Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Birds Fly High
"The Huo family's infighting has reached this point?" Zhanhuai asked.
He passed by here and saw a child hiding in Tibet from a distance, he thought it was a thief at first, but he didn't expect it to be Huo Jiu.
This Huo Jiu is also really interesting, seeing his own guards is like a mouse seeing a cat, when he was in Hangzhou, he ran alone on the street, and went to the bookstore to tear books, and he was not at ease in Ningbo, I heard that his sister was a very resourceful woman.
Lang Qing replied: "Huo San is in the long house, Huo Jiu is in the second room, the people in the long house are prosperous, but unfortunately the business is getting worse and worse, and the business in the second room is doing well, but the heirs from Huo Peiran's generation are difficult, Huo Peiran has three brothers, and the two brothers have died one after another, leaving only Huo Peiran as a single seedling." Huo Peiran's wife only gave birth to a daughter, Mrs. Huo's death, the second year of Mrs. Huo's death, Huo Peiran took Huo Jiu back from the outside, loved him as his own son, and added Huo Jiu's name to the ancestral tree, people in Hangzhou City said that Huo Jiu was not picked up by eight or nine out of ten, maybe he was Huo Peiran's adulterous son who was born outside without hiding his wife. ”
"When Huo Peiran was alive, the relatives of the Huo family had to rely on the second room, and a little leakage in the fingers of the second room was enough for them to support their family, so they lived in peace at that time."
"Three years ago, Huo Peiran died in a different place, and after the Yongfeng was taken over by Mrs. Huo, the attitude of the Huo family was different, Huo Jiu changed from the legendary adulterous son to a wild species, and even some clan relatives proposed to remove Huo Jiu's name from the family tree, which means that Huo Jiu was driven out of the Huo family."
"Mrs. Huo was resolute, and when she heard about this, she immediately cut off the financial path of her relatives, and broke her leg by the uncle of the family who proposed to drive Huo Jiu away."
Hearing Lang Qing say this, Zhanhuai said "ah", he had only heard that Mrs. Huo was very good before, but he didn't expect that she was still ruthless.
Lang Qing used to be the most experienced scout in the army, but if he wanted to inquire, there was nothing he couldn't inquire, and there would be nothing wrong with what he said.
"Huo Xiaojiu is blessed, he has such a powerful sister." Zhanhuai expressed envy, it would be nice if he also had a sister who loved him very much, but unfortunately he only had an older brother.
Lang Qing said: "This Mrs. Huo is only eighteen years old, she took over from her father when she took charge of the Yongfeng, and the people of Hangzhou said that Mrs. Huo is a woman who wants to marry but can't." ”
"Do you want to marry but can't marry?" Zhanhuai was stunned for a moment, then understood, and said with a smile, "Yes, I will not worry about eating and drinking for the rest of my life and even the generations of my children and grandchildren after marrying Mrs. Huo, but unfortunately I have to be ready to be a son-in-law." ”
Lang Qing continued: "Although Mrs. Huo is young, but with such a method, the people of the family originally didn't take her seriously, but after this battle, where do you dare to fight her?" It also stopped for some time. But in the past two years, the small second room of the long house, which is Huo Zixing's room, persuaded the ancestor of the family to pass on his son to the second room to inherit the incense. ”
"Huo Shiyi is the son of the Huo family, and Huo Jiu is only the adopted son of the Huo family. This matter has been mentioned for two years, but Mrs. Huo insisted on not agreeing, and in the past two years, Huo Jiu has gradually grown up, with a stubborn temperament, and just cleaned up Huo Shiyi a while ago. ”
"This time, Huo San suffered a big loss in business, and Huo Jiu came to Ningbo from Hangzhou at this time, and his subordinates guessed that Huo San could be deceived, maybe it was Huo Jiu."
"If he really did it, Fifth Master, you should ignore him, such a young child has learned to have the face of a profiteer, and it is not easy to get along."
Hearing the word profiteer, Zhanhuai's naughty appearance of Huo Roufeng winking at him appeared in Zhanhuai's mind, and the corners of his lips involuntarily hooked.
"This kid is interesting, really interesting, if Huo San's matter is his idea, I really want to meet him again."
When Lang Qing heard what else he could say, he had to swallow back the words that came to his lips.
At this moment, Hua Siniang trotted over, she was tall, and her appearance as a man did not arouse suspicion.
She said to Zhanhuai: "Fifth master, Sun Shun's henchman Zhang Chang came to the dock, and the people I arranged before surrounded him and asked for wages, Zhang Chang was anxious, and hurriedly said that this matter had nothing to do with him, and he went on the boat at this time." ”
The smile on Zhanhuai's lips gradually faded, and he said to Hua Siniang in a deep voice: "You let the coolies on the dock make things bigger, so that Zhang Chang didn't dare to get off the boat." When the wind was released again, it was said that Sun Shun had sent Zhang Chang on the ship, and he was counting the goods on the dock at this time. ”
He said to Lang Qing again: "You asked people to hand over Zhang Chang's boarding to the Taiping Society." ”
Lang Qing and Hua Siniang nodded, and the two turned to leave, and soon disappeared into the flow of people.
Zhan Huai looked in the direction of the dock in the distance, thoughtfully.
His father asked him to come to Ningbo, only saying that he should see more, but he did not let him do more, but now he just wants to do things.
Hua Siniang is very good at inciting people's hearts, but in an hour, a little beggar shouted on the street: "If you owe wages, go to the dock, Commander Sun has sent someone to settle the bill for you." ”
In fact, it was only yesterday that the wages for unloading the ship were not paid, and these coolies who carried grain were all on the wharf, and it was still far from the wharf, how could there be coolies who owed wages, it was clear that it was to tell everyone that Commander Sun sent someone to come, everyone should go and see the excitement.
Ningbo is far away from the capital, and the people are far from having so many rules in the capital, and Ningbo Wei is shameless enough to steal military rations, but I didn't expect that even the wages would be owed.
As soon as the little beggar shouted like this, many things came up to the people who heard it.
Huo Roufeng's mouth is dry, but unfortunately the shops in Ningbo City have been closed, and she can't find a bowl of tea to drink, let alone sour plum soup and sherbet.
She was caught in a crowd of people who wanted to see the excitement, and involuntarily walked forward, and when she arrived at the dock, she saw that the dock was full of people, some were dressed as coolies, and most of the people were ordinary people who came to see the excitement.
Someone pointed to several large ships docked on the dock and had not yet unloaded, and shouted: "The corrupt dog officer is on board!" ”
People are not interested in how much wages Ningbo Wei owes, but the fact that Ningbo Wei's people sold military rations to rice grain shops has long been rumored, and this is a matter related to the people, and the people are more concerned than anyone else.
Zhang Chang hid in the boat and looked out through the crack in the door, only to see more and more people on the dock, and some people even threw stones at the boat.
Zhang Chang was helpless, but he couldn't run, and he didn't even dare to poke his head out.
He didn't dare to get off the boat, looking at this formation, if he got off the boat, he might be stoned to death.
Huo Roufeng looked interesting, and also scolded the street with the crowd.