The heart of the pretender is sincere

The cold war between big brothers and big sisters is finally over, and the Ming mansion has regained its former harmonious atmosphere, which makes both Lingxi and Ah Cheng heave a sigh of relief.Early this morning, Minglou came to the restaurant for breakfast. Ah Cheng handed him the latest newspaper. Minglou took the newspaper and read the headlines solemnly, "Chairman Wang's great cause of peace is the only one who won this war." magic weapon."

"Who wrote it, it's so boring!" Ah Cheng said, took a sip from the porridge bowl, and picked up another bun for Lingxi.

"This is called occupying public resources." Ling Xi echoed Ah Cheng.

"You don't know that I wrote it?" Minglou glanced at the two of them. It seemed that their relationship was developing very well, and they could sing and arrange him.Just as he was about to say a few more words, he was stopped by Ming Jing's killing eyes. He explained to the elder sister helplessly, "The editor-in-chief, Mr. Hu, came to ask me to write an editorial for their newspaper in person, and I couldn't refuse."

Mingjing continued to eat breakfast, ignoring Minglou.

"I don't do my job properly." With the eldest sister around, Ah Cheng was extra courageous.

"Brother Ah Cheng is right." Lingxi nodded seriously.

Minglou looked at the two of them, and then at Mingjing, "Sister, our children are getting more and more unruly, don't you care?"

Ming Jing raised his head, "I can't even control you, who else can I control." Fu continued to drink his porridge with his head down, showing a laissez-faire look.

"It's my fault again?" Minglou looked at the two younger ones smiling very happily, even though he had eaten the big sister's lead, he didn't say anything, just looked at Lingxi, "You seem to be very busy recently."

Lingxi frowned and sighed, "Yes, the press conference is coming and I have a lot of things to do recently!"

"The press conference? Is that the store you've been preparing for?" Minglou suddenly became curious. He had heard that this jewelry store had been in preparation for nearly a year, and he had seen the finished product looking pretty good.

Lingxi nodded. In the past two years, she first helped Mingjing translate some documents, and then slowly became her assistant to help with some matters of Ming's company. Her identity is actually similar to that of Ah Cheng. Minglou's side is working and living together, while she is more concerned about work, and Mingjing takes care of her more in life.

Ming's jewelry was originally an idea that Ding Jing had long ago. There are various mines in the Ming family's industry, but she has been busy and has no time to do this, and she also happened to see Lingxi drawing on paper. Knowing that Lingxi has talent in this area, he brought up this matter as a project and handed it over to Lingxi.

In the beginning, Lingxi was actually a little nervous. She was worried that she would not do well. Fortunately, Der Spiegel has always encouraged her to support her. Lingxi thought that she started kindergarten at the age of two, and graduated from college at the age of 20. She can be regarded as an intellectual. The boss She is not afraid of losing money, she is afraid of anything, so she really has to write plans, make plans, do research and then have Ming's Jewelry and Ming's Crystal.And she is going to do a press conference in the mode of a modern runway show. Since she has done it, she will make a gimmick. The main show model is the famous singer Chen Xuanyu, and the rest of the models are all singers and dancers from the big Shanghai ballroom. Afterwards, the venue of the press conference was also set at the Shanghai Ballroom, and everything was signed, leaving only the details and rehearsal.

"I will send invitations to Eldest Brother and Brother Acheng later, and there is also the itinerary of Eldest Brother. If Eldest Brother can't spare time to come to the rehearsal, he should ask Brother Acheng to help you find your seat."

In fact, Minglou didn't understand Lingxi's words very well, but he thought that since Ah Cheng could replace him, let the two young ones do it. Anyway, it's not a day or two for him to be the shopkeeper of the family business. "Okay, if you have anything to do, go directly to Ah Cheng."

"If you have anything to do, you can just come to me directly. I have also explained to the guards of the new government that I will not stop you from going in anymore." Ah Cheng put down the bowl, touched Ling Xi's head, He has become a little addicted to touching her hair recently. Lingxi's hair is not like the girls nowadays who like to perm all kinds of styles. Her hair grows naturally and has not been processed, and it feels very good.

