After the discussion was completed, Huo Xi went all the way to the south to find a linen seller and then a silk seller.
She still had to try to sell the silk in her hand. After struggling for so long and spending so much money to collect it, if she couldn't sell it, it would be a real loss.
Yang Fu saw her holding the silk fabric sample tightly in her arms all the way, and he knew what she was thinking, and he also looked for a cloth merchant to buy silk fabric for her along the way.
Huo Xi led Ma Xiang and others to find a cloth merchant in the south. They bargained with him for several rounds, and finally bought the other party's entire boat of 2,000 pieces of linen for eight cents per piece.
It cost one hundred and sixty taels.
I paid a deposit of 10 taels and agreed on a delivery time.
With a few dizzy people, he went to a merchant from the north and bought some candied pears and dates from the north, as well as a cart of leather goods. He also went to a merchant from the south and ordered twenty shi of cane sugar.
Seeing that she finally stopped, Yang Fu breathed a sigh of relief. He pushed the trolley with Ma Xiang and others while looking at her. He didn't know how much Xi'er spent. I'm afraid the banknotes in his wallet were spent.
Alright.
Huo Xi was also counting the money in her wallet.
A cart of leather goods cost one hundred taels, twenty stones of cane sugar and pear-date candied fruit cost less than one hundred taels. In addition to the money to pay for linen, the banknotes and silver in the wallet have been exhausted. There are only a few gold and silver beans left.
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Others only saw her paying a deposit. They didn't know the exact amount, but they also saw that she spent a lot.
My heart is in turmoil.
"Huo Xi, where did you get the money? That cane sugar is more expensive than meat, why did you buy it?"
"It's not my money, I brought it for others."
"You brought it for someone else?"
"That's right. This is the first time we have been drafted to transport grain. This trip will be exempted from commercial tax. Other merchants will ask my family to help bring some goods."
"Really? Then I'll help them carry the goods."
"You have to ask your mother if she is willing. Your mother also wants to buy some goods from Beijing so that she can make money."
"Then why don't you buy goods and go back to make money?"
"I don't have that much money."
Qian Xiaoxia choked, feeling that this guy was dishonest.
He turned to Yang Fu and asked, "Is it really not your product?"
Yang Fu raised his voice: "If my family had so much money, I would buy land and build a house in the morning!"
Yes. Uncle and aunt of the Huo family have long wanted to go ashore to buy land and build houses.
Just like his mother, she dreamed of going ashore to buy land, build a house, grow food, and marry her brother. When the woman's family heard that his family was floating on the water and was living on the water, they didn't even want to see his brother.
Huh, what's wrong with his brother? Qian Xiaoxia felt unhappy.
The group of people changed the leather goods pushing the cart all the way. Huo Xi bought some food for everyone to share on the way, and pushed the cart all the way back to the boat dock.
Several people helped her carry her things onto the boat.
The food on the ship hasn't been unloaded yet, but the parking spot has been moved so far forward that it's almost impossible to find it.
Put them away properly. Looking at the stuff piled up in the cabin, Huo Erhuai was a little worried: "How are you going to sleep tonight? You also bought two thousand pieces of linen, how do you put them away?"
"It's okay, dad. The other party has a warehouse at the dock. I made an agreement with them that they will deliver the goods after we unload the grain."
"Is this going to be a problem? What if we accept the deposit and don't deliver the goods?"
"It's okay, dad. They brought a warehouse of goods. They have everything, and some of it is for sale. His ship is still at the dock, but it can't escape. They are serious traders, and whoever they sell is not a seller."
"That's good." Huo Erhuai felt relieved when he saw that the two children had rules for doing things.
He turned to Yang Fu and told Yang Fu: "You go to Xiaoxia's place and spend the night there, leaving the cabin for Xi'er to sleep in."
Yang Fu nodded.
"Dad, where are you?" Seeing that he couldn't sleep in the cabin, Huo Xi looked at Huo Erhuai.
"It's okay, Dad. He can handle it all night on the grain bag. He can also sleep on the bow of our boat. Don't worry about Dad. Dad still has to keep watch. It's okay."
Huo Xi looked around on the boat and nodded helplessly. She had forgotten about this incident. She bought too many things at once and there was no room on the boat. Let her father deal with it for one night and then catch up on her sleep during the day. She would help him look after the food tomorrow.
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"Has the silk been sold?"
Huo Xi and Yang Fu shook their heads, a little frustrated.
"It's okay, we still have time, just take our time to search for it. The cloth is so good, it's cheap for us to get it. If it doesn't work, we can lower the price, and we can always sell it." Huo Erhuai comforted the two children.
Huo Xi didn't want him to worry, so she nodded and smiled at him, "Dad, guess what I bought today?"
Huo Erhuai didn't even take a look at the cart's contents, so he really didn't know.
"Brother-in-law, you must not have guessed it!"
"Oh? What's there?" Huo Erhuai became interested.
"Xi'er bought pear and date candied fruit, leather goods, and cane sugar. I bought a total of twenty stones! I also bought linen from the south. Brother-in-law, how many pieces do you think you bought?"
Twenty stones of sucrose?
Huo Erhuai opened his mouth wide.
The child's mother wanted to drink a few sips of brown sugar water during her confinement, but she was reluctant to buy it when the family was in the most difficult situation. Now this child has bought twenty dan? How many years will it take to drink a bowl of it that day?
"You also bought linen? Don't we have a lot of them over there?" Huo Erhuai was very puzzled.
“Cheap. And good quality.”
"How much?"
Huo Xi made a gesture of eight?
"Eight cents?" How can it be so cheap? The kudzu they collected in the village was only one cent and five cents.
Huo Xi nodded: "The south is rich in ramie."
"Then you can buy some of this. If you bring it back, you shouldn't have to worry about selling it."
Yang Fu nodded and asked mysteriously again, "Brother-in-law, how much do you think Xi'er bought?"
"How many?"
Yang Fu made a two gesture.
Two? Twenty shouldn't be possible. It's okay to buy clothes for yourself. If Xi'er wants to do business, she should buy more than this. "Two hundred?"
Yang Fu raised his lips and shook his head.
How much is that? Huo Erhuai's jaw dropped again. It couldn't be two thousand horses, right?
Seeing Huo Xi nodding and Yang Fu nodding, Huo Erhuai felt his forehead buzzing and veins pulsing.
Two thousand horses? Although it is cheaper than the kudzu from Jiangnan, what should I do if it cannot be sold?
I felt a big breath of cold air in my mouth and my hands were shaking. This kid is really brave.
No, how much money did this kid borrow from Manager Huo?
Huo Xi understood what he meant, "No, all the money you bought will be used up. You have to sell the silk to have money."
Huo Erhuai became worried and his brows knitted together.
"How about I ask your Uncle Yu to help look after our boat tomorrow, and dad and you go ashore to look for the cloth merchants?"
"It's okay, dad. You are the owner of the ship. It's not good if you're not here. It would be bad if the supervisor can't find you if he can't find you. Besides, dad, you have to guard the things in our ship."
What should we do? The silk cloth cooperated with others, Xi'er also spent all the borrowed money, and the silk cloth has not been sold yet.
How do you explain this to others?
Seeing Huo Erhuai getting angry in a hurry, Huo Xi hurriedly ordered Yang Fu: "Uncle, go and ask Uncle Yu and Brother Xiaoyu if they want linen. If so, we'll give them some. Then ask Zou.
My two brothers, Grandpa and Jixiang, want some horses."
"Hey, I'll go right away."
Huo Erhuai was distracted by Huo Xi and forgot about worrying about getting angry.
He only talked to her about the matters that the escort officer came to give him today.