Chapter 188 Accidental blind date
Gao Chong looked back in surprise and saw that Gao Gongtai's wife was also a noble Pan family, and Gao Shize's wife, the noble Fu family, had arrived.
"I didn't seem to say I took my family when I was treating you?" Gao Chong was a little puzzled, but he hurriedly called Liu Ruyi over and asked her to accompany the guests to rest upstairs.
Pan and Fu are real ladies of the family. They almost never go out of the door and just keep taking care of their husbands and children at home. Although the top scholar building has a son or husband, they have never been here.
When he entered the Fugui Hall, he felt gorgeous and impressed. Pan advocated diligence and thrift, so he didn't like it. However, Fu was young after all, and he was a little surprised to see it.
Gao Gongtai arrived, but Gao Chong was not willing to sit in the chair casually, standing next to him, waiting quietly.
Soon, Cao Ping, the head of the Cao family, and the eldest son Cao Sheng, arrived. Although the Cao family had competition, they both lost and prospered. Everyone had extraordinary relationships. Gao Chong treated her to her, so of course she could not forget them.
As soon as Cao Ping came, Gao Gongtai and Gao Chong came forward. In the past few years, the Cao family had the upper hand in the competition. Now Gao Chong has emerged, but he has moved back to some disadvantages.
"Brother Cao!" "Gong Tai!" The two of them bowed their fists, and Gao Chong and Cao Sheng and others had a better relationship. Is the Zhuangyuan Building or the three of them? Although Gao Shize, Cao Sheng and Gao Chong just nodded and smiled, they felt very warm in their hearts.
"Shize, take Mr. Cao, and Gao Chong and I are waiting here."
"Yes! Please, uncle!" Gao Shize quickly bowed in front to lead the way, and led Cao Ping and Cao Sheng upstairs.
Gao Chong and the others waited for a short time, and Niu Bao took Xie Cong and Gao Chao to arrive. Gao Chong and Xie Cong and Gao Chao worked together for several months. They were very familiar with each other and were very polite when they met. This time Gao Chong invited them in person.
Gao Chong settled everyone down. As soon as he got off, there was a sound of horse hooves outside and a carriage stopped at the door of the Zhuangyuan Building. Although the Song Dynasty lacked horses, it was not impossible for even a senior official like Ouyang Xun to sit down.
After lifting the curtain of the carriage, an old man in his forties came down. He was Ouyang Xun, the right chief of the Shangshu. He followed a scholar and jumped out from behind. Although Gao Chong didn't know him, he could probably guess that this should be Ouyang Xun's son Ouyang Gui.
As Ouyang Gui got out of the car, two more people got out of the back. First, a stunning teenage woman, she turned around and helped a middle-aged woman down.
Gao Gongtai strode forward at the sight: "Ouyang Xianggong has been in trouble and is far away to welcome him, and he will atone for his sins."
Ouyang Xun bowed and said, "General is so polite. We are here in a hurry, bothering, disturbing."
After they finished speaking politely, Gao Chong came up to meet him. Ouyang Xun admired him very much, but helped him up with his own hands. Then Ouyang Xun introduced the people behind him. The old lady was Ouyang Xun's first wife Huang, the young man was Ouyang Gui, and the young woman was Ouyang Xun's youngest daughter Ouyang Luan.
Ouyang Luan is only 14 years old this year. It is said that her mother was pregnant by dreaming of Cai Luan. When she was born, she shone in the house. Some people say that this girl is so precious in the future. She will be smart and gentle when she grows up. She is the flesh of Ouyang and his wife, and the treasure in their palms.
Ouyang Cailuan is calm and loves reading on weekdays. She doesn't go out much every day. She even reads and writes at home. She is obsessed with it. When a person uses all his energy to do something, how can he not do it well? Even Ouyang Xun, like everyone else, praises his daughter's literary talent.
The name of the little lady of the Ouyang family has been spread throughout Kaifeng Prefecture. It is said that many people went to propose marriage, but Ouyang Luan was pushed by her with literary talent than herself. Even if there were some pretentious people who wanted to give it a try, they felt ashamed of themselves and ran away in panic.
Gradually, no one went to Ouyang's house to propose marriage again, which also made the old lady Huang a little anxious.
Today, Gao Gongtai’s wife Pan heard that Gao Chong was going to host a banquet for Ouyang Xun, and she thought of this little lady. So she mentioned to her husband that she intended to satisfy Gao Chong and Ouyang Luan. Gao Gongtai agreed very much, so she asked someone to talk about this with Ouyang Xun.
Ouyang Xun admired Gao Chong very much, and immediately discussed with his first wife after hearing this. Huang is not an ordinary woman. Panhu Huang is the largest family in the local area and a real scholarly family. The children are not well-read in poetry and books. After hearing her husband's words, Huang also felt that things were great, so he led to this meeting today.
