Chapter 81 Chapter 81 Who to get engaged to?
Miao Ying looked at Huo Xing: "Can you tell me more about it?"
"While I was waiting at the government office, I heard from the guards that the Fu family had split up. The eldest son of the Fu family didn't want the family's business or shops, but only the money. The youngest son, Fu Lingyao, wanted the family's land and farms. In the end, the family's shops and businesses all went to the second son."
Fu Lingzhi also sat down next to him. "Why is it divided like this? The shop is managed by my eldest brother. No one in the family knows how to run a shop better than my eldest brother. Why did he give it all to him? If you want compensation, shouldn't you just give money? It should be exchanged."
Miao Ying and Huo Xing didn't know much about the affairs of wealthy families, but seeing Fu Lingzhi's reaction, they thought that Fu Lingyou must have suffered a great loss.
"And then?" Fu Lingzhi looked at Huo Xing again, "Is there anything else?"
"I don't know the details, but they said it was the eldest young master's voluntary division. Then they said he was going to the capital to make a living and would never come back here."
Fu Lingzhi's eyelashes drooped, and it was unclear what he was thinking. Huo Xing continued, "The Third Young Master will stay, but he won't live in the Fu family's house anymore. That's all I heard."
Miao Ying was also worried at this moment. His plans were disrupted. If he didn't cooperate with Young Master Fu, he didn't know who to cooperate with.
He stood up and said to Huo Xing, "Let's go to the county town again tomorrow and see if we can meet."
After saying that, he looked at Fu Lingzhi again: "Lingzhi, do you want to go with us?" If he didn't meet her now, he might never see her again in this life. After all, this world is not like his modern world, with airplanes and high-speed trains. Now, it takes a lifetime to get from Beijing to here.
Fu Lingzhi nodded: "I'll go with you, even if it's just to take a look from afar and say goodbye in my heart."
Let's put this matter aside for now. Huo Xing has already processed the pig intestines. Miao Ying took the basin and went to the kitchen. The pig intestines must be boiled first and then fried before being stewed into a paste.
When cooking the pig intestines, green onions and ginger were added, and all the wine that was not finished was poured in and cooked together.
Fu Lingzhi sat aside and processed the mushrooms they picked, but he was preoccupied and didn't even know whether to wash a single mushroom, and ended up doing a lot of repetitive work.
When the two little ones came back from outside, they smelled the smell of home. Huo Xiaobao, being small, couldn't hold back his words and asked Miao Ying if he had diarrhea. Miao Ying was so angry that she kicked him in the butt.
The smell of boiled pig intestines lingered intermittently in the kitchen until the hot oil was boiled and the onions and ginger were fried, and then the smell became slightly lighter.
The cooked pig intestines are cut into small pieces and stir-fried in hot oil at high temperature to produce a lot of fat. The smell is not so strange anymore, and there is some burnt aroma. Then the mushrooms are added to the pot and stewed slowly with a lot of garlic.
After a while, the fragrance covered up all other smells and rushed straight into everyone's nose.
Dinner was a large bowl of braised pork intestines with mushrooms, served with brown rice. Huo Xiaobao, who originally thought the taste was unpleasant, ate the most. If Xiao Lin hadn't stopped him, he would have licked the entire bowl.
Miao Ying could see that Huo Xiaobao was about to reach the age where he would eat his father out of poverty. He seemed to be growing taller recently. He wondered if he could grow as tall as Huo Xing in the future.
Fu Lingzhi was in a daze the whole night. After helping to wash the dishes, he went back to his room to rest.
After everyone had gone to bed, Huo Xing showed Miao Ying the land deed. It was for four mu of land and cost them twenty taels of silver. Adding some miscellaneous fees, the family's savings now only had eight taels of silver and a few copper coins.
When Miao Yingcong was in charge of the household, he also gave pocket money to the family members every month, just like some big families. After all, everyone had things they wanted to buy. The two elders got twenty cents a month, and the younger one got five cents a month, but Huo Xing didn't get any.
"Let's take a barrel of oil with us tomorrow. If we don't see Master Fu, we can sell it to the owner of Yingkeju. I want ten taels for this barrel of oil." Miao Ying put the money away. "If we don't sell this, we can grow it ourselves and make money. After all, there is always a way out."
Huo Xing nodded: "I will start making carts when I come back tomorrow, so that you can take a car when you go out in the future."
