Reading: Beginning as the Dean of the Academy

Chapter 164 A Father and Three Sons
Although Xiang Dong is a dude, as a child of a big family, he knows one thing most clearly, that is, he should not offend people he can't afford to offend.

This point is something that these dudes all bear in mind.

There are often some videos of the second generation being arrogant and domineering on the Internet. In Xiang Dong’s view, they are not the second generation at all. of.

Now in this courtyard, my elder sister and other elite disciples of the big families are all staring at this young master of the Bai family. Although he doesn't know the origin of this young master of the Bai family, Xiang Dong knows that it must be him. Can't afford to offend.

After all, my sister still has these few people beside me, but she is different from me. In the circle of their age, they are divided into two types, one is a dude like myself, who only likes to eat, drink and play, and the other is with her own family. Like my sister, she belongs to the elite of the family and is also the future successor of the family.

"Hello, Young Master Bai."

"Ah."

However, the young master of the Bai family just nodded slightly in agreement, looking very cold.

Xiang Dong's heart suddenly jumped, what is the origin of this, such a big spectrum?
"Xiaodong, go entertain your friends."

Xiang Yan also didn't want her brother to stay in this yard too much, she knew her brother's character, and she was afraid that his brother would offend this Young Master Bai if he stayed here.

Her younger brother doesn't know the origin of Young Master Bai, but she knows that the Bai family in Jiangzhou is a mysterious thousand-year-old family.

Although their Xiang family is famous on the Forbes list, none of the truly rich and powerful people in the country is on this list, and the Jiangzhou Bai family is one of them.

Compared with the Bai family, the financial resources of the Xiang family are not worth mentioning at all, and the reason why the young master of the Bai family came to the old house to celebrate his grandfather's birthday is also because their Xiang family recently won a project abroad, which happened to be with The Bai family has some cooperation, and the Bai family only gave this face.

Xiang Dong didn't want to stay here either. His sister and the others were chatting about business development and cooperation, and he got a headache when he heard it. In contrast, he still likes those guys who are as dandy as himself, chatting about romantic things .

In the evening, almost all the guests were present. The ancestral house also had dozens of tables for banquets, and there were three tables in the hall, all of which belonged to distinguished guests.

At the main table, although the young master of the Bai family is not sitting at the main seat, he is second only to the old man of the Xiang family. This makes other people who don't know the identity of the young master of the Bai family all cast curious eyes.

You know, those who can sit at the main table are all of the same status as Mr. Xiang, and their average age is almost fifty. How can such a young face not confuse them.

The most important thing is that there is still a vacant seat beside this young man.

Who has such a big spectrum, this time hasn't come yet?

Soon, these guests knew who it was, because a young figure appeared at the door. Seeing this figure, Bai Hao stood up from his seat.

"Master Xiang, this is Chu Feng from the Chu family in Rongcheng. I told Young Master Chu about the old man's birthday, and Young Master Chu came here specially to celebrate his birthday."

When he heard about the Chu family in Rongcheng, Mr. Xiang's face was moved. If they were said to be the richest family in Rongcheng on the surface, then the Chu family was secretly the overlord.

The Chu family is very low-key. If the Xiang family didn't develop in Rongcheng, he wouldn't know the existence of the Chu family.

Mr. Xiang couldn't sit still any longer, and followed Bai Hao to greet him.

"It's my old man's honor that Young Master Chu can come."

When Mr. Xiang opened his mouth, Chu Feng's expression was flat, and he replied with a smile: "The Xiang family and my Chu family are both developing in Rongcheng. Of course, our Chu family also wants to congratulate Mr. Xiang on his birthday."

When Chu Feng said this, Mr. Xiang blushed. Although the two families were both in Rongcheng, their Xiang family couldn't even compare with the Chu family by a fraction.

"Brother Chu, please take a seat."

