Chapter 667 The kitchen knife theory

Gu Yu came in from outside with wet hands, her pink little hands were frozen red. As soon as she saw Xia Xiang, she said, "Hurry up and help me get a knife, I want to kill you..."

Xia Xiang was startled: "What are you doing to kill me?"

"Oh, I said it wrong, I want to kill the fish." Gu Yu smiled mischievously, turned around and looked into the yard, and whispered, "Why are grandpa angry? Did you tell him about the two of us that he was annoyed?"

"..." Xia Xiang was so amused and laughed. Women and men's thinking were different. The starting point for considering problems was much worse. He was about to turn around and go to the kitchen to get a knife. His eyes fell on Gu Yu's hand. He couldn't help but say with concern, "The hands are frozen red, don't get frostbite. Your skin is thin, and if frostbite is easily left with scars, it will not look good."

Gu Yu was stunned, looking at Xia Xiang with beautiful eyes intently, surprised and happy: "You really care about me?"

Xia Xiang nodded. He really had some feelings for Guyu. He liked her innocence and naughtiness, and her happy nature. Being with Guyu made people feel relaxed and happy.

Gu Yu was moved at once, and threw herself into Xia Xiang's arms, and started crying: "You bad guy, I thought you were just lying to me once, and I would never pay attention to me again. I also cried a few times. Seeing that you wanted to ask you, I was afraid that you would laugh at me."

Gu Yu cried like an uninformed little girl, sobbing and pitying. Xia Xiang Wen Xiang Nuan Yu was full of her arms, but it was hard to push Gu Yu away. Because the two were standing in front of the door, they were afraid that Lao Gu would see him, he took the Gu Yu and took a few steps back.

Unexpectedly, Guyu misunderstood what Xia Xiang meant and blushed: "What do you want to do? It's daytime, grandpa is still outside, don't do it randomly!"

Xia Xiang couldn't laugh and cry. Gu Yu could really think about it. He thought he wanted to pronounce lust in the daytime. Could it be that his actions were so confusing? Then he couldn't help laughing at him, because Gu Yu hugged him, he hugged his arms, and he couldn't raise his hands, so when he hugged Gu Yu, his hands were lowered and he held Gu Yu's buttocks.

It seemed as if he had bad intentions.

In fact, Xia Xiang didn't have the intention to think about it now. He couldn't let go of something in his heart, and he had no desire at all. However, the feeling of the little girl in Guyu was really good. The part she grabbed with her hands was also full of touch, but after enduring it, he still let go and whispered: "Don't let grandpa see it, let go."

Gu Yu obediently let go of Xia Xiang, but he reached out his red little hand in front of Xia Xiang in anger: "It's cold, please help me."

Xia Xiang held the ancient jade hand - indeed a beautiful woman, and the jade hand is lovely - in the palm of his hand, and took a few breaths of heat with his heart.

Gu Yu was so happy that he kissed Xia quickly: "I'll cook for you, remember to coax my grandfather well. He is old and sometimes his temper is like a child."

Xia Xiang had actually thought about persuading Lao Gu for a long time. He helped Gu Yu take the knife and came outside. Before he could hand it over to Gu Yu, he saw Lao Gu wandering around behind the rockery.

When Lao Gu saw Xia wanting to hold a kitchen knife, his tight face suddenly laughed: "Why, I want to practice with me?"

Xia Xiang also laughed: "You need to fight with literature, not martial arts. You must carry forward the spirit of a gentleman not speaking, but when you move, if you hold a knife in one hand and reason with the other, it will definitely bring huge pressure to the other party invisibly."

Lao Gu heard Xia Xiang’s words: “If you have something, just say it clearly, don’t go around with me. I am a rough person, not a person with you. If you like to talk about three first when doing things, then tell me that three is obtained from one plus two, or one plus one again and again. How troublesome is it.”

Xia Xiang handed the knife to Guyu: "The knife can be used to kill people in the hands of a bad person. But in the hands of Guyu, it can be used to kill fish and make delicious food. The one that is wrong is not the knife, but the hand holding the knife." He stepped forward to support Lao Gu, and smiled, "It is better to be less angry when you are old. Being angry hurts your body, being angry with others, and hurting your own body is thankless."