They went out early the next morning, and Fu Lingzhi followed them. He was not wearing his old clothes, but Miao Ying's old clothes. If someone knew him from the past, they probably wouldn't recognize him if he met someone else.
Because Fu Lingzhi used to be a familiar face in the county, he also covered his face with a headscarf like Miao Ying who was afraid of the sun, leaving only his eyes exposed.
The road to the county town was not short. This was the first time that Fu Lingzhi had walked this road in half a year. The incident that winter night was still a shadow in his heart, so he walked especially fast when he walked along that road.
Miao Ying and the others were going to the side door of the Fu family, but Fu Lingzhi did not follow them. Miao Ying said that if he could meet Young Master Fu, he would invite him to Yingkeju to discuss business. Fu Lingzhi was sitting at a tea stall not far from Yingkeju, and if they came over, he would be able to see them from a distance.
Miao Ying and his friends were lucky. Just as they reached the main gate of Fu's house and were about to go to the side door, they saw someone coming out of the main gate. Huo Xing didn't let Miao Ying go up, he went himself, and found that the person going out was an acquaintance, Fu Lingyao, whom he had saved once.
Fu Lingyao's face was not looking good, and he was furious when he got on the carriage. When Huo Xing passed by, he thought for a while before he remembered who this person was. He thought that he was here to ask him for money, and he became unhappy again. Just as he was about to give him the money, he saw Huo Xing take out a token. He recognized this thing, as he, his eldest brother, and his second brother each had one.
"This is a token given by the eldest young master. He said I can come to him if I need anything."
Fu Lingyao felt something was wrong. His elder brother's token was on him, so where did the one in this person's hand come from?
Fu Lingyao carefully looked at the piece in Huo Xing's hand and found it to be genuine, so he called a servant to ask Fu Lingyou, who was still at home but about to leave.
Fu Lingyou came out very quickly. He thought there was some good news. He first glanced at Huo Xing, then glanced at Miao Ying who was standing aside. He knew that he had misunderstood, and his mood was not very good.
At this time, Miao Ying also stepped forward and said, "Mr. Fu, I want to discuss business with you."
Fu Lingyou paused for a moment before saying, "I'm leaving here soon, so there doesn't seem to be anything to talk about."
Miao Ying was stunned for a moment before he said, "Don't be so hasty to refuse. Why don't you listen to it first?"
This isn't a good place to discuss things, so Fu Lingyao chimed in: "Then let's go to Yingkeju."
He has recently been very fond of the new cold noodles at Yingkeju, so he took this opportunity to go there for a meal and also listen to what business these two people have to discuss with his elder brother.
When they were not far from Yingkeju, Miao Ying saw Fu Lingzhi sitting at the tea stall. He squeezed towards Huo Xing and pushed Huo Xing next to Fu Lingyou. Fu Lingyou didn't want to have any contact with them, so he quickened his pace.
Miao Ying breathed a sigh of relief. He should be able to see it this way.
They went to Yingkeju and asked for a seat upstairs. Fu Lingyao wanted to sit by the window, but Miao Ying said that the window was the main seat and Fu Lingyou should sit there. Fu Lingyao had respected his elder brother since he was a child, so he gave up his seat.
Fu Lingyou sat down by the window, and Miao Ying breathed a sigh of relief, hoping that Fu Lingzhi could watch for a while longer.
"That's right." Miao Ying arranged the seating and began to talk about business. "I believe you two have also tried the cold noodles at Yingkeju. I gave you the recipe for the seasoning."
Fu Lingyao was the first to shout out: "You gave it to me? I don't believe it. Yingkeju has been running for so many years, right?"
Miao Ying cleared his throat awkwardly: "I was the one who gave the most important seasoning."
He kicked Huo Xing's leg, and Huo Xing moved the can of oil to the table: "This is it, this oil can replace the lard we use now."
Fu Lingyou, who had been casually watching the people coming and going on the street, finally became interested. He looked at the jar on the table, which contained some dark oil. The color did not look like edible, but since Miao Ying could say it, it proved that they had already eaten it.
"What business do you want to discuss?" Fu Lingyou asked.
"This is something that concerns people's livelihood. I know I can't control it alone." Miao Ying thought about his words and said, "My original intention was just to make money. I don't want to care about how this thing will play its role in the future."
"what would you like?"
Miao Ying cleared his throat and said, "I'm doing this to make money. How much do you think I'll give you?"
