiabao was dragged away from the old man's yard by him, although he wanted to fight for him, but he still shut up when he looked at his gloomy face.
"What's going on, because you know you did something wrong back then, so you avoid seeing people?"
Helian Quan turned a deaf ear to Zhen Jiabao's whispered complaints, and Zhen Jiabao felt that Helian Quan had been wronged, and felt indignantly that the old man was really too much - could it be that calling Helian Quan back was just to humiliate?
Compared with Zhen Jiabao, Helian Quan is more calm, and he is even in the mood to persuade Zhen Jiabao not to take it to heart...... To be honest, Helian Quan has indeed become accustomed to being treated like this by Zheng He after so many years, and it is nothing again.
Helian Quan is now more concerned about the events of that year, and why he had to let his mother marry into Helian's family in the first place.
Zhen Jiabao felt sorry for Helian Quan, so he patted his chest and promised Helian Quan that he would definitely figure this matter out with him on the day of the birthday banquet.
Zhen Jiabao was taken by Aunt Lou Yi to prepare the birthday banquet for a few days, and Zhen Jiabao endured it for a few more days, and then waited for the old man's birthday.
On the day of the old man's birthday banquet, Helian Quan, as the only biological grandson, naturally wanted to sit at the main table, no matter how much in the eyes of the rest of the Zheng family, he didn't want Helian Quan to have the opportunity to show his face in front of the old man, and he couldn't deny the kinship between the two people.
And in the eyes of some people, even if Helian Quan does it at the main table, it will not be a threat to them at all - although Helian Quan and Zhen Jiabao were the old men who went to meet in the middle of the night that day, but good things don't go out and bad things spread thousands of miles, and now everyone basically knows that Helian Quan was rejected by the old man.
Thinking of the fact that Zheng He had refused to let Helian Quan come over to attend the birthday banquet for so many years before, it was natural to think about whether the old man regretted the decision to call Helian Quan back to the birthday banquet.
Zhen Jiabao has been involved in the arrangement of the birthday banquet from beginning to end, but on the day of the birthday banquet, he was not so excited, and he had watched the arranged programs many times, and he was not interested at all.
Helian Quan had already sat and watched with Zhen Jiabao at the main table
played, but Zhen Jiabao was not interested in those performances, and Helian Quan was also lacking in nature and only cared about giving Zhen Jiabao some dishes.
The seat belonging to the old man is still empty, after all, the Zheng family has always taken family harmony as the first priority, so even if the head of the family is still preparing to give a speech, they have already begun to eat.
Zhen Jiabao poked the food in the bowl with chopsticks, and looked at the scouting eyes around him with his spare eyes - those papayas were really annoying to Zhen Jiabao, and the probing ridicule in them almost turned into a substantial thorn in his back.
But fortunately, the old man immediately came out to give a speech, and even that speech was written by Zhen Jiabao and his aunt together, Zhen Jiabao was already familiar with those words and sentences, and just waited for a while when the old man returned to the main table, he and Helian Quan found an opportunity to talk to the old man.
There are also a few relatives sitting at the main table, Zhen Jiabao has already seen each other, but Helian Quan is the first time to meet except for his uncle and grandmother, so it is inevitable that he will have to talk for a while.
Zhen Jiabao could only listen to the old man's speech with nothing to do, but suddenly heard from the old man's speech that he and his aunt wrote that was not in the speech.
The old man actually announced in public that he was starting to prepare for the transfer of power of the Zheng family, and the old man also said that the selection of the heir of the head of the Zheng family does not pay attention to identity, as long as it is possible for anyone sitting on this occasion today.
Zhen Jiabao couldn't help but turn his head to look at Helian Quan, who was chatting and laughing with his elders, and bit the tip of his chopsticks, thinking that Helian Quan might be able to get a piece of the pie.
It's just that with the old man's indifferent attitude towards Helian Quan, it is estimated that it is impossible, Zhen Jiabao shook his head and sighed, feeling the more noisy atmosphere in the field - it is estimated that it was because he heard that the old man finally mentioned that he wanted to change the head of the family, so he couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, Zhen Jiabao glanced over there, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
Helian Quan turned a deaf ear to all this, after all, although the Zheng family can be regarded as a behemoth, but since Helian Quan already has Emperor Yan, he really doesn't take the Zheng family very seriously.
