black belly

Chapter 23
That night, except for Huo Zhirou who slept soundly, no one in the Huo family could sleep well.

The next day, after Huo Zhirou woke up, Chun Xiao helped her wash and dress up, and said with a smile: "Miss, I heard that the west courtyard was brightly lit last night, and it seems that I haven't slept all night."

The yawning Huo Zhirou paused when he heard Chun Xiao's words, and then said lazily, "Didn't my father go to Xikuayuan last night?"

Chunxiao heard Huo Zhirou's words, and replied: "I heard that you wanted to go, but you sent two nuns to guard in the Xikua courtyard. As soon as the master appeared, the two nuns told the master about your words, and finally the master Leaving the house angrily."

Huo Zhirou laughed mockingly, as she expected, Luo Xingwei hadn't planned to touch her yet.

"Send someone to tell Aunt Jiang that the concubine of a rich and noble family will greet the mistress every morning. Although the wife of the Huo family is gone now, if Aunt Jiang is sincere to be the aunt of the Huo family, is it right? Everyone should give my mother's tablet as a concubine, of course, now that Aunt Jiang is pregnant, it's inconvenient, so I won't force it." Huo Zhirou had a smirk in her eyes, she couldn't kill Jiang Guqiu, but she wouldn't let him She is fine.

When Chunxiao heard Huo Zhirou's words, she burst out laughing immediately, and gave Huo Zhirou a thumbs up, "Miss, you are so amazing, I will tell Aunt Jiang immediately."

Huo Zhirou saw that his personal maid was going to do this in person, immediately pulled her back, and said angrily: "Do you need to go? Just send the maid to go there!"

"Yes!" Chunxiao nodded and went down to explain.

After Chun Xiao left, other maids took over to dress up Huo Zhirou.Huo Zhirou looked at herself in the mirror, her eyes were deep, her methods were relatively light, thinking that her mother had been deceived by her father for so many years, she thought her father loved her more than gold, but she didn't expect that There is already an outer room outside, and a pair of children.Not only was her mother cheated, but she was also deeply deceived. After her mother died, this "benevolent father" not only tricked her time and time again into changing "Huo Zhai" to "Luo Zhai", It was as if he had forgotten his identity!

Huo Zhirou didn't care what Jiang Guqiu's reaction was, after breakfast, Steward Cao came to inform that the carriage was ready and they could leave for the workshop at any time.

Huo Zhirou wore a gauze hat and took Chunxiao out.

The Jinjin workshop of the Huo family is located behind the Jinjin store. When Huo Zhirou arrived, Li Guanshi said to Huo Zhiju with a sad face: "Miss, you are here!"

Huo Zhirou looked at the expression on Li Guanshi's face, nodded, and said, "Uncle Li, how is the workshop?"

Hearing Huo Zhirou's question, Li Guanshi sighed softly and said: "After the masters left, the workshop stopped working, and now the workshop workers have nothing to do. How can this continue?"

Hearing Guanshi Li's words, Huo Zhirou frowned tightly, and said, "Still can't find a suitable master?"

"The young one has met a few masters these days, and his craftsmanship is not as good as the previous masters." Li Guanshi said helplessly.

"Then invite the previous masters back!" Huo Zhirou looked at Li Guanjia and said.

Butler Li smiled wryly when he heard Huo Zhirou's words, and then said: "Miss, I went to invite you, but these masters are already working in other shops, so they are a step late, and now they don't want to come back at all! "

Butler Li's words immediately made Huo Zhirou's face darken, and for a while, the room became extremely quiet, and no one wanted to talk.

"Miss!" Chun Xiao walked in with a happy face, and said excitedly: "Young Master Situ has changed his mind!"

As soon as Chun Xiao finished speaking, she saw a servant of the Huo family appearing on her with Situ Fan.

When Huo Zhirou saw Situ Fan, his eyes lit up immediately, he stood up and said to Situ Fan, "Mr. Situ!"

Seeing Huo Zhirou's happy face, Situ Fan smiled lightly, cupped his fists at Huo Zhirou and said, "Miss Huo, I wonder if it's too late for me to change my mind?"

"I wish that Mr. Situ would change his mind!" Huo Zhirou showed a bright smile on his face, and the depression accumulated in his heart for the past few days was swept away. There is really no way out, and there is another village!

"Miss Huo, you are too polite. I will help you with things in the future. Don't call me Mr. Situ, Mr. Situ. I am not a master, but just a commoner. Just call him by his name!" Situ Fan said helplessly. Said.

Huo Zhirou smiled slightly, shook his head, and said: "Mr. Situ can come to help, I am very grateful. You are the savior of the Huo family. You can't say that you are the one who helps me with things. It should be said that we are mutually beneficial! In this way , I call you Master Situ, and I will rely on you here in the future!"

Hearing Huo Zhirou's words, Situ Fan felt at ease with Huo Zhirou's flattery. He nodded and said, "That's fine! But Miss Huo, don't you need to discuss this matter with your respected father?"

Although Situ Fan knew what the situation of the Huo family was like, he thought that if he came to the Huo family to help, without Huo Zhirou's father's permission, if he was driven away halfway through the help, what would happen?

Huo Zhirou asked Situ Fan to sit down, asked Chun Xiao to serve tea to Situ Fan, and then said, "Don't worry, Mr. Situ, my father has left this matter to me!"

