Xiaosheng is not a nerd

Chapter 1677 Suzhou Storm 03

When the soldiers saw that Tan Tai He Qing didn't even glance at the small gift, they thought to themselves that this was something General Hu had bought with the money he had spent on selling all his belongings and borrowing a lot of money from his brothers.

  People seem to look down on you. Face is really a killer!

Hu Diquan didn't feel sorry at all, and happily handed the brocade box to Butler Kong.

"Diquan, let's go to the living room and talk."

"it is good."

Hu Diquan followed behind Tan Tai He Qing, and when he was about to step over the threshold, he paused for a moment, feeling quite emotional, and then strode over the threshold.

Tan Tai He Qing suddenly stopped and looked back, looking at a group of soldiers waiting outside the door. Hu Di Quan said quickly: "Miss, these are my brothers."

Tan Tai He Qing blamed Hu Di Quan: "Why didn't you say so earlier!"

Then he said to the soldiers, "Today is the day that Diquan returns home. Steward Kong, please prepare a banquet to entertain Diquan and his brothers."

The soldiers were respected and said in unison: "Thank you, Miss."

Hu Diquan said loudly: "You have to call me Madam, and I can call you Miss."

"Thank you ma'am."

Tan Tai He Qing smiled: "Di Quan, you think I'm old."

Hu Diquan hurriedly said: "No, absolutely not!"

In the hall, Hu Diquan had been a servant in the mansion for half his life. Today he was finally treated as a VIP. It was his turn to have others serve him tea and water. He felt so happy.

The two talked about the past, the past few years, and family matters.

After a while, Xia'er came in and whispered a few words in Tan Tai He Qing's ear. Tan Tai He Qing listened and glanced at Hu Di Quan lightly, which made Hu Di Quan feel uneasy, wondering what went wrong.

It was Xia'er who opened the brocade box and told Tan Tai He Qing what was inside.

Tan Tai He Qing said with a smile: "Di Quan, you kid, you said it was just a small gift, why did you give such an expensive thing?"

After hearing what Tan Tai He Qing said, Hu Di Quan felt relieved and said with a smile: "Miss, this is just a small gift for you."

"Since I have accepted the gift, there is absolutely no reason for me to return it. Well, I have to think about how to return the gift."

Hu Diquan hurriedly said, "Miss, no need."

"This is my rule. Are you going to break my rule?"

Hu Diquan smiled awkwardly: "I dare not." In a confrontation with Tan Tai Heqing, even ten Hu Diquans would not be his match.

"Well, Diquan, what do you need now?"

Upon hearing this, Hu Diquan couldn't help but glance at the beautiful Xia'er, making Xia'er blush.

Tan Tai He Qing said directly: "Xia Er can't do that."

Hu Diquan smiled and said, "Miss, Miss Xia'er naturally doesn't dare to have such wild dreams. Even though she is not young anymore and has made some achievements, she is still alone and has no family. She feels ashamed of her ancestors."

These straightforward words, interspersed with a few flowery remarks, were just like that hypocritical Xie Fu, and even Tan Tai He Qing laughed.

Hu Diquan blushed and said, "Miss, please don't laugh at me."

Tan Tai He Qing said with a smile: "I'm not making fun of you. You are a general now, your status is totally different. How can you still marry a maid? Let me take care of this matter and help you find a lady from a wealthy family."

  Hu Diquan immediately knelt down to express his gratitude: "Thank you, Miss, for your care." He thought to himself that this generous gift was not given in vain!

Tan Tai He Qing said coldly: "Get up! You are all generals, why do you kneel down at every turn, like a slave? How disgraceful! This is really embarrassing for me."

Hu Diquan stood up quickly: "Yes, yes, yes."

"You have become a general, you must have a family, otherwise which family would be willing to marry their daughter to you and accompany you through wind and rain? How about this, I will give you a house first, as for what else you need, wait until you move in, and then Butler Kong will arrange it for you."

Hu Diquan screamed, he was shocked by this move. Even if he became a general, this would be something he would never be able to achieve after struggling for his entire life.

Tantai Heqing smiled: "How?"

"Miss, you are truly my second parent."

"Pah, pah, pah, I can't give birth to a child like you..."

Halfway through his words, his face turned red and he couldn't say anything.

However, Butler Kong followed Tan Tai He Qing's instructions and mobilized the entire mansion to hold a banquet to entertain Hu Diquan's brothers.

After all, there are more than a hundred people. If there are eight people at each table, we need to prepare more than ten or twenty tables. It is not an easy task to prepare a banquet for so many people without advance preparation.

