King of Secret Service

The old man brought the fourth and fifth children with him, as well as some servants in the family, holding yellow paper and other supplies for worshiping the gods.

The fourth brother, Liang Kai, was studying at Nanjing University, and the fifth, Liang Dong, was only in junior high school.

".~Third brother."

"Third brother."

Liang Kai and Liang Dong shouted when they saw him approaching.

"The fourth one has grown a lot taller. The fifth one has such a pale face. When he grows up, he must be a pretty boy." Liang Xiao said with a smile.

"Ahem... As an elder brother, you must speak with restraint." The old man's expression turned dark again.

"Don't let people live in peace early in the morning." Liang Xiao was also very helpless.

"Take the incense watch, invite Zao Jun." The old man handed a stack of incense watches to Liang Xiao.

Liang Xiao took the incense watch, and led everyone to the kitchen room, first offered incense, then knelt down and kowtowed, and then burned the yellow watch. In this way, the Kitchen Lord was invited back.

Next, invite the water king Jinghe Dragon King, and then worship the 24 gods of heaven and earth.

When this series of steps of worshiping the gods is completed, the female family members of the Liang Mansion can come out of (Zhao Zhao's) room for activities.

Old Wu Liangdong carried firecrackers and lit them while walking, adding a layer of Chinese New Year atmosphere to the Liang Mansion compound.

"Third Brother, haven't you given me the New Year's Eve money yet?" Liang Dong chased after him with firecrackers and shouted.

Liang Xiao took out a big ocean from his pocket and threw it over to him: "The lucky money for you."

"It's really stingy." Liang Dong whispered.

Liang Xiao went straight back to the courtyard. To be honest, he likes to be quiet and doesn't like to join in the fun. On such a grand festival as the Chinese New Year, relatives like to get together, talk about family affairs, and chat, but he doesn't like these.

In the courtyard, Ozawa Mili and Tang Menghan were playing with making a snowman.

Li Huan arranged for guard soldiers to guard around the yard.

According to Liang Xiao, today is New Year's Eve, so there is no need to guard the guards and let the soldiers of the guards take a day off to celebrate the New Year with good food and drink, but Li Huan thinks that the more vigilant it is at this time.

Therefore, Liang Xiao also ignored him.

Chapter 179

During the Spring Festival of [-], there was heavy snow in the Songhu-Hangzhou area.

This heavy snow added a festive atmosphere to the long-awaited Spring Festival.

Suzhou, Liang Mansion.

In the courtyard, Liang Xiao was boiling tea, sitting on a chair, holding a Browning pistol, carefully wiping it, and occasionally drinking a sip or two of tea.

He likes tranquility, and he likes this rare cleanliness even more.

"Three young masters."

The housekeeper Liang Gao ran in from the courtyard and said with a smile: "Master and Madam are all seated, and I'm waiting for you to go over for the reunion dinner."

"Tell them, I won't go." Liang Xiao didn't like to join in the fun, and he didn't like to eat at the same table with the eldest lady.

Liang Gao said: "My master told you to go. He said that you haven't been home for the New Year for a long time, and this year it's time to have a reunion dinner with everyone."

Liang Xiao pondered for a moment, and said: "You go first, I will go over later."

"Yes." Liang Gao smiled and turned to leave.

"Wait a minute, let the kitchen get a few tables of the best meals and send them over." Liang Xiao ordered.

"Yes."

Liang Gao nodded with a smile.

"Go."

Liang Xiao hung the cleaned Brown 800 Ning pistol on his waist, got up and walked into the room, put on the general officer's woolen coat, and went out to the small red building.

Little Red House, lobby.

At this moment, there was a lot of voices and laughter.

The first lady, the second lady, the third lady, the fourth lady, etc., as well as Liang Xiao's elder brother Liang Bei, the fourth child Liang Kai, and the fifth child Liang Dong, the family enjoyed themselves happily.

The old man was sitting on top, holding a stack of red envelopes in his hand, and was handing out red envelopes one by one.

This is a traditional custom of the Chinese nation. On the day of the Spring Festival, the man who is the head of the family should give red envelopes to his children and grandchildren.

