When the tea master leaves, the tea drinkers should also leave.
However, except for Qin Yitian who left early, no one left the tea room.
Qin Dongyang held the teacup and said with a smile, "This tea is drinkable, which proves that Yitian has put a lot of effort in these years. I also advised her that as a girl, why waste her time on these trivial things all day? Girls of her age should study, go shopping and fall in love. It's time to have fun for a few years. Youth is gone forever. When she reaches our age, if she goes to study and fall in love again, won't she be laughed at? Yitian is stubborn and she just won't listen."
Qin Yunlan glanced at Qin Lingnan standing next to him, and said in an unhappy tone: "Although Yitian is a girl, she is an extraordinary talent of our Qin family. What's wrong with a girl doing these things? Why can't she catch the eyes of some people? It's not that we won't give you a chance. Doesn't the Qin family also have a venture capital fund? As long as you have a project and as long as you have creativity, everyone has the opportunity to prove their ability. Always jealous of others' achievements, but unwilling to work hard, trying to hold others back and drag those who are ahead to the same level as themselves, such people are despicable. If everyone thinks and acts like this, is the Qin family still the Qin family? Can the Qin family still achieve what it has today? It would have been swallowed up by others a long time ago."
Perhaps because they were both women, Qin Yunlan was particularly fond of her granddaughter Qin Yitian. She said in a shrill voice, "I'm going to say something ugly today - I have no control over fair competition, and I don't care. On the contrary, I am happy to see it happen. However, if someone wants to harm our Yitian and uses some unspeakable means, I will definitely not let him off if I know about it -"
The other people lowered their heads and drank tea, with no intention of standing up to take sides.
They all knew that this involved a power struggle between the eldest and second sons, and was actually a struggle over whether to give the Qin family's economic power to a man or a woman.
Some people support taking back the power and handing it over to the outstanding second generation. After all, it is not the same thing to let a woman of another surname control the economic power of the Qin family.
Some people support Qin Shouweng's lineage, but now Qin Dongyang's lineage has clearly gained the upper hand, and it is not convenient for them to support it at this time-------
Everyone was thinking about their own things and no one spoke anymore. You could hear a pin drop in the tea room.
After a long while, Qin Shouweng put down the teacup in his hand and praised, "Yitian is a very good tea-maker. It looks pleasing to the eye and tastes delicious. It's just that Dongyang is too stingy. Yitian's granddaughter only made a cup of tea for us and then hurriedly sent us away. Otherwise, I would like to drink a few more cups. However, our children are far inferior to Yitian in tea ceremony skills."
Qin Shouweng's words were already a veiled way of admitting his mistake and defeat to Qin Dongyang.
Qin Dongyang smiled gently, looked at his elder brother and said, "Everyone has his own specialty. He is good at writing Qinqiang calligraphy and is proficient in music. Even his fiancée is a great pianist. Yitian can't compare to him in this respect."
Qin Shouweng waved his hands with a smile and said, "I've discovered that there is nothing in this world that Qin Yitian can't do - as long as she is willing to learn."
Everyone burst into laughter.
Qin Shouweng stood up and said, "I'm tired, let's all go. Who will do the weeding tomorrow? Qinqiang has nothing to do tomorrow, so let him do it. He's too young, let him exercise more."
"It's Qin Hongying." Qin Xifeng said, "Hongying likes to sleep in. If she knew someone was helping her weed, she would be so happy."
Qinqiang walked over and said to the old man who was talking: "Third Grandpa, please tell Sister Hongying that I will help her weed early tomorrow morning so that she can have a good rest----"
"That's right." Qin Xifeng looked at Qinqiang thoughtfully and said, "A man should be open-minded. The more open-minded he is, the bigger his heart will be. With a big heart, the world he sees will be broader, and only in this way can he achieve extraordinary great things----"
Qinqiang bowed deeply and said, "Thank you for your teachings, Third Grandfather. I know I was wrong."
Qin Xifeng grinned and pointed at Qinqiang and said, "This kid is quite cunning. He is quite proactive in admitting his mistakes-----"
Everyone laughed again and the tea party ended.
Qin Shouweng returned to his room, and his son Qin Lingnan and grandson Qin Qiang followed him in.
Qin Shouweng sat on the chair, and Qin Qiang hurriedly poured tea and got snacks for his grandfather.
Qin Shouweng took the teacup handed over by Qin Qiang, but did not take a sip. Instead, he looked at Qin Qiang and said, "Do you know why I didn't scold you just now?"
