Zhan Zhumen

Chapter 267

Zhuangzi in Jiangjun Mountain is facing the river, and the two boats quickly passed the connected river and rowed into Zhuangzi's territory.

Zhuangzi's owner, Ji Laozhuang, may have been told by Mu Yan's people, and brought Zhuangzi's servants and his family to greet him.

After the two parties greeted each other, Huo Xi asked the servants and buddies in the village to help move the sugar to the warehouse.

There are ox carts and horse carts in the village, and there are about a dozen young and strong people. After moving for less than half an hour, all the brought things were unloaded into the warehouse.

He left his own boat at the Zhuangzi Wharf, and Guangfengshui's boat let it go back, and asked the staff to bring a message to shopkeeper Shen to report that he was safe.

The family went to Zhuangzi's main courtyard.

Huo Nian looked around as he walked, and Ji Laozhuang's two grandsons also looked at Huo Nian, who was about the same age as them.

Huo Xi saw it, and said to Ji Laozhuang: "I think your two grandsons are quite clever, let them lead my brother to stroll around the village, children can't sit still."

When Ji Laozhuang heard this, he turned his head to look at the two grandsons, and then greeted them: "Let's take the nobleman to play, but be careful, don't go to the river, just play in the village."

"I know grandpa."

Huo Nian was a little excited, took a look at Huo Xi, and saw that his parents did not object, and ran away with the two children.

Yang was a little worried, and followed her eyes.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of Ji Laozhuang said to Yang: "Don't worry, you are fine. Apart from us, there are only some long-term workers living in our village. There are two villages around, and the villagers are easy to get along with. The children are also Just play in Zhuangzi, nothing will happen."

Yang felt relieved and talked to her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

A group of people went to Zhuangzi's main courtyard.

The main courtyard is well maintained, with many houses and a garden.The hall is very large, and the furnishings in the room are simple and simple, which Huo Xi likes very much.

Ji Laozhuang ordered people to serve tea, and the whole family stood and listened to Huo Xi's orders.

Yang asked them to sit down, but Ji Laozhuang's family did not dare to sit down.

"Sit down, we are not noble people. We just help take care of your master when it is inconvenient." Huo Xi saw that Yang Shi and Huo Erhuai were uncomfortable, so she said something to Ji Laozhuang.

"Don't dare, the master sent someone to say, let me treat you as Zhuangzi's masters and treat him equally, I dare not treat you lightly."

"Sit down, I don't have any rules, and my family is kind, so we can get things done together. If you are like this, my parents will feel uncomfortable."

Only then did Ji Laozhuang sit down with his family.

Yang Shi and Huo Erhuai breathed a sigh of relief, the other party was a servant of Gaomen's family, people said that he was a seventh-rank official in front of the Prime Minister's family.Let people stand in front of me, I can't sit still, I feel uncomfortable all over.

Seeing them sitting down, Mrs. Yang began to talk to them: "My family also has some fields in Jiangjun Mountain, and they are scattered here and there, and they come here every year to collect rent. It's not easy to buy Zhuangzi here. .”

Ji Laozhuang smiled and said: "Yes, it's not easy to buy. Jiangjun Mountain is the ancestral graveyard of some nobles in Beijing, and the nearby Zhuangzi also belong to these noble families. When they come to worship their ancestors during the Qingming and Winter Solstice, they will come to live in Zhuangzi A few days."

Huo Xi's heart skipped a beat. All the nobles have a Zhuangzi here, and the surname Mu will give this Zhuangzi to him?Are you not afraid of punching eyes?How can this be hidden?
Ji Laozhuang glanced at her, then smiled and said, "Don't worry, nobleman, there are many Zhuangzi in the east, but our Zhuangzi is small, and it's on the west side, so it doesn't attract much attention. Besides, this side is full of cemeteries, except for ancestors. Who would come here to Zhuangzi to relax? The hot spring town to the east of the capital is where the nobles often go for recreation. Except for the grave guards, there are not many people here. "

Huo Xi and Yang Fu looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.

