(19)
Under the Hongqiao, there were tens of thousands of people taking shelter from the rain. Because of a moment of impulsiveness, Zhao Xiaomei decided to let her companions go hungry to visit various families, so she had to find a wine shop to rest.
They asked the servants to prepare a table full of sumptuous meals, and brought a large, roaring stove to be placed near the dining table for warmth.
Compared with the other companions, the little girl seemed to have no appetite at all. She didn't use her chopsticks for a long time. She just put her hands on the table in a daze, lifted her chin listlessly, and looked at the window. It wasn't until the shower stopped that she spoke harshly to everyone present, saying: "Have you rested? There are still a few houses left. We have to prepare the carriage before sunset. Uncle coachman, go ahead and prepare the carriage...Hey, where are the thorns?" "
"Miss, Junior Brother Jing disappeared just now." Zi Chai put down the bowl and chopsticks in her hands, rinsed her mouth and prepared to set off.
At the same time, Yue Qingling, who was devouring his food, did not care about his appearance at all. Before he finished chewing the food in his mouth, he complained intermittently: "Miss Zhao, look at us, our clothes and hair are all wet. It's cold and Hungry, how can you just sit in the car like this and not care about anything else."
"Then you can stay here by yourselves!" Zhao Xiaomei frowned coldly and replied arrogantly: "It's not the first time that Zichai and I are the only ones traveling together. There is no need for the protection of juniors like you who don't know what to do. Zichai, let’s go!”
As soon as he finished speaking, He Ba Hongyi came over and said respectfully to his little sister: "I obey, Miss Zhao. I alone can protect the young lady's body of gold."
"Huh, okay, let me show you how capable you are." The younger sister said, and walked out of the wine shop hand in hand with Zi Chai, but after a moment, someone stopped her in her tracks on the way.
"Miss Zhao, please wait a moment!" Jingjia came over in clothes that had just been dried, with a strong smell of sweat and rain on his body. He said respectfully to Xiaomei Zhao: "Miss Zhao, Senior Brother Bai has ordered us to order you." Junior Sister Yue and I cannot be separated from you."
The younger sister said: "Hmph, how long will you rest here?"
"We'll be here right away!" After saying that, Jingji hurriedly returned to Yue Qingling, took off the dry coat on his body, handed it to the other party, and greeted him with concern: "Junior sister, please quickly find a place to change into this coat. Clothes - I just dried them by the bonfire in the center of the lobby."
"Ah?" Yue Qingling didn't understand what the other party meant at first, but she suddenly realized it after taking the clothes. She blushed, picked up the clothes in a random direction, and ran away. After running for a while, I still remember saying something in reply to Jingji: "Brother, you don't want to eat anymore?"
"I've eaten." Jingji replied, "Go and change your clothes quickly to avoid catching the cold. I can't bear it if Senior Brother Su Qing is blamed."
After a while, Yue Qingling walked back to everyone wearing the dark brown coat that belonged to Thorns. Although the fabric was inferior and the size was wrong, it was extremely warm.
Zichai looked at Yue Qingling with a smile and said, "Leave your wet clothes to my care, right?"
"Then, what should Senior Brother Jingji do?" Yue Qingling looked at Jingji with a slightly worried smile, and then quickly changed her attitude, fearing that others would know what she was thinking, and replied: "He...he only wears a single piece of clothing. , it’s too shameful to walk on the street!”
Jingji said: "Hahaha...Junior sister, we stick to the rules and act with integrity, why should we be disrespectful?"
Yue Qingling said: "Anyway, I don't want to walk with you." After saying that, she lowered her head and quietly walked a few steps away.
When everyone saw this, they all laughed.
Afterwards, along the way, Yue Qingling really never walked with Thorns again, but just followed him silently, with a shy smile appearing on the corner of his mouth from time to time. All this was seen by Zhao Xiaomei who was sitting on the carriage.
For this reason, the younger sister often secretly laments that she and Yue Qingling are obviously the same age, but it is difficult for them to enjoy the taste of this love. Although she knew very well that she would gradually get used to it in the days to come, she still couldn't suppress the longing in her heart.
All the negotiations that day went very smoothly. Even if she met someone who didn't want to do a profitless business, the little girl could understand him rationally and move him emotionally. In addition, Heba Hongyi kept helping others and always impressed them. Dear rich people.
