Otherworldly Days

When the sun sets, the faint afterglow sprinkles on the earth, and it is coated with a faint golden light.

The children in front of me were chasing after each other, and I heard the children's playful laughter. Cao Xiangnan held Wanfeng's hand, and they went out for a walk after dinner.Unknowingly, I walked to the edge of the stream, where several horses drank the stream leisurely, and did not run away when they saw people coming.

"Father, Eminem, horses, a lot of horses." An An stood here, pointing to a few horses, and turned to his father and mother, and shouted to his father and mother. Several children stood there, wanting to approach but not daring to approach.

"Well, it's the horses. Dahei and Erbai of our family are also there. Those horses are your uncle Cao Gang's uncle Bai Shu and the others. Don't get too close, so as not to scare them away. Stand there far away. Just look at it from a distance, understand?" Cao Xiangnan said while holding Wanfeng's hand, looking at the little ones standing there.

It's not because they are afraid that the children will scare the horses away, but because they are afraid that if the children get too close, it is not a joke to frighten the horses and hurt them.Seeing the younger ones standing there honestly, I knew that his words had worked.

"So these horses are here all the time?" Qi Wanfeng knew that Wang Dahu and the others rode horses when they came, and he had seen them several times. Here, asked with some surprise.

There used to be no horses in the whole village of Caojia Village, but now there are a group of horses here.

He has an innate sense of intimacy with horses, seeing these horses gracefully wagging their tails and drinking water, he likes them very much.

"There is grass and water here. These horses can eat grass and drink water here. They are here." Cao Xiangnan knew that the horses were here. After taking a look, he turned to Qi Wanfeng and said, "Come on, let's Sit here for a while."

Carefully helping Wanfeng to sit down, he sat down too.

"Xiangzi, let's go pull the grass and eat it for the horses?"

"No, uncle said not to get too close."

The children's grunts drifted to their ears along the wind, and the corners of Qi Wanfeng's mouth couldn't help curling up when he heard it, and a smile appeared on his face.

The water of the creek is gurgling and flowing, the stream is crystal clear, and the fish swim freely in the water.

Cao Xiangnan stretched out his arms to embrace the person beside him, and then remembered that they had never been so leisurely as at this moment, and it was rare to have some time to go outside for a walk at this moment.

Turning his head and kissing the temple of the person leaning on his shoulder, Cao Xiangnan said apologetically to this person, "Wanfeng, I will try to spend as much time as possible to accompany you in the future."

"Huh?" Qi Wanfeng raised his head, looked at Fu Lang, and asked strangely, "Why did you say that suddenly?"

"It just suddenly occurred to me that I haven't been with you like this for a long time." The two of them got close, and being looked at by Qi Wanfeng like this, Cao Xiangnan could still see the reflection in the man's eyes, which was full of people. is his shadow.

Except when they first moved to the old house, they were together every day. At that time, even though life was difficult, all they thought about was the problem of having three meals a day.Then I went to the town to set up a stall, working from morning to night, busy making money, busy all day long, busy with such and such things, there is always something that can't be finished.

People are like that. When they are full, they think about a better place to live. When the place of residence is good, they want to live a better life. There are endless things to do after that.

"What are you talking about, isn't Fulang accompanying me and the children every day?" Seeing Fulang's serious look, Qi Wanfeng smiled, with joy and good mood that couldn't be hidden in his eyes.

He is very content with his life now, he has not seen Fulang several times in the past year, and he and Fulang are not as good as they are now.Now I can see Fulang every day, and Fulang hugs him to sleep at night, and he is very kind to him and the child.

What he didn't even dare to think about in this life, now that he has it, he has nothing to be dissatisfied with.

"I just think I should treat you and the children better, and I will spend more time with you and the children in the future." Seeing the smile on Wan Feng's face, Cao Xiangnan couldn't help but bowed his head and kissed the corner of his mouth Well, being able to have this person in this life is a blessing he has cultivated in two lifetimes, and he will definitely cherish this person even more.

