He Zhiyuan's face froze, the young lady in front of him wouldn't have heard of this name, right? How else could there be such a reaction? But then I heard Zhou Fuliu say: "You have a somewhat straightforward name, comfortable and good, it's better to have a meaningful name." ”

"It's not a comfortable clothes, it's the skin of the skin, the meaning of good skin, good skin comfort." He Zhiyuan explained.

"Oh, the difference between one word and the artistic conception is very different. The name Skincare is a good way to express the benefits of soap. ”

After the two discussed, the four masters and servants had a day of fun on the mountain, and did not elaborate.

As soon as He Zhiyuan returned home, the old lady pulled him to a secluded place and asked quietly and mysteriously, "How did you play with Miss Zhou today?" ”

He Zhiyuan knew what the old lady meant by looking at her expression. I thought, mother, you're too anxious, aren't you? I'm not an adult yet. It's just that you stuff me for a month, why do you want to pull her to me too? You can't just take it if you see it's pretty. I'm still a kid. You're not afraid that I'll be played badly?

"Mother, ......what do you mean?" He Zhiyuan deliberately lengthened her voice and asked her.

"Of course, I want her to be my daughter-in-law. Such a beautiful girl has been sent to the door, you can't let her fly! Then he lowered his voice and asked, "Is she interesting to you?" ”

"How do I know, you ask her to go!" After He Zhiyuan replied, he went to the house to discuss things with his father.

"Hey, you kid......"

Father was sitting in the hall, He Zhiyuan told his father everything he discussed with Zhou Fuliu, and his father readily agreed, and then said: "Although I am the shopkeeper, it is better to ask Uncle Zhou to make a decision on such a major decision." ”

"Yes, I think so too, after all, Uncle Zhou has been in business for many years, and neither his experience nor experience can be compared with us. There is another matter that we must hurry up now, and that is the nursing home that we discussed a few days ago. ”

The father continued: "This nursing home should indeed be considered, now our family is different from the past, and we have an income of more than 100 taels of silver every day. "People are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong", the reputation is out, and there are many troubles. After the last time the family came to make trouble, I always felt unsteady. And the horse thieves in the mountains to the east, it would not be a good thing if they were to be remembered. ”

He Zhiyuan continued: "There is also a new workshop that is about to start, and the nursing home needs to be on duty day and night to prevent small people from coveting it. Therefore, we must recruit nursing homes as soon as possible, step up drills, and take precautions as soon as possible. ”

"This matter also needs to be discussed with your Uncle Zhou, after all, the workshop has half of his family's shares, and the yards of the two families will also need to be guarded after they are completed."

"Daddy, the discussion must be discussed, but it doesn't prevent us from recruiting the family immediately, and the candidate for this commander must also be decided in advance."

"Speaking of candidates, I think your Uncle Xu next door is the most suitable. Although he is not good at farming, he is a good hand at dancing with knives and sticks, training soldiers, and he is in a bold state, and he can't find a more suitable person except him. ”

While he was talking, He Lao Liu hurriedly came over and said, "Uncle, come and take a look." A woman fainted in front of the new workshop. ”

"Oh, where are the people?" He Shaoyun asked anxiously. He is a philanthropic person, as long as there is trouble, even if he is a beggar, he is willing to lend a hand. At that time, Xu Tangyi fainted in front of his house because of his injuries, and He Shaoyun carried him to his home for treatment and saved his life.

"Dong March, a few of them are carrying them over, and they will arrive later."

"Go and ask Dr. Dong."

He Lao Liu agreed and ran out again.

After a while, Dr. Dong and He Lao Liu arrived at He's house almost at the same time.

I saw a girl lying on the door panel, about fourteen or fifteen years old, with a pale face, a slightly locked brow, a thin body, and the clothes on her body were dirty and torn, and she could hardly see the original color. There was a little girl standing next to her, about eleven or twelve years old, also pale, with tears in the corners of her eyes, standing timidly, with an anxious and helpless face.

After trying the pulse, Dr. Dong said: "Although this woman's pulse is weak, it is smooth and regular, and there is no disease in the body, but she faints from hunger, and she can wake up after feeding some rice porridge." ”

At the same time, everyone in the family gathered around, and when they understood what the doctor said, they were relieved. Then, He Shaoyun ordered to boil water and boil porridge.

The little girl, hearing that her sister was fine, quickly knelt down and kowtowed to everyone, and kept saying "Thank you, good people".

At this time, Zhou Fuliu pulled up the little girl and asked, "Little sister, what is your name and where do you live?" Why did you end up here? What about your family? ”

Although this girl is not very old, she is articulate and articulate, and everyone will hear it clearly after a while.

It turned out that these were the two sisters, surnamed Zhao, and their home was a crossroads town fifty miles away from here. My sister is called Daya, and my sister is called Erya.

Three years ago, his father died of illness, and his mother Guo Shi took two minor daughters to barely survive on the family's five or six acres of land.

Just half a month ago, the owner of a large family saw that Guo was a little beautiful, so he had bad intentions and insulted him. How did he know that this matter let the owner's wife know, and she was jealous, reversed black and white, and insisted that it was Guo who seduced her husband. took his family to beat Guo violently. A few days later, Guo died of shock, shame and injury, and before he died, he instructed the two sisters to go to Zhu Chendian's uncle.

