Chapter 1 Wuzhen Water Cold
In the middle of summer in July, the weather became hotter and hotter after the summer heat.
For today's blind date, Han Jianing was wearing a customized cheongsam specially sent by her sister Han Jiawen, a high-grade light gray-green, reflecting her fair complexion and gentle temperament.
A long black and shiny hair hangs down to his side, and the hair behind the ears on both sides is braided to reveal delicate pearl earrings, which are full of elegance.
She sat in a window seat on the second floor of the teahouse, which happened to overlook the Xishi River.
Han Jianing hasn't been back to Wuzhen for a long time, but he is a little unfamiliar with the current Wuzhen and a little curious.
In the past, when she came back for the Chinese New Year, she just had a reunion dinner, and she couldn't stay for two days, so she ran back to her small nest in Shanghai, if she wasn't very familiar with this teahouse, she would definitely get lost in today's Xizha Street.
Han Jianing just looked at the boat swaying on the lake and sat for a long time, and the newly soaked anti-tongue Dian Hong was already cold.
She took a sip, and the bitter taste instantly captured her taste buds, Han Jianing frowned, and put down the teacup, it was too bitter, she didn't like it.
Looking down at the newly purchased Lady Piaget watch, the time pointed to 3:15.
The other party was fifteen minutes late.
Han Jianing gently twisted her delicate eyebrows, her eyes were cold and impatient, she took a big sip of cold tea, the bitter taste made her close her eyes, but she suppressed the emotions that kept surging in her heart.
Suppress the dissatisfaction in your heart.
In normal times, she would have left a long time ago, let alone waiting, even begging her to come on a blind date, she wouldn't come, but unfortunately she can't help it now.
This time she returned to Wuzhen because her father, Han Jianwen, who only wanted to make money, didn't think about the practical difficulties of tie-dyeing at all, and blindly took over such a business.
If she hadn't hired a friend who was a lawyer to help catch the loopholes in the terms, this single item would have been fully compensated.
It's no better to go there now, and they take half of the responsibility for each other, but the backlog of cloth in the warehouse is an indisputable fact, and her grandfather, who has always loved her for this matter, is angry and unconscious.
If it weren't for that, she wouldn't have come back!
Since mentioning the blind date, Han Jiawen has been persuading her to go back to Shanghai as soon as possible and not stay in Wuzhen.
But as long as she remembered that Han Jianfang blocked the door of her grandfather's ward, insulting her uncle and father, and the sarcasm about their sisters, she couldn't leave.
Although this person is hateful and greedy, what she said is not wrong at all.
Now that she knows the predicament that the Han family is facing now, she can't just know that she can sit back and enjoy it, regardless of the family that brought her all this, so even if she doesn't want to, she has to contribute to the continuation of the family.
If it weren't for this, she wouldn't have agreed to such an absurd practice as a blind date, but she was a little unwilling in her heart.
The mobile phone on the table kept vibrating, she was indifferent, she didn't want to look at it, thinking that it was the few people in the family who were making a fuss, bowing her head to reveal her slender neck, shaking the teacup in her hand.
"Miss Han, I'll change a new pot of tea for you." The old waiter in the teahouse brought a pot of new tea to Han Jianing.
"Thank you." Han Jianing said reservedly and politely.
"Miss Han is polite, you haven't been here for a few years, our boss was still talking about your style back then a few days ago, this time it's for your grandfather's business."
"Yes, my grandfather will come back when he is sick."
Han Jianing didn't hide it, Wuzhen is so big, and the fact that her grandfather is sick should have spread all over the world.
"The old man of Baochang is temperamental, he is still worried about this age, and when he is well, he has to persuade him well, here his children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, he should go with the flow."
"That's what you said."
"Tell your grandfather for me, we'll all wait for him to come back and have tea together."
As he spoke, he picked up the cold teapot and went downstairs.
"Okay." Han Jianing's expression was a little stunned.
I'm afraid that even if grandpa is better, he won't be able to let go of his heart......
"Mr. Gu, Miss Han has been waiting for a long time by the window upstairs."
Han Jianing was attracted by the waiter's voice, she slowly raised her head and saw someone slowly walking up the wooden staircase.
