Chapter 162: The Three-Day Covenant
After listening to the guard's words, Li Zilan smiled at the corner of her mouth and said seriously. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Young man, there are some things that you can't talk nonsense, your aunt and wife and I, if we don't step on your corpse, we can still get by." As she spoke, she jumped slightly, turned around in the air, and fell steadily more than ten meters away.
When the guard reacted, he just wanted to get up and chase after him, but he fell to the ground all of a sudden, bowed his head, and was shocked in the bottom of his heart.
I don't know when, my feet were tied by ropes, and I was dumbfounded, so I immediately started to untie them.
"When will you learn to knock?" Li Yaozhang looked up, this sister who had him for half his life, his right hand unconsciously twisted his eyebrows.
"Bai Yiran has entered Beijing, why don't you say it?" Li Zilan didn't care if his head really hurt, or he pretended.
"How do I know if he can enter Beijing or not?" Li Yaozhang said angrily.
"Brother, do you think that if I stay at home, I won't know anything? I've heard you're concerned about his whereabouts. Li Zilan said coldly.
"I don't care about him, you are not allowed to participate in this matter." Lai Yaozhang warned her.
"What are you going to do again?" Li Zilan asked politely.
"Presumptuous." Li Yaozhang was so angry that he got up, his sister is really getting more and more unruly.
"Why are you so angry? Have you done less bad things? Li Zilan said disdainfully.
"Zilan, everything I do is for the Li family, as a member of the Li family, even if you can't help one or two, at least you can't get in the way." Li Yaozhang sat back on the chair helplessly and said earnestly.
"I don't care what you're going to do, as long as you don't get in my way." Li Zilan didn't bother to pay attention to it, if the eldest brother could listen to her advice, he wouldn't be where he is today.
"What are you going to do?" Li Yaozhang's head hurt again.
"I want you to lift the prohibition order so that I can come and go freely, in fact, you also know that if I want to go out, your subordinates may not be able to stop me." Li Zilan was half-lying on her brother's desk.
"Unless you promise that you won't hold me back this time, otherwise, I won't be so easy to talk to." Li Yaozhang really has no way to take this sister, there are masters under his hands, but he is really ruthless and uses force to deal with her.
After all, the two of them depend on each other, their parents died when they were young, and they both lived in their uncle's house, and she also developed this kind of temperament because of her aunt's slow treatment.
So much so that when she was over fifty, she didn't get married, and she became the most famous laughing stock in the capital, although everyone called her aunt and wife in front of her, but behind her was called a monster.
"I'm not too idle to do, don't worry, I've got something to do." Li Zilan smiled at this time.
"I'd rather stay in the mansion for the rest of my life than agree to you marrying that old ghost." When Li Yaozhang saw the glowing eyes of his sister, he immediately became alert.
"Hmph, who's going to get married? It's really unfounded, don't worry, I don't like that old guy, he's just the fun I'm looking for. Li Zilan said it firmly, but her heart was sour.
I think how many years she has been running behind that old thing, but there is no way to impress him, this kind of humiliating thing, she will not admit it even if she is killed.
"It's best if you don't have one." Li Yaozhang kicked her out, he didn't have time to take care of her affairs, he was very busy.
Tian Miao came to the private room of Xiangrui Building again, on the seventh day after the last time she tasted the Arhat Banquet.
"Yi Ran, you won't order your signature dish today, will you?" Tian Miao quipped.
"Of course, it's time for the guests to come." Bai Yiran said with a smile.
Today they invited the head of the Zhou family, but now they haven't come over.
"Master, the guest has arrived." Brother Huang came in from outside to report.
"Miao'er, let's go out to greet you, when a distinguished guest comes, you must always have the treatment of a distinguished guest." Bai Yiran said helplessly, and naturally took Tian Miao's hand.
Tian Miao didn't let him hold his hand this time, but glared at him and followed him. Bai Yiran saw her performance, and a smile flashed at the corner of her mouth, it seems that this little girl has also understood the so-called etiquette?
Walking to the door, Tian Miao saw those exaggerated convoys, the head of the Zhou family, really talking about pomp, as for using five luxury versions?
