Qin Huaiyu said nothing and pursed her lips. She didn't want her grandfather to worry about her affairs.
Qin Changzhi could see it from his granddaughter's expression.
He sighed deeply, feeling helpless.
The eldest granddaughter is having a hard time in her husband's family. Although she has a son by her side, she has to compete with several aunts for favor. Her family does not support her and she has no say in her husband's family.
The second granddaughter is now in her prime, and she still doesn’t know what kind of marriage she will end up with. The grandson Huaimin experienced a misfortune in the family when he was young, and his parents died. He followed them to stay in the village and did not go out for the entire day, not even having a friend.
nothing.
However, he had no wealth and lived with his two grandchildren in the village where his eldest granddaughter was married, making Huaiwu even more unable to raise her head in her husband's family.
"grandfather?"
Seeing the worry on his granddaughter's face, Qin Changzhi sighed: "That's it, let's go back to the city."
"Hey!" Qin Huaiyu breathed a sigh of relief with a smile on his face, "Then granddaughter, go pack your luggage!"
After receiving Qin Changzhi's message, Huo Xi felt happy, put down what she was doing, and hired a carriage with her uncle to go to the outskirts of Beijing.
"I'll come, I'll come!"
Seeing Qin Huaiyu walking out with a big bundle in her arms, Yang Fu hurriedly ran over and caught it: "You're a girl, you can't move this, just put it there and I'll do it."
Qin Huaiyu blushed, but she didn't argue with him. She wanted to take some small items, but Yang Fu snatched them away. She watched blankly as he moved them back and forth without sparing any effort.
Bao Kang was a very strong man. Yang Fu was out of breath after moving a few times, but he was happily moving back and forth.
Seeing his childish appearance, Qin Changzhi smiled, feeling a little regretful in his heart.
Huo Xi walked up to him: "Sir, if Boya Academy is willing to hire you, can you tell the director and let Bao Kang go in and learn martial arts with Mr. Wu Xue? If he is like this now, if he can learn one and a half moves
, he will also have the ability to protect himself in the future, and will not waste his strength."
Qin Changzhi was a little surprised: "Does Boya Academy also offer martial arts classes?" Isn't it the Boya Academy he knew?
Huo Xi nodded: "It's only been open not long ago."
He comforted him: "If Boya Book School doesn't want to hire you, you can just live in my house and be a teacher for one day and a teacher for life. Nian'er will be filial to you in the future."
Qin Changzhi glanced at her: "If the Boya you are talking about is the Boya I know, they will hire me."
Huo Xi looked at him and said so firmly. Could it be that he was familiar with the director of the book school?
Qin Changzhi didn't say much, just watched the luggage being loaded onto the carriage, then stepped on the horse stool and got into the carriage.
Several carriages drove away from Zhuangzi. Qin Huaiyu opened the curtain and looked back at the Zhuangzi where she had lived for several years. She quickly lowered the curtain again. She would not be trapped in this Zhuangzi again in the future.
The carriage stopped in front of the Huo family's house on Qionghua Lane.
Grandpa Zou, grandma Shen, Shen Qianzhong, Shen Luo, and two wives came to greet them at the door, and Huo Xi introduced them.
"This house was originally planned to be used as a workshop. Now I have cleared out the second courtyard and let your family live in it. Although the front yard is used as a workshop, it does not affect the courtyard door if it is closed. The second courtyard also has a back door. You can
Families don’t need to go through one to enter the hospital.”
Qin Huaiyu's eyes moved when she heard that there was a workshop.
I don’t know what kind of workshop it is. She usually only embroiders some handkerchiefs and makes some embroidery samples to sell. If there is anything she can do, it can also add income to the family.
Qin Changzhi entered the courtyard, looked around briefly, and saw that it was very lifelike and tidy, so he nodded secretly in his heart.
Shen Qianzhong helped move it up and down. After moving it, he rubbed his hands and looked at Huo Xi nervously.
Huo Xi pointed at Shen Luo and said to Qin Changzhi: "This is Shen Luo, the son of shopkeeper Shen. He is about the same age as Mr. Huaimin's family. They are of the same age and may be able to tell. Shen Luo is good at studying. If there is anything difficult to solve at ordinary times, I hope I can get some advice from you sir."
Shen Qianzhong nodded repeatedly on the side, nervously. Great scholars all have tempers, and I don't know if they want it or not. If Luo'er could get some advice from him, it would be of great benefit to Luo'er.
"Shen Luo has met Mr. Qin." Shen Luo greeted Qin Changzhi.
Qin Changzhi looked at his father and son and nodded: "If you don't understand anything, just come."
"Thank you sir!" Shen Luo bowed deeply to him as a disciple.
He was so excited that when he saw Qin Huaimin secretly looking at him, he said, "Do you want to go to the front yard to have a look? I will take you there."
Qin Huaimin glanced at his grandfather, saw his grandfather nodded, and went with Shen Luo with a blushing face.
Qin Huaiyu also wanted to go. Huo Xi saw her and introduced to her: "Originally, this house was used as a workshop. When you first entered the courtyard, you arranged for the fan-making craftsmen to take their apprentices to make fans. When you entered the courtyard, they made fans for women. If you want to make velvet flowers, make fans, frames, and pendants, etc., then if you are willing to come, Shopkeeper Shen and I will move the fan maker to his house."
Qin Huaiyu's eyes lit up after hearing this: "Isn't there anyone who makes embroidered handkerchiefs?"
"Our shop also collects embroidery patterns and handkerchiefs, but they all get the materials and embroider them at home before sending them over. Some people also took the velvet flowers and fans home to make. Later, when we needed a large quantity, we opened a workshop for everyone to Come to the workshop and work together, it will be more efficient."
Seeing that his granddaughter was interested, Qin Changzhi said, "You and my little boss, please go to the front and have a look."
"Sir, please call me by my name. Calling me little boss will offend me." Huo Xi bowed to him.
Qin Changzhi felt a little disgusted when he saw her dressing up in men's clothes and performing nondescript etiquette: "You should have a gentleman to teach you."
Huo Xi smiled: "Then please give me more guidance, sir."
Qin Changzhi had a look of disgust on his face and waved to them. Grandpa Zou and Grandma Zou saw them leaving, so they and shopkeeper Shen Yang Fu helped him put away his things and introduced some situations to him.
Qin Huaiyu followed Huo Xi to the front yard, and saw about twenty women making velvet flowers, fans, and fan pendants together. They looked attentive and occasionally joked. The atmosphere was so harmonious that her eyes widened.
The embroidery on the fan is no worse than hers, and the pendant, especially the velvet flowers, is so beautiful.
These women all wear one or two velvet flowers on their heads. She also wants them and wants to learn them.
"If you want to learn, come to the front yard and learn from them."
Qin Huaiyu nodded happily.
Huo Xi took her and watched them for a while. He was very satisfied when he saw that they were very fast and did their work carefully.
Most of the women in the workshop are girls from the scholar's family near Qionghua Lane. The women and their families, some are married, some are unmarried, and some are older. Everyone talks and laughs together, and they are paid by the piece. If you get a lot, each person will get at least one tael of silver a month.
There are more than twenty women in the workshop. Those who usually have to take care of children and the elderly at home are given jobs to go back to work. There are actually quite a few women who work for the workshop, and there are also scholars who paint fans and write inscriptions. , there are quite a lot of people.
After everyone gathered in the workshop, Huo Xi bought two more maids, one Mrs. Li, one Mrs. Zhao, a janitor, and one to cook a meal for these ladies at noon.
Mrs. Li also brought a five-year-old grandson named Huzi, who usually helped deliver messages to the front and back yards.