Chapter 199: Hongmen Banquet
The Qiao family's mansion is more magnificent than the Tang family, after all, it is the richest man in Y City, and it is located in the center of the city. And this house is not an ordinary villa, but a four-entry courtyard, and there are four courtyards alone.
Tang Tang came to Qiao's house for the second time, and she followed the housekeeper step by step, for fear that the housekeeper would disappear as soon as she turned a corner, and she would get lost in the courtyard of this house.
Before Tang Tang came, he lied to Ye Zheng that he wanted to eat zongzi, and Ye Zheng went to the snack street to buy for the queen.
Since he went to work in Tangda, he has become extremely attentive and obedient to Tang Tang. Tang Tang secretly complained to Zhao Ya and Tao Er about his changes, and these two people looked at her secretly and with bad intentions.
"Something! There's definitely something wrong with the two of you! It must have something to do with the hangover that night in Jinzhou. The two unanimously concluded that Tang Tang and Ye Zheng left the organization together that day because they were tired.
Tang Tang was weak-hearted, so he found an excuse to escape and no longer mess with the two of them.
Tang Tang broke away from Ye Zheng and came to Qiao's house alone.
Old Mrs. Qiao sat on the Taishi chair in the middle of the living room, Qiao Haiyang's wife Jiang Yuling, and Qiao Qifeng's wife Su Qing stood on both sides, the room full of Ming and Qing Dynasty furniture, full of stereotypes and rules, Tang Tang felt a headache just by looking at it. She didn't want to marry here, to be trained by an old lady to be a model person like furniture.
"Sit down, Xiaotang." The old lady was still kind. But Tang Tang knew that behind her kindness lurked an undoubted majesty.
Tang Tang sat on a carved sandalwood chair with a straight back. Lin Yutang once said that the chair of the ancients was an attitude. Tang Tang understood that the attitude that Mrs. Qiao wanted was Tang Tang's obedience.
"I fainted suddenly last time, presumably Miss Tang's body is too weak and needs to be recuperated. I originally wanted to wait for you to get better before preparing for marriage, but later discussed with Yuling that it would be better to marry you into Qiao's family and have your mother-in-law take care of you. So I'm relieved. ”
Mrs. Qiao didn't mention her scandal with Ye Zheng at all, completely from the perspective of her health, people who didn't know the truth thought she was considerate, but Tang Tang understood what it meant.
Keeping obedient canaries in captivity requires only one cage. Now Mrs. Qiao wants to put her in a cage and train her to be what she wants.
"Old Madam Qiao, I don't want to get married for the time being." Tang Tang didn't want to go around in circles, so he simply said bluntly.
"Don't want to get married? I'm afraid you can't help it! Old Lady Qiao was still smiling, her tone was still calm, but her eyes were sharp.
Tang Tang took the tea handed over by the housekeeper, gently placed it on the table next to the sandalwood chair, and said in a firm tone: "What era is this old lady, don't you want to get married and force me to wear a wedding dress?" ”
"You're wrong, you don't have to wear a wedding dress, just the Tang costume I prepared for you."
Tang Tang sneered in his heart, this old lady probably thought that she was living in the old society and was a patriarchal. Tang Tang hates authority the most, he has been trying to challenge since he was a child, and he never hesitated.
"Old lady, you should know that Qiao Qijian doesn't like me. I don't like him either. ”
"What do you like and dislike about business marriages? I also don't like Qiao Qijian's grandfather, didn't he live like this all his life. ”
"I'm not you, and I don't want to spend my life in a loveless marriage. I think the best thing to do is to break the marriage. Tang Tang finally didn't have to hide his true thoughts, and his heart, which had been uneasy, settled down and calmed down.