When we returned to Zhuangzi, it was already dark, and An An was fast asleep in Yang's arms.
The family ate something simple and then went to bed.
The next day Huo Nian took Huo Xi and his uncle to watch the horses.
Yang Fu brought back two horses this time. Huo Xi felt a little helpless in complaining. Last year, her uncle brought back two cows, one male and one female. This year, he brought back two horses, one male and one female.
"Uncle, why don't you bring two females? They can also give birth to ponies." Huo Nian didn't understand Yang Fu's tricks.
"How can you give birth to a pony without a stallion?" Yang Fu looked like the two siblings were stupid.
"You can bring them to someone else's house for breeding. Then there will be two mares ready to give birth to ponies?" Huo Nian thought that his uncle's brain might have been blown too much by the sea breeze and got wet.
Yang Fu was stopped by Huo Nian's question.
He blankly turned to look at Huo Xi, who looked like he didn't want to talk to him. This fool had given up his own share and brought two good horses back from Tamluo Island, and he was still complacent.
Being questioned by Huo Nian at this time, Yang Fu suddenly doubted his life.
Huo Nian shook his head, this uncle must have been blown too much by the sea breeze, eh.
"What if others refuse to lend the horse? It's better to have a stallion yourself and breed it whenever you want." Yang Fu defended himself without giving up.
"Didn't you say that the Pei family also shipped several horses back, and the Pei family refused to borrow them? There is also Langguang Pavilion. Langguang Pavilion came back from North Korea without bringing any goods. They only brought horses back and borrowed them. Less than a stallion?”
After Huo Xi finished speaking, she rolled her eyes at him. This uncle must be thinking about his future aunt. He wants to buy a male and a female for cattle, and a male and a female for horses.
Yang Fuzhi hesitated for a long time, refusing to admit his dirty tricks. He only took the two siblings to see the horse he picked out.
"Look, what a good horse. It's fat and strong. Maybe a foal will be born this year."
Taking a look at the cows next to him, he saw that they had adapted well to the farm and were still able to produce so much milk. They had fed An An until she was white and fat. Yang Fu felt quite accomplished.
I feel that these two horses will adapt well. Soon they will be able to give birth to ponies, which makes me feel very proud.
Huo Nian looked at the two horses and was eager to try them. He had learned martial arts and was dreaming of making great achievements. He was dreaming of being a hero and longed to gallop right away, facing the wind and snow.
"When the saddle is ready after the New Year, I will let your master teach you how to ride." Huo Xi said. How could her younger brother Hou Menguizi not know how to ride a horse? Arrangements must be made.
"Okay!" Huo Nian jumped up and Le Dian Dian ran to develop a relationship with the horse.
Huo Xi looked at it with a smile and turned to ask Yang Fu: "Uncle, you said you didn't bring anything back from Langguang Pavilion, but you bought a horse from Tamluoquan?"
Yang Fu nodded, "Seventy-eight horses were shipped back, including horses and ponies."
"Then when you stopped at Taicang, the horses were not taken away?"
"When we were still twenty or thirty miles away from Taicang, Langguang Pavilion unloaded the horses and transported them to the shore by ship. Xi'er, why do you think Langguang Pavilion transported so many horses? How many horses are there? Ten horses are worth more than the goods shipped back from Korea."
It was probably that stingy young man who wanted to transport these horses to the southwest.
But it was difficult to reveal this matter to Yang Fu, for fear that he would spill the beans. He only said: "That Shengshui Escort Bureau is also owned by the owner of Langguang Pavilion. If they want to run escorts, they must not have horses?"
Yang Fu nodded: "That's right. The Shengshui Escort Agency doesn't just do water escorts, it also does land escort business."
"Yes, if you buy a horse from someone else, you may not be able to buy it. You will have to spend a lot of money. It would be best if you can transport it yourself. I heard that the Shengshui Escort Bureau is doing very well, but they are reluctant to take orders. Many people in the capital
Jealous, I have opened several escort agencies specializing in water escorts in the past two years."
Huo Xi is also a little jealous of the escort agency business.
Yang Fu also said: "If our family doesn't do river and sea transportation business, we might be able to make a living by opening a bodyguard agency. Xi'er, you don't know how good Ting Lei and Mu Yu are in martial arts. Although we ran the Korean route this time,
But we still encountered Japanese rogues. Those people didn’t care about the high and rough waves rolled up by the big ship. They just threw ropes and climbed onto our ship without risking their lives.”
"Ah? Is there any loss?"
"No. However, except for Langguang Pavilion and our family, the other three families have few guards who can fight. Ting Lei and Mu Yu are still more powerful. One against ten, they were defeated. Thank you all the way.
They were killed. Those two companies gave them quite a lot of rewards."
Huo Xi let out a sigh of relief: "I heard that Lei Muyu and the others have special status. They have been trained since childhood and have rich practical experience. Ordinary guards cannot compare to them."
"Well, they told me their identities, Xi'er, don't worry, I won't tell anyone, not even Huaiyu."
Huaiyu, you call her so affectionate? Huo Xi gave him a teasing look.
Yang Fu realized something and hurriedly pursed his lips, his face flushed and his ears hot.
"Uncle, you are getting married this year, so I'm afraid you won't be able to go to Japan. Our family might have to stop for a year."
"We can't stop." Yang Fu disagreed, "Those four families are still going this year, and our family can't be left behind. Zou Sheng came to see me yesterday, and he told me that he wanted to go to Japan."
"Brother Sheng? No, he is the only one left in his family. If something happens to him, Grandpa Zou and Grandma Zou may not survive."
"But he wants to go."
"I won't let him go. If our family wants to go then, we will have to choose someone."
Yang Fu had no choice but to give up after hearing this.
In fact, he felt that all merchants on the Toyo Line were familiar with it, and there were pirates, but the problems were not big.
But he also felt that Xi'er was right. If something happened to Zou Sheng, Grandpa Zou and Grandma Zou might not be able to survive. Moreover, he had just announced his marriage to Yu Ya, so it would be bad if it delayed Yu Ya. Yu Ya
He also watched him grow up.
The Zou family, Shen family, Qin family, and Lou family all had nowhere to go, so they celebrated the New Year lively with the Huo family in Zhuangzi, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
But Gong Ziyi, who was far away in Huai'an, was not in a good mood.
The head of the Gong family, Gong Fang, has been secretly making arrangements since he fell seriously ill. For his favorite grandson, he even wants to help him pave the way.
During the Chinese New Year, Gong Ziyi was brought with him to all the big and small banquets, and he introduced his beloved eldest grandson to the acquaintances.
Although the grandson was very capable, after his death, the family property would be handed over to Ziyi's father.
His son has a soft ear. If the family business is handed over to him, he is afraid that it will be torn apart in the future. If he can find a strong in-law family for his grandson, the two families will be each other's arms in the future, and the Gong family can be richer for dozens more.
Year.
Gong Ziyi could not refuse his grandfather's arrangement.
But his mother drags his maternal cousins around in front of him every day, and his father is not far behind, saying that this friend of his has a beautiful girl in his family, and that friend also has a Jiao'e in his family, and she whispers in his ears every day.
Even a bunch of his father's aunts came to recommend candidates to him, as well as several aunts, and all the clan members recommended him. The fragrance of makeup and powder filled the house every day, which annoyed Gong Ziyi very much.