Bai Hao didn't dare to steal the show. To be honest, his father spent a lot of money this time to please the Chu family. This one is not like him. This one is a direct disciple of the Chu family.

"Yes, yes, please take a seat, Young Master Chu." Mr. Xiang also reacted immediately.

The guests at the scene were baffled. Since when there was a Chu family in Rongcheng, and it was only a junior, it was so exciting to be greeted by Mr. Xiang in person?
However, Mr. Xiang did not introduce Chu Feng to the guests, and soon it was the turn of the birthday party.

"Dad, I wish you good health and happiness like the East China Sea."

Before the banquet, the traditional rules of the Xiang family were to give the old man a birthday gift, and the first one to stand up was the eldest son of the old man, that is, Xiang Dong's father.

Emeralds, jade carvings, antiques...

Most of the gifts from the Xiang family are antiques. After all, the Xiang family is not an ordinary family, so they can't give red envelopes or give some health care products.

Mr. Xiang was smiling, and he just nodded and said nothing about the gifts from his children. However, when it was the turn of the third generation to give gifts, the smile on his face was obviously more cordial, and he would open his mouth to praise.

Intergenerational relatives are fully revealed.

The other guests on the side also complimented and flattered a few words, and the scene was full of joy.

Only Bai Hao always had a sneer on his face, and a look of disdain flashed in his eyes from time to time. These gifts are really good for ordinary families, but in their Bai family, they are all gifts that no one wants.

However, thinking of what his father told him when he came, Bai Hao could only suppress the disdain in his heart.

I am indeed a member of the Bai family, but my family belongs to the side branch of the Bai family, and is mainly responsible for making money for the family.

After all, people in the family also need to eat and drink, and even cultivators cannot sleep in the open.

The main family is all practitioners, so naturally they don't focus on making money. This matter is their turn, and with the support of the main family, their business is naturally smooth sailing.

However, the main family has encountered some troubles recently, and he doesn't know the specific troubles, but according to what his father said, the opportunity for these side branches has come.

The main family intends to select outstanding clansmen from the side branch to teach the method of cultivation. If he can be favored by the main family, his status in the family will rise in a straight line.

This cooperation with the Xiang family's overseas project is an opportunity. Once it is achieved, the main family will definitely look at his father differently, and then his father can recommend himself to the main family.

Thinking of this, Bai Hao suddenly said, "Master Xiang, today is your birthday. I came here to celebrate your birthday on behalf of our Jiangzhou Bai family. The elders of the family also prepared a birthday gift for the old man."

As soon as Bai Hao said this, the guests in the hall all had expressions of shock on their faces. Those who were able to sit in the hall more or less knew about the existence of some secret and powerful families that ordinary people in China did not know.

The Bai family in Jiangzhou is such a family.

The Xiang family has actually established a relationship with the Bai family. Wouldn't it be that they will go up to a higher level in the future?
Many guests have already begun to think about whether it is time to adjust their attitude towards the Xiang family, and some bosses who compete with the Xiang family are even thinking about whether to withdraw from the competition.

Mr. Xiang was also very happy when he heard Bai Hao's words. The Xiang family won an overseas mine, and the reason why the Bai family cooperated was because their Xiang family chose to only take [-]%, and the remaining [-]% belonged to the Bai family. The Xiang family is also responsible for the operation of the mine.

This [-]% benefit is not enough for operating expenses at all, and the Xiang family still has to contribute money to it every year, but in Mr. Xiang's opinion, it is totally worth it.

It is said that the rich are only three generations old, and their Xiang family is now the third generation. His purpose of doing this is to find a backer for the Xiang family.

The Bai family can stand for a thousand years, as long as the Xiang family clings to the Bai family, it can last for a thousand years, at least a hundred years.

As for the later things, the children and grandchildren have their own blessings, so he can't control it.

Bai Hao quickly took out the gift, but it was a long box. After opening it, he found a pair of words inside.

Shoubi Nanshan.

