Before Zhou Zhigang, Zhou Chen and others walked out of the door, Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei, who were guarding the door, had already greeted the arriving car.
But when they saw Secretary Huang was the only one getting out of the car, their expressions suddenly became very ugly.
Hao Dongmei couldn't hold back her anger and asked directly: "Secretary Huang, where are my parents?"
Secretary Huang quickly explained: "The chief and Director Jin are not here. Today, when the chief was visiting the chemical plant, he suddenly suffered from asthma and has been sent to the hospital. Director Jin is also in the hospital now."
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the Zhou family present was very surprised.
Such a coincidence?
Hao Dongmei, on the other hand, although there was a lot of concern on her face, she still asked: "Secretary Huang, didn't my dad bring his asthma medicine with him?"
Although Xiaochuan is serious and troublesome, under normal circumstances, as long as you take Xiaochuan medicine, there will basically be no serious problems unless the condition is particularly serious.
Her father had been suffering from asthma for so many years, and Hao Dongmei didn't believe that her father would forget to bring asthma medicine.
Secretary Huang said: "I brought it with me, but it disappeared after two uses, so I had to send it to the hospital for rescue."
After hearing this explanation, Zhou Chen laughed in his heart, but it disappeared after using it twice? Do you really think that others are fools?
Zhou Zhigang's original excited expression had subsided, but he still said to Zhou Bingyi: "Bingyi, hurry up, take Dongmei to the hospital and see her parents."
Secretary Huang said: "Uncle, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no."
Go there in a hurry; Director Jin specifically asked me to come over and talk to everyone so that you can rest assured and Dongmei can rest assured."
After hearing this, Hao Dongmei had a cold face and didn't say a word. Zhou Bingyi's face was also not very good-looking.
Although Zhou Zhigang felt uncomfortable, as the head of the family, he still asked with concern: "How is Chief Hao doing now?"
"It's nothing serious anymore. If something happens, I won't be able to come."
"That's good, Secretary Huang, come on, come in and sit down."
Secretary Huang said with a smile: "Don't worry. When I came, Director Jin specially asked me to bring a lot of things. He said that although they couldn't come for the time being, they must be given gifts. Everything is in the car. I will take it down now.
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As he said that, he opened the door of the back seat of the car. There were a large box and a small box of gifts inside. After Zhou Bingyi saw it, he immediately went to help, holding the big box.
Under Zhou Zhigang's reception, Secretary Huang sat down on the sofa in the living room.
In fact, he had nothing to do with the Zhou family, but he didn't dare to relax after Director Jin's instructions. He was now representing Mr. Hao and his wife, and even if they were just sitting around, they would have to sit there for a while.
"Secretary Huang, have a sip of tea. This is brought back from Yanjing by my brother. I heard it is a special supply. You can try it."
Although he is the son-in-law of the Hao family, Zhou Bingyi did not show off in front of Secretary Huang, but was very polite. Secretary Huang is not Hao Gaoguan's only secretary, but he is the most respected one. He is still white, so naturally he is not the same as Secretary Huang.
Derby.
After hearing this, Secretary Huang was very surprised: "Special tea?"
Zhou Bingyi said with a smile: "Yes, my brother's classmate has an unusual family. The elder is the deputy minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."
"Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs?"
Secretary Huang looked surprised. Although he didn't know which aspect he was responsible for specifically, he was at about the same level as the senior official Hao he was currently serving.
The Zhou family still had such a relationship. His eyes couldn't help but look at another young man in the room. He knew that this man was Zhou Bingyi's younger brother.
Zhou Chen listened to the conversation between Zhou Bingyi and Secretary Huang, and the corners of his mouth twitched unconsciously. His eldest brother could actually pull a tiger's skin to raise a flag.
He didn't like this kind of thing, but he could understand Zhou Bengyi's mood at this time. The fact that his parents-in-law didn't come was tantamount to slapping their Zhou family in the face, so Zhou Bengyi would do this to raise the flag.
, because they don’t want their Zhou family to be underestimated.
Just this kind of thing...
"Bingkun, come here."
While Zhou Chen was still deep in thought, Zhou Bingyi suddenly pulled him aside.
"Secretary Huang, this is my brother Zhou Bingkun, who is currently studying at Yenching Medical College."
Secretary Huang did not look down upon him and quickly reached out to shake Zhou Chen's hand: "Comrade Zhou Bingkun, hello, hello."
