After a while, Cao Zhiqiang, under the guidance of Xu Jingli, parked his car in an alley near Zhengyangmen.

Then, they walked a short distance together and came to a tavern that looked very old.

After entering, although it was not a meal, there was already a table of customers inside.

There were two guests at that table, and they looked like they were idle.

The two of them were sitting there, wearing elegant Chinese tunic suits, drinking wine together, eating peanuts and pickles, and chatting as if no one else was around.

In addition, there was an ugly man on the counter, fiddling with an abacus and calculating accounts.

"Uncle Cai!" As soon as Xu Jingli entered the door, she smiled at the ugly man at the counter, "Is my mother here?"

The ugly man who was called Uncle Cai looked up and immediately laughed: "Here he is, watching TV in the inner courtyard."

"Oh, I understand." Xu Jingli smiled, "Then I'll go find her."

Speaking of this, Xu Jingli smiled at Cao Zhiqiang and said, "Let's go see my mother!"

Upon hearing this, not only the man named Cai looked at Cao Zhiqiang, but also the guests at the table looked at Cao Zhiqiang.

Cao Zhiqiang was stunned for a moment. Before he could recover, Xu Jingli suddenly ran over, took Cao Zhiqiang's hand and said, "Come with me quickly."

After saying that, Xu Jingli took Cao Zhiqiang and walked inside.

Cao Zhiqiang had no choice but to nod and smile at the ugly man on the counter who seemed to be the boss, and then he was pulled to the back door by Xu Jingli.

After entering the back door, there is a large courtyard. Keep walking forward, pass the hanging flower gate, and come to an even bigger courtyard.

Judging from the layout here, it should be the main courtyard of the courtyard.

After arriving here, Xu Jingli continued to hold Cao Zhiqiang's hand and shouted to the main room:

"Mom, Mom! Look who's coming!"

Soon, a middle-aged fashionable woman with big waves and bell-bottom pants walked out of the house.

Not to mention, although he is older, his figure and face are still charming, not worse than Qin Huairu, and even better in magnanimity.

After this elegant middle-aged woman came out, she immediately saw Xu Jingli and Cao Zhiqiang.

Especially after seeing Xu Jingli holding Cao Zhiqiang's hand, her smiling face immediately changed.

"Jingli?" The wavy middle-aged woman frowned, then looked at Cao Zhiqiang, "Who is this?"

Xu Jingli didn't realize there was something wrong with her mother's tone, but she said very excitedly: "He is the President Cao I mentioned."

Speaking of this, Xu Jingli turned her head, looked at Cao Zhiqiang and said, "President Cao, she is my mother!"

"Ahem." Cao Zhiqiang finally had the chance to speak, "What about it, Xiao Xu, can you let go first? You keep holding my hand and you're still holding on so hard, it's not appropriate."

"Ah?" Xu Jingli was stunned, and then realized that she was still holding Cao Zhiqiang's hand, and she was indeed holding her hand very hard.

So he quickly let go and said a little shyly: "I'm sorry, I, I didn't pay attention just now."

At this time, the fashionably dressed middle-aged woman looked at Xu Jingli playfully, then began to approach Cao Zhiqiang and began to look at him carefully.

After looking at it twice, the middle-aged woman suddenly nodded and said with a smile: "Well, he looks really handsome!"

"Ahem!" Cao Zhiqiang had no choice but to cough twice more and stretched out his right hand.

"Hello, I'm Cao Zhiqiang. It's my first time meeting you. Nice to meet you."

The middle-aged woman smiled and shook hands with Cao Zhiqiang: "First meeting, Xu Huizhen, the proprietress of this tavern."

"Nice to meet you." Cao Zhiqiang said politely.

The middle-aged woman who called herself Xu Huizhen laughed and let go of her hand: "Oh, I am just a small business, but it can't compare to your big business, President Cao."

Cao Zhiqiang chuckled: "After that, I just took advantage of the times. It was the times that created me, not my own abilities."

"Oh, you are being too modest." Xu Huizhen smiled slightly, "The times are good, but the times are fair and treat everyone the same.

Maybe it’s not easy to be the first to seize the times.

I have heard that a year ago, you were just an intern who just entered the factory.

In less than a year, you became self-taught, wrote poems and songs, and made a fortune.

Not only that, you also relied on your factory to do many big businesses, all of which were prosperous.

