Chapter 9 Poetry of the Covered Bridge

Zhao Huiyi didn't believe it: "How come? Qiao Gongzi is a dragon among people at a glance, where will he ......"

Yuexiu said: "I know that Miss you don't believe it, when he looks at you, his eyes are like ......"

Saying that, Yuexiu suddenly stopped talking, and still looked shy, this time Zhao Huiyi was secretly anxious, and urged: "Say it quickly, like what?" ”

"It's like...... It's like when Brother Yuan Jie looked at me! ”

The Yuan Jie mentioned by Yuexiu is the one who followed Zhao Xiang in order to avoid the enemy, and he is also Zhao Chengyu's great-grandfather, as for why his surname is Yuan, but Zhao Chengyu's surname is Zhao? I couldn't help but ask Zhao Chengyu this question at the time.

Zhao Chengyu asked me to listen patiently.

Yuexiu seemed to suddenly think of something, and pulled Zhao Huiyi and said seriously: "No, Miss, no matter who you fancy it, you are a member of your mother-in-law's family!" ”

Zhao Huiyi replied: "This, it should be my own decision, right?" ”

Yuexiu was taken aback and said, "Miss, how can you say that?" It's not good if someone else hears this, and marriage has been 'the words of the matchmaker of the parents' since ancient times.

Zhao Huiyi still said lightly: "This is what Qiao Gongzi said about 'feudal thinking', right?" Qiao Gongzi has said that we should 'keep pace with the times'......"

Yuexiu shook her head and said, "It's over, it's over, our young lady has been completely hooked by that Qiao Gongzi......"

"Okay, you dead girl, see how I teach you ......"

Between the laughter and play, they had already returned to the Zhao family's house.

Time flies by like an arrow from the string, and a few days have passed in a blink of an eye, when Zhao Huiyi was holding a book in a daze in the house, Yuexiu ran in and said, "Miss, there is a guest at home, and it is a distinguished guest that the master attaches great importance to!" ”

Zhao Huiyi said listlessly: "Aren't there frequent guests at home, they are all in business, and of course my father attaches great importance to it." ”

Yuexiu said: "No, no, this is different, it's the young owner of 'Bao Fenglong', I haven't seen anyone yet, so Madam asked me to hurry up and urge you to help greet you......"

"Greeting guests where they need me, my mother is really good! However, I have long heard of the name of Bao Fenglong in the business world, so I want to see how this young owner is different from other second ancestors? Between the words, Zhao Huiyi doesn't seem to have a good impression of this kind of rich second generation, it's normal to think about it, isn't the one who has a marriage contract with her an out-and-out rich second generation?

When I went down to the attic and was still in the yard, I heard Zhao Xiang's hearty laughter. Entering the hall, Zhao Huiyi first saluted her father Zhao Xiang and mother Yu Cuiwei. Before Zhao Xiang could introduce him, Zhao Huiyi and Yuexiu, who saw Qiao Youqing, were both surprised, and said in unison: "It's you?" ”

Zhao Xiang asked suspiciously, "What?" Do you know? ”

Qiao Youqing smiled slightly and said, "I am fortunate to have a relationship with Miss Zhao and Miss Yuexiu, hello Miss Zhao, isn't it Qiao Youqing, I didn't expect us to meet again!" ”

Today's Qiao Youqing is dressed in a 'dress', with a suit, vest, and a white top hat, but he still can't cover the braids. As he spoke, he took off his top hat and made a gentlemanly salute. Beside Qiao Youqing, there was also a middle-aged man, who was wearing an embroidered gown with exquisite fabrics, big braids, and a hat inlaid with jade melon skin.

This person is the backbone member of Qiao Shijie who was dispatched to Qiao Youqing's side to assist in the operation of the ticket number. Seeing that his daughter and Qiao Youqing were chatting speculatively, Zhao Xiang was secretly worried, but Yu Cuiwei was full of smiles and seemed to be very happy.

The ancient town was inherited to the Qing Dynasty when there were five major families, the Zhao family was a scholarly family, ran a private school, and also operated study utensils, tea, etc. In addition, the Yu family has real estate, restaurants, and more importantly, the mayor is a member of the Yu family. The Wang family is mainly engaged in salt, winery, rice, flour, grain and oil, hardware and daily necessities, and some 'foreign goods'. Wanjia operates unorthodox businesses such as docks, tobacco houses and casinos, and smuggling, and is a local 'Pao Brother' gang. In the end, the Fan family operated a martial arts hall, a medical hall, and a medicinal herb trade, and also took over the business of goods and darts.

From this point of view, the Zhao family is highly respected, the Yu family is powerful, the Wang family is the richest and has the most money, the Wan family is the most difficult to provoke, and the Fan family has the strongest military value.

Yu Cuiwei of the Yu family married into the Zhao family, so the two families are considered an 'alliance'; in addition, in the early years, the Zhao family's economic resources were sluggish, and they lost a lot of money in business.

Qiao You booked a banquet at the restaurant of Mayor Yu's house early in the morning, and invited the heads of the five families at the same time. Although the Baofenglong branch is located in Chongqing, which is still hundreds of kilometers away from the ancient town, doing business is to make friends all over the world. What's more, a few hundred kilometers is not too far, the five major families are very face-saving, for no other reason, behind 'Bao Fenglong', but there is the support of the imperial court. ”

"Let's let my daughter listen to this story!" Speaking of this, Chen Qingxue and her grandmother also entered the house, and Chen Qingxue was unsurprisingly surprised after seeing the hanging portrait and photos. I gave up the stool to Chen Qingxue, dragged another chair for my grandmother, and stood by the bookcase by myself.