Then Tian Miao knew that he was wrong, it turned out that in addition to the head of the Zhou family today, there were three other people.
Through Bai Yiran's introduction, Tian Miao knew that they were all elites in the business community in the capital, except for the head of the Zhou family, who opened a silk village.
The other three are the owner of the world's first money village, Wang Qisheng, the eldest son of Wang Dafu, the only officially recognized Jinsong Academy in the country, Du Mo, the current president of the academy, and the Murong family, the head of the eight major families in the capital, and the third son of the current head of the family, Murong Ji.
These can be said to be the celebrities among the celebrities in the capital, and Tian Miao also listened to the explanations of his subordinates, so he had a little understanding.
After the two sides had greeted each other, they moved into the private room, and as the only woman present and the most inconspicuous person, they sat among them, but they were not embarrassed.
"Lord Baimen, I don't know what's going on with you when you gather us together today?" Murong Ji was the first to speak, in fact, the other three people sitting here only came because of his face.
"Third Young Master, this is your mistake, everyone got together today, but because of your face. If it weren't for you, Bai wouldn't have such a big face. Bai Yiran said with a smile.
"Haha, the master of the white door is a cheerful person, maybe after today, we will become friends." Wang Qisheng and Murong Ji have been friends for many years, and the reason why they came today is to liven up the atmosphere.
With Murong Ji and Bai Qisheng present, the atmosphere quickly became lively, after three rounds of wine and five flavors of food.
"Lord Baimen, is this little girl your little fiancée?" Murong Ji met Bai Yiran three years ago in Jiangnan, and then became friends, although they did not reach the point of life and death, they can be regarded as good friends.
"Hello, I'm Tian Miao, from Hetian Village." Tian Miao saw that someone had finally noticed her, and immediately greeted him generously.
Her performance made the people present look sideways, and they didn't expect this quiet little girl to have a refreshing temperament, and then look at her extraordinary bearing, there is no trace of country atmosphere on her body at all.
"It's a special little girl, I think today's occasion is for the shop on East Street, right?" Zhou Changsheng, the head of the Zhou family, directly clicked on the theme.
He's not a three-year-old doll, so how can he not see such an obvious thing? Except for his friend Du Mo, those three people have been gossiping with themselves, and their purpose is almost written directly on their faces.
"Grandpa Zhou, if you say it so directly, I won't use any of the words I prepared." Tian Miao pretended to be distressed.
Seeing this, everyone burst out laughing, and their favorability towards this clever little girl increased a lot.
"It seems that the old man is wrong, I will definitely pay more attention next time, this time I will go straight to the point, okay?" Zhou Changsheng has three grandsons under his knees, but he doesn't have a granddaughter, so when he sees this clever little girl, he likes it very much.
"Grandpa Zhou, I really want to take down your shop on Dongdazhi Street, I don't know if grandpa can't cut love?" Tian Miao asked with a smile.
Everyone didn't expect that when people asked her to say it, she really said it in public, and all of a sudden, they all started to watch from the wall.
"May I ask, why do you have to have that shop?" Zhou Maosheng was very curious, the price that Bai Yiran proposed was also quite high.
He also asked why he had to have this shop, but Bai Yiran refused to say, and it was precisely for this reason that he knew the purpose of today's dinner, but he still came as promised.
"It's okay to ask, but if I say it, everyone will laugh at me." Tian Miao is not afraid to release the news, anyway, her every move is all watched by the Li family.
"Oh? The old man is even more curious, if he can, let the old man have fun. Zhou Changsheng said with a smile.
"I want to open a jade shop directly opposite Mopinxuan and fight against the Li family." Tian Miao replied truthfully.
After everyone listened to her words, except for Bai Yiran, who had always maintained his signature smile, everyone else was stunned.
"Do you know that the head of the Li family, but the jade carving craftsman is fighting against him?" The head of the Zhou family did not laugh at her, but was a little worried that she would lose badly in the future.
"Grandpa Zhou, I know, it's because I know that I want to do this. I'm like this, or I won't do it, if I do it, I want to do the best, I must not be able to do it now, but in the near future, I Tian Miao will definitely become a jade carver. Tian Miao said with great momentum, and her confident expression made her look as if she was glowing.