"Brother Ah Cheng, your hands just after eating! Washing and drying hair in winter is troublesome." Lingxi jumped off the chair and glared at Ah Cheng. I don't know why Ah Cheng always likes to touch her hair. As a result, the frequency of her washing her hair skyrocketed.

"My hands are clean." Ah Cheng smiled and spread out his hands to show Lingxi, the knuckles looked long and clean.

"Hmph, you can't tell if you're not clean!" Lingxi stretched out her hand to hit Ah Cheng's palm, but she didn't want her hand to be caught by the quick-acting Ah Cheng. She slapped Ah Cheng again before letting go of her hand. She glared at Ah Cheng and stopped arguing with him, "Eldest sister, elder brother, I'm done eating, eat slowly and I'm going out."

"Okay, be careful on your way." Ming Jing smiled and watched Ling Xi leave.

"Big Brother, Big Sister, I've finished eating too, I'm going to prepare the car." Ah Cheng quickly finished the porridge in the bowl, put down the bowl, and went out quickly.

"These two children are so good, shouldn't they be engaged?" Ming Jing saw that Lingxi and Ah Cheng had gone out one after another in the yard and were able to fight a lot. The Ming family's fourth sibling, Zhong Mingtai, was still young Urgent, she herself was forced by the current situation and had no choice but to control Minglou as a person with her own ideas, with Wang Manchun in the middle, and in the end only Ah Cheng was left, and Ah Cheng was not young anymore.

"Engagement is actually not in a hurry. I reckon Lingxi is not Ah Cheng's girlfriend, otherwise Ah Cheng will definitely tell you and me about the relationship between the two. It is probably because the two like each other and haven't pierced the last window yet." Paper, although they have known each other for a long time and have corresponded for more than a year, but the two have actually been together for only a month." Ming Lou understands that the ambiguous period before falling in love is the most harmonious time in the relationship between men and women, he hopes that The relationship between Ah Cheng and Lingxi can go smoothly, and there is no need for them as parents to intervene too much.

"Then you can warn me, Ah Cheng, you can't mess around in chasing and chasing." Speaking of this, Ming Jing seems to be a parent who is worried that his cabbage will be raped by pigs, so he has to warn him first.

"Eldest sister, you don't know who Ah Cheng is." Minglou was at a loss for words for a moment, he was the patriarch of the man's mentality at the moment, and he didn't work hard, how could he trick other people's juicy cabbages into his hands?

Putting aside the matter of engagement for the time being, Ming Jing took out another letter and handed it to Ming Lou, lowering his voice, "Aunt Gui wrote a letter, saying that her life in the country is really difficult."

"She wants to go back to Ming's house?" Minglou took a look at the content of the letter, it was nothing more than writing about life's hardships, then put it away after a second glance. "Then what do you mean?"

"After all, Aunt Gui has worked in our Ming family for so many years. Look, can you help me persuade Ah Cheng." Ming Jing himself actually understands Ah Cheng's character, but he still has some fantasies. Persuasion, she must be partial to Ah Cheng, but Aunt Gui is Ah Cheng's adoptive mother after all, and she doesn't want Ah Cheng to be charged with unfilial piety.

"I don't think it's possible." Ming Lou waved his hand at Ming Jing, "It's not like you don't know Ah Cheng's temper. I don't think anyone can persuade him about this kind of thing."

Ming Jing thought about it and thought it was right, he couldn't affect Ah Cheng just because of Aunt Gui, and sighed, "Take it as if I didn't say it."

***

After dinner in the evening, Lingxi knocked on the door of Minglou's study with a stack of invitations, and Ah Cheng bought her a glass of warm water according to Lingxi's preference.

"These two are invitations to Big Brother and Brother Ah Cheng." Lingxi handed over two invitations. Her invitations were a little different from the current ones. They were made into a three-dimensional shape. The silhouette of a beautiful woman is tied in a bow-knot style with a pearl-encrusted ribbon, and the position is exactly on the waist of the beauty.It is not as valuable as those written with gold powder, but it is better than novelty and good-looking, which can catch people's attention at once.

