"Husband, my child, father and mother are waiting for you at home. You, you come back soon."
"Okay, wait for me."
The brother at home prepared clothes for the man who was going out. The man who took the package put the package on his back and tied it tightly in front of his chest. After saying goodbye to his father and mother at home, and his wife and children who sent him out, the man with the package on his back and his companions set out on the road to leave home.
But this time, the mood of going out was different from the previous ones. They had smiles on their faces and yearning for a better life.
The men who came to work were given two days off to go home and visit their families. When they came back from selling things in the town the next day, the men who came to work had all returned, and Master Feng also came early, without missing a single person.
Several people sat in the living room of his house. Cao Xiangnan took out the blueprints to show them. After all, this was Cao Gang's house, so he still wanted them to understand what their own house would look like. He explained the structure of the house to Cao Gang and Sun Bailian.
"Do you understand?" Cao Xiangnan asked after talking for a long time.
"Yeah." He didn't say whether he understood or not. The look in his eyes said, "Just make the decision, don't ask me."
"..." Cao Xiangnan.
Seeing her husband's expressionless face, Sun Bailian knew that he didn't understand. She laughed. He probably understood a little bit and said, "Just do as you said, Silang. There's no problem between my husband and me." "Okay
." After discussing with Master Feng, Cao Xiangnan finally decided on Cao Gang's house. The construction would start tomorrow according to the drawings. He gave the final drawings to Master Feng.
The next day, Cao Gang's house started construction opposite his house. The two yards were separated by a road to facilitate the carriages in and out.
Cao Xiangnan didn't have to worry about Cao Gang's house. He ordered the materials from the shop he went to last time. The materials were delivered before the house was built. As for the doors and windows, he asked someone to make them according to the size he ordered last time, and they have been delivered. As for the furniture, Cao Xiangnan made some slight modifications based on the original furniture in his house, and asked the master there to make it.
If there is anything that needs to be done, just give instructions and let Cao Gang do it.
After building the house of the previous employer, Master Feng and the people he led had experience in building a house this time, so Cao Xiangnan was very confident in Master Feng. He didn't need to keep an eye on everything, and he just needed to come back and take a look every day.
The wall on this side of his house was also built, and once the gate to the yard was closed, no one could enter or leave his house at will. The wall of the house is built high, so it is not easy to climb over it, not to mention that there are two dogs in the house. When a stranger comes in, the dogs bark, but it is not easy to get in, so there is no need to worry about being robbed in the middle of the night.
Fang Ziye has been staying at his house for the past few days. Cao Xiangnan has been staying there with good food and shelter. What surprised him a little was that his Wanfeng unexpectedly got along well with Fang Ziye. His Anan also liked Fang Ziye very much. Only Xiangzi and Xingxing were a little restrained in front of him, but they opened up later.
After getting to know each other, Cao Xiangnan also knew that Fang Ziye was basically a person without temper or airs. This person has traveled a lot and has been to many places. He has a wide range of knowledge. From Fang Ziye's words, Cao Xiangnan realized that the world outside is so big.
Cao Xiangnan spent half a day every day at Yipinzhai. He spent three days teaching the chefs of Yipinzhai the major categories of morning tea. Taking advantage of the time he had left after returning in the evening, he finally wrote out the plan for morning tea and the recipes for the dishes, and gave them to Fang Ziye along with the plan.
"If there are any new recipes later, I will give them to Manager Liu and have him send someone to deliver them to Manager Fang." Cao Xiangnan now knew that Manager Fang was the person who had direct contact with Fang Ziye, and once the things were given to Manager Fang, they would be handed over to Fang Ziye.
"Okay." Fang Ziye took it and flipped open two pages. He took a look and put it aside. He looked at Cao Xiangnan who was standing in front of him and asked, "I'm going back to Nanyang in two days. Do you want to go there with me?"
"Go to Nanyang?" Cao Xiangnan was stunned. He had never thought about it.
But now that he thinks about it, it's not bad to go with Fang Ziye to take a look. After he came to this world, the farthest place he went was Fenshui Town. He didn't know what this world was like.
"Yeah." Fang Ziye nodded and waited for Cao Xiangnan's answer.
Qi Wanfeng, who was sitting next to him, was stunned when he heard that Fang Ziye was leaving so soon, but he knew that Fang Ziye couldn't stay with him forever. Hearing Fang Ziye inviting his husband to go to Nanyang together, and seeing his husband looking at him, Qi Wanfeng said, "Husband, if you want to go, go. Ziyu is with you, so I am relieved. Then you can go with Ziyu."
"Okay, I'll go with you." Cao Xiangnan was also straightforward. He thought about it and realized that there was nothing important at home recently. Things here could be handed over to everyone to do. He would not delay anything by going there and coming back, so he agreed.
