royal family

On the way home, Yan Daichuan heard the driver talking about how his parents took Shao Yan's family to Mao's house today, and thought they would not come back for dinner at night. Subconsciously froze for a moment.

The Yan family's business is inexhaustible. After taking over the property from his father, Yan Daichuan has been working hard towards transformation.The brave and ruthless younger brothers are no longer useful. This is no longer the society that relied on fists to speak decades ago.It is not so easy to transform from a colorful background into a serious businessman. Fortunately, Yan's father is not a black-hearted person. He has not done any immoral business related to population drugs for so many years in the development of Yan's family. full of obstacles.

In his hand, he runs an entertainment company that launders assets. Yan Daichuan mainly focuses on buying land and investing, and has achieved a lot in these years. Even the entertainment company that originally planned to lose money is booming now. Hold out a lot of popular stars.The smooth work has taken up too much of his time, and his private life has long since disappeared.

Yan Daichuan could hardly remember how long it had been since he had a good meal at home.Neither of my parents knows how to cook, and the family of three has their own busy schedules, and sometimes they have to travel around the world.The family relationship was not very close at first, and Yan Daichuan was not as good as his two cousins, and his parents paid far less attention to him than ordinary people. As time passed, he lost the ability to go home every day. The pleasure of eating.

But there are exceptions to this situation these days.Just because Shao Yan had to cook almost every meal by himself after he came to Yan's house, Yan Daichuan noticed that he hardly touched other people's cooking, presumably the reason for doing it was because of his picky mouth.Shao Yan's pickiness is really a benefit to mankind, and Yan Daichuan, taking advantage of his face, has to add two extra bowls of food at home during this time, so it's no surprise at this time.As soon as he smelled the aroma of the house, Yan Daichuan's stomach, which hadn't had any income since noon, immediately began to swell.

Taking off his coat and scarf and handing it to the aunt who came up, Yan Daichuan walked towards the restaurant.The bright headlights in the house are all turned off, only the warm spotlights are left to radiate light, and the whole room is shrouded in a warm tone.

As a result, his tired spirit relaxed a lot. He only felt that the aroma he smelled was getting stronger and stronger. As soon as he turned the corner, he saw the whole family, including his two cousins, sitting around the dining table. Shao Yan was joining hands with the chef on duty today. Place a large tray on the table.

An iron rack was placed on the tray, and on it were grilled golden-yellow lamb legs and lamb chops.The mutton was probably just taken out of the oven, and the skin was still bubbling layer by layer due to the residual heat. The meat was brushed with thick sauce, and the whole cumin seeds could be seen evenly Sprinkle on top.The oil and water of the mutton are forced out from the skin, and the fine powder wrapped with sauces and condiments slowly drips from above, blooming one after another on the baking tray, which looks indescribably delicious and attractive.

"Wow!" Yan Xi applauded and cheered: "Roast lamb!!"

Yan Daichuan looked at Shao Yan, who was wearing heat-insulating gloves, a pair of sleeves, and an apron solemnly around his body.The apron probably belonged to the two chefs in the family. The light pink apron had a circle of lace sewn on the front pocket, which combined with his fair skin and small body actually gave him a gentle and virtuous taste.

Yan Daichuan looked directly at the other party, the warm light in the room made Shao Yan's face look transparent, so gentle that it was unreal.

The long-lost warmth at home softened his eyes, and the Yan family couple who found him home kept calling him to sit down.Shao Yan raised his head to look at Yan Daichuan when he heard everyone's greeting, raised his eyebrows when he met Yan Daichuan's gentle eyes looking straight at him, and then returned a shallow smile.Yan Daichuan was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but turn back to him. After the brief eye contact between the two, Yan Daichuan saw the other party's hands moving backwards to untie the knot of the apron.

He stood and watched for a while, and found that Shao Yan had been maintaining this movement, with a hint of impatience in his eyes, and subconsciously approached him: "Let me do it."

