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Chapter 107 Chapter 116

Chapter 116 Recognizing Brother

When Anxiu returned home, it was getting late.He Youbao waited for her at Zhuangzikou, and when he saw her come back, he let go of his suspenseful heart.

Anxiu didn't need to take care of business matters, and she didn't bother to talk about it with He Youbao.He Youbao knew that she had a rice shop in the county, and that she went to the county every month to check the profit and loss of the shop, so he hurriedly asked, "Xiu, how is the business in the shop this month?"

"Very good." Anxiu smiled, "That kid Erhu is very shrewd and capable. In less than half a year, he managed to run the shop with great fanfare."

He Youbao nodded, saying that it would be fine if he didn't lose money, and he didn't ask for anything else.

A few days later, Huo Gui, Huo San's servant, came and told Anxiu that a shop selling piglets on South Street had just expired, and the shopkeeper wanted to go out of business.The rent is three taels of silver a month, paid in one lump sum for one year.If Anxiu wants to rent, the price is negotiable.

He was so happy that Anxiu gave Huo Gui a lot of rewards, followed him to Youji, and met the chief butler of Huo's residence.Usually when meeting Huo San and Huo Gui, An Xiu didn't feel that the status of the Huo Mansion was unattainable, but this big housekeeper made An Xiu understand.

From the beginning to the end, his eyes were hung high on his forehead, he did not look down at Anxiu, and said indifferently: "Young lady is a friend of the third son, so let me give you five taels of silver at a discount. I gave the cash and took the rent." Qi, let's go, girl."

After all, let the servant behind him give the lease to Anxiu.

He probably regards Anxiu as Huo San's dewy beauty, so he doesn't like her very much.Even the boy looked at An Xiu with contempt in his eyes.

Anxiu didn't realize it, she just looked at the lease, it was just like a land lease, it was just a certificate, there was no overlord clause, so she immediately gave 25 taels of silver and accepted the lease.Huo's family has a large family business, and the face of the third son of Huo has saved five taels of silver, An Xiu feels that it is worth it.

When I got home, I went straight to the second uncle's house and told the second uncle's family about it.He Jiangsheng was very happy, and said that he also planned to go to Youji, after all, it was the largest market nearby, and he asked his second aunt to give Anxiu money.

25. To Anxiu, two silver coins are just a drop in the bucket, but to the Erbo's family, it is a considerable expense.Their family opened a shop and a warm house again, and everything cost money, so they hurriedly grabbed the second aunt and smiled: "Second aunt, I have always regarded your family as my natal family. At that time, I was poor, and everything was yours. Help me. Brother Jiang’s business has just started now, and my situation is not bad, so don’t give me the money for the time being, and count it as my loan to you. The business will improve next year, just give me a few more pennies.”

The second aunt was stunned: "Are you doing well? I was just about to ask you, where did you get your money from?"

"Second Aunt, I actually dug up a treasure from my backyard!" An Xiu laughed.

Li Shi was so angry that she hit her with his hand: "Whenever I tell you a serious thing, you talk about it!"

Anxiu hurriedly burrowed into Li's arms, laughing hard.Erbo's family was disturbed by her and forgot to ask her about the source of her money.Second Aunt and the others were always worried about her behind their backs, but they couldn't ask her face to face, so they had to let her mess around.

But the money for renting the shop was still given to Anxiu.Anxiu didn't want it, Li held her hand, and said with a smile: "Second Aunt knows your kindness. I won't say much about it, this year's income from the duck shed and greenhouse will not be shared with you, so you will lend it to us." Yes. At the end of next year, it will be settled with you! This is your brother Jiang’s intention. If you don’t collect the rent money, we will give you the money earned from the duck shed.”

Anxiu had no choice but to take it, and told Li Shi, if you were short of money, please come and tell her, and never ask others to borrow it.

Mrs. Li hurriedly said yes, and wrote it down.

In a blink of an eye, it is the Mid-Autumn Festival in August.

The day before the new year's festival, Erbo's house is very busy, selling ducks.Now that the weather is cooler, the ducks can be transported to the market without suffocating on the road.Anxiu told them that since they have an ox cart, they might as well go to Youji.Although the road is far away, the market is several times more lively, and the number of passengers is also several times.

