Huo Xi and Yang Fu welcomed Huo Erhuai into the courtyard and hurriedly asked him about his situation.
"It's not a big deal. As people get older, they always have problems of one kind or another. They have been soaking in the water all the time, and their bodies are soaked with cold air. In addition, they may have been hunting at night with us a few days ago. After staying up for a few nights, it's a bit unbearable.
"
"Did it cost a lot of money?" Yang Fu asked.
"It cost a lot. I spent all my money from the previous night's fishing and borrowed two taels from our family. The main reason is that the ginseng slices are expensive."
After saying that, he shook his head: "We poor people really cannot get sick. When we get sick, the little money we have saved so hard is not enough to buy medicinal soup."
Huo Xi was silent: "Dad, let's not hunt at night anymore. Staying up all night, working hard, and hurting your body." If Huo Erhuai and Yang fell down, the family would be paralyzed.
"That's right, brother-in-law, we don't want to fish at night. We can only fish and sell during the day."
Huo Erhuai thought about the nearly one tael of silver he had received today. He thought that he would get more silver by catching it at night. But... he looked at the two children.
The two children are sensible and considerate. As soon as they heard about the night hunt, they followed suit and helped.
"Okay, then we'll try not to hunt at night."
Huo Xi nodded happily, took Huo Erhuai to eat, and told Yang Fu one by one about Yang's selling fur goods this morning to bring business to the family.
Huo Erhuai forgot to chew a mouthful of food and kept it in his mouth: "Your mother took the job of delivering vegetables, meat and eggs to our family?"
Huo Xi and Yang Fu nodded repeatedly: "That's right, my sister didn't just take these, many people also want wine, good wine!"
"Yes, many women want us to help buy wine grains. By the way, the Guan family's aunt wants us to help collect some pieces of cotton. Dad, please collect more. People in Qionghua Lane don't wear linen, they all wear cotton.
Linen or fine cotton.”
"Yes, there are also firewood and charcoal. I'm afraid every family will have to store a lot of firewood in winter. We help them collect it from the countryside, which is more than what they buy for lunch every day. We transport a boatload of firewood.
, with so many of them, they can get a lot. A boatload of firewood can keep them burning for a long time."
Huo Erhuai's chopsticks flew like flying as he tried his best to scoop rice into his mouth: "I'm bringing food to your mother. I just want to ask."
"Brother-in-law, are you happy?"
"I'm happy. Then I can sell goods along the river. I'll tell the women who buy the goods what vegetables, eggs, and firewood I want to collect. I'll just ask them to prepare them. The next day, I can pick them up by the river and I'll go collect them along the road.
We don’t even have to go into the village.”
"Ah? Dad, you have so many repeat customers now? Are you all going to the entrance of the village and to the riverside to wait for our boat?"
Huo Erhuai nodded happily: "How many goods can the salesman from the village pick up per load? Even the salesman who comes to the village with an ox cart to sell goods is not bigger than our ship and can transport much more. Dad only said that our ship
The boat cannot enter their village, so every day there are some children waiting on the shore. When they see our boat from a distance, they go back and call the adults at home."
"Wow. So good? Brother-in-law, please buy more candies, snacks, and children's toys. They must be very popular."
"There are also needles, threads, plain handkerchiefs, etc." Huo Xi followed.
Is her family not only doing business for the fishermen on the water, but also doing business for the villagers along the river?
Wouldn't it be convenient to collect goods from them and collect some daily vegetables, eggs, chickens, ducks, pork, cloth, and firewood?
There is a supply of goods in the front, and a customer base in the back. Oh my God, don’t these two live together?
Huo Xi's heart was burning. Something was vaguely coming out of the ground.
Huo Erhuai was also very excited. He wanted to discuss it with Yang, but he was also worried that she would be starving and guarding the ship alone, fearing that something might happen to her. He was extremely anxious.
He quickly packed the food and heard that Huo Nian had been crying for a while. He went in and took a look at him, then came out and told the two children to watch the door and go out.
"Dad, tell your mother to stay on the boat with you tonight, and ask her to accompany you early tomorrow morning to collect vegetables and other items, and then buy some cotton cloth before returning. Then you can send your mother back first, and then you can go back
Go to Shuangquan Village to sell wine."
