The lucky girl in the village has a good way of making money.

Chapter 534 A Big River with Wide Waves
The boat arrived at Luochuan Wharf at night and docked. It would stay there tonight. Shi Liu asked Lin if she wanted to go down for a walk, but the night was cold and it was not convenient to take the children out, so Lin shook her head and said she would not go.

Shi Liu took Sui Lu, Fu Dong, Zuo Cheng and Ke Hu with him, and got off the boat to stroll around and exercise.

The city is just as lively at night, still in the New Year atmosphere. The night market is bustling with people and all kinds of snacks are on sale.

It was also a coincidence. Shi Liu had never told Fan Jin about her itinerary. It was purely fate.

Shi Liu was standing at a food stall watching the lady boss skillfully pinching wontons and putting them into the pot to make them boil. The chicken wontons had thin skin and lots of fillings, and they were white and plump, very pleasing to the eye. "Madam boss, cook a few bowls for us to eat here, and a few more for us to take away later!"

"Madam boss, two bowls of chicken wontons!"

The two voices fell almost at the same time. Shi Liu turned his head suddenly and saw Fan Jin and his servant walking over. "Fan Jin?"

"Pomegranate! You're in the city?!" Fan Jin looked at the familiar figure in front of the wonton stall from afar, but he couldn't see her face. She was facing away from him, so he wasn't sure. When he got closer, he found that it was indeed her. Fan Jin smiled. It had only been a few days since he left home on the sixth day of the New Year, but he still felt like a long time had passed.

"I'm just passing by here and will leave early tomorrow morning." Shi Liu responded and went to sit at the small table behind the stall with Fan Jin.

Fan Jin listened and asked, "Are we going to the capital? Didn't we say it would be after the 15th?"

"Originally, yes, but it just so happened that Mr. Liu was going to the capital, so I went with him so that I could take care of him along the way."

Soon, the wontons were served. Pomegranate scooped up a wonton and blew on it. When it cooled down a bit, he put it into his mouth. Suddenly, his eyes lit up, "Wow, it's really fresh!"

"Really?" Fan Jin chuckled as he watched her eat wontons. "This wonton shop sells good wontons. I often feel tired from reading at night, so I go out for a walk and buy a bowl of wontons from this shop."

"It's not bad to have Mr. Liu accompanying you. You should be more careful along the way."

"I know." Pomegranate nodded. "I've been hearing this since I left home. My ears are numb from hearing it."

Fan Jin laughed, "Then I'll say something else."

"I've heard from my classmates about the housing prices in the capital. It costs at least a thousand taels to buy a decent house in the outer city. If it's in the inner city, it's even harder to buy one. I think it's necessary to buy a house in the capital anyway, just to prepare for a rainy day. But I don't have time to go to the capital, and since you're going, I'll help you buy a house. As for where to buy it and how big it should be, it's up to you. It's best if you can buy one, but it's okay if you can't."

Having said that, he asked Bafang to go back and get the banknotes.

Shi Liu blinked and joked, "The profits were pretty good last year?"

Fan Jin smiled, "It's all thanks to you. You helped build our reputation. Many people thought that Hong Gu and the others were your people. You helped introduce a lot of business to us. So, we received a lot of orders in the past few months. The families in this city are very generous. Although we don't make much, it shouldn't be a problem for us to buy a decent house in the city outside Beijing."

Shi Liu said, "I think you should ask Hong Gu to buy more suitable people and train them well. In the future, the market in Beijing will be a more profitable place."

Fan Jin nodded, "I have considered this as well. I plan to let Hong Gu start making it after the Lantern Festival."

Bafang was agile and quick on his feet. He finished a bowl of wontons and talked for a while before he ran back with the silver bills.

"Pick the house you like and buy it. If you don't have enough money, you can pay it first and I'll give it to you when you come back." Fan Jin said in a gentle voice, and then hurriedly explained, "After all, if I can really come to Beijing by then, we will be married after all, and we can't live separately, right? Buying a house will be our wedding house in Beijing after we get married."

Shi Liu glanced at him and reached out to take the box. She saw that the notes inside were all in denominations of 100 taels each. Judging from the thickness, it must be at least 3,000 taels.

She didn't say anything more and handed the box to Sui Lu to keep.

The river wind blew over, making it much colder. Shi Liu gathered her cloak and said to Fan Jin, "It's getting late. You should go back soon. You have to go to school tomorrow."

"Yeah." Fan Jin nodded, looking at Shi Liu with a reluctant look in his eyes, "Have a safe trip, and come back soon."

"Let's go, be careful on the road."

Bafang smiled and said to Shi Liu: "Don't worry, young lady, I will take good care of the young master. You should also take good care of yourself."