You even made your own movie and released it in Japan, where it ranked first at the box office and became extremely popular in Japan.

How can ordinary people do this one after another?

If Jingli hadn't told me this, I wouldn't have believed that we old Peiping people could do this.

So, I have wanted to meet you for a long time.

I didn’t expect it to come so soon.”

Cao Zhiqiang blinked and then smiled: "Auntie, you're very grateful.

Although I have achieved some small achievements and do have some abilities, in the final analysis, it is inseparable from the support of the country.

What is openness? Isn’t it just that those who can are promoted and those who are unable are demoted?

So only in this era can I make achievements.

If it were to be in the past, no matter how powerful I am, I would only be able to overshadow everyone."

"I don't agree with this." Xu Huizhen smiled and shook her head, "It is gold and will shine wherever it is. Even if there is no such good time, you will not be the thing in the pool, it will just shine in another form.

"

Cao Zhiqiang burst into laughter: "Auntie, I came to see you this time not to talk about business with you, but because I heard that you have a foreign-related hotel project, I was a little interested, so I came to talk to you.

If you continue to behave like this with me, I will leave."

"Hey, look at me." Xu Huizhen clapped her hands.

"I'm sorry, your experience is really too legendary. I have admired your name for a long time, so I just said a few more words.

Come on, come on, come in and talk, let’s go in and talk!”

Speaking of this, Xu Huizhen stretched out her hand and invited Cao Zhiqiang into the room with a smile.

Cao Zhiqiang did not show any pretense. After nodding to Xu Huizhen, he strode forward quickly.

Xu Huizhen guided the group with a smile, while Xu Jingli fell obediently behind Cao Zhiqiang.

Soon, the three of them entered the main room and saw that the TV was still playing programs.

At the same time, there were two very beautiful young girls watching TV together.

"Chunfen, Lixia." Xu Huizhen said immediately after entering the door, "I want to talk to someone about something. You guys go in and read a book for a while, and then watch TV later."

Upon hearing this, the girl named Chunfen immediately stood up, nodded, and then walked outside the house.

The one named Lixia had a flat mouth and seemed a little reluctant, but she still stood up obediently and walked out slowly.

While walking, she was still watching TV.

Seeing this situation, Cao Zhiqiang couldn't help but laugh and said: "How about we change the place to talk and let them continue to watch TV here.

Anyway, I just want to find a quiet place to chat casually, anywhere is fine, it doesn’t have to be in the main room, a wing is also fine.”

"This..." Xu Huizhen frowned slightly, and then smiled, "Okay, since President Cao said so, then I will listen to you!"

Speaking of this, Xu Huizhen said to the two girls who had already walked to the door: "Chunfen, Lixia, you don't have to go out. Just stay and watch TV. I will take the guests elsewhere."

"Really?" The girl named Lixia immediately said happily, "Great, I haven't finished watching the TV series yet, so I can continue watching."

On the other hand, the young woman named Chunfen said to Xu Huizhen with some embarrassment: "This is not good, how about we go back to the house first?"

"No need." Xu Huizhen smiled and waved her hand, "You can stay here, I will take the guests to other rooms."

Speaking of this, Xu Huizhen smiled and said to Cao Zhiqiang: "President Cao, let's go. Let's talk somewhere else. I guarantee it will be clean there."

Cao Zhiqiang nodded, and then silently followed Xu Huizhen and left the room.

As for Xu Jingli, she continued to follow Cao Zhiqiang obediently.

After all three people left the main room.

The girl named Lixia suddenly asked Chunfen next to her: "Chunfen, who do you think that man is? Is he the eldest sister's boyfriend?"

"How do I know this?" said the woman named Chunfen, "Let's not ask about eldest sister's affairs and just watch TV. Have you forgotten who eldest sister is?"

Upon hearing this, the girl named Lixia curled her lips: "Humph, forget it, I'll listen to you then."

After saying that, Chunfen and Lixia continued to eat melon seeds and watch TV.

At this time, Cao Zhiqiang had followed Xu Huizhen to the east wing of the courtyard.

After pushing the door open and entering, I found that the place was very clean and there was a faint fragrance.

But it was obvious that this fragrance did not belong to Xu Jingli.

That's not how she smells.

"This is..." Cao Zhiqiang frowned slightly.

"Ah, this is the room of my eldest daughter and my second daughter." Xu Huizhen said with a smile, "Jingli lives here."
To be continued...