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Mrs. Qiao is the head of the wealthy Qiao family, so he shouldn't have such negative thoughts, let alone such an unspeakable sense of retreat. It seems to be a feeling of indifference to the world. It is owned by the hermit, Mr. Qiao who does not belong to the wise man in the business world, but all these are manifested in Mr. Qiao.

The quaint and deserted house, the aged old man, a kind of lonely atmosphere.

"Come, eat peanuts, and tell me something interesting." Mr. Qiao smiled kindly again: "I haven't been to Hangzhou for many years, is the water in Hangzhou West Lake still clear? At this time, is the lotus pod ready to eat? "

Xue Poye temporarily suppressed his disappointment, and said with a smile: "You only need to go to Hangzhou once, and you will understand everything. The lake is still so clear, and there are lotus flowers blooming on the lake."

"It's so beautiful!" Grandpa seemed to be recalling the scene of his trip to Hangzhou, and said with emotion: "Now that my legs and feet are bad, I can't walk far, so I can only drink at home and eat peanuts. Alas, it's not interesting. No fun!"

Xue Poye laughed and said: "Grandpa just plays games. There are so many servants. Playing games will quickly kill time."

Grandpa waved his hand and said, "Games? Those games are not interesting, if you don't play them, don't play them!"

Xue Poye rolled his eyes and said hurriedly: "Grandpa, can you play Beast Chess?"

"Beast Chess?" Grandpa said excitedly, as if Columbus had discovered the new continent: "What Beast Chess, come on, come on, tell me, this game sounds new." At this moment, he was like an old urchin , with a smile on his face.

Before Xue Poye could speak, Grandpa Qiao had already said: "Xiao Xue, I have to make things clear, this game is just a game, you can't put any conditions on the old man."

Xue Poye rubbed his nose and said, "Master likes it, I'll teach you how to do it, no conditions will be asked."

Actually, Beast Fighting Chess is the lowest level game in Xue Poye's era, a game played by children. Xue Poye himself is very impressed with this game, so he said it casually.

At that moment, Xue Poye ordered his servants to bring a smooth board, and drew a chessboard on it, and then ordered sixteen small chess pieces, and wrote words on them.

It might be difficult to find these things in other places, but Mr. Qiao usually likes games, so these things are readily available.

The sixteen chess pieces are divided into two sides, each with eight pieces, engraved with "elephant", "lion", "tiger", "leopard", "wolf", "kitten", "hound dog", "mouse" and so on. ", in accordance with nature's law of the jungle to eat like a biological chain.

Mrs. Qiao was quite excited. This "Beast Chess" was never heard of or seen before, and he just found it extremely novel. He circled around Xue Poye, occasionally picked up the chess piece to look at it, and asked a few questions modestly, laughing cheerfully. .

Xue Poye loved Mr. Qiao even more in his heart. Although this cooperation was not successful, Xue Poye admired Mr. Qiao's low-key and simple character in life. This old man is not as powerful as an ordinary rich man. blessing.

After finishing everything, Xue Poye explained the rules carefully to the old man. The old man listened very carefully, and he is an extremely smart and wise elder, so he quickly understood the way, although the first few rounds were very easy. Xue Poye snatched the lair, but after seven or eight rounds, the old man's strength increased greatly, Xue Poye was very difficult to deal with, and in the tenth round, the old man snatched the lair once.

Although this "Beast Fighting Chess" is simple, there are many changes in the middle. The eight animals help each other, and the chess pieces of the opponent are mutually restraining. It is very interesting to study it.

The old man and the young battled wits until noon, the sun was high, the old man was old after all, and his body couldn't bear it, so Xue Poye proposed to take a rest.

"Xiao Xue, if you don't dislike the weakness of Qiao's family, why don't you come to Suzhou and I'll take care of a few shops for you." The old man got up and moved his arms, and said leisurely: "I think you will do well in Suzhou .”

Xue Poye was startled for a moment, but realized instantly that this was a great compliment from the old man, so he hurriedly bowed to the end, and said sincerely: "This junior is very grateful for the compliment from the old man."

He knew that since the old man said this, he obviously had a good impression of him. Could it be that his favor with him was greatly increased because of this "Beast Fighting Chess"?Xue Poye believes the answer is no.

"Although I'm old and don't like too many fights, I like to see young people full of fighting spirit." The old man laughed, grabbed a few peanuts and stuffed them into his mouth, and said vaguely: "You little boy The restaurant owner who dares to challenge Fang Lu's family is quite courageous and self-confident, somewhat similar to the old man when he was young."