I remembered that I would go to Nanyang in one day, and this day would last for several days, and when I came back, it would be the Mid-Autumn Festival.In my impression, the people here also celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival, and he could still rush back to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with Wan Feng and the children, "I will come back before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with you and the children then." He said Said.

"Well, okay, the children and I are waiting for you at home." Qi Wanfeng smiled and leaned his head back on Fulang's shoulder, looking at the gurgling water in front of him.

The children found a place to sit and stared at the group of horses. The horses did not run away. Some ate grass, some drank water, some lay down, with different postures. look at.An An was always eager to get close to the group of tall horses, but Xiangzi and An An held them back.

Cao Xiangnan and Qi Wanfeng were sitting there, and they would notice the little ones from time to time and hear their childish talk.The two whispered their words, and the children had no time to disturb their two-person world.

When the sun in the west gradually set, they also went back home from the stream.

At the beginning of each month, I will rush to settle the accounts of the previous month. Cao Xiangnan will try my best to calculate all the accounts before the fifth of each month, and settle the wages for everyone. After all, everyone is waiting for the wages to come. life.It happened that he was rushing to Nanyang early in the morning the day after tomorrow, so he had to calculate all the accounts before going.

The next morning, he got up early to calculate the accounts, and settled all the wages of the workers, and the accounts in the shop were also calculated clearly. If there are a few more new incomes, Cao Xiangnan will not be missing anyone.

Before the sun went down in the afternoon, after a busy day, I finally settled all the accounts.

Just at this time, Sun Yanshan and Cao Dapeng also came back from the town, and now Sun Yanshan is in charge of the shop. Cao Xiangnan handed over the wages of the shop assistants to Sun Yanshan, and he said, "This is for the shop assistants." Uncle Sun, you can distribute the wages to everyone tomorrow. This is from Aning, and you can give it to Aning tomorrow."

The shop's business was very good last month, so Sun Yanshan's wages have increased a lot this month. In addition to the good wages, the shop assistants also gave some rewards accordingly. Cao Xiangnan talked with Sun Yanshan one by one. explain clearly.As for Sun Yanshan's wages, Sun Ji's dividends were given to the capital Sun Yanshan, and Cao Dapeng's dividends were bagged separately for them.

"Okay, I'll make it clear to the guys tomorrow." Sun Yanshan took the money bag and didn't forget to thank him and say a few polite words.If it weren't for Cao Silang, where would their Sun family be today, and even their Sun family would follow suit.

When Cao Dapeng got the money, he thought of giving it to his daughter-in-law. He scratched his head with a naive face and said, "I don't know what to say. Now the family can build a big house, thanks to Xiang Nan."

"It's not my fault alone. It's all due to everyone's hard work. In the future, I hope you will put in more effort in the store and rely on everyone's hard work." Hearing what Sun Yanshan and Cao Dapeng said, Cao Xiangnan hastily said Said.

The current results are not achieved by him alone, and he can't do so much by himself. Now Sun Yanshan and Cao Dapeng are basically in charge of the shop.There is Aning at Malatang, basically he doesn't need to bother, he will take a look when he is in town when he is free.

The two people with money in their pockets went home with smiles on their faces.

The salary is settled today, and everyone was notified yesterday to come today.In the evening, after the garment workshop finished work, Li Mei also came over. Cao Xiangnan gave Li Mei the wages of the brothers who worked in the workshop, and explained to Li Mei one by one.

"Okay, okay, I'll take the wages to everyone in a while." Li Mei happily received the money, with an unconcealed joy on her face.

"Well, Wu Yue is not at home now, so you can give Wu Yue's money to Cao Dazhong." Cao Xiangnan also gave Wu Yue's salary to Li Mei, and asked Li Mei to take it and distribute it, "As for You must give the wages of other people to every brother who works." He said.

