Chapter 213 Uncle Hu is Here
Uncle Hu wiped his eyes and smiled slightly: "Okay, okay, from now on we are a family. Wherever the master and the mistress are, there we will be."
Zhao Xiang laughed and said, "Brother Hu, do you still call me Master or Madam?"
"This - Brother, Brother Zhao"
Everyone burst into laughter.
Uncle Hu and Aunt Hu didn't know the people who came into the mountain today, so Hu Ling and Zhao Liya introduced them to them one by one.
When Qu Yutao was introduced, Uncle Hu and Aunt Hu's eyes subconsciously lit up and they looked at her carefully.
Qu Yutao had clearly noticed something, a suspicious blush rising across her face. She was a little nervous, but managed to hold herself together, politely greeting them and calling them uncle and aunt.
Aunt Hu saw that she was pretty and seemed to have a good temper—if she wasn't, she wouldn't be living in the Zhao family. The more she looked at her, the more she liked her. She couldn't help but pull her hand and said with a smile, "What a well-rounded and good child!"
Qu Yutao raised her eyes and smiled shyly, "Auntie, thank you for the compliment."
Everyone smiled and tried to join in the fun. The adults continued to sit down and talk, while Shu Yan and Qu Yutao went to the kitchen to busy themselves.
Zhou Nian ran to Zhao Liya and held her hand: "Aunt, I want to go fishing too."
Zhao Liya pinched his soft and smooth face and said with a smile: "Xiang'er and Lin'er must have told you to do that, right? You can go after the month-end break! How about we go to the vegetable garden to pick vegetables now?"
Zhao Lixiang and Zhao Lin were listening intently, and sighed in disappointment when they heard the words, but when they heard about going to the vegetable garden, they immediately became excited again, saying, "I want to go too!" and "I want to help too!"
Zhao Liya smiled and told them to get baskets and go out to pick vegetables together.
She went into the kitchen first and discussed with Shuyan and Qu Yutao what to cook for dinner.
The cucumbers and tomatoes in the vegetable garden are now ready to be eaten. They are especially delicious because they are freshly picked.
Uncle Hu and Aunt Hu haven't eaten tomatoes yet, right? This is a good opportunity for them to try one.
Make scrambled eggs with tomatoes in the evening.
Uncle Hu and Aunt Hu’s kindness to the Zhao family could not be expressed in words, so Zhao Liya had to put a lot of effort into this welcoming banquet.
Roast chicken with dried bamboo shoots, chestnuts and soft-shelled turtle, boiled chicken, steamed wild mandarin fish, crucian carp and loofah soup, blanched river shrimp, steamed cured meat platter, green pepper and pork slices, tomato and egg, blanched Chinese cabbage. The table was full of dishes, and all the good things that could be used for entertaining were taken out.
Several kinds of fruits were also prepared, including loquat, mango, jackfruit, and plum.
I opened the wine produced last year and it tasted good. I will open it again tonight.
Tomorrow there will be Double Ninth Festival rice wine, chrysanthemum wine and osmanthus wine!
Even though Uncle Hu and Aunt Hu had received their letters saying that everything was fine, they only took them as comforting words and did not dare to believe them, and they were worried every day.
Now that they had truly seen this, they could no longer believe it. It turned out that they were actually living a very good life! Lingnan was not as miserable as they had imagined.
The whole family was having dinner happily, and they all felt completely at ease with each other!
When Uncle Hu and Aunt Hu came, they were originally going to live at home, but when Uncle Hu heard Zhao Liya and Hu Ling say that there were so many properties to take care of, he decided to live in the big courtyard near the academy.
"I'll hire a steward, an accountant, and some servants. It's not good to go back and forth here all day. It's better to go over there. It's more convenient for the two of us to live there."
"A-Ling, you don't have to move around so you can just live here!"
Since Uncle Hu is here, he is of course the manager.
In the future, when there are more things to do, such as plantations, workshops, farms, contacts with villages, etc., we will definitely have to hire one or two managers. It is indeed not good to have so many people coming and going at home.
As for Hu Ling, Uncle Hu certainly wanted his son to live with him, but he was not very confident in his master, so A Ling lived here so that he could be looked after.
Although I need to avoid suspicion with my future daughter-in-law, it doesn't matter anymore since we have lived here for so long.
Anyway, they can handle their own affairs. After a while, I will arrange marriages for them.
Zhao Liya and Hu Ling thought about it and felt that this was more convenient, so they agreed.
Zhao Xiang and Deng had no objections either.
Zhao Xiang said, "In that case, why not come here every day to eat before going back? The journey isn't far, less than a quarter of an hour."
Uncle Hu smiled and said, "Okay, we'll have breakfast by ourselves, and come over for lunch and dinner before going back."
Zhao Liya smiled and said, "If it's late, it's the same if you stay here. Uncle Hu and Aunt Hu will always have a room here, and it will be cleaned every day."
Uncle Hu and Aunt Hu felt warm in their hearts and no longer had any complaints: "Okay, okay! Miss - ahem, Aya is so thoughtful!"
Now that Uncle Hu and Aunt Hu are here, we can start preparing to hire someone.
The Zhao family completely trusts Uncle Hu and Aunt Hu's vision in selecting people.
Some of their own servants were stationed in the sugar-making workshop and the potato vermicelli workshop, and some servants were arranged at the academy to be responsible for daily cleaning and also take charge of the work at the pig farm.
Although these things are completely different from what happens in a big house in the capital, an excellent housekeeper and housekeeper's wife can adjust to it quickly.
Uncle Hu smiled and said, "I understand what Aya means. I'll go to the provincial capital in a couple of days. I don't think Gaolian County is very big, so I'm afraid I won't be able to buy anything I like. It's better to go to the provincial capital. I think it's enough to buy about twenty servants and three families."
Zhao Liya nodded with a smile: "I think so too!"
Zhao Xiang and Deng had no objection.
The servants we bought back were all hired to do the work. Deng and Zhao Xiang were still criminals and could not order servants around. It was not appropriate to find an excuse to keep servants at home.
It's easy for others to catch you.
Uncle Hu and Aunt Hu were quite interested in this area, so Zhao Liya, Hu Ling, Qu Yutao and others took them to visit various places.
Seeing the endless sugarcane fields, vast potato and sweet potato fields, and several spacious and tidy workshops, Uncle Hu and Aunt Hu suddenly felt full of energy and praised them repeatedly.
The lady is really amazing. I didn’t expect that she has created such a big industry in just one year!
These crops are growing so well, in the words of the young lady, these are all money! How can it not make people excited?
The young lady is so capable, they can't fall behind. They must help the young lady and make this industry flourish.
After resting for three or four days, Uncle Hu and Aunt Hu were going to the provincial capital.
Hu Ling accompanied him.
Zhao Liya simply asked four strong young men from Zaihu Village and Bajiao Village to accompany her, otherwise she would not feel at ease.
Uncle Hu thought that the strong young men could help on the road, and it would be more convenient to have locals around, so he agreed.
The four strong young men were also very happy and set off amid the envious eyes of the whole village.
That’s the provincial capital!
(End of this chapter)
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