Huo Xi introduced Qin Huaiyu to Mrs. Li and Mrs. Zhao: "From now on, Mr. Qin's family will live in the backyard. If Mr. Qin needs help, you can help him."
"Yes, Boss, we have remembered it." Mrs. Li and Mrs. Zhao nodded in agreement.
Huzi looked at Qin Huaiyu secretly. Huo Xi touched his head and took out a handful of candies for him: "If anything happens to Mr. Qin from now on, just go to the house in front to inform Grandpa Zou and Grandma, or go to the shop to find us."
, do you know?"
Huzi happily put the candy into his small satchel and nodded heavily: "Huzi understands."
"The boss gave him sweets again. The ladies and aunts in this workshop usually brought him a lot of food, and they all fed him fat."
Mrs. Li glanced at her grandson with a big smile on her face. She and Hu Zi had found a good employer.
In addition to looking after the door, she usually does some work in the workshop, and her employer also calculates money for her. In less than a month, she has saved almost one tael of silver.
Huo Xi then told Mrs. Zhao: "From now on, you can also help with the kitchen work for Mr. Qin's family. When I find someone at the fan-making workshop, you won't have to deliver food there."
"Yes, boss." Mrs. Zhao nodded in agreement.
She was alone and could be bought by a kind-hearted owner. She had a place to stay and three meals a day. In addition to her monthly salary, she also had money for daily work. She was content.
Qin Huaiyu finished watching the workshop and walked to the backyard with Huo Xi. He hesitated for a moment: "Can I come to the front yard to do some work? I usually embroider handkerchiefs at home and sell them. My embroidery work is pretty good. You see, this is my embroidery work."
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Afraid that Huo Xi would disagree, he quickly took out the handkerchief tucked around his waist and showed it to Huo Xi.
Huo Xi took a look and saw that the stitching was fine, the embroidery and the color matching were excellent. It looked like it had been systematically studied by a wealthy family.
Smiling and nodding: "Of course. Your pictures are much prettier than those in the workshop. If you can draw fans, you can also sell them to the workshop. Our workshop has been collecting some drawings, calligraphy and paintings from nearby scholars to use as fans. If you
If you write well and draw well, you can also provide pictures to the workshop. In the workshop, you can make velvet flowers, fans, fan pendants, and do embroidery work."
"Really? Then I'll go to work tomorrow!" Qin Huaiyu said with surprise on her face.
"You can go to the workshop to work with them, or you can pick up the materials and make them at home, it's up to you. You live in the backyard, and you usually help me look after the workshop. After all, Grandma Zou is old, and she doesn't know much about those things.
, I'm usually busy, so I don't have to keep an eye on it. If you are willing, I will leave the workshop to you and I will give you a monthly payment of five taels a month."
"I, I can't do it. I've never been in charge." Qin Huaiyu shook her head and waved her hands anxiously.
"It doesn't matter, you go to the workshop to do some work first, get along with them, and then help me keep an eye on them. If you do it smoothly and you are willing, then you can take the job of being a workshop steward."
Seeing that there was really no one available to her, Qin Huaiyu nodded in agreement.
Huo Xi learned something again and felt happy.
Originally, I was just renting in Qionghua Lane, so I took advantage of the convenience of my own boat to go to the countryside to collect goods. I sold some vegetables, firewood and other daily necessities to the residents of Qionghua Lane to earn some money. In this way, I got to know Qionghua Lane and
People who live nearby.
In the beginning, I did a small business of selling daily necessities. Unexpectedly, after I got to know the people who lived here, I learned that they were not rich. There were scholars at home, and the expenses were high. The women in the family usually worked as female workers.
, he invited them to work again, collected their work, and sold it in Guangfeng Water.
Then he started selling and opening a workshop.
Even Huo Xi didn't expect it.
Nowadays, there are twenty or thirty female workers who are willing to work in the workshop. When there are more than 20 female workers, they invite the mother-in-law to visit and cook lunch for them.
Now it has become a serious business.
The two returned to the backyard and saw their granddaughter smiling and in a good mood. Qin Changzhi put a smile on his face: "Didn't you see your brother?"
