Chapter 31: Mother
It's tickling on the face. Cheng Qiao stretched out her hand and scratched it, and when she opened her eyes, she was meeting her golden retriever's obedient black glass bead-like eyes.
Obediently lying in front of her, he put his hairy head on her face and rubbed it a few times, and when he saw that the hostess was awake, he removed his head and squatted to the side, grinning and exhaling.
Cheng Qiao raised her hand and rubbed her obedient head, stood up and circled around her eyes, there was nothing in the backyard except for a big puddle of water, this was indeed the backyard of her old house! Look at her hands, compare her height, touch her face again, and stand in front of the puddle and take a picture uneasily, a familiar face belonging to a woman in her twenties is reflected on the water, and she dares to be sure that this is her body.
Is she wearing it back again, or are the things she experienced in ancient times just her dreams? Cheng Qiao felt that her brain was a little confused. She clearly remembered that she took her obedient walk at night, and then ran to the backyard of the old house, in a tree hole by the puddle, and then somehow lost consciousness, and woke up to become a ten-year-old girl in ancient times.
What's even more coincidental is that the little girl is also named Cheng Qiao, and she lives in Zhuangzi with her shrewd and capable mother. The Zhuangzi is almost exactly the same as his old house. I met a little fresh meat, and there was a scaring identity of the prince, and later met a Taoist priest who called himself Yumen Qin, and gave her a piece of ink jade that could cure all kinds of diseases in a vicious way, and was thrown into a waterhole. She went to the edge of the pool and touched the water...... And then it came back.
Is this a crossing, or is it a dream? Cheng Qiao was confused for a while, took out his mobile phone and looked at the time, it was now half past seven the next morning, and the night had passed.
If she was dreaming, was she just lying on a stone and falling asleep? And the qiē she experienced in ancient times was too real for her to believe that those living people were all mirrors of her imagination.
Cheng Qiao stared at the puddle, his face complicated. Learning from the last Xiao Cheng Qiao in the dream, he stretched out his finger and touched it on the water, and there were circles of ripples in the water, and after a while, it was back as before. Nothing happened, Cheng Qiao couldn't help but be a little disappointed, and became more and more suspicious that what she experienced was just a dream she had.
revisited her ancient experience in her mind, and compared the Zhuangzi she visited with her own house, and it was certain that the Zhuangzi she lived in ancient times should be her own old house.
It's just that the ancient backyard only looks as big as the backyard of the old house at the foot of the mountain, could it have been expanded later? Cheng Qiao walked around the backyard with a full stomach, although it has been hundreds of years, the vicissitudes of the sea, but the general topography and landform can still be seen, this puddle should be part of the waterhole. I just don't know why the waterhole was gone, it was filled in, or for some reason it was buried in the backyard anyway, until that day when a thunderbolt split a big hole in the ground on a sunny day.
Otherwise, how can you explain the water in the pool and the puddle, for her, the magic is also embarrassing to the individual? Cheng Qiao affirmed his guess. In fact, there is a better way to verify it, just dig the whole pit and see if there is a piece of black jade underneath. However, that would be too tiring, and Cheng Qiao shook his head to deny the idea.
Or do you want to check it online first. She thought about it for a while, but decided to go back first, so she called, "Good girl." ”
The Golden Retriever followed her with his big tail wagging at his feet. When I arrived at the patio, I looked at the old banyan tree, and I couldn't help but remember that the patio in the Zhuangzi was originally planted with a plane tree, which was later broken by lightning. At that time, she casually said to plant a banyan tree, this old banyan tree came from like this, right?
Cheng Qiao reached out and touched the brown bark of the old banyan tree, if this is the case, is it the so-called butterfly effect?
Cheng Qiao left the old house and returned home, the old man Cheng was playing Tai Chi in the yard, and when he saw the eldest granddaughter pushing the door in, he asked in surprise: "Qiaoqiao, is it so early today?" and looked at the skirt on the eldest granddaughter's body, and immediately shook his head, "No, you are still wearing yesterday's clothes, you won't come back all night, right?"