"This invitation is very unique." Ah Cheng looked carefully at the invitation in his hand, and found that the bow would not return to its original shape if it was untied.Lingxi took Ah Cheng's invitation back again, tied the bow tie and returned it to him.

Minglou looked at the remaining invitations on the coffee table, and the thickness was estimated to be ten. He picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, "Then what?"

"There are still ten empty invitations here." Lingxi pushed the invitations in front of Minglou, "I want to ask my elder brother to help me send out these ten invitations, and the candidates are Japanese who my elder brother thinks is suitable for the theme of our press conference , Of course, if the eldest brother thinks it is inappropriate, he can not give it."

"You want to invite Japanese? Are you afraid of being molested by the elder sister?" Ah Cheng jumped up from the sofa at once, "Lingxi, you are so thin, you can't stand the whip from the elder sister."

In contrast, although Ming Lou was also surprised, sitting on the sofa as still as a mountain was much calmer than Ah Cheng.

"That's why I came to discuss with my elder brother." Lingxi grabbed Ah Cheng's hand and pressed him on the sofa to signal him to be calm, "I have a reason for doing this, so please listen to my reason , If the eldest brother thinks it is inappropriate, you can not implement it, but if the eldest brother also thinks it is appropriate, then you need the eldest brother to come forward to persuade the elder sister. I dare not tell the eldest sister about the Japanese, hehe..."

Minglou felt that the younger brothers and sisters in his family, one or two, were probably the reincarnation of debt collectors, and she and Mingtai were probably the only ones who dared to use Chief Ming as a gunman so blatantly, but Chief Ming wanted to hear what she wanted. Ask the Japanese why, "You talk first and listen."

"In the past two years before you returned to Shanghai, Wang Manchun often suspected that the eldest sister was a red capitalist. She wanted to check the accounts of the eldest sister several times, but she was strongly resisted by the elder sister. Then after you returned to China, Wang Manchun did not come to check again. It’s the big sister’s account, but last time when the old antique store in Suzhou was bombed, the Sakura was blown up. The two are too obvious. Although we have reasons to prevaricate, but I guess the big brother or the brother Ah Cheng were both killed by the Japanese. Someone asked about it."

"You guessed right." Minglou nodded.

"In the past two years, my eldest sister and I have cut all the accounts of Ming's enterprise, and all the relevant funds have been erased and flattened. Now whether it is Wang Manchun or the Japanese want to check, we are not afraid to check.

If the eldest sister wants to take off the hat of a red capitalist, the business must have something to do with the Japanese, but we are not immediately inviting the Japanese to invest in a joint venture or something. This press conference is just a signal. It means that since Chief Ming took office, I worked hard to get through the work of the family members, so that the family's business took the initiative to link up with the Japanese.One is to clear the suspicion of the big sister as a red capitalist, and the other is that the position of the big brother is too important, so that it can gain the trust of the Japanese. "

Minglou was a little moved when he heard it, "Then what's the plan after this?"

"Ming's jewelry has put a lot of effort into it. It is impossible for me to let the Japanese get involved. I plan to wait for the jewelry industry to stabilize and find an industry that is least likely to make money in Shanghai and invite the Japanese to invest and operate it. For example, opening a dance hall similar to Dashanghai or Paramount, or opening a cloth shop to compete with the Bai family. Anyway, I am young and have no vision. As for the Ming family, they have a lot of money and are not afraid of losing money. The eldest sister is famous for doting on her younger siblings. If the elder brother can't beat the elder sister, she can only mention one or two points and can't say anything more. Of course, this plan is just a prototype. If it is really going to It will involve all aspects, and I will come back to discuss specific plans with my elder brother and elder sister when the time comes."

Not to mention the future plan, this time Minglou agreed to invite the Japanese, but his character has always been to take one step and see three steps, so he would ask a few more questions, "Your idea is good, but have you thought about it?" However, this battle line will be stretched very long, what if the Japanese cannot drive away for many years? What if they see that the new project does not make money and ask you to invest in the account that made money?"