Lao Gu didn't appreciate it and shook Xia Xiang's hand away: "I can still walk..." He walked forward a few steps before saying, "If you have something to say, I will really not listen if I have something to do, I will go around again."

Xia Xiang followed Lao Gu and followed him to a pavilion. The pavilion was not big, with a round table inside, with chessboards carved on the round table and chess pieces. Lao Gu sat down, Xia Xiang also sat opposite him, took out a chess piece and smiled and said, "What I'm not going on is the family route, but to be more common, it is the kitchen knife route."

Lao Gu suddenly became interested: "I have heard of the intermediate route and the left-leaning route, but I have never heard of the kitchen knife route. Tell me what the kitchen knife route is."

"I helped the Qiu family to plan a situation and joined forces with the Mei family. On the surface, it helped the family's strength grow, but from another perspective, it weakened the strength of the Wu family and the Fu family in disguise. Because after the importance of Yan Province increased, many people were moved, and all forces wanted to interfere in the situation in Yan Province. I think if the Qiu family, the weakest in Yan Province, marched into Yan Province and did not allow the Wu family to take the opportunity to take the position of secretary-general, the Wu family would not be the only one in Yan Province." Xia Xiang was fiddling with the chess pieces in his hand while talking.

"The argument made the Qiu family take the opportunity to strengthen their strength, which means that the family forces will interfere in the affairs of Yan Province, which means that you still please the Qiu family and the Mei family." Lao Gu said angrily.

"Lao Gu, what would it be if you let Hang Chengyuan go to Yan Province and successfully serve as the Secretary-General of the Provincial Party Committee?" Xia Xiang asked back.

"At least it can prevent family forces from further controlling Yan Province."

"On the surface, it seems that's not the case." Xia Xiang carefully analyzed the situation for Lao Gu. "You think that even if Hang Chengyuan became the Secretary-General of the Provincial Party Committee as he wished, he was alone and weak, how much say can he have in Yan Province? Either he was suppressed by the deputy secretary or was suppressed by Secretary Ye. In the Standing Committee, there were many family forces joining forces, and he could not stretch his hands at all! Then there were only two ways before him, one was to move closer to Secretary Ye or Governor Fan, and the other was to move closer to the Wu family, Mei family or Fu family, who had already intervened in the situation in Yan Province. However, no matter which choice, he had no autonomy and would not have much effect. He was either treated as a puppet by Secretary Ye or Governor Fan or as a vassal by several families, just like Secretary Qian had not opened up the situation for several years in Yan Province..."

Lao Gu frowned: "It's interesting, let's continue."

"For family forces, it is better to be dispersed than blocked. With the current strength of the four families, it is impossible to block them. I don't know who the old comrade you are talking about is. Anyway, he wants Hang Chengyuan to go to Yan Province to balance the situation is not a good move, because Hang Chengyuan has no roots and no prestige when he goes to Yan Province. Not to mention balancing the situation, it would be good if the situation is not balanced in the end. I think there is only one result in Hangzhou Chengyuan going to Yan Province, that is, his political future is bleak, he does nothing, and he ends in a mess."

Xia Xiang's words caused a sensation in Lao Gu's heart.

He originally thought that although Xia Xiang had a deep network of relations in Yan Province, there were also regrets that the authorities were fascinated by the authorities. Unexpectedly, Xia Xiang jumped out of the scope of Yan Province, stood in the capital and looked at Yan Province, and analyzed the situation in Yan Province from an outsider's perspective, which was also very clear.

Many of the views are very sharp and have to be convinced.

Lao Gu had a feeling of re-recognizing Xia Xiang. The longer he met Xia Xiang, the more he found out that he had more outstanding features. It really makes people unable to understand why he has such a keen vision and extraordinary experience at such a young age?

"What does your kitchen knife route mean?" Lao Gu still had questions.

"The power distribution in Yan Province is that the secretary and the governor are in charge of their own affairs, and the Standing Committee also has their own factions. Among the Standing Committee members, Li Yanhong and Gao Jinzhou are Wu family factions, Cui Xiang and Ma Xiao are Fu family factions, let alone Mei Shengping, he is the second generation of the Mei family. Now the position of the secretary-general of the provincial party committee is vacant, and all four families want to fight for it. I don't know whether the Fu family has any movement. The Qiu family and the Mei family have reached a compromise anyway and want to join forces to make the Qiu family succeed, and the Wu family is firmly opposed. I have been angry in front of Wu Caiyang..." Xia Xiang smiled and looked helpless. "Although the relationship between me and the Wu family is the most complicated and logically closest, I don't want the Wu family to take the throne of the secretary-general of the provincial party committee, because if the Wu family succeeds, it will be unfavorable to the situation in the entire Yan Province and will not meet the balanced situation in Yan Province in the eyes of the highest level."

