Huo Nian was crying aggrievedly when he saw a shadow coming over him and quickly raised his head to look.
Two drops of golden beans just rolled onto my cheeks, looking pitifully tight.
Zhang Fu felt soft and leaned over to help him wipe it away.
Huo Nian was stunned at first. When he realized what he was doing, he hurriedly shrank towards the corner. But he was already squatting against the wall and couldn't shrink back. He couldn't move back, so he looked at the other person with some fear.
He was trying to be brave: "Don't kidnap me. I have a father, a mother, a sister and an uncle. I won't go with you."
After saying that, he held the pie tightly in both hands and squatted against the wall, his body stretched tightly, and he looked at Zhang Fu intently.
A smile appeared on Zhang Fu's face.
He simply squatted down in front of him: "Do you think I look like a bad person?"
"Bad people don't write on their faces that they are bad people."
"You kid is quite alert." Zhang Fu laughed.
Seeing this kid staring at me and blinking, his eyes soaked in tears were particularly bright, and he suddenly felt a little dazed. He felt like he had seen these eyes somewhere before.
Seeing that the child was scared, he quickly coaxed him gently: "Don't be afraid, uncle is not a bad person. Look..."
As he said that, he stretched out his clothes and showed them to him: "This is the official uniform. I am an official, not one of those sluts."
Huo Nian looked at his clothes and saw an embroidered pattern on his chest. He happily pointed with his little finger: "I know, this is a patchwork, right?"
Zhang Fu was a little surprised, and the corners of his mouth curled up: "Do you still know about Buzi?"
Seeing the other party praising him, Huo Nian's face felt a little proud.
"My sister told me that the official uniforms worn by officials have an embroidered pattern called Buzi on the chest. I also know that different officials have different patterns on it!"
"Ah, you are so powerful. Then do you know what I am?"
Zhang Fu straightened his body slightly so that he could see the pattern in front of him clearly.
Huo Nian stared at him in recognition and shook his head: "I don't know him. I just went to school. I am still studying the Three Character Classic. My husband has never taught these things."
Zhang Fu smiled and touched his head: "This is Qilin. Look, isn't it very powerful?"
Seeing Huo Nian nodding, he smiled and said, "We'll know each other when you grow up."
Seeing that the other party was friendly and harmless, Huo Nian nodded: "Well, when I read more books and grow up, I will naturally understand."
Seeing that this child was really spiritual, Zhang Fu liked him very much.
Then he asked him: "Why are you crying here alone? Why don't you go to the school to study? Are you playing truant?"
"It's not like playing truant! Our school has finished school. They were all picked up by their families, but my uncle hasn't come yet." Huo Nian said and felt aggrieved again.
Zhang Fu's voice became softer and softer: "What about your parents?"
"My parents and sister have gone out." As he said this, he lay on his knees, looking like he was about to cry.
No wonder, this child must feel aggrieved.
Seeing his sad look, Zhang Fu suddenly became sad too. He was thinking about how to make the child happy, but he had no experience in teasing children.
Seeing him holding a piece of pie in his hand, he asked him: "Is the pie delicious? Are you hungry? Can uncle treat you to something delicious?"
Huo Nian looked up at him blankly: "My sister said you can't take things from strangers."
After saying that, I was afraid that the other party would be sad, so I glanced at the pie in my hand that had been bitten several times, pursed my lips, and said, "I have pie, so I can eat enough."
Seeing that the child was really sensible, Zhang Fu couldn't help but feel emotional. He asked him again: "Is this pie delicious?"
Huo Nian looked at him, then at the cake in his hand, and nodded: "It's delicious."
After saying that, he saw the other party staring at his cake, thought for a moment, tore off a piece from the other side that he had not bitten and handed it to him: "Uncle, try it, it's delicious. It has bread inside."
Zhang Fu looked at the small piece of cake handed to him and was stunned.
He reached out and took it.
He put it into his mouth under the eyes of the child, chewed it twice, and nodded: "It's delicious."