He Jiangsheng also said yes, since the shop has already been rented, it is better to take it to the shop and sell it first. The wind does not blow, the rain does not drench, the sun does not shine, it is worse than setting up a stall on the street.

The second aunt asked Anxiu if he would go, and Anxiu wanted to thank the third son Huo in his heart, and told the second uncle's family about the Huo family, and said with a smile: "Give me twenty ducks, and I will give them to the third son from the person at the back door." , It’s a little bit of our heart. People can look up to them, but we can’t look down on others’ vision, anyway, we’ve done our best.”

He Jiangsheng said that it should be, so he picked out twenty good-looking ones and gave them to Anxiu.

He Youbao wanted to buy some gifts for the Mid-Autumn Festival, so he said he would go with Anxiu.He Yu'er wanted to buy new colors of embroidery thread and a few bolts of fabric to make clothes, so she asked An Xiu if she could go with her.Of course Anxiu agreed, it's been almost a year, and He Yu'er doesn't want to go anywhere except embroidery!

With the shop, Erbo's family wanted to check the situation, but they were worried about the duck shed, since no one was home all day, would someone take the opportunity to do something bad?All the ducks weighing more than three catties have been pulled out from the duck shed, but there are more than 200 female ducks, more than 100 male ducks, and a flock of immature ducks weighing one or two catties. If someone really makes trouble, the loss will not be small.

Anxiu hurriedly said it was all right, and asked Li Huzi to send someone to look after it, and tied her dog to the stakes around the duck shed by the way.

Anxiu's dogs once terrified everyone in the village, so with them for defense, no one dared to act rashly if they had the guts of a big ambitious leopard.

Sending someone to watch, the second uncle's family may not be at ease, but Anxiu's dog makes everyone terrified.He Jiangsheng hurriedly laughed and said, "The dogs of the Xiu family are stronger than the guards in the capital. Our ducks are safer than the people in the imperial city!"

Everyone laughed.

The family pulled ducks in three ox carts, and one man in an ox cart went to Youji.

The shop that Anxiu rented for them was only visited by the second uncle and He Jiangsheng, and it was the first time for the second aunt He Juan and others to visit.A wide frontage, just facing the street, is the busiest place; behind the frontage is a small courtyard with three rooms, which can be used for living and stocking.

Two of the rooms were used by the original tenants for storage, and the smell of piglets filled the room. Even though He Jiangsheng and He Youfu had washed them twice, they still irritated their noses.

Mrs. Li waved his hand: "It's a mistake to have a good house! I thought, one room of our duck seedlings would be sufficient for stock, and there are two rooms left for people to live in. Looking at the situation, how can we still live in people? Walking in Smoked to death!"

Everyone also felt sorry.Erbo and others came to do business, so there is no need to rent another house for the time being.But there is a small side room left, where the second uncle, second aunt, and He Feng live, so it should be a bit crowded.Anxiu took a look, the side room should be where the assistant lived, it was the smallest room.Except for a bed built on a wooden frame, there is no room for any decorations.

He Jiangsheng also felt that the house was too small for people to live in, and his parents didn't come out to be clerks, so how could he suffer this?
Of the two warehouses, the largest one is more suitable for people to live in.But the taste is simply unbearable.

Anxiu looked at these houses and found that the soil on the ground was soaked with pig urine and manure, and cleaning was only a temporary solution, not a permanent cure; there was only a small window and a door on the east side, and there was no ventilation in the front and back. All in.

Anxiu thought for a while, then smiled and said, "Second Aunt, if you want to live here, there is no way out. Let's make another window on the west wall; then dig out two feet of soil on the ground and replace it with new soil. Make sure there is no smell of pig manure."

When He Jiangsheng and others heard this, it seemed to be the reason.

Wang Jiayan also smiled, and supported Li's shoulder: "Mother, in my opinion, if the house has windows and the soil is changed, it still smells, so it's better to rent a small courtyard nearby. Anyway, at the end of the year or next year, Jiang Sheng will also come over, early rent and late rent will be rented, so as to save you and father from suffering!"

