Chapter 229: Chapter 229
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
The rooms of the master and servants were well distributed. Heng Yi walked around, locked the door, and headed to Third Brother Hu’s Broker’s Shop.
Third Brother Hu had been running back and forth between the county town and Ninghe Town recently. Broker’s business was also slowly starting up. Most of the time, Han Qiao bought land to open up wasteland and bought people to plant there.
Third Brother Hu happened to be in town these two days. When Heng Yi came, he had just returned.
“Heh, what a rare guest.”
Third Brother Hu was a more open-minded person. When his father was alive, he was very filial to him.
After his father pa.s.sed away, he was sad for a few days, but he quickly pulled himself together and became more filial to his mother.
“I just happened to be going to the county town to tell you something.”
“What is it?” Heng Yi sipped on his tea.
“Sun Yixi wants to sell his grocery store for 300 taels.”
“A shop in a small town is not worth this price,” Heng Yi said.
“I agree. At most, it will sell for two hundred taels. 1 guess he just wants more. Let me tell you, he recently hooked up with a little widow. That little widow is very dirty and has a few shady relationships. Sun Yixi sells a grocery store and plans to elope with that woman.”
Heng Yi raised an eyebrow.
“I’ve already recruited people to contact him. 1 plan to return him 150 taels. Do you want it? I want to keep it for you.”
Heng Yi thought for a moment and said, “Buy it. It’s a good location. We can clean it up and open a fast-food restaurant.”
Although this small town could not compare to the county town, it should not be a problem to earn dozens of taels a month.
“Then 1’11 buy it for you?”
“Yes.” Heng Yi opened his purse and took out two hundred taels of silver and gave it to Third Brother Hu.
“Don’t tell Ah-Qiao that you bought the shop. It’ll be harder for you to find someone to open a fast-food restaurant.”
“…” Third Brother Hu was shocked by these words.
“What’s wrong? Did you two fight?”
Heng Yi shook his head, “We didn’t fight. 1 just wanted to try my hand at business. So, 1 can have enough money to buy some jewelry for her.”
“I can’t let her worry about this all the time.”
Third Brother Hu felt relieved, “You really scared me. Speaking of which, there are many small towns under a county. Do you want to open more fast-food restaurants?”
Heng Yi hadn’t thought that far, “Let’s open it here first and see if the business is good. If the business is good, we can consider it,”
The 200 taels of silver were his pocket money. He didn’t need it usually, so he might as well use it to buy a shop and open a fast food restaurant.
“I’ll be the manager of the company, so you can pay me.”
“Sure.”
Looking for someone else would definitely not be as diligent as the Third Prince.
Heng Yi left the Broker Shop and went to Master Wan’s house. He put down the gifts, drank a cup of tea, and prepared to return to the county.
Master Wan hesitated before he said, “1 heard that you resigned from the government office?”
“Yes.”
“Child, why don’t you understand? It’s so difficult to work in the government office now. Why don’t you cherish it? Didn’t your wife persuade you from quitting?” Master Wan was a little unhappy.
“I thought about it for a few days before making a decision, but she couldn’t persuade me. Moreover, I didn’t know much at that time. 1 always felt a little guilty when I was working in the government office. I was afraid that 1 wouldn’t be worthy of my position. I decided to resign first, study hard, and practice martial arts. I would return after I had learned the appropriate skills.”
Master Wan didn’t know how to persuade Heng Yi.
He was not his biological child, so he could not blame him too much.
Master Wan wanted Heng Yi to stay for the night, but he was worried about Han Qiao because Heng Yi was anxious to go home.
She had such a big belly, but her face was still thin.
He wanted to go back and accompany her.
By the time Heng Yi returned to the county town, the sky was dark.
Han Qiao and the others had already finished dinner and were singing and dancing in the courtyard.
Children’s happiness was always simple and pure. They laughed and smiled without any worries.
Han Qiao looked at them and leaned against the chair, smiling gently and comfortably.
“Madam, the Master has returned.”
Han Qiao watched Heng Yi walk over. The children called out to him in unison, “Father!”
“Okay, you guys continue.”
Heng Yi sat beside Han Qiao. “How are you today? Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?”
“Everything is fine. Don’t worry. Have you had dinner?”
Heng Yi shook his head.
Han Qiao asked Duan Yue to prepare hot water while Shulan went to the kitchen to prepare food.
“Hurry up and wash up. Eat something and come to the courtyard to enjoy the shade.”
“Alright.”
Heng Yi wanted to kiss Han Qiao.
However, with the children around, he was embarra.s.sed. He could only rub
Han Qiao’s head and get up to take a shower.
Laughter came from the yard, and Heng Yi quickly finished his bath.
He ate dinner in the courtyard. Han Qiao and the children also ate a few mouthfuls.
Then the children continued to play, and Heng Yi helped Han Qiao walk around the garden.
At the same time, he told her about what happened along the way.
He hesitated several times.
Han Qiao asked him, “Why? Did something happen?”
“I did something that 1 don’t want to say, but I told you that I won’t hide anything from you.”
Han Qiao laughed.
The cold wind blew against his face, and the crickets chirped creating a harmonious melody.
She had more or less guessed what Heng Yi was going to say.
“Did you buy something with your pocket money?”
“Yes, I bought a shop.”
This surprised Han Qiao.
After all, Heng Yi didn’t spend money unless it was absolutely necessary.
It wasn’t that he was stingy. He didn’t know how to spend his money.
She was surprised to hear that he bought an outlet.
“Do you still have pocket money? If you’re short of money, take it from the box yourself.”
“No, 1 still have some. When that shop opens, I can earn a little every month.” He did not tell Han Qiao that he wanted to give her a better bracelet on the first day of the new year next year.
Good things were never cheap.
He had been saving money, but not much.
He didn’t like bad things and couldn’t afford good things, so he wanted to make money. This was a good opportunity.
Han Qiao went to the county town and the city to open a shop.
He would go to the small town to open his.
There was no need to open it in every town. He could just choose some rich towns.
Both husband and wife had each other in their hearts and were rushing towards each other in everything they do.
When she returned to the main courtyard, the children had already gone back to sleep.
“Cousin Xiaohong’s child is one month old. I won’t be going then. You have to go there yourself and bring the things over.” Han Qiao told Heng Yi.
“It takes two to three days to get back and forth in a carriage. 1 feel tired too.
I’m even more afraid of accidents on the road. It’s much more convenient for you to ride alone and come back after lunch in the morning.”
“Alright,”
Heng Yi had no objections.
Most importantly, it was July, and Han Qiao didn’t want to wander around anymore.
For the sake of the child in her belly, she had no choice but to care about these things.
Han Xiaohong’s child was one month old.
Heng Yi woke up early, and Han Qiao had prepared the food last night.
And a package with a pair of gold bracelets and a He tian white jade safety buckle inside.
There was also fabric for the children to make clothes.
Heng Yi took the things and left.
When he arrived at Han Xiaohong’s house, Han Xiaohong was quite enthusiastic when she saw him. “Brother-in-law, you’re here!”
“Yes, Ah-Qiao wanted to give this to the child,” Heng Yi handed over the bag.
There was a brocade box inside.
Han Xiaohong didn’t want to open it, but the others told her to.
She glanced at Heng Yi and saw that he didn’t care at all and didn’t stop her, so she opened the box.
Of course, she also wanted to make herself and her child proud in front of her relatives..