"Grandpa, I took the obedient girl for a walk yesterday evening, and somehow walked to the old mansion and spent the night there. Cheng Qiao explained.
Zhao Chunjuan walked into the hall with a large pot of porridge, ready to call the old man to have breakfast, heard her words, and said: "Qiaoqiao, I heard that there are formaldehyde or other toxic and harmful things in the newly renovated house, and you can't go in and live in it immediately, at least open for a month to live in it." ”
"Auntie is right. Cheng Qiao hurriedly said, "I was also very tired from shopping yesterday, I don't know why I fell asleep over there, and when I woke up, it was already dawn." Not in the future. ”
"Go for breakfast, don't do that next time. Old Man Cheng waved his hand, which can be regarded as an unveiling.
"Huh. Cheng Qiao responded before entering the hall and sitting at the dining table. When I returned to the room after breakfast, I couldn't wait to open my laptop and surf the Internet, and searched for "Yumen" first, but Du Niang proudly showed a paragraph: "According to relevant laws, regulations and policies, the results cannot be displayed." ”
Cheng Qiao almost fainted when he saw this line of words. It's not that you can't find it.,It's that it can't be displayed.,Could it be that this royal gate is real.,It's just that the information is blocked for some special reasons?
I searched for the year that Cuiru said to her, and this time a few messages appeared. In this year in history, King Ning rebelled, and the proud father-in-law Liu in the palace was also questioned. It seems that her cheap scumbag dad who didn't have a chance to see not only didn't get any benefits, but also may have lost his head because he stood on the wrong team and broke his good future.
Cheng Qiao scolded, his fingers flexibly tapped a few words of Guangyuan Xingwang, and before he could search, the mobile phone rang.
She grabbed her phone, and it said "Mommy" on the screen.
As soon as the phone was connected, I heard her mother Li Min split her head and asked, "Baby, your grandparents complained to me, saying that you haven't been to see them for a long time." ”
I was really busy and forgot. Cheng Qiao patted his head and explained, "Mom, I'm back to my hometown." I didn't live in the provincial capital during this time, and I have been busy decorating recently, so I didn't go to my grandparents' house. Are they all right?"
"It's not the same as it used to be. Take a moment to check them out. Li Min said.
"Good. Cheng Qiao responded.
"By the way, you're not working in a design company, why did you suddenly run back to your hometown?" asked Li Min again.
Cheng Qiao didn't want to talk much to her mother, so she only made up a simple reason: "I don't want to do design anymore, so I quit and go home." ”
"If you don't want to do it, you don't do it. Li Min has been mixed with Midi for a long time, and has always thought of herself as an enlightened mother, but she quickly accepted the reason given by her daughter, "Then you said that you are busy decorating, what are you decorating?"
"I've been renovating my old house recently......"
"What are you doing to pretend to be an old house? Didn't you just pay to build a new house a few years ago, what kind of old house will this be installed? I said baby, it is right for relatives to help each other when they are in difficulty, but they can't be bullied for nothing when they are buns...... Li Min thought about it for a while, thinking that the relatives of her ex-husband's family came to take advantage of her daughter again, so she babbled and taught her her the experience of dealing with people who don't offend me, I don't offend everyone, and if I offend, I will not forgive others.
"Mom, I understand what you're saying. Cheng Qiao patiently listened to her mother's lecture before explaining, "This time it's not my uncle and aunt who want to repair the house, it's because I saw that the old house was deserted and it was a pity that I moved the idea of decorating, and ...... And grandpa said that he would leave this house to me as a dowry. ”
"That's pretty much it!" Li Min's tone calmed down a lot, and he asked again, "I remember that the boss of the house, I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money to decorate, is your salary enough?"
"Uh......" was poked in the sore spot by her mother's words, and Cheng Qiao didn't know how to answer for a while.
