There is a Wangfu wife at home

Chapter 446 Maintaining Zhuangshang's Property (Part [-])
Without waiting for Li Jiaoniang to urge her again, Hu Laoqi immediately turned around and ran to the bullock cart in front, and smiled at Chao Chunya and Xiang Erbao, "Miss Luo, brother Xiang, I'm sorry, I was just joking just now. Well, don't take it seriously."

Xiang Erbao and Chunya were amazed, this big man with a beard is actually afraid of Li Jiaoniang and Zhao Cong?
too weird.

"It's not serious, it's not serious." Xiang Erbao smiled coyly.

Seeing the fierce look on this man's face, Chun Ya was a little scared.

Although the other party apologized, she only smiled and didn't dare to speak, so she quickly put down the curtain and hid in the car.

Over there, Li Jiaoniang said again, "Hu Lao Qi, it's so cold, what are you doing standing alone at the entrance of this village?"

Hu Laoqi went to the carriage, covered his head with the hat of the leather robe, rolled up his sleeves and said, "No, I heard that the Mu family village is moving. I was curious, so I wanted to go and watch the excitement. I didn't expect , I met you by chance. By the way, Mrs. Luo said just now that you are going to Mu's Zhuangzi, what are you going to do there?"

Li Jiaoniang said, "Mujiazhuang will be renamed from today on."

Hu Laoqi blinked, "Ah, name change? What do you mean?"

"That Zhuangzi is no longer their family's, but ours. To be precise, it belongs to my adopted son Cong'er." Li Jiaoniang said with a smile, "Mu Xuan committed a crime and was fined and confiscated. Zhuangzi compensated me. Adopted son. We came here to receive Zhuangzi."

Hu Laoqi said, "I said, why there are yamen servants guarding the village? It turns out that he committed a crime! Bah, it deserves it. The bad things have never been done, right? Retribution!"

He spat on the ground and pursed his lips in disgust.

After a while, Hu Laoqi said again, "The Zhuangzi belongs to Miss Li, ah, that's great, the Mu family is too domineering, it should have gone away long ago." After saying that, he cupped his hands at Li Jiaoniang again and said with a smile, "Let me congratulate Mrs. Li first, you got a Zhuangzi."

Li Jiaoniang said again, "Hu Laoqi, we would like to invite you to be the manager of the village. I wonder if you would like it? If you pay the salary, we will naturally treat you well."

Mr. Hu was overjoyed.

He wanted to raise his hands in agreement, and laughed loudly, "Yes, yes, of course!"

Li Jiaoniang smiled and said, "Sooner or later, let's go, let's go collect Zhuangzi together."

"Okay." Hu Lao Qi laughed.

Juan, who was sitting in the driver's seat, moved his seat, "Seventh Uncle, sit up, let's go to Zhuangzi together."

"Here we come." Hu Laoqi laughed happily, and climbed into the driving space of the carriage. He directed Xiang Erbao who was walking in front, "Turn right, the road going straight has a pothole, pass the carriage I’m afraid I’ll sink in. Take the road on the right, although it’s farther away, it’s a wide and flat road, and all the carriages and horses of the post station pass through it.”

Hu An said, "Uncle Erbao, Uncle Seven is right, go to the right, that's the main road."

A few dozen steps ahead is a forked road.

Xiang Erbao drove the ox cart to the road on the right.

After walking for a short distance, he came to a road.

The road is wide and flat.

Hu Laoqi directed again, "Go straight ahead and you will see Dazhuangzi on the left side of the road."

The road widened, and Xiang Erbao drove the ox cart to run faster.

Juan raised his whip and overtook the carriage.

After walking for four miles, they saw a big Zhuangzi lying across the field.

On one side of Zhuangzi, there is a large maple forest, the red leaves are like fire, which is really beautiful.

Hu Laoqi said loudly, "Miss Li, the Zhuangzi of the Mu family is in front of you."

Li Jiaoniang was looking through the curtain, "This village will be renamed Hongfeng Villa in the future. Brother Luo Cheng, what do you think?"

"It's booming, it's a good name." Luo Cheng nodded in praise.

"Good name." Zhao Cong also nodded.

Li Jiaoniang turned her head, smiled at them, and looked at Zhuangzi again.

From a distance, this Zhuangzi is much bigger than the Lu family's Zhuangzi.

In Zhuangzi, there are hills and woods, and houses in twos and threes are built in the woods.

The Mu family's belongings were probably not finished moving, and there were still many cars and horses parked in front of Zhuangzi's gate.

There were a few yamen servants guarding the gate of Zhuangzi, it seemed that the prefect of Yuezhou still cared about Zhao Cong's affairs.