Fortunately, Butler Kong has been with Tan Tai He Qing for so many years and has been influenced by Tan Tai He Qing's decisive style of doing things. When there are not enough chefs in the mansion, he can just go to the nearby tavern and bring the chefs back to the mansion. Money is not a problem.

If there is not enough meat and vegetables in the mansion, just go to the nearby tavern to get them. Money is not a problem.

After struggling for most of an hour, I finally finished what Tan Tai He Qing had asked me to do.

Seeing the banquet go smoothly and the lively scene, Butler Kong breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from his head, and thought to himself, No, I have to find a chance to remind the young lady, I'm old, and I can't torture my old bones like this anymore.

This is Xia'er, and Butler Kong hurriedly greeted her: "Xia'er, what else does the young lady want to say?"

Xia Er pointed behind her and said, "Butler Kong, look."

When Butler Kong looked over, he saw more than a dozen maids standing behind him, divided into two teams and lined up in a row. Each of them held a plan in their hands, and the table was covered with a red cloth. He immediately understood that this was for food and money.

The young lady is never stingy. She will spend the money that should be spent beautifully and perfectly, and will not waste the money that should not be spent.

In the young lady's words, money should be like water. It should flow to be active money and full of vitality.

Money is water, water is human feelings, and vice versa.

It’s good to follow General Hu. I was treated to a banquet at Lu’s house yesterday, and there was another one today.

They were eating happily when they saw Butler Kong and Xia'er coming in with a group of pretty maids. These rough guys were almost drooling at the sight of them, especially Xia'er, who was so beautiful and gentle, and was no less gentle than the ladies of wealthy families.

But they also knew that it was not their turn to have such a beauty. Earlier at the gate, even General Hu had to speak politely and in a pinched voice.

But these dozen or so maids, could they be rewards for them? They had heard a long time ago that some powerful people would give away beautiful women at will.

Thinking of this, everyone was itching to try, so much so that they completely ignored the plans that each of the maids was holding.

Some maids saw the cunning looks of these men and couldn't help but whisper to Xia'er, "Sister Xia'er, look at these men, they all look like they want to eat people."

Xia Er sneered: "Mr. said that this is the nature of men. You can't marry a man who is not lustful."

"Really? Sir, did you really say that?"

"Sir, he said so."

"Then I think the young master is not a lecher. Why did the young lady marry him?"

"Who told you that the young master is not lustful?"

After all, Xia'er was Tan Tai He Qing's personal maid, and she occasionally heard about the affairs between Xie Fu and his wife. Every time, the young lady cried miserably, and then kicked the young master off the bed in the middle of the night.

If you are not lustful, you can force the lady to kick her husband off the bed.

"Zhu'er, you are stupid. Didn't you see that every time the young master came back, the young lady's face was full of rosy glow and her complexion was rosy." Xia'er interrupted: "Okay, you are not allowed to talk about the young lady and the young master behind their backs."

Butler Kong said loudly: "Everyone here."

The soldiers responded one after another: "Butler Kong."

"You are a guest when you come here, and you are a guest when you enter the mansion. On the occasion of my young master's full moon, my young lady would like to ask for a blessing from you all."

"Of course, of course." Someone immediately agreed.

Butler Kong signaled the maid to untie the red cloth. On the plan were brocade bags, which were bulging and seemed to contain something.

"There are 128 lucky bags here, and only one has the word 'lucky' in it. If you say something auspicious to my young master, you can choose a lucky bag from them. If you choose the lucky bag, you will win a prize.

As Butler Kong spoke, he raised his hand and pointed. The last plan turned out to be a golden Buddha.

Everyone exclaimed in amazement. Having seen this glittering scene, they immediately started talking about it. They even forgot to eat and drink, hoping that they would be lucky enough to draw the lucky word and get this windfall.

One soldier stood up and said loudly: "No matter who draws this lucky word, others will be unhappy. Remember what General Hu said to us, we share happiness and difficulties together, so I propose that no matter who draws this lucky word, the golden Buddha will be decided by General Hu!"

"Good good."

This suggestion is absolutely great. No one will be jealous of each other and destroy unity.

The soldier said to Butler Kong, "Butler Kong, how about I show them how to behave first? They are all rough guys, so as not to make a fool of themselves."

Butler Kong smiled and said, "Of course."

The soldier pondered for a while, then said in a literary manner: "It is a great pleasure to have a son. He will surely be a great man in the future!"

Before Butler Kong could give his approval, someone below shouted anxiously, "Liu Lieutenant General, we didn't hear what you said clearly."

"Lieutenant General Liu, please don't say anything too difficult. We can't even learn it."