She couldn't see her face clearly in the lack of light, she only saw that the person was wearing an ink-colored robe, and Han Jianing's whole face was green.
No way!
Found me an old man?
It's crazy!
She stood up, picked up her phone, and prepared to leave.
Blind date is a two-way choice, if this one doesn't work, change the next one.
"Han Jianing, where are you going?"
Qing Run, with some familiar voices, sounded around the corner.
Han Jianing looked intently, and the person standing in the shadows took a step forward.
"It's you!"
Han Jianing's face changed greatly, and she couldn't help but panic, "Gu Xiayang, you are my blind date!" ”
Han Jianing looked at the person in front of him with an ugly face.
She never dreamed that it would be Gu Xiayang!
The corners of Gu Xiayang's mouth were slightly hooked, he walked in front of Han Jianing, directly past her, sat down in the seat behind him, picked up the teapot and poured himself a cup of tea.
"It seems that Han Jianing, you are not satisfied with me." Gu Xiayang raised his teacup to Han Jianing.
Han Jianing instantly squeezed her phone, she tried to calm herself down, took a deep breath, she raised her delicate smile and sat back.
"Gu Xiayang hasn't seen you for a long time, I heard that you are now famous, it seems that the Gu family's signboard will be on you in a while."
Gu Xiayang hooked the corners of his mouth with a slight smile, "I can't think about the chic freedom that you Han Jianing has lived in Shanghai." ”
Han Jianing smiled reluctantly, "Gu Xiayang, for the sake of his old classmates, help me?" ”
She didn't want to be with Gu Xiayang, she made everything clear.
"Help? Not interested. ”
Gu Xiayang drank tea by himself, and his eyes flashed on the cheongsam on Han Jianing's body.
"Gu Xiayang, since you don't want to help me, why do you want to come on a blind date? Look at me jokes? ”
"I want to see Han Jianing, who flew to Shanghai, was forced to return to Wuzhen, and I want to see if you want to fly in this quagmire."
"You're sick!"
Han Jianing got up and wanted to leave.
Gu Xiayang said unhurriedly: "Han Jianing, do you really think that there will be other people who can help your Han family?"
The tie-dye industry is not easy to do now, and your father is acting like this again, which is tantamount to telling everyone that tie-dye is not even a time-honored brand, and the Han family's tie-dye has a bad reputation in the industry this time.
Do you think you'll be saved when you come back?
Do you think that you have turned the full loss into a separate responsibility, which is your ability? ”
"Gu Xiayang, what do you mean!" Han Jianing was anxious.
"You can't get out of the goods with money, you haven't thought about why?"
Han Jianing's face quickly turned pale, and her heart was hit hard.
She bit her lip and took a deep breath and said, "Gu Xiayang, I know that your Gu family has not only made customizations, but also developed a production line to make cheongsam, how about I sell you the cloth at a low price this time?" ”
Gu Xiayang looked at Han Jianing, who he hadn't seen for many years, and said: "The Han family has come to this point, which has a lot to do with your willfulness back then.
Han Jianing, now the road of traditional skills is very narrow, if you don't plan well, you will face banning and extinction, and there are fewer and fewer young people who have learned tie-dye over the years. ”
"Everyone is each other, there are fewer people who have learned cheongsam over the years, it is estimated that you are the youngest inheritor in the entire industry."
Han Jianing sneered, she was not a person who was willing to suffer.
Gu Xiayang nodded noncommittally, his eyes were deep with a little smile, "You're right, it's true that talents have withered over the years, and there are very few young people who have entered the industry." ”
He looked at Han Jianing with a somewhat angry expression, and his eyes sank slightly, "Didn't you just drop the burden on your shoulders and run away halfway." ”
Han Jianing, she always felt that Gu Xiayang was a little-for-tat with her today.
"Everyone's choice is different, you are your inheritor, I am my anchor, life is only a few decades, of course, you have to live a meaningful life."
"Then why did you come back, just because Grandpa Han was sick? If you, Han Jianing, are so filial, why did you leave in the first place? ”
Gu Xiayang's eyes were unclear.
Han Jianing lowered his eyes, and raised a detached smile when he raised it again, "It's okay with you, since you don't want to help, don't waste everyone's time." ”
She politely said and got up to leave.
"Wait a minute!"