Zhang Mouzhi's words made the whole living room atmosphere stagnant.
"Hello, uncle." Zhou Hexuan forced a smile on his face and greeted him bravely.
"snort!"
Zhang Mouzhi snorted coldly and did not look good on Zhou Hexuan. He went through all kinds of troubles to get in touch with Finance Minister Song Ziwen. As long as the Zhang and Song families were married, the political advantages would be endless.
Not to mention anything else, in history, as soon as Song Ziwen and Zhang Leyi got married, the second son of the Zhang family easily became the mayor of Jiujiang.
But all the plans were disrupted by Zhou Hexuan. Can Zhang Mouzhi be happy?
Zhang Leyi lowered her head and walked to her father, weakly shouting: "Dad."
"You still think I'm your father?" Zhang Mouzhi sneered and said angrily, "How did I educate you when you were a child? Did I teach you to run away from home and elope with a man?"
Zhang's mother came forward to persuade her with good words: "Ruoxu, my daughter is back, so don't be upset anymore. I think Xiao Zhou is a good person. He is well-spoken and knowledgeable. He is no worse than Minister Song."
Zhang Mouzhi was too lazy to talk nonsense to his wife. He glared at Zhang Leyi and said, "You can choose for yourself. Do you want the person named Zhou, or do I want the father?"
"I want it all." Zhang Leyi's voice was as thin as a mosquito.
"Then get out!" Zhang Mouzhi was so angry that he pointed outside and said, "Once you step out of this house, never come back again!"
Zhang Leyi was filled with grievances, and tears fell down her face. She didn't want to leave, and she didn't dare to speak anymore. She stood there stupidly and was at a loss.
Zhou Hexuan sighed secretly and said, "Uncle, can we talk alone?"
Zhang Mouzhi refused with a sullen face: "I have nothing to say to you. You are not welcome at the Zhang family's door. Please leave."
The scene instantly became tense.
Seeing that the matter was difficult to handle, Zhang's mother urged her children to go back to their rooms. Only she and Zhang Mouzhi, Zhang Leyi and Zhou Hexuan were left in the living room. In front of his daughter and "son-in-law", he comforted her and said: "Ruoxu, things are like this."
Why make it so unmanageable? The most important thing for a family is harmony, and we must also respect our daughter’s choice.”
"Then do you know? Because of this incident, I completely offended Song Ziwen!" Zhang Mouzhi blushed and roared, "With the influence of our Zhang family in Jiujiang, last year Jiujiang abolished counties and established cities, and Far West (
Mr. Zhang, not only was elected mayor, but he was still the deputy mayor no matter how bad he was. But what was the result? Song Ziwen acted as a hindrance and deliberately suppressed our Zhang family. Far West only became a construction director!"
The Zhang family does not lack money, it only lacks political backers. Zhou Hexuan ruined other people's good deeds.
Zhang's mother remained silent. Zhang Leyi was in so much pain that neither mother nor daughter dared to speak anymore.
Zhou Hexuan could only say: "Uncle, maybe I can find some connections with Commander-in-Chief Chang and get the position of mayor of Jiujiang."
"Do you think I really care about the mayor's position?" Zhang Mouzhi sneered.
Well, Zhang Mouzhi wants more, and the mayor is just the beginning.
No matter how outstanding Zhou Hexuan was, he could never compare to the Finance Minister of the Nanjing National Government.
Historically, after the marriage between the Zhang and Song families, the Zhang family was able to move sideways in Jiangxi. Then there were a series of marriages, such as the eldest brother of the Zhang family marrying the daughter of the president of Shanghai Salt Bank.
The background is so powerful that even Zhang Mouzhi's old friend Jin Haoru "grows into obscurity" and gradually alienates the Zhang family. The fifth Miss of the Zhang family and the eldest Miss of the Jin family are handkerchiefs, two little girls.
When leaving, Miss Zhang Wu gave Miss Jin a pen. Boss Jin actually ordered his daughter to return the gift because the Jin family could not afford it.
From such trivial matters, we can see how arrogant and arrogant the Zhang family has been since they got involved with the Song family, completely offending even the old associates with whom they had the closest business cooperation.
What Zhang Mouzhi wants, Zhou Hexuan will never be able to give him in his lifetime.
Zhang's mother winked at Zhou Hexuan and signaled him not to make Zhang Mouzhi angry again. Zhou Hexuan immediately said: "Uncle, aunt, I'm sorry for disturbing you today. Come visit another day."
"I'm happy to go and see Mingcheng off." Mother Zhang said with a smile.
Zhang Leyi looked at her father, then followed Zhou Hexuan and sent him outside the big iron gate of Zhang's house.
The bright moon is in the sky, the lake in the distance is shining with sparkling ripples, and the breeze has cooled down the heat by three points.
Zhang Leyi's skirt swayed in the wind, and she said softly, stroking her cheeks: "Brother Xuan, I'm sorry, I didn't want to end up like this."
"Fool," Zhou Hexuan held Zhang Leyi in his arms and consoled him, "I should be the one saying sorry for causing a rift in the relationship between you and your father."
Zhang Leyi put her pretty face on the man's chest and said firmly: "If dad still won't let go, then I will elope with you to Tianjin to get married, and come back when he is relieved!"
Alas, many women in the Republic of China era were so infatuated and adorable.
Take Miss Sheng Qi as an example. She had to wait for Song Ziwen for fifteen years, how much pressure she had to bear. And Miss Sun, who is passionately in love with Li Shoumin, will have a falling out with her family in two years and will only have 1 yuan for her car.
Fei eloped and ran away.
Zhou Hexuan said: "I will try my best to convince uncle."
"Well, I believe you." Zhang Leyi forced a smile.
Zhang Leyi went home to live like this, and was grounded by her father. Even when she walked in the garden, a servant followed her.
Zhou Hexuan, on the other hand, was busy visiting Zhang Yuandong and Zhang Yuanxi. If he couldn't deal with Zhang Mouzhi, he could deal with his eldest uncle and second uncle first.
These two are about the same age as Zhou Hexuan. They are older singles who have returned from overseas and have graduated from Cambridge. They are not in a hurry to get married yet.
My eldest uncle, Zhang Yuandong, is very talkative. He graduated from the Department of Architecture at Cambridge University. He does not have much interest in power. Instead, he is passionate about art and enjoyment.
After the two met, they exchanged greetings. Zhang Yuandong smiled and said: "Brother Zhou, you are so brave. You kidnapped my sister and you actually dared to come back to propose marriage. My old man didn't let anyone kidnap you."
type it out?"
Zhou Hexuan smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty is a civilized man. He only talks and does not do anything."
"Hahahaha," Zhang Yuandong laughed, quite gloating, "Did you get scolded?"
Zhou Hexuan shrugged: "If it were me, I would scold him. No one wants their daughter to run away from home."
Zhang Yuandong drank coffee and asked: "Don't you want to ask me for help and beg for mercy?"
"Please!" Zhou Hexuan said sincerely.
"No," Zhang Yuandong waved his hands repeatedly, "I can only express no objection to this matter, and it is absolutely impossible for me to put in a good word for you."
Zhou Hexuan said: "Please ask my eldest brother for help."
Zhang Yuandong blinked and said: "You can go find the second child. He is the Zhang family's Qianliju, and his words are more useful than mine."
"Second brother is disgusted with me, right?" Zhou Hexuan asked.
"What do you think? You have ruined the good mayor's position," Zhang Yuandong said jokingly, "He wants to kill you!"