The apron seemed to be fastened, and Shao Yan couldn't open it for a while. When he saw Yan Daichuan approaching, he turned his back to him.Yan Daichuan was more than half a head taller than him, and when he lowered his head to unbutton him, he found that the part of Shao Yan's hair near his neck had grown a lot because it hadn't been trimmed for a long time.Shao Yan's hair is very light in color and soft in texture. When it just grew out, it clings to the skin like lanugo, which doesn't resemble his personality at all.Yan Daichuan couldn't help feeling a little amusing, and after untiing the apron, he touched the back of Shao Yan's neck.Shao Yan jumped like a cat whose fur has been trampled on, clutching his neck and turning his head to look at him with accusation and vigilance, Yan Daichuan's calm and calm all day finally couldn't hold on after meeting his surprised gaze up.

Shao Yan was baffled!He is hot!Is Yan Daichuan losing his mind?Or is the prudishness finally overwhelmed?Although he is clingy, he still has a keen sense of some vital parts. It's fine to touch his head or face. What's wrong with Yan Daichuan touching his neck?A numbness spread from the place where the back of the neck was touched, and Shao Yan's scalp exploded, and the soreness in his back persisted for a long time.Seeing that Yan Daichuan was still smiling and didn't seem to apologize at all, Shao Yan, who must retaliate, couldn't just let the other party go. He stretched out his hand to pinch Yan Daichuan's waist, but he didn't expect the other party to react extremely quickly to block his hand , Shao Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, took advantage of the situation and went up with his arms, held Yan Daichuan's arm, counted out a piece of meat through the suit material - and pinched it hard.

Yan Daichuan's pupils shrank rapidly, and his senses were immersed in that small area. The pain, sharper than being scalded by an iron, pierced his head all over his head like the pear blossom of the rainstorm when the mechanism was turned on.Until Shao Yan smiled at him and took off his apron and returned to his place, Yan Daichuan still stood there as if in a daze without moving.

Li Yuke teased him inexplicably: "Come to eat, what are you doing?"

Yan Daichuan was staggered by her, almost unable to hold back the painful expression on his face, Li Yuke looked at him strangely: "What's going on? Why does his face seem paler than before? Are you feeling unwell?"

After holding back for a long time, Yan Daichuan uttered two words from between his teeth: "It's okay."

His seat was next to Shao Yan, and when he passed by Shao Yan, his eyes were fixed on him, Shao Yan covered his neck and looked back at him vigilantly, and only let go of his hands after he sat down.The two people looked at each other, their eyes were full of swords and swords, Yan Daichuan stared for a while and felt that it was boring to be so childish.

But he just wanted to overwhelm Shao Yan.

The table was full of people waiting for the meal to be impatient, and finally waited until the chef who had cut the ribs removed the baking tray, and Yan Xi couldn't wait to grab the one that seemed to have the thickest meat.The ribs were still slightly hot, so he blew on them a few times before quickly biting off.The mutton meat around the bone is firm, and there is a fibrous membrane with a small amount of fat around the bone. After one bite, the fat gravy burst out and flowed down the corner of the mouth, making Yan Xi shiver.Boys already like the feeling of eating meat. The thick sauce is brushed on the lamb chops. The fragrance of the seasoning and the fishy smell of the lamb are perfectly combined. The taste is simply enjoyable.

Yan Daichuan was pinched, so he had no choice but to eat the lamb leg meat sliced ​​by the chef. The leg meat, which is slightly different from the ribs, tastes quite tender and smooth, and the skin under the sauce has been roasted until it is crispy. The meat inside is as juicy as it has been stewed for a long time.There is not much fat in the leg of lamb, and the meat is not firewood. Even if it is not served with rice, it will not feel greasy when eaten directly on a plate.

As he ate and ate, the complaints about Shao Yan's attack faded away, but he couldn't help but wonder why Shao Yan had such a big reaction to being touched on the neck just now.