"Fifth son, hurry up, don't let them empty out the things in the village. I remember that there is a large lotus pond in the village. It's a good time to pick lotus roots. If they finish picking lotus roots, we will lose a lot of money." It's gone." Hu Laoqi remembered something and said, patting his thigh.

"Okay." Juan whipped the horse twice, and the horse galloped in pain, and soon came to Zhuangzi's door.

Three ox carts, two mule carts, and one horse cart were parked at the gate of Zhuangzi.

Baskets of lotus roots were piled up on the three bullock carts.

On the two mule carts, there are some seasonal vegetables such as Chinese cabbage, radish and winter bamboo shoots.

The carriage was not the carriage that Mu Xuan usually rode in, but the decoration of the carriage was considered average, so it was probably the carriage of the village manager.

"Good guy, look, am I right? If it's too late, it will have to be emptied?" Hu Laoqi sneered, "Now that I am in charge of Zhuangzi, who dares to move more things away? I will pull his Skin!"

Hu Laoqi, who was born as a bandit, couldn't allow others to take advantage of him, so he immediately became angry and cursed loudly.

Before the carriage arrived at Zhuangzi's gate, he jumped out of the carriage and strode over.

In the carriage, Luo Cheng raised his eyebrows slightly.

Li Jiaoniang smiled and said, "How about it, Brother Luo Cheng, is the steward I chose okay?"

Luo Cheng was naturally satisfied. To deal with unreasonable people, he had to have a temper like Hu Laoqi.

The people in Mujiazhuang are domineering in the village, thanks to Hu Laoqi, otherwise, the whole village will have no way out.

"If he manages Zhuangzi well, he will be paid the same as the Mu family." Luo Cheng said.

Li Jiaoniang smiled and said, "Brother Luo Cheng is right, I agree."

The Zhuangzi of the Mu family has been built for 20 years. It must be no secret in this village how much the steward of the Mu family gets for a year.

If the money given to Hu Laoqi is less than that of the Mu family's steward, Hu Laoqi must have complaints and will not take care of Zhuangzi wholeheartedly.

And she and Luo Cheng won't live in the village for a long time. If the village is in chaos, they will be beyond their reach.

It is not cost-effective to lose a large profit because of a small expenditure.

If you want your subordinates to follow you wholeheartedly, you must first be generous.

If other people are invited to manage the village, and they are not in the village, Hu Laoqi, a local snake, might make trouble for that person.

It's just like the village head in the modern world is only used by people from the same village.

Small local officials can only use local snakes. The best way to manage local snakes is to suppress and appease them.

She and Zhao Cong beat Hu Laoqi up, and then gave him some benefits to appease him, and he would be obedient.

Hu Laoqi, who has been appointed as a new official, wants to perform well in front of his boss.

Rolling up his sleeves, he rushed to the door of Zhuangzi, and moved down the basket of lotus root on the bullock cart.

Immediately, someone from the Mu family ran over and yelled, "What are you doing? Hu Lao Qi, you dare to steal things from the Mu family?"

The three surrounded Hu Laoqi.

Hu Laoqi kicked one down, and knocked down the other with his arm, "Fart, you are the ones who rob, I'm just protecting my own things, put them all down, who dares to move, be careful my fists don't have eyes!"

Unconvinced, the three got up from the ground and besieged Hu Laoqi together.

But their stature is not high, and their strength is not strong enough, the three of them together can't beat Hu Laoqi.

The gatekeepers look at me and I look at you, they have nothing to do with themselves, they hang on high.

The fight here alarmed the people in the village, and soon more people ran out to surround Hu Laoqi.

"Hu Laoqi, this lotus root is from the pond in our village, how come it is yours, do you want to be ashamed?" the people in the village scolded.

"You are so shameless, you have given Zhuangzi to someone else, and you still dare to dig lotus roots? Why don't you uproot the house and shovel away the soil from the fields?" Hu Laoqi scolded.

"Hu Laoqi, we usually let you, don't think about it today, come and beat me up!" The Mu family steward said loudly.

Anyway, they were going to move away, and if they offended Hu Laoqi again, Hu Laoqi would not be able to take revenge on them, because they were going to the city.

"I see who of you dares to touch him!" Zhao Cong's voice suddenly shouted coldly.

Everyone turned their heads, and saw a handsome young man in a jade white gown and a gray fox fur cloak, walking from the carriage with a sullen expression on his face.

Following them out of the carriage was a young lady with a pretty face and a tall and handsome young man in sable fur.

The three of them were dressed not like people on the farm, but like wealthy households in the city.

A yamen servant recognized Li Jiaoniang and Luo Cheng, and quickly waved to the others, and they all walked over together.

"Meet Mrs. Li, Mr. Luo."

(End of this chapter)