After drinking a few more glasses of wine, Zhao Weizhong said: "There is still something in the shop this afternoon, I can't stay at home, you just came back from Qingdao, you will have a good rest at home in the afternoon, and you can go to the street if you have nothing to do. Tomorrow I have a few friends to have dinner together, you will accompany me, although you are a soldier, you should also move around more, know some people, it will be good for your future development. ”

It turned out that Zhao Weizhong was going to arrange the affairs of the shop this afternoon, and tomorrow he would negotiate with business friends to form a federation of industry and commerce, as well as the matter of everyone partnering in the industry, and it was decided to accept Zhao Ping as his adopted son, so he took this opportunity to announce it to everyone, and now Zhao Ping is already a captain of the People's Army, although the military rank is not high, but the East China government attaches great importance to the social status of soldiers, so it can also be brought out. It was also to show others his ties to the East China government – that his adopted son was serving in the People's Army, to strengthen his position in Tianjin's business community, and to strengthen his persuasive power.

Zhao Pingdao had no objection, nodded and said, "Yes, everything is arranged by my uncle." ”

Zhao Weizhong nodded, and said: "You are not young, you should have started a family a long time ago, I have been too busy in the past two years, and you went to the army, so it was delayed, and you were delayed. ”

Zhao Ping's heart couldn't help but tremble, and said, "Uncle, this ...... It's not... No, I can't. ”

Zhao Weizhong smiled and said: "The male should get married, the female should get married, your parents are gone, and I can be an uncle to do this for you." ”

Zhao Ping's face turned red, his head shook like a drum, and said, "Uncle, I didn't mean that, it's just this...... It's not going to be... Not...... I... I ......"

Zhao Weizhong is also a shrewd person, seeing Zhao Ping's incoherent words and the appearance of wanting to speak, he immediately guessed a few points, and said: "Why, do you already have a crush, just tell me, as long as the portal is comparable, I will go to propose to you." ”

Zhao Ping pondered for a long time before finally saying, "It's Qiuqing." ”

Zhao Weizhong was stunned for a moment, and suddenly laughed out loud, but Zhao Ping's heart was uneasy, and he didn't know what Zhao Weizhong meant.

In fact, Zhao Ping didn't know that Zhao Weizhong was very satisfied with his statement, and it was even better than he expected, because once Zhao Ping got married, it was very likely that he would move out of the Zhao family to stand on his own, so that the relationship between him and the Zhao family would be estranged, and Zhao Weizhong would have to figure out how to keep Zhao Ping in the Zhao family after he got married. And Zhao Ping's crush turned out to be Qiu Qing, she was originally an orphan, when she was 10 years old, she was bought back by Zhao Weizhong to Zhao Shuilan as a companion, and later became Zhao Shuilan's personal daughter, because the two grew up together since childhood, they are like sisters, so Qiu Qing is actually a member of the Zhao family. If Zhao Pingzhen and Qiu Qing get married, they will naturally not move out of the Zhao family again.

From Zhao Weizhong's heart, he had already decided to marry Qiuqing to Zhao Ping, but he couldn't let Zhao Ping get it too easily, which was also due to the personality of the businessman, who could only sell the goods at a good price. Therefore, he deliberately made a gesture of embarrassment, and said: "If it is another girl, it will be easy to do, even if the door is higher, even if my face is not enough, I can ask the heads of the government to come forward and say, most of them can still be done." It's just that this Qiuqing is a little difficult, it's good on my side, but it's difficult on Lan'er's side. ”

Zhao Ping was a little puzzled: "Miss...... No, what's so hard about my sister?"

Zhao Weizhong said: "You know, Qiuqing and Lan'er grew up together, although the two are called master servants, they are actually like sisters, so they don't want to separate, and they are afraid that she will meet someone unladylike in the future." I'm not afraid to tell you that when Lan'er plans to marry in the future, she will take Qiuqing as a dowry, so as not to separate from Qiuqing, although I am the head of the family, but if Lan'er does not agree, it is not easy to force it, do you say yes. ”

When Zhao Ping heard this, he couldn't help but feel cold in his heart, because what Zhao Weizhong said was the truth, and he himself had thought of this result, so he didn't know what to say for a while.

Seeing Zhao Ping's depressed expression, Zhao Weizhong's heart was amused, and he also felt that he should accept it when he saw it, but don't do it. Therefore, he added: "But if it were you, it would not be completely impossible. ”

When Zhao Ping heard this, he suddenly saw a glimmer of hope again, and hurriedly said, "What do you say." ”

Zhao Weizhong said: "You also grew up with Lan'er and Qiuqing, and you have had a very good relationship with them since you were a child, if you really marry Qiuqing, you will naturally not lose her, even if you are successful and prosperous in the future, you will not dislike Qiuqing." ”

Zhao Ping hurriedly nodded again and again, and said, "Of course not, of course not." ”

Zhao Weizhong said: "And you are also your own family, after marrying Qiuqing, you will not leave the Zhao family, so although Lan'er can't take Qiuqing to marry, but when you go back to your parents' house to visit relatives, you can always see each other, and you can be regarded as a second-best thing." ”

