Chapter 954: Eating and Drinking Together
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"You can't sit at the main table. The main table is occupied by people from the main lineage of the Zhao family. Generally, the Zhao family can't sit there, let alone you are not a Zhao family. There must be something wrong. I'll check the guests. List, come back to you!" Zhao Bigan said, turned and left.
Xu Taiping felt that what Zhao Bigan said was reasonable. The main table was occupied by people from the main lineage of the Zhao family, and the main lineage of the Zhao family was not himself, but the Zhao Dingbang family.
The so-called main lineage means whoever is the head of the family now, then his children are the main lineage.
If Zhao Dingbang dies, whoever is the head of the family, Zhao Taixun, Zhao Taiji, and Zhao Taiheng, then his son will be the main lineage person.
Therefore, only the descendants of Zhao Dingbang can sit at the main table today, and no one else can sit at the main table.
Even if Xu Taiping is from the Zhao family, at most, Xu Taiping can sit in the middle of the first row, but there is no Xu Taiping's sign in the middle of the first row.
"Taiping, was that person from the Zhao family just now?" Chen Shengli walked to Xu Taiping and asked in a low voice.
"Yeah!" Xu Taiping nodded, "I used to be part of the Zhao family, but later I left the Zhao family."
"No wonder you are so awesome. It turns out that you are so close to the Zhao family. Everyone knows you!" Chen Shengli said.
"I only know three or four people in the entire Zhao family, and I'm not familiar with them." Xu Taiping quickly shook his head.
While Xu Taiping was talking, someone suddenly tapped Xu Taiping on the shoulder.
Xu Taiping turned around and saw a familiar face.
Duguying.
Dugu Ying was looking at Xu Taiping with a smile. That smile was like the sunshine in spring, which could easily melt people.
Xu Taiping smiled and said hello to Dugu Ying in sign language.
Duguying smiled and nodded to Xu Taiping, then took Xu Taiping's hand and pointed in the direction of the main table.
Xu Taiping shook his head repeatedly and said, "That's not the place I went to."
Duguying tilted her head in confusion and looked at Xu Taiping. She didn't say anything or make any moves. She just looked at Xu Taiping. Then her eyes slowly began to lose their luster and became empty. .
"She's wandering around again..." Xu Taiping smiled helplessly. This Duguying can be regarded as the weirdest person he has ever seen. She is obviously not mute, but she doesn't like to talk, and she often wanders around in her mind.
Xu Taiping was very sure that Duguying was not mute, because mutes generally cannot hear. Why are the so-called deaf-mute people put together? It’s because people who cannot speak generally cannot hear. Yeah, because he couldn't hear the sound, he didn't know how to pronounce it.
Dugu Ying can clearly hear what the people around her say, which proves that Dugu Ying is not deaf and cannot be mute.
Of course, this situation is not absolute, but in Xu Taiping's view, with current science and technology, as long as Dugu Ying can hear sounds, there must be some high-tech equipment that can allow Dugu Ying to make sounds, and Dugu Ying has always There must be only one reason why she didn't make a sound, and she didn't want to say it.
Seeing Dugu Ying lost in thought, Xu Taiping smiled and explained to Chen Shengli and Li Chenghuan, "This is my friend, Dugu Ying. What she likes to do most is to let herself go."
"Dugu? A member of the Dugu family? It's amazing. It's amazing. The Dugu family is one with the Zhao family. Everyone in the Dugu family knows you. It's amazing!" Chen Shengli said with emotion.
"If you keep saying that, I will become the most powerful person here today. It's not that exaggerated. I've just been in contact with him a few times." Xu Taiping explained.
While he was explaining, Dugu Jiuhe walked in front of Xu Taiping from the side.
"I heard him say that you came today, and I thought he was joking, but I didn't expect you to really come." Dugu Jiuhe said to Xu Taiping with a smile.
"Come and have a look and join in the fun," Xu Taiping said.
"Where are you sitting?" Dugu Jiuhe asked.
"I don't have my name tag." Xu Taiping said awkwardly.
Dugu Jiuhe's expression changed slightly, and then he said with a smile, "That's interesting... I'll take my sister away first, and we'll talk after we finish."
After saying that, Dugu Jiuhe pulled the already relieved Dugu Ying and turned around to leave.
"Look, even the eldest young master of the Dugu family, Dugu Jiuhe, has come to say hello to you. No matter how you explain, it's useless." Chen Shengli teased.
Xu Taiping smiled helplessly. He came out this time to avoid the limelight and try to keep a low profile. Why are these people looking for him one by one? It is difficult to keep a low profile!
Soon, almost everyone in the whole yard found their place and sat down.
After all, all the people here are distinguished people. It is impossible for anyone to tell them that the birthday banquet is about to begin and still stand. This would be somewhat abrupt and impolite.
Xu Taiping also sat down at this time, and he shamelessly rubbed half of Chen Shengli's chair.
This was a very embarrassing thing, because Chen Shengli's table was full, and he, Xu Taiping, just took half of the chairs, giving people the impression that he was here to eat and drink.