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At S city airport, the roaring small airliner landed from the sky. After a short taxi, the hatch opened, and a group of shareholders of the Shaw Group was led out by the flight attendant.

This group of people lived a prosperous life, but because of their age concept and the business of the Shao family, there were not a few people who had never gone out to play. The completely different environment between City S and City A made many people unable to look away. Liao Hedong walked in the front and couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard a few old guys behind him praising how big cities are different. Lai: "According to this, we still entrust the blessing of that kid Shao Yan? You guys, I have long been sick of it. You stay in such a small place in City A all day long, guarding so many deposits and shares. What's the use? We've already stepped into the coffin with half of our legs, and if we don't enjoy ourselves at this age, one day we'll be buried in the ground, and all the money left behind will be squandered by those brats."

Everyone laughed, and after getting out of the airport, they got into the car that Yan's family came to pick them up. Some people couldn't help sighing when they saw the crowd outside the window, which was far more crowded than that in City A.

"If the old man had agreed to transform into a hotel earlier, the Shao family's business would have already opened here, right?"

About 15 years ago, Liao Dong submitted a plan to gradually transform the Shao family business from a simple restaurant to a luxury hotel operation, but Mr. Shao stubbornly believed that only food is the root of the Shao family, and he did not show mercy several times. refuted it back.Mr. Shao is a conservative person, and he doesn't have great ambitions. After taking over the business from his father, he was tired of the restaurant's reputation and reputation, and he hardly had more energy to plan other things.The amount of funds needed to transform the hotel is not a small amount. Once it fails, the entire group may even be dragged down and seriously injured.This matter was delayed again and again, and Liao Hedong wrote and planned again and again for more than ten years, but was ignored again and again, watching the group miss the golden time for hotel development.

It wasn't until Mr. Shao's old age, when his life came to an end, that the fog that had been shrouded in front of his eyes was pushed away by an invisible hand.None of his bloodlines inherited his outstanding culinary talent. If the restaurant is run by such a manager, sooner or later, the century-old reputation of the Shao family will be destroyed.He finally thought about it, but the opportunity was already waiting for no one.Those companies that started to develop hotels more than ten years ago have now expanded their scale one by one. The Shao Hotel, which just started at this time, is far from achieving the expected results. The preciousness of the project made them all regret that they stood on the sidelines at the beginning, but there is no medicine for regret in the world, and at this time, it is too late to say anything.

Liao Hedong chuckled: "It's not too late, but it's just a new struggle."

The shareholders are not as optimistic as he is: "It's hard to say, the current one... is no different from the old chairman."

Liao Hedong didn't answer, but he thought so deeply in his heart.Shao Yubo has never brought any substantive changes to the development of the group since he took the position of chairman. Like his father, he is kind and friendly, and fears change while grasping the existing resources.All kinds of mistakes from the restaurant to the hotel seemed to have disrupted his position. Shao Yubo was more sensitive than before, and could hardly listen to a word of criticism from the board of directors.Because of this, more and more shareholders have defected to Liao Hedong recently. Many people hope that Liao Dong's style of work can be tougher, at least not to be as soft and weak as Shao Yubo in the future decision-making of the hotel industry.

Liao Hedong was in a good mood when he heard someone say bad things about Shao's family, but after seeing the prosperity of S city along the way, he gradually felt unwilling.yes.He thought, if Mr. Shao hadn't been so wary of him back then, fearing him like a tiger, how could the Shao family be in such a dilemma now?

The car drove past the most prosperous river bank in S City. The congested traffic and the magnificent high-rise buildings made the little old men couldn't help but roll down the windows and look carefully. Asking voice: "Hey, young man. Do you know where Shao Yan's new store is located? Do you want to pass by our hotel?"

The driver looked back and saw that everyone in the car was looking at him with piercing eyes, so he smiled and pointed out the window: "It's a coincidence that you asked, it's just across the river from outside. Do you see the tallest building? The one on the mirror wall Well, the top floor is Mr. Shao's property."