"Balance means that the four families have their own gains and their own restrictions to achieve a balanced situation and prevent the situation in Yan Province from being controlled by the whole family. Only a situation of mutual restraint is the most stable and united situation." Xia Xiang finally put forward his kitchen knife theory, "I let the Qiu family fight for the position of Secretary-General of the Provincial Party Committee, which is beneficial to the Qiu family, and the Qiu family will be grateful to me. The Qiu family's gratitude is the kitchen knife when I negotiate with the Mei family. The Mei family can underestimate my weight, but must pay attention to the power of the kitchen knife in my hands. When I helped the Qiu family and the Mei family join forces, the Qiu Mei family get benefits, they will be grateful to me. Their gratitude is the bigger kitchen knife when I face the oppression of the Fu family and the threat from the Wu family..."

"Hahahaha..." Lao Gu finally understood what Xia Xiang said about the so-called kitchen knife theory, and laughed to the sky, "What a huge kitchen knife, what a scary kitchen knife, Xiao Xia, you scared me today, and convinced me!"

Xia Xiang was indeed guessed correctly. Lao Gu threw out Hang Chengyuan and was entrusted to test Xia Xiang's reaction. Because Xia Xiang's recent actions in the capital not only caused dissatisfaction with the Wu family, but also caused several senior executives who opposed the family forces to be dissatisfied. They deliberately beat Xia Xiang, don't be too much.

Lao Gu is the best candidate to beat and test Xia Xiang.

In fact, according to Lao Gu's idea, there is no need to test Xia Xiang, just ask him for a crime. Unexpectedly, some senior officials disagreed and said that they were testing Xia Xiang's reaction and understanding his true thoughts. Lao Gu felt that since Xia Xiang had done something to help the Qiu family, there was nothing to say, but he still followed the words of the person behind him and threw out Hang Chengyuan to test Xia Xiang.

Fortunately, Lao Gu secretly called luck in his heart, and that person was still powerful. Saying that Xia Xiang might not necessarily want to take the family route as it appears, because according to his observation of Xia Xiang, Xia Xiang's political wisdom seems to be not so simple. If he wanted to take the family route, he should have defected to the Wu family two years ago, rather than having a choice now.

"What is Wu Caiyang's attitude?" Lao Gu realized that the influence of the Wu family should not be underestimated, so he asked Xia Xiang.

Xia Xiang briefly explained the scene when Wu Caiyang met him, and smiled bitterly: "The meeting with Minister Wu was a disagreement, and maybe it made the old man angry. In the Wu family, I have become a huge bad guy."

"Hmph, why are you afraid of him? He dares to touch you. I will protect you. I will be your other big kitchen knife. I will give you my face. Not to mention Wu Caiyang, even Old Man Wu will have to give you three points." Lao Gu was also full of energy and had a rare momentum.

Xia Xiang smiled: "Don't say, I really have this meaning, but you must support me at that time, otherwise when I raise the kitchen knife, I will find that there is only a knife handle in my hand and no head, so I can't scare people."

"When did I, Lao Gu, never forget my words? Unless I die, I will be your kitchen knife." Lao Gu slapped the table, "I don't believe it anymore. Wu, Mei, Qiu, and Fu, can you really make trouble for God?"

Even Lao Gu also casually mentioned the rankings of the four families of Wu, Mei, Qiu and Fu. It can be seen that the current power of the four major families is indeed extraordinary, and even the military has accused their strength.

Xia Xiang was also curious and asked, "Lao Gu, who is your old comrade-in-arms?"

Lao Gu smiled and waved his hand: "Don't ask so much. You will know when it's time for you to know. If you follow your ideas, I can't guarantee anything else, at least in my lifetime, I can protect you from being hurt by others. Anyone who wants to touch you again, please ask me if Lao Gu is willing!"