It is too flowery and I cannot even repeat it in person.

Deputy General Liu was a little embarrassed for a moment. His words were too earthy and difficult to be elegant. If he spoke elegantly, these rough people would not be able to follow him. So he said, "Don't worry. If you can't speak, I will be responsible for guiding you."

Butler Kong asked Lieutenant General Liu to pick one. Lieutenant General Liu picked one at random and opened the brocade bag. There was no "auspicious" word on it, but there was a shiny ingot of silver.

Deputy General Liu held the silver in his hand and asked, "Butler Kong, what is this?"

Butler Kong said with a smile: "This is the rule of our Tantai Mansion. If there is no treasure, it is not a treasure bag. Please accept it."

As each brocade bag contained at least one ingot of silver, the soldiers also knew that Miss Tan Tai, the governor's wife, was finding ways to give silver to everyone. They felt that Miss Tan Tai was very generous.

As expected, the word "Ji" appeared, and we all got this golden Buddha...

As soon as Butler Kong walked out of the hall, a servant came to report: "Butler Kong, General Zhang is here."

Perhaps he was too busy to think clearly, butler Kong asked, "Which General Zhang?"

"General Zhang Shiyi."

Butler Kong said, "Oh!" This General Zhang was an old acquaintance of his. When the young master was at home, he often visited the Tantai Mansion.

Although the young master was no longer at home, he often came to visit the young lady and treated her as his mistress.

The young lady also promised personally that if he had any difficulties, he could come to her at any time and she would do her best to help, and there was no need to wait for the young master to come back.

"Since you are General Zhang Shiyi, please come in."

"Okay, then please ask Butler Kong to inform the young lady."

Butler Kong said, "Wait a moment."

He turned to Xia'er and said, "Xia'er, go inform the young lady. I will go to receive General Zhang."

In the hall, Tan Tai He Qing said with a smile: "Di Quan, let's have a meal together."

Hu Diquan's heart trembled. Eating at the same table with a young lady was something he had never dared to think about.

Then I thought, how could I be so stupid? How could I eat at the same table with a lady? The lady was trying to send me away.

So he stood up and said with an apologetic smile, "No, I'll take all the land back first."

Tan Tai He Qing felt amused. You dare not think when you can think, but you fantasize when you can't. He said with a slightly resentful tone: "Your brother is still eating, but you, who are going home, are leaving first. This doesn't make sense."

Hu Diquan's head lit up: "Then...then I will go with my brothers."

Tan Tai He Qing laughed: "Di Quan, if Fu was at home, how would he entertain you?"

Hu Diquan laughed shamelessly and said, "My relationship with you is like that of brothers. You are a man of loyalty and righteousness, and never look down on others. You will naturally have a good drink with me."

"That's it. He's not at home, so naturally it's my job as your wife to entertain you. If he knew I neglected you, he would definitely blame me."

Hu Diquan was moved and excited, and asked carefully: "Miss, is it okay?"

Tan Tai He Qing glanced at him lightly, with a hint of coldness hidden in his eyes.

Hu Diquan was shocked and explained: "I mean whether someone will gossip about it."

Tan Tai He said calmly, "I have taken over Tan Tai Mansion since I was fifteen years old. I have been running around in the business world alone for so many years..."

As he spoke, he pointed his hand towards Hu Diquan: "You are not the first man to eat with me at the dinner table."

He took a sip of tea and said nonchalantly, "Di Quan, I'm just afraid you'll gossip."

Hu Diquan stood up suddenly: "How dare I? I swear to heaven that I am loyal to you, young master, and to you, young lady..."

Tan Tai He Qing raised his hand to interrupt: "Enough, enough..."

At this time, Xia'er walked into the hall and whispered a few words in Tan Tai He Qing's ear.

Hu Diquan saw Tan Tai He Qing smile and nod, so he asked, "Miss, what happened?"

Tan Tai He Qing smiled and said, "Di Quan, I'd like to introduce someone to you."

"Who?"

"General Zhang Shiyi, the commander of Changzhou."

When Hu Diquan heard this, he blew his beard and glared: "So it was this bastard!"

Tan Tai He Qing asked doubtfully, "Di Quan, what happened?"

Hu Diquan said gloomily: "Miss, I have a conflict with this bastard and don't want to meet him. I will go to have dinner with my brothers now."

Hu Diquan was not afraid of meeting Zhang Shiyi, but he did not want to meet Zhang Shiyi when Tan Tai Heqing was around, so as not to make Tan Tai Heqing uncomfortable.

Tan Tai He Qing shouted, "Wait!"