Volume 3: The Richest Man in the World Chapter 10: Successors
After Liu Quan left, that Kunqu opera act had already been finished, but the troupe leader did not dare to stop and started another one.
In the theater pavilion, Wu Chengjian breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhou Yijin touched his back and asked, "Are you sweating from fear?"
"A little bit." Wu Chengjian said, "A fish is about to give birth. I can't afford any accidents at this moment."
Zhou Yijin said: "If this matter can be resolved like this, then the Bodhisattva will bless us."
Wu Chengjian smiled and said, "Do you still believe in God?"
"It's just a casual remark." Zhou Yijin said, "Now it all depends on Qi Guan. If he is really willing to shake hands and make peace, then this Yuehai Bay should have a few years of good times."
"Yes." Wu Chengjian said, "In the past few years, I was young and hot-tempered, and I liked to fight with others, but after doing these two things in the past two years, I have exhausted all my courage. In the future... I really don't want to do this again. From now on, we should be honest and keep our heads down and be rich. The old saying is right, harmony brings wealth!"
Zhou Yijin sneered softly after hearing what he said.
"why are you laughing?"
Zhou Yijin said: "What do you mean by being honest and keeping your head down, or by being harmonious and making money? You are not that kind of person. If you are pushed into a corner next time, you will still jump over the wall!"
Wu Chengjian said: "Zhou Yijin, are you calling me a dog?"
Zhou Yijin smiled and said, "Yes, what do you think?"
"I will..." Wu Chengjian was helpless: "It's just a dog..."
The two of them joked for a while, and Wu Chengjian hadn't laughed so happily in a long time. However, after laughing for a while, he didn't know what he remembered, and his mood was overshadowed by some shadow, and his face looked a little unhappy again.
Zhou Yijin guessed what he was thinking. It wasn't that no one in the Wu family noticed that Wu Chengjian was troubled , but no one dared to mention it. However, Zhou Yijin had no taboos: "Why, are you still angry with your wife?"
"I'm not angry with anyone." Wu Chengjian turned his head away.
"I'm not angry with anyone, why did you turn your head away?" Zhou Yijin said, "Youyu chased Sanniang off the Huachahao and made her look very embarrassed. Although this was a bit excessive, it was indeed unfair to Sanniang. But she had no choice but to do that at the time. If she didn't do that, people would notice something wrong and it would arouse suspicion, right? Besides, she did that for your own good."
Wu Chengjian said angrily: "I know she is doing this for my own good, and I know she is not wrong. I am not angry with her!"
Zhou Yijin said, "If you're not angry with her, then why are you angry? You might as well be angry with me. I actually knew that it was going to happen, but I didn't stop it. This is all my fault."
Wu Chengjian said angrily: "Why should I blame you? You are the master, so it is your duty to come up with any plan."
Zhou Yijin asked, "Who are you venting your temper on?"
"I'll shoot it at myself, okay?"
Wu Chengjian said this and walked away.
Wu Xiaojiu waited on the side until Wu Chengjian and Wu Qi left, then he stuck out his tongue and walked into the pavilion, saying, "Master, what's wrong with Haoguan? Why are you so angry?"
Zhou Yijin said: "He is angry with himself."
"Angry at himself?"
"Yeah." Zhou Yijin said, "He felt that he had let someone down."
Wu Xiaojiu whispered, "The one from the charity cemetery?"
Zhou Yijin scratched his nose and said, "Little book boy, don't be too clever. It's not a good thing."
Wu Xiaojiu said: "Since Hao Guan feels sorry for Sanniang, then go and apologize to her."
"It's not very appropriate."
"What's wrong?"
Zhou Yijin shouted: "Don't be a kid and know so many things!"
The weather is getting colder, and there will be no snow in Guangzhou. But the wind from the north turns every drop of moisture in the Guangdong Bay area into ice-cold, penetrating into people's clothes and necks, making people feel cold from the inside out.
Bad days have come for the poor. They can endure hunger, but how can they endure the cold!
Rich families were better off, as they had already brought out their stoves and charcoal basins to light up the fire. But for the elderly and the sick, the cold weather was still unbearable.
On Xiguan Street, the side door of the Ye family was knocked open, and a male servant rushed in and said, "It's going to come back, it's going to come back."
In Cantonese, "yaosu le" means that the baby is about to be born.
When everyone in the Ye family heard the cry, they all knew that it meant that the third daughter of the Ye family, Ye Youyu, was about to give birth.
This is really a happy event.
Although this third young lady did not enjoy the treatment of a young lady of the Ye family for most of the past ten years when she was at home, within less than a year after her marriage, the status of her and her biological mother Aunt Xu in the Ye family rose sharply, so that to this day, the memories of many servants seem to have been modified, as if Miss Youyu has always been the most honorable third young lady of the Ye family since she was a child.
When the news reached the main house, Ma snorted coldly and went back to her room. She didn't want to get involved in this matter, but she also understood that she couldn't refuse it now.
Ye Dalin, however, was smiling and called out to Ye Duofu: "Prepare the sedan chair, prepare the sedan chair! I want to go see my good grandson as soon as possible!"