Mrs. Li patted her hand in relief, very satisfied with the filial piety of this daughter-in-law, and said: "We two old things, how can we not make do? When we are old, can we still enjoy the blessings? If we sell out the ducks today, we will exchange them for soil." Change the windows, if it still smells bad, we will live in a small house, and we will rent a house when Jiang Sheng comes with you next year."

He Jiangsheng and He Youfu even said that this is a later story, and it is important to sell the ducks first.

There are a lot of people going to the market today, everyone is going to buy Mid-Autumn festival gifts and food, most of the passers-by are attracted by the appearance of He Jiangsheng ducks, and they ask the price one after another.Some people who planned to buy, but didn't plan to buy, but had more money, all bought ducks under the promotion of He Jiangsheng and others.

Business is booming, He Jiangsheng is in charge of selling ducks, and He Youfu collects the money.It's not that He Youfu has a good brain, but that he will be in charge of the duck seedling shop in the future, and the whole family thinks that he needs more practice, so don't get confused when the money is too much, and can't settle accounts.

When He Youfu was young, he was a first-class capable person. Now that he is old, his head is already bright, and the whole morning has passed, and he has not miscalculated a single account.

He Juan kept laughing, saying that our father's sword is not old.

Everyone laughed.

Everyone was busy, Anxiu took the duck and went to the back door of Huo Mansion.The Zhao family brothers still remembered her, when they saw her coming, they hurriedly asked if they were looking for the third son.Anxiu gave each of them a tael of silver, and asked them to give the duck to the third son, saying that it was their own property.

The Zhao brothers agreed.As for whether to send it off or not, Anxiu didn't know, so she turned around and went back to the second uncle's shop.

In the morning, the passenger flow is the most concentrated and the business is the most prosperous.Erbo's whole family was there, Anxiu and He Youbao couldn't help, so they went to the market to buy things, and agreed to go back together in the afternoon.

The shop that sells Mid-Autumn Festival gifts and the shop that sells embroidery threads are not on the same street. Anxiu took out some money to He Youbao, and said with a smile, "Father, you can go buy festival gifts by yourself, and then go back to Erbo's shop. I will walk around with Yu'er." Let's go shopping and buy some delicious and interesting things."

He Youbao smiled and said yes.No matter what An Xiu said, he would not object.

Walking around with He Yu'er, we passed an embroidery workshop that sold a lot of various embroidery threads.The shopkeeper in the embroidery workshop is an elderly woman.Selling silk thread is only part-time, she mainly sells finished products.Many girls and daughters-in-law gave her embroidered embroidery in exchange for money.

When the shopkeeper saw He Yuer's hands, he knew that she also learned embroidery, and asked her if she wanted to take some embroidery back to make, and she could earn hundreds of Wen a month.

He Yu'er was a little moved, An Xiu quickly stopped her, and smiled at the shopkeeper: "My girl is usually lazy, don't delay your business, let's talk about it next time!"

After all, he dragged He Yu'er out of the embroidery workshop.

"Sister Xiu, why don't you let me do embroidery work and sell it for money?" He Yu'er said aggrievedly, "Anyway, I'm free every day, so I can sell it for money, honoring you and dad!"

"If you help me with washing and cooking, you are honoring me and my father." Anxiu pinched her nose and smiled, "Embroidery only earns that little money in a month, and working hard without sleep in the middle of the night is really annoying. Yu Son, filial piety has nothing to do with money, understand?"

He Yuer nodded with a half understanding.

Anxiu was very satisfied with her education, she pulled Yu'er and turned to leave, when she heard someone calling her: "Miss An?"

Without turning her head, Anxiu could recognize Huo San's voice, and hurriedly turned to look at him.The third son Huo is rushing to the embroidery workshop with his servant.

"Miss An, what a coincidence that I ran into you again!" Huo San smiled, "The business of the shop has been settled last time, are you satisfied?"

"I'm very satisfied. I just want to thank the third son!" Anxiu smiled, and said, "Today I went to the market to sell ducks, and the person at the back door gave twenty of them to the third son. Did the servant tell you about it?"

Huo San was taken aback, Huo Gui hurriedly smiled and said: "Zhao Laosan told me about this, the third son is busy, I just want to come back at night."

Huo San smiled slightly and said nothing.Anxiu saw that he was coming to the embroidery workshop and asked him what's the matter.If it is also embroidery, I just ask He Yuer to help and return his favor.

