"Qiuzhi is back,..." Hu Yuen had just finished speaking when her daughter interrupted her angrily.
"Lao Qi is back? Okay, just come back!" What puzzled Hu Yuen was that her daughter was gritting her teeth when she spoke at this time.
"You seem unhappy when Qiu Zhi comes back, don't you? Qiu Ying, is there something you are hiding from dad?" Hu Yuen asked out of concern about her daughter's abnormal reaction.
"No, Dad, I'm very happy. Can't you see? Hehe!" Hu Qiuying realized her gaffe and deliberately laughed twice, "Dad, I'm teasing you, go on."
Hu Yuen did not ask further questions, but told the story of the three competitions.
"It's interesting, dad, who do you think will win in the end?" Hu Qiuying only knew that her grandfather mentioned before she left Southeast Province that the new head of the Hu family would be determined at the birthday party. She always thought that her grandfather was going to pass on the inheritance.
To my father.
"Of course Dad hopes it's you! But Dad doesn't know how sure you are? You don't have much time to prepare!" Hu Yuen expressed her worries and then thought about Jade Guanyin, "Has our baby been found yet?
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"Don't worry, Dad, look!" Hu Qiuying had an extra brocade box in her hand, which she took out from the Qiankun bag.
Hu Yuen opened the lid of the box, and the emerald-green Jade Guanyin lay there quietly, dignified and noble. Her hanging heart finally fell, "It's good to come back. With this, you won't lose in the financial competition."
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It turned out that the four brothers discussed in private and decided that if Hu Qiuying retrieved the Jade Guanyin, she could use it as her own treasure to participate in the financial competition. After all, it was an extremely important achievement. Without this heirloom, the birthday party would have been affected.
Influence.
Although the second and third children disagreed at first, because of their persistence, they were finally convinced that Qiu Ying could compete as Jade Guanyin.
"Qiu Ying, Dad has thought about it for you. The intelligence test is up to you. I'm worried that Qiu Zhi will be difficult to deal with. He studied in country M..." Hu Yuen was about to tell her plan, but was beaten by Hu Qiuying again.
Broken.
"Dad, don't worry, I will make him lose miserably!"
"I have also arranged the martial arts competition for you. The one with the best skills in our family is Hu Kai. He..." It was An Ruyu who interrupted Hu Yuen this time.
"Uncle, leave all problems solved by force to me, I..." An Ruyu thought of her responsibility to protect her woman, but was reprimanded.
"Shut up!" Hu Yuen reprimanded sternly, "Who do you think you are? I don't agree with your relationship. Don't talk nonsense in this family from now on!"
"Dad!" "Ruyu, let's go! Huh!" Hu Qiuying stamped her foot, picked up An Ruyu, and walked away angrily.
"Hey! The discussion hasn't been finished yet! Qiu Ying, come back!"
"You can discuss it yourself slowly! Hehe!"
I'll discuss it myself! How can I discuss it myself? This girl is really too big to keep, and now her elbows are turned outward. I really don't know if she should be allowed to be the head of the family, will it...
"Sister!" As soon as she entered the backyard, she met her sister Hu Qiuli. Hu Qiuying blushed. Although it was only for a moment, it did not escape Hu Qiuli's eyes. It must be unusual for a stranger to be brought to see her grandfather by her eldest sister.
"Qiu Li! Why are you here?" Hu Qiuying returned to normal and asked a stupid question. What she actually wanted to ask was, little sister
Why don't you go to school and come home?
"Why can't I be here? Some people can come here. As a granddaughter, can't I see grandpa?" Hu Qiuli's beautiful big eyes were already slanting towards An Ruyu, and then her eyes turned back to the eldest sister.
On his face, he said, "I have heard someone say that I want to be celibate. Is it possible that my sister's celibacy team has grown?"
"Brother-in-law!" Hu Qiuli shouted at the end.
Teng, the blush that had just faded flew back to her face, "Qiuli, don't talk nonsense, is grandpa asleep?"
Dad had just said that the relationship between the two should not be talked about everywhere. Hu Qiuying still had a sense of proportion and stopped her sister's suspicion and changed the topic to grandpa. At this time, grandpa was about to go back to sleep, and she knew it.
"I just fell asleep!" Hu Qiuli was reminded, she quickly lowered her voice and stuck out her tongue playfully.
"Who is it?" Grandpa's energetic and loud voice came from the room.
"You are so lucky! Ruyu, let's go in!" Hu Qiuying smiled at An Ruyu. An Ruyu didn't feel anything, but her younger sister Hu Qiuli was stunned. She felt a sour feeling in an instant.
Walking around the whole body, imitating the voice of the elder sister, "Ruyu, let's go!" It is full of charm.
"Look for a fight!" Hu Qiuying raised her hand and smacked it, but missed.
Hu Qiuli dodged but did not leave, following far behind.
"Grandpa!" Hu Qiuying's voice came first before she entered the room, "It's me, Qiuying, your precious granddaughter, we are back!"
"Qiu Ying, you girl, come in quickly, come in quickly!" You could clearly hear the old man's excitement. The two of them stepped into the house one after the other. Hu Qiuying turned around and waved her fist at the little girl who was following him from a distance.
"Grandpa, why are you up? Lie down quickly! You lie down, I said..." Seeing that grandpa had already sat up, Hu Qiuying hurriedly dissuaded him.
