Chapter 536: After the Fact
"Uncle, auntie, I'm really sorry for delaying it for so long."
At the gate of Quanjude, Li Weidong received Zhou Xiaobai's family and took the lead in apologizing.
Originally, the last time the old lady finished her birthday, he made an appointment with the other party, and the two families got together on the weekend.
It's just that I didn't expect that because of Mei Chuqing's incident again, the matter was delayed, and it dragged on for another week before the two families met.
The location is Quanjude, which is the place where Li Shuqun makes a decision.
In his words, since you have a treat, you should eat better, and you can't be petty and be looked down upon by others.
This is clearly his self-esteem.
The son is angry, that is the son, he can't be compared, he has to save some face.
This will be able to eat a roast duck, but it is not an ordinary family.
Although pork has risen a little this year, the pork on the market is only seven or eight cents a catty.
But Quanjude's roast duck costs ten yuan for one, and it is only two catties after roasting, which is equivalent to five yuan a catty.
Who is willing to eat roast duck in a normal family?
And when a family eats, one roast duck is definitely not enough, even if you add some other dishes, just to satisfy your cravings, at least two ducks are enough.
With Li Shuqun's good face, he deliberately got a bottle of Moutai.
So this meal is forty yuan, which is equivalent to a month's salary of an ordinary worker.
It can be seen that ordinary people can't afford to eat Quanjude's duck at all, and at most they can stand at the door and smell it.
"It's okay, Xiaobai told us, you can be busy in advance, we are not outsiders, we can have a meal at any time."
The more Zhou Bingan looks at Li Weidong now, the more satisfied he is.
It's not that he hates the poor and loves the rich, with his family's background, no matter what partner Zhou Xiaobai finds, he can't be wronged, especially if he only has Zhou Xiaobai, a daughter, won't they all be daughters in the future?
And in these years, it is very popular for those rich people to get married, that is, to find an innocent ordinary family.
What is an ordinary family?
Lou Xiao'e's marriage to Xu Damao is a very typical representative.
At that time, Lou Bancheng was majestic, although it declined later, but the family background was not thin, but the Lou family was cold because it was a capitalist.
But as long as those young people have potential and promise, no one will marry the daughter of the Lou family.
Although the Zhou family is different, the Zhou family has completed the transformation over the years, and the family background may not be as thick as the Lou family, but Zhou Xiaobai's uncle chose another path, even Zhou Bing'an handed over the industry early, entered the industrial and commercial development, and almost went ashore.
But on the marriage of his daughter, Zhou Bing'an and his wife have similar opinions, that is, to find an ordinary innocent white family, just be safe.
Li Weidong's impression at the beginning of the Zhou family belonged to that kind of petty bureaucrat, who wanted to climb up and become an official.
This made Zhou Bingan a little displeased.
Because with his experience, he has seen a lot of this kind of person, and in order to climb up, he will become unprincipled and have no bottom line, until he destroys himself.
It wasn't until later that Zhou Bing'an was framed by his so-called friend Zhang Qinhua and almost broke his family, but at the critical moment, Li Weidong took action to save the Zhang family.
It's a lifesaver.
Coupled with Zhou Xiaobai's heart hanging on Li Weidong's body for a long time, and Li Weidong's ability, Zhou Bingan completely gave up the previous 'unreliable' idea.
Ordinary innocent white families may be plain and stable, but they have no ability to resist wind and waves.
Instead of this, it is better to find a man who has the ability to protect his daughter.
There is no doubt that what Li Weidong did before was tantamount to passing the test.
The key is that Li Weidong's family background is also innocent, his father is just a small section chief, and Li Weidong climbed so fast, not by slapping horses and betraying others, but by solving cases and taking first-class merits, he climbed up in a real way.
In this way, the foundation is firmly laid, and there are few future troubles, which is enough to support Zhou Xiaobai.
So now Zhou Bingan is also optimistic about this marriage, and even hopes that the two can get married as soon as possible, and he is completely relieved.
"Uncle, aunt, please inside."
Li Weidong didn't say anything more.
He really wasn't idle this week.
After capturing Mei Chuqing, he accidentally found the real mysterious materials, originally according to Li Weidong's usual style, that is, he retired after success, and the credit was shared, hello, hello, everyone.
But that day, after he reported the situation to Zhen Jingting, the chief did not intend to let him go, and directly named him to continue to be responsible for the rest of the matter, that is, interrogating Mei Chuqing and excavating things under the courtyard.
