Chapter 354: worry

Chapter 354 Worried

Huo Xi took stock of the layout of Guangfengshui.

Now Huai'an is heading north all the way, except for Beiping, there are no shops in any city.

Several larger cities in the North Canal section, such as Xuzhou, Jining, Linqing, Cangzhou, Tianjin, these cities need to be properly arranged.

Huo Xi thinks this matter can be thought about next year.

Transporting supplies to the north, it would be most convenient if you have your own shop along the way. It also saves the need to go straight from Huai'an to Beiping all the way, and the goods shipped from the south can be transported to the shops in these cities for storage, and then transshipped according to the situation.

You can use your own boat or rent a short barge. In this way, the use of ships will not delay too long. Each shop can be recycled.

Quietly write it down in the notebook as a to-do list for next year. And if a shop is opened in the north, more boats will have to be purchased, and this will be recorded in the notebook.

Look at this year's profit again.

Now she has 14 shops, with a profit of 350,000 taels this year. The average annual revenue of a shop is 25,000 taels, which is less than 2,000 taels a month.

Huo Xi was slightly dissatisfied.

The revenue of each shop, plus the money she earned from secretly selling smuggled goods this year, this level can only be regarded as a small Jia. If you work hard next year, you should be able to reach Zhongjia. But it is still far from the big rich and rich.

Huo Xi listened attentively to the reports made by the shopkeepers, and made notes in his notebook from time to time. She wants to see what can be improved and what can be worked hard for each shop next year.

Huo Xi felt that the goals of these shops for next year needed to be mentioned again.

It took one day to do the accounting, and a full day to report the work.

Finally, bonus money was distributed to each shop, and big red envelopes were sealed to each shopkeeper, and the meeting ended.

The group went back to the inner city and settled in Huo Xi's newly bought house.

Yes, Huo Xi now bought a five-entry house for five thousand taels in the west of the inner city.

Asked someone to repair it a little bit, and used it as a guest room after entering the courtyard, and arranged it for a group of shopkeepers to live in.

In the past, they only booked the small courtyard of the inn for them to live in. Yang Fu and Shen Qianzhong had finished their work in the shops in the inner city, and sometimes they couldn’t leave the city, so they could only stay in the inn.

Huo Xi has always wanted to buy a house in the inner city, but he didn't like it. This is the imperial city, and it is not easy to buy a suitable house.

Continued to give benefits to several people, and they continued to help and pay attention, and only then did they buy this reasonably satisfactory house.

Li Yu cleaned up and found Huo Xi to talk to.

"The shop in Ningbo, I plan to hand it over to Zhu Zhongquan. Although he is lame, it is not obvious. He is capable and familiar with the personnel of Ningbo Wharf. The important thing is that his husband and wife are loyal to you. You guys He was raised by the Li family, thank you."

Huo Xi nodded: "Did they guess my identity?"

"Yes. But I warned them, and I didn't admit it. Xi'er, don't worry, they won't do anything to betray you. Besides, Xia He is still by your side."

Huo Xi sighed: "Right now, Nian'er and I are still too young to compete with the Zhang family. In a few years, I will finish my deployment to the north and send Nian'er and my adoptive parents to the north. I'm not afraid of my identity being found out. I just want to break up with them and avenge my mother."

Li Yu was a little worried: "Xi'er, don't be impulsive. We can't compete with the Marquis Mansion now, we still have to wait for Nian'er to grow up. It's just that I'm worried again. After a long delay, the house for Wu's My son, please seal me as the son, for fear that it will be more difficult to deal with."

Huo Xi sarcastically said, "Even if Zhang Xie becomes Lord Marquis, I will take him down! He is just a concubine son. When he was born, the Wu family hadn't been righted, and his biological mother poisoned his aunt. I can't sit in the honor seat!"

"So the safety of you and Nian'er is the most important thing now, and you must not reveal your behavior."

"Well, discuss things with your grandfather more and listen to his opinions."

"good."

Now that the New Year is approaching, the Li family in Shangyong is also preparing for the New Year.

