The head of the Mu family

Chapter 133 That brat is eating so well!

On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, everyone packed their things and prepared to return home.

These days, apart from sleeping, Qianyan is almost inseparable from Huaisheng.

During their evening walk, Qianyan stopped trying to hold hands and instead started pressing her arm against Huaisheng's.

Mu Huaisheng: That's great! That's great! Everyone's happy~

On the seventh day, everyone changed back into men's clothing and returned home.

Qianyan escorted Huaisheng out of Yangzhou City, and then accompanied him for several dozen miles.

Huai Sheng stepped out of the carriage, hands on his hips:

"Cui Qianyan!"

No more seeing me off, go back now, I'll watch you leave~

Watching the group walk away until they were out of sight, Huaisheng jumped onto the carriage, and everyone headed back.

Everyone rode horses along the way, and when they got tired, they took a ride in a horse-drawn carriage, which was very comfortable.

After passing Luzhou, Mu Xi and Mu Xu were able to ride for a while from time to time.

"Mu Su, why don't you go out and ride around for a bit?"

"Master, I... I don't know how!"

"Now that you're home, besides studying and working, you'll also need to learn to ride a horse!"

"really?

"I can read books and learn to ride horses?"

"Anyone who becomes a member of the Mu family must start learning to read, even at sixty years old."

"Why, Master?"

It seems that other wealthy families don't have this either.

"If you are capable, you can participate in scientific expeditions when you grow up."

They didn't participate in scientific expeditions, but they learned to read and understand the principles of things, and knew how to stand on their own two feet in the world.

Even if we take a step back and say the worst, it's good to not be easily deceived when something happens.

"Master, I will follow you for the rest of my life!"

As Mu Su spoke, her eyes filled with tears.

"Silly child..."

"Master, I'm telling the truth!"

"I know.

Okay, okay, okay~

Mu Huaisheng: When you grow up, you won't think that way anymore~

"Master, please have some water."

Mu Su immediately cheered up.

In the warm spring of March, the group arrived in Yedu at their own leisure.

After bidding farewell to the ten experts that Arui had brought, the group returned to the Mu residence and settled everyone in.

Since the front yard was full, Huaisheng arranged for the children to stay in the guest rooms next to the main yard.

When everyone returned in the evening, they all came to pay their respects to the head of the household.

Huai Sheng then asked Qing Yue:

"How were the twelve people you brought back arranged?"

The last members of the Lan family were all capable. The younger ones were surnamed Han, You, Lü, and Shi, and everyone called them "Big Brother." The older ones were surnamed Hua, Tao, Jiang, and Zou.

There were four more girls, only seven or eight years old, who changed their names to Yaomeng, Yaojia, Yaole, and Yaoqin.

"Uncle Li is now leading six people, including Brother Lu, Uncle Yang, Grandpa Huang, Brother Lu, and Brother Wang, to take turns guarding the two warehouses and their home during the day."

Aunt Wu went back to her hometown this year to enjoy time with her grandchildren at the jewelry shop.

She's reached the age where she needs to be paid, and she's very happy to come and collect half a month's salary each month.

The cooking and cleaning at the shop and at home were handled by Madam Wang, along with Aunt Li, Aunt Wang, Aunt Sun, and Uncle Tao. Usually, two people worked at each of the two shops, and one person stayed at home.

In this way, the two people guarding the house wouldn't need to deliver meals; whichever two people were on duty at the jewelry shop would be responsible for cooking.

The five waiters from the two shops took turns washing the uniforms for a month, and the two people who did the washing each received an extra two hundred coins.

Aunt Liu, Aunt Feng, and Aunt Qin have acquired quite a few shops over the years; they're going back to enjoy their retirement!

They have a few more years before they can come back and collect their monthly allowance again.

Now, it's up to the head of the family to decide who should step in.

"The three children we brought back this time, along with the children we brought back from the charity last time, will study together."

Let's arrange for two more talented people to learn the craft from Mr. Tong and Mr. Jin.

The remaining children can learn from both sides; you can decide what they learn.

"Yes, Master, that's enough people."

By the way, besides seeing patients, Qingchen and Niu Niu are at the jewelry shop. They've been helping A Jin out since the aunts left.

I asked Shanhao, Dong Niangzi, and Awang before if they wanted to come to the jewelry shop.

