When Mrs. Yang saw Huo Sanhe's request to send her youngest son to the workshop school, she was stunned.
I don’t know where Huo Sanhe got the news from. He had a headache. He defended: "That workshop, that workshop does not belong to my family."
Huo Sanhe rubbed his hands nervously, "I don't know anything, and I won't tell anyone."
He didn't expect that his second brother, who had married into someone else's family, was already so capable. When he heard others calling his second brother the boss, he guessed that the workshop was either his second brother's, or he had a huge relationship with his second brother. Relationship.
Huo Sanhe felt a little uncomfortable when he thought that his family had been working in the fields for so many years with their backs to the sky and their faces to the soil.
But he also knew that this had nothing to do with his second brother.
Now he can secretly hide some money, save it for his eldest son to marry him, and save some dowry for his two daughters. This is much better than before when he could not save a penny.
If my youngest son could be sent to read a few words, he would really have nothing more to ask for.
Yang knows that if there is one there are two, and if there are two there are countless troubles.
After taking a look at Huo Cang, who was standing next to Huo Sanhe and looking at him expectantly, he felt a headache.
"Think about it, if Huo Cang is sent to school, your eldest brother's family, your fourth brother's family, and Wu Niang's family all have sons. Which one of Erhuai can he accept? Or all of them? Over there in the workshop is the author. Where to live, where will Huo Cang stay after school in the evening?"
Seeing Yang's reluctance, Huo Sanhe said hurriedly: "If he goes to school, I will rent a small courtyard or a shanty in the outer city for him to live in. I won't trouble my second brother and sister-in-law."
Huo Xuan was delivering fish to a restaurant in the inner city, so he went alone. His father said he would take his younger brother to deliver fish to his second aunt, but he didn't think much about it. After delivering the goods, he went to Qionghua Lane to pick them up and go back together.
At the door I saw Huo Xi coming back from the shop.
This cousin was dressed in a man's attire and was obviously younger than him, but he just didn't dare to look directly at her, and he was puzzled.
"Xiao Xi is back?"
Seeing him pushing an empty cart, Huo Xi smiled and nodded to him. After asking him a few questions, she entered the house with him.
When he arrived at the house, he saw Huo Sanhe and Huo Cang were there, and was stunned. When he heard the reason, Huo Xi frowned almost invisible.
"Dad!" Huo Xuan almost touched his forehead after hearing this.
He also said why his father asked others to help look after the boat. It turned out that he brought his younger brother to ask for his second aunt.
"Dad, the workshop is full of children of people who work there, and we don't work there, how can we send Huo Cang in there."
Upon hearing this, Huo Cang lowered his head, pursed his lips tightly, and looked frustrated.
Yang couldn't bear to see her child suffering, so she felt a little soft-hearted and looked at Huo Xi.
Huo Xi let out a breath: "The workshop belongs to Guangfeng Shuidong's family. My uncle is just the second shopkeeper, helping to manage it. The children in the school are the children of the workshop craftsmen and female workers. If you don't work in it, it's not good to make an exception."
"Then can I also work there? How about letting your third aunt and your two cousins work in there? Their female workers can also do a good job."
The father and son came out, but the wife and daughter were still at home, busy working on the more than ten acres of land at home. He felt sorry for them. The eldest daughter was thirteen years old, and it was time for her to stay at home and wait for a bride, but she was still at home. I was so busy working there that I was burnt from the sun.
Seeing that his second brother's daughter was raised like a wealthy lady from a wealthy family, he felt envious and wanted to do something for his two daughters.
Huo Xi doesn't want to cause a lot of trouble to the Huo family.
"Not to mention whether grandma can let them out, but when the time comes, a bunch of people will come to my father. Can my father take them all into the school? Can he arrange them into the workshop?"
Huo Sanhe still wanted to argue, but he also knew that what she said was the truth. He felt a little depressed.
