Chapter 283 Arrangement
Yang Fu rented a carriage and moved the belongings of the mother and daughter into the carriage.
I thought there would be no room for anyone, but the mother and daughter didn't have much stuff, and the compartment was actually quite empty.
Huo Xi couldn't help feeling emotional: "Your mother and daughter can live in Qionghua Lane with peace of mind. I don't sign any employment agreement with you. I only treat you and Mrs. Zou and Mrs. Zou as family members. If you want to leave, just talk to me, and you can come and go freely."
A craftsman is a noble talent, but his family does not rely on this craft to make a fortune, it is just a cooperative relationship, and the other party is free to come and go.
"Thank you, Master."
Lou Qingyao was grateful in her heart, "I will write a reply letter to my mother, can I ask the master to take it for me?"
"It's a trivial matter, my uncle will stay in Beijing, you just leave it to him after you finish writing."
Half an hour later, the carriage stopped at Qionghua Lane. Aunt Zou was sitting and chatting with other old ladies at the entrance of the alley.
"Auntie Zou!" Yang Fu said.
Ordinarily, Huo Xi is called Grandma, and according to his generation, he should be called Auntie, but he stays with Huo Xi, and calls him along the way, and sometimes he can't tell his own generation.
"Oh, my child is back, I'm back!"
Auntie Zou greeted several old ladies, and greeted them happily. Huo Xi took her into the carriage, and the group walked to the Huo family's house.
"This is..." Seeing someone else in the carriage, Aunt Zou looked curiously.
"Go back and introduce to you."
"Okay. Grandma hasn't seen you for a long time. Look at you so busy that you've lost weight. It's also been a long time since I saw you, Sheng."
Huo Xi smiled and let her hold her hand: "He will be back on August 15th, and come back to spend the holiday with you and grandpa."
"Really? That's great!"
Auntie Zou was very happy after hearing this, she held Huo Xi's hand and kept teasing her when she saw how cute the little girl was.
Lou Qingyao smiled at her when she saw her kindness.
When I got to the yard, I saw Grandpa Zou was distributing vegetables and other things, and wanted to send them to the neighbors in the neighborhood. Seeing Huo Xi and the others coming, they happily came over to help move things.
Huo Erhuai no longer goes to the countryside to harvest the vegetables and firewood in Qionghua Lane, but this business is still profitable, and it can also make Grandpa and Grandma Zou have something to chew on every day, so they have been acquainted with each other all the time. The boatman is doing this business, which is convenient for both parties.
The small courtyard is full of greenery, many small vegetables are planted, and the beans are also covered with shelves.
"Grandfather, you have taken good care of this vegetable garden." Huo Xi wandered around the yard.
Grandpa Zou was proud: "That's right, your grandma and Xiao Luo and I can't finish eating the vegetables in this vegetable garden, and we sell them to neighbors."
"That's great."
Auntie Zou also laughed: "Your grandpa waters the water every morning and night, and takes good care of it."
Several people were talking, and after moving Lou's things, they introduced them to both parties.
After hearing what happened to their wives, the eyes of the two old people were red. Grandma Zou took her hand and said, "Poor child, we will live with Xiao Xi'er from now on. With her here, we are not afraid, and we will not be afraid when we die in the future." No bones are buried."
Well…
"Grandma, you and my grandfather are in good health. I don't like to hear this next time."
"Okay, don't talk, don't talk, I still want to watch my Xiaosheng start a family and start a business, and bring him a baby." Pulling Lou's chatter, Grandpa Zou also took his daughter to see the vegetable field and catch vegetable insects.
Lou's heart was completely let go.
Huo Xi and Yang Fu went to the warehouse to look at velvet flowers and fans. Two storerooms were filled with velvet flowers and fans. Huo Xi was very satisfied and wanted to sell them at a high price. It's unreasonable to be short of the Japanese fan.
After coming out, he told Yang Fu: "Uncle, you and Lou buy the saving boxes in her hand, and then take her to the city to find some beautiful saving boxes. Let's buy some and ship them to Songjiang, and exchange them with Fanren." Let’s see what tools and materials she needs, and help her buy some good ones.”
Huo Xi gave him 2,000 taels of silver bills. Before that, he gave 3,000 taels to the shopkeeper Shen to collect silk brocade and porcelain, so that the silver that Pingniang put in was spent.
"Uncle, please pay attention. I guess some people will sell Zhuangzi during this period of time. Many people will raise money to go overseas. I am afraid they will sell some properties. You go to a few middlemen and ask them to help you pay attention. If there are suitable ones, we can buy them." two."
"Buy two?"
"Well, our family keeps one for ourselves and one for Ping Niang, so that she will have an estate in the future."
"Okay. Then I'll take you to the ferry later."
Not long after arriving at the ferry, Huo Erhuai also rowed to pick her up, waved goodbye to Yang Fu, and the father and daughter rowed back to the Zhuangzi in Jiangjun Mountain.
When there was only the last lingering dizziness on the horizon, the boat rowed to the back river of Zhuangzi and pulled up to the bank.
"Sister, sister! Dad!"
Huo Nian ran towards them while shouting. Huo Erhuai fastened the boat, straightened up, with a doting smile on his face: "Run slower."
"Father, sister!" rushed towards Huo Xi, and Bao Kang also called "sister" and ran behind.
"Stop!" Huo Xi stopped him, not letting him pounce, "Look at your wet body, you're fishing again?"
"No, I took Xiaokang to teach Shitou and them to swim."
"Xiaokang?" He looked at them suspiciously. Bao Kang was ten years older than him.
"Xiaokang asked me to call you." Huo Nian pointed at his little finger.
"Yeah, Xiaokang, my father's name, my mother's name, and my son's name." Bao Kang nodded at her.
Okay, let’s be well-off. You can do as you please. It's just that she looked at the other person who was tall and burly and called her sister, which was a little awkward.
"Then you go back with us or go swimming again?"
"Go back. It's getting late, go back to eat. Mother should call me later."
"Go back, go back to eat." Bao Kang also nodded in agreement.
Huo Xi took Huo Nian's hand and walked back to Zhuangzi.
Arriving in the yard, I saw Bao Xia was plowing a haystack, which looked like a rake, and there were a pair of bows and arrows and a machete on the ground, which seemed not something hunters could buy in the blacksmith shop.
"Where did you come from?"
Bao Xia's subordinates didn't stop, not daring to look at her: "Master and I bought some money at the blacksmith's shop. The machete was given to me by one of my former comrades."
He dare not say that Gansan sent him these two weapons early in the morning.
Huo Xi wanted to pick it up to look at it, but found that it was very heavy. She didn't quite understand this bow, so she tried to pull it, but it didn't work.
"How big is this bow?"
"One stone."
Can you buy a bow with one stone at will?
Without waiting for Huo Xi to ask, Bao Xia said: "I'm going to make a rake and teach Xiaokang to practice. He has a lot of strength. If he walks with us outside in the future, he can not only protect himself, but also protect the masters. "
Hearing what he said makes sense, not to mention protecting the Huo family, just like Bao Kang, it is a good thing to be with him if he has some ability to protect himself.
"Okay, then you can teach some. But you have to wait until this batch of sucrose is produced."
"Don't worry, the master, we won't delay the work. We just stopped working, and Xiaokang's mother went to cook with his wife, so I will come out and make a grass rake."
Huo Xi nodded and entered the room.
Seeing her enter the room, Bao Xia breathed a sigh of relief, afraid that she would ask, afraid that he would not know how to answer. His family is now the Huo family's slaves, so they must be loyal, but they have to accept the weapons that the original master kindly sent. This is all good stuff.
(end of this chapter)