Chapter 430

"He's different!"

Cao Mengyuan spoke again.

"Is the golden scale a thing in the pool? It turns into a dragon when it meets the wind and cloud. It is considered that Shen Dapeng is a golden scale. The family background is the wind and cloud. Without the wind and cloud, it is difficult for him to become a real dragon in the end. Can you understand?"

Cao Xinmin drank up the remaining half of the Baijiu on his back, and his eyes narrowed towards his daughter. "My daughter is a Jinfeng, not a dragon, but not worthy of it!"

"Does Huang Bin of the Huang family deserve it? I'm afraid he's not even a python, is he? If there is no Huang family, it is estimated that his life will be a problem. Do I really want to be engaged to such a person? "

Cao Mengyuan didn't want to embarrass her father or herself, but the Cao family agreed to the Huang family's request to get engaged as soon as possible without any discussion. She had an appointment with Shen Dapeng for four years, and she didn't want to break it.

"I'll discuss this matter with the elders of the family. Don't worry!"

Cao Xinmin seems a little lost, his career is not smooth, his daughter can't take care of everything, and his wife worries every day. Perhaps in the eyes of outsiders, he is the Deputy Secretary General of the provincial government and occupies a high position, but only he knows the bitterness and helplessness behind him.

"Daughter, do you believe him?"

Cao Xinmin spoke inexplicably.

"Believe it!"

Cao Mengyuan answered very simply and neatly without half hesitation.

Cao Xinmin stared at his daughter quietly for a long time. For a long time, he smiled happily for no reason, "OK, I know! Come and have dinner. Go back to Cao's house in a few days and report good news to your second grandpa! "

Cao Mengyuan and his mother looked at each other. I don't know why, but they were tacit understanding. They didn't speak again!

If you can, Cao Mengyuan would rather not see the second grandpa in her life, and Su Xin has no good impression of the current owner of the Cao family. After all, the old man proposed the marriage between her daughter and the Huang family.

Cao Xinmin's "second grandfather", named Cao Zhongxiao, is the current owner of the Cao family in the capital. He is in charge of most of the economic lifelines and political relations of the Cao family.

The name "second grandpa" came only after his daughter Cao Mengyuan and Huang Bin got married. In the past ten years or so, Cao Xinmin could only see it from afar.

In fact, Cao Xinmin's father and second uncle Cao Zhongxiao are just cousins. Starting from his grandfather's generation, their family is a collateral branch of the Cao family. If there are no major things, they can't even enter the house. What's more, Cao Xinmin, a younger generation, doesn't even have a chance to face it unless he marries Su Xin, the eldest miss of the Su family.

Now, with the marriage between Cao Mengyuan and Huang Bin of the Huang family, Cao Xinmin, who has not had too much contact with the family for many years, has attracted attention again.

In fact, why doesn't Cao Xinmin want to decide for his daughter's future? But there was nothing he could do in the open and secret struggles of all the people in the family. If he really wanted to blame his daughter, he blamed her for being too excellent and being envied.

In the capital, at the root of the old city, there is a simple and square quadrangle. At the entrance, there is a blue stone shadow wall carved with Qilin Ruixiang. Turn left to see the hanging flower gate, and then turn inward to be the inner house.

After entering the gate house, you can see the East and West Wing rooms on the side, the positive hall on the north, and private rooms and boudoirs inward.

This kind of courtyard with "Three Entrances" was placed in a courtyard that was extremely luxurious in the late Qing Dynasty, but now it is owned by the Cao family in the capital at the foot of the emperor. This kind of courtyard, which is due north and south, is no longer measurable by money. Owning it is a symbol of identity.

The stone road in the courtyard leads to the hall. Pomegranate trees and persimmon trees are planted on both sides of the stone road. The so-called "pomegranate tree in the ceiling fish tank, Mr. fat dog fat girl" is a portrayal of the life of many clerical families in the old days of the capital.

Now, the Cao family's position in the officialdom in the capital is worthy of this "deep and deep" three door courtyard.

The courtyard now belongs to Cao Zhongxiao, the owner of the Cao family. The old man is 79 years old. He can't even live with his son and daughter except for a few nannies and nursing workers who serve his daily life.

It's not that he is arrogant and indifferent, but he is old and very different from the living habits of future generations. If he wants to live a few more years, he still needs to be quiet and indifferent. However, obviously, today's Cao family is several times more lively than usual.

Before the inner hall and solid wood round table, Cao Zhongxiao was not too hot. He wore a blue robe coat rare in modern people. His temples were dyed white, his back straight and his back sat in the main seat, twists the goat beard at the chin, and looks at the two children and one daughter on the table with a smile, and his granddaughter, granddaughter and grandson, of course, Cao Xinmin, who sits at the door, has three mouths.

Cao Zhongxiao's two sons and one daughter, the eldest daughter Cao Yuyue, married the second son of Yanbei Zhangjia. She is the wife of Zhangjia business group. She is a full-time wife. She has a husband and children. She has a daughter named Zhang Xin.

Cao Xinguo, the eldest son, is several years older than Cao Xinmin. He has been the head of the municipality directly under the central government. A pair of children, his son Cao Qiu and his daughter Cao Wan, may be busy with their official career and raising a pair of children late is less than ten years old, which falls behind Cao Xinmin.

The youngest son, Cao Xinsheng, is also a year younger than Cao Xinmin, but he has no intention of a career and goes into business. He has only one son, Cao Zhang, who is three years older than Cao Mengyuan. The senior student in the third year of Shuimu university may be influenced by his father's dislike of a career and his dislike of intrigues. He is a bit of a gentleman.

"Today, we have some simple meals. Let's get together to celebrate for several promising children, especially yuaner. This college entrance examination has become the No. 1 scholar in Liberal Arts in Beijing, winning face for your father and honor for our Cao family. Good boy, continue to work hard!"

Cao Zhongxiao scalded a pot of thin wine at his desk. In this scorching summer, young people drink iced beer, but he also drinks hot warm wine, which can maintain his body.

"Second Grandpa, I won't let my family down!"

Cao Mengyuan's family did not include anyone present at all in her heart, but she had to smile calmly on her face.

"Yo, Mengyuan, I remember the last time I saw you, I didn't seem to have such a result. Why, how hard did you study in the last year? Are you tired for the false name of a top liberal arts scholar? Come on, have a bite of fish... "

Cousin Zhang Xin has a bit of hypocrisy on her face and a sour tone. Obviously, she is very dissatisfied with Cao Mengyuan who robbed her of the limelight. What's in Cao Mengyuan's bowl? It's just fish bones.

Originally, her seventh place in the Liberal Arts in the capital was enough for grandpa to reward. As a result, she didn't expect that Cao Mengyuan, who had always been inferior to her in academic performance, even got the first place in the exam. Naturally, she felt indignant and unfair, and felt that Cao Mengyuan was just lucky.