The image of her mother became increasingly blurry in Huo Xi's mind, and she deeply regretted that she couldn't retain her mother's appearance because she didn't know the art of painting.
When Nian'er grows up, she may not even know what her mother looks like.
The original Yan feudal state was in Peiping.
In the Governor's Mansion, Zhang Fuzheng was holding a portrait and looking at it. The woman in the painting was holding a scroll in her hand, with a light body, beautiful eyes, and a slight smile on her face.
Zhang Fu looked at it and sank in, his eyes far away.
I especially remember that year, he brought a group of distinguished ministers and disciples to the Imperial College to listen to a lecture. They were attracted by Dr. Li's class. Even after the class, he quietly followed behind him and wanted to ask him a few questions. Unexpectedly, he saw her.
She brought the maid with her to deliver food to her father. She looked up at her little face as bright as the morning sun and tugged on Dr. Li's sleeves to act coquettishly.
He was stunned just like that.
Soon he asked his family to come to ask for his hand in marriage. His father-in-law refused at first, saying that his family were military ministers and Li's family were civil servants, and the two families could not agree.
He went to the Imperial Academy to grind and grind every day, and finally got his father-in-law to agree. Later, his father-in-law liked him very much, saying that he was a descendant of military generals, how could he be very talented in learning, and he could also paint well.
Xinrou finally married him, and it was very much in line with his wishes. The two of them had a tender love and a perfect match...
Zhang Fu couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, smiled, stretched out his hand, and carefully touched the woman in the painting with his fingertips: "Lady..."
"Master Hou."
The voice of a servant came from outside the study.
Zhang Fu frowned: "What's the matter?"
"Your Majesty, the old lady has sent someone, and the madam has also sent someone to deliver something."
Zhang Fu's eyes returned to the portrait, sighed, and slowly rolled it up.
"Let people come in."
"yes."
After a while, Zhang Fu looked at the fat and thin beauty standing in front of him and was stunned for a long time.
"Is this what the old lady meant?"
"Yes. The old lady said that the Marquis is alone in the north and lacks people who know how to take care of him, so he sent a few people over to take care of him."
Zhang Fu looked at the four women. They were all different in appearance, temperament, appearance, and body shape, so it was difficult for his mother to take such pains.
"Take them down. They are not allowed to set foot in my courtyard, especially my study. I have no shortage of people to serve me here."
"Can……"
"Go down."
"yes."
"Master Marquis, Madam also asked someone to make several sets of clothes, shoes and socks..."
Zhang Fu waved his hand: "Just keep it for now. There is no shortage of these in the house."
"……yes."
After the person left, Zhang Fu rubbed his forehead and reached out to the rolled-up portrait again. He stroked it again and again, but finally did not open it again. He put it into a slender box on the table.
Then he picked up a bracelet with gold bells in the box and looked closer.
"Daddy, daddy, listen, jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell, the sound is crisp and nice! My daughter likes it so much!"
"Daddy, daddy, what gift are you going to give to my daughter for her birthday next year?"
"Dad will remember my daughter's birthday every year and prepare a gift for her every year. She will never forget it."
Zhang Fu murmured, put the bracelet back into the box, put it together with the portrait, covered the box, stroked it again and again, and then put it away properly.
Huo Xi, on the other hand, was busy fishing and selling fish.
They fished at dusk, sold fish in the early morning, and during the day they sold Huizhou linen and cane sugar from the south in the villages along the river and in the counties and towns near the outskirts of Beijing.
Although the price of the linen cloth is similar to that of kudzu, people have a feeling that it smells far away and smells close to it. I heard that it was shipped from Huizhou in the south, and they all gathered around to see it and compare it with kudzu.
The Huizhou linen was really good, so Huo Xi lowered the price by one or two cents, and still sold three to four hundred pieces.
Local kudzu is collected from the weavers for one cent and five cents, and the takeout price is even higher. The Huo family sells linen cloth, which is charged for eight cents a piece and sold for one cent and five cents, and three or four cents for one piece.
One horse actually earns several cents.
One horse earned dozens of coins. Three or four hundred bolts of linen earned nearly twenty taels of silver.
But Mrs. Yang was overjoyed. Counting the copper coins every night made her very happy.
A box of coppers could last her several times without stopping.
While Yang was counting the coins, Huo Xi was thinking about where to sell the goods the next day.
The business of selling groceries on the water is very good, and the sales are not only good among fishermen, but also spread in the villages along the river.
Every time the Huo family rowed their boat to a village along the river, there would be villagers in twos and threes standing at the entrance of the village and on both sides of the river waving to the Huo family's boat.
"At first I thought I heard it wrong, but I didn't expect there was such a big boat selling goods." The aunt said as she got on the boat and picked things.
"Auntie, how can you buy things if you don't see my boat usually?" Huo Xi pretended to be obedient and inquired.
"Usually we have to take a bullock cart to go to town, otherwise we will block the passenger boats or fishing boats that come in, or we will have to wait for the salesmen to enter the village."
A salesman could only pick as many things as he wanted per load. Even if the salesman had a bullock cart to load the goods, he could not load as much as her family's boat. Huo Xi's eyes lit up.
Originally, I was only doing business as a fisherman, but I didn’t expect that there is also a market in the villages along the river.
"You don't have all the things at home." The aunt was a little dissatisfied. The needles, thread, and oil, salt, sauce, and vinegar were of average quality.
Hey, this aunt is still a wealthy family!
"Auntie, my family originally only sold goods to facilitate the fishermen who made a living on the water, and we only picked up ordinary things. The life of the fishermen is not as good as that of your farmers. Your life is rich, but we can't compare."
The aunt felt comfortable being flattered by Huo Xitong's childish words, and she immediately felt superior to others.
I didn’t want to be looked down upon by these fishermen, so I was very picky and picky.
Huo Xi thought about the salt hidden in the cabin, thought for a moment and said, "Mom, we have some good salt here, the price is lower than what you buy outside. Do you want it?"
"I don't want your fishing salt."
"It's not fishing salt." Yang said. She also knew the origin of the salt and looked at Huo Xi.
Huo Xi had already entered the cabin and brought out several bamboo tubes.
"Ah, this salt is of good quality. Can you still sell salt?"
"No, it's not..." Yang looked at Huo Xi.
Huo Xi said with a smile on her face: "We are not salt merchants, so how can we do salt business? On weekdays, I just see that it is inconvenient for everyone to go to the city, so I buy some more and help everyone along the way."
"Is that the same price as in the city?" The aunt took a few pills and put them into her mouth. She was very satisfied with the salty taste in her mouth.
"We'll lose you two cents per pound."
"How can you still buy low-price salt?" Isn't official salt the same price?
"Didn't our ship be called up to transport grain to Huai'an a few days ago? Salt is produced there, and my family bought more there. It cost less shipping. It was originally brought to my family and relatives and friends. If aunt wants it,
Let me even it out for you."
"Okay. Give me some even. But you gave up the shipping fee and it's only two cents cheaper?"
"Auntie, you must have heard that we didn't even get any subsidy or extra money on this trip. Not to mention the delay in fishing along the way, we also spent a lot on food and supplies."
"Yes, it took us ten days to go back and forth." "You see, I have three little ones... I was not allowed to rest all the way. At the end of the day, my men's hands and feet felt like they were broken and couldn't be lifted up. It was a hard journey.
It’s here.”
Yang Shi and Yang Fu also helped.
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