Now the Li family relies on a family of children and dependents to make velvet flowers, and the family is much better off. It was snowing heavily outside and the wind was howling, but the house was able to burn charcoal every day to keep warm.

Unlike before, the whole family dared not go out in winter. They didn’t even have thick clothes and no money to buy charcoal. The whole family could only nestle together in one room to keep warm.

Mrs. Ma directed the two daughters-in-law to arrange the New Year gifts sent by Huo Xi one by one, while they were talking about why they sent so much food, and at the same time feeling sorry for the children's filial piety.

"Zhenniang, Jinniang, take a few children to the city tomorrow to see what is missing at home, and buy them all. Don't buy the cloth. This time Xi'er sent a lot of cloth. It looks better than us The Ge Ma here is good-looking and durable. Just get more food and use it, and then go to the butcher shop to bring back the ordered meat."

The two daughters-in-law nodded in agreement, and gestured on the children with the fan cloth sent by Huo Xi. Several children raised the corners of their mouths and pulled the cloth to look at it.

Li Shimian said from the side: "Come out with a few things and give them to the magistrate and shopkeeper Bo as a yearly gift. Although their sons need my advice, no one dares to bully our family easily now, but we are in trouble now. When it’s time to lean down and be small, it’s time to lean down and be small.”

"Yes." Li Dianzang, Li Dianzang and others agreed.

Li Shimian read Huo Xi and Huo Nian's letter again, and heaved a long sigh.

Mrs. Ma glanced at him, "Are you worried because Sister Ning said that her adoptive mother is pregnant?"

As soon as Ma Shi said, everyone stopped.

Li Shimian didn't speak, Miao said, "I heard from a woman who was doing the job that there was a family in her village who had so many children that they couldn't keep them alive. They gave them to relatives to raise them, but who would have thought that relatives would raise them?" A few years later, I became pregnant and sent the child back. The child was adopted by others and kissed by others, but not with my own family. The person who raised him didn’t want him, so he committed a crime.”

Li Dian gave his wife a glare. Will saying such a thing make his parents more worried?

Mrs. Ma didn't care too much: "Our sister Ning is a child with ideas, and Nian'er has been raised lively and sensible. Their adoptive parents have raised them for so many years. It is impossible for them to have no feelings. Human hearts are fleshy."

Cui nodded: "Yes, I think the same as my mother. I think sister Ning's adoptive parents are not that kind of people. They will never neglect their adopted son after they have a parent. Before, sister Ning's adoptive mother made clothes for her parents They sent it. Besides, now that Ning'er is doing a big business, she's not afraid that she won't be able to support Nian'er."

"It's not a matter of whether you can afford it or not. Nian'er thinks they are real parents. If they have a parent-child and become indifferent to Nian'er, that child will be very sad."

As soon as Miao finished speaking, Li Dianshou glared at her: "You still say it!"

Li Shimian sighed, and entered his room with his hands behind his back. Mashi also got up and followed in.

Comforting him: "Don't worry, sister Ning said that her adoptive parents are very kind to her siblings. When they found out that they were pregnant, they were afraid that Nian'er would feel uncomfortable and would abort the child. Besides, if she After giving birth to a daughter, won't you have to rely on Nian'er to take care of yourself in the future?"

"What if you have a son?"

Ms. Ma choked: "If you give birth to a son, you will have a son. Our sister Ning'er and Nian'er are not children that no one loves."

"Who loves them? We are so far apart."

This old man! Things that haven't happened yet, I think more.

Just "You are too idle, so you are thinking wildly. If you want to replace your two sons, you can go to the dam to get busy, or you can help us."

Li Shimian glared at his old wife, feeling tired, and ignored her. Go to the desk, spread out the pen and paper, and rub the ink.

"Write a letter to the two children? Tell me when you finish writing, and I will write a few words too."

"You can't write it yourself!"

This old man. Just write! Unconvinced, Mrs. Ma moved a stool across from him and sat down to write a letter.

(end of this chapter)

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