Chapter 20: Let's Talk About Compensation
Hanzhou is not happy today, very unhappy.
She put a hat ring made of branches on her head to block the early autumn sun, although others thought that this casually braided hat ring was also beautiful on her head, but in the past she had to weave wild flowers or leaves of different colors into it, but today she didn't, she just made things up so randomly, and even a branch was not suppressed, and she didn't bother to care.
Her horse seemed to know her displeasure, and quietly followed the caravan.
It was dangerous for her to be left behind by a woman, so Hu Qi had to wait for her.
"I don't seem happy today." Hu Qi said.
"What's there to be happy about, isn't it every day?"
"It's not."
"Well, if you say no, it's not."
Hu Qi looked at her for a while, and there was no way to talk about it like this.
Well, women seem to be like that, and so are the few in the family.
The camping place is chosen on the river beach, which is more convenient to get water, and the gravel on the river beach is very hot during the day, and it is very comfortable to cover it on it. If you sleep on the ground, the night will get hotter and cooler.
Hanzhou is also getting more and more accustomed to this life like a wild man.
People began to bury the pot to cook, and Hanzhou called Li San and Ma Youcheng.
"You two go and find a branch, it's going to be so long." She gestured and didn't say much, still with an expressionless nurse's face.
Those two are better now, and there is no special treatment. I was very happy to see Miss Xiaohan greet them, but I didn't understand why it was this expression.
Could it be that her laughter is only for Seventh Brother?
It seems that the seventh brother is not as handsome as they are. Well, there is one thing that must be admitted. Seventh Brother is richer than them.
However, Seventh Brother is too old!
The two looked at each other a little indignantly, not knowing whether to express sympathy to each other.
But I still obediently went to work.
Some of the other people are playing in the water, some are washing, some are drinking horses and camels, only they are inexplicably looking for branches, and they have to meet the requirements. But why did you agree so cheaply?
"Miss Xiaohan, I found it, have you seen enough?" Li San piled the branches at his feet.
Ma Youcheng didn't speak, he wanted to see what kind of demon moth the little girl was going to produce.
"Come with me and watch me do it until I'm done." The voice seems to be flat, and the commands are concise and easy to understand.
The two looked at each other and decided to do it obediently.
Han Zhou picked up his trousers, went down to the river, roughly sorted out the stones at the bottom of the river, made a deep water nest, and then reached out and asked for a branch, which was inserted into the sand and gravel, and then asked for another one, which was also inserted and went ashore.
"That's it, plug in a row, and make it denser."
"What for?" Li San asked blankly.
"Catch fish! Stupid! Ma Youcheng had already jumped into the water.
"This can catch fish too?" After saying that, he reluctantly jumped down and muttered: "Look who is stupid." β
Han Zhou ignored the two of them anymore, found a large stone that might have existed on the river beach for a hundred years, leaned over for a while, picked up a few small stones from the ground, and carved them on it one by one.
After a while, two stupid guys who didn't know who was stupid came over and said that it was done, and Hanzhou said, you go to dinner. Still didn't give them a good face.
The two of them still looked at each other in confusion. This aunt is not normal today, who provoked her, how can she be bullied by his brothers?
It is said that it is very happy to be taken care of by a beautiful woman, but why does it feel that the back of the spine is a little cold?
That day, I was uncomfortable at the Shuangliu Town Inn, and I didn't see a wonderful scene, according to them, the knife flew over, followed by a sentence: "Grandma's main dish today is hoof tendon stewed tofu", that scene is once in a century.
It's a pity that I didn't look at it.
When it was almost dark, Hanzhou went to the river again to take a look and asked Li San to get the fish. Ma Youcheng also happily followed, he wanted to see who was more stupid.
There were really a few fish, and everyone was happy. I was already full, and I came to eat deliciously, so it seems that I can sleep a little later and make up for it.
The disemboweling is very fast, and Hanzhou's knife is really good. The fish scales were not scraped, so it was so simple to cut a few flower knives, wear them with branches, put them on the fire, and after a while, sprinkle some salt flowers, and it was done, and the fragrance was fragrant.
Everyone happily ate, but Hanzhou didn't eat, put away his knife, and went back to the tent. When I went back, I went to the horse, I didn't know what to say to the horse, and I put it on my face.
Hu Qi felt that she was unhappy, and he was also a little unpleasant.
He seemed to have gotten used to her happy, indifferent, or thoughtful look. But this look made him very worried.
At dawn, the sound of cooking, feeding horses, drinking camels, and loading luggage on the river beach is again.
Hu Qi walked towards the big rock, where she had spent all her time yesterday evening.
It turned out to be a painting, and the picture showed a woman squinting her eyes as if she was thinking. She has reddish-brown hair and lips, and the lines of her clothes and the contours of her body are the same red. But the most conspicuous thing on the white stone is not red, but white, because the white is a flock of birds that fall on the red hair. The hair was as thick and exaggerated as a forest, and the birds were so light that they could hear them passing through the treetops.
The woman in the picture has a pair of delicate hands, and her two small arms are so comfortably crossed over her shoulders.
There seems to be wind all around, and there are leaves circling, but the people in the painting make you feel quiet.
This picture can be so exaggerated, so stopping, so beautiful and heartbreaking. Hu Qi couldn't help but touch the small face of the woman in the painting.
If only this stone could be carried home!
On the road, Hu Qi asked what the painting was about.
"A woman, she has many good wishes, but she is lonely."
Hu Qi felt that his heart had been caught, and he couldn't speak.
She is very lonely, this "demon girl" who fell from the sky said, she is very lonely.
The next day, Hanzhou's mood improved, and Hu Qi asked her why she was unhappy. She said that her jujubes and walnuts were stolen and eaten by Li San and Ma Youcheng, and they were almost eaten up.
