There were still three days until New Year's Eve, and Huo Xi and Yang were too busy to spare.
Everyone in Taoyedu is doing well in every business these days, earning half a tael of silver almost every day. Some people are smart and earn even more.
Everyone was very enthusiastic and kept Huo Xi, Yang and Yang Fu very busy.
She wanted to find a helper more and more.
That day, after the three of them had returned from loading a truckload of goods, someone knocked on the door of Qionghua Lane.
"Mom, go and open the door. Don't move. Yang Fu, go to the kitchen and get some charcoal. You two can grill it and don't freeze it." Ms. Yang got up and went to open the door.
"Who are you?" A thin man stood there at the door, whom he had never seen before.
"Aunt Huo, it's me." The half-grown boy standing next to the man's legs lifted his hood, revealing a face that was red with cold.
Yang quickly recognized her: "Oh, it's you!" She thought they would never meet again.
I touched his little face, it felt cold, and looked up at the man: "Is this your father?"
"Yeah, this is my dad." Shen Luo nodded happily and turned to look at his father, "Dad, this is Aunt Huo."
"Hello, I am Shen Luo's father, Shen Qianzhong. Thank you for saving my son last time. I can't repay you." Shen Qianzhong gave a big salute to Yang.
Yang hurriedly avoided it: "Oh, it's not worth taking seriously. No one else would watch it."
"It may be just a little effort for you, but it is a huge kindness to my family. If you hadn't been willing to lend a helping hand, my little boy would have been sent to that dark place, and I don't know how long he would have survived. If that were the case, I probably wouldn’t survive.”
He gave another big salute to Mr. Yang, who hurriedly pulled him up and glanced at Shen Luo, feeling quite moved in his heart.
If Yang Fu was also robbed, and the roots of her descendants were cut off and sent to the palace to serve people, she would probably not survive. She would not have the face to see her deceased parents again.
"Come on, come in quickly. Come in." Pulling Shen Luo over, "Why is it so cold? Did you come here?"
"I feel less cold when I walk."
He is such a sensible child, "Come in quickly and warm yourself by the fire with your sister."
Sister? Where did the sister come from? Did Aunt Huo give birth to a little sister?
Entering the courtyard, he saw Huo Xi and Yang Fu standing at the door of the main hall. Shen Luo looked around and saw no sister. He didn't dare to look more, and smiled very happily at Huo Xi and Yang Fu: "Dad, then It was them who saved me."
Shen Qianzhong was about to bow to Huo Xi and Yang Fu again, but Yang quickly stopped him: "They are still young, you are trying to shorten their lives."
Shen Qianzhong kept saying words of thanks and was invited by Yang to warm himself by the fire in the main hall.
"These are some small gifts, I hope you can accept them."
"That's too polite of you. It's just an injustice on the road." Seeing the seven or eight gift boxes brought over by his father and son, Yang didn't know what they were. He said some words of refusal, but in his heart he was happy that this man knew etiquette.
"I wanted to come a few days ago, but firstly, I'm still staying in the hospital, so I'm afraid I might get sick from you, and secondly..." Shen Wuzhong lowered his head in embarrassment.
"Secondly, my father and son ran out of money together, otherwise Luo'er wouldn't have thought of selling himself. I thought about finding some work outside, saving a few coins, and then thanking my benefactor's family, empty-handed. It’s not easy to come to the door.”
"Oh, there's nothing to be embarrassed about."
Yang Shi humbly gave in and turned to look at Shen Luo again. This child looked very clever and his family had raised him to eight years old. If he was caught and purged, his life would be really miserable.
That day, I scolded Xi'er and Yang Fu for not knowing the importance of it, but looking back now, I feel that the two children have done a good job.
Shen Luo sat next to Huo Xi and Yang Fu, and several people were talking together. His hands and feet were warmed by the brazier. He looked around: "Aunt Huo, where is the sister you are talking about?"
"My little nephew is sleeping." Yang Fu thought he was talking about Nian'er.
Huo Xi looked at Shen Luo, and Yang also looked at him, chuckled, and pointed at Huo Xi: "This is your sister."
"Ah?" Shen Luo looked at Huo Xi, who was sitting next to him, with his mouth wide open and his buttocks moving accordingly.
"Is this kid disguised as a man?" Shen Qianzhong looked at Huo Xi with a smile.
"It's just for the convenience of walking." Yang said.
Seeing that Shen Qianluo was puzzled, he said a few words about the situation at home.
Shen Qianluo drank hot tea and listened: "You are originally fishermen. It is amazing that you can start a business in the capital."
"It's not a big business, just ordinary groceries."
"For ordinary groceries, it is extremely difficult to find sources of goods from outside. There is no way or means, especially if you are still women and children. The clerks and shopkeepers in the warehouse are the best at watching people order dishes. Different people will go to the same goods. Negotiate, the prices vary greatly.”
Huo Xi glanced at him.
Yang patted her thigh: "No, you don't know how difficult it is! Many warehouses rely on their own goods to be easy to sell and are not willing to sell them in bulk. Not to mention the shopkeepers, even the clerks don't want to talk to you. Seeing as you are a woman, We won't even let you in. We don't know how many times we've been rejected and how many times we've been looked down upon."
Shen Qianzhong nodded empathetically.
"Sometimes the shopkeepers and clerks in the warehouse can't make the decisions. They do whatever the boss tells them to do. You have to find the owners behind them. If you want the shopkeepers and clerks to hand over the door to you, you have to give them benefits. There are enough benefits, and for the sake of money, they are willing to help you deliver a message. This is better than blindly looking for someone..."
Ms. Yang listened very carefully. Seeing that she liked listening, Shen Qianluo talked about a lot of business matters.
"Your family used to do business?" Huo Xi turned around and asked Shen Luo next to her quietly, looking away from Shen Qianzhong.
Shen Luo nodded while peeling the chestnuts Yang Fu roasted for him: "Well, my family used to run a shop in Jinling. We had many shops and sold many things. The yard I used to live in was bigger than yours. ."
Huo Xi glanced at him quite unexpectedly.
Look at this little kid eating a chestnut. It's so hot that he can't even hold it in his hands, but he still can't bear to put it down. He flips it back and forth between his hands, brings it to his mouth and keeps gasping. When he peels it open, it tastes delicious, and his eyes are narrowed. .
I really can’t tell that he used to be the son of a wealthy family.
His eyes turned to his father Luo Qianzhong again.
Yang may have finally found someone who can share the sad experience of finding and purchasing goods. Seeing that he can talk about the same thing with Shen Qianzhong, he can't stop talking.
While Shen Qianzhong listened quietly, he would say a few words about business matters from time to time.
Huo Xi listened quietly and looked him up and down, seeing that he looked lean and didn't have the shrewdness of a businessman in his eyes.
Then he turned to Shen Luo and asked: "Where do you live now? Is your father looking for a job?"