Like a rainbow after a shower, the preparation work for the Six Diseases Center has been successfully completed. This makes people feel that hope is ahead, and they naturally have unlimited motivation in their hearts.
In the next less than two months, the younger sister contacted everyone, mobilized businessmen to contribute funds and homeless people to contribute, and selected a site to build the Six Disease Center near Yuyi Academy.
During this period, without He Ba Hongyi's full help, Zhao Xiaomei would never have been able to persuade those homeless thieves, at least that's what she thought in her heart.
The younger sister soon discovered that He Ba Hongyi had the ability to manage the world and was by no means an ordinary kid from a wealthy family. He could give the refugees a high-sounding assurance: "As long as you are willing to contribute to the construction of the Six Diseases Center, you will not only get a considerable salary, but when the Six Diseases Center is built in the future, you or your family will also be given priority to receive assistance."
If someone questions him, he can easily break down all kinds of verbal criticism.
He Ba Hongyi's ability to control people's hearts really frightens Zhao Xiaomei.
One time, Zhao Xiaomei suddenly became curious and asked Mr. Heba how he could encourage these people who were usually depressed and unmotivated to willingly carry stones and wood for Liuji Pavilion.
Unexpectedly, He Ba Hongyi was dismissive of his own merits and said: "It's just some trivial tricks that just happened to comply with the people's sentiments, and the matter was done."
Heba's humility is somewhat surprising, because as a native of Wuchuan Town, he sent a group of homeless thieves to complete the construction of the Liuji Pavilion in just one month; in less than two months, the construction of the Liuji Pavilion was completed. The progress is close to completion.
He does things brilliantly, but never asks for credit; he is ambitious, but he never forgets to be approachable. Zhao Xiaomei saw a familiar figure in this mysterious young master, "Are they similar?"
During these days, the younger sister was thinking almost every day, "Is Mr. Bai willing to keep him here because he saw his own reflection in He Ba Hongyi? Moreover, he specifically asked him to come to me..."
Before she could figure this out, it was already the eve of Zhao Kuo's coming-of-age banquet.
That night, everything seemed to be normal.
He Ba Hongyi came to Zhao Xiaomei's bookstore as usual to report on the situation of the Six Diseases Museum today. Ever since she knew that He Ba Hongyi was far more capable than herself, the younger sister gradually shifted the supervisory work to him, and she herself had to supervise him every day.
However, during this period, Yuyi Academy welcomed two uninvited guests.
"Master, Miss, you can't barge in!" Zi Chai's voice was firm and filled with fear, trembling as it came from outside the study room.
"I heard that our eldest brother is hiding in Yuyi Academy?"
"Haha, we two brothers and sisters are here to celebrate the birthday of the eldest son of the Zhao family. Why not come to visit our eldest brother?"
"She's just a little maidservant. Sister, don't be angry with her. Let's just stand here and wait for the master to come out to greet the guests!"
However, when they were young, Su Qing, Yue Qingling, and Tao Wuyong, two senior brothers and sisters who were staying in the academy, came out first. They looked at the two guests in front of them and told them that they looked strange.
It wasn't until Bai Feng, Murong Yan, and Ajuan appeared that both parties began to pay polite respects.
"Young Master Bai, long time no see, are you okay?" a man asked arrogantly.
Bai Feng retorted and said, "I have met Major General He Ba and I have met Miss He Ba."
The two people who were already in a state of confusion in the library finally lost their temper and walked out together.
"Brother!" He Basheng and He Ba Yu'er said in unison, rushing to hug He Ba Hongyi, their mouths full of long-lost words of admiration.
"Second brother, third sister, I..." Before He Ba Hongyi finished speaking, He Basheng said: "Brother, don't say anything! You and I haven't drank and eaten together for many years. Tonight, we Let’s go out and have a good time catching up on old times!”
"Brother, just come with us!" He Ba Yu'er just wanted to make peace. Several He Ba brothers and sisters left one after another. He Ba Hongyi even saluted Zhao Xiaomei one more time before leaving, saying: " Miss Zhao, please don’t blame my younger brothers and sisters, they are just in a difficult situation."
After He Ba Hongyi finished speaking, he immediately walked out with a sad face and did not return all night.