"There has only been one jade carver for generations, and if you want to win this honor, it means that you have to defeat the current craftsman, which is not a simple matter." Du Mo felt that this little girl was too self-conscious.
"To tell you the truth, the ancestors of our Tian family also had craftsmen, but something happened later and declined.
Although I learned a little bit by myself according to the ancestral atlas, I carved out a lot of fine things. Tian Miao said, and gave Brother Huang a look.
Brother Huang understood, and immediately put the red lacquered wooden box prepared in advance, in the center of the table, and everyone knew in their hearts that this should be Tian Miao's work.
Bai Yiran has not made a sound since Tian Miao spoke, and only after Brother Huang stood aside did he get up and open the red lacquer box.
When Bai Yiran took out the jade carving works inside, he originally thought that today was just a little girl, who didn't know the height of the sky, and made a lot of nonsense here.
But she didn't expect that her jade carvings were so exquisite, and Du Mo, who loved jade carvings, leaned forward, and his eyeballs almost flew out and stuck to them.
"You carved it?" Zhou Changsheng didn't have much research on jade carving, but because his friends liked it, he also learned some fur from him.
"How dare I tell a lie on such an occasion?" Tian Miao asked with a smile, she had made enough preparations for today.
"Can you let the old man take a closer look?" Du Mo has been holding the shelf since he came in, and his lofty appearance is now gone.
"Absolutely." Tian Miao generously said that this is just one of her many works, and from the level she has formulated, it can only be regarded as a second-class product.
The reason why she didn't take out her first-class and super-grade products was completely for the sake of hiding her clumsiness, low-key in the high-profile, only in this way could it be possible for the head of the Li family to relax his vigilance against her while paying attention to her.
After Du Mo got Tian Miao's permission, he didn't immediately reach out, but washed his hands in the basin of water on the side.
Only then did he put the jade carving on the small table on the side with a serious face, and looked at it seriously.
"Miss Tian, I don't know much about this, I don't know if you can tell me about it." Zhou Changsheng's words can be regarded as speaking to the hearts of those present.
Tian Miao had planned to talk to them well, but he didn't expect that the head of the Zhou family would bring it up first, which could be regarded as being in the right place.
"The shape is a unique red pine tree in our Hetian Village, and the material is also the agate ore produced in our Hetian, I think as a jade carving master, the first thing that comes to mind should be how to make the stone, which can maintain its original state to the greatest extent.
So I completely followed its original form, with a little modification, and it became this Panasonic game. Tian Miao explained briefly.
"You mean, these two players under the pine tree also existed in the first place?" Du Mo's eyes were fixed on the work, but his ears were very attentive to Tian Miao's words.
"I'm rationalizing it based on my imagination based on its color." Tian Miao is quite confident in it.
She saw it in the Li family's jade shop that day, and although the carvings in it were fine, there was not much sense of design in the style.
This is also one of the reasons why she is so confident, her works, each of which has a strong sense of design, not to mention that her carving skills are not bad, even if it is worse, she can use these ingenious designs to make up for the lack of craftsmanship.
"I can't imagine that you have such craftsmanship at a young age, not only is the craftsmanship exquisite, but the idea is also extremely ingenious, although it is not Li Yaozhang's opponent now, but in time, it will definitely shine." Du Mo loves this work very much.
"Thank you Uncle Du for your compliment, Grandpa Zhou, see if we can discuss it, I really like that shop." Tian Miao was very happy when she saw Du Mo's love for it.
"You call him Uncle? But it's called me grandpa, you know, we're only three or four years apart. Zhou Changsheng feigned anger.
"Huh? Yes? Tian Miao was suddenly asked, to be honest, she really didn't expect that the two of them were only four years apart.
"Haha, don't embarrass the little girl, since you were a child, you haven't been young, and now you're almost sixty, do you still want to be regarded as an uncle?" Du Mo loves Tian Miao very much now.