Everyone looked over and saw that the tallest building facing the river on the other side of the river was magnificent. In a place like S city, you don't need to think too much about it.The driver in front saw them looking curiously, and because he didn't know the grievances of the Shao family, he explained with extra enthusiasm: "This is a landmark building in S city, and it is the most expensive place in S city. The storefront can't be bought with money." Yes, Mr. Shao and the others can run into each other, it can only be said that they are lucky, God will help again."

But the people in the back seat did not agree with him as he thought, the congested traffic ahead began to evacuate, and the driver stopped talking.He turned the steering wheel slowly, glanced back from the mirror in the car inadvertently, and was startled by the silent and oppressive atmosphere of the crowd.

He didn't dare to open his mouth. After sending everyone to the hotel where they were staying, he left his contact information and left.The group of people who were left at the entrance of the hotel looked at the direction the car was driving away in silence for a while, then turned their heads to look at the tall building that was getting closer to them.

The hotel is not far from that high-rise building. From an unobstructed perspective, standing in their position and looking up, the whole world becomes small against themselves.

Liaohe Dong felt a little bleak in his heart, he only felt that with the Shao Gange family who had risen rapidly in such a short period of time, every change in the Shao Group now seemed like the setting sun.A group of people stayed outside until the doorman came to inquire about the time, and then looked away with complicated emotions and followed the receptionist back to the hotel.

-

The driver of the Yan family sent Yan Daichuan, the parents of the Shao family, and the couple of the Yan family. Shao Yan wrote down the address next to the S city library where Professor Li had an appointment. Since he couldn't drive, he stuffed some money and went out.

I couldn't find a taxi all the way from home. Shao Yan Yungong ran for seven or eight minutes before finally catching one. After getting in the car, the driver smiled and chattered to him: "Young man, you are lucky. Taxis rarely come to this place, I just sent a person to the side, I thought the return trip would be empty, but I bumped into you again."

Is it really a suburb?Soliciting cars are not available.Shao Yan thought about the two or three kittens he saw when he ran out just now, sighed in his heart, and said nothing.

After getting off the bus, Shao Yan, who paid nearly 80 yuan for the fare, held the change and lamented for a while the high prices in S city. He deeply felt that it was not easy to survive now. When he got up to exercise, he saw Yan Daichuan who left the house before dawn to make a living. , feeling vaguely in my heart that I went too far yesterday by ruthlessly pinching him just because his neck was touched.

There was a large table of people sitting on the teahouse next to the library. Professor Li sipped the Pu'er in his cup and listened to the conversation with his colleagues. He glanced at the strangers in the room with different styles and felt a headache.

Exchange meeting Exchange meeting, as the name suggests, naturally cannot be something for a small number of people.Before the exchange meeting, colleagues in almost the same research direction will be gathered together to get acquainted with each other in advance. Except for a small number of people who have dealt with Professor Li in this room, it is the first time to meet other new faces.

In such a situation, the chances of meeting people who don't suit your appetite will naturally increase greatly.If not to say that the same rice feeds a variety of people, Professor Li is also very confused. Most of the cultural people he knows in City A who are interested in Chinese studies seem to be plain-tempered because of their study of ancient studies. Shao Yan, who has a rebellious personality and goes his own way.Professor Li originally thought that Shao Yan was a weirdo, but when he opened his eyes today, he immediately felt that Shao Yan's style of work could only be regarded as a maverick, at least he was still very polite and respectful of teachers.

With a flash of his eyes, he saw a familiar figure appearing downstairs, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

A professor who was sitting next to him, who was eloquently arguing with the people at the table, followed his gaze and landed on Shao Yan. Seeing Shao Yan folded the change and stuffed it into his pocket after getting off the taxi, his expression immediately changed. Two points of disdain: "Professor Li, is that young man your apprentice?"

Seeing Shao Yan turning around and walking in the opposite direction, Professor Li hurriedly took out his mobile phone to call him, and replied, "No, he is a member of our association. But he is indeed a student of our University A."

