"Fu Niu, please quickly thank your adoptive father for taking so much trouble to arrange so much for you." The old lady sighed and patted her granddaughter on the shoulder.
Of course Jiayin knew the profound meaning of her adoptive father's arrangement for her. If he hadn't thought carefully about it for her, he would never have been able to think of such a way to hide it from both sides.
There are also these three people, the nuns who came from the palace, and the maids who have been practicing martial arts since childhood. You don't need to guess, you know that these three people must be secret guards with special status.
The adoptive father somehow begged the emperor to get it out, just to protect her.
Jiayin knelt down directly and said, "Thank you, foster father."
Mr. Hou hugged her up with his own hands, touched her soft little hair, and said with a smile, "Why are you so polite? We are one family
." "Yes, one family." Jiayin said solemnly. Nodding, smiling eyes curled up.
The adoptive father never expected anything in return from her. What he liked and valued more was the word "family".
Everyone laughed and chatted a few more words, and for some reason they talked about Li Zhensheng who had not returned yet.
The Marquis said: "I will send someone to the south tomorrow to greet you. I estimate the date and it should be not far from Beijing."
"Okay," the old lady was also happy, "Originally, I wanted the fourth child to go, but I can't bear to let him go out for a run just after he comes back."
"Don't worry, Auntie, there are all idle people in the Hou Mansion, I'll just let the housekeeper make arrangements." Mr. Hou comforted him.
The old lady was full of praise for the enthusiastic and thoughtful housekeeper, "The housekeeper is a good person. He delivers things to our house every now and then. I heard that Fu Niu had a birthday before, so he even specially sent some silks, satin, chicken, fish, meat and eggs. I I asked him to come for dinner today, but he can't leave. When you go back, help me bring him some food as a thank you gift."
"Okay, Auntie." Mr. Hou agreed.
While we were talking and laughing, the sun finally set completely on the top of the western mountain, the rays of light disappeared little by little, and night fell.
Everyone dispersed, each washing and resting.
Jiayin was anxious to ask her adoptive father, Zhuangzi, about the details of the manpower, and told her grandma that she would stay next door for one night.
As a result, before she was discharged from the hospital, she saw Jiahuan running in circles in the courtyard. She ran over and hugged her brother's leg, "Brother, why don't you sleep? Are you tired from cooking today?"
Jiahuan squatted down on one knee. He knelt down, held his sister on his lap and sat down, smiling with an honest look on his face, "Today is our little Fu Niu's birthday, and my brother hasn't given you a gift yet."
"I gave it to you!" Fu Niu tilted her little head, He smiled and kissed his brother on the face, "Brother made a lot of dishes, they are very delicious!"
Jia Huan blushed and hugged his sister gently, "Our Fu Niu is such a good child."
After that, he took it from his arms Make a small bun.
It's hard to see clearly at night, but the bright red color is very dazzling, and there seems to be pearls strung in the middle, which is very delicate.
"This is for you, Fu Niu. My brother hopes that you will be safe and happy throughout your life."
"Thank you, brother!" Jiayin put her hands together and hugged her brother with a smile. "It's so beautiful. Fu Niu will wear it well!"
Jia Huan His face turned redder, he patted his sister's back gently, and begged her in a low voice, "Fu Niu, your family asked you where this lock of hair came from, could you not say it was from me?"
Jiayin guessed that this lock of hair came from. The money was very expensive, and my brother didn't want his family to know that he was frugally buying this thing, so he quickly nodded and said, "Okay, brother, don't worry, Fu Niu won't tell me." Jia Huan
secretly breathed a sigh of relief, feeling even more excited . Feeling at ease.
Although my sister is young, the brothers in the family all know that my sister is very smart, and they will definitely do it if they promise.
"Are you going to the next door? My brother is carrying you. It's dark, so don't fall."
"Okay, thank you, brother." Jiayin happily climbed onto his brother's back, and the lock of hair in his hand dangled in front of Jia Huan's chest, making him smile even more brightly.
Dongmei happened to come out of the house. When she saw the brother and sister coming over, she smiled and said, "The Marquis was asking me to pick up the young lady. If I didn't want to, the young lady came over."
As she spoke, she hugged Jiayin over.
Jia Huan rubbed her sister's hair, then said goodbye and went back.
Dongmei couldn't help but said to Jiayin, "Funiu is so lucky, all your brothers love you so much."
"Of course, Funiu's brother is the best!" Jiayin responded with a smile, and hid the lock with her backhand. space.
The Marquis was sitting at the kang table, looking through some documents.
The night breeze blew in through the half-open window, shaking the candlelight and distorting his shadow on the wall.
After Jiayin got on the kang, he crawled over and sat in his adoptive father's arms, and clasped the book down. "My adopted father doesn't read, and grandma said it hurts my eyes when I read at night."
Mr. Hou thought it was funny, but he still responded: "I won't read anymore. , but these are for you to look at tonight."
As he spoke, he pulled out an account book and said: "The village I gave you just now is the property of my mother's clan, and it is also managed by my mother's family's servants. . I didn't pay attention to it before, but now I find that the account books have been backlogged for seven or eight years. I will hand them over to you when they are sorted out.
"There are also about a hundred people in Zhuangzi. All men, women and children have some skills. Whatever they are good at, they can also write I'll teach you clearly, so you'll know what you need to do in the future, or if you want to redeploy manpower. "
Jiayin was stunned for a moment. She originally thought that there was a farm where she could smuggle things out of space.
Who would have thought that what her adoptive father gave him was not just a farm, but a large logistics team!
"Foster father..." She wanted to say that it was too expensive and too much trouble.
But the Marquis rubbed Jiayin's little head dotingly and did not give her a chance to speak, "Don't be burdened, Fu Niu. You are my daughter. Sooner or later, these things will It's all yours. Now I'll give it to you early so that I can feel more at ease in case something happens to me. "
" Foster father! "Jiayin frowned and pouted. She especially didn't like the way her adoptive father was always ready to die in battle.
The Marquis smiled to please the little girl and quickly comforted the angry little girl, "The adoptive father was wrong. I won't say it again, okay? ? "
After that, he spread out the account book again for the little girl to see clearly, but he sighed deeply in his heart.
The child is still young, how can he know that things are unpredictable.
No one can predict the accident and who will come first tomorrow, let alone He was still a military prince, and it was normal for him to lick blood from his knife edge and hang his head on his belt. He
was able to return safely from this expedition, thanks to Li Laosi and Li Yong who sacrificed their lives to save him several times. Even so, he was still hit by two arrows in the arm. , Li Laosi and Li Yong also had five or six stab wounds on their bodies.
Of course, they could never tell their family about this, but it also made him determined to make arrangements to hand over all the power of the mother clan to the little girl as soon as possible, and urged her to take control as soon as possible These forces.
If he is really unlucky and he dies early in the battle, the Li family has contributed food at that time, Li Zhensheng is doing business to make money, Li Laosi has also established a foothold in the army, and Wen Yushi and The Liu family and the Cui family help, and at least no one in the Li family dares to bully...
Jiayin didn't know that her adoptive father had planned so far-reaching plans for her and her family. She was just surprised that the account book recorded that Zhuangzi's background was unexpectedly deep...
This small village, a hundred miles away, has only 200 acres of land and more than 100 people. It also has a carpentry shop, a snack shop, and a grocery shop.
Although the three shops are not large, their profits are very good. , obviously the kind that has accumulated a good reputation over time.
No wonder the adoptive father has not intervened for many years, because Zhuangzi can run smoothly without his intervention at all!