Li Min heard her daughter on the other end of the phone and understood that she was short of money, "It's not enough money, right?
...... "Mom, you're too straightforward and bold!" Cheng Qiaoxin said.
Now that cross-border remittances can also arrive in real time, Li Min chatted with her daughter for a while, and Cheng Qiao's mobile phone received a text message prompt from the bank.
Li Min laughed, with a hint of smugness in his voice: "Yes, baby, the money has been received, I thought it would take at least twenty-four hours." ”
"Well," Cheng Qiao nodded, "it's just too much." ”
"If you can't use it up, you can keep it and spend it slowly, my mother is going to return to China to open a branch, and I will take the time to come back after a while. ”
"Really, it's so good;!" Cheng Qiao cheered. She hadn't seen her mother in a long time, and it was usually a phone call or video chat.
Li Min was so happy that she couldn't keep her mouth shut, and she didn't forget to joke with her daughter: "When the time comes, remember to bring your beloved boyfriend to your mother, I want to see where he is sacred, and I actually let my baby not even want to come to the United States for him." ”
At the mention of He Yan, Cheng Qiao's heart twitched suddenly, and he didn't want his mother to see the clue, so he replied with a forced smile: "Okay." Be sure to let your mom see it then. ”
When Li Min hung up the phone, Cheng Qiao's face suddenly fell: He Yan...... I don't know what's going on.
He Yan didn't know that Qiaoqiao was thinking about him at this moment, and the mess of the He Group was enough to make him anxious and flawless.
The heads of various departments gathered in the conference room, "Ahhhhhh
Then those in charge began to bombard him in turn, throwing all kinds of troublesome problems in front of him.
"Mr. He, the financing department said that last year's bank loan was fully repaid by He's, but this year has passed more than half a year, and the bank is still reluctant to lend......"
"Mr. He, the balance on the company's account is not much, and it is the end of this month, and I will soon pay next month's salary......"
"Mr. He, the project has been suspended, and the employees on the project have nothing to do now, and they have other ideas after a long time......"
“……”
Anyway, the root of all the problems boils down to a money word. He Yan rubbed his faintly throbbing temples and said, "On the bank's side, colleagues in the financing department, please continue to work hard." Recently, a sum of money may be transferred to the company's account, which should be enough to flow for a while. ”
If you have money, you can do things. All the department heads present breathed a sigh of relief.
At the end of the meeting, everyone left one after another, and He Yan was still frowning as he sat in his position. In fact, he just said at the meeting that the money is still a no-brainer.
On the eve of graduation in his senior year, his father He Yunsen asked him what his plans were for the future, and the original intention was to let him enter the He family, but He Yan refused without thinking about it, planning to go it alone. He Yunsen did not force him, but gave him a sum of money to use as a start-up fund.
It happened that Cheng Qiao was dragged by his senior brother to work in his own architectural design company, and He Yan simply invested the money in the construction company as a partner, and Cheng Qiao became a designer in his team. One of the two is responsible for developing the market, the other is responsible for design, men and women are not tired of working together, the company has developed better and better in the past few years, and it is also well-known in the industry.
Now that he is short of money, he has taken over the behemoth of He's, so he plans to sell that part of the construction company. At the current market price, it is estimated to be worth tens of millions, which should be able to support for a while, but I can't find a buyer who meets my heart for a while.
took out his mobile phone, and was about to contact his senior brother, when he found that there was an additional text message prompt.
clicked on it and saw that his credit card was actually swiped by more than 100,000 at once. He Yan's eyes darkened, and he almost fainted first.
His mother had been using his father's co-branded credit card, but after his father was taken away, all the accounts in his name were frozen and could not be used, and He Yan was afraid that his mother would have no money to use, so he gave her his own credit card.
Hundreds of thousands of yuan was naturally not a problem when the He family was good, but in this extraordinary period, he was still spending money so lavishly, he couldn't carry it! He Yan felt that his head hurt even more.