While talking, I kept glancing at Fu Dong from the corner of my eye. I haven't seen her for a few months. She seems to have lost weight? It's better to be fatter. She looks better when fatter.

"It's hard to travel, girl, you must eat well, sleep well and rest well."

Shi Liu glanced at him and saw that he was looking behind her. She couldn't help but look back, but saw Fu Dong staring at him. She was stunned for a moment, then she smiled.

"Okay, everyone take good care of yourself and go back."

-

Before daybreak, the cabin began to sway slightly. Shi Liu knew that it must be the Liu family who were carrying the luggage aboard. This time, not only Liu Dongjia would be going to Beijing alone, but Liang would also bring her daughter Liu Yue with her.

Now that the Liu family has become an imperial merchant, they will slowly break into the capital's circle. Therefore, Mr. Liu will stay in the capital this year. In April, when the old lady of the Marquis of Jing'an's Mansion celebrates her birthday, the Liu family will definitely go to celebrate.

Shi Liu also guessed that Liu Yue was fourteen years old this year, and perhaps the Liu family had arranged a marriage for her and wanted to find a suitable one in the capital.

In short, this trip will involve the Liu family of three, as well as a number of followers and servants, so naturally they will also have to pack a lot of luggage, which cannot be packed in a short time.

She turned over and continued to sleep. She had stayed up too late last night thinking about things and was still very sleepy. She didn't plan to get up for morning exercises and decided to be lazy for a day.

She fell asleep again without realizing it. When she woke up again, it was already bright outside. Sui Lu brought in some hot water to help her wash up. "Miss, Mr. Liu, Mrs. Liu San, and Miss Ten have just boarded the ship. It will leave soon."

Shi Liu nodded, quickly washed and dressed, put on her makeup, left the room, and went to the boat room on the second floor.

This large ship has three floors. The third floor is full of guest rooms, and the second floor is a large hall where meals are taken.

After entering the ship hall, Shi Liu immediately greeted them, "Uncle Liu, Auntie, Sister Yue."

When Liu Yue saw Shi Liu coming, she immediately lifted her skirt and ran towards her, "Sister Shi Liu!"

Liang's eyelids twitched as she watched her daughter's lively appearance. She was very worried and waved to Shi Liu, "Shi Liu, come quickly. I asked them to prepare breakfast for us to bring up from the mansion. There is your favorite preserved egg and minced meat porridge. Where is your sister-in-law? Do you want to come down to eat or bring it up to her?"

"Kang'er has woken up, and she is being breastfed. Send it to her." Shi Liu responded, and asked Sui Lu to serve the porridge and two kinds of pasta together, and brought them to Lin.

Shi Liu sat on the right side of Liu Dongjia, next to Liu Yue, who sat next to Liang. The four of them shared a round table, which was filled with a sumptuous breakfast. Liu Dongjia ate a brown sugar bun while talking to Shi Liu, "If there is no delay on the way, we will be able to reach the capital by the end of the month. I have asked Liu Quan to go to the capital first. He will also help you find a suitable shop, so don't worry."

"Thank you Uncle Liu for your trouble." Shi Liu hurriedly thanked him.

Liu Dongjia waved his hand, "Why should we be so formal? If there is anything I can help you with, just tell me."

-

After breakfast, Liu Yue took Shi Liu's arm to practice boxing, and Liang kept winking at Shi Liu.

Shi Liu saw it clearly, so she smiled and said, "I'm feeling really lazy today, Sister Yue, how about we play chess?"

Liu Yue was also very easy to talk to. She just thought that she had been on the boat with Sister Pomegranate for more than half a month, so she was not in a hurry. "Okay, how about we play chess or checkers? I just learned how to play recently, and even my elder brother can't beat me!"

"Okay." Shi Liu nodded, and quickly asked Sui Lu to bring a set of checkers, and the two of them played in the side room.

The sun had already risen, but the wind was strong on the boat and it was too cold on the deck. So we put a brazier in the room and opened half of the window, which made it quite comfortable.

As they sailed out of the city, the river became wider and wider, as if there was no end in sight. Shi Liu made a move and took the time to look up. Looking at the scene, a sentence flashed through his mind: a big river with wide waves.

It’s really beautiful.

It’s good for people who don’t get seasick when taking a boat, as they can enjoy such beautiful scenery.

Unfortunately, Lin became seasick. She was fine on the half-day journey from Luoshui County to the provincial capital yesterday, but today when she entered the river, she vomited and felt very uncomfortable.

Shi Liu quickly asked Sui Lu to look after him, and made the seasickness medicine she had prepared earlier. By the evening, he felt much better.

