At this point, Li Cunzhi seemed to be relieved, and then he picked up the match on the couch.

"Crack..." There was a sound, the flames jumped, click, click, click, click, click, click, click, lit the tobacco in the pipe, and started smoking.

Bai Suling also picked up the tea bowl, raised her orchid fingers and tasted the tea.

The two of them were relaxing themselves and giving Chen Tianhua time to think, because he was not Tang Bohu and could talk freely.

In desperation, Chen Tianhua could only recall the songs of later generations to see if any of them praised his hometown.

Taihu Lake is beautiful...

Who doesn’t say that my beautiful hometown is good...

Fireworks in Yangzhou in March...

…

This lyrics is not very appropriate. Neither Taihu nor Yangzhou is his hometown.

Suddenly, he remembered the song "My Motherland" sung by teacher Guo Lanying.

Here you can turn the song title into a beautiful hometown.

"Madam, Wan Sheng has made up a little bit now. Let's try singing it. Madam, please don't laugh." Chen Tianhua raised his hand and said loudly.

"Oh, it's very fast. It's okay to sing it, just recite a few lines." Bai Suling immediately became energetic after hearing this.

She asked this question out of personal preference. She hoped that her son-in-law would be a poetic and artistic person, not a martial artist or a profit-seeking businessman.

"The name of this song is called Beautiful Hometown."

A big river has wide waves

The wind blows the fragrance of rice flowers on both sides of the bank

My family lives on the shore

I'm used to hearing the boat master's call

I'm used to seeing white sails on boats

This is a beautiful hometown

It's where I grew up

…

Chen Tianhua sang softly with his rich, elegant and slightly magnetic bass, which made Bai Suling completely intoxicated.

Even Li Cunzhi, who doesn't understand music, thinks it sounds pretty good.

"Madam, Wan Sheng has finished singing, that's all. Please criticize and correct me."

"Oh, I didn't expect Master Chen's improvisation to be so perfect and to the point. You can write down this song for me later, and then sing it a few times..."

Bai Suling was so elated that she actually asked Chen Tianhua to copy it and give it to her.

"That's no problem, madam." Chen Tianhua replied calmly.

"Hmm... so giggling..." Bai Suling laughed like a silver bell.

The two people sitting at the top exchanged glances with each other, and Bai Suling asked with a smile:

"Your name is Tianhua, what is your birth date?"

It seems that we have come to the point.

"Madam, my late birth name is Chen Tianhua, with the courtesy name Huazhi, and the date of birth... I have to go back and ask my mother, but I only remember that it was the fourth o'clock in the fifth lunar month of 1882."

"Well, she is three months older than Qian'er."

They seem to be satisfied with this age match.

"Hua Zhi, what are your plans for your future? Should you continue doing business? Or go abroad to study abroad? Or join the army."

Li Cunzhi finally asked him head-on and addressed him very affectionately, which showed that he had passed the interview today and had achieved outstanding results.

All that's left are the details.

"Oh, don't mention joining your old army, Hua Zhi, let's be honest, Qianhua wants to study abroad, will you go with her?"

Bai Suling was more direct. She already regarded Li Tianhua as her son-in-law in her words, and brought up Li Shuzhen's recent thoughts to solicit opinions.

Judging from the expressions of the two elders, Li Cunzhi is not happy for his daughter to go abroad, while Bai Suling is more hesitant.

Think about it, in a family like this nowadays, a new-style girl is already a different kind of person. How unbecoming is it for a girl who goes abroad to study abroad and show her face to everyone as a lady?

I heard that foreigners abroad hug and cuddle very casually between men and women. As a traditional figure, Li Cunzhi obviously didn't like it.

"Sir, Madam, Wansheng's business has just started, and there are business leaders like Mr. Chen Zongyu investing and cooperating. Based on Wansheng's personal opinion, I still want to do business in a down-to-earth manner for a few years."

