Chapter 320

When Mr. Su entered the office with a new injury on his ear, he was teased by Secretary Zhao, who said, “Did the grapevine at Junjun’s home fall down?”.

At lunchtime, the anecdote that Mr. Su’s grapevine had collapsed spread, and everyone couldn’t help but cover their mouths and laugh when they saw a thin finger wound on Mr. Su’s soft white skin from his cheek to his ear.

In the afternoon, even Chiang asked, Mr. Su could only say that he had a cat at home to catch mice, which was the reason why the cat scratched, his wife was gentle and virtuous, and he was very considerate, and the two of them would never do anything about it.

Su Chunjun laughed at Secretary Zhao and said, “My wife and I are newlyweds, and we are at a time when our love is deep and strong, unlike Brother Zhao and his sister-in-law who have been married for dozens of years and are not as close to each other as they used to be.”

Secretary Zhao has decided to stay to Su Chunjun to play a hand in the persuasion of Jiang, the two willingly or unwillingly have to sit in an office to do things, so in recent days, Su Chunjun also more or less know a little about Secretary Zhao.

Zhao secretary named Zhao Shuli, Beijing, a serious official son, his father and his brother are in the Hanlin House, the day of the destruction of Beijing, his father with a family of martyrdom.

Secretary Zhao was not in Beijing at the time, he was in the Qing army camp in Ussuri as a supervisor.

But never went to war. At that time, the Emperor and the Empress Dowager ran away, the news spread to the camp in Ussuri, the camp mutiny, all the soldiers ran away, the general also ran away, overnight, the whole camp was empty.

Secretary Zhao such civil officials do not live in the camp, but live in the nearby county, holding a concubine, drinking wine, very comfortable. So get the news late, and when he knew that the camp outside the city has run out, he thought that even if he went back to the capital to report, it is estimated to be beheaded, why not also run.

So he also ran.

After years of moving around, he learned that his family had all been martyred long ago. But at that time, the foreign soldiers had withdrawn and Beijing was safe, so he went back to Beijing to set up a tomb and a monument for his family.

When he arrived in Beijing, he realized that his family had been buried long ago. A inquire, it turned out that when his father was going to be martyred, his father-in-law married into the daughter-in-law to be driven back to her mother’s family, the daughter as long as there is a husband’s family also to be driven to the husband’s family, the subordinate also want to escape on the release, the final death of only his father and his few brothers, and his mother.

He realized that his wife did not die, has been in his mother’s home for him to guard it.

He found his wife’s house and went there.

After a few tears, he wanted to take his wife away. At that time, he had already made a fortune, his braids had been cut, he had put on a suit, and of course, he had married his new wife.

When his old wife heard that he had married his new wife, she drove Secretary Chiu out of the house with a horsewhip.

After being beaten up by his old wife, Secretary Zhao wandered to his old wife’s house and found an opportunity to show his loyalty to his ex-father-in-law and brother-in-law, and exchanged his loyalty with twenty taels of gold for the approval of his father-in-law and brother-in-law.

Then he rushed back to the new house, explained clearly to the new wife, and with the tears of the new wife and the encouragement of the new father-in-law, gained the consent that the old and the new could live together, regardless of their size.

Then he rushed back to Beijing, once again with gold knocked open the door of his father-in-law’s house, so that his father-in-law personally put the old wife on the carriage, and took the old wife, who kept scolding him and hitting him, back to the new home.

Old and new wife just met the first year, Secretary Zhao every day is “grapevine down”. The new wife was a cultured person who cried and fussed in a delicate manner; the old wife was a princess in a Beijing mansion, and her whip was a masterpiece. One of them cried over Secretary Zhao, the other grabbed him and beat him.

After a year, Secretary Zhao finally admitted that he did not have the life of Emperor E and Queen Ying, so he bought a new house in another place, and asked his old wife to move to the new house, so that he could enjoy peace and quiet.

When he was drunk, Mr. Chiu also complained, “They are both working against me, and I can’t split them into two, so what can I do?”

The new wife was chosen by himself, so naturally he loved her; while the old wife was chosen by his parents, who had already died. His family had all disappeared, and this wife was the only one left, so the old wife was not only a youthful friendship for him, but also a nostalgic attachment to his family.

He liked both, wanted both, and couldn’t afford both, so he had to set up another small house outside.

Secretary Zhao said proudly, “I’m looking for another one outside, but they won’t make any trouble if I go back.”

Su Chunjun said, “Zhao is jealous of me because his family is not happy. My wife and I are devoted to each other.”

Secretary Zhao was so angry that his nose was crooked, “I’m jealous of you? Don’t talk big either, this time next year I’ll see if you still say that!” After saying that, he purposely muttered loudly, “All men, who doesn’t know who ah. Next year, I’m afraid that the one who has your heart and soul will be someone else.”

Su Chunjun was about to say more, but Jiang Jiang hurriedly rounded up the situation, “Okay, okay. Don’t say any more. We are all coworkers, just chatting about family matters, how can we take it seriously?” He told Secretary Zhao, “Xiao Zhao, get in touch with Mr. Zhang and see if you can ask him to go out for a while.” He then said to Su Chunjun, “Ask your brother Zhao to take you out to meet him.”

Secretary Zhao sneered, “Chunjun is from a big family, what kind of market has he not seen before, I’m afraid that Chunjun won’t even look at the small row at Mr. Zhang’s place.”

Mr. Jiang gave Su Chunjun a desperate wink.

Su Chunjun took two steps forward, stood on the side of Secretary Zhao, and said softly, “Brother Zhao is from a big family, a big son, and the Beijing officials have always been more valuable than those elsewhere, so I don’t dare to be timid in front of Brother Zhao with my little skills. Today, I would like to ask Brother Zhao to give me more support.” After saying this, he made a long bow.

Only then did Secretary Zhao’s anger subside and he went out to call for an appointment with Mr. Zhang.

After he left, Mr. Jiang sighed and advised Su Chunjun, “Your Big Brother Zhao is not well in his heart, but you still need to be angry with him. He was about to be promoted, but if it wasn’t for the fact that you’re young and afraid that you wouldn’t be able to support this mess, I would have refused to keep him here. This is a kind of you owe him a not small favor, usually more let him some, more hold him some, he this person is still very good to talk.”

Su Chunjun agreed.

He came out to find Secretary Zhao, and saw that Secretary Zhao had already finished his phone call.

Secretary Zhao said, “We’ve made an appointment, we’re going to kowtow to Mr. Zhang tonight. Do you want to make a call home first to give Taiza a vacation? It’s not certain what time you’ll come out.”

Su Chunjun was worried, “Brother Zhao, is Mr. Zhang such a big man? Do you have to kowtow to see him? Real kowtow or fake kowtow?”

Secretary Zhao: “There are many people who want to kowtow to him. If you want to kowtow to him, he won’t stop you; if you don’t kowtow to him, he won’t press your neck. Rest assured, Mr. Zhang has a lot of work to do and he doesn’t have that much time to see you and me, so if we go tonight, it’s not certain whether we’ll be able to see him or not. By the way, Mr. Zhang loves to smoke, so if you smoke too, let’s have a smoke together and maybe Mr. Zhang will get to know you better.”

Su Chunjun shook his head, “I’m sorry that I can’t accompany you because of the family’s custom.”

Secretary Zhao: “It’s fine if you don’t smoke, but it’s not certain when we’ll meet.”