The handwriting is vigorous and powerful, and it can be seen that it is from everyone's hands.

"Master Xiang, this calligraphy was written by my elders."

Bai Hao explained with a smile, but he lied in his words. The words were indeed written by one of his elders, but it was also a branch of the Bai family. With his status, it was impossible for him to ask the head elders to write it. Mr. Xiang doesn't have this face.

Therefore, there was no inscription on this calligraphy. Mr. Xiang squinted his eyes to appreciate it, and laughed heartily at the next moment: "Good calligraphy, really good calligraphy, this is the best birthday gift I have ever received."

The ambiguity in Bai Hao's words was naturally noticed by Mr. Xiang. He didn't even sign it. Who knows who wrote the words, but he couldn't reveal it in front of the guests.

"Xiao Yan, put away the words, find a master to frame them, and hang them in Grandpa's study."

Xiang Yan put away the words and put them back into the box. Mr. Xiang waved his hands and said, "You don't need to show the birthday gifts of the rest of you one by one. Grandpa knows your wishes."

Bai Hao's gift made Mr. Xiang lose his mind to continue reading. Xiang Dong became anxious when he heard this.

He just waited for his grandfather to laugh heartily after seeing the birthday gift, so that his father would not think about freezing his pocket money.

"Grandpa, how can you not read it, I have prepared a surprise for you."

"You child, all right, grandpa, let's see what presents you have prepared."

For his grandson, Mr. Xiang naturally loves him very much, and Xiang Dong hurriedly asked his servants to bring up the gift he had prepared.

But when he saw the box that the servant was holding, Xiang Dong was stunned. The gift he prepared was not in this box.

Before Xiang Dong figured out what happened, the servant opened the box, revealing the rice paper rolled up inside.

"Damn it, Lao Mo took the wrong thing."

Looking at the rice paper, Xiang Dong knew that he had picked up the wrong gift. Wasn't this rice paper that disgusted Wang Nianzhi that he photographed online?
He was also to blame, he had been having so much fun these days, he didn't go back to the place where he lived, but came directly from the hotel to the old house, so Lao Mo took the gift for him.

At that time, he thought that there was only one box at home, and Lao Mo would definitely not admit his mistake, but he still took the wrong one.

Bai Hao looked at the rice paper he took out, his face turned cold, and he took out a picture of characters. This is a gift from the old man whose grandson must read it, and it is also a picture of words. Is this trying to slap him in the face?
Mr. Xiang also looked a little embarrassed, as for Xiang Dong, he was stared at by his parents.

"Grandpa, that..."

Xiang Dong was very anxious, but he didn't know what to say, he couldn't say that he got the wrong gift, wouldn't that be more embarrassing.

If he took the wrong gift, it doesn’t mean that he didn’t care about his grandfather’s birthday at all, so he could only bite the bullet and say: “Grandpa, this work was written by a friend of mine. The writing is also very good, and I specially asked for it to be given to grandpa."

The reason why Xiang Dong said that his friend wrote it was because he knew that the dean of Xinzhou Academy was a folk calligrapher, and he was definitely not well-known. It's revealed.

While he was explaining, the servant also opened the rice paper.

Goodness is like water, four big characters.

Full of energy.

Mr. Xiang's old eyes lit up, this word is better than that of Bai's family.

However, thinking of the status of the Bai family, Mr. Xiang could only say indifferently: "If there is no such calligraphy by Young Master Bai just now, the calligraphy would be pretty good, but the pearls and jades are in front, and now it looks a bit worse."

Bai Hao looked a little better when he heard Mr. Xiang's words, but Chu Feng, who had been silent from the beginning to the end, suddenly spoke at this time.

"Wait a minute."

Chu Feng prevented Xia Feng from putting away the calligraphy and painting, stood up and walked over, his eyes fell on the seal under the calligraphy and painting.

Earlier, he had already seen the words on the seal, but he didn't dare to confirm it 100%, so he came over.