Yang and Huo Erhuai had long hoped to have such a Zhuangzi where they could farm, raise chickens and ducks, and chat with the villagers in their free time. Although they are not their own Zhuangzi now, they are down-to-earth and very happy.

Without saying a few words, Yang took Ji Laozhuang's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law out for a stroll, and Huo Erhuai was also led outside by Ji Laozhuang's son.

Only Ji Laozhuang, Huo Xi and Yang Fu were left in the hall.

"Miss Huo, my master said that he regards you as his master. If you have anything to do, just give orders, and my family will obey your orders."

Huo Xi nodded: "Help me find someone to build a big shed. It doesn't need bricks and stones, just use wood and yellow mud to build half of it, and make a leak on the top. It needs to be ventilated from front to back, left and right, and only the top needs to be strong. Find someone to build another ten large stoves, and ask the tenants to collect some rough firewood, and we will buy it from them. Buy more.”

Ji Laozhuang listened and memorized, thinking in his heart, is this tea fried or something boiled?
But he also knew the rules and didn't ask too many questions.

After Huo Xi gave his orders, he let him go down.

"Uncle, you rest in the village for a day today, and tomorrow you will go with dad to bring back the ten iron pots we ordered."

Yang Fu nodded in response: "Xi'er, is that enough for what we brought today?"

"It should be enough. In the evening, only our family will be left in the main courtyard. Let's try again secretly."

"it is good."

After the confession, Huo Xi and Yang Fu also went to the Zhuangzi for a stroll.

Zhuangzi has more than 30 mu, all of which are planted with rice, and some mulberry trees are also planted on the slopes and mountains.Zhuangzi has three servants, plus the baby who has not yet been recorded, there should be twenty or thirty people, young and strong.Ji Laozhuang wanted to find someone to build a mud hut and build a stove, but it could only find someone from tenants or nearby villages.

The two of them walked all the way in the Zhuangzi, and the servants they met, including the children, were all in good spirits.Huo Xi thinks that Mu Yan should be a good master who is not harsh.

Along the way, there were children secretly looking at her and Yang Fu, and Huo Xi smiled at them.Perhaps seeing that they were quite friendly, there were a few children who followed not too far away, and Huo Xi rushed to answer any questions he wanted to ask.

It made her understand a lot.

All the way to the edge of the rice field, Huo Xi and Yang Fu couldn't help laughing when they saw that her father was still following him down the field in high spirits.

After walking a few steps, I saw her mother chatting with Ji Laozhuang's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. There were many women around, sitting on the ground under a big tree, and her mother laughed out loud from time to time.

I was usually happy to see my parents on the boat, but I didn't expect them to be so happy in Zhuangzi.

"Uncle, let's make more money this year, buy a Zhuangzi for our parents, and if we spend money, we can always get one."

Yang Fu saw her sister chatting happily with the woman, his eyes were a little sore, if his sister and brother-in-law were not for him, why would they want to make a living on the water.Nodding: "Well, let's make more money this year!"

The two walked away, and when they reached a small stream in Zhuangzi, before they got close, they heard Huo Nian laughing happily.

When I got closer, I saw a dozen children touching loach and fish in a shallow ditch.

"I'm so good at drinking water, I can teach you guys." Hearing Huo Nian's slightly smug voice.

"Really?"

"Well. After I ask my sister and parents, let's find a place that is not deep, I will teach you."

"Okay. Go up, there is a place, not deep, only up to the waist, and people cannot be drowned. Let's go there!"

"Let's touch the loach first. I'll teach you guys tomorrow after I go back and ask my parents."

"Okay... look for such a hole, yes, if you touch it, there must be..."

"What kind of what?"

Huo Xi stood and watched from a distance for a while, and was even more determined that he must earn a lot of money this year, and that if he spent the money, he would make a fortune for her parents and Nian'er.

It's also good for them to have a place to plant the land, to sit and chat with the villagers under the tree, so that Nian'er can have a happy childhood.

　in the afternoon

　　
　
(End of this chapter)