Huo Nian immediately laughed.
He looked proud that his thing had finally been recognized by others. He also took a bite and chewed it with relish.
He looked so adorable that Zhang Fu couldn't help but want to touch his little face.
"Who bought you this cake?"
"Did I buy it myself? My parents gave me copper coins and said I could buy something to eat when I was hungry."
"Really? How many copper coins does such a delicious pie cost?"
Huo Nian stretched out three fingers: "Three copper plates. Some are vegetarian and some are meat. The meat one costs five cents, which is more delicious. When you take a bite, there is meat juice inside, so delicious!"
Seeing that he was eating well, Zhang Fu couldn't help but ask him again: "Then why don't you buy a pie with meat? Are there no copper coins?"
Huo Nian heard this and patted his little book bag: "Yes, I have copper plates, and I also have a silver bean. My sister gave it to me. But I can eat vegetarian food. I can still eat enough."
Zhang Fu couldn't help but feel sad.
This child is really sensible. Maybe his family is not very well off, but at this age, he knows how to save money for his family.
Looking at him, I saw that he was wearing fine cotton clothes, a pair of plain cloth shoes with no embroidery on his feet, and a very simple little book bag. He looked like he was just a child from an average family.
I felt quite emotional.
Seeing that he stopped crying, I was about to tease him and say a few words. This child's eyes were dark, bright and energetic, making people feel familiar.
Before he could speak, he stood up straight, waved and shouted: "Uncle, uncle!" while shouting and running over.
Zhang Fu stood up and looked back, and saw a young man of fifteen or sixteen years old striding towards the child, the two of them hugging each other.
"It's my uncle's fault. He came late. Are you in a hurry?"
"Hmph, next time uncle comes so late again, I will ignore you."
Yang Fu looked him up and down and saw that he was fine, and his heart suddenly relaxed.
"Next time, if uncle can't leave, ask Grandpa Zou and grandma to pick you up. Uncle forgot to tell them this time."
"Then we won't do it next time."
"Okay. Pull the hook."
Zhang Fu then saw his uncle and nephew pulling up the hook.
Seeing that the two of them were about to leave, they planned to turn around and leave. Then they saw the boy turn around and raise his hand to him: "Goodbye, uncle." After saying that, he jumped up and led his uncle away.
Zhang Fu smiled, turned and left. He took two steps, then paused. After chatting with the child for a long time, he actually forgot to ask him his name.
He couldn't help but shake his head and laugh, turned around and walked away.
As for Huo Xi, Huo Erhuai and Yang arrived at Pingjiang.
Yang was guarding the boat, while Huo Xi and Huo Erhuai walked to the shop dressed in rich clothes. When they arrived at the door of the shop, they did not intend to go in, so they chose the tea shop opposite the shop to sit down and observe.
After drinking a few pots of tea, I saw customers coming and going in the shop, some coming to sell goods, and some carrying and pushing goods to sell. It seemed like business was good.
The waiters in the shop were all smiling as they welcomed and escorted me away.
Huo Xi couldn't help but nod her head in approval. She opened shops in several canal cities, mainly doing bulk business.
They purchase local products and use the canal to sell them to other cities. They also send local products from other places to Pingjiang, and let small merchants come to pick up the goods and sell them in various places in Pingjiang.
We also do individual business, but not much.
In this way, there are fewer hands and feet that can move, which saves a lot of manpower and material resources.
Coupled with the store incentive plan she set up, in addition to the fixed monthly salary, the shopkeepers in the store can also receive bonuses from the store's profits.
The more money the shop makes, the more the workers will share, and everyone works very actively.
It is convenient to travel along the canal, and Shen Qianzhong often comes to inspect the shops. So far, I have not heard of any shop having any discrepancies in its accounts and money.
But Huo Xi was not in a hurry to go in and only observed outside the shop.
After drinking a few pots of tea, I saw that nothing happened, so I thought about going there, but I didn't expect that something would happen in front of the store.