Chapter 288: Enemy-like Confrontation
Shao Nanting naturally didn't want to help Shao Nanchu, but just wanted to be sensible and generous, and be more filial than Shao Nanchu.
"Look, your brother is more sensible than you." Sure enough, Shao Jindong made an accusation.
Shao Nanchu didn't say anything more, and sat next to Shao Jindong calmly.
The servants brought food up, and the people began to eat.
said that he talked while eating, but there is a rule in the big family that food is not spoken, so no one at the table said anything.
Shao Nanchu was also happy, he was afraid that as soon as he spoke, he would lose his appetite to eat.
I'll talk about it when I'm done, it's good.
Shao Jindong ate quickly, and Shao Nanchu and Shao Nanting were not slow.
After Shao Jindong finished eating, he put down the dishes and chopsticks and said to Shao Nanchu: "You come to the study with me." ”
Shao Nanchu responded lightly, got up and followed, Shao Nanting did not fall behind, and followed Shao Nanchu's side.
"Brother, where have you been for most of the year? There was no news at all, and the family was dying. Shao Nanting asked as he followed Shao Nanchu's side.
Although there are some things that they know each other, they are still brothers on their faces before they tear their faces.
Shao Nanchu said lightly: "I went out for a run, I was a little injured, and I came back after the injury." ”
When Shao Nanting heard this, he hurriedly said with concern: "Big brother is injured, is the injury all healed?" Why don't you go home and recuperate? There is everything at home. ”
"Go home to recuperate?" Shao Nanchu glanced at him with a smile and said, "I'm afraid that coming back will hinder someone's eyes, second brother, do you say yes?" ”
Shao Nanting's face suddenly froze.
It just so happened that at this time, they had already arrived outside Shao Jindong's study, and the two followed into the study, and Shao Nanting didn't ask anything more.
Why Shao Nanchu was injured, he knows better than anyone else.
At the beginning, he thought that Shao Nanchu was dead.
I don't know where something happened, Shao Nanchu came back to life.
The people he sent to assassinate Shao Nanchu also failed again and again, and there were countless casualties.
Last time, I also sent the news back, saying that Shao Nanchu had amnesia, and he stayed in Jiangnan honestly, with no sign of coming back, and he never thought that so soon, people would appear in front of him.
Shao Nanting had both the anger of being fooled in his heart, and the inevitable sense of crisis in the face of Shao Nan at the beginning.
In fact, Shao Nanting has always understood that he is not as good as Shao Nanchu, and he is inferior in all aspects.
But he had to fight with Shao Nan for the first time.
Because Prince Gong's mansion is one, and Prince Gong's position is one, if he doesn't fight, what awaits him is nothing.
After all, he and Shao Nanchu are not from the same mother, her mother and Shao Nanchu's mother still have grudges, and the relationship between the two cannot be as good as normal brothers, and they have been destined to die from the beginning.
So he attacked Shao Nanchu, never scrupled about being a brother, and always wanted to put Shao Nanchu to death.
Unfortunately, he never succeeded once.
Finally, this time he thought it was done, but he didn't want to have another accident later, Shao Nanchu still appeared in front of him.
This made him feel extremely frustrated.
"I haven't been back for so long, but I'm back this time, do you have something to say?" Shao Jindong sat behind his desk and spoke.
Shao Nanchu walked to the side and sat down on his own, and said lightly: "What did you say?" Say I almost died outside? Does Father care about this? ”
Shao Jindong's face froze when he heard this, and his expression was slightly complicated.
After all, he is a father, and there are still some remnants of family affection for his children, and the rights and wrongs of his previous life have long been unclear, he is angry with Shao Nanchu, in fact, he shouldn't.
But when he sees Shao Nanchu, he will think of Sun Ruiying's woman, and he will think of how she made him a laughing stock, and he will not like Shao Nanchu no matter how he looks at him.
Maybe the father-son relationship between them is too thin.
Shao Jindong thought about it and said lightly: "If the person comes back without anything, it means that Fu Da has a great life, go out later, be careful." ”
Shao Nanchu was a little speechless in the face of such a reassurance.
For a father, such a reassurance, to be honest, it is better not to say it.
Shao Jindong must also understand that he and Shao Nanchu have been estranged for a long time, and it is impossible to get close suddenly, so he looked at Shao Nanting and said, "There is a letter from the shopkeeper in charge of Jiangnan that you said before dinner, bring it to me." ”
Shao Nanting didn't expect Shao Jindong to say this in front of Shao Nanchu without hesitation, and his face was slightly stagnant.
But Shao Nanchu said lightly: "It turns out that the second brother has already started to take care of his father's business?" But didn't my father say that you are still in the prime of life, and you can last for more than ten years, and when my second brother and I give birth to the eldest grandson, then decide who will take over the family business? So now my father has decided to take over by the second brother? ”
"Big brother, don't get me wrong, Dad didn't mean that." Shao Jindong hadn't opened his mouth yet, and Shao Nanting was the first to explain urgently.
"My father is old, and now that you are all adults, it's time to try to get in touch with the ancestral business of the family. Although the family business cannot be handed over to you immediately, there are some things that you should know and help take care of them together. Shao Jindong said lightly.
When Shao Nan first heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he actually showed a smile.
