Chapter 953 Zhao Family Birthday Banquet (2)

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"This Zhao family is indeed the Zhao family. Look at the bowls and chopsticks on the table. Do you see them? They are white, right? This is Dehua white from China. Look at the glaze color. Look carefully. Is it crystal clear? This is Dehua white. I heard from my friends that these are the best in Baizhong. They are all produced by in-house suppliers. Because the raw materials are scarce, the output is very limited every year. Look at ours, there are a total of seventy tables, all using this kind of tableware. , this is not something you can do if you have money!" Chen Shengli squatted next to Xu Taiping and sighed.

Chen Shengli was said to be forty years old, but he looked like he was in his early thirties. He was dressed in ordinary clothes. He looked like a street vendor squatting next to Xu Taiping.

"At this birthday party, the Zhao family took away all the best cordyceps in our entire southwest region. That's a horror!" said Li Chenghuan, who was wearing glasses and was polite.

"After all, it is China's Tian Family. In the entire China, no family can surpass the Zhao family. They are so awesome!" Chen Shengli said.

"No matter how awesome you are, it's just eating and shitting, it's all the same." Xu Taiping smiled and took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, and then gave the cigarettes to Chen Shengli and Li Chenghuan next to him.

"No smoking is allowed here," Chen Shengli said.

"No smoking?" Xu Taiping was stunned for a moment and said, "No one told me."

"Mr. Zhao doesn't smoke, and he doesn't like the smell of cigarettes, so no one is allowed to smoke in the Zhao family. This is the rule. You should put the cigarette away so that no one will see it later," Chen Shengli said.

Xu Taiping quickly put away his cigarette. If smoking was explicitly forbidden, then Xu Taiping would still not smoke. No matter how powerful his status was, after all, it was a matter of personal quality, and you could not say who you were. Awesome, you can spit and urinate anywhere, right?

Quality is still very important.

Xu Taiping sat there and waited for a long time without seeing the old man Zhao Gangjun. He couldn't help but feel a little worried. Could Zhao Gangjun not come?

At this moment, Xu Taiping suddenly saw Jiang Hongtu leading several people towards him.

This time Feng Qi was not with Jiang Hongtu. Although Xu Taiping had never seen the people walking beside Jiang Hongtu, he knew them all.

"Taiping, look who I brought here for you!" Jiang Hongtu said to Xu Taiping with a smile.

"Don't tell me yet, let me take a guess." Xu Taiping looked at the few people standing with Jiang Hongtu in front of him with a smile, then pointed at one of the thick men and said, "This must be Mr. Teng Le !”

"Hahaha, you guessed it right, I am Teng Le!" The sturdy man smiled and nodded.

"Then this should be Mr. Jikeqiyi!" Xu Taiping pointed to a short man with a dark face and said.

"Well, I'm Jikeqiyi." The dark-faced man nodded.

"Why isn't the other one here?" Xu Taiping asked curiously.

"He wasn't very gregarious, so he didn't come with us!" Jiang Hongtu explained.

Xu Taiping nodded, then stood up and shook hands with Teng Le and Jike Qi Yi.

"I've admired his name for a long time but never had the chance to meet him. This time I finally have such an opportunity. It's such an honor!" Xu Taiping said with a smile.

"Hahaha, me too. I have long heard that there is an outstanding person from the south of the Yangtze River. I have always wanted to meet you. It's really my fault this time, Mr. Zhao!" Teng Le said with a laugh.

It can be clearly felt that Teng Le is a very optimistic, outgoing and heroic person. He has to smile twice before speaking.

On the other hand, Jikeqiyi is relatively low-key. He basically doesn't talk much and only occasionally speaks a word or two.

The reason why Xu Taiping knows these two people is actually very simple, because of these two people, Teng Gele is the flag bearer of the black flag, and Jike Qiyi is the flag bearer of the white flag. Xu Taiping's future goal is to win He lowered the golden flag, so he knew the flag bearers of the other five flags.

After a few people chatted briefly, Jiang Hongtu and the others left first.

Xu Taiping sat next to Chen Shengli and Li Chenghuan again.

"If I read correctly just now, is that Tengele the same Tengele who is known as the King of the Grassland?" Chen Shengli asked Xu Taiping in a low voice.

"King of the grassland? I don't understand, but I know he is doing well on the grassland." Xu Taiping said.

"That must be the King of the Grassland, Tengele. This man is amazing. Everyone knows about it on the grassland. His properties are spread all over the grassland. Half of the dairy cows in China are in his family's cattle farm. He can control the entire domestic milk price with just one sentence, which is very powerful!" Chen Shengli said.

"How did you know?" Xu Taiping asked.

"There is also coal on the grassland," Chen Shengli said.

"That makes sense!" Xu Taiping suddenly realized.

"That Jikeqiyi is the leader of a certain ethnic minority in the southwest." Li Chenghuan said suddenly.

"Oh? How did you know this?" Xu Taiping asked.