"That's okay! How can you be rude when a distinguished guest comes to your door?" Hu Wanjian was looking for shoes. He was a stubborn old man.
"Grandpa, you heard everything!"
"I heard it, I heard it. It's so loud. Grandpa is not deaf, so why can't he hear it!" Hu Wanjian had already gotten up and sat on an imperial chair. He had to sit on this kind of chair wherever he went, so he felt like he had something to lean against.
"Qiu Ying, it seems that grandpa gave you half a year, and you have completed the task well! Come here and let grandpa have a look!" Hu Wanjian smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed, and he waved to the man in suit behind his granddaughter.
"Grandpa, you remember wrongly. How can there be half a year? Three months." Hu Qiuying's face looked normal at this time. She turned around and shouted to An Ruyu, "Ruyu, come here quickly and salute Grandpa!"
"Hello, grandpa!" An Ruyu stepped forward obediently, bowed deeply to Hu Wanjian solemnly, and then stood aside politely.
"Okay! Haha! Okay!" Hu Wanjian agreed with a smile, propped up the armrest and raised his upper body. On the one hand, he returned the courtesy as a courtesy, and on the other hand, he looked at An Ruyu carefully up and down.
"Grandpa, his name is An Ruyu, your grandson-in-law!" Hu Qiuying said it very naturally, without a hint of shyness, more like a couple who had been married for a long time introducing her husband.
"I guess he is the brother-in-law, but you still don't admit it, no! As soon as I entered the yard, I saw it." Hu Qiuli ran in, rushing to brag about her guess and eyesight.
"You are so powerful. When you grow up, I will find a powerful in-law for you and see if they can control you!"
"Ruyu, haha! What a name! My child, come here. Grandpa will ask you, where are you from?" Hu Wanjian raised his hand to signal An Ruyu to come closer.
Some.
"Back to grandpa, I'm from Daizhou." An Ruyu took a step forward and was already close to the chair. She bowed down and said respectfully.
"Daizhou!" Hu Wanjian lowered his head and muttered silently, thinking hard on the map in his mind but could not find Daizhou.
"Grandpa, this is Dai County in the coal-rich province." Hu Qiuying quietly tugged at An Ruyu's sleeves and whispered, "When you talk to grandpa, don't always speak in classical Chinese. It will make you look like you have a high level of education. Grandpa has not gone to school.
Learned from Heaven.”
Although the voice was small, every word reached Grandpa's ears.
"Yeah! Not bad! Not bad! It's good to be educated! It's a good place with a lot of coal. That place has a lot of coal! Besides, I heard that the people in your place are good at business. What do your parents do?"
"Back to grandpa! Both of my parents are dead and are no longer alive. Only my ancestor and grandma are still alive." An Ruyu's answer was still satisfactory.
"Oh, what kind of business are you doing?" Hu Wanjian was a little confused. No matter what, he couldn't imagine how An Ruyu's ancestor and grandma would look like. They must be a few years older than him.
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"Grandpa, he doesn't know how to do business." Hu Qiuying was worried that An Ruyu would say something strange again, so she answered before him, "Oh, that's right, he used to do business. First, he recruited people from Datong, a coal-rich province.
I transported the coal to Pingding in Central Plains Province and sold it, but I lost money. I found that coal from Pingding was cheaper, so I pulled coal from Pingding and transported it to Datong to sell it, but I still lost money. So the business failed and I will never do business again.
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"Brother-in-law, are you really good? You only know these two places? Are you stupid?" What Hu Qiuli couldn't understand was why her sister chose such a person to be her brother-in-law. Everyone in the world knew that they were two people.
Where coal is produced.
"Go! You are stupid. You are neither old nor young. How can you talk? Your brother-in-law is a great hero. He is amazing. If I don't tell you, you won't understand!" Hu Qiuying was really angry. In her mind,
, An Ruyu, as its name suggests, is a flawless piece of beautiful jade that does not require artificial carving.
"Hey, this is just a shortcoming, I didn't say anything! Grandpa! Look at my sister." Although Hu Qiuli is young, she is a master who will not suffer any disadvantages.
"Your sister is right in teaching her a lesson, no matter how big or small!" Surprisingly, grandpa unceremoniously stood by his sister's side.
"Forget it, I'd better ask Dad for comment!" The little girl pouted and went to the front yard to find Hu Yu'en.
"Grandpa, you really don't plan to pass on the leadership to my father? Why?" Hu Qiuying started to defend her father. After all, his father had been managing the Hu family for thirty years and had no credit but hard work. It was really unfair for his grandfather to do this.
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"Qiu Ying, you are still young and still don't understand some things. However, I am happy today. Grandpa can talk to you and make you understand..."
Hu Wanjian asked them to take stools and sit on both sides of him. He talked about his thoughts. It turned out that thirty years ago, when Hu Wanjian was sixty years old, when he handed over the management rights of the Hu family to the boss Hu Yuen, he wanted to
But I have to completely delegate power to him.
However, after two or three years of observation, or even longer, he was very disappointed. All four sons were far from meeting his expectations, especially the eldest, who could not even deal with his brothers and could not form a leadership core.
, cannot convince the public, even if the power is completely handed over to him, the Hu family will eventually be scattered and brought down, let alone the development and growth of the Hu family.
Fortunately, at this time, his eldest granddaughter Hu Qiuying was raised by him personally. During the few years of raising his eldest daughter, Hu Qiuying, he had new ideas.