"Because grandpa was trying to protect my self-esteem." Qinqiang said with a guilty look on his face.
"Bullshit." Qin Shouweng squeezed out a very rude word from the corner of his mouth. "Protect your self-esteem? What self-esteem do you have that is worth my protection? I just feel too embarrassed to stand up and speak out -----Isn't it embarrassing? Qinqiang, are you embarrassed?"
"------" Qinqiang blushed, feeling so embarrassed that he couldn't speak after being mocked by his grandfather.
"I know that you men want to fight for power and grab a piece of the pie. Fight, grab, I am happy, I am happy----A real man, if he doesn't hold power and play with women, what kind of man is he? It's not just me, the others don't have any ideas in their hearts? Why does our Qin family's industry need a woman of another surname to control it? Are the men in our Qin family shit? There is no man in our Qin family who can stand up to the table?"
"But, can you not be so shabby in what you did? Can you not be so-----what's the word? Yes, loser. Do you know how loser your behavior is? You use a woman's reputation to make a point. No matter whether it is true or false, you have already lost. You have lost everything, even your underwear-----"
"How can others support you if you do such a thing? Who would dare to stand up and say that what you did makes sense? We are all old guys of such an age. Do we have to point at a teenage girl and say that you are a mistress and you have no shame? If we follow you and get involved in such things, wouldn't that be disrespectful to the elderly?"
"Grandpa, I know I was wrong-----" Qin Qiang wanted to find a hole to crawl into. "But we didn't let that thing out-----"
"No matter who released them, it doesn't matter-----" Qin Shouweng said angrily: "Some people cast hooks to fish just to see who is the stupid fish-----but my son and my grandson became the two stupidest fish. Thinking of this, my old face is burning with pain. It's not because of their laughter, but because of the beatings from you two-----"
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Qin Lingnan stood by and felt ashamed. Although his father had not scolded him by name, most of the accusations fell on his son. However, he was so old, but he followed his son to do such a thing - it was really stupid.
Qin Shouweng talked for a long time, finally raised his teacup and took a big sip of fragrant tea, waved his hand and said: "Go, both of you go back. It's late, take a good rest, Qinqiang get up early tomorrow, remember to clean the grass in the garden for me - I should also punish you a little so that you will remember this forever. Sometimes, the more fragrant the bait, the bigger the trap -"
Qin Qiang nodded and said, "Grandpa, I will remember what happened today."
Qin Lingnan also said: "Dad, you should go to bed early-----"
"Go back," the old man said, waving his hand.
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When Qin Yitian returned to his room, the light was on and an elegant and charming woman in a purple nightgown was sitting in front of the floor-to-ceiling window reading a book.
That was the book Qin Yitian was reading, the title of which was "The Little Prince". She had read it several times before, just because she liked the story in it, so she would review it when she had nothing to do.
Qin Yitian walked up to the woman and sat down, then asked with a smile, "How many times is this?"
"The fourth time," said the woman.
"I've read it for the fifth time." Qin Yitian said proudly. "But I didn't finish it the fifth time. I was too busy recently."
The woman closed the book in her hands, looked at her daughter and said, "Have you finished your tea?"
"I've finished drinking." Qin Yitian nodded, took The Little Prince from his mother, took a bookmark and placed it where his mother had just read, and said, "The ending was already predetermined, and it's just a formality."
The woman nodded and said, "You win, and Qinqiang doesn't lose either."
"I know." Qin Yitian nodded and said, "After the incident at the Junling Club and the rulings of the elders tonight, my brothers and sisters at home must hate me even more, right? After all, I'm a woman. Women should take care of their husbands and children and have more children. Why should they manage the family business? You've done everything a man should do. What do you want them to do?"
"Do you know why I hold on to the power in my hands?" asked the woman.
"I don't know." Qin Yitian shook his head. "You never told me either - but I know you're not a power-hungry person."
"The more they want it, the more I won't give it to them," the woman said. "I just want to tell them that they can't do it and they can't beat me."
Qin Yitian was stunned for a moment, then giggled and said, "I like this reason."
The woman reached out and stroked her daughter's silky hair, sighed softly and said, "But, releasing such news will eventually damage your reputation-----"
Qin Yitian smiled and said, "If you don't let it out, someone else will. It's like a bomb. If we detonate it ourselves, the initiative is still in our hands. If we let them detonate it, it's hard to say what the result will be. Besides, even my mother helps me snatch a man, so how can I not win?" (To be continued)