Huo San didn't open his mouth, but Huo Gui hurriedly said: "Miss An, our old lady's [-]th birthday will be two months later. The old lady loves two things in her life, one is listening to operas, and the other is embroidery. Our young master came to find Looking for, if you have any good embroidery work, give it to the old lady."

Anxiu nodded, thinking that the preferences of rich people are really strange.Listening to operas is a common hobby, but this is the first time Anxiu has heard of a hobby like embroidery.

"Third son, what kind of suit does the old lady like?" He Yu'er looked up and smiled.She could tell from Huo San's expression that he seemed to have no ill intentions towards An Xiu.Besides, since he had changed his appearance, he would naturally not let him discover any clues. In this way, he would be less prepared for Huo San.

He Yu'er looks very cute, with a round face, like a delicate doll, and her clothes are neat and tidy, which makes people feel good.In the past, when she saw Huo San, she always ignored her. It was rare to see her take the initiative to show her kindness, An Xiu pursed her lips and smiled.

Third Young Master Huo squatted down and said with a smile: "Madam likes Mulan. Your embroidered flowers are very good. Help me embroider one, okay? My brother will thank you very much!"

"Brother, I know how to embroider. It was taught to me by the second girl in Zhuangzi." He Yu'er unceremoniously made friends with Huo Sanpan, "Does the old lady like embroidering?"

Huo San was slightly astonished, and looked at He Yu'er, unable to recover. After a while, he smiled and said, "I really like it. It's just that in the past few years, many haircuts have failed to catch the eyes of the old lady. If you can please the old lady, I would like to I'll promise you anything you want!"

He Yuer looked at Anxiu.

Anxiu couldn't help laughing at their serious appearance, one big and one small, and seeing He Yu'er looking at her, she hurriedly said, "Yu'er, make up your own mind!"

He Yu'er nodded, and slowly raised her small palm: "Then, third brother, we've made a deal! You can't lie to children!"

Huo San also raised his hand and gave her a high five as an oath.

Anxiu shook her head and smiled wryly, pulled He Yuer over, and apologized to Huo San: "The little girl is not big or small, third son, don't be as knowledgeable as her!"

"Miss An is thinking too much!" Huo San laughed, "Yu'er is very cute, I just want such a younger sister. If Miss An doesn't despise me, I will recognize Yu'er as a younger sister in private!"

Before Anxiu refused, He Yuer hurriedly smiled at Huo San: "Third brother, I don't despise you!"

Unfortunately, Huo San fell off his horse and laughed.Anxiu couldn't help laughing, pulled He Yu'er, pinched her face, and lightly reprimanded: "You little monster, how can it be your turn not to dislike you?" He said again, "Third son, Yu'er is ignorant, and you are so arrogant! You Don't joke!"

Huo San stopped laughing after a while, and said: "It's so boring to talk about climbing up and down! Yu'er, have you had lunch yet? Let's go eat with third brother!"

"Hey!" He Yu'er hastily grabbed Third Young Master Huo's hand, followed him, and kept turning her head to wink at Anxiu.

Anxiu sighed and followed.

After He Youbao finished shopping, he went back to Erbo's shop.The ducks were almost sold out, and the second uncle was about to pack up and eat a bowl of noodles, but He Jiangsheng said, go to a restaurant and eat something better.

He Juan hurriedly clapped her hands and laughed, she has never eaten a restaurant at such a big age, so she hurriedly agreed.Wang Jiayan and her second uncle and second aunt disagreed, saying that they were wasting money, buying a bowl of dumplings and eating them, so what kind of restaurants are they going to eat?Fill your stomach and go back to eat good food at night.

He Jiangsheng had no choice but to obey their wishes, and He Juan curled her lips unhappily.

There were still some ducks that were not sold out, so He Youbao took He Juan to buy cold noodles on the street, just as he walked out of the street, he saw a handsome young man leading He Yuer over.

An Xiu and a servant followed behind.

He Youbao recognized it as Mr. Huo San, and smiled at him; He Juan was a young girl after all, she felt a little unnatural when she saw a man, and her face turned reddish.

"Father, what are you doing?" An Xiu asked.

