Huo Yuzou's three families were surrounded, forming a large open water area.
Seeing the fish crowding towards the bright light, the men from the three families hurriedly cast the net down. The fishing net swirled in their hands, bloomed like a flower, and then fell down...
In just a moment, the water rippled and splashed. The net was quickly closed.
The net was so heavy that it took several people to work together to pull it up.
Everyone was more excited than Huo Xi.
“This is a good catch tonight!”
"Let's come and have a full fishing trip!"
"Yes, the fish are very big tonight!"
"No, we caught a lot of five-jin fish tonight, and dozens of ten-jin fish!" Uncle Zou and Grandma Zou couldn't close their mouths.
The two old men rarely hunted at night and were reluctant to light so many torches. There was only one seedling left at home, so they rowed back to Hong Kong as soon as it got dark.
At this time, seeing Yang carrying several jars of tung oil out, I felt heartbroken.
"I've burned a lot of gas money tonight."
Mrs. Yang comforted her and said, "It's okay. The night is still long. We can catch a lot tonight. We can sell a pound of fish for fourteen and a half cents per pound. Only one pound of fish is worth a pound of copper oil."
Already."
"Yes, yes." Yu Jiang and others were very happy after hearing this.
I felt very happy watching the fish flapping in the water tanks of each house, and calculating how much fish money I could get for the night.
"Little Huo Xi, help me figure out when I can get a big boat like yours."
Everyone looked at Huo Xi.
Huo Xi then began to help him calculate seriously: "Uncle Yu, you can probably earn five or six taels from the more than one hundred pieces of linen shipped back from Huai'an this time. For the fish we have today, you can get at least one tael of silver."
.If we go out for three days in a row, you can get a bigger boat than my old one."
For a boat like hers now, she probably needs to save more.
Yu Jiang was very happy after hearing this: "Uncle, just change to a boat as big as your previous one."
"Then you only need to sell the linen for one and a half cents, and you can buy another one."
"Haha, that's great! Then I'll borrow the good news from Xiao Xi'er. When the money is sold, I'll buy another boat and bring your sisters with me!"
"Okay, I'll take them to play with me then."
"Okay, that's fine!"
Yu Jiang's heart was full of expectations. Previously in Huai'an, the Huo family got scraps of silver from the two gatekeepers, and he also got one or two more. He saved the money and hasn't touched it yet. After changing the ship, the family will have money to live.
No matter how cold the winter is, you can definitely get through it.
My heart was instantly filled with hope, and my hands were even more powerful in their movements.
After working all night, until the sky became white, the three families put out the torches and closed the nets.
Huo Xi and the other children were already sleeping soundly in each cabin.
Huo Er, Huai Yujiang and Uncle Zou rowed the boat to the city, picked up the fish to the reception building in the inner city, sold it at a good price, and rowed the boat back. Huo Xi was still awake.
He didn't wake up until he was very hungry.
"Mom, why did we stop at Taoye Ferry?"
Yang responded in a low voice: "Your father and your Uncle Yu both wanted to catch up on their sleep, so they rowed the boat back to Taoye Ferry."
Huo Xi was stunned for a moment, then raised his ears and listened. Huo Erhuai's loud snoring could be heard next door, and he smiled at Mr. Yang.
I rubbed it on my face and woke up completely.
"Mom, don't you want to catch up on your sleep?"
"Mother squinted for a while this morning. Why don't you sleep more?" After saying that, he pulled Huo Xi over and looked at her, feeling a little distressed. The child was still young and had been hunting with the adults at night. After staying up for half the night, his eyes were still black and blue.
"After delivering three days' worth of fish to Huibinlou, we'll stop fishing at night."
"It's okay, Mom, I'm recovering."
Having said that, Ms. Yang no longer plans to let her two children fish with them at night. From now on, they will fish at night if they can. The family now runs a floating grocery store, and they can earn more than just fishing before.
Seeing Yang making lunch, Huo Xi also helped.
After a while Yang Fu also got up, and he almost followed the net until early morning. At this time, he was still in a daze.
While wiping his eyes with his hands, he asked Ms. Yang: "Sister, how much did my brother-in-law sell the fish for? How much does the family get?"
Huo Xi and Yang couldn't help but laugh.
Mrs. Yang twisted a handkerchief to wipe his face, while laughing at him: "You are almost in the eyes of money. In your dreams, you are always hugging copper coins."
Yang Fu nodded solemnly: "I dreamed that our family bought a lot of fields and harvested a lot of grain, but there was no place to dry it. The tide was about to break out, which made me very worried."
Huo Xi chuckled, and Yang was so happy that she patted him: "Do you need to worry? If we really have endless food, why should we worry?"
"Why don't you worry? If you don't get enough sun and get wet, won't it be ruined?"
Yang and Huo Xi only thought that he was still asleep and couldn't stop laughing.
Yang Fu took the handkerchief and wiped it on his face. He woke up and smiled naively at Huo Xi and Yang.
Seeing that both children were thinking about it, Ms. Yang said: "We originally picked out some small ones and wanted to go to the fish market street, but we didn't expect that they were all taken by Huibinlou. The price was 20% higher than the market price. The Yu family and
The Zou family all got one tael and nine cents, and our family got two shares. Your Uncle Yu and Uncle Zou said that the copper oil came from our family, and insisted that our family get two shares."
Yang Fu jumped for joy when he heard that his family had received nearly four taels of fish money in one night.
Huo Xi glanced at Yu Jiang and the Zou family's boat, saw it was quiet, and said to Yang, "Mom, shall we make lunch for the two of them?"
"Okay. Mom just did it to them."
The three of them had lunch first and asked Yang to go to bed. Huo Xi held Huo Nian and watched Yang Fu mend the fish net.
After a while, Zou Grandma and Zou Sheng woke up first. They were going to make lunch, but when they saw that Huo Xi had made it for them, they couldn't refuse it and took it over embarrassedly: "Why do you have to work so hard for your family to help cook?"
Lunch.”
When I opened it, I found chicken, duck, vegetables, fish, and salted duck eggs.
This meal is too good.
"Thank you Uncle Yu and Grandpa Zou for your help last night. We have to work together these two days. I have a large family, so cooking is just a casual thing."
Zou Grandma and Zou Sheng were grateful and kept it silently in their hearts. After eating, they also sat on the bow of the boat to mend their fishing nets.
In the afternoon, Yu Jiang and Uncle Zou Huo Erhuai also woke up. After having lunch, they rowed toward the mouth of the Yangtze River together.
After three consecutive days of night hunting, the Yu family and the Zou family both got nearly six taels of silver.
The two families couldn't believe their eyes when they saw a purse full of broken silver and copper plates.
"How can you get so much money in these three days?"
Huo Erhuai and Yang also laughed so much that they couldn't close their mouths at the more than ten taels of silver: "We have made a lot of fish in the past few days, and the selling price is very expensive." In these three days, we actually earned an acre of good land.
very nice!
Yujiang was also full of surprises: "I don't need to sell the linen I bought. Will I have money to buy a bigger boat?"
Everyone was also happy for Yu Jiang: "Yes, this time you can go back to your hometown to pick up your wife and daughter!"
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