With Lao Gu's promise of a thousand gold medal, Xia Xiang felt much more at ease: "Thank you, thank you Lao Gu. With your kitchen knife that cuts iron like mud in your hand, I can be invincible and invincible."

"Hehe." Lao Gu laughed, but he was still not blindly optimistic. "We will not defeat the kitchen knife against the kitchen knife. But be careful of the other party's conspiracy and tricks, so you have to be careful. I can't use the trick, and I plan to go around and turn. If you are good, you can handle it yourself."

This seems to be not praising people, because when Lao Gu said it, he kept grinning. Xia Xiang didn't care so much and asked with a smile: "Do you have my meal today?"

"Yes, of course there are. Gu Mei made a lot of them, and they are all you like to eat." When talking about Gu Yu, Lao Gu suddenly remembered something, "By the way, Gu Yu has always been talking about you recently, and sometimes she blushed. Have you done anything to her?"

"No, absolutely not!" Xia Xiang denied righteously, "It doesn't matter if you guess me, but you can't guess your granddaughter, right? Gu Yu is a good girl, not a casual girl."

"I've been a woman all my life, and it's a friendship formed in the revolutionary era. To be honest, I don't know much about what girls think and like now, but I know that Guyu has a good impression of you. If you have any bad ideas, she will definitely not be able to escape. So I want to warn you, Xiaoxia, don't take advantage of Guyu, otherwise I can't spare you."

Xia Xiang felt a little nervous. Sometimes it wasn't what he wanted, but things always happened unexpectedly. He really didn't want to take advantage of it, but Wen Xiang Nuanyu threw herself into her arms. He was a normal man, and it was normal that he couldn't control it.

Of course, no matter how sufficient the reason is, you cannot explain it to Lao Gu. You have to talk about this silly girl Gu Yu. Don’t always get distracted in front of Lao Gu. It would be bad if Lao Gu saw any clues, as if he loved each other.

In fact, so far, there are only a few women he really loves. Needless to say, Cao Shuyan is one, and Xiao Jia has emotional factors. The last one is ancient jade. He really has some thoughts about ancient jade now.

And for Mei Xiaolin... it may be really only suitable to be a confidante.

At noon, Gu Yu made a table of delicious meals. Xia Xiang was very interested in Lao Gu, so he opened a bottle of wine and drank a few sips. After eating a few sips of the dishes, Gu Yu leaned down with his little face to seek the opinions of the two.

Lao Gu said: "It's the most delicious thing you have ever cooked since you cook."

Xia Xiang is also good: "It tastes really delicious, but if you improve it a little bit as I said, it will be even better."

Gu Yu hurriedly asked, "What is it?"

"A little less soy sauce."

Gu Yu was extremely angry and acted to beat Xia Xiang, which made Lao Gu stare at Xia Xiang and Gu Yu with a suspicion. Gu Yu was so scared that he stuck out his tongue and hurriedly withdrew his hand and explained: "In the leadership group, he had a good temper. A female colleague always liked to joke with him and beat him at any time. I learned it as well."

She wove and wove hard. Xia Xiang glanced at Guyu with his eyes slanted and found a cunning smile in Guyu's eyes. He thought that no matter how simple a woman is, she has a complicated side, and Guyu would also deceive people.

After talking, Xia Xiang talked with Lao Gu for a while and talked about the current situation. Lao Gu did not mention who he was, and Xia Xiang did not ask any more questions. Anyway, he also knew Lao Gu’s position and knew how to get along with Lao Gu in the future.

At around 2 pm, when she was about to say goodbye, Lao Gu answered a call. After answering the call, he happily said to Xia Yao: "You must attend a party with you."

Xia Xiang saw Lao Gu with a smile on his face and asked, "What's the good thing?"

"It's an internal group meeting, which is a condolence meeting for some old cadres and comrades that will not be announced to the public. You can go with me, and some central leaders will attend at that time."

A good opportunity, Xia Xiang laughed: "It's good to be honest, and it's also a good thing to see."

After saying goodbye to Lao Gu, Gu Yu sent Xia out and sent her to Xia, and she kept sending her to her outside. She whispered: "When will you come to see me again?"

Xia Xiang shook his head: "I have no time these days, so I probably have to go back to Yan City. At most, I will stay in the capital for one more day tomorrow, and I will have to return the day after tomorrow!"
Chapter completed!