Mei Chuqing's interrogation was very simple, and the other party confessed to another team hidden in the city, as well as a deputy head of the regiment on Shanghai's side.
She was able to come to the capital as the instructor of the Shanghai General Regiment, and the letter of introduction and the proof of work were all given by the deputy head of the regiment, and she was also the other party's person.
As for the arrest, Li Weidong doesn't have to worry about it at all, he handed over Mei Chuqing's confession, and he doesn't need to worry about the rest.
And on the side of the courtyard, all the personnel of the Red Star Third Drama Troupe were also interrogated, which made people panic.
Especially according to the news that Li Weidong has gotten, this repertory troupe may be canceled.
After the courtyard was vacated, the excavation was carried out directly, and the original entrance was cleverly hidden under the pond in the backyard.
But then the pond was filled in and houses were built.
This is also the reason why Mei Chuqing did not act immediately after reporting for duty.
Because on her own, if she wants to dig a passage, it is impossible at all.
So she can only settle down and stabilize first, and then find an opportunity to find someone to dig quietly, which is destined to be a long time.
But now, there are not so many scruples, directly demolish the house built on it, and then send more people to excavate.
After only one day, the pond that had been filled in was completely cleared and the entrance was found.
Then, it's the 'secret' to move supplies out.
Not to mention the weapons, although many years have passed, they are very well preserved, they are all buttered, tightly wrapped, and can be used with a little wiping.
When the weapons were carried out, even Li Weidong and Zhen Jingting were a little frightened.
Although guns are not banned now, the weapons that can arm a thousand people are still a little scary to be hidden here.
In addition to weapons, grain can only be used to feed pigs because it has been stored for too long.
But those five tons of gold, even if they are stored for another hundred and eighty years, will not deteriorate.
And five tons is just an imaginary number, which contains both large and small yellow croaker, as well as a lot of gold jewelry.
Li Weidong was not greedy, he just pretended to touch a few handfuls, and he was addicted to his hands, everyone could testify for him, he didn't take any piece of it, and even after he came out with the account book, he deliberately asked people to search his body to show his innocence.
As the person in charge of this matter, even if Li Weidong didn't do it, no one would have an opinion, but he did it anyway.
Just like when he found Gui Shaoning's first secret room, if Li Weidong didn't go back and call someone, he would open the secret room in front of everyone, even if he really didn't take anything, he wouldn't be able to tell if he had a mouth.
And once the seeds of doubt are planted, a little wind and rain is enough to germinate.
Therefore, the more this kind of thing, the more cautious we must be, and we must not leave people with the slightest truth.
After Li Weidong got the list, he studied it with Zhen Jingting, and both of them knew very well that there would inevitably be a big arrest in the future.
The list is written down in the form of a password, so that even if someone accidentally gets it, it will not be read at all, and it can only be decrypted unless there is a corresponding codebook.
And Mei Chuqing naturally held the code book, and after Li Weidong's interrogation, she explained clearly and honestly.
With the declassification of the list, Li Weidong even saw several familiar names on it.
The subsequent arrest was mainly in charge of Zhen Jingting, and then Li Weidong was in charge of interrogation.
This work took several days to finish, which is the main reason why Li Weidong has not found time.
After he was done there, he went home, and then went to the farm to find Zhou Xiaobai, and finally finalized the meeting between the two families today.
Mei Chuqing was arrested, her people were wiped out, and a lot of hidden people were dug up, and this battle even alarmed the above, and Li Weidong was praised several times.
He has taken the lion's share, but this time because there are more involved, it is estimated that he will have to wait.
However, Li Weidong was not very anxious, anyway, when he was rewarded for his meritorious deeds this time, there would definitely be no one to make trouble.
During this period, Li Weidong heard Zhen Jingting mention that Director Gu, who was making trouble inside, was recorded in detail by the guards because he said something that should not be said, and finally ended up in a gloomy end.
In addition, there is the one who supported Li Weidong and made an example of him, who dares to covet his credit?
If you want to say who has the greatest 'grievance', it must be Xiang Tianming, although he participated in it before, and also captured one of the people in Xu Mobai's group of people in the pharmacy, that is, the murderer who kidnapped and threatened the prison logistics officer, but he is not qualified to interfere in the later matters.
If you really want to talk about it, he is only the leader of the prison interrogation intelligence team, and he just needs to manage his own one-third of an acre.
