Chapter Five Hundred and Twelfth Girl Huaichun
Hen'er seemed very panicked when he saw Li Xiu coming in. He had not hidden the things in his hand yet, but he reached out to snatch a few pieces of paper on the table, and then stuffed them into his sleeves in panic. After hiding the things, he reluctantly smiled at Li Xiu and said, "First... sir, why are you here?"
"Haha, nothing is wrong. We are not at home for this period, and nothing has happened at home, right?" Li Xiu saw Hen'er's panic look, but he smiled faintly. Although he could see that Hener must have something hidden from him, Hener is almost a big girl, and some privacy is also worth it.
"No... nothing happened. My uncle came back, but after staying at home for a few days, he disappeared again." Hen'er was a little unnatural at first, and then he mentioned that Ma Master slowly returned to normal.
"It's good that Uncle Ma has come back. Do you know where Uncle Ma has gone this time? I have something to look for him?" Li Xiu smiled gently again, and deliberately walked forward a few steps while talking. As a result, Hener seemed nervous again and looked at the table in front of him. He felt relieved until he found that there was nothing conspicuous.
"My uncle came back from Taiyuan before and said he bought a coal mine there. But after two days of returning, he said something happened in the canned workshop east of Chang'an, so he went to the workshop again. I haven't seen him for many days!" When he said this, Hen'er couldn't help but complain, "Uncle is really, and his family is not short of money at all. Why does he always run around to do business and don't even have time to go home?"
"Haha, isn't Uncle Ma doing this to save your dowry? Wait for a few years to let you get married in a grand manner?" Li Xiu said half-jokingly and half-seriously when he heard this. Of course, the reason why Ma is so busy is, on the one hand, it is indeed to hate his niece, and on the other hand, he is also a person who can't stay idle. Since he no longer takes charge of the Feinusi, he has nothing to do, so he has spent time by doing business.
"Who... who said she was going to get married? I'm still young!" Hen'er stomped her feet and said coquettishly when she heard Li Xiu's jokes. However, when she was saying these words, she unconsciously reached out and touched the things hidden in her sleeves. However, she seemed to have a little sweetness in her shyness.
Li Xiu saw all the movements and changes in Hener's expressions, which made him feel sank, and then he felt relieved. As the saying goes, which girl is not in love with spring, it is indeed the right time to calculate Hener's age. It is the age when young boys and girls like to fantasize the most. Li Xiu also came from that age, so he naturally could understand it.
However, no matter how understanding is, Li Xiu was not very happy at this time. Hener was Uncle Ma's niece. Although he was nominally his student, Li Xiu had always regarded her as his own sister. In his heart, Hener was as important as Qi Niang, but now someone dared to hook up with his sister. He was so brave that he had to catch this kid anyway!
After knowing Ma Ye’s whereabouts, Li Xiu chatted with Hen'er for a few more casual words, then left her residence. Then he immediately found Princess Pingyang and Yi Niang, and told all the abnormalities he had just seen Hen'er and found her.
"Husband, what do you mean is that He'er is actually in love with spring?" When Yi Niang heard Li Xiu's words, she immediately spoke with a gossip on her face.
"It's almost the same, but we haven't been at home for this period of time, and I don't know if Hen'er has come into contact with anyone. I'm really worried that she will be deceived by a bad person?" Li Xiu said with a worried look on his face at this time.
"This matter should be cautious, after all, it is related to Hener's lifelong happiness!" Princess Pingyang also spoke with a cautious look at her face. After she finished speaking, she ordered Helmet to ask the servant who had stayed at home, and first find out the people Hener had come into contact with during this period.
The helmet came back soon and brought a very useful news. The news was found out from Hen'er's personal maid. According to the other party, Hener had visited Chang'an City a month ago, but he met a noble young man in the city. Hener fell in love with Hener at first sight and followed the carriage to the outside of the mansion. Of course, he couldn't get in, but he wandered outside the mansion every day.
Hen'er had no good feelings for this young master Lai, but he couldn't help but come outside the mansion every day. Later, she couldn't bear to let the maid drive the other person away, but she didn't expect that the maid would actually ask the maid to send a letter to Hen'er. As a result, after all, Hen'er also started to send letters with him. This is not surprising. After all, Hen'er is just a girl who is just a young girl who is in love. As long as the other person is thick-skinned and can say some love words, it is easy to make a girl like Hen'er fall in love.
"Dengtu! He'er must not interact with such a person!" Princess Pingyang almost concluded when she heard this. Although the atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty was relatively open and falling in love with men and women was not shameful, the other party just saw Hei'er and followed him home in a terrible manner, and took the initiative to seduce Hei'er, which made Princess Pingyang's impression of this person was also very bad.
