Mrs. Yang took Ms. Zheng's hand and pulled her into the house while chatting with her.
Huo Xi also greeted Ya'er and Miao'er to come into the house.
"Are you really not my brother?" Miao'er looked at Huo Xi all the way. As soon as he asked, he was pulled by Ya'er.
Huo Xi laughed: "I am a sister, you have to call me sister." Huo Xi compared heads with the two girls and found that she was taller than Ya'er.
"You are taller than my sister."
"Yes. How about your sister call me sister like you?"
Yu Miao refused: "My father said that my sister must call you sister. My sister is older than you!"
Huo Xi pursed her lips and smiled.
"You haven't said yet, why are you wearing boy's clothes?"
This little one doesn't look like he's being beaten at home. He's quite lively and cheerful.
"Because it's convenient to wear it like this." Huo Xi said with a smile.
"Isn't it convenient for us to wear this?" Yu Miao looked at herself and her sister.
Huo Xi looked at her two sisters and saw that they were all wearing homespun clothes and trousers, which were dusty. Also, how could a poor peasant girl have the chance to wear any kind of skirt? Are they capable of working?
"It's convenient for you to wear this. But it's more convenient for us to dress like a boy when we walk on the boat. Didn't you listen to your father? Many people think it is unlucky for a woman to be on a boat."
"Is it really unlucky for a woman to get on a boat?" Yu Ya'er looked nervous and glanced at her father. If the three women in her family got on the boat, would her father be fine? She was a little worried.
Huo Xi followed her gaze and understood her thoughts. She should be a thoughtful and sensible child.
He smiled and said, "Hey, that's nonsense. Look at those fishermen who live on water and boats. If women don't live on boats, how can they still live in the water? Right."
"Why do these people become fishermen? Is it because they have no roots on land and cannot support themselves by farming. They make boats their home and wander around? The children of fishermen's families have been on boats since they were born, and of course women are also there.
On the boat. There is nothing unlucky about it."
"That's right," Yu Miao nodded vigorously and said firmly, "I want to be with daddy anyway!"
Huo Xi smiled and pinched her little face: "Let's go, sister will take you to eat something delicious."
"OK."
Ya'er was still squirming, but Miao'er took Huo Xi's hand and jumped into the house in a familiar manner. She didn't forget to turn to greet her sister: "Sister, come quickly!"
Yang pulled Zheng around the courtyard. When she saw this scene, she smiled and said, "This little seedling is quite lively."
Mrs. Zheng turned around and saw her little daughter holding a handful of food in her hand and carrying a full bag in her pocket. She was very embarrassed.
"This Miao'er, her father said he didn't know who she looked like. She was very young and very fierce. Her grandma wouldn't give her food, so she would take a bowl to the door of the hall and squat down. In the middle of the night, she was so hungry that she couldn't sleep, and she would sit until
She cried outside the door of her grandparents' house. Her sister didn't dare."
When Yang heard this, she felt heartbroken.
He hurriedly called her over: "You are Xiao Miao'er. From now on, if you follow your father on the boat, your life will be better and you will have enough to eat."
Xiao Miaoer stuffed the jujube candied fruit into her mouth and nodded while holding it in her pocket and asking her mother and sister to eat it.
Yu Jiang shook his head repeatedly.
Huo Erhuai laughed: "This child has a good character. To make a living on the water, you have to be bold and careful. I think Miao'er will be very good."
"It's been a long time since I returned to my hometown. When she was a child, she would hide away from people. She didn't know how to behave, but her personality has grown like this." Yu Jiang looked at his two daughters, shook his head and laughed.
"Auntie, I really like your yard!"
"Yeah?"
"Yes. There is also a well. If you want to water vegetables, you can get water. You can take a shower as much as you like. No need to worry about it. No one knows what you grow behind closed doors. You can pick whatever you want to eat."
Xiao Miao'er's eyes lit up. She really wanted to have a yard like this where their family of four could live.
"Then you will also buy one in the future." Huo Xi joked.
The little girl nodded seriously: "Well, when I make money in the future, I will also rent a yard like this to my parents!"
"Don't want to buy one?"
The little girl tilted her head and thought for a while: "Rent one first. When you have more money, buy one!"
Everyone laughed after hearing this.
Praise her for her ambition. The little girl's chest is high and she looks proud.
When the Yu family came to visit for the first time, Ms. Yang enthusiastically invited them to have lunch, but Ms. Zheng couldn't help it, so she followed them to the kitchen to help.
Lunch was served quickly, and the two families had a happy lunch in the small courtyard.
After dinner, Yujiang also hired a cart to load the linen.
Seeing that Zheng was shy, Mr. Yang was afraid that he and his wife would not know how to sell goods, so she strongly invited them: "You can follow us, and we will sell it to Mochou Lake together. You can see how my house sells it first, and then wait."
Once you learn it, you can sell it yourself."
Yu Jiang and Zheng refused repeatedly, fearing that they would steal the Huo family's business.
"It's okay, let's put this linen away. If it can't be sold, just keep it and sell it slowly. Today you will follow my family, and tomorrow you can change places, and we can all change places to sell it. The capital is such a big place, with a population of one million. Don't worry about selling it.
"
Xiao Miao'er held onto the Huo family's trolley tightly: "Miao'er wants to go selling goods with my aunt."
He raised his little face and looked at Yu Jiang and Zheng firmly with his eyes.
"Okay, let's work with your aunt and learn how to sell goods." Yu Jiang decided.
Huo Erhuai stayed up all night and did not go with him. He only took Nian'er to sleep at home.
The remaining people pushed two fully loaded carts toward Mochou Lake. Along the way, Xiao Miao'er chattered and asked questions, while Ya'er listened with perked ears.
Soon we arrived at the place where the stall was set up yesterday.
Before we could stop, guests from yesterday gathered around us: "I thought you wouldn't come."
"How can I not? I promised everyone that I would come, so how could I not come?" Yang responded with a smile. Seeing that several women wanted brown sugar, she quickly stepped forward to pack and collect the money.
There were so many people today, Huo Xi and Yang Fu wanted to stand outside and shout.
Huo Xi paused, touched her face, and looked around again. She dressed up more like a boy when she went out today. No one should recognize her, right?
Yang Fu glanced at her with worried eyes: "Xi'er, you collect the money from your mother, and your uncle will give you instructions."
After Yang Fu finished speaking, he found a big stone and stood on it.
He put his hands to his mouth and said, "Come and take a look. It's cheap and good. There's tough and durable Huizhou linen, cane sugar from further south, pear and date candied fruit from the north, and furs that everyone loves in winter! I walked by.
Don’t miss it if you pass by, come and take a look. If you don’t buy it, it’s free of charge. If you buy it, you won’t regret it!”
Yujiang's family looked at Yang Fu blankly, forgetting to close their mouths.
There was no pause in the shouting, and the shouting continued without any pause. Then I saw a bunch of people who heard the shouting and gathered around to watch the fun. The whole family was dumbfounded.
