A happy event in a fertile field: the black-bellied husband is as beautiful as a flower

Chapter 165 The Family's New Favorite

After only two days, Xia's relationship with Hou'er developed to the point that it was as if the monkey was her second child.

When eating, Xia Shi, Meng Yan and Yin Heng each sat on one side of the table, and the other side of the dinner table was for Xu Chenfang when Xu Chenfang was present, and Xia Shi let the monkey sit when he was away. Give it a bowl, filled with a bowl of rice.

The monkey has its own special utensils, which are separate from everyone else, but Mrs. Xia helped it clean.

The monkey didn't go to the table either, but just sat on the bench with a bowl in his hand and ate.

Meng Yan looked at Xia Shi stroking its head in a mess, and called it "good boy" with a smile.

It seems that when Xia Shi brought it back, he was farther away from it than anyone else, why did it happen in a blink of an eye?
Meng Yan reached out to touch Xia's forehead, and said, "Mother doesn't have a fever."

Xia Shi glared at her and said, "It's not big or small."

Meng Yan said: "Let's put it back in the mountain sometime. It should belong to the mountain."

Mrs. Xia was silent, and when Meng Yan looked up at her, her eyelids couldn't help shaking, seeing that Mrs. Xia's eyes turned red...

Xia put down his chopsticks and said, "There are wolves and other wild animals in the mountains. What if we let it go back and get eaten by wild animals?"

Meng Yan said: "Of course we want to investigate and find a mountain where there are other monkeys and release it."

Xia was worried again: "It is so obedient and sensible, and the monkeys in the mountains are fierce and wild. If you let it in so rashly, what if it is bullied by other monkeys?"

Meng Yan: "..."

Yin Heng followed the conversation and said: "What should Madam Yi think should be done?"

Xia Shi calmed down a bit, and said: "Let's raise it first, anyway, there is no shortage of food for it at home."

Meng Yan was originally worried that Xia Shi would not like it, but now it seems that she was worrying too much.Seeing that the monkey was getting along with Xia Shi happily, she and Yin Heng naturally had no reason to disagree.

In the end, they decided to keep the monkey and raise it, and discuss it later when there is a suitable opportunity.

Xia's smile resumed, and she asked, "Ah Nam, what do you think we should name it?"

Meng Yan inadvertently saw two peaches lying on the porch, then looked at the monkey in front of her, thought for a while, and said, "Just call it a kiwi."

"How can you be so casual." Xia Shi said, "Wang Xing, you choose one."

Yin Heng said: "Call the monkey not to return."

Xia thought it was quite casual, but it was better than Meng Yan's, so the monkey had its own name, and it was called Monkey Bugui from now on.

Monkey Bugui quickly adapted to the life in Meng Yan's house, and gradually stopped being cautious, but recovered his innocent and lively nature, climbing up and down the roof beams in the corridor and the trees in the yard, having a lot of fun .

When lighting the lamps at night, there was no need for Meng Yan to stand on a high stool to light them anymore. Hou Bugui was hanging on the roof beam with one hand, and he could reach into the lantern with the other to light the lamps.

Meng Yan discovered that when parents raised a pet, they really wanted to raise it as a good son.

The Xia family talks about "no return" all day long, and whenever there is something delicious and fun, he will call it the first time.

No matter where Monkey Bugui crawls to play, it will immediately run to Xia Shi when it hears Xia Shi calling it.

It's just that the former owner of Monkey Bugui didn't teach it well, often beat and scolded it, and even instigated it to do some sneaky things.In order to please its master, it often steals back things, sometimes money, sometimes other things.

That day the monkey did not return and went outside, and when he came back he stole a flowery skirt for Mrs. Xia.

It probably saw women passing by in front of their house in the back alley. When several women get together, they will inevitably compare with each other, so they are often dressed in fancy clothes; This behavior.

Seeing the flowery skirt, Mrs. Xia was amused and annoyed for a moment.

She knew that Monkey Bugui wanted to treat her well, and she was a little moved, but she still wanted to teach him a severe lesson, which was wrong.

At that time, Meng Yan looked twitchingly at Mrs. Xia in the yard, holding a small mulberry stick in her hand, and asked Hou Bugui to stretch out her hand, and while beating its palm, she taught it human words.

Mrs. Xia took the trouble to say that stealing is not good, that is the style of a thief, if you want to get something, you should earn it with your ability.

Meng Yan said to Yin Heng with emotion: "Finally someone took over my class and listened to my mother's ramblings." Moreover, Xia's attention was diverted by the new members of the family, and now he didn't bother to care about Meng Yan's moral behavior at all.

Monkey Bugui couldn't understand what he heard, and couldn't help scratching his head.

Xia slapped it on the palm, although it hurt a little, it shrank, but it still didn't dodge.

In the end, Xia family finished the lesson, threw the flowery skirt to it, and said, "Hurry up and return it before anyone finds out."

The monkey didn't return and had no choice but to hold the flowery skirt and return it.

Disasters and diseases in the cotton fields outside the city spread to the ears of merchants in the city within two days.

Cotton farmers are helpless against this disaster. If this continues, large areas of cotton that are about to mature can only gradually rot and wither, and the cotton grains will not be harvested by then.

The cotton farmers were very anxious, and the merchants in the city also sent people to the cotton fields to confirm that the situation was indeed very bad.

Merchants are competing to contact cotton farmers in other places, wanting to order this year's cotton.

The Xu family has several cloth houses in the city, and they have always been a big household that needs cotton.Xu Mingyou's steward rushed over to report and said, "My lord, Second Master Xu and Third Master Xu have already sent people to other places to buy cotton, should we hurry up and send people there as well?"

Because if it goes on later, the price of cotton is bound to rise, and there will be no advantage at that time.

Xu Mingyou was once bitten by a snake, but now he is very vigilant towards Xu Chenfang, always paying attention to his movements.

Xu Mingyou asked: "What's the reaction from Xu Shenfang?"

The steward below replied: "He...doesn't seem to have any reaction, probably because he feels that he won't get any benefits, so maybe he doesn't plan to do the cotton business anymore."

Xu Mingyou can't just sit and wait for Xu Chenfang's movement without doing anything.Otherwise, if this continues, the second and third master Xu will take the lead, and the business of cloth village will definitely be squeezed out again.

Sui Xumingyou stepped up and sent people to catch up, and went to other places to snap up cotton.

On Xu Shenfang's side, the emperor is not in a hurry with the eunuch.

The manager walked around like ants on a hot pot, which showed that his master was not in a hurry, and he was leisurely and leisurely every day. The manager of the shop was about to cry, and repeatedly urged Xu Shenfang: "Boss, are we not going to do cotton business anymore?" ? If you don’t hurry, you will be ordered by other companies, let alone cotton, there is not even a hair!”

Xu Chenfang put her feet on the small table, her legs were slender, and she said lazily: "Isn't there such a large cotton field outside the city, what's the hurry?"

(End of this chapter)