"What my sister said is very true. I also think this person is unreliable. Your husband should send someone to check the other person's origin!" Yi Niang also frowned at this time, saying, "Hener has no parents and Ma Master is not at home every day, so Li Xiu is both a brother and a father, and he has the responsibility not to let Heener go astray."
"Of course, I want to see who the other party is. If the other party really has any bad intentions, don't blame me for being polite!" Li Xiu nodded at this time. At the end of the conversation, a little murderous aura appeared on his face. In fact, he also felt that the Dingtuzi was definitely not a good person. I'm afraid that He'er was really deceived this time.
Thinking of this, Li Xiu immediately ordered someone to investigate the identity of the Dengtuzi, but this matter could not be hidden from Mr. Ma. Moreover, he was originally in Chang'an, so after resting for a night, Li Xiu immediately went to the canning workshop the next day, preparing to ask Mr. Ma to tell him about He'er's affairs, and also asked him to help him, using the power of Feinusi to investigate the incident of Princess Guanghua's daughter.
The canning workshop is the second only to the coal mine in Li Xiu's family. Speaking of which, after Li Xiu made it out, it has always been the most popular among the army and some merchants. Because whether it is a marching or a merchant, they could only eat dry food when they were on the road, but now with canned food, they immediately increased their food countless times, so canned food has always been very popular, of course, mainly supplying the army, after all, the military is the big part of procurement.
The canned workshop in Chang'an is the first canned workshop opened by Ma Ye, and the scale is also very large. Whether it is canned meat or canned fruits, it is produced here. In contrast, the canned workshops in other places seem relatively single. For example, the canned workshops on the grassland generally produce canned meat, while in some places where fruits are abundant, they mainly produce canned fruits. Recently, Ma Ye also wanted to build some canned workshops on the beach to produce some canned seafood. Of course, these workshops are like tea-fried workshops, mostly in partnership with others. After all, it is impossible to expand so quickly with the power of Li Xiu's family alone.
The canned workshop in Chang'an is located in the east of the city, a long distance from Chang'an. The reason why it was originally located here was mainly because it was close to the mountains and forests. The nearby mountains were rich in various fruits. When the festival came, the fruits on the mountain were easily transported to the workshop and then made into various canned fruits and sold.
But now it is winter. When Li Xiu came to the canned workshop, he naturally could not see any canned fruits. Instead, he saw groups of pigs and sheep being driven away and finally drove into the slaughterhouse next to the canned workshop. A special butcher slaughtered and cut the pigs and sheep, divided them into pieces of meat from different parts and sent them to the workshop, and then made canned meat and put them on the truck, and delivered them to various places according to needs.
Although the canned food is delicious, the taste in the canned workshop is not very good, just like the kitchen in the restaurant is generally not very good, especially there is a slaughterhouse next to the workshop, where the pigs and sheep are also pulled and sprinkled, and the workshop is steaming, and all kinds of flavors are mixed. Li Xiu felt dizzy as soon as he came in, and he suddenly felt the urge to escape in panic.
However, Li Xiu had to see Mr. Ma, so he asked him where Mr. Ma was, so he could only walk in with his teeth and walk through the numerous houses. Finally, Li Xiu came to the center of the workshop. Compared with other places, the place seemed much quieter and the smell was not too heavy. When Li Xiu found Mr. Ma, he found that he was busy with some craftsmen?
"Uncle Ma, what are you doing?" Li Xiu walked up to him curiously and asked, but when he saw what was in front of Mr. Ma and the others, he couldn't help but shouted in surprise, "Glass? Uncle Ma, you actually made glass?"
I saw that on the stove of Ma Ye and a few craftsmen, there were several glass bottles with gray in green. Although the color was abnormal, the texture was definitely glass, so Li Xiu was so surprised.
Seeing Li Xiu's surprised look, Ma Ye smiled and said, "This is also considered glass. Although it is not as transparent as the glass sold by Hu merchants, these glasses were not used for appreciation, but for canning, so they are nothing ugly."
"Uncle Ma, why did you think of using glass to make canned food?" Li Xiu asked in surprise again. The Tang Dynasty did not produce glass. In the past, he could only use porcelain jars to make canned food, but he didn't expect that Ma would burn out glass now to replace porcelain jars.
"Haha, you reminded me, why don't you remember?" Mr. Ma asked again with a smile.
"I... I remind you, why don't I remember?" Li Xiu said in even more surprise when he heard this. Even the matter of He'er was temporarily thrown aside by him, but if Mr. Ma knew that someone dared to seduce his niece, it would be impossible to give up!
Chapter completed!