Chapter 123 The Last Happy Night
After discussing with Zhou, Hui Niang set her departure time to the early morning of the fourth day of the October 20th.
A day in advance, Hui Niang asked someone to go to the Fucheng to start the station. Because the matter was hasty, in order to avoid not being able to find a place to stay in the Fucheng, according to Hui Niang's wishes, you can stay in the inn first after entering the city.
On the third day of October, Hui Niang rented five carriages to ship things to the city, mainly involving silver, copper coins and some daily necessities, including medicine books, account books, clothing and personal belongings that often accompany her, and even Hui Niang’s husband’s spiritual cards.
Because the two pharmacies were taken over by a new shopkeeper and a friend, everyone could stay in the backyard to pack things, Hui Niang was busy for fear of something missing.
The carriage was parked in the back alley and only brought valuables into the car on the day of departure.
Of course, not only Hui Niang is cleaning up, but Zhou is the same.
Shen Mingjun went to the Wang family to quit his job early in the morning, but because of the lack of staff, the Wang family asked that they must finish the last day, otherwise the monthly money for that month would be deducted. In desperation, Shen Mingjun asked someone to come back and send a message saying that he would not go home for lunch and supper.
In the backyard of the pharmacy, Chen Xi sat on a small stool and watched the newly recruited guy helping to move things. He was young and didn't need any physical work at all. Even if he took the initiative to go up and help, he would be in the way.
Chen Xi didn't have much stuff, because cotton and other fluffy items took up too much space, so he finally agreed to only use pillows and quilt covers. After arriving in the city, he bought new items.
By noon, the car was almost loaded. Although it was already a picky one, the carriage was already full.
It was originally planned to carry things in three carriages, and two carriages were taken by Shen's four family. Shen Mingjun could take care of the work of chasing the car. At the same time, he chose two people from Xiaoyu and the others to fill the seats, while Huiniang and her daughter took another car with the other maids.
Now it seems that five carriages are still not enough. Hui Niang hired someone in the afternoon, mainly transporting some more bulky objects. The more striking one was a table and two chairs. It is said that Hui Niang and her husband bought the furniture for the first time after they arrived in Ninghua. Hui Niang thought of her deceased husband, so she insisted on bringing it with her.
The Shen family is not that trouble. There are only two boxes in total. There are many old clothes that Zhou from Chenxi is not going to take away. He said that he would stay for Li and let Li share with the people in other rooms of the Shen family.
Children from ordinary people are basically not qualified to wear new clothes, especially those who have grown up. They will not be able to wear clothes in half a year. Anyway, there are many children in the family. The older ones wear old ones, the younger ones wear old ones, and even the smaller ones wear patched ones, so they all go smoothly.
When Chen Xi was in Taohua Village, he didn't wear new clothes until his family improved, and he didn't buy a lot of them under the care of Hui Niang and Zhou.
After working hard for more than an afternoon, the things were finally packed up. Zhou went to the backyard of the pharmacy to see if Hui Niang needed any help.
The sun had already set in the west, and Shen Mingjun still didn't come back. Zhou was worried and couldn't help but complain again: "Everyone is leaving, why are you still doing so seriously? You can do it as much as possible. When the time comes, you can get away. Can others pay more for his work like this?"
Hui Niang smiled and said, "Sister, don't complain, this means that my brother-in-law is a responsible person. Don't worry, my brother-in-law knows the urgency of things and will come back on time."
Zhou nodded, leaned forward and asked in a low voice. Even if Chen Xi listened, he couldn't hear clearly.
However, Chen Xi knew that the good sisters were discussing the transportation of silver. As the most important thing, this time I went to the city, I would take two or three thousand taels of silver on the road. I was afraid of any accidents on the road. After all, I still remember the rioters outside the city at the end of the year. If someone stole the money on the road, I would have to make a long-term plan for any development plan.
"Oh, I don't know where to put it, after all, it's so much money." Zhou frowned and his voice became a little louder.
The Ming Dynasty kilogram is equal to 16 taels, and in later generations, it would be 30 kilograms. Even if the maximum amount of 3,000 taels of silver is 95 and 6 kilograms. Of course, not all of them are silver, and there are half a copper coin, which is filled with several large boxes, so Zhou said this.
