Yang Fu rented a carriage and moved the mother and daughter's belongings onto the carriage.
I thought there would be no room for anyone, but I didn't expect that the mother and daughter didn't have many things, and the carriage was actually very empty.
Huo Xi couldn't help but sigh: "You, mother and daughter, can live in Qionghua Lane with peace of mind. I won't sign any employment agreement with you. I only regard you, Grandpa Zou and Grandma Zou as family members. If you have any differences in the future,
If you want to leave, just tell me, and you can come and go freely."
A craftsman is a valuable talent, but his family does not rely on this craft to make a fortune. It is just a cooperative relationship, and the other party can come and go freely.
"Thank you, Master."
Lou Qingyao was grateful in her heart, "I'll write a reply to grandma, can you please bring it to my family?"
"It's a small matter. My uncle will stay in Beijing. You just have to write it and give it to him."
Half an hour later, the carriage stopped at Qionghua Lane. Grandma Zou was sitting at the entrance of the alley chatting with other old ladies. When they saw the carriage entering the alley, they were about to move aside to avoid it.
"Grandma Zou!" Yang Fu called out.
Normally, Huo Xi calls her Auntie, and according to his seniority, he should be called Auntie. But he stayed with Huo Xi, and he also called them casually, and sometimes he couldn't tell their seniority.
"Oh, it's my child who's back, I'm back!"
Grandma Zou greeted a few old ladies and happily greeted her. Huo Xi took her into the carriage and the group walked to the Huo family's house.
"This is..." Seeing someone else in the carriage, Grandma Zou looked curiously.
"I'll introduce it to you when I get back."
"Okay. Grandma hasn't seen you for a long time. You've lost weight because of your busy schedule. Ah Sheng hasn't been seen for a long time either."
Huo Xi smiled and took her hand: "He will come back on August 15th to celebrate the holidays with you and grandpa."
"Really? That's great!"
Grandma Zou was very happy after hearing this. She held Huo Xi's hand and kept teasing her when she saw how cute the little girl was.
Seeing her kindness, Lou Qingyao smiled at her.
When I arrived at the yard, I saw Master Zou dividing vegetables and other items to deliver to the neighbors. Seeing Huo Xi and others coming over, they happily came over to help move things.
Huo Erhuai no longer goes to the countryside to collect the vegetables, firewood, etc. in Qionghua Lane, but this business is still profitable, and it can also give Grandpa Zou and Grandma Zou something to chew on every day, so he has been familiar with it.
Many boatmen are engaged in this business, which is convenient for both parties.
The small courtyard is lush and green, with many vegetables planted and green beans climbing all over the shelves.
"Grandpa, you take good care of this vegetable garden." Huo Xi walked around the yard.
Grandpa Zou said with a proud look on his face: "That's because your grandma, Xiao Luo, and I can't finish all the vegetables in this garden, and we even sell them to the neighbors."
"That's great."
Grandma Zou also laughed: "Your grandpa watered the water every morning and night, and you take good care of it."
As they talked, they finished moving Lou's things and introduced them to both parties.
After hearing what happened to their mother-in-law, the two old men had red eyes. Grandma Zou held her hand: "Poor child, we will all live with Xiao Xi'er from now on. With her here, we are not afraid, and we will not be afraid even if we die in the future."
No one buried the bones."
Well……
"Grandma, you and my grandpa are in good health. I don't want to hear those words again next time."
"Okay, if you don't tell me, I still want to see my Xiaosheng get married and start a business, and raise a baby for him." He asked Lou to chatter, and Grandpa Zou also took his daughter to see the vegetable field and catch vegetable insects.
Lou was completely relieved.
Huo Xi and Yang Fu went to the warehouse to look at the velvet flowers and fans. The two warehouses were full of velvet flowers and fans. The velvet flowers and fans were exquisitely made. Huo Xi was very satisfied and wanted to sell them at a high price. There was no reason for the Japanese fans to be shorter than the Japanese fans. .