Everyone around looked at Xu Taiping with strange expressions, wondering why Xu Taiping insisted on sitting on the same chair as others.
Just when Xu Taiping was thinking about whether to run away first, a young man wearing hair wax and well-dressed came to Xu Taiping with a servant of the Zhao family, pointed at Xu Taiping and said, "That's this guy. I suspect this guy sneaked in. He doesn't even have a place."
The servants of the Zhao family seemed to be shocked when they saw Xu Taiping. Although there were many banquets outside, there would be people who drank too much, but that was outside, and everyone sitting at every table of the Zhao family's birthday banquet today was It was already booked, and there was a security check at the door. How could someone sneak in and have a drink?
"Sir, where are you sitting?" asked a servant of the Zhao family.
"Well, I haven't found my place yet." Xu Taiping said awkwardly and glanced at the young man who led the people over. This man really had a lot to do. No one at this table said anything. This man actually brought people over to cause trouble for him.
Xu Taiping still has an impression of this person. This person is sitting next to Chen Shengli's table. When Xu Taiping was sitting next to Chen Shengli just now, this person stared at him for a long time. Xu Taiping's eyes looked at him. He was very sensitive, so he noticed this person when he looked at him, but Xu Taiping didn't expect that this person would be so nosy.
"Sir, could you please show me your invitation?" asked a servant of the Zhao family.
Xu Taiping felt embarrassed when it came to invitations.
When he was sitting on the edge of the yard just now, Xu Taiping took the invitation to cushion his butt. Then when he was waiting to find a seat, he threw the invitation away. Anyway, it was useless after he entered the Zhao family.
Unexpectedly, people asked him for invitations now, and he really couldn't get them.
"I just threw away the invitation." Xu Taiping pointed to a trash can not far away and said, "Just throw it in there."
"I think they are the ones who came in to enjoy the birthday banquet." The young man sneered and said, "Boy, this is the Zhao family, not some big hotel outside. If you come in here to enjoy the birthday party, you are doing it wrong. Although I am not Zhao Family, but I don’t want to see someone just coming in and messing with me, how old are you, do you still do this kind of thing, is it embarrassing?”
"Taiping has an invitation, and he did throw it into the trash can just now!" Chen Shengli quickly helped Xu Taiping.
The servant of the Zhao family called the person next to him over, and then whispered a few words in a low voice. The person nodded, walked to the trash can in the distance that Xu Taiping pointed to before, opened the trash can and took a look. Then he walked back to Xu Taiping and said, "The trash can has been emptied. Someone from above has told me that the trash can must be cleaned every five minutes."
"Sir, you don't have an invitation, and there's no name tag for you here, so we can only ask you to come with us." The servant of the Zhao family said solemnly.
As soon as they heard what the servants of the Zhao family said, the people around them looked at Xu Taiping with disdain.
In their opinion, Xu Taiping's conversational skills were okay and he was not the kind of person who was worried about food and drink. So if he sneaked into Zhao's house, it could only be for one purpose, to build relationships.
Every banquet held by the Zhao family, whether it is a birthday banquet, a wedding banquet, or anything else, is a feast for the powerful. Many dignitaries will be invited to attend, and those who can attend such a banquet are all of high status. Yes, so there is a situation where some people do not have enough status, but in order to get to know more powerful people, they sneak into the Zhao family, pretend that they are also the people being invited, and then get close to those powerful people.
Some people actually used this method to get into some relationships, and soon they became very successful. Therefore, over the years, in order to prevent such a situation from happening, the Zhao family would strictly control the guests whenever there was a banquet. Identity check, for these people who have been invited by the serious people, they will have a special sense of superiority when they watch these people sneak in.
This sense of superiority is like sitting in a taxi and seeing a large group of people outside the car waiting for a taxi.
It's like you drive a Porsche Cayenne and then see Zotye SR9 on the road.
That sense of superiority is indescribable, but it really exists.
Xu Taiping felt quite embarrassed, so he stood up and said, "Sorry about that, I think I'd better go home."
"This is not a place for people like you to come." The young man said with an arrogant smile on his face.
Xu Taiping had never seen such a person with such a sense of superiority in his life, so he didn't bother to get to know him.
At this moment, a figure suddenly walked over in a hurry from not far away.
The person who came was none other than Zhao Taixun, also known as Lao Z.
Everyone at this table naturally knew Zhao Taixun, the main lineage of the Zhao family. Seeing Zhao Taixun coming, everyone stood up quickly. Some people even looked at Xu Taiping. Now that Zhao Taixun is here, this person who comes to build relationships is probably going to be awful.
"Why are you still here?" Zhao Taixun came to the table, frowned at Xu Taiping, and said, "Hurry up and follow me."
"Where are you going?!" Xu Taiping asked in shock.
"Of course we're going to the main table, come with me!" Zhao Taixun said, holding Xu Taiping's hand and walking towards the main table.
Everyone at Chen Shengli's table, including the arrogant young man next to him, were all dumbfounded.
(There are five updates today.)