He was larger than life! ”

Cao Mengyuan spoke again.

"How can the golden scales be a thing in the pool, and they will turn into dragons when they encounter a storm, even if he Shen Dapeng is a golden scale, the family background is Fengyun, there is no wind and clouds, let him turn over the river and the sea, and it will be difficult to become a real dragon in the end, so can you understand?"

Cao Xinmin drank the remaining half of the liquor on his back, and glanced at his daughter with squinted eyes, "My daughter is a golden phoenix on a branch, and she doesn't have the body of a golden dragon, so she doesn't deserve it!" ”

"Then Huang Bin of the Huang family is worthy of it? I'm afraid he can't even be a snake python, right? If there is no Huang family, it is estimated that his life will be a problem, do I really want to be engaged to this kind of person? ”

Cao Mengyuan didn't want to embarrass her father, nor did she want to embarrass herself, but the Cao family agreed to the Huang family's request to get engaged as soon as possible without any discussion, and she had a four-year contract with Shen Dapeng, and she didn't want to break it.

"I'll discuss this matter with the elders of the clan, so don't worry!"

Cao Xinmin seems a little lost, his career is not smooth, his daughter can't take care of him, and his wife is also troubled and worried every day, maybe in the eyes of outsiders, he is the deputy secretary general of the provincial government, in a high position, but only he knows the bitterness and helplessness behind it.

"Daughter, do you believe him?"

Cao Xinmin opened his mouth inexplicably.

"Believe!"

Cao Mengyuan replied very crisply and neatly, without hesitation.

Cao Xinmin stared at his daughter quietly, for a long time, for a long time, and smiled with relief for no reason, "Okay, I know!" Come, eat, wait a few days to go back to Cao's house, and report good news to your second grandfather! ”

Cao Mengyuan and her mother looked at each other, for some reason, but they were both tacitly agreed and didn't speak again!

If she could, Cao Mengyuan would rather not see this second grandfather in her life, and Su Xin also had no good impression of the current head of the Cao family, after all, the marriage between her daughter and the Huang family was proposed by this old guy.

The 'second grandfather' in Cao Xinmin's mouth, named Cao Zhongxiao, is the current head of the Cao family in the capital, and is in charge of most of the Cao family's economic lifeline and political relations.

And the title of 'second grandfather' was only after the marriage contract between his daughter Cao Mengyuan and Huang Bin, and in the past ten years, Cao Xinmin could only see it from a distance.

In fact, Cao Xinmin's father and second uncle Cao Zhongxiao are just cousins, counting from the grandfather's generation, their family is a side branch of the Cao family, if there is no major matter, they can't even enter the house, not to mention that Cao Xinmin, who is one generation younger, if he doesn't marry Su Xin, the eldest lady of the Su family, he won't even have a chance to get faced.

Now, with the marriage of Cao Mengyuan and Huang Bin of the Huang family, Cao Xinmin, who has not had much contact with the family for many years, has once again received attention.

In fact, why doesn't Cao Xinmin want to be in charge of his daughter's future? But in the open and secret struggle of the various sides in the family, he is also powerless, if he really wants to blame, he blames his daughter for being too good and jealous.

Beijing, under the root of the old city, a simple and square courtyard, the entrance is a bluestone shadow wall carved with Qilin Ruixiang, turn left to see the hanging flower door, and then inward, is the inner house.

Entering the gatehouse, you can see that the east and west wings are on the side, the north side is the forward hall, and then there are private rooms and boudoirs inward.

Like this kind of 'three-entry gate' courtyard, placed in a courtyard that was extremely luxurious in the late Qing Dynasty, but now at the foot of the Son of Heaven is owned by the Cao family in the capital, this kind of south and north, extremely thoughtful courtyard, can no longer be measured by money, can have, is a symbol of status.

The stone road in the courtyard leads to the hall, and the pomegranate trees and persimmon trees are planted on both sides of the stone road, which is the so-called 'pomegranate tree in the canopy fish tank, Mr. Fat Dog and Fat Girl', which is the portrayal of the life of many scribes in the old days of the capital.

And now, with the position of the Cao family in the officialdom of the capital, it is already worthy of this 'deep, deep' three-entry gate courtyard.

And this courtyard now belongs to Cao Zhongxiao, the head of the Cao family, the old man is seventy-nine years old, except for a few nannies and nurses who serve daily life, and even his son and daughter cannot live with him.

It's not that he is arrogant and indifferent, it's just that he is old, and the living habits of later generations are very different, if you want to live a few more years, you still need to be quiet and indifferent, but obviously, today's Cao family is several times more lively than usual.

In the inner hall, in front of the solid wood round table, Cao Zhongxiao was not too hot, wearing a green robe and coat that is rare among modern people, with white sideburns, sitting in the main seat with a straight back, gently twisting the goatee at the chin, and looking at the two sons and one daughter on the table with a smile, granddaughter, granddaughter, grandson, and of course, Cao Xinmin's family of three sitting at the door.

Cao Zhongxiao has two sons and a daughter, the eldest daughter Cao Yingyue, married to the second son of the Zhang family in Yanbei, is the wife of the Zhang family business group, a full-time wife, a husband and a child, and has a daughter, named Zhang Xin.

The eldest son Cao Xinguo, a few years older than Cao Xinmin, has already sat in the position of the mayor of the municipality directly under the central government, a pair of children, son Cao Qiu, daughter Cao Wan, may be busy with their careers, and a pair of children are less than ten years old, which is behind Cao Xinmin.

The youngest son, Cao Xinsheng, is also a year younger than Cao Xinmin, but he has no intention of career, so he went to the sea to do business, and has only one son, Cao Zhang, who is three years older than Cao Mengyuan, a senior student in the third year of Shuimu University, may have been affected by his father's dislike of career, and he does not like to cheat, but he has a bit of gentlemanly demeanor.

"Today, some coarse tea and light rice, everyone gets together, it can be regarded as a celebration for a few children who are competing, especially Yuan'er, this college entrance examination has become the champion of liberal arts in Beijing, fight for your father's face, but also win glory for our Cao family, good boy, continue to work hard!"

Cao Zhongxiao was scalding a pot of thin wine in front of the table, in this scorching summer, young people are drinking cold beer, but he still has to drink hot warm wine, but he will take care of his body.

"Second grandfather, I won't let my family down!"

The family members in Cao Mengyuan's mouth did not include anyone present at all in his heart, but he still had to smile indifferently on his face.

"Yo, Mengyuan, I remember the last time I saw you, it seems that I didn't have such grades, why, how hard have you studied in the past year? For the sake of a false name of a liberal arts champion, are you tired? Come, take a bite ...... fish."

Cousin Zhang Xin had a bit of hypocrisy on her face, and her tone was sour, obviously very dissatisfied with Cao Mengyuan, who stole her limelight, and what was sandwiched into Cao Mengyuan's bowl was fish meat, just fish bones.

Originally, her seventh place in the liberal arts in Beijing was enough for her grandfather to reward her, but she didn't expect that Cao Mengyuan, who had never been as good as her in academic performance, would actually get the top prize.

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