Chapter 522 Acquaintance
Zhang Jin actually did not agree with the Duke of Guo accepting a disciple.
No matter how much you like it, it’s enough to send someone to give advice and take care of it every day. Why do you need to be a disciple?
Even if I want to teach him marksmanship, I have learned it from the Duke since I was a child, so I can teach that child a thing or two. Let Zhang Liang and Zhang Dong enlighten him, that's enough, why don't Lord Lao do it himself?
But he did not dare to refute the order of the Duke of the State, and told his two sons to keep an eye on the two guards next to the young master of the Mu family, and he went to investigate Huo's house himself.
Just like what the Duke said, if the Huo family is helpless, and it is the screwdriver who has a bad character, he will definitely help the Duke to keep such people away from the country. Lord.
Now not only adults can pretend, but children can also pretend.
He must check it out. Bad people will never let him get close to the Duke.
It's just that the more Zhang Jin checked, the more surprised he became. This is not an ordinary family. Although the whole family only lived in the outer city, from a small fisherman who didn't even have a house to shelter from the wind and rain, relying on a boat, how could he have so many industries today?
Not only bought a house and Zhuangzi, but also a workshop, a business in the capital, and dozens of boats!
Is this a family business that ordinary people can easily save? Is this a family business that can be saved by a small fishing boat?
The more Zhang Jin checked, the more surprised he became, and he didn't recover for a long time. The Duke's Mansion also has a lot of property. The old lady and the three ladies have property in their hands, but some shops have not been operated, or have been resold or closed. How did Guangfengshui start?
Can it be done without any contacts behind it?
Fearing that there was someone behind this family, a mysterious person unknown to the Duke, Zhang Jin searched carefully for several days, but found nothing. Zhang Jin was very puzzled.
How did a small fisherman get started?
Now they have started a sea trade business, and they are not just running a line!
Zhang Jin endured the surprise in his heart, squatted at the door of the school and saw the child named Huo Nian. At first glance, I think this child is very kind. After watching it for a few more days, I actually like this child more and more.
couldn't help but followed behind him.
Huo Nian also knew that some people followed him these days and came to see him, but he didn't care. Zhuifeng noticed that Zhang Jin was following Huo Nian, and only glanced at him, seeing that he was not malicious, and didn't care.
So Zhang Jin followed all the way, followed up Qionghua Lane.
It's winter, and Mother Ma is worrying about Huo Xi and Huo Nian's winter clothes. She went to the weaving workshop, and wanted to pick some cloth from her own weaving workshop to make some clothes for the two siblings. He Ningxiu was holding several Clothes go home.
The two waves of people happened to meet in the alley.
"Mommy, Aunt Xiu!"
"Hey. Master, are you out of school?"
"Yeah." Huo Nian took Mu Jie and ran to greet them. Zhuifeng took Bao Kang forward to take the cloth in their hands.
Ningxiu touched Huo Nian's small face, and then his hands, for fear that he would be cold. "It's cold, you should wear more, don't catch a cold."
"I'm not cold. I just finished practicing martial arts, and I'm still warm."
Mu Jie also leaned over, and got a loving touch from Mama Ma, "Mama, are you going to take the fabric back to make clothes? Do you have any?"
Nurse Ma smiled and said: "Yes, Xing'er is so obedient and sensible, how could there be no Xing'er."
Mu Jie jumped up happily when he heard it: "Thank you, mother!" Although he has no shortage of clothes to wear, and the house sends him clothes and food every three days, he just likes and enjoys this care.
Huo Xi knew that the child was sensitive, so she also told Yang and everyone in the family that if there were Huo Nian and An An, there must be Mu Jie. So now that the family is making clothes, they must also make a copy for him.
Two waves of people walked home talking and laughing.
Why did Huo Nian call her Aunt Xiu? She still looks very familiar, isn't she a slave? That's Ningxiu, right?
Zhang Jin felt that he did not admit his mistake, that was Ningxiu. Although so many years have passed. But Ningxiu who was beside Mrs. Li back then, her dowry maid, he would not admit his mistake.
