In the flower hall of the Huo family, Zhu Zhongquan and Ningxiu brought their two children to greet Huo Xi. They stared at her closely.
"Girl..." The girl looks more and more like her mother.
These eyebrows were clearly what the young lady looked like when she was a girl. Ningxiu took the handkerchief and pressed it on her eyes. After a while, the handkerchief became wet.
Huo Xi smiled at her: "Just come. Xia He has been looking forward to your coming since years ago. He has prepared all kinds of things for you. He cranes his neck to look outside the courtyard gate every day."
"Girl, I don't have one." Xia He was excited when he saw his parents, siblings, and his eyes were red. He stopped crying when Huo Xiyi teased him.
Zhu Zhong could see Xia He all year round, but he was not as excited as Ningxiu when she saw her daughter. She just watched with a smile.
Ningxiu stepped forward and took her daughter's hand, and couldn't help but look at her: "My daughter has raised you well. You have grown taller and fatter." Dongsheng and Qiu Shuang also came to her sister's side, and the three of them hugged each other.
The three siblings have not seen each other for more than three years.
Huo Erhuai and Yang heard that Xia He's parents were here, and they both came to see them.
"Little Zhu Zhongquan, Ningxiu, I have met the master and madam." The couple bowed to Huo Erhuai and Yang, and they knelt down so hard that they heard the sound.
Yang and Huo Erhuai didn't know their intentions and hurriedly stretched out their hands to help, but Zhu Zhongquan and Ningxiu still insisted on kowtowing three times.
This gift is for their poor young lady. If it weren't for this kind couple, their young lady's flesh and blood might no longer be alive today.
"Oh, what do you mean? We don't like the behavior of wealthy people. We are just servants in this house. We don't like kneeling here and there. We are not used to it. Don't give such big gifts in the future."
Yang helped them both up.
"Yes." Both the wife and the master are good people, and they will treat them the same as they treat the young lady in the future.
Huo Erhuai and Yang breathed a sigh of relief. Even after so many years of wealth and wealth, they were used to being called master and wife, but when they knelt down and worshiped each other, they were still very stressed.
He took Xia He and said to them: "You have raised a good daughter. Xia He is a sweet girl. She serves Xi'er hard-working and without complaint. She is diligent and quick at a young age. Your daughter is well-born. Xi'er wants your family to be separated.
For a long time, I was worried that my child would be in bad health if he missed you."
"Madam, please don't say such things. If it weren't for the girl, our family would still be in jail and we wouldn't have the good life we have now. Xia He followed the wife and the girl and learned the skills of reading and doing accounts. He followed us
Still a stupid girl."
After chatting for a while, Huo Xi made arrangements for them. Ningxiu and the two younger ones stayed in the house, while Zhu Zhongquan went to the shop. Now he is making preparations for going to Nanyang. If he participates more, he can get to know each other earlier.
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"Girl, what about us?" Ningxiu was also restless and wanted to get some work.
"Let Xia He take you to the workshop. Dongsheng and Qiu Shuang will learn some words in the workshop school first, and then we will arrange their work. Aunt Xiu, you can get familiar with the workshop first, and I will create another place as a weaving workshop."
Find someone to purchase looms."
Qin Changzhi and his grandson no longer live in the women's workshop, but live in Yang Fu's house. There is a space next to the workshop, and Huo Xi has people clean it up and prepare to build a weaving workshop.
"Yes, I will definitely take care of things for you."
Seeing that she had arrangements, Ningxiu bowed to Yang and Huo Erhuai, and let Xia He take her to see where she lived. Without much rest, she led the two children to the workshop.
Vanilla's eyes darkened as she watched Xia He's family reunited.
"What, are you homesick?"
"I don't want to." That father of hers is soft-hearted. After marrying the stepmother, he only cares about the stepmother and the children she had. He also listens to the stepmother and wants to sell her. She won't
miss him.
"If you don't want to, just don't think about it. Just treat it as if you are married. It's no different if you have a father like you." Yang comforted her.
She felt very sorry for the two girls, Huanxiang and Xia He, who had come to Huo Xi at a young age, and never looked down upon them.
After Yang finished speaking, she suddenly glanced at Vanilla, "Herb, how old are you this year?"
"Madam, this slave is nineteen this year." Vanilla didn't know why the lady suddenly asked her age.
Yang and Huo Xi looked at each other. Vanilla was already nineteen? Time passed so fast, as if she had just arrived at her home.
Mother Ma also glanced at her. Is this girl already nineteen?
Yang slapped her thigh: "Oh, we were only worried about Xi'er's marriage, but we forgot about you."
Vanilla's face turned red, "Madam, I'm only nineteen, so there's no need to rush." She came to the girl late, and she didn't wait for a few years before she was about to get married?
"This slave doesn't want to get married."
"Ah, why is this?"
"This slave doesn't want to leave the girl and leave the Huo family."
I still don’t know who I will marry, and whether that person will treat me well. Why bother to serve a large family? With such a good master, wouldn’t it be good to stay in the Huo family? Just like Aunt Ma, even if she doesn’t marry, the girl in the future will
He will also provide for her in her old age.
"Silly boy, how can a girl not get married?" Yang said with a smile.
Vanilla glanced at Mother Ma, and Mother Ma glared at her: "I wanted to marry when I was young, but the family I met was not good, so I didn't have the chance. Now you are luckier than me, and you have met such a good master.
I am willing to arrange your marriage."
"But I don't have the person I like. I don't know what kind of family that person is in the future. If things go badly, why would I marry him? It would be better to stay at our house and feel comfortable."
Speaking of Vanilla's marriage, Ms. Yang thought of Zhufeng and the others again. Those are all excellent children, but we can't watch them all become bachelors. Ouch, it's so sad. It turns out that the master of someone else is still a man.
You have to worry about your servants' marriages.
Huo Xi was also worried that the four of them, Zhufeng, had lived without even a name in the past, but now it was time for them to be related so that they could live a normal life.
He looked at Vanilla and suddenly laughed, "Vanilla, don't you want to leave our house?"
Vanilla nodded firmly: "Yes, I want to stay at our house."
"Okay, I understand." He waved her away with a smile.
"Mom, mama, what do you think I tell Zhufeng and the others about the vanilla?"
Yang's eyes lit up: "Mom, I think it works!" After thinking for a while, she stopped smiling. Zhufeng and the others were four of them, with only one type of vanilla, and Xianghe was only thirteen years old. Oops, I'm so worried.
Why don't you buy more maidservants?
Mother Ma and Zhufeng used to serve the same master. She also hoped that they could live a normal life with a wife and children. She thought about it and said, "Girl, how about I go to the workshop and have a look?"
, there are many female workers over there, maybe there will be someone suitable."
Yang was a little worried: "But Zhufeng and the others are slaves, so I'm afraid they won't be willing."
"Then let's find someone who is willing." Zhufeng and the others are not bad looking, and they also have money. It shouldn't be difficult to find a wife, right?
Huo Xi nodded: "Okay, let's talk to Zhufeng and the others first, find out their tone of voice, and find out what they like."
"Yes, don't worry, girl."
The marriages of several bachelors here have not yet been settled, so the shopkeeper in Huai'an hurriedly sent her a letter.