Lingxi smiled, the peach blossoms that smile like March are as bright as the bright moon and as bright as the clouds, "Brother, do you believe in foreknowledge? If I tell you that I come from the future and can know the general development direction of things in the future, do you believe it or not?"

Minglou was a little shaken by this smile, if the content of what she said was not too absurd, seeing her sincere face, he would have almost believed her, "I am a materialist, and I don't care about such weird things. I don't believe it at all."

"Then, brother Ah Cheng, do you believe it?" Lingxi looked at Ah Cheng again.

"I really want to believe you, but I think you must be dreaming." Ah Cheng looked at Lingxi, trying to see something from her expression, but what he saw was Lingxi's solemnity and firmness, It doesn't look like he's talking nonsense at all.

"Then it's just a dream. In my dream, the Japanese will be expelled and the country will become stronger without war." Lingxi said seriously, and saw that Minglou and Ah Cheng's expressions were too serious and wanted to ease it up Let the atmosphere change, "Brother, if you don't work hard to get a higher position and kill Zhou Fohai, no one will dare to covet Chief Ming's family fortune!"

Ah Cheng was so startled that he stretched out his hand to cover Lingxi's mouth, "Lingxi, you can just talk about it here, don't talk nonsense when you go out, or you will be in trouble."

Lingxi pulled away Ah Cheng's hand covering her mouth, her big eyes flickered and her face was cute, "Brother Ah Cheng, I'm just joking, I won't go out and talk nonsense, don't worry."

Minglou took off his glasses, closed his eyes and rubbed his temples. Sure enough, he still couldn't have too high expectations for the little girl. Now it seems that Lingxi and Mingtai are almost the same in virtue. No wonder the eldest sister likes it so much, "Go to the door and stand for me." Wait, don't sleep for less than two hours and reflect on yourself! Ah Cheng, watch her, and don't let her go before time!"

"Ah..." Lingxi instantly turned into a sad face.

"Ah what! Go to the door and stand there!"

"Brother, I was wrong. I won't talk nonsense in the future, and I don't want to be punished." Lingxi quickly realized that her words were too outrageous and tried to save her with an apology that was very knowledgeable about current affairs, "Brother..."

Minglou was unmoved, he put on his glasses and took the coat on the sofa and put on his upper body, "It doesn't matter if you lie to the eldest sister like a baby, it doesn't work with me! Get out, I don't want to see it in the study right now." You two."

Ah Cheng, who was implicated, expressed his determination, he has been implicated by Mingtai many times, and he doesn't care about this one more time.

"Brother Ah Cheng..." Seeing that the apology was useless, Lingxi turned to Ah Cheng again, looking at Ah Cheng with a pitiful look, his heart softened.

"Brother, forget it this time, Lingxi is still young, I will teach her well in the future." Ah Cheng tried to plead.

"If you beg again, you will accompany her to the penalty station!" Chief Ming remained unmoved.

"Brother..." Ah Cheng continued to plead.

"You and I go together, two hours and one minute less." Minglou opened the door of the study, seeing that there was no movement between the two, "What? Do you want me to personally take you two to the punishment station?"

Ah Cheng didn't dare to say anything more, so he pulled Lingxi to stand outside the door.

Minglou glanced at the two of them and saw that they were already standing. His eyes flew towards Ah Cheng, warning him not to be lazy, and then went to Mingjing's room on the second floor.

Lingxi looked at Ah Cheng who was standing upright beside her, and made sure that the elder brother could no longer see the two of them, so she quietly tugged on Ah Cheng's sleeve, "Brother Ah Cheng, elder brother agrees."

"That's right." Ah Cheng still knew Ming Lou very well, "I think it's bound to be bad luck for big brother to go."

"What's so bad about it? Is it true that elder sister will use family law against elder brother? Or..." Before he finished speaking, there was a sound of smashing a glass on the second floor, which startled Lingxi. The cups are made of high-quality Jingdezhen porcelain, and the sound is extraordinarily crisp when smashed.Lingxi shivered and looked at Ah Cheng, and found that Ah Cheng was also looking at her, and the two of them met each other with a tacit understanding, "So it's so scary, I've never seen the big sister throw a cup..."

