Fight the Giants

  Chapter 368 Huo An

   On the tenth day of April in the fifth year of Yongkang, the weather is sunny and sunny, and it is advisable to travel far.

  Huo Xi and his family sent Yang Fu off at the pier in the outer city.

  They will set off from here to Ningbo, and then go to sea by boat from Ningbo. Yang Fu waved goodbye to everyone at the bow of the boat, drifted away, and waved his hand out of the afterimage.

  Mr. Yang waited for the boat out of sight, and the shadow of Yang Fu on the bow could no longer be seen, crying and fell into Huo Erhuai's arms. Huo Nian tearfully hugged Huo Xi and cried, rubbing against Huo Xi's clothes until his clothes were wet.

  Huo Xi stared into the distance in a daze.

  When I met Yang Fu for the first time, he was only in his early ten years old, and he felt like an elder in front of Huo Xi, protecting Huo Xi everywhere. Over the years, whatever Huo Xi did, he silently supported him behind the scenes.

   Now for her, he went to sea again. In this line, life and death are unpredictable.

  Huo Xi raised her head, blinking away her tears. Facing the sunny sky, I said silently, mother, you must bless uncle and bless him for his safe return. Our family can't do without him.

  Qin Huaiyu looked at the shadow that was getting farther and farther away, and was also meditating, asking his parents to bless him when he came back safely. He said that when he came back, he hoped she would give him a chance to ask her a word.

  Qin Huaiyu clasped his hands in front of his chest, wishing you a safe return, I understand the affection in your eyes. If you come back safely, I will definitely give you a chance to tell you what's on your mind.

  The family returned to the house, and each sat in their own rooms, no one spoke for a long time.

  Huo Nian would run from one house to another to see this, and then to another house to comfort the other, he was constantly busy.

  Holding Huo Xi's arm, with a downcast expression: "Sister, mother is still crying."

  Huo Xi sighed, and patted his head: "Mother misses uncle."

   "I miss uncle too." Huo Nian pouted, "Sister, uncle will come back safely, right?"

   "Yes. Uncle will definitely come back safely. After you have a rest in a few days, my sister will take you to the temple to pray for uncle."

   "Okay. Let's go every rest! Let the gods of the four directions bless my uncle's safe return."

   Mrs. Yang was sad for a few days, and was persuaded by everyone in turn, and slowly accepted the fact that Yang Fu left. In addition, she was approaching her due date, so she didn't dare to cry and break her body.

   The couple stayed in the city.

  Huo Xi originally planned to arrange for her to live in a house in the inner city, but Yang Shi was unwilling to go. It is said that the inner city is too far away from the Boya School, and it is inconvenient for Huo Nian to go to school. Still live in Qionghua Lane.

  Huo Erhuai and Huo Xi feared that something might happen to her, so they booked a midwife and doctor early on.

   On the morning of April 23, Yang had a stomachache, which made everyone panic. At noon, Ping An gave birth to a son.

  Thinking of Yang Fu who traveled far away, everyone unanimously agreed to name the child "Huo An".

  Huo Nian came back from school and was overjoyed to see his mother gave birth to a younger brother. Lie down in front of my younger brother's bed, staring at him with a smirk, refusing to move.

   "Hahaha, my brother is younger than that brother of Uncle Yu's family, his hands and feet are only so big, my brother is so soft." He refuses to go to sleep at night and wants to look at his brother.

  Huo An was raised well in the mother's womb. He was born with a weight of more than six catties.

  Yang and Huo Erhuai wept with joy, Huo An, their son! After waiting for so many years, I came to them.

  Huo Xi hired a nanny for Huo An.

  The nanny has enough milk, and she feeds Huo An with Yang one day and one night. Huo An has a good appetite and eats fat for nothing. On the day of the full moon, people who came to congratulate him praised him for being well raised, and everyone rushed to hug him.

   Yang lived in the city, while Huo Erhuai ran back and forth.

  There is a nanny, a maid, and grandpa Zou and grandma at home, so Huo Erhuai feels at ease. Zhuangzi has a lot of work to do, and the silkworm eggs have been brought back, and now it is a critical moment, fearing that they will not adapt to the environment, he is leading people to keep an eye on them all the time.

  But he was reluctant to part with his son, so he ran to the city twice in three days.

   No matter how hard you work, your legs and feet will feel windy, the corners of your mouth are grinning high, and you will smile when you meet everyone.