Zhao Ping hurriedly said: "Yes." ”

Zhao Weizhong said: "But whether it can be done or not depends on Lan'er's intentions in the end, and of course it also depends on Qiuqing's own attitude, so let's do it, I will discuss it with Lan'er tonight, and I will try my best to persuade Lan'er to promote the marriage between you and Qiuqing, but you have to wait until I discuss it with Lan'er in the evening before you can have a letter." ”

Although Zhao Ping's heart was still uneasy, what Zhao Weizhong said was reasonable, so Zhao Ping had no other way but to pin his hopes on Zhao Weizhong, so he had to say: "Okay, everything is decided by my uncle." ”

After lunch, Zhao Ping went back to the room to rest, and Zhao Weizhong handled some accounts in the study, and called Zhao Quan to give instructions, and then went out to the shop to arrange affairs.

And all afternoon, Zhao Ping had no intention of going out to hang out, sitting restless in the room, his thoughts were restless, almost like a year. I had the heart to go to Qiu Qing again and tell her about my conversation with Zhao Weizhong, who knew that Qiu Qing had been sent by Zhao Weizhong to the city government to find Zhao Shuilan, and told Zhao Shuilan that Zhao Ping was back and asked her to come home early in the afternoon. Therefore, Zhao Ping could only return to his room in great disappointment, and finally fell on the bed and fell asleep in a daze.

Of course Zhao Ping didn't know that all this was Zhao Weizhong's nonsense, although Zhao Shuilan and Qiu Qing were indeed like sisters, but Zhao Shuilan did not have the idea of marrying Qiu Qing, because the Zhao family was neither an official eunuch nor a wealthy family, at most it could only be regarded as an explosive household, and there was not so much attention at all, and Zhao Weizhong planned to let Zhao Shuilan marry overseas Chinese, although overseas Chinese did not prohibit concubines, but they were not allowed to bring dowries, but they did not know that no matter how deep the friendship between Qiuqing and Zhao Shuilan was, she was still a slave of the Zhao family in essence, so her marriage match was a matter of Zhao Weizhong's words, and she had no independent ability at all。

Just before Zhao Weizhong went out, he called Qiu Qing to the study and told her that he had decided to accept Zhao Ping as his adopted son, and planned to give her to Zhao Ping, of course, he didn't forget to say good things about Zhao Ping, what is honest, and he has a great future in the army, etc., and asked Qiu Qing what he meant.

Of course, Qiu Qing didn't dare to tell Zhao Weizhong about Zhao Ping's gift to herself, and she also thought it out during this time, she was just a servant girl of the Zhao family, although she had a good relationship with Zhao Shuilan, but it was not a long-term solution, even if she married Zhao Shuilan, she was just a concubine for others, so if she could really give it to Zhao Ping, it would be a good result, first, she grew up with Zhao Ping, even if she was not a childhood sweetheart, but she also knew the roots; 。 However, she couldn't just say that she was willing, she only said that she would obey Zhao Weizhong's arrangement. So Zhao Weizhong sent her to find Zhao Shuilan.

When Zhao Ping woke up, it was already afternoon, and Zhao Shuilan had already returned, so Zhao Ping went to greet him again. Zhao Shuilan had already received her own gift and expressed her gratitude to Zhao Ping, and the two sat down and talked for a while, greeting each other about the situation in the past year, in fact, they also grew up together since childhood, so there are not many masters and servants.

Zhao Shuilan has been literate since she was a child, and Zhao Weizhong's reason is that she has been exposed to some foreign affairs since she was a child, and her vision has broadened a lot. Because Gao Jun also taught part-time in the Hope School, seeing that Zhao Shuilan was literate and literate, and had also accepted a lot of new knowledge and concepts, and was Zhao Weizhong's daughter, she was also politically reliable, so she obtained Zhao Shuilan's consent and arranged for her to be her secretary. So far, I have also gained a lot of insight and knowledge. Therefore, the two have a lot of common topics, and the conversation is quite speculative.

And because Qiu Qing already knew the result, so standing behind Zhao Shuilan, he lowered his head and didn't dare to interject, although Zhao Ping had the heart to talk to Qiu Qing, but because Zhao Shuilan was here, he didn't know what to say? Fortunately, Zhao Weizhong came back at this time, and Zhao Ping said goodbye and left Zhao Shuilan's room, which resolved this embarrassment.

Dinner was very rich, and there were 3 tables, it turned out that Zhao Weizhong invited the shopkeepers and account rooms of various shops in Tianjin to come to his home for dinner, most of these people are not the old people of the Zhao family, but the people hired by Zhao Weizhong after he started his family, and most of them are not known to Zhao Ping. At dinner, he introduced to everyone that Zhao Ping was his nephew who came back to visit relatives after joining the army in Qingdao, which could be regarded as officially confirming Zhao Ping's identity. And everyone also toasted Zhao Ping, and they all called him "Young Master Ping".

This is also the first time in Zhao Ping's life to be respected as "master", although he is still worried about Qiuqing's affairs in his heart, he is still quite flattered in his heart, and he is also very grateful to Zhao Weizhong for such an arrangement.