He doesn't know about other families, he doesn't know if the money is not given to him, and if he meets a bad Ah Mo, the wages will not be taken away by Ah Mo?

"Well, I know." Li Mei understood.

Seeing Li Mei leaving happily, Cao Xiangnan thought that when the academy was built, all these buddies would go to study for him, and the managers under him had to focus on training them so that they could work better for him. .

Later, Master Feng and Li Zheng also came over, Cao Xiangnan settled the wages to them clearly, and kept the two of them here for dinner.

As for Cao Gang and the others, Cao Xiangnan only gave him Cao Gang's dividend after everyone left him. Even Liu Baishu and the others had wages and commissions.Although Liu Baishu and the others haven't been here for long, they have done a lot of work. It was thanks to everyone that they picked grapes from that mountain to make wine.

"Ah, we have it too?" Wang Dahu took the money bag, stuffed it and there were several taels of silver in it.

"Well, there are people who work. If you steal a drink in the future, you will be deducted from your wages." Don't think he doesn't know, Wang Dahu always likes to steal alcohol. Cao Xiangnan glanced at Wang Dahu and warned him seriously.

"Hehe..." Wang Dahu laughed dryly.

"Bai Shu, you teach the children every morning, and this is included in it. Each of you has a basic salary, and later..." As for Wang Dahu, it is an extra free gift, whoever makes him interested will teach it. A while ago, Cao Xiangnan explained clearly the composition of the subsequent wages to everyone. The salary slips were attached to let everyone understand how the money came. Because wine and rice wine are out now, and rice wine out The amount is still quite a lot, and everyone's share will be higher when the wine is released later.In addition to explaining the wages clearly, Cao Xiangnan also mentioned this to everyone to let everyone know about it.

"Thank you." Liu Baishu's smile was also somewhat cheerful, there were several taels of silver in the money bag.

Gan Weiqi got the money bag with an inexplicable look on his face. He even took a second look at the money bag and put it in his arms.Gan Weilin opened it to take a look, and then opened it to show his brother a look. He was very happy to see him.

Outsiders don't know that they have been in the army for many years, and that the imperial court owes them the salaries of their soldiers once a year, which is good. When they are unlucky, they haven't received a salary from the imperial court for three years. The rice is still old rice.Where is it like now, when you come here, you get wages and drinks, and you don't need to get a few money to buy wine, and the drinks you buy are not as good as they are now.

Later, Cao Xiangnan did not forget to tell Gan Weiqi and Gan Weilin to go to Nanyang with him tomorrow morning, and leave the family affairs to Cao Gang.

In Caojia Village, Li Mei personally delivered the wages to everyone.The brother who got the salary still couldn't believe that it was the money he got for working for a month, and he pinched himself to believe it was true.

The night gradually fell, and the oil lamps were lit in the house, and the swaying figures inside could still be seen from the window.

When they came to the general, both of them were very careful about their words and deeds outside. The two men lived in the same room, and those who didn't know their relationship would not think elsewhere.Wang Dahu felt that their general knew something, but he didn't ask, acquiescing to their relationship.

After taking a shower in the bathroom, when he returned to the house, Wang Dahu saw the person standing there.

"Here you are." Wang Dahu took out a money bag from his waist, he didn't open it himself, and gave the money to his daughter-in-law, "It's a lot of money." He said.

"Cao Xiangnan is generous." Liu Baishu took the money bag and padded it, knowing that this bag was not as much as his.Wang Dahu nodded, agreed with his wife's words, and said, "That's right, those bastards from the imperial court swallowed up our military pay and haven't paid it yet!"

The military pay issued by the imperial court has been exploited layer by layer from above, and it is not bad to have three achievements in their hands. Pity them, the soldiers guarding the border.

Liu Baishu snorted and narrowed his eyes, which revealed a cold light.

"Daughter-in-law, let's go to sleep..." The wages received have been handed over to the daughter-in-law, should the daughter-in-law reward him?Wang Dahu smiled obscenely.

"..." Liu Baishu.