However, they all came, but they were hiding the two parties involved, Gao Chong and Ouyang Luan. As the boss, Gao Chong quickly went to see the other party. Seeing that Gao Chong was a heroic man, Huang was kind and thoughtful and had a proper answer, she agreed with him.
"Brother Ouyang, now everyone has arrived, so let's not block the way below. Please come to the door!"
"Please!" Gao Gongtai and Ouyang Xun left first. Ouyang Gui quickly stepped forward to support his mother: "Mom, slow down, I will support you." As he said that, he held his mother silently and blocked his sister behind.
Ouyang Luan was stunned. At this time, Gao Chong, who was standing beside him, stood up straight. His eyes suddenly met. Ouyang Luan had never had such a close contact with a strange man, and her heart almost jumped out.
"Miss Ouyang, please!" Gao Chong smiled and made another gesture of invitation.
Ouyang Luan's face suddenly turned into a big red cloth, her head buried in her chest like an ostrich, and she chased after her like she was escaping.
He knew that something was wrong in his busy schedule, and he kicked the threshold with a whimper and rushed forward with a whimper.
"Bang!" A hard and powerful hand grabbed her arm, finally preventing her from falling down.
"Swish." Gao Chong quickly pulled his hand back and said, "Please be careful, little lady, the steps here are a bit high, please be careful."
When Ouyang Luan heard the excuse for herself, she said like a flies and mosquito, "Thank you!" and then walked quickly.
Gao Chong thought this little lady was really interesting, as shy as an ostrich? However, her bookish aura was like a spring breeze, making people feel relieved. Thinking of him, he shook his head slightly and followed him up to the third floor.
The Fugui Hall is the largest private room in the Zhuangyuan Building, with two large tables in it. Men such as Ouyang Xun and Gao Gongtai sat on a table; women such as Pan and Huang sat on a table.
Soon the food and drinks came up, and everyone started to drink happily. Because Gao Chong was the boss, everyone's topic naturally fell on him and they were discussing the plan.
Gao Chong was polite. He said nothing vaguely. Some water conservancy matters were pushed to Xie Cong and Gao Chao, allowing them to show their faces in front of their boss.
Xie Cong and Gao Chao were very grateful and seized the opportunity to explain the water conservancy plan. At the same time, they pointed out that Gaozhi County, Linlu County, worked hard to accompany them to visit the whole county, and finally formulated this plan.
Ouyang Xun nodded frequently. Gao Chong was so experienced and a rare talent, but he was too sharp and too revealing, and offended all the powerful ministers in the court. I am afraid that it will not be smooth sailing in the future!
As the master, Gao Chong tried his best to take care of everything. While discussing the plan with everyone here, he also took advantage of the gap to see the reality and help greet the ladies on the other side.
Although he didn't say much, he made everyone feel his enthusiasm and everyone was satisfied with him.
"Gao Chong! Sit down here." There were not many people at their table. Pan pointed to the empty seat beside him and said. Since it was a blind date, I would like to say a few words to let everyone understand!
Gao Chong scratched his head, but he still obediently sat down next to him. Ouyang Luan was opposite him.
Gao Chong was really funny when he saw the little lady opposite him. She lowered her head and asked and answered, looking very restrained.
Why is there such a shy little lady in the world?
"Madam Ouyang, let's have a bowl of almond soup! Either I'm talking big or even when the Emperor comes, I have to drink several bowls every time." Gao Chong, the owner, quickly served it to everyone and served it.
"Gao Chong, is this top scholar's obedience yours?"
Huang's first impression of Gao Chong was OK, but at this time he also frowned slightly. Now they are ladies from a family, Ya is unwilling to deal with businessmen. To put it bluntly, they look down on businessmen!
"Yes! I made it together with Gao Shize and Cao Sheng." Gao Chong also pulled Gao Shize and Cao Sheng out with no loyalty and said, "Actually, there is nothing. As the saying goes, merchants are responsible for the circulation of goods throughout the world. If it weren't for them, everyone would not have enjoyed the food from all over the country.
Our Linlu County is a mountainous area, and no one goes there. I am going to plant fruit trees and raise livestock on the mountain, and I just need them to transport them out for me. Without them, the fruits will be broken and rotten, and the livestock will be worthless. The people will not get benefits and will still be famine every year."
Huang's words caused him a lot of policy measures, which no one expected. Huang was also a scholar. When she heard Gao Chong open his eyes for the businessman, she frowned slightly, but she felt that what he said made some sense and did not refute.
Pan saw that Huang was a little unhappy and was afraid that the marriage would be ruined so he quickly said, "Gao Chong, you still have to study more in the future. You are the dragon among the poems you personally named by the official family, so don't let down the official family's good wishes."
Gao Chong smiled and said, "What my aunt taught me is that I am busy with official business this time, so I am really lazy. Thank you for your reminder."
The title of Dragon in this word is quite close to Huang's temper, which made her face look a little better. She said to Gao Chong: "Yes! You are already the lord of a county at a young age, and you shoulder the hope of a county. This way of education must be observed."
Chapter completed!