"My family has lived in the southwest for generations. We are in the herbal medicine business and have to deal with those ethnic minorities. Therefore, I have seen this person during some of their major festivals." Li Chenghuan said.

"Xiao Xu, it seems that your circle of friends is really wide. You even have contacts with people like this!" Chen Shengli smiled and patted Xu Taiping on the shoulder.

"Didn't you hear what we said? It's just the first time we met today." Xu Taiping quickly explained.

"It's the first time we've met, yes, but we have all seen that they came to find you on their own initiative, not you looking for them. This at least proves that there is no difference between you and them in terms of identity!" Chen Shengli said.

Xu Taiping smiled and shook his head, not bothering to explain anything. Everyone was just talking nonsense anyway.

It was eleven o'clock in a blink of an eye. Under the greetings of the servants of the Zhao family, people like Xu Taiping who were sitting on the edge of the courtyard began to set off to find their seats.

There are a total of seventy tables set up in the entire courtyard, which is exactly the same age as Mr. Zhao.

Xu Taiping followed Chen Shengli, Li Chenghuan and the others to find their own brands among the seventy tables.

In addition to the table of Chapter 70, there is also a huge round table in a main hall at the front of the yard. This round table is covered with a bright red tablecloth. There is also a model of Shoudao in the center of the table. It looks like It should be the main table.

In the center of the main hall hangs a huge Chinese character longevity, with a pair of couplets on both sides of the Chinese character longevity.

Xu Taiping is not very good at writing, but he still has a good eye for reading calligraphy. This word "longevity" and the surrounding couplets are definitely made by everyone.

"Taiping, have you prepared any gifts for Mr. Zhao?" Chen Shengli suddenly asked.

"Congratulations?!" Xu Taiping was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Would you like to prepare a congratulations gift?"

"Aren't you prepared?!" Chen Shengli asked in surprise.

"Um, I forgot." Xu Taiping said awkwardly. He indeed forgot, because he had no intention of attending the birthday banquet before, so he naturally didn't think about the birthday gift.

"Hahaha, you are probably the only one who didn't bring a birthday gift among all the people attending the birthday banquet today. Haha, everyone will be celebrating the birthday of the old birthday boy soon, and they all have to bring something to go. Are you planning to go there empty-handed? "Chen Shengli smiled.

"Well, let me give you a red envelope." Xu Taiping scratched his head awkwardly and said.

"Red envelope? Haha, it's creative, at least it can make people remember it deeply!" Chen Shengli said.

Xu Taiping smiled awkwardly, and then found his seat with Chen Shengli and others.

After searching for a long time, Chen Shengli and Li Chenghuan both found their own positions. Their positions were in the middle of the yard.

Xu Taiping walked around for a long time and roughly understood how the Zhao family arranged seats. Basically, people with similar status sat together. Moreover, the more noble the status, the closer the seat was to the main table, and vice versa. Far.

Chen Shengli and Li Chenghuan were in the middle, and they could be considered to be in the middle among the guests who came today.

Xu Taiping mainly looked for his sign at the position closest to the door, because it was the farthest away from the main table and should be where people like him would sit.

Unfortunately, Xu Taiping searched for several times but couldn't find his place. Then he forgot about the middle and searched again, but still couldn't find his place.

"You shouldn't be sitting in front, right?" Chen Shengli asked in a low voice.

"Front?" Xu Taiping squinted and looked at the front rows. The signs placed on the tables in the front rows had several names that Xu Taiping was familiar with. For example, Ma Teng from Tengxin was sitting in the third row. Then Ma Yun, who had set up the treasure, sat in the first row near the edge. In addition, Xu Taiping also met several powerful people who often appeared on TV. They also sat in the first row, sitting next to each other. In the middle, but not in the middle position, the tables in the middle position are all people with the surname Zhao.

Xu Taiping carefully searched the first few rows, but in the end he still couldn't find the sign with his name on it.

This made Xu Taiping feel very strange. Could it be that the Zhao family did not expect that he would come, so they did not prepare their own brand?

It would be so embarrassing if that were the case.

At this moment, someone suddenly called Xu Taiping's name.

Xu Taiping followed the sound and saw Zhao Bigan walking from the side.

"Taiping, why are you here?!" Zhao Bigan asked in surprise when he saw Xu Taiping.

"Can't I come here?" Xu Taiping asked with a smile.

"Did Zhao Taixun invite you here?" Zhao Bigan asked.

"Yeah!" Xu Taiping nodded and said, "But it seems that I didn't prepare my name tag!"

"No?" Zhao Bigan asked in surprise.

"No!" Xu Taiping shook his head and said, "I've searched all over and can't find it."

"This is strange. According to the rules of the Zhao family, everyone without a famous brand will sit at the main table. Is it possible that you also sit at the main table?! How is this possible!" Zhao Bigan frowned.

"Head table?!" Xu Taiping's heart skipped a beat.