"Then you haven't seen the eldest sister make a family move, it's much worse than throwing a cup." Ah Cheng said calmly.

"Then have you ever been molested by the eldest sister?"

"At home, if I want to take the passive family law, it is my eldest brother who will enforce it. If it is Mingtai, then I will usually implement it, and occasionally my eldest brother will implement it. The eldest sister is not willing to fight Mingtai, like elder brother He was punished by experts, it was definitely done by the eldest sister herself."

"Oh, that's it." Lingxi felt as if she had been inexplicably popularized with some useless knowledge.

Soon there was the sound of the door opening on the second floor, and Ming Jing walked out of the room solemnly and entered the small ancestral hall. After seeing his gaze, he straightened his body one after another, and then followed Ming Jing into the small ancestral hall.

I don't know what Mingjing and Minglou talked about in the small ancestral hall, but they both came out after about half an hour.Ming Jing still entered the room with a cold face, while Ming Lou came down from upstairs and sat on the sofa in the living room with one hand to read the newspaper, as if he didn't see anything unusual.

Lingxi tugged on Ah Cheng's sleeve again, thinking she asked in a very low voice, "Is this done or not?"

Ah Cheng shook his head to signal Lingxi to silence, I don't know, I can only open my mouth as wide as possible and let Lingxi watch the shape of the mouth.

Lingxi's eyes signaled Ah Cheng to ask Minglou about the result, but Ah Cheng could only shake his head, he didn't dare to touch his elder brother's bad luck at this time.

"You two are flirting and thinking that I can't see, stand up for me!" Minglou's voice was quiet and his speech was slow, but he was full of grandeur. He put down the newspaper in his hand and scanned the two with his eyes like a searchlight. Seeing that the two of them stood upright under his eyes, they continued to pick up the newspaper with one hand and read it as if nothing had happened.

Standing for two hours is actually nothing to Ah Cheng. They had stood for 24 hours in the military academy before, but Lingxi was more difficult. After standing for a while, his back hurts, his legs hurt, his neck hurts, and Minglou's The great master was still sitting on the sofa to supervise, and he couldn't even be lazy, so he had to accept his fate and continue to be punished to stand.

After finally getting through 2 hours, Lingxi was leaning against the wall and her whole body was not feeling well. She watched Minglou put down the newspaper as if she was about to go into the room to rest, hesitated for two seconds, and then asked cautiously.

"Brother, what did sister say?"

"I agree." Minglou sighed, "Okay, Ah Cheng, help her back to her room to rest."

Minglou thought, this is not the first time he has been punished by experts, this time the eldest sister's whip is still merciful, the little girl is more tired than him standing for two hours, so let Ah Cheng go Take care of her.

Ah Cheng helped Lingxi limped back to the room and sat down on the chair, and said earnestly, "Next time you dare to be so outspoken, it won't be as simple as being punished to stand, you know!"

"I know." The goal was achieved, even if he was punished to stand for two hours, Lingxi was still happy, and then excitedly pulled Ah Cheng to discuss, "Brother Ah Cheng, do you think that the elder brother was cheated by the eldest sister this time?" ?”

"Brother has been holding the newspaper with his right hand all the time, so he must be unable to move his left hand." Ah Cheng also laughed. "You're smiling so gloatingly, be careful, big brother will continue to punish you to stand after knowing about it."

"Brother Ah Cheng, you also laughed very happily. You are not allowed to say anything, or I will go to Big Brother to expose you."

"Okay, keep it a secret from each other!"

"Pull hook! Whoever says it is a puppy!"

"Okay, hook!"

"Brother Ah Cheng, I've always wanted to tell you that the way you rescued my eldest sister and me from No. 76 last time was so handsome, especially the last action of snatching the gun!"

"You little girl, why do you like to watch some fights and killings? I'm not usually handsome?"

"You are usually handsome, but you were especially handsome that day!"

"You, stop thinking about these messy things every day, go to bed early!"