The next day, Huo Xi was stunned when he heard Li Shiwu's decision.
"You want Uncle Yu to follow me?"
Li Shiwu nodded: "Your uncle Yu is not as knowledgeable as your uncle Yi. He is more out-of-the-box and not as able to concentrate on teaching and educating people. In the early years, he followed me in Beijing and was very concerned about general affairs and human relations.
He is proficient in dealing with people."
"Uncle Keyu is now married and has a child. Isn't it a bit bad for him to leave his hometown and be separated from his aunt Yi'er?"
"It doesn't matter, I discussed it with your Uncle Yu, and he is willing. If I were not older now, I would be more willing to go to the capital with you. But there are many people in the capital who know me, and I am afraid of ruining your affairs.
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"This...is the book school going to be busy?"
"Don't worry, it will be easy for the school to recruit another teacher."
Huo Xi heard his arrangement and agreed, feeling happy in her heart.
Seeing her nodding, Li Shiwu smiled and said: "I'm afraid your uncle Yu won't be able to do it alone. I will help you find the old people your grandfather used before. When the search is complete, I will send them to find you."
"Okay, thank you very much, uncle, for taking the trouble for me."
"You kid, you are a heretic. My attitude toward you is the same as your grandfather's. We are all blood relatives."
"yes."
Since Li Yu was willing to follow him, Huo Xi discussed it with him and his son.
It was planned to put him in charge of the shop in Jiaxing, collect some local goods from Jiaxing and Nanxun, mainly silk, and then send them directly to Songjiang.
Now Uncle Li Yu is willing to travel both ways. In order for him to see his family more often, he is not arranged to go to the shop in the capital. Instead, he is asked to travel to Nanxun and Jiaxing to collect silk and transport it directly to Songjiang.
Then open another shop in Songjiang, rent a big yard, let the nanny and Ma Ma come out of the weaving workshop, buy them two looms, and weave for themselves, and weave whenever they want.
, not restricted by others.
Then hire a few more people to join them, weaving and collecting cloth in Songjiang.
Let Uncle Li Yu run on both sides to help collect grain and cloth, and sell silk.
If it's a quick trip from Nanxun to Songjiang, it can take two days, if it's a slow trip, it'll be three days, and it won't affect his reunion with his family.
Li Yu was very happy when he heard Huo Xi's arrangement. He originally thought he would be separated from his family for a long time, but he was reluctant to part with his wife and children. With this arrangement, he could see his wife and children often.
Nod in agreement.
Huo Xi discussed with him and gave him a thousand taels of silver, asking him to collect some silk and send it to Songjiang, and then help the nanny buy some looms.
The nanny also knew her grandfather's family, so there was no need for Huo Xi to go to Songjiang in person.
After the matter was agreed upon, Huo Xi had been out for about ten days and was ready to return to Beijing.
Li Shiwu and his family were very reluctant to part with her and prepared many local gifts for her. Mrs. Wu held on to Mrs. Yang and couldn't stop talking.
"Don't worry, the two children are my and their father's lives. They are the treasures in our hands." Yang Shi forgives her and Li Shiwu's hearts.
Mrs. Wu nodded repeatedly and thanked her again and again.
Huo Xi saluted them and said goodbye. Li Shiwu and his family followed them along the embankment to the mouth of the river at the entrance of the village. After watching them turn into another river, they turned around and went home when they were out of sight.
Yang looked at the boat full of things and sighed with emotion: "Your maternal uncle's family has given so many things, but the gifts we gave are all too small."
Huo Xi looked through it and was moved: "I will visit them often when I have time in the future, and I will also prepare a gift for my great-uncle during the New Year."
Huo Erhuai nodded: "That's exactly what it should be. When I'm free in the future, dad will bring you here again."
"Yeah. Dad, we also have a shop in Pingjiang. Let's go there and have a look."
"Okay. Dad will go shopping with you too."
While putting things away, Mr. Yang smiled and said, "Your father went to Jiaxing's shop a few days ago to work as a boss, but he pretended to be addicted."
Huo Erhuai chuckled: "Then we can't let Xi'er stand in the way? How old is she? She doesn't have to be underestimated."
Huo Xi smiled and nodded: "My father is originally the boss. He is very impressive in pretending to be the boss."
Yang and Huo Erhuai both laughed. Yang thought of Nian'er and sighed, "We haven't been back for so long. Nian'er may have missed us. I wonder if she will cry."
Nian'er, who was abandoned by her parents and sisters, really started crying.
After school that day, his classmates all happily walked out. Within a short while, they were picked up by the servants and servants of their parents, leaving him standing alone at the door of the school.
I stood on tiptoe and looked to the left, but I didn't see my uncle. I stretched my neck and looked to the right, but I didn't see my uncle either. His little face became depressed.
After waiting for a while, I still didn't see my uncle. My stomach growled again.
Pi Xiaozi looked at the various foods sold at the door of the book school on the roadside, covering his belly and swallowing saliva.
He kept chanting sutras to himself: "When uncle comes, let uncle buy it for Nian'er to eat. Nian'er is at the door. My parents and sister said they can't run around. If they are abducted by a kidnapper, they won't be able to see their parents again."
The gatekeeper saw him running here, standing on tiptoes, looking, and then running to the other side, stretching his neck to look. He felt a little distressed and called him: "Nian boy, come here, come to grandpa."
Huo Nian moved his steps but did not pass. He shook his head: "I'll wait for my uncle."
"Would you like to wait at the school with grandpa?"
"No, I'll wait at the door."
When the gatekeeper saw that he didn't want to enter the school, he didn't force him and just looked at him. After a while, he got tired of sitting and went in by himself. After a while, he came out again and saw that he was still there, which reassured him.
People were coming in and out, coming out from time to time to take a look at him.
Huo Nian didn't know if his uncle was so busy that he forgot to pick him up, so he didn't dare to leave. He walked back and forth in front of the school, squatting here and standing there.
Finally, I was very hungry. I took out my purse from my book bag, held it in my hand and walked to a food stall. I took out three copper coins and bought a pie.
I squatted in a corner of the school, held the pie in my hands, and started eating. After just two bites, I started crying in grievance.
I feel like the unwanted puppy in the corner.
The puppy was still staring at the food in his hand, trying to grab it from him. The boy tore a piece off and gave it to it, chased the puppy away, and squatted back in the corner.
After a while, he started crying aggrievedly, sobbing quietly at first, and as a result, more and more little golden beans dropped.
Zhang Fu left the office and made an appointment with several colleagues to have a drink at Mochou Lake.
After getting off the sedan chair, I walked leisurely by Mochou Lake.
I heard a small sobbing sound. I looked around and saw a little boy squatting in the shadow of the corner. He was a small ball, holding a pie, took a bite, cried, and sniffled.
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He was aggrieved and looked pitiful.
Zhang Fu's heart suddenly softened into a puddle of water. When he took a closer look, he saw that he had met him once before.
That day, the child ran out of the school with a smile on his face. He was so crowded that he couldn't even see his eyes. All he saw was a mouth full of millet teeth, and he rushed straight to his mother who met him at the door.
Why is this person squatting in a corner alone?
Zhang Fu looked around and saw no one. The door of the book school was also deserted and the door was still ajar.