An An was afraid that her boat would also disappear, so she looked at Huo Erhuai with worry.
Huo Erhuai couldn't help laughing and held him in his arms, "Here, here, dad takes good care of it. After the Chinese New Year, dad will send it to the shipyard for another layer of paint. An An, do you want it?"
Going with dad?"
"Yes! An An and dad go together!"
Children of fishermen are born with a natural affinity for water and boats. An An would play on the boat with Huo Erhuai from time to time. At a young age, less than four years old, An An also learned to swim.
"An'an, after the Chinese New Year, will my sister send you to school as well, together with my brother?"
When An An heard this, she immediately stood up straight from her father's arms, with a look of horror on her face: "No, no, no, An An is still young, don't go to school!"
When Yang heard this, she bared her teeth at him, "You are almost four years old and you are still young! Your uncle wanted to go to school when he was a child, but his parents couldn't afford it. You don't want to go yet!"
"Then let uncle go and An'an won't go."
Qin Huaiyu looked at Yang Fu with a distressed expression, but when An An said this, she burst into laughter and said, "Okay, after the Chinese New Year, send your uncle to school."
Yang Fu couldn't help but glare at her. At his age, he goes to school? Doesn't he bring laughter to the school?
He is already a father. Going to school? He picked up the little girl, held her in his arms, and lifted her up: "When our daughter grows up, dad will send you to school."
"Okay, then I'll go to school with my daughter!"
"It's so kind of you." "It's so funny." The mother and son stared at each other with big eyes. Everyone couldn't help but laugh.
Huo Xi glanced at An An and said, forget it, he is still young, let Nian'er educate him at home first, and then send him to school when he is five years old.
"Dad, Mu Yu and the others have brought back a lot of extra seeds this time. After the Chinese New Year, you can take them to our village and look at them all."
Just looking at the seeds, Huo Xi couldn't identify what kind of crop it was, so he planned to ask his father to plant it and then make plans.
"Okay, dad knows. When spring gets warmer, dad will plant it himself."
Some of the seeds from the past were planted, but some were not. When the family got good crops for food, they were distributed to tenant farmers and nearby villagers. They all received sincere thanks from everyone. It was a good harvest, and Huo Erhuai was very happy.
In the afternoon, Yu Jiang's family came to pay New Year's greetings.
Now the two families are very close, Yu Ya and Zou Sheng are engaged, and the three families are even more closely related.
Seeing Yu Guo and An An Huo Nian playing together, Yang and Zheng looked on with smiles, "His father said he would send Guo'er to school this summer."
"Xi'er also said that he would send An An to school this year, but he refused to go."
Yang shook his head, turned around and sighed: "That's great. We didn't dare to think about sending our children to school before."
"No. I don't dare to think that I will have such a good life now. If I were still in my hometown, I'm afraid I wouldn't have Yu Guo."
Yes, maybe she won't be safe either.
Yang said with a smile on her face: "It's fine now. Yu Ya will get married in April, right in front of you. Yu Miao is also older, so we should also marry, right?"
Zheng glanced at Yu Miao and said, "No. His father showed her several stores, but she was not satisfied with them. This child has had ideas since she was a child, and her father and I couldn't tell what she was thinking.
Could it be that I want the gods in the sky?"
Yu Miao also whispered to Huo Xi: "Sister Xi, have your parents told you about your marriage?"
Huo Xi looked at her with a smile: "I told you. Are you not satisfied with what your parents said?"
Yumiao pointed at her finger: "It's not that I'm dissatisfied, it's just that I don't want to get married so early."
"If we agree to get married, we can get married two years later."
Yu Miao scratched her head and said nothing for a while: "Sister Xi, I want to go to sea."
Yu Ya glared at her from the side, then looked nervously towards Zheng, for fear that her mother might hear it, and turned around to glare at her again: "Don't think it's the same!"
Yumiao pouted.
Huo Xi was also surprised that she had this idea, "It is too dangerous to go to sea. Moreover, the fleets that are traveling far away are not willing to bring women on board. Moreover, there are no vegetables to eat on the ship. If you stay on the ship for a long time, you will suffer a lot of illnesses."
No woman dares to board a ship and go on a long journey."
"I'm not afraid. Sister Xi, why do you think those people look down on women? Is it true that a woman on a boat can capsize the boat? As a fisherman, which boat doesn't have a woman on it? Hey."
A look of anger and resentment.
Huo Xi also felt that the decision to ban women from the ship was a bit speechless, but unless she was the owner of the ship, everyone on the ship from the boss to the sailors belonged to her, otherwise the ship would not be able to move if people went on strike.
"Do you really want to go to Southeast Asia, or do you just want to see the scenery?"
"I want to go around and see different scenery."
Huo Xi couldn't help but look at her. This wish would probably be difficult to realize.
These days, women are subject to many restrictions. When they are not married, there is pressure from their parents. After marriage, they have to support their husbands and raise their children, and there is also pressure from their husbands' families.
But he didn’t want her to be disappointed: “If you just want to see the scenery, you can take a boat ride in Guochao and look around.”
"Is it like when you and Nian'er went to Sichuan?" Yu Miao's eyes lit up.
"Uh... I'm afraid your parents won't let you go that far."
Yu Ya also stared at her, what good thing could she think of, her parents would allow her to go so far? Moreover, Huo Xi had brought several servants who were capable. Is there such a person in the Yu family?
Now that the Yu family is living a better life, they have hired two or three maids to help at home, but they cannot afford to hire a skilled nursing home like the Huo family.
Huo Xi has always liked this girl. She is not like the women of this era who are timid and submissive.
Seeing that Yu Miao was disappointed, he suggested: "Isn't your father in charge of Guangfeng Shui's fleet now? When he and the ship go north, you should also go with him. You can also see a lot of local customs along the way north. Follow you.
Dad, your parents should also be at ease."
Yu Miao's eyes lit up: "Sister Xi, help me tell my father!"
"I won't tell you. If you can't convince your father, you might as well stay at home and wait for marriage."
"Okay, I'll tell you when I get back!"
In the future, she will be like Sister Xi'er, seeing a lot of scenery and learning a lot of skills.
"Just tell your father that you want to stay in Guangfengshui and help me in the future. Your father will definitely agree."
Yu Miao kept nodding her head "Uh-huh" and her eyes were astonishingly bright.
At night, Mu Yan came over with a box, played two beans, played Vanilla and Xiahe and fell asleep. He jumped in through the window.
Huo Xi glared at him, went to check on the two girls, moved them to the bed to sleep, and covered them with quilts.
"If you feel sorry for them, just tell them that I will come in openly next time."
Huo Xibai glanced at him and said nothing.
A box was stretched out in front of her: "Birthday gift."
"It's the first day today and I still want to celebrate my birthday!"
"Didn't someone say that she didn't receive the birthday gift I gave her? This is to make up for it."
Who doesn't like receiving gifts? Huo Xi took it and took a look, it was another Bu Yao, and it was another Bu Yao from Die Lianhua.
"Do you like Die Lianhua so much?"
"You don't like it? Then I'll play with the mandarin ducks next time?"