Compared with him when he was young, Grandpa was too flattering, Xue Poye suddenly felt a little panicked.

"Since you started from restaurants, the four restaurants in Xicheng will be handed over to you first, what do you think?" The old man sat on a chair and looked at Xue Poye with a smile. Behind his kind eyes, there seemed to be something hidden.

Xue Poye stood up straight, shook his head, and still respectfully said: "I'm afraid this junior will disappoint my grandfather."

The old man squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Could it be that you are not satisfied with the four restaurants? You must know that helping my Qiao's family can earn as much money as your two restaurants."

Xue Poye said sternly: "The younger generation is very clear about the grandpa's love, but if I let go of the Hangzhou matter, people will look down on me and think that I am afraid of the power of the Lu family and leave with my tail between my legs. If I don't allow myself to do this, since I have already competed with the Lu family, I will continue to do it regardless of success or failure, and I can only live up to the good intentions of my grandfather."

The old man laughed and said, "With your strength, can you fight them?"

Xue Poye smiled bitterly and said, "At least I won't back down." Thinking of being almost killed by Fang Xiaoquan's plot, a surge of anger rose in his heart, and he only felt that even if he couldn't accomplish anything in this life, he would definitely destroy Fang Lu. two.

"It's good to have a fighting spirit, but you must not be impulsive." The old man seemed to be warning, and he took a sip of his wine and said, "In that case, I hope you can become a genius in Hangzhou's business world."

The word "wizard" has a lot of meaning.

If you want to defeat the Lu family in Hangzhou, you can only be a "wizard". If Xue Poye can really defeat the Lu family, you can be regarded as a "wizard" in the business world.

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Although Mrs. Qiao invited Xue Poye to have dinner at Qiao Mansion very casually, Xue Poye still politely declined. Since the cooperation was not going well, he would always be very reserved at the dinner table and could not even find anything to talk about. It would be embarrassing to talk about games all the time.

Sitting in the carriage, Xue Poye frowned. Could it be that he really has to go to the Northwest to buy autumn clothes, which is a very troublesome thing.

Mrs. Qiao downplayed the cooperation between the two parties. Although the old man spoke with a smile, Xue Poye knew in his heart that since the old man said such a thing, there was almost no room for negotiation. According to him, he wanted to protect Qiao. It is absolutely impossible for his family's faith to violate his own principles because of his own business.

Mingxu folded his hands in his sleeves, looked at Xue Poye with a slight smile, and asked in a low voice: "Boss, what happened?"

Xue Poye also had no intention of bickering, nodded and sighed: "Actually, I should have thought earlier that the Qiao family has a big business, so how could it break the current superficial peace because of my business, but I always thought that the Qiao family was a big business family. , should have the mentality of expansion. Although it is not revealed on the surface, I always feel that they still want to expand their business to other places in the south of the Yangtze River. This is really a big miscalculation.”

"Could it be that this is the deal?" Ming Xu asked blankly.

"Forget it?" Xue Poye glanced at him contemptuously, and curled his lips: "There are so many places to make clothes in this world, at worst, go to the northwest to find the duck in your hand, and let him fly .”

Xue Poye is psychologically prepared for the difficulties of business, and he will never be discouraged by temporary setbacks, not to mention that there are still a few months before autumn, so there is always a solution.

When the carriage passed the small bridge, Ming Xu said thoughtfully: "Shopkeeper, I saw something today, I don't know if there will be a turnaround."

Xue Poye glanced at him, and wondered: "Something? Turning point? What thing? What turning point?"

Knowing the temper of the helmsman, Mingxu didn't dare to pretend, he lowered his voice and approached: "Carriage, I saw the carriage!"

Xue Poye frowned, Ming Xu's words were confused, what carriage?

Seeing that the rudder master seemed to be going crazy, Ming Xu hurriedly continued: "Do you still remember the tea shed when we came to Suzhou? The master gave us snacks?" Seemingly worried that Xue Poye would not understand, he added: " That blind man!"

Xue Poye understood, and said strangely: "You mean you saw his carriage? Where is it?"

"Qiao's mansion!" Ming Xu also seemed a little puzzled: "When the shopkeeper was talking to Mr. Qiao, I wandered outside and saw that carriage."

"You read that right?"

Mingxu said with absolute certainty: "No, there is absolutely no mistake. The carriage is exactly the same. Although the two horses are off their shafts, they are not far from the carriage, and the two white horses are still eating horse feed."

Xue Poye frowned and remained silent for a long time, before slowly saying: "It seems that blind... the young master is a child of the Qiao family!"