"He and Shen Luo went to the nearby house to watch the craftsmen making fans," Qin Huaiyu replied.
Qin Changzhi nodded, it would be a good thing if his grandson could be more lively.
Looking at Huo Xi: "I didn't expect that at such a young age, you are both a female workshop and a fan maker. I heard that you have a shop in the city and have opened shops in other places, but I look down on you."
Huo Xi was a little embarrassed: "It's just a small fight, just for a living."
Qin Changzhi looked at her and nodded. At such a young age, he had a calm and indifferent demeanor, which was rare.
After a while, Qin Huaimin followed Shen Luo back with excitement.
Seeing him talking happily about everything he saw in the workshop, Qin Changzhi breathed a sigh of relief.
Sun Tzu had stayed in Zhuangzi for a long time, and he was a little dull. Now that he saw that he finally had a lively look, he felt that he made the right decision to return to the city.
He and his family were left to store their luggage in the house, while Huo Xi and others came out of the house.
He turned to Bao Kang and said, "Xiao Kang will follow Grandpa Zou and Grandma Zou later and help deliver some food, rice, oil, salt and other food to Mr. Qin, okay?"
Bao Kang nodded repeatedly: "Okay, let's go with grandpa and grandma. We also have to pick up Nian'er."
Grandpa Zou and grandma looked at him and smiled: "Okay, you will follow to pick up Nian'er later."
Zou Sheng often runs outside and is not around the two old people. The two old people are usually lonely and very considerate in helping to take care of Shen Luo and Huo Nian. Now Bao Kang has come and feels pity for him. Seeing how sensible he is to take care of him. He did all the heavy work at home and loved him very much.
If you have some food, leave it for him.
Bao Kang also liked Huo Nian and left delicious food for Huo Nian. He followed him to pick up Huo Nian every day.
Huo Xi gave a few instructions, but did not enter the house, and walked to the shop with Yang Fu and Chen Qianzhong.
"Now Mrs. Zhao has to take care of cooking for the female workshop and Mr. Qin's family. The fan-making workshop still needs to hire another wife to help cook."
Shen Qian nodded: "Okay, I'll go to the Human Teeth Institute to buy another mother-in-law."
Huo Xi said: "It would be fine if it was a family. It would be nice to have a gatekeeper and someone who can deliver messages."
Shen Qianye nodded in agreement.
When Huo Nian came back from school in the afternoon, Huo Xi took him to see Mr. Qin and asked him to perform the disciple ceremony.
The next day, Mr. Qin went to the book school with Huo Nian and Bao Kang.
Huo Xi was originally worried that Boya Book School would not accept Mr. Qin as a teacher. Although Mr. Qin had taught in the Imperial College and was rich in knowledge, he was demoted to a commoner by His Majesty, so the school did not dare to use him.
Unexpectedly, Mr. Qin not only stayed, but also Bao Kang was allowed to stay and practice martial arts with Mr. Wu.
Huo Xi thought to herself: It seems that the director of the book school and Mr. Qin have known each other before.
In the future, Mr. Qin would give Huo Nian some guidance on his knowledge, and Huo Xi felt relieved.
In the library, the director Zhou Ran looked at Qin Changzhi with some surprise: "I didn't expect that Mr. would be willing to teach at Boya Book School. The disciple is really excited and doesn't know what to say."
Qin Changzhi glanced at this former disciple. When his family first fell into trouble, he was one of the few disciples who was willing to extend a helping hand to him.
At first, he wanted to hire him to teach in a book school, but at that time, not only his two grandsons didn't want to stay in the city, but he also didn't want to stay in the city and see those old people and old things, which would make him upset.
Unexpectedly, after going around in circles, I came back again. It was fate.
"Sir was invited by the schoolboy Huo Nian's family?" Zhou Ran was very surprised.
Huo Nian, an inconspicuous boy, was first invited by the Marquis of Xincheng to teach him martial arts, and he himself came two or three times a month. Why did he invite Mr. Qin here now?
Is this Huo family a noble person in distress? Or does the family have some connections?