With the help of a neighbor, the sisters sold their property and hastily took care of their mother's funeral, but they had nowhere to go, so they had to follow their mother's instructions to go to Zhu Chendian's house to go to their uncle's house.

Zhu Chendian is forty miles north of the crossroads, and since his father's death, the two families have hardly stopped contacting, and Guo does not know the recent situation of his brother's family. The sisters inquired all the way, and when they arrived at Zhu Chendian, they learned that their uncle had moved out of here a year ago. According to the neighbors, they went to Juzhou City, but they did not know where they lived.

By this time, the sisters were penniless, had not eaten for more than a day, and were tired and hungry. I had no choice but to continue to walk north along the official road, planning to find my uncle in Juzhou City. When they arrived at Hejia Village, they saw a light in the workshop, and the sisters discussed going in to ask for food, so they knocked on the door. Before the door could be opened, my sister fainted. That night, He Laoliu, Dong March and a few others were on duty at night, and they heard a knock on the door, and when they opened the door, they saw the fainted girl and her sister.

After everyone listened, they were all embarrassed, at this time Yueji brought millet gruel, Chen helped the big girl lying on the bed up, fed half a bowl of millet porridge, and the big girl woke up after a while. Seeing that her sister was awake, Erya cried and said, "Sister, you are awake." It was the old man and the lady who saved us. ”

After hearing this, the eldest girl hurriedly wanted to kowtow to the ground, but Chen hurriedly stopped: "Girl, you are weak now, you don't need to be so formal." Drink this bowl of porridge, get a good night's sleep, and talk about it tomorrow no matter what. ”

Early the next morning, the sisters changed into the clothes they wore and freshened up, although they were still thin, they were still in good spirits, and they were no longer depressed and tired last night. The sisters were very sensible, and came to He Shaoyun early to bow down to the old lady and say goodbye.

Chen saw that the two sisters looked beautiful after grooming and dressing, and said with pity: "These two children look good, and they are very painful. Then he asked, "In addition to my uncle, are there any other relatives in the family?" ”

The eldest girl replied, "I heard from my father that I also have an uncle. When I was five years old, I fled to the wilderness and have not been heard from since. As he spoke, he took his sister to his knees again and begged, "Our sisters are desperate, so I beg the old lady to take us in, let us do whatever we want." ”

He Shaoyun and Chen glanced at each other, and the two of them saw that the two sisters looked very painful, spoke sharply, and reacted smartly. In addition, after the new house is built, the family does need people. He Shaoyun said: "You two sisters will stay here for the time being, if you find your uncle's whereabouts one day, you decide to stay, what do you think?" ”

"Thank you, old lady!" The sisters knelt down again to thank them.

At this time, Chen said, "Master, let's give them a name." It's not good to call a big girl every day. ”

After He Shaoyun agreed, he asked them about their seniority at home, and then asked about their date of birth. Fu Xu thought for a moment and said: "The eldest girl was born on June 27, which is the season when the lotus blooms, and the word is jade, so it is called Yulian, and the second girl was born on the tenth day of August, which is the season when the osmanthus blooms, so it is called cinnamon." ”

The sister knelt down again and thanked: "Thank you for the name!" ”

In this way, the sisters settled down in He's house, and Yulian arranged for Mrs. He to be Mrs. He's personal maid. Yugui was still young, and her wife took pity on her, so she just let her go with her sister without arranging specific things. In this way, the two sisters finally have a place to live.

But no one thought that one of these two sisters almost caused the He family to be killed, and the other saved the He family in danger, and formed a lifelong relationship with He Zhiyuan, of course, this is all later.

After breakfast, He Zhiyuan and his father sat in the hall to discuss the recruitment of nursing homes. He drew up a notice for his father to look at. At this time, Yu Gui took the initiative to come over to make tea, and then stood behind He Shaoyun and waited. Although she didn't give her specific things, this girl was clever and took the initiative to find things to do.

During the conversation with his father, He Zhiyuan found that Yugui was standing behind his father, his eyes were staring at the notice on the table, and his lips moved slightly, as if he was reading the words on the notice. So he asked, "Yugui, have you ever gone to a private school, can you read and write?" ”

Yu Gui replied in a regular manner: "Back to the young master, I haven't gone to a private school, but I have secretly gone to school by the window of the private school." ”

"Oh? Then you read the words on it. He Shaoyun was also quite surprised, so he ordered.

Yu Gui began to read timidly: "Notice, today He Shaoyun's family in He Jiacun recruits fifty people from the nursing home, and the moon is three taels ......of silver."

After reading it, the father and son found that it was a good word. He Zhiyuan didn't expect that such a little girl, secretly lying on the window to learn words, could know so many words. If this is in modern times, this kind of child is a scholar, but in this Ming Dynasty, he can only be a girl and bury his life. Then he had a heart of love and asked her, "Then do you want to study?" ”

"I want to ......," Cinnamon whispered.

He Zhiyuan suggested to his father: "Father, you see that our family's business is getting bigger and bigger, and there is a shortage of literate people now. Cinnamon is so smart and a good seedling for reading. It's better to let her study in the academy for two years, and she can be a good helper in the future. ”

He Shaoyun is also a kind person who loves talents and has a soft heart, and immediately agreed to his son's request.

"Thank you, master, thank you, young master!" After hearing this, Yu Gui immediately knelt down and bowed in thanks.