When he was young, Liang Xiao also looked forward to the Chinese New Year, because only on this day could he receive a lot of red envelopes.

"Fourth brother, how much is your red envelope?" Old Fifth Liang Dong asked.

"One thousand French coins." Liang Kai replied.

"Father is eccentric, why is the fourth brother getting [-] French coins while I get [-] French coins? It's not fair." Liang Kai's face was full of resentment.

"When you grow up to the age of your fourth brother, I will give you a red envelope of [-] French currency." The old man laughed heartily.

"Father is biased." Liang Dong pouted.

"The third young master is here."

I don't know who yelled such a voice.

Everyone looked at Liang Xiao together. Among them, Fu Fangyi, the third wife, saw her son walking in in a heroic manner, with a happy smile on her face.

"Xiao'er is here." The third lady hurriedly stood up and walked over, took a closer look at Liang Xiao, and said with a smile: "The room is warm, mother will take off your coat and hang it up for you."

"Mother, there's no need, I'll do it myself." Liang Xiao was a little embarrassed, he was already in his 20s, and mother still treated him like a child.

He reached out to unbutton the coat, took off the coat, and handed it to the maid beside him.

The moment he took off his coat, the rank of the general on the collar was creased and glowing.

The moment he took off his coat, the rank of the general on the collar was creased and glowing.

The old man had an unbelievable expression on his face. He thought that his old eyes had made a mistake, so he quickly rubbed his eyes, and when he looked again, it turned out to be a gold star with the rank of major general.

"Third brother, are you a general?" The fourth brother Liang Kai exclaimed in shock.

When the others heard that it was a general, they all stared at Liang Xiao.

Fu Fangyi happily said: "Xiao Er, when did you become a general?"

The others were also concerned. After all, Liang Xiao had only been away from home for a few years, not to mention that he had attended the Whampoa Military Academy for three years, and he had only been in the army for more than two years. How could he be promoted so quickly and become the first in the Liang family? General, even if he is the old man's own younger brother, the highest rank is colonel.

"A year ago, the commissioner personally conferred the rank of Major General." Liang Xiao said lightly.

Fu Fangyi reproached and said: "You child, being promoted to major general is a glorious and happy event, why don't you send a message to the family and let the family take care of it for you."

In the eyes of the older generation, things like Liang Xiao's promotion to the rank of major general are the top priority of the family, and they should be done in a big way, inviting relatives and friends to have a big meal, so as to increase the influence of the family outside force.

The old man interjected, "I think we'll take advantage of the Chinese New Year to make a good arrangement and invite all the relatives and friends of our Liang family to have a gathering."

Although the old man didn't like Liang Xiao's joining the army, but now that Liang Xiao has the rank of major general, his face is also very radiant when it comes out, so naturally he has to deal with it recklessly.

Liang Xiao knew that the old man decided to make arrangements, so it was useless for him to say anything, so he simply sat down on the chair and waited for dinner without saying much.

"Third brother, you are a major general, how many people are under your command?" Old Fifth Liang Dong asked innocently.

"Thousands of people." Liang Xiao said vaguely.

"Thousands of troops are much stronger than my uncle. My uncle said that when he was the head of the regiment, there were only more than 800 people under his command." Liang Dong said.

"Third son, here is a red envelope for you." The old man looked at the major general rank on Liang Xiao's collar badge, and immediately felt that his son was on the right path to join the army.

Liang Xiao reached out to take the red envelope, opened it and saw that it was a check for [-] French currency.

"Father, you are too partial. The third brother is fifty thousand, I am one thousand, and Xiaodong is one hundred. This is too unfair." Liang Kai said dissatisfied.

The old man laughed happily and said, "Your third brother is the only general in our family. If you can also earn me a major general, I will give you a red envelope of [-] French coins."

"When I graduate, I will join the army. If my third brother can become a general, so can I." Liang Kai said whimsically.

"Then wait until you graduate." The old man is not willing to let his sons go to the army. The Liang family has a big business, so naturally they need someone to inherit the family business.

"Let's eat, the food will be cold in a while." The master smiled.