Just when she was feeling relieved, Kang Ge'er developed a fever at night, and Lin was so anxious that she burst into tears. Fortunately, the Liu family brought a doctor with them, so they quickly asked the doctor to come and see him. The doctor prescribed some medicine and boiled it for Lin to drink and feed the baby with milk.

After all this trouble, Kangger finally got better at dawn on the third day. He drank milk and fell asleep soundly without crying anymore.

These past two days, Shi Liu has been extremely worried and has been guarding Kang Ge'er at night, fearing that something might happen to him. A child who is only three months old, one cannot be careless.

Seeing that Kang Ge'er had fallen asleep, Shi Liu comforted Lin, "Let's go back to Xiahe Village after the Chinese New Year. By then, Kang Ge'er will be one year old. He may be better when he is older. If it really doesn't work, we can set off earlier and travel by land."

Lin nodded, and her nerves, which had been tense for two days, relaxed and she yawned.

Seeing this, Shi Liu told her to have a good sleep and joked, "We will arrive in the city in the afternoon. Big brother might be waiting for you at the dock. After not seeing you for so long, do you still want big brother to see you looking so haggard?"

When Lin heard that they would arrive in the state capital in the afternoon, she became excited and couldn't help but touch her face. "Well, I'll go to sleep now, I'll go to sleep now."

But thinking that I would see my husband soon, I couldn't help getting excited. I couldn't fall asleep for a while, even though I was obviously very sleepy.

Shi Liu also took the time to go back to her room and have a good sleep.

After waking up, I had breakfast and lunch directly. After lunch, I played chess with Liu Yue for a while. As the sun set, the outline of Parkson Pier came into view in the distance.

Arrived.

The boat hadn't docked yet and was still far away. Shi Liu had sharp eyes and saw the figure standing on the dock at a glance, so she turned around and called Lin to come out and see, "Brother is waiting there!"

"Where, where?" Lin carried Kang Ge'er out and stood on tiptoe to look carefully in the direction that Shi Liu pointed. Sure enough, she saw the figure she had been thinking about day and night.

She couldn't help getting excited and yelled, "Husband!"

Li Rongzong on the dock also saw the big ship approaching slowly, and saw the people standing at the railing on the third floor of the ship. Hearing the word "husband", Li Rongzong's face turned slightly red, and he stretched out his hand and waved vigorously towards the ship.

Finally, the ship docked. Li Rongzong couldn't wait for the ship to stop, so he jumped onto the deck, ran upstairs, and went to pick up his wife in person.

The two parties met at the staircase.

"Master!"

"Er Feng!"

Seeing the two of them looking at each other, unable to pay attention to others, Shi Liu cleared his throat and sighed pretentiously, "Kang Ge'er, look at your father. He only has eyes for your mother. We, aunt and nephew, are really invisible."

Lin's face immediately turned red. She reluctantly withdrew her gaze from her husband's face and hurriedly pushed her son forward, "Husband, look, this is our Kang Ge'er!"

He was not present when his son was born. This was the first time the father and son met. Li Rongzong carefully reached out to take the swaddling clothes. Looking at the chubby little face, which was rosy and sleeping soundly, his eyebrows softened involuntarily. "What mother said in the letter is true. He really looks exactly like Baozhu when he was a child!"

After seeing his son, Li Rongzong quickly looked at Shi Liu, "Second sister! You have worked hard along the way!"

Shi Liu burst into laughter. "I'm not tired. It's my sister-in-law who is tired just to come and see you. I've been seasick all the way, and Kang Ge'er isn't feeling well either. My sister-in-law has taken a lot of medicine and is about to vomit. When we get back, my brother must take good care of her."

Li Rongzong became nervous upon hearing this and asked Lin, "Erfeng, are you still feeling uncomfortable? Can you hold on? We are still a few miles away from the city. How about we find an inn here to rest for the night?"

Lin blushed at her husband's concern and said quickly, "I'm fine now. I can hold on."

Shi Liu said, "It's getting late. Big brother, you should take Big sister-in-law and the others back home. I won't see you off. We have to continue our journey."

Li Rongzong nodded, gave the child to Mother Liu to hold first, and asked the servant he brought with him to help move the luggage off the boat and load it into the truck.

He then came over to greet Liu Dongjia and gave them a quick and concise report on the latest developments of the headquarters.

After all the luggage was moved down, Li Rongzong took his wife and children off the boat. He stood on the shore, watching the boat slowly sail away. Then he took his wife and children on the carriage and returned to the provincial capital.

The ship continued to move northward. The speed in the water was not fast, but it could travel day and night.

Half a month later, we arrived safely at Tongzhou Wharf.