Seeing that Xianghua looked unhappy and Xia He also stared at her as her master, Huo Xi thought about it and explained to them.
"That leader is in charge of all the workers on the dock, and all the work is assigned to him. Is there anyone behind him?"
Xia He nodded: "I heard that someone in his family is a high-ranking official in the capital."
"Really? Then can't we sneak in quietly in the middle of the night? I also ran away secretly in the middle of the night." She managed to escape. Vanilla felt a little proud.
Huo Xi knew what she was thinking at a glance, and just smiled and said: "The leader just had a grudge with the Zhu family, and he was beaten up and robbed of money when he turned around. Do you think he can think of the Zhu family?
Let the Zhu family go?"
Xiang Xiu and Xia He were frightened.
"The girl is still awesome and thinks carefully."
Mrs. Wu came over and said with a smile: "Otherwise, how can I be your master? You girls are so powerful. You must listen to your girls carefully in the future and don't betray your master. Do you understand?"
"I know. Let's listen to the girl." The two girls nodded in agreement.
Mrs. Wu looked at the two girls and nodded with satisfaction.
The older one is said to be able to read the weather and seems to be smarter. The younger one seems to be more stable than the older one. Ningxiu and Zhongquan were quite loyal before and focused on the Lord. They trained this little girl.
, he should be loyal too.
I took them both there so I could talk about the rules.
Ningxiu returned to the hospital with the twenty taels of silver given by Huo Xi and her eldest daughter's deed, and saw the two younger children lying on the edge of their father's bed asleep. Zhongquan also slept with his eyebrows furrowed.
With.
He stepped forward and tucked him in.
Zhu Zhongquan woke up immediately: "How is it? Has the master accepted us?"
Ningxiu shook her head.
Zhu Zhongquan was disappointed.
In the past, I only felt that being a good citizen was free, but now I find that it is very difficult for a good citizen with no power and power. It is better to join the master's name and get the protection of the master's family.
"The master only signed Xia He."
Xia He? Zhu Zhongquan then realized that his eldest daughter was not there. When he heard that Xia He had returned to Beijing with his master's family, his face was very sad.
"I haven't even been able to give the child a few words of advice. But it's better for her to go with her master than to stay here and be bullied by her boss."
Now that I have offended the boss, I don’t know how I will live in the future. There will probably be no work on the dock.
Ningxiu thought of her daughter whom she didn't know when she would see him again. She wiped tears on her face and took out the money in her arms to show it to the man.
He comforted: "The master gave it to me. He said that we would be reunited one day in the future. The master said that they would let Manager Li's second son come to Ningbo to open a shop in a while, and said that if we are willing, we can work in the shop."
"Really?" Zhu Zhongquan was excited, as if his broken leg immediately stopped hurting.
After a while, he paused again and knocked on his broken leg: "But my leg is lame, so my master probably won't want me."
Ningxiu comforted him: "Yes, you are literate, you have been a steward, you have also opened a shop, and you are familiar with things on the dock. I think the master has brought two boats here, and they must be here to do business with the people."
You have learned a lot about things on the dock over the years, and even if you are lame, you can still help the master's family."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhongquan immediately ignited hope in his heart: "If the master opens a shop and does business with the people, I will definitely be able to help!"
After getting excited, he saw his wife frowning and asked her, "Are you thinking about Xia He?"
Ningxiu shook her head: "I was thinking about Manager Li's family. That little boss looks very familiar."
"Looks familiar? We've never seen him before."
"Although I haven't seen her before, she looks familiar. She looks very... very like Miss."
"Like who?"
"Like Miss Xinrou."
"Ah?" Zhu Zhongquan was surprised. After thinking about it, he shook his head: "The young lady didn't give birth to such a big son."
"But it's very much like when the young lady was young. I stayed with the young lady since I was a child, and I can remember what the young lady looks like. The young lady used to sneak out of the house to play, wearing the clothes of the second young master, that's what she looked like."
After saying that, he got a little excited and grabbed Zhu Zhongquan's hand: "Do you think Sister Ning is not dead?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? After Miss left, didn't we go to the Zhang family's ancestral tomb to pay homage to Miss? There is Sister Ning's tomb next to it."
Zhu Zhongquan felt that she was a little crazy.
But Ningxiu was excited: "At first we knew that the young lady had given birth to a young master. That day we were at the city gate to see the Li family out of the city. Sister Ning's nanny came to deliver money to the Li family at the young lady's request. We originally invited her
We sat at home, do you remember what she said?"
Zhu Zhongquan still remembers the day when the Li family was exiled: "She said she wanted to go back and help look after the young master."
Ningxiu looked excited: "Yes, she said that the young master will be one month old soon, and no one from the house came to pick them up. She also said that she wanted to send a letter to my uncle in the north. As we all know, the young lady gave birth to the young master.
Yes, but the Zhang family’s obituary said that the lady died in childbirth.”
Zhu Zhongquan sat upright in excitement and stared at Ningxiu: "So the lady's two children are still alive?"
Ningxiu shook her head: "I don't know. But when I looked at the child, Aunt Li blocked my gaze."
Zhu Zhongquan was so excited that his whole body was trembling.
"That's it, that's it! Young Master, I don't know, Sister Ning must be still alive. Otherwise, Manager Li and his family would have gone to Huzhou to become good citizens. His eldest son opened a private school in Huzhou, and his meritorious service has not been recognized.
Lu, why do you have to rush to be a slave?"
The couple became more and more excited as they talked.
Both of their lives were saved by the Li family. Without the Li family, they would not exist. Now that I know that the young lady’s daughter is still alive, I am not happy.
"Go to the front and find the medicine boy to bring my medicine. I can recover quickly and work for Sister Ning. Then we will ask Manager Li about the whereabouts of the Li family, and also ask the master, wife and gentlemen
Send something."
"Okay, I'll go right away!"
As for Huo Xi, we sailed from Ningbo Port and went up the Yongjiang River to Hangzhou, where we turned into the Jiangnan Canal and took two days to reach Huzhou.
"Your boat is too big to enter Laolong River. Just drop us off at the dock here."
"I'll ask a few escorts to deliver it to you. I'm not worried about you, old and young, carrying so many things."
"No, no, no. We can charter a boat at this dock and get home in less than half a day. It's very safe in Huzhou."
Li Shiwu and Wu refused to let Huo Xi see them off. They only asked a few escorts and men to help carry the things to the hired boat and waved goodbye to her at the dock.
"Sister Xi'er, next time we will go see Fan Ren and Fan Chuan together." Li Yin and Li Yi were very reluctant to let go and hugged Huo Xi's legs.
Both Wu and Li Shiwu were very angry: "These two children are so ambitious that they even want to see the big ship."
Huo Xi smiled and stroked their little heads: "Okay, next time Sister Xi'er passes by here, she will take you on board and go to see Banren and Banchuan together. It's great that you don't get seasick."
My sister will come to take you next time."
The two children were very happy and even flirted with her before waving goodbye to her at the pier.
The two ships continued northward from the South Canal and arrived at the mouth of the Yangtze River at the end of Shenzhou, which was now within the boundaries of Jingkou.
It took less than a day to get from Jingkou to the capital. Huo Xi decided to rest at the dock for a while.