"You don't like mandarin ducks playing in the water? How about a phoenix seeking a phoenix and flying together?"
As soon as Mu Yan finished speaking, a pillow fell on him.
He didn't hesitate and accepted it with a smile.
After taking a look, he put his pillow behind his head and lay down on the imperial concubine's couch. "The soft pillow is still comfortable. Have you made one for me? Just make it the same as this one."
"Is your house short of sewing girls?"
"Is it the same as what you made with your own hands?"
"I'm not good at needlework."
"I don't mind it."
Do you need to dislike him? Huo Xi glared at him angrily.
Mu Yan was in a very good mood. With the corners of his mouth raised, he closed his eyes on the imperial concubine's couch.
Does this guy really think of this as his house?
Just when he was about to find something to throw at him, Mu Yan opened his eyes and said, "Have your people told you that they will encounter some dangers on this trip to Dongyang?"
Huo Xi paused and nodded seriously: "I heard. You won't be going to the Toyo Line this year?"
Now that the five families have split up, only Langguangge and Guangfengshui went to Japan together. The goods they brought back last year were two or three times as much as before. When they sell them after the year, they will probably be able to get a lot of money back.
Huo Xi didn't want to let go of such a good business.
"Are you willing?"
"Am I the kind of boss who only cares about making money and not caring about human lives?" She said and gouged out his eyes fiercely.
Mu Yan smiled, he couldn't bear to part with it either.
There was only one way to get out of the southwest, and the cost was huge, so he had to subsidize it from other places. He finally got a sea trade business in the past few years, and he didn't have to pay for it. The money was a little looser, so how could he not be willing to leave.
"They are just a group of Japanese pirates. Other merchants are afraid of them, but I am not." Mu Yan looked disdainful.
A group of pirates, relying on their familiarity with the terrain and having a few more fists and kicks than the merchants, are nothing more than a ragtag group of people when they really confront our soldiers.
Are you afraid of them? It does not inflate their arrogance. We should suppress them severely and throw them into the sea to feed the fish.
Huo Xi's eyes lit up: "You want to transfer the people from the southwest? How many people did your grandfather leave for you? Are you afraid of the superiors watching you if you use the people in the army?"
"Are you worried about me?" Mu Yan raised his eyebrows and looked at her jokingly.
Huo Xi was so angry that she wanted to go up and beat him up.
"You are my partner now, and you hold 20% of my shares. If something happens to you, will I be able to recover?"
When Mu Yan heard this, he pretended to cover his chest with a sad look on his face: "I thought you were worried about me."
"Have your soul been changed? You don't look like you anymore." Huo Xi looked at him strangely.
"What should I be like?"
What should it be like? Huo Xi tilted her head and thought about it. Like before, she was worried that she would not survive, so she gave her all the land deeds of Zhuangzi. Her face was covered with ice and there was no smile. Isn't it like this?
Nowadays, Huo Xi was still not used to the cheerful and talkative person.
Mu Yan glanced at her and suppressed the brilliance in his eyes. It was you and only you who made me no longer like myself.
"Don't worry, I know it well. After the New Year, you have people selling goods while preparing the goods to be taken to the East. My people will arrive after the New Year. From now on, there will always be one or two hundred dollars on the ship.
Veterans will also be equipped with dozens of archers."
There was ease in his words.
"Although the Japanese pirates are ruthless and risk their lives, they would rather have a disembowelment than go back to survive if they can't complete the task. But my people are more capable of fighting, and they have the advantage of shooting from a long distance on the ship. Coupled with the cannons you made, our ship is better than the Japanese pirates'
The ship is big, as long as we chase him away first and prevent them from getting close, we will be safe."
Huo Xi nodded: "Okay, that's what you said. I don't want to deal with the aftermath. Behind each of them there is a family, and I can't stand those separations of life and death."
Mu Yan looked at her tenderly. I will not let you go through life and death again.
I promise you that.
At noon on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Zhang Fu came to visit again.
Bringing a cart full of gifts, he bowed deeply to Huo Erhuai and Yang, frightening the two of them.