Even Chen Xia, because of Li Weidong, took many members of the special operations team to participate in the arrest operation, and he made a lot of contributions.
Therefore, Xiang Tianming's resentment was mainly aimed at Chen Xia.
Obviously, he hugged his thighs first, but he was surpassed again and again by Chen Xia, a latecomer, after he became the leader of the interrogation intelligence team, he was already satisfied, but as time went by, compared with Chen Xia, a man who was a smuggler, his heart became more and more unbalanced, and he even regretted his original choice.
Knowing this, it is better to let Chang Qingbo's guy continue to be the team leader, abandon him, and fulfill himself.
Especially after the new team leader took office, he obviously did not attach much importance to the interrogation intelligence team, and without the trust and support of the team leader, his future life can be imagined.
It's a pity that it's too late to say anything now.
Regret not being at the beginning.
In the box, the meeting of the two families was unusually harmonious, Li Shuqun talked with Zhou Bing'an, and Li Weidong accompanied him.
Zhang Xiuzhen and Zhou Xiaobai's mother sandwiched their daughter in the middle.
The former is as satisfied with Zhou Xiaobai as he wants, although he has a good background, Zhou Xiaobai does not have a little of the eldest lady's shelf, nor is he the kind of slow and willful character.
And Zhou Xiaobai's mother Su Peiyun is also satisfied with Li Weidong, the future son-in-law, so this family banquet is as harmonious as it gets.
During the period, talking about the marriage between Li Weidong and Zhou Xiaobai, because Li Weidong will not reach the age until next year, the two families discussed it and got engaged at the end of the year.
Although there is not much engagement now, most of the cases are, according to the matchmaker, the two young people meet and talk for two months, and if it is appropriate, they will get married directly.
If Li Weidong does not have his current identity and is not a cadre, even if he gets married directly, there will be no problem.
A large number of people who get married at the age of sixteen or seventeen in the countryside are not so strict in issuing a certificate.
But there are some things that you can't help but look at under a magnifying glass.
Especially Zhou Bing'an, the more satisfied Li Weidong is, the more he will not leave an excuse for people to attack Li Weidong.
During the whole process, Zhou Xiaobai's face was slightly red, she lowered her head and didn't dare to speak, no matter whether Zhang Xiuzhen asked or Su Peiyun talked to her, she would only nod vigorously.
In short: the daughter has no opinions, and everything is up to the second elder.
After eating, Li Shuqun went to check out with a flushed face, he was not ashamed, mainly because he was happy to drink today, and he and Zhou Bingan had a feeling of 'old at first sight'.
Even he had a faint feeling of turning over in his heart.
What's the use of you, Li Weidong, even if your current level is higher than Lao Tzu?
For a major life event like marriage, doesn't Lao Tzu have to do it himself?
Do you do it on your own?
To put it bluntly, he, Li Shuqun, is the real head of the family.
Didn't you look at Zhou Bing'an's mouthful of a book group during the banquet, and the big brother called him?
He Li Weidong is also the role of serving tea and pouring water.
After being satisfied, Li Shuqun made an appointment with Zhou Bing'an to have tea together, and then sent the other party away, and went home with Zhang Xiuzhen.
And Li Weidong and Zhou Xiaobai, the freshly baked couple, were strongly requested by the two families to take advantage of the free weekend to go shopping and watch movies by themselves.
"Let's go, I'll take you somewhere."
Shopping or something, Li Weidong doesn't go shopping.
The main thing is that there is nothing to visit now, the most famous is the department store, for others, it is good to be able to open their eyes, but whether it is Li Weidong or Zhou Xiaobai, they are not interested in the things there.
Seeing that it was still early, Li Weidong pulled Zhou Xiaobai to find a place to go.
On the street, Zhou Xiaobai was held by Li Weidong, only to feel a layer of goosebumps all over his body, his heart was beating hard, and his face turned red again.
Although she made love to Li Weidong not once or twice, let alone holding hands, she didn't do anything further.
But it was all in the office, in the room, just the two of them.
But now, under the public, people come and go, and with Zhou Xiaobai's thin skin, he can't stand it at all.
So she didn't hear what Li Weidong said clearly at all, she could only be like a wooden man, like a quail, Li Weidong took her hand and followed step by step.
It wasn't until he stopped in an alley and there was no one around that Zhou Xiaobai came back to his senses in a trance and cast a puzzled look at Li Weidong.
What are you pulling me here for?