"He's too young." The other party laughed incredulously, "Why do you even want students? Although province A is a little smaller, it's not like this. In province P, there was a copy of Zhang Daqian who was on TV before. We have rejected young people who came to join us, so the staffing arrangements in the association should be more serious, right?"

The professors from province A have been not congenial to him all the time, and they smiled at each other when they heard the words, but the other party seemed to have a handle: "Although the association needs to recruit hard work, it shouldn't be so casual. Has this young man won any awards? What is the price of a calligraphy and painting now?"

After making the phone call and meeting Shao Yan's eyes, Professor Li was relieved. Hearing the other party's question, he replied with a smile: "He just joined our association not long ago, and he doesn't specialize in painting and calligraphy. He hasn't won an award yet." .But for Chinese studies, having hobbies is the most important thing. Whether you win awards or not is secondary."

"I don't agree with this!" Professor He, who had been chattering all the time, immediately retorted, "Chinese studies are originally a kind of research with high threshold and high investment. What we want is connotation and elegance. Anyone can enter anywhere? It’s not as unimportant as you said. When I didn’t win the Shenbo Award, the highest price for a piece of writing was only a few thousand yuan. After I won the Shenbo Achievement Award, the highest piece of writing was already sold at the auction. 7 yuan, without honor, you are at best a fan, not a real researcher of Chinese studies."

The Shenbo Award is the only award related to Chinese studies in China. It cannot be said to be authoritative, but it is considered a unique honor in the industry.Professor He is obviously very proud of this award, and he has mentioned it to almost everyone since he was seated.However, he does have two authentic chapters in his hand, and he can copy many works of ancient masters. Among them, Wang Xizhi's calligraphy has acquired a seven-point charm, and his qualifications are so high that he is among the best in the circle of Chinese studies.

Professor Li's gentle and self-cultivated personality is good, but he was not angry when he heard the words, and nodded to him with a smile: "Don't dare to call yourself a researcher, we are just interested in Chinese studies."

The other party snorted softly. Professor Li's answer did not make him feel the sense of accomplishment of showing off his knowledge.It just so happened that Shao Yan went upstairs at this time, saw Professor Li's seat from a distance, and walked over unhurriedly.

"Sorry." Shao Yan's voice was unhurried, like a clear stream when he appeared on the tea table where swords were on the verge of breaking out, "There was a traffic jam on the road, so I came late."

Even if the professors with faces on the table didn't know him, they still politely said hello. Although Shao Yan's age didn't seem like he should appear in this place, it's a bit inappropriate to discuss seniority at this kind of fellowship exchange meeting.Professor Li introduced the past to Shao Yan one by one. When it was the turn of the old professor who was confronting everyone at the table just now, he hesitated in his stomach and said: "This is Professor He Jinbohe from P province. Award-winning, talented and well respected."

Shao Yan doesn't know what the Shenbo Award is, so naturally he can't be called envious. Seeing the other party looking at him as if he is evaluating a product, the impression is naturally not very good.He just nodded and didn't even call him an honorific title.

"Your name is Shao Yan?" Professor He looked Shao Yan up and down, and was shocked by his appearance. He also saw that he was dressed in a certain class, and his attitude was two points more polite than when he was peeping from a distance just now, "S The city is congested all year round, especially the roads in the city center. But the members of your provincial association live in the hotel at the intersection, so you didn't stay with them?"

Shao Yan smiled: "I live at a friend's house."

"Oh! It's convenient to have friends locally. I also bought a property in City S. I don't know where your friend's house lives. Next time something like this happens, you can ask the organizer to pick you up directly."

Hearing the enthusiasm in the other party's words and the temptation in his eyes, Shao Yan felt very strange, of course it was impossible to agree, but he just declined: "No, my friend lives in the suburbs, which is far away, so I don't need to work."

