Chapter 716 Going to the Peninsula?
After the family finished their meal, Zhou Tian suddenly said to Zhou Zhinan and the others, "After you finish your meal, take a rest. When you wake up, you can go to your great grandfather's place and chat with him and your great grandmother. I have also prepared a surprise for you there. Do you like it?"
"Dad, what's the surprise?"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhinan couldn't help but look up at Zhou Tian, his eyes full of curiosity.
"The reason why a surprise is a surprise is that if I told you in advance, would it still be a surprise?"
Zhou Tian smiled and tapped Zhou Zhinan's little head and said.
"Ouch, that hurts, great grandpa, great grandma, look, my dad is bullying me again?"
Zhou Zhinan couldn't help but cover his head with his hands, screamed, turned around and acted coquettishly to his grandparents who were sitting on the chairs.
"Really? Come here and have a look at Grandma! Let's see if that brat hurt my great-grandson. Grandma will blow on him for you. It won't hurt!"
Before grandpa could say anything, grandma pulled Zhou Zhinan over, examined him, talked to him, and even blew on his head with her mouth.
"Grandma, please don't spoil him. I didn't hurt him. I was very careful when I hit him!"
Zhou Tian looked at his grandmother and advised her helplessly, saying that as the saying goes, spoiling a child is like killing him. He didn't know if this little guy would grow up astray if his grandmother continued to spoil him like this.
"Okay, just stop talking. The children have just returned. The old lady is very happy to see them after such a long time. Besides, the little ones are so cute. If we don't love them, who should we love? You two adults?"
At this time, the mother-in-law on the side also said with a smile.
Seeing her husband being besieged by his grandmother and mother, Shen Yulin just stood there and watched it all with a smile, without saying anything at all.
The family chatted for a while, asked about Wuxiao's life in technical secondary school, and then got up one by one and went back to their own rooms to rest.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Zhou Tian just woke up from his lunch break, but found that Shen Yulin was no longer at home. After thinking about it, he knew that she must have gone to the East Courtyard of her grandparents.
After washing his face, all his sleepiness was gone. He originally wanted to go to the East Courtyard to take a look. Just as he walked out of the house, he saw Chang Wen walking in from outside.
"Commander, the old leader sent someone to ask you to come over!"
Chang Wen's words cheered up Zhou Tian, and he said quickly, "Okay, I'll go right away. By the way, please inform my family so they don't worry!"
"Okay, Chief!"
After saying that, he immediately walked out in a hurry. As soon as he arrived outside the courtyard, he saw a black car parked at the door. He walked straight over, opened the door, and got in.
As the car started, it soon drove out of Qianmen Street and drove away into the distance.
Sitting in the car, Zhou Tian's heart was inevitably filled with anxiety as the car moved forward. If he guessed correctly, the reason why the old leader wanted to meet him at this time might be related to his next work.
Although he did not show any abnormality on the surface during this period, he always seemed to have a feeling of emptiness in his heart. This was why he had been busy preparing New Year's goods and building an amusement park for the children in the courtyard during this period.
If in his previous life he had a fixed income and could receive a salary every day without having to work, he would have laughed to death, but in this era, it is not known whether he has really integrated into this era.
However, the previous thoughts had long disappeared with the passage of time. Now, after staying at home for only about a month, he felt a little lost.
The car drove slowly for an unknown amount of time until it stopped in front of a courtyard house at the entrance of an alley.
At the gate of the courtyard, a middle-aged man in a black Mao suit had already come to greet them. Although Zhou Tian was puzzled as to why the old leader did not invite him to meet in the palace, when he saw the middle-aged man at the gate, he reacted instantly, opened the car door and got out.
"Angkor, why are you here?"
The middle-aged man was the old leader’s personal secretary, Wu Qimin.
"Why, you can come, but I can't stay here? Stop talking nonsense, the leader is waiting for you inside."
Wu Qimin didn't bother to be polite with Zhou Tian at all. He directly pulled him towards the courtyard. The two soldiers at the door saw Wu Qimin and saluted in unison.
"Hey, Brother Wu, don't leave so quickly. What's the matter with the old leader that makes him want to see me so urgently?"
Zhou Tian was pulled by Wu Qimin into the courtyard and asked with a helpless look on his face.
"I don't know either. Okay, just ask your old leader when the time comes!"
Unexpectedly, Wu Qimin didn't fall into the trap at all and didn't say anything to him. The two of them soon entered the third courtyard and came to the main room of the quadrangle.
In the main room, the old leader was chatting with an old man. Both of them had solemn expressions while talking, which made Zhou Tian feel even more uneasy.
"Xiaotian, you're here. Come, let me introduce you. This is Lao Qiao. You can call him Lao Qiao!"
"Old Qiao, this is the Zhou Tian I just told you about!"
Seeing Zhou Tian and Wu Qimin walking in, the old leader waved his hand and asked Wu Qimin to leave, then introduced the two to each other.
"Hello, Mr. Qiao, I'm Zhou Tian!"
Zhou Tian didn't know Mr. Qiao, so naturally he didn't know his identity. In fact, this was normal. Although he had read a lot of period texts in his previous life and had looked up a lot of information, he could only recognize a few common old men of this era.
As for the others, he really didn't know them.
"Xiaotian, I call you that too. Do you have any objections?"
Old Qiao looked at Zhou Tian, was stunned for a moment, but then reacted and asked kindly.
"Of course, in your eyes, I am just a junior. It's my honor!"
Zhou Tian naturally had nothing to be unwilling about. After all, the old man who could sit and chat with his old leader had an identity and background that he could not afford to offend. The other party was already giving him face by saying this.
"Hahaha, Xiaotian, you are really good at talking. Okay, let's stop talking nonsense. The reason we called you here today is to give you a task!"
As he spoke, Mr. Qiao explained the content of the task, and the old leader also supplemented it from time to time.
"What, going to the Peninsula, this?"
After listening to the two people's singing in unison, Zhou Tian couldn't help but fall silent. After all, he had finally returned to Sijiu City, and now his old leader wanted him to go to the peninsula again. This was really beyond his expectations.