Chapter 237

Tong Huaiyu stood up, came to the window, looked at the ten or so men and women outside, listened to their high-minded talk, tilted his head, and drank the red wine in the glass in one gulp.

"My family is not yet prepared to be completely opposed to the Cheng family. Now the one in charge of Jiangzhou is Cheng Dadan, so it's not easy for me to do anything else."

"Since we can't intervene in Jiangzhou, then we'll do it outside Jiangzhou." The young man snorted coldly and took a puff of his cigar, "Isn't he selling liquor? Whatever Jiang Xiaobai, Jiangzhou Yugong, tell the brothers, and it will disappear in half of China immediately."

Tong Huaiyu didn't speak, looking blankly outside, not knowing what he was thinking.

The young man asked: "What are you thinking about? How is my proposal?"

Tong Huaiyu shook his head: "If we do this, it's equivalent to declaring war on the entire Cheng system."

"For a bumpkin, a broken winery, will the Cheng family drag their allies and ignore their interests to have a war with us?" The young man smiled and shook his head, "How is that possible."

Tong Huaiyu said: "Cheng Dadan is the leader of the third generation of the Cheng family, and the Jiangzhou Winery is the experimental field he created. If it's done well, he will rise to the top, and the Cheng family will definitely escort the winery. No matter what we do against the winery, it will be seen by the Cheng family as suppressing Cheng Dadan."

The young man said somewhat unwillingly; "Could it be that it's just let go like this?"

"Slap!"

The wine glass in his hand was crushed by Tong Huaiyu, and sharp glass fragments cut his fingers, with bright red blood dripping down.

Tong Huaiyu didn't seem to have any pain, or rather, the physical pain allowed the anger in his heart to be released somewhat.

The young man's eyes jumped wildly, and subconsciously, he put the cigar in his mouth and took a puff.

"Let go?"

Tong Huaiyu threw the crushed glass on the ground, stepped on it, and then ground it back and forth forcefully, making a tooth-aching creaking sound of glass rubbing against the ground.

"Wait until the four major grain merchants control the domestic grain market, don't talk about a small Zhou Andong, even the Cheng family, I will make them pay a painful price."

The young man said: "Don't know how long we have to wait."

Tong Huaiyu took out a white handkerchief from his pocket and wrapped it around his injured hand: "To join the WTO, the above will definitely compromise. We will work harder, it won't take too long."

The young man asked: "What about the business abroad? Really want to hand it over?"

Mentioning this, Tong Huaiyu's mood immediately became worse. The family had already sent people abroad to take over his business, which made him very angry.

That was something he had fought for bit by bit, but facing the family's pressure, he compromised, only insisting on holding the core mineral business in his hands.

"That's mine." Murderous intent flashed in Tong Huaiyu's eyes, "I will definitely take it back."

The young man looked at Tong Xiao outside the window: "Why not let Xiaoxiao go?"

Tong Huaiyu looked at his sister, and his terrible eyes became gentle: "My eldest uncle and second uncle have long been eyeing my industry abroad, but they have never had a reason to intervene."

"This time, it was my carelessness, which made the family pay a not-small price, and also gave them a reason to intervene. Even if I insist on letting Xiaoxiao go, they will try every means to hollow out Xiaoxiao. So, going or not has no meaning."

At this time, Tong Xiao pushed the door and entered, and saw the blood on the ground and Tong Huaiyu's injured hand at a glance, her face changed: "Brother, what's wrong with your hand?"

Tong Huaiyu said with a smile: "Just now the wine glass broke, accidentally cut my hand, it's nothing."

Tong Xiao checked it, and seeing the wound wasn't deep, she let out a long breath: "You're a big person, why are you so careless."

After she finished speaking, she took out the car keys from her pocket: "I'm a bit tired, I'll go back first, I'll leave the car for you."

Tong Huaiyu said: "You're tired, just drive the car back."

"No need!" Tong Xiao threw the car keys on the windowsill, "I'm leaving."

Watching Tong Xiao leave, Tong Huaiyu frowned. Since returning from Jiangzhou, he found that Tong Xiao was often dazed alone. Even the literary gatherings she liked, she didn't participate in. For example, this time, if he hadn't pulled her, Tong Xiao definitely wouldn't have come.

The young man asked; "What's wrong?"

Tong Huaiyu shook his head: "Nothing!"

"Xiaoxiao, are you really leaving." A girl asked.

Tong Xiao nodded: "You guys play, I'm a bit tired, I'll go back first, we'll gather when we have time."

Tong Xiao waved her hand and walked out of the courtyard gate. She used to like such literary gatherings very much, but since returning from Jiangzhou, she had no interest in such so-called literary salons.

Coming here today, she barely coped for a while, but she really didn't want to stay anymore, so she found an excuse and came out.

The sunset glow spilled down, making the blue bricks and gray tiles of the courtyard shine somewhat.

Under the old locust tree at the entrance of the alley, several old people were chatting, and the chasing and playing children were running around everywhere, and the shouts of calling children home to eat would come from time to time.

After leaving this alley, she entered another small lane. In a Muslim steamed bun shop, an attractive fragrance drifted out. Tong Xiao walked in without hesitation, bought two big beef buns, and then ate while walking regardless of her image.

In front, two old men were playing chess, and there were quite a few people around. She also joined in the fun and watched with great interest. She used to hate this kind of market culture very much, let alone buying buns to eat in a small snack shop in the alley.

Especially this kind of eating while walking regardless of image, this was simply unimaginable before. But since being led by that big boy, like treasure hunting, tasting all kinds of food in the streets and alleys of Jiangzhou, she fell in love with this unrestrained, free feeling.

Whistling sounds came from overhead. Tong Xiao looked up and saw a group of pigeons circling and flying past. She suddenly had an impulse to go to Jiangzhou.

She chased the pigeons out of the alley, looked at the pigeon flock flying further and further away, and suddenly felt a bit envious of Jian Qiu, who could be with the man she liked regardless of everything. But could she? Could she be so regardless of everything?

Tong Xiao suppressed the impulse to go to Jiangzhou and smiled bitterly, "Just treat you as an important passerby in my life."

After saying that, she stuffed the little bit of bun left in her hand into her mouth, took big strides forward, aimlessly.

The sky gradually darkened, and the street lights lit up. Tong Xiao stood on the side of the road, looking at a coffee shop opposite. She, Jian Qiu, and An Jing liked to sit in this coffee shop when they had nothing to do.

She walked for more than three hours, her legs were sore, and after resting for a while, just as she was about to leave, she saw An Jing and a girl entering the coffee shop laughing and talking.