Chapter 17: Power in Hand

"Nine girls are doing well today, it seems that you have listened to the teachings of that day."

"My grandfather taught me carefully, and my granddaughter didn't dare to forget it."

"Well, that's good. My grandfather will give you our family's money as the main product, and the Zhujia cloth factory will give you the by-product for a year, and after a year, we will decide whether to reuse you according to your profits. However, if you lose your business, you will have to take back your power after a year. ”

Zhu Youning keenly observed that after Old Lady Zhu said what industry was given to her, Zhu Huazhang and the others were obviously relieved, and the fifth cousin Zhu Yanlan even had a mocking smile on his face.

"Thank you, grandfather, is it that in the next year, the treasurer and the men of the money house and the cloth factory will listen to me?"

Old Lady Zhu nodded.

"Is it true that all my decisions can be calculated independently, and I don't need to listen to other people's commands?"

Old Lady Zhu looked at her deeply, nodded with a smile, and said, "This is your freedom." ”

Zhu Youning smiled with satisfaction, his big eyes were bent into crescents, and the small dimples on his cheeks were extremely pleasing, and he said crisply: "My granddaughter will definitely work hard to manage and contribute to the family." ”

Her candy-like appearance caused all five cousins to burst out laughing.

Zhu Youning glanced at them and lowered his long eyelashes to hide the emotion in his eyes.

"I'll arrange for the treasurer of your estate to contact you. You are each doing your own thing. ”

Zhu Youning and his cousins saluted in unison and said, "Yes." ”

Old lady Zhu turned around and arched her hand to the people, "Thank you folks, today's clan meeting is over, thank you, thank you." ”

The villagers returned the salute and were polite.

After seeing enough of the excitement, naturally they couldn't stay in the courtyard of the ancestral hall, and more than 100 people left.

After a while, the courtyard of the ancestral hall became empty, and the rest were the Zhu family.

The face of the fourth old lady was extremely ugly, because the Zhu family had a total of four rooms, and only the descendants of his house did not get the property, and the people in the long house counted Zhu Youning, and they also got a double share!

The fourth old lady angrily pushed Zhu Yanping's back and pushed the person to a stumbling one.

"You useless bastard, don't you go back, stay here and be embarrassed!"

Zhu Yanping's face turned red, and he didn't dare to contradict his grandfather, so he had to leave with his head down.

The men in the fourth room were extremely embarrassed, and forced a smile and greetings before leaving, but when they left, they looked at Zhu Youning and Zhu Huating with very unkind eyes, as if they had robbed Zhu Yanping of his share.

"The fourth child is still this temper, so frizzy." Old lady Zhu stroked her beard with a smile, and she looked like a kind outsider.

"yes. But in the end, the eldest brother taught well, and the grandson and granddaughter were so good. The third old lady flattered.

The second old lady also smiled and agreed.

"Where, I see that Brother Peng and Brother Qiu are both dragons and phoenixes among people, and they can't be wrong in the future, and the position of the head of the family is not sure who will fall on it." Old lady Zhu smiled and patted Zhu Yanpeng and Zhu Yanqiu's shoulders.

Both teenagers couldn't hide their excitement, and straightened their backs in high spirits.

Zhu Yanfeng has been smiling elegantly.

"The banquet has been set up at home, let's all move to the house."

"Please."

"Big brother, please."

The three old ladies greeted politely and called their children and grandchildren to walk in the direction of the Zhu family's old house.

Zhu Youning returned to Zhu Huating's side and grabbed the hem of his father's clothes.

Her father was expelled from the house, so she was naturally not eligible to participate in the family banquet, and she didn't want to go to any banquet, so she raised her head and said, "Father, let's go home." ”

Although Zhu Huating was chilled by the indifference of Old Lady Zhu and his brothers, what he was even happier about today was that his children were so competitive, which simply made him raise his eyebrows and feel comfortable, and it didn't matter if he ate the banquet of the old mansion or not.

"Okay, go home, Dad will make you something to eat."

Zhu Youning nodded obediently.

The father and daughter turned around to leave, but there was a voice from behind: "Big brother stays." ”

Zhu Huazhang walked in front of Zhu Huating with a smile, arched his hand and said, "Congratulations, my eldest brother has raised a capable girl." ”

Zhu Huazhang and Zhu Huating's mother are very similar, but although Zhu Huazhang is one year younger than Zhu Huating, he looks much older than Zhu Huating.

Especially when he laughed, the crow's feet at the corners of his eyes flew upward, and he was about to rush into his sideburns, giving people a treacherous and slippery feeling, but he was not as delicate as Zhu Huating.

"Second brother." Zhu Huating turned around and returned the salute and did not answer Zhu Huazhang's words.

Zhu Huazhang said with a smile: "Won't the eldest brother go back to the house for the banquet together?" ”

"Thank you second brother, I still have something to do for my brother, so I won't go back."

"Big brother must be busy going to work, right? Then I won't delay my eldest brother more. Zhu Huazhang smiled and said in a caring tone, but his voice was cold.

"But the eldest brother surprised me very much, I didn't expect you to have so many insights into the development of the Zhu family. Today, I borrowed nine girls to show it, why not show these talents on the same day? It won't come to this. ”

Zhu Huazhang actually attributed all of Zhu Youning's performance today to Zhu Huating's secret guidance.

Zhu Huating smiled slightly, didn't take Zhu Huazhang's words to heart, and said sincerely: "Where do I have any opinions?" It's just Fu Ya'er's own thoughts. However, Brother Feng is stable and dignified, talented and virtuous, and he is happy for his brother and second brother. ”

Zhu Youning couldn't help but want to laugh when he heard it. Is my father's praise genuine or ironic? She felt that with her father's character, she should be sincerely praised.

But when these words were heard in the ears of Zhu Huazhang and Zhu Yanfeng, they were afraid that they would turn sour. After all, in today's competition, she has been pressing Zhu Yanfeng.

Sure enough, Zhu Huazhang turned his face at once.

It was Zhu Yanfeng who stepped forward and respectfully saluted Zhu Huating: "Thank you uncle for your praise, my nephew must work hard and live up to my uncle's praise." ”

"Excuse me, excuse me." Zhu Huating smiled and helped Zhu Yanfeng up, and carefully admonished a few words, and Zhu Yanfeng respectfully responded one by one.

The tense scene was resolved by Zhu Yanfeng.

When Zhu Yanfeng and the second master left, the father and daughter sighed in unison.

Zhu Huating said curiously: "You little girl, what are you doing and sighing?" ”

"Then why is Daddy sighing?"

Zhu Huating looked at the open door of the ancestral hall and the tablet enshrined inside, and shook his head.

Zhu Youning said: "With today's events, Dad must be mentally prepared, our short peaceful days are over." ”

"Little girl." Zhu Huating was amused by Zhu Youning's adult-like tone, pinched her face, and said, "The days when we were bullied in the past are called peaceful?" ”