This is the Duke of the State. If the Duke bows to ordinary people like them, his life will be shortened. Although he knows that he is the biological father of the two children, this is the Duke of the State.
I wanted to help, but then I thought of the poor biological mother of the two children, and I didn't know how to react for a moment.
"Wen Bi appreciates the two of you for raising my son and daughter, but I can't repay you for it. If you use me, I will repay you with my body and bones."
"Your Majesty, you are very polite. These two children were sent from heaven. My husband and I regard them as our own children." Huo Erhuai did not dare to look at Zhang Fu.
Yang looked at Zhang Fu and said, "The two children are pitiful. If my husband and I hadn't rescued them, they would have died long ago."
If someone has evil intentions, I can't even imagine how the two children will be treated.
Nian'er was not yet one month old at the time. If her Sanlang hadn't just died, she still had milk to feed him, but she probably wouldn't be able to feed him.
Zhang Fu bowed deeply to the two of them again: "My child's mother and I will never forget these two great kindnesses."
"We rescued the two children, not to raise them and wait for someone to repay them. They have been raised by our husband and wife these years, and they have taken our surname, and they have become as good as our biological children."
Except that there is no blood of their husband and wife in their blood, everything else is no different from their biological children.
"I know. If it weren't for you, the two children would have been dead long ago. I have been regretting it all these years. I didn't expect that my daughter would still be alive. I didn't expect that my wife would leave me a son."
Zhang Fu had mixed feelings and his eyes were filled with tears.
These days it is like dreaming. Every day when I wake up from the dream, I have to ask Zhang Jin to ask if it is true.
He thanked the couple again and again, wishing he could kneel down and kowtow to them. Zhang Fu didn't, but Zhang Jin kowtowed three times for him.
Listening to the couple talking about the life of the two siblings when they were young, Zhang Fu laughed and cried, asking over and over again as if he couldn't get tired of hearing...
Early in the morning, Huo Xi took Nian'er to pay New Year's greetings to Mr. Qin.
Although several families spent New Year's Eve together, Huo Nian was Qin Changzhi's disciple, so he still wanted to visit him seriously.
After the visit, without leaving any food at Yang Fu's place, the two siblings, plus a little tail An'an, walked hand in hand to their own homes.
As soon as I walked in, I was told that a guest was coming.
Huo Xi lowered his head to look at Huo Nian.
Huo Nian pinched it with his fingers, then looked up at Huo Xi: "Is it uncle coming to see me?"
"Uncle? Who is uncle?" An An also looked up at Huo Xi.
Huo Xi was still thinking about how to tell Huo Nian, so An An pulled her brother and ran forward, "A guest is coming, a guest is coming!" Huo Xi hurriedly trotted over.
Seeing the two children running into the hall, Zhang Fu stood up excitedly, his eyes never leaving Huo Nian.
Huo Nian put his hands behind his back and clenched them.
Before he could react, An An had already run towards Zhang Fu: "Are you my brother's uncle and An An's uncle?"
Zhang Fu hurriedly reached out to catch him and looked down at him. The child looked at him with big eyes, which made Zhang Fu feel soft in his heart.
"Yes, you have to call me uncle."
"Do you want uncle to have some lucky money?"
Zhang Fu couldn't help but laugh: "Yes. Call uncle and I will give you a big New Year's red envelope." It seems that such a clean, pure, lively and cute child can only be seen in ordinary people's homes.
"uncle!"
"Hey." Zhang Fu responded loudly. Sure enough, he took out a big red envelope from his pocket and handed it to him, which made An An extremely happy.
"Call me uncle, and I'll give you a big New Year's red envelope." Zhang Jin teased him from the side.
"Uncle!" An An called again.
Calling uncle again, An An felt no burden at all, and got a big red envelope from Zhang Jin. She was so happy that she wanted to jump on the ground.
"Nian'er..." Zhang Fu looked at Huo Nian, who was standing in the middle of the hall, with a nervousness in his eyes that he was not even aware of.