Chapter 245 Meeting an old friend in a foreign land
At the entrance of Guangfeng Water Shop, a young man picked up a load of hemp skin to sell.
I got fifteen copper coins, happily put them in my arms, and was walking out with an empty load. A woman came out of the thorn and plundered the money.
"Give me back, give me back!"
The young man stepped forward and fought with her, and the two immediately struggled with each other. In an instant, many people gathered around the door of the shop.
Huo Erhuai was dumbfounded: "How could they be robbed in broad daylight?"
Huo Xi also looked at the commotion: "We should know each other."
Sure enough, I heard the woman scolding: "You bitch, how dare you hide it secretly? I won't beat you to death! I've provided you with food and clothing, but you still dare to hide it privately!"
"I earned this, please pay me back!"
The woman grabbed several handfuls of the boy's hair, and his hair and clothes were all scattered. Huo Erhuai frowned: "Are they a family or a mother and son, making such a fuss outside?"
I saw that the boy was scratched several times on the face by the woman, and his face twitched, and it hurt for him.
"They don't look like their biological mother and son." There was such a commotion on the street that a mother called her son "a bitch?"
"Dad doesn't think it's the same either."
But even if they were raised, it wouldn't be like this, right? He and his mother were reluctant to bear the slightest hardship for Nian'er. If Nian'er felt even the slightest bit uncomfortable, he and his wife couldn't sleep the whole night.
Seeing the boy being kicked twice by the woman and falling to the ground, he sighed with emotion.
The two people were fighting at the door of the shop, and Huo Xi couldn't enter the shop at this time. He had to sit down and drink tea and watch the fun.
I took a sip of tea, almost spitting it out, and my eyes immediately widened.
I saw a middle-aged man hurrying up the street and pulling away the two people who were fighting: "Stop, this is the street, we need to go home and make a fuss."
Huo Xi stared at him closely.
The woman was pulled away by the man, licked her hair with her hands, and glared at the boy: "Bah, you bastard, you left your younger brothers and sisters alone, and ran out to earn money for your own money, and you dare to hide it secretly,
You are so brave!"
"That's what I earned." The young man argued weakly.
"Bah, you eat what's at home and use what's at home, how dare you say it's yours?" The woman had a fierce look on her face.
Huo Xi stared closely at the middle-aged man. Seeing him looking back and forth at the two people, he picked up the basket that fell to the ground and handed it to the boy: "Go home."
"Dad, I earned that." The young man felt aggrieved.
The middle-aged man glanced at him and saw that his hands were covered with black stains that could not be washed away due to peeling off the pockmarks, and his eyes darkened.
"Go home."
"father……"
"Go back."
The young man's eyes immediately darkened, he silently took the empty load, and carried it away with his head lowered.
Huo Xi followed him with her eyes, saw him turn a corner and disappeared, and looked at the middle-aged man again. She saw the man asking the woman, "Where are you going?"
"You mind me!" The woman glared at him, raised her head and walked away.
The onlookers shook their heads, sighed or whispered, and finally dispersed.
Seeing Huo Xi staring closely at the man and standing up to follow him for two steps, Huo Erhuai hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed her: "Xi'er?"
Huo Xi came to her senses and glanced at Huo Erhuai. When she looked back, the man had already gone away.
"It's okay. Dad, let's go to the shop."
The father and daughter entered the shop. I heard that they were sent by the boss. Shopkeeper Sha was very enthusiastic and several of the waiters came to say hello.
Huo Erhuai was led by Shopkeeper Sha to look around the shop and warehouse, while Huo Xi flipped through the account books.
Seeing that the prices of wood, bamboo and other materials have gone up, I asked Qi Accountant for a few questions.
"Recently, the prices of wood, bamboo, hemp, hemp, rope, lime, raw lacquer, and tung oil have all increased. We can't collect glutinous rice either. However, the price of dry aquatic products has dropped slightly. We collected more this time.
Once we have collected half a boatload of goods, we will transport it to Beijing. We don't dare to put it in the warehouse. The weather is hot, and buying ice will cost a lot of money."
When Accountant Qi met Huo Xi for the first time, he thought that her review of the accounts was just a formality. Who knew that this little boss could point out the differences one by one.
Then he put away his carelessness.
Huo Xi glanced at him, nodded a few words of praise, and said that he had kept his accounts clearly.
"It's all what subordinates should do." He wiped a handful of sweat on his forehead and thought to himself, I don't know what kind of family my boss is, but such a small boss has such vicious eyes.
After flipping through the account book, Huo Xi asked him: "The boy who was arguing at the door just now, what price did you give for the load of hemp skins he picked up?"
"Fifteen cents. Usually it only takes twelve cents to get a full load, but the price of hemp leather has also increased these days."
Huo Xi nodded and asked casually: "Why is that boy arguing with his family at the door? He is a frequent customer of our shop? Do you know him?"
"Why don't you know him? His father works on the street in front, so we all know him."
Seeing Huo Xi's interest, Accountant Qi simply sat down opposite her and told her a story.
"It's a pity to say that the man's name is Wu Dayou. He is a talented man. Earlier, shopkeeper Shen came to Pingjiang to open a shop, and we planned to find him to be the shopkeeper of our shop."
"Oh? Then why not use it?"
"That's why I said it's a pity. Originally, he came to the shop to recommend himself, and Shopkeeper Shen took a fancy to him. Unexpectedly, when he later inquired and found out about his family's situation, he didn't want him."
"What's going on with his family?"
"His mother-in-law, as my little boss has just seen, is shrewd and unreasonable. Her family used to run a shop, but she only had one child, and she was spoiled since she was a child. In the early years, she got a son-in-law who came to her house, and she was less than two years old.
In the year, I thought someone was bad, so I drove him away, leaving behind a daughter."
"Ah? You've already given birth to a child with someone else, and you're driving away your daughter's father?"
"That's right. Her parents can't stop her. She's married like that and has a slut. Even if the family property is left to her, her parents haven't found a suitable person to match her."
"I don't know how Wu Dayou got involved later. I recruited Wu Dayou, and I didn't mind him having a son. But after two years of peaceful life, I gave birth to a son to the family, and I kept him. Only later
It didn't work anymore. I owed a lot of money from drinking and gambling out. I sold the shop and the land at home to pay off the debt for her. Her parents were also mad at her."
Accountant Qi sighed with emotion: "Now the Gan family has become even more serious. She has robbed Wu Dayou of all the money he earned. She even didn't let go of the few copper coins Wu Dayou's son secretly earned."
"Wu Dayou used to manage the shop at her home. Later, the shop was sold, so he found work outside and worked as a shopkeeper and accountant. But the woman kept going to the shop to pester Wu Dayou for money, and there was no one left.
Wu Dayou was willing to be the shopkeeper and accountant. He went to the dock to carry bags and worked as a waiter for others."
Accountant Qi shook his head and sighed.
Huo Xi was filled with emotion after hearing this. She didn't expect that this nanny would live such a life all these years.
"Then he is a grown man, and he lets that shrew treat him?"
"Who asked him to carry a tow bottle and live in someone else's house? Who can do it if he doesn't do it?"