What's more, Helian Quan never thought that the old man would have the idea of passing on the power or property of the Zheng family to himself...... No, maybe there were before, but on the night when the old man turned him away, Helian Quan had already shattered all his illusions.
There were people who didn't know each other in the audience cheering and asked Zheng He: "Can the head of the family make it clear, what kind of transmission is this?" โ
The old man stood there, looking at the colorful faces of everyone present with a smile on his face, as if he was very satisfied with their performance.
"As the current head of the Zheng family, I naturally want to pick out the best one from our Zheng family to inherit the position of the head of the family, but because my Zheng family is prosperous and there is only one position as the head of the family, part of the Zheng family's property will also be divided - as for who to share it with? It all depends on each person's creation and previous performance. โ
The old man's words were ambiguous, and although it seemed to answer the man's question, he didn't reveal anything when he thought about it.
"Master, can you make this clearer? Especially now that the people sitting on this scene are not all people from the Zheng family, don't you see that there are two foreign surnames sitting at the main table, hahahaha......"
Maybe it was because of that rumor that he was a little unscrupulous, a man Zhen Jiabao had never met before, his face was flushed, he pointed at Helian Quan and his direction and laughed, and the words he said made Zhen Jiabao instantly angry.
Helian Quan's gaze also shot sharply in an instant - even if he has always been able to deal with the old man's estrangement and indifference calmly, it does not mean that Helian Quan is indeed a good person.
Especially when this person dared to be so presumptuous in front of him, a cold smile escaped from the corner of Helian Quan's mouth.
It's really deadly.
But before Helian Quan could get angry first, the old man standing there was angry in his eyes first.
"Who are you talking about? When will it be your turn to be the one who sits at the same table with me to point fingers? โ
That person didn't seem to think that his words about pointing at Helian Quan to tease would actually make the old man angry, thinking to himself that this Helian Quan didn't invite the old man to see? Why just said a word, which made the old man glare.
But the words have already been spoken, and now even if they can't get off the stage, they can only continue to talk hard.
"Master, do you think what I said is wrong? Your grandson is surnamed Helian, and the property of our Zheng family can't fall into the hands of the surnamed Helian no matter what, everyone is right. โ
The person who spoke is still trying to incite other people's emotions to make himself appear less lonely and hateful, but it is a pity that there are few fools present who agree with his words to make the old man unhappy - the old man just said that he wants to choose a candidate for the head of the family, and there is still property to be sent, and it must be a problem with his brain to help him speak at this juncture.
When the old man heard this, he was even more furious, and slapped all his strength on the pine table, shaking the microphone to tremble.
"Even if my grandson doesn't have the same surname as me, what he has on his body is my daughter's blood, that is, it is connected to my blood, not to mention that he can take the property of the Zheng family, even if it is the position of the head of the family, he can't touch it!"
The old man said this loudly, Helian Quan just picked up a piece of fish steak and wanted to put it in Zhen Jiabao's bowl, when he heard this, the chopsticks trembled instantly, and the fish steak fell on the plate and splashed some soup, but Helian Quan didn't feel it at all.
Zhen Jiabao sat next to Helian Quan and was stunned, he didn't understand that the old man had just turned Helian Quan away from seeing him a few days ago, why would he speak for Helian Quan today?
The uncle and grandmother sitting at the same table looked at Helian Quan with concerned eyes, but they didn't say a word.
The good birthday banquet was disturbed by the old man's anger and his speech about Helian Quan, especially after the old man slapped the table and shouted those two sentences, he immediately felt uncomfortable because of the liver fire, and he was forcibly taken back by the doctor to rest without even sitting at the main table.
Since the old man has already left this birthday banquet, it can only be regarded as an anticlimactic end, and my aunt, as the general planner of this birthday banquet, is naturally busy even today, and deliberately went around to the main table in the middle to comfort Helian Quan.
"The old man just had a liver fire and is now resting in the back room, you can go and see him."
The aunt patted Helian Quan's shoulder and whispered in his ear.
There was also a key stuffed in his hand, and his aunt winked at Helian Quan: "What the old man means, go quickly." โ
The old man meant that he only wanted to see Helian Quan alone, Zhen Jiabao naturally wouldn't go over to be an eyesore, but after Helian Quan left, he secretly asked his aunt: "What does the old man mean by this?" โ
The aunt was secretive about this: "How can we guess the old man's thoughts, just wait quietly for Helian Quan to come back." โ
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