"Come on, come in! This is the small courtyard that my family rents here. I have tidied up the room. Madam, you can rest assured. I will leave when you have recovered from your illness."
"Oh, I said no, but you and Erhuai insist on taking me over. How can I live in such a nice yard?"
Grandma Zou was so grateful that she didn't dare to step forward and coughed a few times while covering her mouth and nose.
"Don't worry, please. My family has sold out all the goods and is preparing to return to the boat with the whole family. This yard is rented for people to live in, but it is here for nothing. You can live in peace, and you can also help me look after these vegetables.
.It took me a lot of effort to plant them in the first place.”
Grandma Zou walked into the yard and looked around happily. She was very happy when she saw there was a well and a vegetable patch in the yard.
"Don't worry, I water them every day, fertilize them, and take good care of them. Your family will definitely be able to eat these vegetables. My family also had a house and land in the village earlier, and we have been farming for many years.
"
Taking care of this vegetable patch is no easy task.
Grandpa Zou who came with me looked at this small courtyard and this vegetable patch and couldn't help but feel itchy hands.
Over the years, I have been looking forward to being down to earth, having a house, a field, and a vegetable patch in front of the house that I can take care of every day.
"I visit her once a day and help her cook," Uncle Zou said happily.
"Can't I manage this vegetable patch?" Fei came to fight with her. Grandma Zou glared at him and coughed a few more times.
"Okay, you cook, you cook."
Yang and others laughed when they saw this.
"Auntie, you can use the kitchen. There are pots and pans at home. You can use them as you like." Seeing Uncle Zou carrying many things on his back, including rice, flour, grains and oil, bedding, clothes, pots and pans, etc., Yang
Then he said something.
"We have some belts."
"We all have them. It's my fault that Erhuai didn't make it clear to you. I asked you to bring these guys over."
"Er Huai said so. But we also have some at home, so we brought them with us." The two old couples thanked each other without stopping, not wanting to cause trouble to others.
"Oh, this room is very big. I can just find a place for me to sleep. There is no need to clean up such a big place." Grandma Zou said and was about to go out to look for the woodshed and the wing.
Yang held her down and said, "Don't worry. There are many rooms in this room. Even if they are empty, they will be empty."
After comforting her for a while, she sheepishly put down her bedding.
Huo Xi was very happy when she saw that Mr. Yang had settled everyone down, thinking that the family could be together forever.
Previously, Huo Erhuai was left alone on the boat. It was not convenient for him to work alone. Yang talked about him every day. The family was divided into two places.
But thinking about having to deliver vegetables and other items to Qionghua Lane every day, I still have to keep people at home.
Now that Grandma Zou has moved in, Mrs. Yang can go back to the ship.
Seeing Grandpa Zou and Grandma Zou looking very embarrassed and saying that living in such a nice place would disturb her family, they pulled Yang.
"Mom, why don't you tell Grandma Zou about our daily delivery? If Grandma Zou's physical condition allows, let her help collect the goods at home and then distribute them to various homes. If you can't deliver, just
It’s okay to knock on the door and ask someone to come and get it.”
In this way, every day when she accompanied her father to sell fish, she could deliver the goods from Qionghua Lane, and her mother could stay on the boat to guard it, without having to run both ways.
There was usually someone in the courtyard who would help me remember what everyone wanted and do the reception, so she didn't have to stay alone with Yang or Yang Fu.
Grandma Zou hadn't heard clearly what she was asked to do, so she just asked her to help, and nodded hurriedly: "I can do it, I can do it. Just tell me what you want me to do."
Yang glanced at her, thinking about the work at home and keeping people in the courtyard of Qionghua Lane, she was really busy.
"How about you take care of them for two days first? I'll have the two children come here every day for these two days."
"No, no, cough...I can do it, but it's not like I can't walk."
Seeing that Mr. Zou and she both said they could do it, and seeing that her cough was not serious, they told her about selling goods in Qionghua Lane.
Grandpa Zou and Grandma Zou were stunned.
No wonder the Huo family can get up, look at their brains. With such a new business added to the family, how can they survive?
"It works, but why can't it work? Isn't it just collecting goods every day and delivering them to each house? What's so difficult about it? There are also carts in the yard. I can't push them, so I just push them a little. If it doesn't work, I'll go to each house.
Just knock on the door and ask them to come and get it, there’s nothing wrong with that.”
Grandma Zou responded by patting her chest.
"Okay, then in the next two days, I will ask my two children to come with the delivery and show you the door. These neighbors in Qionghua Lane are all scholars, and they usually don't have much to do, so they are easier to get along with."
"Okay, okay, I recognize people very well, don't worry."
"Grandma, let me give you a notebook. When you are at home, if someone knocks on the door and needs our help to buy something, and you don't know how to write, just ask them to write in it."
"Hey, okay, okay."
After everything was settled, the family packed up their things and headed to the ferry to find their own boat.
Back on the boat, not only Huo Xi and Yang Fu were happy, Huo Nian was also dancing happily and calling out to the river.
"Aunt Zou, have you made arrangements?" Huo Erhuai asked.
"Everything has been arranged. I also told her about our delivery to Qionghua Lane..."
Yang and Huo Erhuai were talking at the stern of the ship, while Huo Xi and Yang Fu went into the cabin to take stock of the goods on the ship.
Looking at it, oh, her father has added a lot of things.
In addition to rice, flour, grains and oils, there are several kinds of various kinds of wine. There are many bottles of wine grains weighing three pounds per pound on the shelves. There are also needles and threads that women like, hairpins with flowers and hairpins that little girls like, and candies that children like.
dessert……
There is a dazzling array of items, and many varieties have been added.
These items are no longer the single categories sold to fishermen before.
Looking through the ledger again, he saw that he sold more goods than the fishermen on the water. It seemed that her father had started a business with farmers along the river.
"Xi'er, that's great. Isn't this a floating grocery store? Do you want to change the store?"
"Why do we need to change the storefront? Our store is on the water, so it is a floating grocery store. What does it have to do with where the customers are from?"
"Right."
The two of them were taking inventory when they heard a voice from the shore: "Boatman, boatman!"
Hey, does anyone want goods?
When Huo Xi and Yang Fu heard this, they were so happy that they put down their account books and ran to the bow of the ship.
When I stood on the bow of the boat, I saw a young woman standing on the shore in front of her, waving to her boat, and there were two little kids standing at her feet.
"Dad, paddle across quickly!" Business is coming again.
Before the rowing boat could pull over, the woman raised her voice and asked: "Shipman, can you take the little lady to Fanjiajiao?"
Huh? This is not for shopping, right?
Huo Xi looked at her and saw that she was carrying a big baggage, which was also on the ground. At her feet were two little children standing close to her thighs, their big eyes staring at her boat with expectation.
Is this a walk-in marriage?
"It's a little farther over there." Huo Erhuai said after thinking about it.
"Would you mind giving me a denarius, little lady?"
Huo Xi turned to look at Huo Erhuai.
Huo Erhuai nodded: "Okay, come up."
Huo Xi was stunned.
Is this? Her family's boat not only fishes and sells goods, but now it is also engaged in the business of welcoming and transporting passengers?