He will definitely not join the army. Studying abroad is of no use to him. He has traveled through time from later generations and has enough experience and knowledge. The only thing left is to do something practical.

It was Li Shuzhen’s wish to study abroad, so what would happen if she accompanied her?

"Chen Zongyu actually cooperated with you and invested in it?" Li Cunzhi whispered a few words to Bai Suling, then turned around and continued to ask.

"Yes, Wansheng is engaged in aquaculture business, and among them, Zhenzhu cooperates with Mr. Zongyu, so he is happy to invest in it."

"Hmm... let's do it Hua Zhi, let's stop talking here today. You can go back and have a rest. You can stay at home for lunch at noon."

As the head of the family, Li Cunzhi made a definite conclusion.

"Wan Shenghua will take his leave first." Chen Tianhua stood up, bowed deeply to the two elders above him, and then exited the room.

"Xiao Yu'er, take Master Chen to the Third Miss's wing." Bai Suling ordered from inside the room.

"Hey..." The maid Xiao Yu'er came out of the house, caught up with Chen Tianhua who had already left the room and said, "Master Chen, please come with me."

After speaking, she took small steps in front to lead the way.

The backyard of Li Mansion is very large, with a courtyard, a rockery, and a lotus pond. Chen Tianhua can only follow the maid Xiao Yuer, otherwise he will get lost.

After turning a few turns and passing through two small gardens, we arrived at Li Shuzhen's west wing.

"Xiao Cui, my wife asked me to bring Master Chen over." Xiao Yu'er shouted to the small building.

"Hey, here we come." The person upstairs responded, stretched out his upper body to take a look, and then came downstairs with a smile on his face.

"Master Chen, Xiao Yu'er is back first." She bowed to Chen Tianhua, said a blessing and left.

"Thank you, Miss Yu'er." Chen Tianhua returned the gift slightly.

This Xiao Yu'er should be the personal maid in the wife's room.

When he turned around, maid Xiaocui had arrived and followed him, looking at him with a smile.

Yesterday afternoon, at the gate of Li's Mansion, she met Chen Tianhua, who came here specifically to look for Chen Zongyu. It should be said that she was the only person who knew about his brief "love history" with the third lady.

As a personal maid, she naturally has to maintain all the privacy of her young master.

However, she has a good impression of Chen Tianhua.

Previously, Chen Tianhua was interviewed in Mrs. Dongyuan's living room. The general situation was reported to Li Shuzhen by maid Xiaocui.

"Please, Mr. Chen, the third lady is waiting for you upstairs."

"Um…"

Chen Tianhua didn't hesitate and followed the maid Xiaocui up the creaking wooden stairs to the second floor.

"Miss, Mr. Chen is here." When they arrived at the door, Xiaocui stood there and announced in a low voice.

"Please come in, Mr. Chen."

"Please..." After Xiaocui finished speaking, she turned and left.

"Thank you, Miss Xiaocui."

After maid Xiaocui came downstairs, Chen Tianhua walked into the room.

Li Shuzhen's whole body was very twisted, her butt was sitting on the edge of the bed, but her body was twisted and thrown on the bed quilt, her cheeks were deeply buried in the quilt.

"What's the matter, Qianhua?" Her look surprised Chen Tianhua who entered the room.

Hearing the noise, Li Shuzhen raised her head from the quilt and straightened up. Her face was as shy as a red apple.

Li Shuzhen, who is less than nineteen years old this year, is a very simple, cheerful but aggressive girl who is in the rebellious stage of adolescence.

Coming from a wealthy family, she was exposed to new ideas, women's liberation and other ideas very early on, and was deeply influenced by them.

In fact, when it comes to personal marriage and love, she is opposed to arranged marriage from the bottom of her heart. When it comes to her feelings, she can't explain why.

But she heard much more.

Let’s not talk about distant places, let’s just say that the teacher she respected, Mr. Cai Heqing, was a victim of arranged marriage.
Chapter completed!