In the later story, Qiao Youqing was like a gentleman who did not do his job, lingering in the ancient town, he ran to the Zhao family twice in three days, and called it 'cultural exchange with the Zhao family'; as for the business in Chongqing, he directly handed it over to the middle-aged man to take care of.

In fact, Qiao Youqing is not wrong, he is indeed a 'cultural exchange' with the Zhao family, but his exchange object is mainly Zhao Huiyi. Zhao Huiyi already had a secret affection for him, so the two frowned during the 'cultural exchange'...... Oh no, it's supposed to be a match!

Of course, thanks to Yu Cuiwei's secret fueling of the fire, Yu Cuiwei's ideas are more realistic, she is more like a businessman, putting interests first. In her eyes, the Wang family is just a town's wealth, where can it compare to Qiao Youqing's family background. In terms of financial resources, Bao Fenglong has opened more than 20 branches in many cities and state capitals. In terms of power, behind Bao Fenglong stood the Qing court officials.

What's more, Qiao Youqing is both talented and beautiful, personable, and extraordinary...... The most important thing is that Zhao Huiyi and Qiao Youqing are in love with each other.

Zhao Xiang felt helpless, and deliberately avoided it on the grounds of business, in fact, he also admired Qiao Youqing, in contrast, the son of the Wang family can be regarded as a veritable 'gentleman', but he can't break the covenant of the year, even if he always suspects in his heart that behind the 'crisis' faced by the Zhao family back then, there is an inseparable relationship with the Wang family.

During the 'cultural exchange', Qiao Youqing would occasionally ask Zhao Huiyi to go out for a walk. Finally, when the news came to the Wang family, the son of the Wang family couldn't sit still, and with the 'label' of the marriage contract, he had already regarded Zhao Huiyi as his private property. Dare to beat his woman's idea, if you don't teach that kid a lesson, how can he be worthy of the name of the 'first son' in his town?

On the wind and rain covered bridge, Qiao Youqing and Zhao Huiyi stood side by side, admiring the prosperous town, in the sound of gurgling water, Qiao Youqing recited aloud:

"The wind and rain are especially meaningful, and the ancient town is sparsely sparse.

Mo Dao met before, and the love was deep and hateful. ”

The first two sentences imply wind, rain, Qiao (bridge), and the ancient town, which seem to be talking about the wind and rain covered bridge and the ancient town, but in fact have their own deep meaning. I use the wind to convey my deep thoughts and thoughts, which moisten the earth like rain and dew, endlessly, especially affectionate, especially love.

Zhao Huiyi's face was shy, the Zhao family is a scholarly family, she is also full of poetry and books, just listen to it and understand what Qiao Youqing means, 'Qiao Youyi' doesn't exactly imply 'Qiao Yiyi'? The last sentence is even a bit blunt, as if to say: 'If there is an end to the flowing water, this love will always be indefinite'.

After a moment of silence, Zhao Huiyi smiled and slowly recited:

"The clear stream is a jade corridor, and the river bank is dark and fragrant.

Yun Meng is shocked by the bright moon, and the night is not young! ”

Qiao Youqing was surprised, he knew that Zhao Huiyi was a talented woman, but he didn't want to be so talented. This 'Song Jade Corridor' is also a pun, one of which means to praise the covered bridge, and the other is a metaphor for 'sending Yulang'.

In particular, the artistic conception is also good, the Qingqing River flows slowly, is it a tribute to this wind and rain covered bridge? Or do you want to give a blue wave to your lover? The dark fragrance floats on the bank of the river, is it the fragrance of flowers? Or is it daughter Xiang? I can't help but provoke infinite reverie. Allow that spring dream to wake up Mingyue, and use the word 'surprise', is Mingyue frightened and woke up? Or did you jump out of the clouds because of surprise?

The two are unconsciously immersed in a world full of love, with affection in each other's eyes, and a flame of love is ignited. Just as they couldn't help but get closer, there was a rush of footsteps.

"Yo he, the two of you are in a good mood, stay here and talk about love?" A very discordant voice sounded, and a group of strong men with knives and axes walked across the bridge, and the man who spoke was not tall, a little fat, and his chest was exposed.

Zhao Huiyi looked panicked, and pulled Qiao Youqing to quickly turn around and leave, but before she had walked a few steps, another group of men in similar costumes intercepted the way; Zhao Huiyi shouted loudly: "People from the Wan family? What do you want to do? ”

The leader smiled and said, "Miss Zhao, please rest assured, we just want to ask the son to 'close the Qing'." ”

Without waiting for Zhao Huiyi to reply, Qiao Youqing protected her behind her, hugged his fists and said, "There has never been a 'knot', do you follow the teachings?" ”

The leader was stunned for a moment, and asked the person next to him: "Which 'stepping on the idea' is it?" Then he replied to Qiao Youqing: "Hard work? ”

Qiao Youqing replied: "Hewu! ”

The leader frowned, and the person next to him reminded: "? Be on point! ”

The leader said: "No, no, this is not asking me to 'release'?" Maybe it's just a 'half-eyed' or a fire idea, a pestle, a sea ......."

The man next to him said, "Why don't we do it again?" ”

The leader nodded and asked Qiao Youqing, "I wonder if Your Excellency can get rid of Wan'er?" ”