After confirming that the seal was correct, Chu Feng's plan changed.

He was indeed invited by the Bai family, but it was not Bai Hao's invitation, but Bai Hao's father. There was no way, one of his cousins ​​married Bai Hao's father's younger brother. Facing his cousin's request, Finally gave this face.

Originally, he wanted to come to Xiang's house to sit for a while, to support Bai Hao before leaving, but after seeing this calligraphy and painting, he changed his mind.

He has heard about this person's deeds from the elders in the family, and he knows that the grievances between this person and the Bai family are on the same level.

Thinking of this, Chu Feng glanced at Bai Hao. A side branch like Bai Hao probably didn't know the inside story, but since this calligraphy and painting appeared here, the calculations of Bai Hao and his father were probably going to fail.

"Young Master Chu, is there any difference between these words?" Bai Hao asked suspiciously as he looked at Chu Feng's actions.

Chu Feng didn't answer, but walked towards Xiang Dong, and asked with a smile, "Are you familiar with Su Le?"

Although he didn't know the background of this young master Chu, Xiang Dong naturally didn't dare to be negligent if his old man greeted him personally and sat at the main table, so he could only bite the bullet and said at this time: "Well, he is a very close friend with me. "

"Hahaha."

After hearing this, Chu Feng laughed out loud, patted Xiang Dong's shoulder affectionately, and said, "I've also been fascinated by Su Le for a long time, since you and Su Le are friends, please introduce me to me when you have time." .”

As soon as Chu Feng said this, Xiang Dong didn't notice anything, but Mr. Xiang, Bai Hao and other business leaders present understood the subtext.

The identity of the person who wrote this picture is absolutely extraordinary.

Especially Mr. Xiang, that was even more exciting. The nobleman who can make the Chu family want to make friends, but he is good friends with his grandson. Their Xiang family is really going to prosper this time.

"Xiaodong, since Young Master Chu has spoken, you have to make arrangements for Young Master Chu."

Facing his grandfather's words, Xiang Dong quickly expressed that he knew it, but he felt bitter in his heart. He was just bragging and pretending. He knew this Dean Su, but in the eyes of Dean Su, he Just a lucky netizen.

Oh, no, not even lucky netizens.

At this moment, Xiang Dong finally understood why Wang Nianzhi was jumping up and down in the live broadcast room. Wang Nianzhi knew that Dean Su had an amazing identity, and he was trying to curry favor.

"I didn't read it carefully before, but now I have observed it carefully and found that this word is unusual, and it is very elegant."

Mr. Xiang also walked in front of the rice paper, but soon changed his mind. Although the guests were speechless, they all had to cooperate at this time.

"Yes, it's fortunate that Young Master Chu is here, otherwise we would have almost missed a pair of calligraphy."

Bai Hao also followed up with a smile, but Chu Feng was delighted to hear Bai Hao's words, and looked at Bai Hao meaningfully, this look made Bai Hao mutter in his heart.

There was such a turning point in a banquet, and the guests present were excited to see it, but fortunately, nothing happened next, but Chu Feng did not wait until the end, and left in the middle.

Rejecting Mr. Xiang's offer to see him off in person, Chu Feng just called Xiang Dong to see him off.

A few minutes later, Xiang Dongqiang walked back with a smile on his face, and Mr. Xiang was getting old, so naturally he couldn't last until the end of the banquet. After toasting the guests, he went to the backyard to rest.

"Grandpa, I'll help you to rest."

Seeing that his grandfather had left the table, Xiang Dong hurriedly followed him. He had no choice but to tell his grandfather the news as soon as possible, otherwise he would be beaten to death if his grandfather found out later.

"Xiaodong, what's the background of your friend named Su Le?"

"Grandpa, let me tell you the truth. I don't know him very well. It's just that he gave calligraphy and paintings to netizens live on the Internet. I happened to grab a copy."

