After welcoming Yan Bin, Li Jin also appeared here a few days later.
Li Jin originally thought that the Huo family's large villa was quite big, but compared to Hu Taidou's yard, which had five in and five out and an area measured in acres, it still pales in comparison.
It is enough to prove that Hu Taidou spent a lot of effort on this.
When we arrived at the entrance of the courtyard, there were already servants waiting for us.
After confirming Li Jin's identity, the servant led the way, and Li Jin entered this courtyard with hundreds of years of history.
After walking for seven or eight minutes, passing two rockeries, an artificial lake, and two pavilions in the middle of the lake, Li Jin arrived at the inner courtyard.
Among the sculpture galleries and paintings, in a pavilion in the middle of the lake, Li Jin met Hu Taidou.
His hair and beard are as white as snow, and he grows stronger with age.
When Li Jin came, Hu Taidou was studying.
Li Jin glanced at the cover and saw that it was a thread-bound ancient book called "History of the North and South" that is rarely seen nowadays.
Li Jin walked into the Huxin Pavilion. Hu Taidou raised his eyes from the book, glanced at Li Jin with a smile, and said, "Here he comes."
Although it was not clear yet whether he was a friend or an enemy, Li Jin still maintained enough respect for the spiritual leader of Huizhou merchants and nodded and replied: "The junior is here."
Hu Taidou hummed, then lowered his head to read. He just pointed to the seat opposite and said, "Sit down."
Li Jin followed his instructions and sat down opposite Hu Taidou. There was a small round stone table between them.
Sitting like this lasted half an hour.
During this half hour, Hu Taidou always focused on the book in his hand, while Li Jin didn't care and concentrated on tasting the tea brought by the servant.
After half an hour, Hu Taidou put down the book in his hand and sighed: "It becomes useless when you get older. It is always easy to forget other things while doing one thing."
"Especially reading. I read wonderful things and am fascinated by them. Little friend Li Jin, please forgive me for my slightness."
Li Jin smiled and said: "Mr. Hu still insists on studying every day. He is a role model for our young people. It is too late for the younger generation to learn from you, so how can they feel neglected?"
Hu Taidou put down the book with a smile and said: "In the "History of the North and South" I just read, I happened to read one of the chapters "The Biography of Chen Qing", "White Horse Yi Cong", which is really fascinating."
"If you think about it carefully, there are still some similarities between little friend Li Jin and Chen Qingzhi from a thousand years ago."
Li Jin hurriedly said: "Mr. Hu is so ridiculous that the white-robed general Chen Qingzhi is a famous general with a reputation for eternity. How can the younger generation compare?"
Hu Taidou said with a smile: "The ancients once commented that Chen Qing's nature is cautious, his clothes are not frivolous, he is not good at silk and bamboo, he can't shoot through razor, and his horse is not in his place, but he is good at caressing the soldiers, and he can get his death power."
"Compared to you, you have a humble and low-key personality. You don't show off in the market. You don't rely on your power when you succeed at a young age. In terms of business methods, you make good use of people's hearts and have many clever tricks."
"Don't you two have many similarities?"
Li Jin looked at Hu Taidou and said calmly: "Mr. Hu pays a lot of attention to the younger generation, which makes the younger generation feel a little flattered."
Under Hu Taidou's snow-white eyebrows, his experienced eyes were filled with profound meaning. He said, "Actually, I didn't know you before, but then Yan Bin came to my door and asked for help."
"So I became interested in you, a young man who can drive my disciples into despair, so I asked someone to inquire about it."
"It's okay if I don't ask about it. Once I ask, I will become interested. You, a young man, are very interesting... Lao Huo, do you also value you?"