Li Yu took a boat from Songjiang Prefecture to Ningbo Port. According to the address, he found the shanty town outside the city.
Ningxiu was taking her son Dongsheng to deliver washed clothes from house to house, and then received clothes from each house and brought them back to be washed.
The mother and son wrapped three large bags of dirty clothes in furoshiki. Ningxiu carried one on her back and another on her chest. Dongsheng also held a large baggage.
I couldn't see the road and I was stumbling as I walked. From time to time I would put it on the ground to rest and catch my breath.
"Put it on your back so you can see the road. Otherwise, you can stay here and mother will come back to get it later."
"Mom, I can carry it, I just need to walk slowly."
Ningxiu looked at her son's face, which was red from the cold, and felt a little distressed, "Okay, then you go slowly."
After resting for a while, they helped their son put the big bundle on his back. The mother and son moved forward again. They saw that their son was bent over by the bundle, and they quietly carried it with their hands behind them. As a result, they themselves staggered along the way.
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"Mom, just go ahead and leave me alone. Just follow slowly, son."
"Let's go, Mom, you can watch from behind." She walked behind her son, guarding him all the way.
As the saying goes, there is no light burden for a long journey. Ningxiu felt that her waist was about to be broken by the burden on her back. When she was about to put the baggage on the ground to rest, she suddenly felt that her back was much lighter. She turned around to look...
"Guanshi Yu!" His eyes showed surprise.
Li Yu nodded and smiled at her, took the bundle in her arms, and then reached out to lift the bundle on Dongsheng's back.
Dongsheng didn't recognize the man in front of him and looked at him blankly. Ningxiu declined: "We can carry it."
"Lead the way."
"Hey." Ningxiu thought that when Manager Li Yu arrived in Ningbo, he would open a shop, and then she and her father would have a way out. She felt happy and asked Dongsheng to lead the way.
Dongsheng responded and strode ahead, looking back at Li Yu from time to time.
Li Yu smiled and said, "Your son is quite smart and sensible. Is Zhong Quan's leg healed?"
"Okay, okay, I'm at home. I can walk two steps with the crutch."
As we talked all the way, we soon arrived at the small shantytown where their family rented.
When Zhu Zhongquan saw Li Yu, he was very excited and rushed out of the house regardless of his leg injury. His little daughter carefully supported him and looked at Li Yu curiously.
After talking for a while, they heard that Li Yu was going to visit the shop. Zhu Zhongquan insisted on following him, but Li Yu stopped him: "Let's recover from our injuries first. Only when we recover can we work better for our family."
When the host's house was mentioned, the couple looked at each other and carefully inquired: "Manager Yu, um, that day, we saw the little boss next to Manager Li Da..." Is it Sister Ning?
Li Yu glanced at the couple and knew what they wanted to say.
He just said: "Your eldest daughter is with the master now. Only by doing good things can the family be reunited. What you shouldn't ask and what you shouldn't say will rot in your belly. The master's family is most afraid of betraying the master."
Having said that, what else do the couple not understand?
Choking and nodding, Ningxiu even wiped a handful on her face, sighing in her heart that God had opened her eyes. The couple expressed their loyalty to Li Yu.
"Don't worry, Manager Yu. Without the old owner, there would be no us. We all know that we will do a good job for our little boss from now on and help take care of the Ningbo shop."
Li Yu nodded. Hearing that Dongsheng was familiar with Ningbo City and the docks, he took Dongsheng to find a shop.
After searching for several days, I finally found a shop with a warehouse near the pier. I hired someone to decorate it and hired a few clerks and accounting clerks. The Ningbo shop opened in a low-key manner.
Ningxiu gave up her job of washing clothes, and Zhu Zhongquan also dragged his injured legs to the shop to sit in charge. Even his son Dongsheng went to the shop to work as an errand boy.
Because Zhu Zhongquan's family was very familiar with the dock and knew some people there, although the Ningbo store was newly opened, it was quickly opened and shipped to Songjiang and Beijing in less than half a month.
