"The brothel is hiring again!"
"Fengyue Tower partnered with the Hou family to open a paper mill in Lianjia Village."
"Then hurry up and sign up! What are you waiting for?"
"Lianjia Village? Why is that so far away?"
"The paper mill is over there, and there's another small workshop in the county that needs people too. Hurry up and go!"
On the surface, the paper mill was a joint business between Fengyuelou and the Hou family. In fact, the Huo family also had a stake in Fengyuelou, since the recipe belonged to Huo Xiaolong. He Yi felt embarrassed to take money for nothing, so she also contributed some silver.
The group were all action-oriented, and within half a month they started recruiting. The reason they chose Lianjia Village as the location was twofold: firstly, it connected the surrounding villages to Pingyang County, making it convenient for workers; secondly, the village had many vacant rooms perfect for drying paper; and thirdly, most villagers made their living by fishing, and with winter approaching, many had died from colds contracted by the water. This arrangement offered the villagers a way to survive.
"Those who want to sign up in the county, come over here."
"Those who want to sign up for Lianjia Village, come over here."
The people being recruited were the old steward of the Hou family and his two managers, but these people all held important positions in the Hou family and could not leave. They were just here to help out.
Zhihua and Liuxu watched from the sidelines, assisting the two managers. Mother Cen had already made the selections; the two of them would be responsible for the accounts in the county and village, and each month they only needed to wait for the manager to deliver the accounts to Fengyue Tower.
"We'll have an endless supply of paper from now on!" Cheng Xiangxiang said.
Huo Xiaolong didn't reply to her, he just nodded. She felt that Xiaohai was the one who was truly spoiled. Just because she wanted to use soft paper, her elders opened a paper mill for her.
"My mother sent the divorce papers to my father."
"Sent?"
"Yes, but my dad doesn't agree."
"He came to apologize to your mother in person?"
Huo Xiaolong naturally thought this way: your wife is raising your mistress's illegitimate child and making her suffer at home, so it's not unreasonable for you, as her husband, not to come over and kowtow to her a few times.
"No, he just wrote a letter saying that he wanted my mother to take me back." Cheng Xiangxiang's face fell as she mentioned this, and she fiddled with the little ball on her hat with two fingers.
"Your dad is shameless."
Huo Xiaolong wanted to swear, but remembering the lesson he had learned from not being able to leave the house for the past few days, he immediately held back.
A few days ago, Cen Ang noticed that she wasn't learning etiquette well, so he taught her a junior's etiquette. It doesn't matter who it is, as long as they are of a higher generation than you, you can do this, and you're guaranteed not to make a mistake.
As a result, the little girl would learn something one day and forget it the next, and then learn it the day after and forget it the day after. It wasn't until Cen Ang and He Yi jointly issued a stay-at-home order that she took it to heart.
"I think so too, but what do we do now? He doesn't agree."
"What did you say to your mother? Why did she agree to divorce your father?"
Compared to Cheng Xiangxiang's shameless father, Huo Xiaolong was more interested in her mother.
"You're the one who taught me?"
What did I teach you?
She sat on the ground, rolled around, and cried.
"Then what?"
"Then I said that if my mother took me back, I would make my stepmother give birth to that son and then push him into the pond to drown, and she agreed."
Huo Xiaolong pursed his lips and said, "Fine."
The reason the little girl learned this phrase is mainly because of her father, Master Huo. He would often hug her and tell her how hard her mother had suffered in the past, being bullied by her elder sister and mistress into the pond every day.
Cheng Xiangxiang usually listens from the side while having a great time playing with the bear cub. Who knows, she's actually taking notes while playing, and her memory is quite good.
"Hey, can you help me figure out how to get my dad to agree to a divorce?"
I can't think of anything.
The little dumpling had barely figured out how to date when she was already trying to break up a couple, mainly because she just couldn't think of a way to do it.
"Or... how about we kill your stepmother and her son?" Huo Xiaolong said.
Cheng Xiangxiang quickly covered her mouth and said...
"How could you kill someone! Sister Long'er!"
The little girl then looked around and continued in a low voice...
"That's unlikely, my guards are quite formidable."
"Is he even more skilled than my martial arts master?"
Cheng Xiangxiang looked up and thought for a moment, then replied
"That's unlikely!"
That solves it.
"But you can't keep talking about killing people! What you're doing... isn't right!"
Cheng Xiangxiang thought for a long time but couldn't come up with any adjectives, so she could only manage an inappropriate sentence.
"The main thing is, even if I kill them both, it won't make my dad divorce her. If they're gone, my dad will be even more eager to bring my mom home and then find another woman."
"Then why don't you let your stepmother kill your father? That way your mother will be very happy."
Cheng Xiangxiang seemed to have suddenly had her seven orifices opened.
"Great idea!"
"But how could your stepmother lay a hand on your father?"
The little girl blinked and whispered in Huo Xiaolong's ear...
"I saw a young man come looking for her before; I guess he was her ex-boyfriend. Do you think my dad will be angry if I tell him about this?"
Huo Xiaolong shook his head.
"I don't know what kind of person your father is. Besides, you're 800 miles away from Beining County. How can you let your father know?"
Cheng Xiangxiang patted the little dumpling on the shoulder and said
Just wait for my good news.
Sitting behind the two children, Liu Xu and Ru Yi looked constipated. Should they tell their mother? Your daughter is conspiring with her best friend to murder her father.
Fortunately, there was no one else in the room, otherwise Liu Xu and Ru Yi would have covered their mouths immediately.
"I should still tell Mom."
Liu Xu nodded
"OK"
The girl couldn't help but chuckle, causing the two girls to turn and look at her. Huo Xiaolong asked...
"Sister Liuxu, what are you laughing at?"
Liu Xu shook her head and remained silent.
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