They refused, meaning they were already dealing with the fabric and wouldn't move it.

That way, adding four waiters to each side will make it complete. Let's rotate them every month~

Okay, sure~

You and Uncle Dong (Wanxing) can discuss making arrangements.

"We'll check their performance each month. If they're good, and you and Wanxing give your approval, then they can go and sell to the store in the main shop."

Hmm~ I'll save that for you~

Aunt Dong is now leading Uncle Wang, Brother Han, Brother You, Brother Lü, Uncle Zou, and the three of them, Shan Lai and the others, in cutting and embroidering clothes.

The three of them, Shanlai, were also servants at the cloth shop. The other aunties would also make a couple of pieces when they had time.

Uncle Wu, along with Uncle Niu, Uncle Pan, Uncle Jiang, Uncle Hua, and the two elder brothers, Lü and Shi, arranged parking in front of the shop.

"That's fine! Let's leave it at that~"

Hey~ you've been looking radiant lately, what's going on?

I've been busy since I got back from the border and haven't had a chance to ask you anything~

"Master, I was just about to tell you, could you prepare a courtyard for me too?"

"What's going on?"

What's going on?

"A few years ago, I went to order velvet flowers from a shop and gave alms to a little beggar on the way. I went there a few more times and gave alms again."

The little beggar said he was willing to follow me.

I wasn't happy about it at the time, and I told him:

If you can support yourself, then come find me.

He came to see me at the beginning of last year.

This guy started out doing odd jobs in shops, and later he started his own small business.

He asked me to fulfill my promise, and I replied:

Now that you're running your own small business, why do you still need to follow me?

He said he wanted to be with me for life, but I didn't take it seriously.

I never expected him to come right after finishing his business trip. I told him I wouldn't leave the Mu family, and he said he wanted to marry into the family.

"Sure, Miss Qingyue!"

So, when are you planning to hold the wedding banquet?

"I'll do it once you've cleaned up my yard. I'll be neighbors with Uncle Wu and Aunt Wu."

"Okay, whatever you say."

Recently, Wanxing and Uncle Dong have been taking care of that shop a lot.

"Let's discuss this together. We can't treat our head manager, Qing Yue, carelessly."

"Master, you treat yourself the most carelessly."

You've celebrated the coming-of-age ceremony for all the girls in the shop, except for you.

Even Sister Lian Wanxing, you secretly sent her a gift.

"You also gave me a belated gift, it's the same."

Huai Sheng suddenly remembered that Qian Yan had said she wanted to give him a gift.

Later, Yaomeng and Yaojia learned a trade, and the remaining children would go to the cloth shop in pairs and the jewelry shop in groups of three each time.

Because the cloth shop was already full of six people, and they didn't want to move, all five children ended up working at the jewelry shop.

Huai Sheng quickly arranged a courtyard for Qing Yue, and he himself has been feeling quite happy lately.

The shortness of the handkerchief carries a deep and tender sentiment.

At the end of March, Qianyan's gifts arrived. They really are the same every year; many of them looked handmade.

A large gold lock was given at birth, two gold bracelets at one year old, and a set of wooden animal carvings at two years old.

At fifteen, she would have her coming-of-age ceremony, which included a set of jeweled headdresses and jewelry.

I received a jade hairpin and a jade pendant as gifts, and I've been with them ever since I turned twenty-one!

Huai Sheng felt a surge of sweetness in his heart and immediately picked up his pen to write a love letter:

Silly Qianyan, if we don't succeed, all your preparations will have been in vain.

Upon receiving the message, Qianyan immediately sent a letter via mail:

When you find a good husband, I and these things will be your dowry, and I will be your family for life!

Mu Huaisheng: Damn it...

I was deeply moved from the bottom of my heart!

Summer turned to autumn in the blink of an eye, and Qingyue held her wedding banquet. Huaisheng met the groom, a handsome sixteen-year-old boy!

Qingyue is half a year older than Huaisheng, and this girl is eating really well!

Mu Huaisheng: Hey hey hey~

I'm starting to regret adding makeup to that brat's face~

After their marriage, Qingyue gave her husband's indenture to Huaisheng.

What are you doing?

"I made him sign it before we got married, otherwise what kind of situation would it be for him to live in our Mu family's house?"

I've made up my mind. If I have children in the future and they need to take scientific expeditions, I'll take it back then.