  Huo Wuniang couldn't understand his mood. It's not that he doesn't have a son, but he's happy to be like this.

  Now their family has really integrated into life on the water. Every day, they diligently go to the village to collect vegetables, eggs, meat and firewood, and transport them to Qionghua Lane for sale.

  Huo Wuniang and Wei Qi originally came from farming households, and the couple knew exactly what the things in the village were worth. Find the source of goods, bargain, do better than others.

Perhaps the villagers can talk better with the villagers. Huo Wuniang collects vegetables in the village, and likes to chat with people and inquire about things. What good things are there in the village and nearby, and what the villagers lack, she sorts them out clearly .

   Not only collect things in the village, but also sell things in the village.

   After going back and forth, in just two or three months, I have already saved more than ten taels of silver.

  The husband and wife were so happy.

  Where did you touch so much silver before? Now it's Huo Erhuai who wants to drag them to do other jobs, and they are not happy anymore.

  The husband and wife are also grateful. Seeing that Yang has given birth to a son, they send fish and shrimp here every now and then.

While drinking the fish soup, Mrs. Yang sighed with Huo Xi: "Seeing that they are living a good life, your father can be relieved. Your father and brother have four people, and this younger sister has always been in love with her since she was a child. Seeing how she is living now Well, your father is very happy."

   "As long as Dad is happy."

  Daddy's life is going well, and if he wants to help his family, Huo Xi won't stop him. But just don't come to affect their family's life.

  Huo Xi hugged and teased his little brother, seeing him open his eyes and smacking his little mouth from time to time, he liked it. Hold him in circles, bumping slightly from time to time.

   "Mother, you have to ask Dad to tell Fifth Aunt, don't go to the countryside to be proud just because you have money, then everyone will come to beg Dad, and Dad will be hard to do."

"Okay, mother will tell them. You don't need me and your father to tell them, they will cover themselves to death. Otherwise, if her husband's family finds out, can she still keep the money? The Wei family will find it by themselves Steal her life."

   "Then I still have to tell them a few words. If you don't have money, buy this or that. Others will see it when they see it. At that time, those in his Wei family will be jealous, and it may not be their turn to do this job."

   "Mother knows, mother will remind them."

  On the fourth day of July, news suddenly spread from the palace that Empress Xu had passed away. I was forty-six years old.

  A decree was passed down in the palace that all the ministers should be cut off for the queen's clothes for 27 days, and white clothes and plain clothes for a hundred days. Starting from the fifth day of the first lunar month, they should stop court and not ring bells and drums. Civil and military officials, wives of four grades or above, wear mourning clothes and stay in mourning for three days at Sishan Gate. At Linggu Temple in the capital city, Chaotian Palace set up three-day offerings.

  The common people shall wear plain clothing for three days, gold, silver, pearls and emeralds are forbidden for three days, music and sacrifices are prohibited for one hundred days, slaughter is prohibited for forty-nine days, and marriages are prohibited for one hundred days.

  Suddenly, the white cloth and linen cloth of each cloth shop were out of stock.

  Guangfeng imported a lot of water linen cloth, which was mainly used as cloth for the middle and lower class people. There were a lot of stocks in the warehouses of the two shops, and the boats kept sending them to Beijing every day.

   But it was sold out in just one day.

  White cloth is hung on the door of each house in all the prefectures in central Beijing. Huo Xi also confessed that colored things were collected everywhere in the house, and the whole family changed into plain clothes. There is also a white cloth hanging on the door.

  Mu Mansion, Mrs. Hou, Mrs. Cheng repeatedly ordered the servants of Fu Mansion to make arrangements hastily, and then changed out of brocade clothes, wearing mourning clothes, and Mrs. Geng, went into the palace to cry.

   I always thought that the early death of Empress Xu was related to her birth of seven children in nine years. Empress Xu was a tiger girl who could kill the enemy when she got on a horse, and read memorials when she got off her horse. Her physical fitness was better than that of ordinary women, but she also passed away early. The owner of the Taj Mahal, Ajman, gave birth to 14 children in 19 years, and died on the delivery bed at the age of 38. sigh. As a woman, you still have to take care of your body, take it easy, health is more important than anything else. Since Basho lay in the hospital for eight days, she dared not stay up late. Everyone, don't stay up late, eat healthy, work normally, and be in good health more than anything else.

  (end of this chapter)