Hui Niang smiled and said, "For safety reasons, the silver is divided into two boxes and placed under our seats. As for the few large boxes that transport copper coins, they put some medicinal materials, clothes, etc. on it, so that even if you encounter robbers on the road, you should be able to deal with it."
Chen Xi was speechless when he heard it beside him. He knew that the two women had no experience in traveling far away.
If you really encounter a robber on the road, you can only think that you are unlucky when you encounter a robbery and a person. If you only robbery, you may not be able to please you. After all, the space of the carriage is only so large. People will turn the carriage upside down no matter what they say. How could they miss such an obvious place under the seat?
But Chen Xi is not easy to explain this kind of thing. It is indeed annoying to get on the road with several carriages. Chen Xi feels that it may be better to walk separately from people and property.
There was nothing to do in the afternoon, Hui Niang calculated the accounts and asked Master Lu, who was in charge of the printing workshop, to come over. She gave some explanations on the business.
Zhou was upset and waited for Shen Mingjun to come back. This was her last night with Shen Mingjun in Ninghua County. After today, she could break free from the shackles of the family and live a comfortable and carefree life. She wanted to celebrate intimately in the evening, but Shen Mingjun was confused and asked someone to pass the message, saying that the Wang family had something to do and could not come back in the evening. He would come early tomorrow and meet with his family on the way.
This made Zhou furious, and he scolded him again, and Hui Niang persuaded him as usual.
Chen Xi felt that it was boring when facing this familiar plot. He knew Shen Mingjun's personality very well. He was honest but also strong. What Shen Mingjun cared most was that others said that he wanted to be on the list of Lu Sun and then gained both wealth. Now he chose to escape again at the critical moment of departure.
After dinner, because Shen Mingjun did not come back, Zhou did not have to go back to his yard. He had already taken Chen Xi and Lin Dai to say goodbye to Li, and at this time he had no thoughts. Before entering the room, Zhou kept muttering, saying that he was afraid that Shen Mingjun would not come back the next morning and would delay the matter in vain.
Chen Xi and Lin Dai stayed in the wing room of the backyard of the medicine shop. At this time, Lin Dai and Lu Xier no longer had to go back to the room first and then quietly came over. After washing, they consciously came to Chen Xi's house with a small pillow.
Because the weather became colder after autumn, Hui Niang specially added a quilt on the bed.
According to the adults' wishes, even if the three young people were sleeping, they had to cover Chen Xi with a quilt, Lu Xier and Lin Dai, but Lu Xier didn't care about that much. Every time they crawled into Chen Xi's quilt and slept with Chen Xi, while Lin Dai was a little restrained and covered himself.
We were about to go on the road tomorrow morning. We should have gone to bed early, but the two little loli were shouting that Chen Xi would tell a story.
Chen Xi had no choice but to take out the old stories and tell the new stories. At the back, the two little loli were sleepy. Lu Xier lay on Shen Xi's stomach and fell asleep. Lin Dai gradually couldn't hold on, closed her eyes and made a uniform breathing sound.
Chen Xi was quiet for a while, and when he heard nothing, he stopped telling stories.
The sky outside is full of stars, the crescent moon is looming, and a little girl who looks like a pig in her arms, and a little loli who looks like a beauty sleeping in her spring is asleep beside her. For him, who was not hindered by family affection in his previous life, he could clearly feel a faint warmth and happiness.
Unfortunately, the two little loli are still young now, and they don’t know the difference between liking and love. They just like to play with him, and no one can tell what happens in the future. Lin Dai may understand the matter between men and women in two or three years, but it will take six or seven years to wait for him and Lu Xier to grow up.
The time is too long and many things are unpredictable, including this time entering the capital city.
As for business, it is a good thing to turn business from a county town to a government city, which means business expansion. However, in business these days, many people cannot use the concept of capital expansion. No matter how good the business is, as long as the government orders, the family may be destroyed, or they may be disrupted by some gangsters in the market, and the business will easily collapse.
It is not enough to do business alone. You must change your ideas and cultivate your power, otherwise you will be bullied forever.
Chapter completed!