Siheyuan: Rebirth 54 years ago, neighbor is stupid

Chapter 574: Get closer to the Xu family?

Seeing Li Zhenmin's hesitation, Xu Jingshan further said, "The situation was different in the past few years, and you didn't have much contact with the Xu family, but now the situation is gradually changing. I hope you can deal with the Xu family. Although the Xu family is not very good, they still have some power and have been showing goodwill to you. Their attitude is reasonable."

"I'm not forcing you to develop a good relationship with the Xu family. As long as you can communicate, it's fine. You can decide the right measure. Maybe some of these relationships will come in handy in the future."

Li Zhenmin frowned, roughly understanding what Xu Jingshan meant...

The Xu family has never had any ill will towards him. It's just that they didn't try to win him over in the past because they didn't trust Li Zhenmin and were a little indifferent to him. But after Li Zhenmin showed enough ability, the Xu family has been showing goodwill over the years.

Some people may think that this behavior is too snobbish, but for adults, there is nothing wrong with the Xu family's approach.

Therefore, Xu Jingshan hoped that Li Zhenmin would improve his relationship with the Xu family. Even if he didn't like him, the superficial exchange of courtesies could be maintained, and maybe it would be useful in the future.

This is also Xu Jingshan's greatest wish to help Li Zhenmin before he dies. As long as Li Zhenmin doesn't go too far in the future, even if something small happens, the Xu family will not go against Li Zhenmin for the sake of Xu Jingshan, at least not before the Xu family changes its head, and this period of time can last at least ten to twenty years.

In other words, as long as Li Zhenmin doesn't deliberately show disrespect to the Xu family, he will have an extra backer in the next twenty years. Even if the relationship is not that deep, others will have to give him some face if they find him, and it will always come in handy at critical moments.

If he wants to establish a relationship with the Xu family, the best way now is to let the Xu family help Li Zhenmin do something. This is equivalent to Li Zhenmin giving the Xu family a chance to make amends. After all, Xu Jingshan has been taken care of by Li Zhenmin for so many years, and the Xu family must express their gratitude.

If Li Zhenmin did not even give the Xu family this chance to make amends, then their relationship might not have been so harmonious after Xu Jingshan's death. But with this opportunity, the Xu family can feel at ease, and this can also serve as an opportunity for Li Zhenmin and the Xu family to improve their relationship.

In short, it would be beneficial for both parties if the Xu family came forward to face this investigation, but dragging on and not making peace with the Xu family would be detrimental to both parties.

What Xu Jingshan can do is to give the Xu family a chance in the name of Li Zhenmin. If Li Zhenmin goes and asks directly, it will definitely not work, but Xu Jingshan can do it, and their relationship will only become closer without any rift.

"I think there is some truth to this. Zhenmin, why don't you listen to Grandpa Xu."

Shen Wenyin was a smart person, so she naturally thought of the key to the matter and offered suggestions.

Everyone else looked at Li Zhenmin to see what decision he would make.

Li Zhenmin was speechless and said, "Why are you all looking at me? I have no grudge against the Xu family. The reason why I didn't agree to their advances over the years is because of this old guy. How can I offend Old Xu?"

"Now, he just stood up and said a few words, and I am the one who is wrong. Is there any justice or law in this?"

Li Zhenmin acted very innocent.

Everyone felt ashamed and then turned their eyes to Xu Jingshan.

Xu Jingshan's mouth twitched, and he said angrily: "If it's not your fault, then it must be my fault. Isn't it normal for me to be inconsiderate at my age? As a young man, isn't it wrong for you not to advise me when I was confused?"

Li Zhenmin: "Old man, do you want to look at what you are saying?"

Xu Jingshan: "You little brat, you don't take me seriously. You keep calling me an old man. Do you think I won't beat you now that you've grown up and have children? Come on, let's practice."

Everyone: "..."

Wow, one really dares to say it, and the other really dares to deny it.

.........

In the next few days, everything went smoothly, and the parents of the Ma and Li families met to discuss their children's wedding date.

However, when Xu Jingshan wanted to further the relationship between Li Zhenmin and the Xu family generals, an unexpected event occurred.

Before Xu Jingshan contacted the Xu family, Zhang Huaiyuan from the Ministry of Health sent someone to invite Li Zhenmin to dinner.

Li Zhenmin always felt that something was wrong. Why did Zhang Huaiyuan contact him at this critical moment? Could it be that he knew about his recent affairs and wanted to help him?

Given the relationship between them, this is not impossible.

So Li Zhenmin told Xu Jingshan about this and asked him not to go to the Xu family first. In case Zhang Huaiyuan had already started an investigation, there would be no need to ask the Xu family for help.

No matter what the reason, Li Zhenmin would rather avoid owing favors to these big families than to ask for help. And if he really wanted to ask someone for help, he would prefer Zhang Huaiyuan rather than the high and mighty Xu family.

Even with Xu Jingshan acting as a middleman for a force like the Xu family, Li Zhenmin still would not really open up to them. It's not that talking about interests is bad, but it's very troublesome to owe favors to a force that only cares about interests and not feelings.

Xu Jingshan said that he was giving the Xu family a chance and that this time it didn't count as owing anyone a favor, but Li Zhenmin still didn't want to do it. After all, it was not up to Xu Jingshan to decide whether to do a favor or not. In a few years, when Xu Jingshan passed away, the Xu family would probably bring up today's incident when they needed Li Zhenmin.

The Xu family's disposition of looking down on others is not something that can be changed just by saying so.

Li Zhenmin also didn't want to be in danger of being controlled by others, nor did he want to focus all his energy on guarding against the Xu family. They were not on the same side, so the relationship could be limited to a certain extent.

But Zhang Huaiyuan is different. After all these years, Zhang Huaiyuan really treated him as a junior and protected him. Maybe there were interests involved, but it was more of an appreciation for the juniors and emphasis on talents.

Li Zhenmin didn't want to get involved in some disputes in recent years, so Zhang Huaiyuan never mentioned such things and also helped him to block many social engagements.

Maybe outsiders think he is Zhang Huaiyuan's pawn, but Li Zhenmin himself knows that Zhang Huaiyuan has never asked him to participate in any political affairs.

This is also the reason why Li Zhenmin is willing to get closer and closer to Zhang Huaiyuan and become friends regardless of age difference. In Li Zhenmin's heart, Zhang Huaiyuan may not be as good as Xu Jingshan, but he is not much worse.

"This..." Xu Jingshan frowned and said, "Don't you want to get close to the Xu family? Didn't I tell you that you can decide the limits yourself? I'm not forcing you to improve your relationship with them to a certain extent. I just want you to avoid being enemies with the Xu family."

Li Zhenmin replied helplessly: "I never meant to be hostile to the Xu family, and I didn't say I wouldn't let them help. I was just worried that Uncle Zhang had already started investigating without my knowledge. If that's the case, the Xu family..."

Having said this, Li Zhenmin suddenly stopped, he seemed to have found a breakthrough.

This is actually doable.

What if Zhang Huaiyuan is the main one and the Xu family is the auxiliary?

On the surface, he has brought the Xu family closer, but in reality, this favor is dispensable. Even if the Xu family needs Li Zhenmin to do something in the future, Li Zhenmin can choose to refuse. But if the Xu family takes the lead and all the credit goes to the Xu family, it will be difficult for Li Zhenmin to refuse favors in the future.

"Well, I don't know what Uncle Zhang wants to do now. Come with me and take a look."

Li Zhenmin plans to take it one step at a time.

Xu Jingshan always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure it out for the time being so he simply stopped thinking about it and agreed.