Professor He's eyes turned cold when he heard the word "suburban", and he stopped talking after humming twice.Professor Li knew that there was something wrong with this person, so he pulled Shao Yan to sit beside him, poured him a cup of strong Pu'er, and said with a smile: "This teahouse is quite famous in S City, and all the teahouses used are the best. The tea leaves have become word-of-mouth.”

Although Shao Yan doesn't like drinking black tea very much, he has studied it. When he saw the bright and thick red soup color, he knew it was good tea. After taking a sip, he nodded and said: "Indeed, the soup tastes very mellow. Let alone ten years."

"Hey! It's so accurate!" An old man who loves tea on the table immediately regained his energy and said with great interest, "Kids also study tea? I have been drinking tea for more than 50 years, and I can tell that this is aged tea in one sip , you are the first one in this room to drink it in one sip like me."

Shao Yan seldom plays tricks on old and weak women and children. When the other party said this, he replied truthfully: "If you say that there is no research, I just drink a lot, and I can taste the difference."

Professor He suddenly interrupted: "The quality of this tea is not very good. If you want to say that the tea is the right way of green tea. After the black tea is fermented, the essence is evaporated, and it tastes stale. It is also full to study this. of."

The old man's face turned a little unhappy. Shao Yan could hear that the other party had his own part in the sarcasm, so he couldn't just scold him casually, and wrote lightly: "Professor He is not right, this cup of tea is indeed not good enough, but You said that all black teas are stale, but it’s because you haven’t had good tea. I once drank an old Pu-erh from my teacher’s collection. The basics are self-cultivation, if you insist on ranking high and low, not only will you lose your figure, but you will also be exhausted, why bother?"

Professor He was stunned for a moment, thinking that he didn't expect Shao Yan, who looked at the white and clean, to be so unforgiving. In one sentence, he said that he was poor and could not drink good tea, and that he had a small belly and no cultivation, and his lungs were about to explode. up.He held back for a while, but couldn't find any suitable words to refute, his face immediately flushed red and his eyes were sullen.

The people at the table were satirized by Professor He all morning, and they were all happy to see him slumped, and they all pretended not to hear Shao Yan criticizing Sang Huai and echoing——

"Oh, this sentence makes sense. Drinking tea and drinking tea is for self-cultivation."

"Black tea is also good for me. It has its own advantages and disadvantages with green tea. One is fresh and the other is rich and colorful. What do you compare it with?"

The old gentleman also regained his composure, and moved closer to Shao Yan's side and asked, "Little gentleman, do you really know someone who has hidden that kind of good tea? Can you recommend it for me? I have only heard of the best tea with red soup and light taste. If I could see it once in this life, I would die with no regrets."

Shao Yan felt a little embarrassed, the tea brick was a tribute from the old emperor, and soon after the young emperor ascended the throne, he was yelled to use it to boil tea eggs, and the taste of the tea eggs boiled in the end was really extraordinary.At that time, he didn't think much of it, but now that he met such an old man who loves tea like his life, he immediately felt that he was really reckless.I can only evade with a smile: "The old man I know used to have friendship with my grandfather. I haven't seen him for many years after my grandfather passed away. Next time if there is news, I will definitely contact you."

Seeing that he was isolated and helpless, Professor He was so angry that he sneered and said, "I have seen the sharp mouth of young people nowadays. You can only pay me back ten sentences if you say one sentence. On the contrary, the basic tutoring of respecting teachers is becoming more and more lacking. gone."

Shao Yan's face turned cold, he stared at Professor He for a moment, and said softly, "Say it again?"

Professor He had never been threatened like this before, and he repeated it in a fit of anger. When he met the deep coldness in Shao Yan's eyes, the hairs on his back suddenly stood on end.He opened his mouth, but didn't dare to repeat it, and finally sat down awkwardly.

Shao Yan originally wanted to wait for the other party to repeat it and pull him out to beat him up, but when he saw the other party being so rude, he immediately rolled his eyes and cut him lightly.

The people at the table continued to talk about the tasteless tea brick around him as if they hadn't heard it.