When Situ Fan heard Huo Zhirou's words, he immediately felt relieved.

"Mr. Situ, let me tell you about the current situation. Soon, Yuanmen will come to Jincheng to select merchants in Jinjin, and our Huo family is not sure. It is said that Zhang from Huancaifang in the east of the city has mastered a craft. It can make Jin Jin even better, so it's really difficult for the Huo family to win this Yuanmen selection!"

Situ Fan hadn't waited for Huo Zhirou to finish speaking, his face changed suddenly, he stood up, and asked Huo Zhirou: "Miss Huo, you said he was the shopkeeper Zhang of Huancaifang in the east of the city? What's his name?" ?”

Huo Zhirou looked at Situ Fan's strange expression and was puzzled, but he still cast his eyes on Guanshi Li who was standing aside for his question.

Li Guanshi stepped forward knowingly and replied: "The shopkeeper's name is Zhang Kaiji!"

"It's him! I didn't expect this guy to come back!" Hearing Guanshi Li's words, Situ Fan's face twisted and he gritted his teeth.

Seeing the change of expression on Situ Fan's face, Huo Zhirou said inexplicably, "What's wrong, Mr. Situ."

"This guy used to be my uncle, but he was a heartless man. He valued a pretty widow. He didn't hesitate to divorce my aunt, who had been with him for 20 years, and left a lot of debts to my aunt. My aunt was destroyed by this heartless man!"

Huo Zhirou's eyes widened when he heard Situ Fan's explanation. He didn't expect that Situ Ying and the shopkeeper Zhang were husband and wife, and Situ Ying had been abandoned. Situ Ying never mentioned this matter when he taught her. And, yes, the so-called family ugliness should not be publicized, how could she say it?
Situ Fan cupped his hands towards Huo Zhirou, and said firmly to her: "Miss Huo, don't worry, I will never let this treacherous person win the Yuanmen selection!"

Hearing Situ Fan's words, Huo Zhirou stood up, "Then I would like to thank Mr. Situ for your help! Don't worry, as long as you win, if you cooperate with Yuanmen, half of your future income will belong to Mr. Situ."

Huo Zhirou's words immediately made the faces of other people in the room look surprised. The first one to speak was Situ Fan. He didn't expect that Huo Zhirou would give him such a big reward, and said in surprise: "Miss Huo, Half of the income, this..."

Huo Zhirou interrupted Situ Fan's words, and said with a smile: "Mr. Situ deserves it!" After finishing speaking, he looked at Steward Cao and said, "Uncle Li, you and Uncle Li go draw up a contract!"

Li Guanshi frowned slightly, looking at the persistent Huo Zhirou, he nodded and left. After a while, he came in with the written contract and handed it to Huo Zhirou to read it first.

Huo Zhirou took a closer look and found that there was indeed no problem, so he handed it to Situ Fan and said, "If Mr. Situ thinks there is no problem, then we will reach a cooperation, and you can write your name on it and put it away. certificate!"

When Situ Fan heard Huo Zhirou's words, he hesitated for a moment, and then signed his name on the agreement. The moment Huo Zhirou watched him write, the big stone in his heart finally let go.After doing all this, let the servants send him back in person.

"Miss!" After seeing Situ Fan leaving, Guanshi couldn't help it anymore, and looked at Huo Zhirou hesitantly.

Seeing Guanshi Li's expression, Huo Zhirou raised his eyebrows and said, "What's wrong? Is there anything you can't say?"

"Miss, you gave Mr. Situ half of Jin Jin's income, isn't that too much? If the master knows, he will definitely blame you!" Li Guanshi looked at Huo Zhirou worriedly.

Huo Zhirou smiled and shook his head, "Not much, if Situ Fan can really help the Huo family win the business with Yuanmen, what they will bring to the Huo family in the future is not only an increase in money, but also other things. I believe Uncle Li, you also know, and now, Situ Fan is not the Huo family's buddy, nor is the Huo family's servant, we and him are just a cooperative relationship, since we cooperate, we must have sincerity, right?"

Li Guanshi nodded when he heard Huo Zhirou's analysis, "Then, should I tell the master about this?"

Huo Zhirou smiled coldly, "It's fine for me to tell him about it, Uncle Li, don't tell me about it, I'll keep all the guys secret about Situ Fan's work here, don't let it out centimeters!"

"I understand!" Li Guanshi immediately assured after hearing Huo Zhirou's words.

After Huo Zhirou explained some things, he left the workshop and returned home.

Back at Huo Mansion, at the gate, he saw a servant who was escorting the doctor out, Huo Zhirou frowned, and said to the servant: "What's going on?"

Seeing Huo Zhirou's return, the servant saluted her and said, "Aunt Jiang is pregnant, the master is at her place right now!"

"Oh, did you have a fetal gas? Haven't had a miscarriage yet?" Huo Zhirou's eyes showed a mocking look, and as she expected, Jiang Guqiu took the child in her belly as a sword of Shang Fang, and made a fuss from time to time.

"Miss, the master also said that he asked you to go to Aunt Jiang's place. His tone seemed bad." The servant said after following Huo Zhirou into the mansion.

"His little concubine got pregnant, so she's naturally not happy. Let's go, I'll go and see this Aunt Jiang who got pregnant too!" Huo Zhirou turned around and walked west across the courtyard...

(End of this chapter)