Er Leizi smiled weakly. Thinking of his mother's kind smile, he felt warm and uncomfortable in his heart.
"Your Aunt Su's grave is not in the village, but elsewhere. Guxi Village has been her lifelong nightmare. I don't want her to be free after death."
Yang Jinfan felt uncomfortable in his heart. In ancient times, women were least free. Uncle Lezi's mother was one of the tragedies. She was a girl from a good family. When she went out to visit relatives, her father took over her body and she became pregnant. She had no choice but to devote herself to this and live in poverty all her life.
In Guxi Village, the bones after death were finally able to leave here.
"Uncle, Afan has another unkind invitation."
"That's what you say."
Yang Jinfan glanced at Xu Yuxiang, who was silently listening attentively, and then turned his attention back to Er Leizi.
"Uncle, after you recover from your injuries, can you not go out and make a living, and stay to help A Fan and shopkeeper Xu manage the business, and help A Fan manage the huge industry, okay?"
Er Leizi frowned: "Afan, what did you say? I didn't hear clearly."
Help her manage a huge business?
He remembered that the Yang family was so poor that they could hardly open the pot. How could there be business in the town?
"Uncle," Yang Jinfan explained, "I invited Shopkeeper Xu, and this garment shop is mine. There are other businesses elsewhere, Shopkeeper Xu knows it."
After being nominated by the boss, Xu Yuxiang walked consciously to the bed and saluted Er Lezi in a dignified manner.
"Young master, the slave family is the Xu family in charge of the Dong family's property. Originally, the property under the Dong family's name was the Xu family's property in the past. It's a pity that the slave family themselves failed to live up to their expectations and lost all the Xu family's property for the sake of an unworthy person.
, If it hadn’t been for the generous donation from my employer to persuade me to return from my lost ways, I would have been living on the street long ago, without the face to face the ancestors of the Xu family.”
Huai Gujun crossed his arms and was thinking about when Yang Jinfan took over the Xu family's clothing store. The time was too short and unrealistic. It was probably when they first came to the town.
He quietly came to Yang Jinfan, leaned over and asked, "How much money did you pay to buy her shop?"
Yang Jinfan raised his eyebrows and smiled mysteriously: "Guess."
"It won't be one thousand taels, right?"
"Haha, Brother Jun is so smart, yes, it's one thousand taels!"
To be precise, it should be one thousand four hundred taels. Without her words last time, Xu Yuxiang would not be as desperate as he is now.
Er Laizi was stunned. He didn't know that in three months, Afan seemed to have been completely transformed. He could even handle matters in the business world. Thinking of his own abilities, he was afraid of holding Yang Jinfan back.
"Afan, I haven't read any books, I don't know a few words, and I can't read an account book at all. I'm just a fool. How can I understand the business side? I... I'll just work hard."
"Uncle! You don't know how to read, but Shopkeeper Xu can! You don't know how to do business, but Shopkeeper Xu does! If you don't understand, you can ask Shopkeeper Xu. She manages such a huge business by herself, how can she be so busy? You stay here
By helping her, you are helping me! I have the ability to make uncle live a good life, can uncle not leave?"
After listening to Yang Jinfan's words, Er Leizi still felt something was wrong and wanted to refuse. Yang Jinfan didn't give him a chance to refuse. He gently took his arm and started acting coquettishly.
"Uncle, just promise Afan, okay? Afan doesn't want uncle to be tricked again. If you stay with Afan, uncle won't have to wander around in the future. Wherever Afan is, uncle's home is.
Don't worry, Afan, okay, uncle?"
The soft and waxy voice is like a small feather brush. There is no kitsch tone, but it makes people feel a little itchy.
A white figure flashed in Huai Gujun's mind. Recalling that person's appearance and voice, as well as her usual serious and lazy behavior, she still shook her head. She didn't know if she had acted coquettishly before, but it was quite embarrassing.
People are surprised.
Er Leizi couldn't stand Yang Jinfan's coquettish offensive, so he had to agree.
"Okay, okay, uncle, that's all, I promise you. I'll just rest here and recuperate. I won't go anywhere. When the injury is healed, I'll stay. I'll have to ask Shopkeeper Xu for more advice in the future."
"It is a great honor for me to be able to give you some advice. I hope you will give me more help in the future."
Xu Yuxiang replied calmly and generously, with the aura of a strong woman taking charge of the family. Yang Jinfan nodded repeatedly with satisfaction.
"Uncle, if you want to stay in the town for a long time in the future, you can no longer use your current name. If you are recognized by others, uncle will be in danger. How about I choose a new name for uncle?"
Before she finished speaking, Yang Jinfan was choked up by herself. She was just a bad namer. How could she name people!
Mr. Huai Gu also had the same problem with naming. He admired martial arts and military warfare, but didn't know much about these aspects.
Seeing that Yang Jinfan was in trouble, Er Leizi licked his dry lips and said, "How about I call him 'Hezhi'? This is the name my mother gave me when I was a child. Only she called me, and no one else knew about it. Later,
My father said that for a farmer to give such a sour and scholarly name, it would be like imitating a parrot. Later, she never called her by that name. Just call her by this name. From now on, I will take my mother's surname."
"Su Hezhi, okay, let's call him this name."
Yang Jinfan pulled the quilt for him and stood up: "Uncle, you should take a good rest. It's getting late. Brother Jun and I should go back. We will see you again in a while."
Er Leizi also knew that Yang Jinfan and the others came to the town secretly and did not try to persuade them to stay.
"Okay, be careful on the road, I'll be waiting for you in the town."
After watching him fall asleep, Yang Jinfan took Huai Gujun and Xu Yuxiang out of the door.
After leaving the room and closing the door, Yang Jinfan took out ten banknotes from his sleeve and handed them to Xu Yuxiang.
"My boss, what is this?"
Yang Jinfan handed over a few more points and motioned for her to take it.
"Here are one thousand taels of silver notes. I know that you have managed the business very well. Keep these one thousand taels. With the money, it will be more convenient to expand the business and take care of my uncle. As for the profits of those shops,
It's up to you to make the decision. I'm not short of money now. If there's no other big use for it, just keep it. I'll have a lot of money in the future."
"Okay, I'll listen to my boss."
Xu Yuxiang took the banknote.
"How many houses and real estates were owned by the Xu family in the past? As long as the funds are sufficient, we can redeem them all. Things left by our ancestors cannot easily fall into the hands of others."
Xu Yuxiang was moved. Since her parents died, who cares about her complex and resentment?
"Yes, thank you, boss."
Yang Jinfan waved his hands smartly, and he and Huai Gujun left the hospital under the gaze of Xu Yuxiang.
"What conditions did you agree to her? How could she be so willing to sacrifice her life for you?" Huai Gujun asked.
The seemingly casual question set off alarm bells in Yang Jinfan's heart.
Gu Jun was too protective of her today, as if he knew her secrets that she couldn't tell, knew her past, and wanted to help her.
"It's nothing. She's short of money. I'll give her money. It's up to you and me."
Yang Jinfan was perfunctory.
Huai Gujun obviously didn't believe it. Seeing that she didn't want to say anything, he didn't continue to ask.