Chapter 130: Urgency in Charge
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The guests in the small building were not all older, but they must have been the most distinguished group of guests tonight. They all knew that Lin Keji had personally gone to greet Mr. Tang Tingou, and there would be a sound of pushing the door, and everyone tacitly stopped the ongoing topic and looked at the door.
Although Tang Tingou's hometown is in Luzhou, he first went to Hong Kong to study when he was a teenager, and then went to Shanghai Customs to work as a senior translator for two years.
After that, he seized the opportunity to use the accumulated funds of the cotton bank to purchase materials, expand the market, and even began to try to attach shares to foreign enterprises in China, but in five or six years, he has become one of the representatives of the Chinese in the business world.
There are not many people in the small building who have seen him, and today he is very sure that Tang Lao is coming, and he is very much looking forward to it.
Therefore, as soon as he and Lin Kejifu pushed the door in, the people who were originally listening to the play and chatting all stood up to greet them.
The greetings called "Old Tang" and "Mr. Tang" came and went, and Tang Tingou arched his hand to everyone, but he was also very approachable.
"Oh, hey, I'm sorry, I've made you wait for a long time, and I'll give you a sin."
The director of the Luzhou Shipping Bureau visited Tang Tingou in the afternoon, hoping to develop Luzhou's shipping business with the help of several steamship companies controlled by Yihe Company.
After all, this is his hometown, and Tang Tingou is still willing to do what he can for Luzhou. So, the two boxes communicated for a while, and it just ended.
But according to his current generation, there are only two people in this room who need him to "make amends". So as soon as he said this, everyone followed suit.
"Uncle, open the table?"
Tang Tingou waved his hand at Lin Keji, "Open the table, you young people, what are you waiting for my old guy to do!" ”
Lin Keji didn't speak, smiled, turned around and made a look at the housekeeper who had been waiting for a long time, and on both sides of the small building and the main building, he began to arrange for the food to be served.
"Manyuan Spring" was used as the first plate of cold vegetables for the opening table, and at this time, through the hands of the girls of the Lin family, it was served on the dining table of two seats in the small building and six seats in the main building.
As soon as this dish was served, it caused a lot of amazement among many people present.
But instead of seeing the Lin family's dish, many people want to see Tang Tingou more.
Mr. Tang was very thoughtful in his life and work, and he was half-full in the small building, so he was accompanied by Lin Keji and came to the main building.
The large living room on the first floor of the main building has been completely decorated, and the entertainment hall with billiard tables and table tennis tables that is not very useful on weekdays has also opened the frosted glass doors.
Tang Tingou's skin is very dark, because he is lean, he is in his early sixties, he has a lot of wrinkles on his face, and his eyes are not big, and he has been smiling for many years, looking very kind.
He was not very particular about his clothes, and if it weren't for Lin Keji's polite accompaniment, no one would have recognized him on the street.
While telling Lin Keji what he had discussed with the director of the shipping bureau in the afternoon, he walked towards the main building, and walked the same way he had just happened to see Liao Wanyu and Lao Qin.
He wanted to set up a company controlled by the shipping bureau, and then the shipping bureau would come forward to gather all the ships in Luzhou and distribute routes and orders in a unified manner. What do you think? ”
Lin Keji helped Tang Tingou, and both of them walked very slowly, "The idea is good, but my uncle may not know that although there are many ships in Luzhou, most of them are fishing boats, and they can't meet the standards of inland river transportation and shipping at all. ”
Tang Ting'ou nodded, "I've also thought about this issue, so if you want, you can represent me with full authority, and you have the absolute right to speak on all ships and routes." ”
Lin Keji smiled bitterly, "Uncle, you know me. ”
Tang Tingou couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, "I am alone, I have no children and no daughters, when you were young in the early years, I told your mother, in the future, your family's is yours, and mine is also yours." Which Cheng thought, it's me who is amorous, you, don't want it at all. ”
Lin Keji's hand holding Tang Tingou's arm patted lightly twice, "Uncle, after all these years, you should also let go." ”
Tang Tingou chuckled, "Yes, I already knew it was time to let go, but look at it, people are the most impermanent, no matter how much truth they know in their hearts, some people still can't help but think about some things." The more I remind myself to forget, the more often I can remember. ”
After Tang Tingou finished saying this, the two of them also saw that they had arrived at the door of the main building, and Mr. Housekeeper, who had been waiting for a long time, opened the door in advance, and everyone stood up one after another when they saw Tang Tingou and Lin Keji coming.
There were many people in the main building, and Tang Tingou sat down at each table in order not to appear favoritism, and half an hour passed after six tables.
This night's banquet was enjoyed by the guests and the hosts, and when it was completely dispersed, it was already time to enter.
Gu Pan and Lin Keji stood at the gate to see off the guests, and Liao Wanyu began to direct the servants to tidy up the house.
When Lin Keji returned, he saw her turn away from the person and yawn.
"Liao Wanyu."
Lin Keji has never called her by name or surname, when she first met, she was called "Miss Liao", and later she was familiar with "Wanyu", which suddenly gave her full name, and Liao Wanyu was in good spirits.