Huo Xi was very happy when she received the news.
After discussing with Shen Qianzhong and Yang Fu, I thought about the goods I saw at the wharf there when I went to Ningbo last time, and what the people in Zhejiang, Fujian and Fan desperately needed. I replied to Ningbo while preparing. A shipment of goods was sent.
A lot of velvet flowers, fans, boxes and other handicrafts were shipped there, as well as all kinds of cloth.
I also thought that there were many shipbuilding workshops in Zhejiang and Fujian, so I must need some shipbuilding materials, so I collected a lot of wood, bamboo, rattan, tung oil, raw paint and other materials and sent them there.
After being so busy, it’s almost the end of the year.
Huo Nian was on annual leave, and like a bird out of its cage, he disappeared the next day. Seeing that he and Bao Kang were only playing with classmates near Qionghua Lane, Huo Xi didn't pay much attention.
Bao Kang has now learned boxing and kicking skills, and is so strong that no one can get close to him.
At first, the gentleman who taught him martial arts was careless and thought he was just a student. Later, when he saw that he was really talented, he seriously taught him as a disciple. He was very attentive. If he hadn't been intellectually weak, he would have wanted to recruit him into the army.
With him by Huo Nian's side, Huo Xi felt relieved that they could go play.
After playing like this for two days, Huo Xi caught Huo Nian on the third day. He cleaned him up and took him to see Yu Jiang's new son.
Yu Jiang finally gave birth to a son. He was one month old a few days ago and could go to visit the workshop. Huo Xi took Huo Nian, Bao Kang and Grandma Zou to visit them. The two maids left them in the workshop.
Now when Huo Xi doesn't need them to follow him, they go to the workshop to get work and save money. Now the two of them have saved a lot of small money, and they run there whenever they have time.
I wonder if every master has a slave. With a master like her who only cares about money, the two maids also talk about saving money every day.
I never forget to work under the stars at night.
A group of people arrived at Yu's house carrying gifts.
Seeing their arrival, the Yu family was very happy. Yu Miao called out, "Sister Xi'er, sister Xi'er," he came up and took her arm and dragged her into the house.
"Sister Xi'er, come and see my brother. My brother looks so good!"
Yu Jiang looked blank and shook his head at Master Zou, Grandma and the others and laughed: "Her mother and I have nothing, but this girl seems to be blessed with great blessings. She always praises her brother when everyone meets her. She is afraid that others will not know. generally."
Everyone laughs.
"Which girl's family doesn't want brothers from her mother's family? When they get married in the future, they will still count on their brothers from their mother's family to support them." After Zou A'nai finished speaking, she looked at Yu Ya with a smile.
Yu Ya blushed and lowered her head. Now that her family is better off and living in the city again, her temperament has also changed a lot. She looks like the daughter of a small family.
Yu Ya was very happy for their arrival, greeted them cordially, and made tea for them.
Huo Xi and Grandma Zou went into the house to see Mrs. Zheng.
Mrs. Zheng had been looking forward to having a son for so many years, and it goes without saying that she was happy. Now that it was cold, she just hugged her son and hid in the house. When she saw them coming, she hurriedly carried her son out to the hall so that Mr. Zou could
Take a look too.
Everyone rushed to see the swaddled newborn.
"Wow, sister, my brother is so small, with such a small face and such small hands. It's so funny!" Huo Nian almost glued his face to the little baby's face. He just felt so novel.
Zheng looked at Huo Nian with a smile.
I feel that Huo Erhuai and Yang have raised Huo Nian really well. Now that he is studying in the city, he looks like a young master from a wealthy family. He thinks to himself that when his son grows up, he will also let him
Go and study.
Yu Jiang looked at it with a smile and asked Huo Xi: "Your father sent a big basket of river fresh food here last time and said that your mother's belly is also getting bigger. Are you going back to Zhuangzi to celebrate the New Year?"