The head of the Mu family

Chapter 62: Even if they've all signed, heroes won't go hungry.

"Then when you come, please tell Madam Wang in advance."

Let her arrange your meal.

I bought some couplets. Please tidy up and put them up when you close the door tonight.

Evening Star, you will be the shopkeeper and manager today.

"Shall I take Xiao Qianyan out for a walk?"

Wanxing readily agreed.

Mu Huaisheng took Xiao Qianyan to buy a lot of meat and vegetables.

I bought a new set of clothes for Xiao Qianyan and her sister, and also bought Xiao Qianyan a peach wood hairpin.

Xiao Qianyan stubbornly said:

"I'll pay with my own money, I have money too!"

"You little rascal, keep your older sister's money safe, don't waste it!"

"Mu Huaisheng! Who do you think you are?"

This is my own money!

"You gave me a 50-tael red envelope with the money you earned in Panlong, and I don't have much left."

Keep this for yourself; you'll need it a lot later.

"It wasn't earned in Panlong, it was earned at the school."

"Nonsense, how would you earn money while you're in school?"

"I earned it by doing their homework. Five hundred coins for a single large character, and two taels of silver for a free one!"

"If you charge so much for doing homework, who would hire you?"

"When they have money, they all come to me for calligraphy. I can imitate everyone's handwriting, and even the most skilled calligrapher can't detect it!"

Mu Huaisheng was both amused and exasperated. What an amazing child! He's been amazing since he was little!

"Then when you grow up and earn more money, you can spend it yourself."

"No reckless spending now!"

How big is it?

Are you that big?

How old are you?

"That works too~"

Then wait until I'm that age.

I'll be nine years old soon, you should wait until you're nine too~

After buying the groceries, I also bought him some snacks that children like, so he could share them with Wang Niangzi's children when he got back.

They sent the person back and handed the meat and vegetables over to Madam Wang.

Ask her to cook during the Lunar New Year, and also ask her to take care of her siblings.

Madam Wang hurriedly accepted the gift and then, with her child in tow, expressed her deepest gratitude.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, after the wealthy woman finished distributing red envelopes.

Mu Huaisheng then asked Uncle An for a few firecrackers to set off at the shop.

Wang Niangzi's daughter jumped and skipped around, while Xiao Qianyan stood beside her smiling.

In the second year of junior high, I chatted with Uncle Ping and asked his nephew to look around Yedu to see if there were any suitable courtyard houses.

It just needs to be not too far from the Marquis's residence.

Mu Huaisheng still felt that he should buy a house to make it a home, and he also secretly liked courtyard houses.

After thinking for a moment, he said to Pingbo:

"Or it could be a little smaller, and closer to the shop, even better~"

Also, could you please listen to see if there were any wounded or retired soldiers who served on the border?

I'm currently unemployed, so I'd like to buy some guards.

"The housing issue is easy to resolve, but there are also many wounded soldiers who have no other work."

Why not go to the children's shop and buy something better?

"Uncle Ping, without them, how could we be sitting here chatting?"

I always felt that although they weren't generals, they were all heroes.

When a hero falls on hard times, we, the people who were protected by the hero, are left behind.

We also want them to feel that we didn't protect the wrong person.

Upon hearing this, Pingbo remained silent for a long time.

"Good boy, I'll get it done for you after the fifth day of the Lunar New Year~"

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the day of the God of Wealth, I asked Uncle Ping for a few firecrackers to set off at the shop.

When I went inside, the door was open again!

On the 30th, several people were all there again. I'm speechless!

When I asked, they all arrived yesterday!

One person gave them a gift of 100 coins as a door-opening gift.

Then he wrapped up the belongings of the others and handed them to Wanxing, saying he would give them to them if they came.

On the sixth day of the lunar new year, just as Mu Huaisheng arrived at the Hou residence from the shop, Pingbo was already waiting for him at the door.

We've already found four men, some young and some old.

Mu Huaisheng silently recited in his heart:

Pingbo, I only want to find two people right now, the two I mentioned the other day.

Several of them, most of them have some kind of disability.

There were two people who walked with a slight limp, one in his thirties and the other in his forties.

He was around forty years old and couldn't use one arm.

There was another one who was blind in one eye, only thirty years old, and said he used to be a centurion.

Pingbo said that everyone has some kind of skill.

He'd sign a contract of servitude for ten taels of silver, but with one condition:

An elderly man, around sixty years old, emerged from the side room, supporting himself with his hands on the ground.

Both legs are gone.

The centurion couldn't find a wife, and his two wives, both with leg ailments, struggled to support their families.

He had an injured arm, and his wife had run off with someone else with the children. He lived with an old man and relied on the help of three other people.

Standing next to Pingbo, I felt a little embarrassed.

So, in a moment of impulsive passion, Mu Huaisheng signed contracts with five demobilized soldiers for forty taels of silver.

After signing, Huai Sheng started to have a problem:

Where should we settle down?

The lower rooms over at the warehouse can be used to settle people, but those are for women.

That was too hasty.

Realizing we couldn't remain stuck here, and that there's always a solution, I said to them:

"Go back and pack your things first. Come to the Marquis's residence tomorrow at noon, and I will take you to settle in."

The group was overjoyed and immediately carried the old man away.

After seeing them off, Mu Huaisheng shared this concern with Pingbo.

"That's easy. Let them put their things down in the lower room first."

Tomorrow night, I'll sleep on the floor in the shop.

The storeroom of your shop is connected to the landlord's entrance by a side room.

Beyond the gate of the lower courtyard is the warehouse. A simple partition was built between the warehouse and the lower courtyard.

When you took over the warehouse, it was almost empty; it will definitely need someone to guard it from now on.

Previously, there should have been two berths on duty. Let's tidy up.

Starting the day after tomorrow, they will squeeze into their bunks.

This year, we'll build another side room in the courtyard next to the lower house.

I'll arrange someone for you, and that'll solve the problem.

I'll find you a courtyard as soon as possible, you'll need a guard there, won't you?

While I appreciate your kindness, I also took advantage of your good intentions a bit. But I've known all of them for many years.

Sigh! Putting everything else aside, his character is definitely impeccable.

Stay tuned for my updates these next few days~

Pingbo also brought another piece of news:

Da Mao and Zhou Licheng got engaged, and Uncle Liu, as the woman's representative, went through the engagement process.

At the end of this year, Zhou Li will return half a month early and get things done in December.

Sure enough, just after the tenth day of the month, Pingbo's nephew arrived.

I found a shop just across the street from that one; it was in a prime location.

The courtyard is a complete siheyuan (traditional courtyard house) with four courtyards, but it lacks a back garden; everything else is there.

The house was confiscated before and had been vacant in the upscale area for a long time.

In wealthy areas, people don't value their homes because they don't own houses without gardens.

The house is too big for keeping a mistress; it would be too easy to get caught.

Even ordinary wealthy servants wouldn't dare to buy it.

If I buy it, the head of the household will definitely suspect me of embezzling the family's money, which would be a loss.

There were large mansions of high-ranking officials on both sides, so there was no way to expand the garden.

Other people's gardens won't be shared with you in half.

This time, Pingbo told his nephew about it and told him to treat it as if he were buying a house himself.

His nephew then asked someone he knew to go to the government office to look for the confiscated items.

Those houses that the government offices haven't sold, any house in a normal location is fine.

The price is much cheaper than outside.