Seeing that Huo Xi, a little care-taker, had arranged everything clearly, Huo Erhuai smiled and stroked her head: "Dad, I understand. You should keep your doors shut at home."
"Don't worry. The neighbors are all human, don't be afraid." Yang Fu assured, patting his chest.
Huo Erhuai smiled and nodded. Just as he was about to go out, he turned around and went back.
If his mother is on the boat tonight, then Nian'er can't stay at home. What if she gets hungry at night and starts crying, and Xi'er and Fu'er won't be able to comfort her.
He went into the house, hugged Nian'er, carried her with a sling, and then left the yard.
My steps were hurried along the way. I couldn't stop thinking.
There are children on the boat tonight, so the couple can row the boat to a few villages along the river at night to buy some time for tomorrow.
Tomorrow he will send his mother back to sell goods, and he will also go to Shuangquan Village to sell wine. There are many things to do and the place is not in the same place. He is afraid that he will not be able to make it back before sunset.
Huo Xi and Yang Fu spent the night safely in Qionghua Lane. Yang and Huo Erhuai rowed the boat to the entrance of the village along the river overnight, where they parked the boat and spent the night.
The couple got up early in the morning. Huo Erhuai was on the boat, and Yang went to the village to sell goods.
I only went to two villages and bought vegetables, eggs, fine and coarse grains, chicken and duck meat, and firewood.
This is also the result of not saying hello in advance. If the order is made in advance, the firewood will be prepared early, and there is no need to go to two villages to collect it.
Went to Qianjin Village again and bought more than twenty pieces of cloth from the Zhao family. We also collected a lot of cotton and linen cloth in Qianjin Village.
Since the boat was requisitioned, she has not been to Qianjin Village. When she entered Qianjin Village this time, Yang was pulled by Zhao's mother-in-law and refused to let go.
Last time, they gave Zhao Sui many things. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were grateful and wanted to return the gift, but they didn't expect anyone from the Huo family to come. When Yang came, she pulled her and insisted that she stay for lunch.
It was Ms. Yang who said that someone else had placed an order and had to rush back to deliver the goods, so she let him go. Otherwise, he would probably have to hold Mr. Yang and chat with him for a long time.
Before leaving, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law gave Yang a lot of food at home.
"Sister Zhao and Aunt Zhao are so enthusiastic. I'm embarrassed to go there. Look, they took so many things from her family." Back on the boat, Mrs. Yang complained to Huo Erhuai.
"Then let's keep it in mind and come and go often in the future, and we will move around as relatives."
"Yeah. Let's keep some brown sugar and give them some as a gift next time we come to their village."
"Okay." Huo Erhuai usually doesn't have any objections. He will do whatever Yang says. The family also lets Yang make the decision.
Yang thought about what Huo Xi said about boiled brown sugar with distiller's grains and eggs, and said to Huo Erhuai: "My dad, do you think those of us who make a living on the water don't need boiled brown sugar with distiller's grains and eggs more than people in the city?"
Huo Erhuai nodded: "If the effect is really so good, it will be a good thing for women from fishermen's families. Isn't it better than drinking medicine?"
"Then let's leave a few stones to sell on the boat." Yang decided.
Huo Erhuai glanced at her and felt a little distressed when he saw that she didn't think of him. He said softly: "We will also keep ten and twenty catties to eat at home. You can also cook a bowl every day."
Both he and his mother were cold, and it was not easy for the child to get sick. Even if he was raised carefully, the children would not be able to keep him in the end. In autumn and winter, his mother's hands and feet were as cold as ice lumps, and he covered them.
It wasn't hot all night.
If this recipe is effective, it can also take care of your health...
Yang was stunned for a moment, understanding what Huo Erhuai said, and her eyes darkened.
"Erhuai, you still want a child, right?"
Huo Erhuai was stunned for a long time, and then sighed: "If it's in our destiny, it will be there. If it's not in our destiny... we won't force it."
Yang looked at him steadily, tears suddenly filling her eyes.
"Xi'er and Nian'er are very good, aren't they? They will be filial to us in the future."
Huo Erhuai glanced towards the cabin and nodded: "Xi'er and Nian'er are very good. Let's take good care of them."