Huo Xuan felt a little uncomfortable. He didn't have the chance to read, and now his younger brother had the chance. His father was asking for help in a low voice, just to get his younger brother to learn a few words.
Seeing Huo Xi's resolute attitude, Mrs. Yang helped to soften it and said: "You three, father and son, can save some money if you work hard for a month. Then just send Huo Cang to the book school. If you have any difficulties with money, go to
I'll come back and borrow some from Erhuaizhi later."
Yang would rather lend them money than break this exception. If an exception is broken, countless troubles will come later.
"My family won't let Cang'er go to school."
The family has not been separated yet. If it were known that they had secretly saved money to send their son to school, the family would be in turmoil, and the three of them would not be able to do their current work.
"Dad, go back, don't embarrass your second aunt and cousin." Huo Xuan pulled Huo Sanhe and Huo Cang to leave.
Huo Cang knew that it didn't work out, his eyes immediately turned red, he lowered his head and tears rolled down his face.
Yang felt very uncomfortable. She raised her eyes and glanced at Huo Xi.
Huo Xi rubbed her forehead with a headache.
The workshop belongs to her, and whether she lets Huo Cang in or not depends on her words.
If she rejected them this time, I wonder if her parents would feel uncomfortable. If it weren't for Huo Erhuai and Yang, she and Nian'er wouldn't be where they are today. She didn't want them to have any resentment in their hearts.
Sighed: "Come back."
Huo Cang was wiping tears and was not looking at the road. He was pulled sharply by his father and almost fell to the ground.
The father and son turned back with hopeful expressions on their faces.
"The workshop only accepts children of craftsmen and female workers who work in it. If Huo Cang wants to go in, cousin Xuan, if you are willing to sign a ten-year contract with Guangfeng Shuidong's family and work for the owner of the workshop for ten years, I will help
Intercede and let Huo Cang go in."
"Why do you have to sign the deed?" Huo Sanhe was a little surprised.
"It's not a physical contract, it's a labor contract. I'll work for Guangfeng Shui for ten years, and I'll earn five hundred yuan a month in the first year. I'll arrange to go wherever I need it, and then I'll get paid based on my performance."
"Okay, I agree."
Huo Sanhe is still settling this account. Now he and his two sons can secretly hide one or two taels of silver in a month, sometimes more. It is not cost-effective for his son to work as a waiter for five hundred coins in a month.
Just as he was calculating, he heard his son nodding in agreement. He was a little dumbfounded.
Huo Xi was also a little dumbfounded. She specifically said that the employees had long tenures and wanted to persuade them to leave. Unexpectedly, Huo Xuan actually agreed. It ended badly for her.
Seeing Huo Cang's face full of surprise, he had no choice but to find the slope by himself.
"Huo Cang entered the school, lived in the workshop, and helped in the workshop in his free time. Don't go back to Huojiaba if you have nothing to do in the future. He told his family that he would be sent as an apprentice. Cousin Xuantang will enter the city tomorrow and go to Ningbo with the ship.
Let’s get the goods. From now on, we will follow Guangfengshui’s fleet to deliver the goods. Where to go, it depends on the store’s arrangements.”
After speaking, he looked at Huo Sanhe: "As for your guest boat, whether Third Uncle can work on it alone is your business. You can decide whether you ask Third Aunt to help or return it to my father."
Huo Xibaba talked about it, but the father and son couldn't digest it.
Huo Sanhe didn't have any objections to the arrangement of the two sons, but... "I haven't earned the money to pay for the boat to pay back to your father. I can do it alone."
Huo Sanhe didn't want to give up his job as a passenger boat. He could solicit passengers, carry goods, and fish for money when there were no customers. He didn't have to worry about sales. In his opinion, there was no better way out than that.
Huo Xi nodded, okay, if you want to do it, keep doing it. The brothers can get on with their lives, and her father will probably have less worries.
After sending the father and son away, the mother and daughter sat in the room and looked at each other, sighing together.