"Hello, Secretary Huang."
Zhou Chen was very calm, forget it, Zhou Bingyi was still his eldest brother no matter what, and he definitely couldn't let his eldest brother lose face.
Secretary Huang took a sip of tea, then smiled and said: "Yes, this special tea is really good."
Who is Zhou Chen? He knows the elegant meaning of the song after listening to it. Whether the tea is good or not is secondary, but asking about its origin is important.
"If Secretary Huang likes it, take some with you when you leave. My classmate Lao Wan knows that I like to drink tea, so he stole a lot from home for me."
Secretary Huang's eyes flashed. His surname was Wan. As Hao Guan's secretary, he naturally knew the names of many senior officials. He remembered that there was indeed a deputy minister named Wan in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the capital.
After receiving the confirmation, he naturally became more enthusiastic towards Zhou Chen.
"Then why are you so embarrassed?"
"It's okay, we are all a family."
Next, it was basically Zhou Chen and Zhou Bingyi who were talking to Secretary Huang. Zhou Zhigang sat next to him and smoked a cigarette without saying a few words.
Secretary Huang didn't stay long and left quickly. Before leaving, Zhou Chen brought him some tea and accepted it after a few shirks.
Zhou Bingyi and Hao Dongmei went to see Secretary Huang off, while the others stayed at home.
As soon as Secretary Huang left, Zhou Zhigang couldn't stand it any longer. He sat there with an ugly face, smoking a dull cigarette without saying a word.
Li Suhua saw that he was in a bad mood, so he advised: "Dad, what are you doing? I didn't mean not to come. Isn't this a sudden illness? You see, they even asked their secretary to come and see us off."
The fact that we have so many old-fashioned goods shows that they are thinking about us."
"Hmm."
Zhou Zhigang hummed in disgrace. His eldest son and daughter-in-law were not around, so he didn't have so many worries.
"Yeah, they were thinking about us and asked the secretary to come over. What does that mean? We are nothing in the eyes of others. They just sent a secretary and sent them away."
Li Suhua complained: "You old man, why do you speak so unpleasantly? If Bingyi and Dongmei hear it, how uncomfortable it will be for them."
Zhou Zhigang shouted stiffly: "Did I just save face for them?"
"Okay, the children are all here. Look at your appearance, you scared Ruirui and the others."
Zhou Zhigang turned to look at the three children and found that they were indeed a little scared. Then he exhaled and his face recovered.
"Ruirui, Congcong, don't be afraid, grandpa is not angry."
Zhou Rui walked up to Zhou Zhigang and said crisply: "Grandpa, you can't be angry. My father said that people who are often angry will get sick and age quickly."
"hey-hey."
Zhou Zhigang was immediately amused: "Look at our eldest grandson, he still feels sorry for grandpa. He is really a good eldest grandson of grandpa."
Li Suhua walked to the box brought by Secretary Huang and said curiously: "Dongmei's family is a family of high-ranking provincial officials. I don't know what the New Year's gifts they send are like. Juan'er, come here, let us dig it out and take a look."
Zheng Juan responded immediately and went over to help Li Suhua organize it.
Zhou Zhigang said he was dissatisfied, but in fact he was quite curious. In his eyes, a family like that must be different from theirs, and the things they gave him must be unusual.
As Li Suhua and Zheng Juan took out the gifts from the box, they placed them on the table one by one. They were all exquisitely packaged gifts.
"Hey, the things given by my parents look more expensive."
Li Suhua looked at the exquisite gifts and said with a smile.
Zhou Zhigang snorted coldly: "No matter how good the things are, what's the use? What you give when you give things is your heart."
The implication is that the things were delivered, but the thoughts were not.
Li Suhua ignored him and continued to take gifts, but when she took out the last two gifts, her expression suddenly froze.
Zheng Juan also saw what was in Li Suhua's hand. She asked in shock: "Mom, this is not dad..."
Zhou Zhigang heard Zheng Juan talking about him, so he turned his eyes. The next moment, his eyes were focused directly on the two tubes of tea in Li Suhua's hand.
"Hoo, ho..."
Seeing Zhou Zhigang's expression, Li Suhua quickly put down the tea leaves and walked over to pat Zhou Zhigang on the back.
"Dad, don't be angry."
Zhou Zhigang threw the cigarette in his hand to the ground and leaned back. Although he didn't say a word, everyone could see that he was in a terrible mood.
To be continued...