After coming out, he told Yang Fu: "Uncle, you and Mr. Lou buy the saving boxes in her hand, and then take her to the city to find some good-looking saving boxes. We will buy some and transport them to Songjiang, and exchange them with Fanren." We’ll see what tools and materials she needs, and help her buy some good ones.”
"Okay." Yang Fu nodded and wrote them down one by one.
Huo Xi gave him two thousand taels in silver notes. She had given shopkeeper Shen the three thousand taels before to collect silk brocades and porcelain, so all the money given by Ping Niang was spent.
"Uncle, please pay attention. I estimate that there will be people selling Zhuangzi during this period. Many people will raise money to go overseas. I am afraid that they will have some properties. You can go to a few middlemen and ask them to help pay attention. If there is a suitable one, we can buy it. two."
"Buy two?"
"Well, let's keep one for ourselves and one for Ping Niang so that she can have an inheritance in the future."
"Okay. I'll take you to the ferry in a minute."
Not long after arriving at the ferry, Huo Erhuai also rowed to pick her up. He waved goodbye to Yang Fu, and the father and daughter rowed back to Zhuangzi on Jiangjun Mountain.
When there was only the last trace of faintness left on the horizon, the boat rowed to the back river of Zhuangzi and docked.
"Sister, sister! Dad!"
Huo Nian shouted and ran towards them. Huo Erhuai tied the boat, straightened up, and smiled fondly: "Run slower."
"Dad, sister!" He rushed towards Huo Xi, and Bao Kang also called "sister" and ran after him.
"Stop!" Huo Xi stopped him and prevented him from rushing over, "Look at you, you are all wet and you are fishing again?"
"No, I took Xiaokang to teach Shitou and the others how to swim."
"Xiaokang?" He looked at the two of them suspiciously. Bao Kang was more than ten years older than him. How could he be called Xiaokang?
"Xiao Kang asked me to scream." Huo Nian held up his little fingers.
"Hmm, Xiaokang, my father calls me, my mother calls me, and my son calls me." Bao Kang nodded towards her.
Well, let's just be well-off. As long as you are happy. It's just that she felt a little awkward when she saw the other person calling her sister so arrogant.
"Then will you come back with us or go swimming again?"
"Go back. It's getting late. Let's go back and eat. Mom will call me later."
"Go back, go back and eat." Bao Kang also nodded in agreement.
Huo Xi took Huo Nian's hand and went back to the village.
When I got to the yard, I saw Bao Xia building a haystack, which looked like a rake. There was also a pair of bows and arrows and a machete on the ground. It looked like they were not things that hunters could buy in the blacksmith shop.
"Where did it come from?"
Bao Xia kept moving and did not dare to look at her: "My master and I took some money to the blacksmith shop to buy it. The machete was given to me by one of my former colleagues."
He didn't dare to say that these two weapons were delivered to him early in the morning.
Huo Xi wanted to pick it up and look at it, but found that it was very heavy. She didn't know much about this bow, so she tried to pull it, but it didn't work.
"How big a bow is this?"
"One stone."
Can you buy a one-stone bow at will?
Without waiting for Huo Xi to ask, Bao Xia said: "I'm going to make a rake and teach Xiaokang how to do it. He has a lot of strength. If he walks with us outside in the future, he can not only protect himself, but also protect his masters." "
What he said makes sense. Not to mention protecting the Huo family, as Bao Kang has some ability to protect himself, it is a good thing to be with him.
"Okay, then you can teach me some lessons. But you have to wait until you get this batch of sucrose."
"Don't worry, Master, the work will not be delayed. We have just stopped working now. My well-off mother has gone to cook with my wife. I will go out and make a rake."
Huo Xi nodded and entered the room.
Bao Xia was greatly relieved when he saw her entering the house. He was afraid that she would ask and he would not know how to answer. His family was now the slaves of the Huo family and had to be loyal, but they had to accept the weapons that the original master had kindly given.