"Really? How do I remember that the second brother is nineteen this year and has not yet reached the championship? ”
Shao Nanchu is now twenty-one years old, and Shao Nanting is two years younger than him, now nineteen years old.
Normally, a man's coming-of-age ceremony is the age of twenty weak crowns.
In the year when Shao Nanchu was twenty years old and crowned, he inherited the position of the prince, and only waited for Shao Jindong to retire from the title of Prince Gong in the future, and he took over.
Originally, when he inherited the throne of the son, he should inherit part of the right to manage the family business at the same time, but Shao Jindong asked him not to take over for the time being on the grounds that he had just reached the crown, had never married a wife, and his heart was undecided.
He has been crowned for more than a year, and for more than a year, Shao Jindong has never mentioned that he should participate in the management of the family business, and now that he has only been missing for half a year, Shao Nanting has already participated in the management, which is so biased that it is not too obvious.
Shao Jindong also understood that he was biased in this matter, and it was obvious that his face suddenly darkened.
But he was not half embarrassed, but accused Shao Nan of coming for the first time.
"Why did you let your brother meddle in the family business at such a young age, it's not because of you! If it weren't for the fact that you had been gone for more than half a year, when your father and son were in bad health and had a bad body a few months ago, and you were on the sickbed, how could you let your younger brother come forward to preside over the overall situation? ”
Shao Nanchu's face did not change when he heard this, and he said indifferently: "Really? Does this mean that my father blames me for not dying outside, or does he blame me for not dragging my sick body back to serve the sick? ”
"Shao Nanchu, do you still have my father in your eyes, and is your attitude when talking to your father?" Shao Jindong was furious, slapped the table, and questioned.
Shao Nanchu's expression was still calm, and he said indifferently: "My mother has disappeared since I was a child, and no one has taught me how to talk to my father. ”
Shao Jindong was so angry that his chest couldn't rise and fall, and he glared at Shao Nanchu fiercely, looking like he was going to eat him.
Shao Nanting was busy at this time: "Dad, big brother, you all don't say a word, we are all a family." ”
"You treat him as a family, but he doesn't treat you as a family." Shao Jindong said coldly.
Shao Nanchu didn't speak, and the curvature of the corners of his mouth was sneering.
Shao Jindong no longer looked at him, but asked Shao Nanting: "What about the letter?" Take it for me to see. ”
Hearing this, Shao Nanting hurriedly took the letter out of his arms and handed it to Shao Jindong.
Shao Jindong frowned after reading it, and said: "The shopkeeper said that the disaster is serious this year, and I am afraid that if I can't achieve the performance, I will lose money, and I have to wait for the next year to relieve my breath." ”
"Father, don't worry too much, there are many floods in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is not once or twice that such a thing happens, and the business there is more developed than ours, and when there is no disaster, the profits are high, and the losses can be earned back soon." Shao Nanting was busy persuading.
"Yes, it's just that there has been no profit for a year, and it's a good thing to be able to stop the loss." Shao Jindong said.
Shao Nanchu said coldly at this time: "It's really unfortunate, this time I was hunted down, and I happened to be in Xinzhou City, the capital of the south of the Yangtze River, and I know something about this flood, as far as I know, the disaster doesn't seem to be very serious." ”
Shao Nanting felt a sigh in his heart when he heard this, while Shao Jindong frowned fiercely: "What do you mean?" ”
"Although the water in the south of the Yangtze River is menacing, but the king of Langdang Jing is also qualified as a messenger, and he ordered people to build fortifications to drain the water in time, and the soaring water level was controlled, although the city of Xinzhou was flooded, but it was not serious, although the people and shops had some losses, but the warehouses built on the highlands were absolutely fine, since the warehouses were fine, how much could the losses be?"
Shao Nanchu hooked the corners of his lips and said: "And the most serious disaster is not Xinzhou City, but the subordinate villages and towns." Because of the failure to prevent water and flood control in time, many villages were flooded, the people were displaced, and the plague broke out, but these seem to have nothing to do with our industry, after all, the shop in Prince Gong's mansion doesn't seem to have opened to the village yet, right? ”
Shao Nanchu's words made Shao Jindong frown fiercely.
He has not had much energy these days, and he has handed over a lot of things to Shao Nanting, if what Shao Nanchu said is true, then ......
As soon as Shao Nanting saw Shao Jindong's gaze fall on him, he immediately knelt on the ground with a puff and said, "Father, my son really doesn't know at this time, my son just received a letter from the shopkeeper, and seeing that the letter was serious, I told my father like this, and my father knew it." ”
Shao Jindong saw Shao Nanting kneeling directly and frowned slightly.
Shao Nanchu on the side said lightly: "I believe that the second brother is innocent, but after all, the shopkeeper in charge of Jiangnan has been sent abroad for many years, and it is difficult to say what other thoughts he has, so my father might as well take this opportunity to recruit people back and ask in person, isn't it clear?" ”
Shao Jindong was silent for a moment when he heard this, and said, "This is a method. Nanting, this matter is your negligence, so I will give you this opportunity to make up for your mistakes, how about I leave it to you? ”
"Yes, my son understands, thank you father for your trust." Shao Nanting hurriedly responded when he heard this, and he was also lightly relieved in his heart.
Shao Nanchu raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, but he didn't say anything more, and drank tea silently.