Only then did the wives pick up their chopsticks, and the family had a reunion dinner.

Fu Fangyi kept picking up food for Liang Xiao, which made him a little embarrassed.

On the contrary, the eldest lady, who had always been against him, surprisingly didn't argue with him tonight, perhaps because she felt timid after seeing his rank of major general.

The other wives had no grievances with Liang Xiao, but they were far from being close, and most of them only maintained superficial affection.

"Third brother, let me have a drink." The more the old man looked at the major general rank on Liang Xiao's collar badge, the happier he became.

"it is good."

Liang Xiao responded, picked up the wine glass and drank it down in one gulp.

"Everyone eats vegetables."

The old man was very happy today, and he kept urging everyone to eat food. Even the old Wu Liangdong, who had always been doting on him, made an exception and let him drink a glass of wine.

A reunion dinner was spent in a happy atmosphere.

After dinner, the old man wanted to chat with Liang Xiao about the daily routine. After all, the family has such a big business, and in some places, Liang Xiao, the young future, is still needed to support the facade.

But Liang Xiao left Xiaohonglou on the grounds that he was not feeling well. He knew what the old man was going to say, but it was not suitable to talk about those things during the Chinese New Year. After the Spring Festival, he would definitely talk to the old man about these things. .

Chapter 180 Housekeeping

Back to the yard.

The kitchen has already delivered the food and drink, out of five tables of food and wine, Liang Xiao reserved one table, and the other four tables were given to the soldiers of the guards.

He called Li Huan, Mili Ozawa, and Tang Menghan over for New Year's Eve dinner.

He also gave the three of them a red envelope of [-] oceans each. The guard soldiers also had red envelopes, but the amount was not large, ten oceans per person. You know, even ten oceans is enough for the soldiers' families to live comfortably for a year- .

"Today is New Year's Eve, just the four of us, eat and drink openly." Liang Xiao laughed.

"Tuan Zuo, shouldn't the whole family be reunited on New Year's Eve, won't you go with the master and wife?" Li Huan asked with a smile.

"We've already eaten the reunion dinner, so why should we accompany you?" Liang Xiao said lightly.

"Tuan Zuo, I used to play mahjong after the reunion dinner at home during the Chinese New Year. Why don't we play a few rounds of mahjong after dinner?" Tang Menghan said, blinking her big furry eyes.

"Okay."

Liang Xiao was also idle, so he just played with them.

Just had dinner.

The third wife, Fu Fangyi, came to the door. As soon as she entered Liang Xiao's room, she saw two beautiful women, her heart was full of joy, and she quickly looked at these two women carefully.

In her opinion, Ozawa Mili has bright eyes and white teeth, is beautiful and dignified, and is suitable to be her daughter-in-law. Looking at Tang Menghan, she is also a great beauty, with a tall and plump figure, especially a pair of plump round buttocks, she is definitely suitable for giving birth to a son nice ass.

"mother."

Liang Xiao gave her a chair.

After Fu Fangyi sat down, she quickly took Liang Xiao's hand and asked, "Xiao Er, who are these two girls?"

"Oh, they are my subordinates." Liang Xiao replied.

"Subordinates?" Fu Fangyi didn't believe it. How could anyone bring female subordinates home for the New Year? These two women must have an unusual relationship with his son, maybe they are the women whose son is outside.

"On New Year's Eve, you didn't accompany the old man, why did you come to my place?" Liang Xiao said.

"You were born by my pregnancy in October, why can't you come here? Could it be that you have grown up and your wings are hardened, so you despise your mother?" Fu Fangyi pretended to be displeased.

"What did mother say? I'm too happy for you to come." Liang Xiao hurriedly took out a small box from the drawer of the table and placed it in front of Fu Fangyi.

"What is this?" Fu Fangyi asked.

"Open it and have a look." Liang Xiao said with a smile.

Fu Fangyi opened it and saw that the inside was glittering with gold, emerald jewels, jewelry pendants, and so on.

"Xiao Er, are these all for mother?" Fu Fangyi, like ordinary women, likes jewelry. Although the old man would occasionally give her jewelry, this is the first time she has received so many jewelry.