"I haven't had lunch yet. Juanzi and I went to buy some cold noodles for everyone to fill our stomachs." He Youbao laughed, "Have you eaten, Third Young Master?"

As soon as He Juan heard about the third son, He Juan remembered what Anxiu said about their shop, it was Mr. Huo who helped to lease the shop, and it was five liang of silver less, so she immediately looked at Huo San.Huo San was also looking at them, and when their eyes collided, He Juan was a little embarrassed and coughed.

When Huo San heard He Youbao asking him, he quickly laughed and said, "Not yet, sister Yu'er said to eat with you, and we are here to pick you up for dinner."

He Youbao was at a loss.

An Xiu hurriedly explained the matter briefly. He Yuer recognized Huo San as her elder brother on the street, and the two were going to dinner. They had just reserved a table, and He Yuer said that her father, second uncle and others hadn't eaten yet, so she wanted to find them come together.At that time, Anxiu had three black lines on his forehead, thinking that Huo San would definitely refuse, but unexpectedly, he happily dragged He Yuer to South Street, and picked He Youbao, He Youfu and others to have dinner together.

When He Youbao heard that this was the case, he thought that he and others smelled like duck dung and would not be able to enter the elegant hall, so he hurriedly refused: "No, no, no! Yu'er, go and eat by yourself, don't worry about us."

"Father, if you don't go, I won't eat either!" He Yu'er said firmly.

"Old man, let's go together!" Huo San laughed.

In the end, He Youbao couldn't stand them, so he had to agree.He Jiangsheng had just sold the last two ducks and wanted to take a breath when he saw He Juan and He Youbao came back with a young and noble son, and he was surprised.

An Xiu became the official press spokesman, and told Erbo's family about the incident.When He Jiangsheng heard that it was the owner, he hurriedly bowed to Mr. Huo and said a lot of polite words, mostly thanks to his help for this shop.

Huo San was humbled for a while, and stopped talking.

In the end, the group followed Mr. Huo to the best restaurant in Youji-Kelai Yunxuan.As soon as they entered the door, the staff almost realized that they were beggars and wanted to throw them out. After seeing Mr. Huo San in the crowd, he put on a warm face and ushered them up to the third floor.

Across the street is the Jinyutang, with some traces of dilapidation, Anxiu couldn't help asking Huo San to inquire about the recent situation of Jinyutang.

Huo San smiled: "People say that in Suqu County, don't offend people surnamed Huo. They are probably talking about me. I think Jin Yutang is not happy, and they are naturally even more unhappy. No, it is going to close, prepare to Get the door out."

Anxiu's heart skipped a beat, as if she had a new plan.

If she can buy Jinyutang, she can open a restaurant by herself, and the business must be booming.She can get all kinds of delicacies and seasonal vegetables.At the beginning, Jinyutang's business was booming, and the half-year share was more than 1 taels of silver.

"Chef Yang from Jin Yutang, I don't know where he is now." Anxiu sighed casually seemingly unintentionally.

"He's back to the capital!" Huo San smiled, "He was originally the cook of the main hall in Kyoto, but he was sent to Suqu County after committing some crimes. After Manager Fu left, he heard that Manager Qian treated Chef Yang badly. So I begged my boss to let him go back, and leave early!"

Anxiu was very disappointed.

"Xiu, are you familiar with that cook?" He Youfu interjected when Anxiu asked about others for no reason.

An Xiu smiled and said, "Where is it? I've only seen it a few times. Jin Yutang wants to sell it, and I want to buy it. If Chef Yang is here, I feel that the business can be done. Now that he's gone, I think it's better to forget it. Without a suitable cook, no matter how good the raw material is, it will be useless!"

Hearing this, Erbo's family was stunned for a moment.Anxiu's tone of talking about buying a restaurant is more relaxed than that of buying a pair of shoes.

Huo Sanyi heard this, looked at Anxiu and said with a smile: "Ms. An really has this idea? For the past six months, I have been supporting Kelai Yunxuan, and now I always feel that they are helpless, and things are getting more and more unsuitable for me. I've lost my taste, and I'm thinking of changing places."

Anxiu quickly waved her hands and said with a smile, "I'll just say it casually."

Just as he was talking, the dishes were brought up, and the topic just now changed.

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PS: There will be another chapter later, continue to seek pink

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