Fu Lingyou caught a glimpse of a figure on the street out of the corner of his eye and subconsciously felt that it looked similar, but when he looked closely, the figure was no longer there.
"Brother?" Fu Lingyao noticed that he was distracted and quickly poked his arm.
Fu Lingyou had to retract his thoughts and shift his attention to the current situation. Miao Ying really didn't know what what he was going to talk about meant, but Fu Lingyou understood that this thing was indeed useless in Miao Ying's hands, but it was indeed very useful to him, especially since he was going to the capital to gain a foothold. This was an opportunity.
Fu Lingyou nodded: "It's a bit rushed today, I will discuss it with you in two days."
Miao Ying nodded. He hadn't expected to get the results today. "Then we won't bother you anymore. This can of oil is for you."
Miao Ying left in a hurry. When he passed by someone, he pulled the person's sleeve. He had already discovered that the person seemed to be Xing Ge'er who was beside Fu Lingzhi. Miao Ying wanted to ask him if he knew about Fu Lingzhi's household registration.
Xing Ge'er is a very smart boy. After Miao Ying left, he found a reason and met Miao Ying soon.
"You are Brother Xing, right?" Miao Ying looked at him.
Xing Ge'er also had an impression of Miao Ying. He grabbed Miao Ying's hand and asked, "Do you know any news about my young master?"
"Let me ask you first, do you know where your young master's current residence is?" They didn't have much time to talk, so Miao Ying went straight to the point.
"The young master's household registration was moved out of the Fu family after the incident and was placed in a courtyard in the county town. I originally kept the young master's household registration documents, but then the eldest young master came back and took them away." Xing Ge'er was a little anxious. "Do you know where my young master is? Is he okay? Can you take me to see him?"
Xing Ge'er grew up with Fu Lingzhi, and their relationship has long gone beyond that of master and servant. If Xing Ge'er's parents were not still in the Fu family, he would not be able to follow Fu Lingzhi, so he could only stay in the Fu family. Fortunately, he later went to the eldest young master's courtyard, and his life was pretty good. He was just worried about his young master, wondering if he could have enough food and clothing now.
"He's at my house now." Miao Ying saw Xing Ge'er was about to scream, so he quickly covered his mouth. "Your young master is doing well now. When your eldest young master goes to the capital, you can find time to come to my house and see him."
Xing Ge'er kept nodding as he covered his mouth. Miao Ying said, "See if there's a chance to steal the household registration documents."
Xing Ge'er pulled his hand away: "Okay, I'll find a way when I get back." He couldn't leave for too long, so after saying that, he quickly ran out to catch up with the people from the Fu family.
After the Fu family left, Miao Ying and Huo Xing went to buy some things, then picked up Fu Lingzhi and went back to the village together.
Fu Lingzhi was not in a good mood along the way. When Miao Ying picked him up, he saw that his eyes were red and knew that he had been crying.
Miao Ying knew that this should be the most difficult stage for him, and it would be good if he could get through it. He patted Fu Lingzhi's back gently, silently comforting him.
Miao Ying planned to go to Fu Lingyou to discuss business matters in two days. He had been with Fu Lingzhi for the past two days, and only felt relieved when he saw that he was feeling better.
"Mom, I'm going to the county town with Huo Xing in a while. You can just have dinner with Lingzhi."
Before Miao Ying and his friends walked out of the door, someone knocked on the door. Miao Ying opened the door and saw that it was the matchmaker who had come to their house before.
"Big sister, you refused last time, but this time the offer is really good. Let me explain it to you in detail."
Li Hongying went to see Fu Lingzhi, but unexpectedly Fu Lingzhi did not refuse and nodded to Li Hongying.
The matchmaker was very excited and took Fu Lingzhi's hand: "Listen to what I'm saying. This time it's the son of the village chief from the neighboring village who's asking for marriage. The boy is handsome and has some education. He passed the examination for a Tongsheng."
Miao Ying was not in a hurry to go out. He sat in the yard and listened to the matchmaker praising the man to the skies. Thinking of the implied meaning of matchmaking on modern social networks, he found it boring after listening for a while and got up to go back to his room.
The courtyard door was open, and Fu Lingzhi was held tightly by the matchmaker: "If you are willing, tomorrow, your aunt will arrange this marriage for you."
The yard was bustling with activity, and no one noticed that someone had come outside.
"Lingzhi, who are you going to get married with?"
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