This answer surprised Hu Qi very much, he felt that the two people who were doing things were too disagreeable, just eat, how could they be so greedy? What's more, stealing a girl's things. But I also feel that this incident makes her so open-minded and mellow woman unhappy, which is also an incredible thing.
After thinking about it for a long time, Hu Qi figured out that this food is not only food, but also an important thing related to the person who sends the food.
Two idiots touched something important. It hurt her.
Only then did he understand why Xiao Han could toss them so hard.
Well, in order to vent his anger for Xiao Han, he also has to toss those two eyeless gluttonous things hard.
So, that whole day, the two guys were as busy as the dogs of the police force, but the problem was that the criminals didn't even leave a clue, and they worked in vain.
I almost didn't stick out my tongue and gasp, and by this time, the two of them also figured out that they had offended Miss Xiaohan. The owner is unhappy, this is to make Xiaohan angry!
Damn, as for it? Isn't it just stealing some walnuts and jujubes, isn't it just a little cheap, the owner, I still call you Seventh Brother, are you there?
The two of them complained behind people's backs for a while, comforted each other, and reached a consensus that they should make up their minds not to provoke the people the owner fancies.
Hu Qi's assignment to toss those two guys made Hanzhou feel very naΓ―ve, but it also made him feel a lot better. No matter what is behind this concern, but after all, someone cares.
She was really angry about Walnuts and Jujubes. It was the jujube that she picked up early in the morning for her.
In this world, she has no relatives and friends, she doesn't have the strength to bless every stranger who passes by, and she doesn't have the mood to give a warm name to every river and every mountain.
However, all she has left is a kitchen knife now.
"We'll be in Xianyang in about two days." Hu Qi said.
"Oh."
"I never asked you why you went to Xianyang. A lone woman like youβ"
"Didn't I tell you? I can't remember how I got back to my home, and I couldn't remember many things when I woke up in Shuangliu Town. The people around me searched for me for a long time, but I couldn't find it, and I didn't hear from me when I inquired. I just wanted to find out for myself. Xianyang is a big place after all, maybe my home is in Xianyang, maybe in a prosperous place like Xianyang, something can trigger me and remind me of my home, maybe, someone can tell me ...... clues about home. Frankly speaking, I tried my luck, and if I was lucky, I found it, and if I couldn't find it, I had to look for it, and I couldn't find my way home for no reason. β
No wonder she said she was alone. Hu Qi looked sympathetically at this woman who couldn't find a home.
"Where is your home, when you get to Xianyang, I will help you find it with my friends."
"My home is in Beijing. A lot of people haven't heard of this place. β
"Beijing?" Hu Qi repeated, he hadn't heard of this place either, he had only heard of Ho Jing.
"You said it was Beijing?" He repeated it again.
"Hmm." Han Zhou replied affirmatively.
"Which county? Which county? "He always knew about thirty counties.
"I don't know, I just know that it's Beijing, and I don't want to come or not."
Only the dazed ones remained, and Hu Qi didn't know how to start.
"So, in the process of searching, you will help me make tofu first?"
"Well, let's train a few tofu workers first. I don't want to do it, it's too hard. After speaking, Han Zhou smiled faintly, in fact, she was not afraid of hard work, but felt that that thing was no longer fun. Trying to help Dajube is because she wants to repay her kindness, and Yu Huqi is just an exchange.
"Well, well, it's up to you." Hu Qi suddenly became happy when he heard her say this, and he didn't want her to work so hard.
"Let's talk about compensation." Han Zhou said generously.
"Oh, you name it." Hu Qi also responded generously. Such a frank way of talking made him feel very happy. The women of the house are too squirming.
"I don't really understand the standard of living and the price level in Xianyang, so I can't say the specific number, but I think, I will help you open a tofu shop, and I want 20% of the profit."
"A tofu shop is 20%?" Hu Qi repeated it and thought about it, now it's not a question of much, he thinks this proposal is quite fresh.
"Yes, you provide the capital, and I provide technical and business guidance. We opened the first one first, and after inspecting the specific situation of the Xianyang market, we decided to open the others. If Xianyang has a population of millions, how much money can you make with your exclusive technology and store? You'll have too much of 20% of what I want. Han Zhou said seriously.
The reason why the number of millions of people is said is that I probably remember when I read the information before, because after Qin unified the Six Kingdoms, many rich families moved from all over the country, and the information probably said this, "120,000 rich households in the world", at that time, she and her classmates thought that this statement was unreliable, and today it is just a trial to say it. 120,000 households, plus the craftsmen, convicts and garrisons needed for the construction project, and the population of Xianyang as a mature city, 1 million is estimated to be about the same.
"I think it's a bit much, but I agree." Hu Qi said cheerfully that he agreed with Hanzhou's profit expectations. "So, is there a time limit?" In business, it is better to speak in advance.
"Time, I can't say. It could be a year, it could be two years. If you find your way home tomorrow, I will also teach you the craft to walk again, and you can take nothing. Han Zhou said frankly.
"Actually, I don't even know how much money means to me."
"Actually, making tofu is no fun for me. If there's something more fun, I'll do something else. β
"I want money because I want to go back to my home alive. I clearly know that my life was good, and I don't want to be too wronged. β
"For your peace of mind, let's limit it to two years. Within two years, a series of product processes of tofu will be given to you, and you will get more than just craftsmanship. β
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These words, Han Zhou said looking into the distance, plain and desolate.
She actually only wants her life, not money, but for her life, she has to ask for money.
"I would like to conclude by emphasizing that we are in a partnership, not an employment relationship, and there is no question of personal dependency. If one day I feel bored, I will terminate the relationship myself. Hehe, I won't let you suffer a loss, although I am willful, my character can still be guaranteed. β