"How...... What's up? ”
"Come with me to the small building."
After he said this, he turned around and left, almost colliding with Gu Pan, who had just walked up the stairs from the gate, Gu Pan said "ouch", and stroked his chest with the hand holding the silk handkerchief, "What's wrong?" ”
Lin Keji ignored her and went straight to the small building, Liao Wanyu trotted out from the large living room, and the two went to the small building one after the other.
Gu Pan looked at the backs of the two people, and his face gradually became not very good-looking, but it was ugly for a moment, and he immediately remembered that he was a guest entertained as the hostess of the Lin Mansion today.
Although the Liao family or Wu Zhiyou were not invited tonight, tomorrow, the news will definitely pass.
Gu Pan at this end had his own little abacus in his heart, and in the small building over there, Liao Wanyu saw Tang Tingou sitting in the study on the second floor, and was a little nervous for a while.
Liao Wanyu had never heard Lin Keji mention her biological mother, and the widely circulated Lin family's housewife in Luzhou was not surnamed Tang, and before tonight, she didn't know the relationship between Tang Tingou and Lin Keji.
"Tang Gong." Although Liao Wanyu was a little nervous in her heart, she was born there, and she was generous in dealing with it.
Tang Tingou pointed to a small single sofa not far from him, "Sit." ”
The small sofa was almost half a room away from Tang Tingou, Liao Wanyu walked over and lifted the sofa, and was picked up by Lin Keji in the next second.
"Thank you, Uncle Lin."
When Liao Wanyu sat down near the opposite side of Tang Tingou, the old man spoke, "I heard, you want to be my apprentice?" ”
Liao Wanyu nodded twice quickly, "Yes, I want to be Tang Gong's apprentice." ”
Tang Ting'ou sighed, "Didn't he tell you that I don't accept female apprentices?" ”
"Got it." Liao Wanyu subconsciously wanted to bow her head, but when she thought that Tang Tingou was opposite, her eyes didn't flicker for half a minute, so she looked at him so firmly, "But, people live for a lifetime, and they can't stop doing it because it's impossible." Although I know that Tang Gong may not accept female apprentices, it may be because there were no female apprentices like me before. ”
Tang Tingou laughed after hearing her words, and glanced at Lin Keji after laughing, "At a young age, you are so confident. Courage is commendable, courage is commendable. ”
Lin Keji was also laughing, but the smile was shallower, he turned his head sideways to look at Liao Wanyu, but the words did tell Tang Tingou, "Uncle, don't give me face, if you don't accept it, don't accept it as usual." ”
Liao Wanyu didn't expect Lin Keji to say such a thing about demolishing the stage, she pursed her lips, "Can you ask Tang to inform the juniors, why, you don't accept female apprentices?" ”
Tang Tingou propped up the armrests of the chair with both hands, and then folded his hands on the desk, he did not answer, but chose to throw out a question, "If tonight, the cook insists on refusing to go back to the kitchen to make 'Man Yuan Chun', what are you going to do?" ”
Liao Wanyu glanced at Tang Tingou in surprise, turned her head to look at Lin Keji, and wondered in her heart who was talking so fast and had already reported the matter.
But she felt in her heart that something was wrong, everyone was very busy tonight, and there was no time to rest for each of them, even if someone wanted to sue, it should be tomorrow.
How can anyone upset the host's family in the middle of the night? The servants of the Lin family don't know how to look at colors like this.
Then, the only possibility is that Tang Tingou or Lin Keji witnessed and heard this thing with their own eyes.
"There won't be no 'full garden spring'."
What she said was so sure that it really aroused Tang Tingou's interest, "Why are you so sure?" After all, in the Lin family and even in Luzhou, except for him, no one has done 'full garden spring'."
Liao Wanyu nodded, "So, no matter what he asks tonight, I will agree." ”
Tang Tingou let out an "oh", "You are neither the master nor the housekeeper, you are just a foreign surname who invited to help, how dare you make decisions for the master's family?" If the cook asks you for eighteen thousand dollars, will you agree? ”
"Promise." She didn't hesitate to answer, "Tonight, people with status in Luzhou are here, and many people are here to see the legendary 'Manyuan Spring'. ”
She originally wanted to say that it would make Lin Keji lose face, but she quickly realized that it was not safe to say this, so she chose the word "letter" that was most important to businessmen and sellers.
"At that time, the time was very tight, Aunt Juan was in front to greet the guests, Uncle Lin was in the small building, it was not appropriate for me to go anywhere, Lao Qin was just for money, so no matter how much he asked, I would agree. I was in a hurry, and I was good at making claims, but I was also ready to take out my savings to fill it. ”
Liao Wanyu paused after saying this, thinking that Lao Qin had worked in the Lin family for so many years, and Lin Keji would never dismiss him because of this incident, so the conversation changed, "But Lao Qin didn't." She was just as I thought, but she was overwhelmed by my aunt's big expenses, and I reasoned with him, and he went back to the kitchen. ”
Tang Tingou didn't laugh at her this time, and repeated what she had just said, "Hurry to the right", and then nodded slightly, "What a hurry." ”