Xiang Dong still dare not mention the truth that he spent 100 million to buy it from other netizens.

Mr. Xiang was stunned, but after all he had experienced a lot of wind and waves, he quickly calmed down and said, "If you don't know each other now, it doesn't mean you won't know each other in the future. We can make friends further."

"Grandpa, it's not a question of making friends or not. Just now, when I went out to see Young Master Chu off, Young Master Chu told me one thing. Su Le and the Bai family have a grievance, and it's an endless grievance. The reason why Bai Hao didn't know , because Bai Hao is not a direct descendant of the Bai family."

Snapped.

The crutch in Mr. Xiang's hand fell to the ground, and his lips were trembling.

"Bastard, you bastard, you are causing big trouble to the family."

Being able to have grievances with the head of the Bai family means that his strength background is not inferior to that of the Bai family. If his grandson is really a good friend with the other party, that's fine.

But the fact is that he doesn't know his grandson at all, and today's incident, Bai Hao will definitely report to the Bai family. This word cannot be concealed. Once the Bai family knows the truth, they can't be ashamed and blame the Xiang family on the head.

The Xiang family is about to face a catastrophe.

"Grandpa, you... are you okay?"

Seeing that his grandfather's situation was not right, Xiang Dong immediately wanted to call for someone, but was stopped by Mr. Xiang.

"Don't say anything, help me sit down first."

Outside the lounge, Xiang Yan stood at the door with a hesitant expression. Today is grandpa's birthday, and she wanted to take advantage of his good mood today to confess something to grandpa.

She had a boyfriend who was three years younger than her.

It's nothing, the main reason is that her little boyfriend's family background is ordinary, if she told her parents, they would definitely not agree, and grandpa started from scratch back then, so he should be more open-minded than his parents in this regard.

Thinking of this, Xiang Yan finally pushed the door open without hesitation and walked in.

Just as soon as she entered the door, she saw her grandfather sitting on the sofa panting heavily, while her younger brother stood beside him with a face of panic.

Brother made grandpa angry again?
Should not be ah.

"Grandpa, what's wrong?"

"What's the matter, ask what this little bastard has done."

Xiang Yan's eyes turned to Xiang Dong, Xiang Dong didn't dare to meet his sister's eyes, but he still told the story.

After hearing this, Xiang Yan felt dizzy, and for a moment he stopped talking about his boyfriend to his grandfather.

"Grandpa, while the Bai family doesn't understand the situation now, our family has to come up with an idea."

"Cough cough, Xiao Yan, you will inform your father and your uncle and aunt in a while, and ask them to come here to hold a family meeting after the banquet. As for you little bastard, I will give you a task to get that Bai Hao Get drunk, the more drunk the better."

Mr. Xiang knew very well, because the young master of the Chu family made such an appearance, then Bai Hao must have taken a high view of his grandson, and it was most appropriate for him to let his grandson drink.

Getting drunk can delay at least a day, and it will also give the Xiang family another day to find a solution.

"It's Grandpa, I promise he won't leave soberly."

Xiang Dong nodded fiercely, drinking is what he is best at.

……

Four hours later, Xiang Yan walked out of the lounge, with a worried look on her pretty face. Grandpa, parents, uncles and aunts had been discussing for more than an hour, but they still couldn't think of a solution. The Xiang family was doomed to be robbed .

Thinking of this, Xiang Yan picked up her phone, clicked on her little boyfriend's chat box, and sent a message.

"Li Xuan, we are not suitable, let's break up like this."

Xiang Yan didn't want to hurt her boyfriend, breaking up was the best choice. After sending this message, she blocked her boyfriend's WeChat and phone calls.

……

Ding dong ding dong.

In Xinzhou Academy, Su Le looked at his phone ringing, and glanced at the news, it came from a group called a father and three sons.

This is his college classmates.

"My sons, I was abandoned by the rich woman."

(End of this chapter)