The sedan chair was brought over immediately, but the charcoal fire in the stove inside the sedan chair had not yet been lit.
Ye Dalin put on his mink coat and kicked over the charcoal basin: "Why are you still burning charcoal? It's only a few steps away, just carry it over!"
Ye Duofu and others quickly agreed, and urged the bearers to lift the sedan chair faster. The bearers also knew that this trip was to attend a wedding, so they all worked hard and carried Ye Dalin to the Wu family's old house.
It was only a short walk before they arrived. The Wu family's doorman had arrived early and had opened the door for Ye Dalin and was waiting for him. Ye Dalin was very happy and threw a handful of copper coins to the sedan chair bearers and the doorman. He strode towards the left courtyard. As he entered the courtyard, he heard the crying of a newborn baby.
At the same time, someone rushed out - it was Wu Qi who was going to tell Wu Guoying the good news. When he saw Ye Dalin, he was stunned for a moment and casually announced the good news: "My dear, great news, my third young mistress just gave birth to a big fat grandson, and both mother and child are safe."
Ye Dalin was overjoyed when he heard this and laughed loudly: "Good, good!" He casually rewarded Wu Qi with a gold ingot: "Go, tell Old Wu the good news. Haha, my Xingcheng Bank has a grandson, and your Yihe Bank also has a successor!"
Wu Qi thanked her and hurried to the backyard. He almost bumped into someone when he went out. He was shocked and retracted his foot: "Ah, the eldest young lady."
Wu Chengjun's condition had been very unstable in the past two days, and Cai Qiaozhu had been accompanying him day and night. One day, news came from the Left Courtyard that the midwife had gone there. Cai Qiaozhu knew that Ye Youyu was about to give birth, and seeing that Wu Chengjun's breathing had stabilized a little, she took time off and rushed to the Left Courtyard.
Unexpectedly, when he hurriedly walked to the gate, he heard Ye Dalin laughing inside the gate: "... I have a grandson in Xingcheng Bank, and your Yihe Bank also has a successor!"
Cai Qiaozhu suddenly felt a blockage in her heart, and her feet could not move. She almost fell down. Wu Liu and Bi Tao hurried to support her . Then she saw Wu Qi rushing out and almost bumping into her, and then she shouted, "Ah, the eldest young lady."
Cai Qiaozhu didn't know why, but her heart suddenly felt blocked for no reason. She heard Ye Dalin still laughing inside the courtyard gate, and suddenly she didn't want to go in anymore, so she turned around and left.
Wu Qi saw that the situation was awkward and didn't know what to do. Wu Liu followed Cai Qiaozhu back to the front and pointed in the direction of the backyard. Then Wu Qi ran to tell Wu Guoying the good news.
Cai Qiaozhu went all the way back to the right courtyard. Her chest felt stuffy as if it was stuffed with a ball of cotton, and the breath seemed to be sucked in and couldn't come out.
It's nothing that Ye Dalin rushed to see his grandson.
Even what Ye Dalin said was not wrong. Moreover, when people are in a happy situation, even if they say something wrong, they should not bring it up. As the eldest lady of the Wu family, she is kind-hearted enough to do so - but she still feels suffocated.
Bi Tao called out "young mistress", but she had no idea how to persuade her. How else could she persuade him? Should she curse Ye Dalin behind his back, or should she say a few words to help him out in a tactful way? The former would not help, and the latter would be distorted and useless, and would only make her more upset.
Wu Liu said, "Bi Tao, go and pour a cup of hot tea for the eldest young lady." Bi Tao went to pour the tea, and Wu Liu said, "Eldest young lady, although Ye Dalin is Hao Guan's father-in-law, others may not know what their relationship is like, but don't you know it? No matter what Ye Dalin says, the eldest young lady should ignore him."
After hearing this, Cai Qiaoqiao's annoyance was immediately relieved - yes, Haoguan and Ye Dalin have always been at odds with each other, and even Ye Youyu and Ye Dalin can hardly say how much father-daughter love they have. Why should she interfere with the relationship between uncle and sister-in-law for the sake of a distant person?
Bi Tao brought a cup of hot tea and approached, and saw Xia Qing walked in after lifting the curtain, and said with a happy face: "Madam, great news, the third young lady gave birth to a little master, and both mother and child are safe."
As soon as the child was born, the left courtyard sent people to report the good news. Wu Qi rushed to the backyard, and Xia Qing rushed to the left courtyard. As a girl, her pace was a little slow, but she arrived there soon after.
Although Cai Qiaozhu felt much smoother after breathing, the situation in the house was still a little awkward.
Xia Qing didn't know what happened, but she was very sensitive and could sense that something was wrong in the room. Just as she was wondering, Cai Qiaozhu smiled and said, "Good, good! Happy event! Bitao, quickly give me my..."
She had prepared many things in advance, and was about to ask Bi Tao to take them out when she heard Lian Qiao yelling from inside the room, "Young Master, Young Master!"
The faces of several people in the outer room changed at the same time. Cai Qiaozhu was even more frightened. She didn't even finish her words to Bitao and rushed in.