"Miss Tian, I can't hide it, if it's another shop, it doesn't hurt to give it to you, but this shop on Dongdazhi Street is our head office." The reason why the head of the Zhou family explained that the reason why he couldn't let it out was not a matter of silver, but a matter of face.
Besides, they are not related to each other, and he doesn't have to move his shop for her, right?
"Grandpa Zhou, do you think this will work? I'll help you choose a new shop in Dongdazhi Street and take care of the interior and exterior finishing.
As for the specific situation, let's talk about it in two days, and if Grandpa Zhou is not satisfied with my plan, then we should not have this matter.
But if Grandpa Zhou is interested in our ideas, then let's have a replacement, okay? Tian Miao smiled and said her purpose today.
"It seems that you are very confident in your own ideas." The head of the Zhou family did not immediately agree.
"Grandpa Zhou, it's too early to draw conclusions, please go to our Zhuangzi in the suburbs in three days.
I was supposed to come to the door in person, but the things I had to prepare were really inconvenient and brought to the house with great fanfare. Tian Miao said with some embarrassment.
"Miss Tian, can I ask, what are you preparing?" Wang Qisheng couldn't help but asked curiously.
"Well, I can't say that yet." Tian Miao smiled in embarrassment.
"Are you stupid? People just said that it's inconvenient to take it out with great fanfare, why do you still ask? "Murong Ji is really convinced, what will he do if he has such a straightforward and refreshing temperament and will take over the family's money in the future?
"Haha, I'm just curious." Wang Qisheng is not interested in jade carving or anything, and today is just to help.
"Miss Tian, the old man will go to bother him in three days, I hope the result is satisfactory to both of us." The head of the Zhou family is also refreshing.
He was very interested in the little girl in front of him, anyway, it was just a trip by himself, even if her idea was not very good, there was nothing to lose for him.
After Tian Miao returned to Zhuangzi, Bai Yiran came to her study with her, and there were some things that they had to discuss.
"Miao'er, do you have any good ideas?" Bai Yiran really didn't understand why Tian Miao wanted that shop, but as long as she wanted it, no matter what method he used, he would let her get her wish.
If the head of the Zhou family doesn't eat the toast, he doesn't mind giving him some punishment wine to taste.
"Of course, am I the kind of person who talks about it? If you haven't thought it through, how can you talk nonsense? Tian Miao walked towards the desk with a smile, took out a few pieces of paper from the drawer, and handed them to Bai Yiran's hand.
"What is this?" Bai Yiran naturally took it.
"Just look at it, I drew it yesterday." Tian Miao pointed to the paper and said with a smile.
Seeing that she was so sure, Bai Yiran had to sit down and look at it seriously, but as soon as his eyes fell on it, he immediately raised his head in shock.
"Miao'er, this is all painted by you?" It's no wonder that Bai Yiran's expression is so exaggerated, but what she painted, her brain is really extraordinary.
"Well, it's just a blind thought, what do you think, can you impress Grandpa Zhou?" Tian Miao was in a good mood when he saw his expression.
"It's good, just use this to change someone's shop?" Bai Yiran was a little unsure.
"Of course this is not enough, there are more below." Tian Miao glanced at him, when did this person become an anxious child.
Bai Yiran thought that all the design drawings below were drawn by her, but she didn't expect that the last one was a design drawing of a shop.
"What is this?" Bai Yiran raised his head.
"This is a specially designed new shop for his silk village, what do you think?" Tian Miao said with confidence.
"According to your idea, the project is quite large, but this shop is also a problem, and there doesn't seem to be such a suitable shop on Dongdazhi Street." Bai Yiran thinks that her design plan is good, the design is very novel, and the key is that there is no empty shop.
"As long as I can make the head of the Zhou family interested in these, then he will have to worry about the rest of the matter, and the key now is how I want to move him." To be honest, she wasn't too sure.
If the head of the Zhou family is an old-fashioned person, then these things of his own are like waste paper, and they are useless at all.
"Miao'er, what is the real reason why you want that shop?" Bai Yiran didn't want to ask, but seeing her working so hard, she couldn't help but ask.
"Because in my plan, this shop is the most critical part of it." Tian Miao said with a serious expression.