At the beginning, he quite liked Ningxiu, and even asked his wife to marry Ningxiu, but Ningxiu already had a sweetheart at that time, so he just gave up.
Later he married a wife, and Mrs. Li also released Ningxiu to marry someone. When Mrs. Li was around, Ningxiu often came to see Mrs. Li in the mansion, and he also saw her occasionally. But then Mrs. Li disappeared, and he never saw her again.
Why is she in Huo's house now? Didn't you release your good status at the beginning?
Zhang Jin inquired secretly for a few more days, and found that Ningxiu's whole family was in Huo's house. And she is also in charge of the Huo family's weaving workshop. Did something happen later that made her leave her citizenship and brought her whole family into Huo's house to serve as servants?
Zhang Jin intends to find a chance to meet Ningxiu, and learn about the Huo family from her.
After all, in the past, everyone worked under the same roof. For the sake of the old man, Ningxiu will definitely tell him the truth, which is more authentic and reliable than him asking about the Huo family from the side.
It's just that before Zhang Jin made a move, the Wu family from the British government saw a person over there.
"Who wants to see me?"
"A little lady. She said she came from Songjiang, and said she had something important to tell Madam." The servant reported in front of Mrs. Wu.
"Any little woman is worthy to come to see me. Is there not enough people I see every day? All cats and dogs come to see me, I can see it all? Is it okay who comes to see me?"
Mrs. Wu frowned, and said without raising her head while choosing clothing and jewelry.
After hearing this, the old lady next to Wu family waved her hands to the boy who came forward to report, "Send me away, don't let anyone come looking for madam, don't you see that madam is busy? I don't know why I have time to see that screwdriver." people."
"Yes, I'm going here to send people away." The guard at the door looked terrified, afraid of offending the Duke's wife, and wanted to hit the board, so he ran away in a hurry.
"Mother, I want this one!" Zhang Biyao pointed to the jewelry album, her eyes were shining brightly, wishing to have a set of every jewelry on it.
"Choose only one set."
"No, no, I will choose two sets!" Zhang Biyao refused. He squinted at Bizhu, Biyue, and Bike who were standing aside, his father said that each of them would make a set of clothes and a set of jewelry, but she was the only legitimate daughter of his father, could she be the same as them?
Continue to grind: "Mother, the Chinese New Year is coming soon. There are so many banquets during the Chinese New Year, how about making a set of jewelry. When the time comes, if my daughter goes out, if she wears the same clothes and the same jewelry every day, won't others be laughing at our government? It's not a joke about mother!"
"Why do people laugh at me?"
"Mother is the wife of the Duke. She can't even get the money to make jewelry for her own daughter, so why don't others laugh at her for giving it back?"
As soon as she heard Zhongfeed, Wu gritted her teeth with hatred.
Damn old woman! She is the wife of the Duke, and Zhongfu has not been handed over to her yet. Are you going to move all of the Duke's property to the second and third bedrooms?
"Do, make two sets. Make two sets of clothes!"
Zhang Bizhu's eyes flickered: "Mother, let's make two sets for each of us sisters."
Seeing Mrs. Wu looking at her, she was not afraid, she covered her handkerchief and smiled: "Second sister is right, if our sisters go out during the New Year, we will wear old clothes and jewelry. Others don't know that father opposes extravagance, but they only think that mother If you can’t manage the house well, you’re stingy with your children.”
Ms. Wu gave her a fixed look, "Do it, do it all. One person does two sets."
Anyway, the public pays for it, not her pocket. It just happened to add trouble to the old woman. The two-bedroom and the third-bedroom can be made into one set, but they have to make two sets for the big house.
"Thank you mother!"
"Thank you, mother!" Bi Yue and Bi Ke thanked Mrs. Wu with joy on their faces.
At the gate of the British government residence, the servant got what Mrs. Wu said, and was about to drive away the little woman at the gate.
(end of this chapter)