"Okay, the boat will leave early in two days. You should get ready and go with us then." Fang Ziye said.
Yipinzhai in Fenshui Town will start making morning tea tomorrow. Fang Ziye, who has stayed at his house for several days, will also go back to the town today. Qi Wanfeng saw him off, feeling very reluctant to leave, and said, "Zi Yu, come whenever you want in the future. There are many rooms in the house, you can come whenever you want, you are always welcome."
"Okay, okay. Wanfeng, I'm leaving, see you again in the future if we have the chance." Fang Ziye nodded, reached out to hold Ah Wu's hand, got on the carriage, opened the curtain of the small window, and waved to the people outside who were looking at him.
The carriage left slowly, Cao Xiangnan reached out and held Qi Wanfeng's hand, knowing that Qi Wanfeng was reluctant to leave. It's a long way to go, and after parting here, I don't know when we will meet again. It was also a coincidence that Fang Ziye came to his house this time, so I really don't know when he will come next time.
"When we have time in the future, we can go wherever you want to go together." But if Shan doesn't come, we can go there. Cao Xiangnan didn't think it would be difficult to meet. "If Zi Yu doesn't come, we will go find him."
"Okay." Qi Wanfeng looked at his husband and smiled.
The person sitting in the carriage closed his eyes. The shaking of the carriage made him feel a little uncomfortable, but it was still within the tolerable range.
The room was tidied up again, and the bed sheets were replaced. After Fang Ziye left, they moved back to their room. Qi Wanfeng didn't mind letting the room out for the guests who came to the house to stay for so many days.
The rooms of the children were also tidied up again, and each person had a room. As for whether they wanted to live separately or together, it depended on the children's own wishes.
The sun was setting, Cao Gang and his friends had returned from the town. Sun Bailian had not gone to the town to sell things these days, but stayed at home to take care of things. As everyone was back, Cao Xiangnan told everyone that he was going to Nanyang and explained everything to everyone.
"If there is anything, you can discuss and deal with it. I will be back in a few days." So there is no need to worry about anything going on here, Cao Xiangnan said.
"Well, okay, you go, don't worry about this, we are here to take care of it." Sun Ji said.
As for Cao Gang's house building, Cao Xiangnan also reminded Cao Gang of the things he needed to pay attention to. There is Master Feng in charge there, so there won't be any problems. Cao Gang is not stupid, at most he is lazy, so Cao Xiangnan doesn't need to worry about him. Seeing him nod and say yes, he knows that he can handle it himself, so he has nothing to worry about.
The sun sets, the school is over, the children come back from school, and the dinner is ready at home.
Now they eat rice at home. With fewer guests, there are only five of them. There is no need to cook a rich meal. They simply stir-fry a vegetable and a piece of meat, and boil a soup. The family sits at the dining table and eats together. Even so, compared with many families, their meals are very rich.
Cao Gang's family is building a house, so they have returned to cook there and don't eat with them anymore, so there are suddenly fewer people eating together in their family. After
dinner, the children in the family also play at home. Cao Xiangnan takes this time to give the children arithmetic lessons and check what they have learned, using his understanding to explain to the children what they have learned.
When the sun went down, he fetched water for the children to bathe themselves. If they wanted to sleep together, they could sleep together. Cao Xiangnan did not force them to sleep separately. He
left an oil lamp in the children's room. Now that the family was not short of money, there was no need to save on these things. He put a bucket in the room for them in case the children got up to urinate at night. He lit the oil lamp and did not have to worry about them.
Lying in their room at night, the moonlight came in from the window. Cao Xiangnan hugged the person in his arms. The two of them leaned against each other and talked. They did not have to worry about a bunch of small electric lights next to them. Their ears were also clear and quiet.
The moon in the sky moved to the middle of the sky, and time passed by little by little.
The next day, Yipinzhai started to prepare morning tea. Cao Xiangnan came early in the morning and helped wherever he was needed. In the previous two days, the restaurant had started to provide free refreshments to the guests who came to eat there. They were informed that morning tea would be prepared today and that there would be discounts for those who came to have morning tea there today.
Steaming steamers were placed in the main hall, one after another, allowing the guests to choose what they liked.
"Dear guests, please come in." The waiter led the guests inside, a special small stove was placed on the table, water was boiled, and the waiter at the back began to introduce their morning tea with his eloquent mouth.
There were also some young masters who were curious and went downstairs to pick out the things they liked.
Gradually, more and more customers came in. Cao Xiangnan returned to the private room where Fang Ziye was. From here, he could see that many people had come downstairs. Business was pretty good. The trial business on this day was a success and laid a foundation for their promotion in Nanyang City.