Four years later, the outer city ferry is still there, but it is a little more lively.
Every boatman who saw the Huo family's boat greeted the Huo family from a distance.
Everyone who is a boatman in the waters near the capital knows about Huo's floating grocery store. His shop's sign has changed a few times, but it still has the same words and the same appearance, propped up on the bow of the boat.
The Huo family's boat rowed back to the outer city ferry. After waiting for a short time, Huo Nian, with sharp eyes, stood on the bow of the boat and waved desperately towards the road: "Dad, dad! We are here!"
"Hey, dad saw it!" Huo Erhuai answered happily as he picked up the fishing pole and walked briskly towards his boat.
"Be careful, don't fall into the water."
"I'm not afraid of falling into the water, I'm good at water!" Pi Xiaozi grinned happily when he saw his father.
Huo Erhuai stepped on the gangplank and boarded the boat. The general put down the fishing pole, and Huo Nian jumped on Huo Erhuai.
Holding his neck, he complained: "Dad, my sister spanked me, it hurts so much." She pouted her little mouth.
Huo Erhuai loved his appearance so much that he bumped their foreheads with him and touched his butt with a smile: "Then dad said so harshly to her, how could she spank our Nian'er? It's really outrageous.
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"Yes, it's outrageous. Dad, you have to talk to her properly."
"Okay, dad tells her."
Just after he finished speaking, he turned around and saw his sister staring at him from behind. Huo Nian was frightened and hurriedly lay on Huo Erhuai's shoulder, hugged him tightly, and clamped his legs around Huo Erhuai's waist.
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Yang smiled and helped pack up the fishing burden, and glanced at Huo Nian, who was on Huo Erhuai's body: "Nian'er, ask your dad how many copper coins you got from selling fish today, and help your dad count them."
"Okay!" Huo Nian's eyes lit up and he reached into Huo Erhuai's arms with his little hand.
Huo Erhuai was tickled by his touch and couldn't help but laugh. He hugged him and sat down on the board of the boat: "Dad, I'll count them all for you."
The father and son happily sat on the boat and counted the coins, "One coin, two coins, ten coins..."
Seeing Huo Nian sitting in Huo Erhuai's arms in a small ball, with his eyes shining like diamonds, Huo Xi rolled his eyes and couldn't even see.
He must have counted coins in front of him too many times when he was a child. This child only knew how to count coins as soon as he learned to speak.
I remember the words I taught today and forget them tomorrow, but I can remember the counting and calculations firmly. I followed Huo Erhuai to sell fish, and I never missed anything.
Probably Qian Chuanzi gave birth to him.
She rolled her eyes at him again and sat down on the board of the boat. She asked Huo Erhuai, "Dad, haven't you met your uncle?"
Huo Erhuai was stunned and glanced at the boat: "Your uncle hasn't come back yet?"
"No. I'm probably helping Grandpa Zou and Grandma do the accounting." Mrs. Yang said.
He also sat down and watched with a smile as the father and son counted the coins.
Mainly because of Huo Nian's counting. He counted once and didn't count. Like someone with obsessive-compulsive disorder, when he counted for the second time, he counted newer copper plates to make a pile and polished older copper plates to make a pile.
Divide the piles into different piles according to their newness and age, and ask his mother to spend the old coins first and the new coins later.
I don't know what's wrong.
Aren’t new copper plates and old copper plates all copper plates?
Seeing him sorting out several piles with his little hands, clicking on this pile, clicking on that pile of copper coins, he looked like a serious little money slave, I couldn't even see it.
Huo Xi raised his eyes and looked at the shore. There was no sign of Yang Fu.
Yang Fu often runs on the shore now, sometimes following Shen Qianzhong who has been homeless for half a month. He just came back from Pingjiang a few days ago and couldn't stop, so he went to the shops and warehouses in Beijing instead of Huo Xi.
Originally, now that Guangfeng Water has become bigger, the business of delivering vegetables and daily necessities in Qionghua Lane should have stopped, but in the past few years, she bought the small courtyard in Qionghua Lane. Her parents and she still prefer to do it except in winter. Live on a boat.
Seeing that Master Zou and Grandma Zou were getting older and couldn't stand the moisture, they simply let them live in Qionghua Lane.
She also bought the Zou family's boat, and Zou Sheng is now following Shen Qianzhong. Shen Qianzhong likes Zou Sheng's honesty and cautiousness in doing things, so she takes him with her.
The grandson was away, so the old couple couldn't stay idle. In order to find some money-making work for them, they still asked the old couple to go to Qionghua Lane to do business, register what daily sundries the neighbors wanted, and purchase them together. past.
Therefore, vegetables and firewood for daily use are still delivered to Qionghua Lane every day.
By giving the Zou family a 10% profit, the old couple can now make a lot of money every day. They earn more in one month than they did fishing in the past year, and they work very hard.
Huo Xi kept the business after careful consideration. Sometimes Huo Erhuai would deliver, and sometimes Yang Fu would deliver.
As for Grandpa Zou and Grandma Zou living in Qionghua Lane, Shen Qianzhong felt relieved because someone would help him take care of Shen Luo.
Shen Qianzhong was too busy to stay at home, so when he had money, he sent Shen Luo to study. Shen Luo lived in Qionghua Lane when he was studying, and after taking a break, he liked to go to the Huo family's boat.
Grandpa Zou and Grandma helped Shopkeeper Shen take care of him, cook him daily meals, send him to the academy and other things.
Huo Xi bought two small courtyards in Qionghua Lane.
After buying the small courtyard that her family rented in Qionghua Lane, Guan also rented out the small courtyard that she rented. Her husband Chunwei passed the Jinshi examination and was sent to work as an official.
After Huo Xi got the news, she introduced the owner of the house, bought the small courtyard, and gave it to Shen Qianzhong and his son to live in.
Now, for Huo Xi, there is land and a house, and Guangfeng Water Trading Company has gained some fame among boatmen. She has shops and warehouses in Beijing, as well as in Hangzhou, Jiaxing, Jingkou, Yangzhou, Huai'an, and Changzhou along the canal. Got the shop.
Shen Qianzhong came back a few days ago and gave her the land deed and house deed of Jiangning's shop.
She is finally considered to have some assets.
What to do next?
"Sister, sister, I have two taels of silver, four coins, and thirty coins!"
Seeing Huo Nian holding silver and copper plates in his little hands as a treasure in front of her, his eyes shining, Huo Xi poked him on the forehead with a small string of coins.
Humph. Huo Nian snorted at her, wrinkled his nose again, turned around and asked Yang for hemp rope to string copper plates.
"Dad, today's fishing price is pretty good. Why did shopkeeper Wen give so much?"
Wen Caipang of Huibinlou has been promoted to shopkeeper, and Huibinlou has opened several branches. After his introduction, now she doesn't have to worry about selling the fish and fish she collects, and they all choose Huibinlou to sell them at high prices. Out.
You are good and I am good, mutual benefit.
Huo Erhuai rarely went to the fish market to sell fish anymore. On the rare occasions when he went there, Huo Nian would follow him, like a follower, saying he wanted to help his father settle accounts and collect money.
But he was small and couldn't walk very far, so Huo Erhuai had to work hard to carry him or hire a cart to carry him.
Huo Xi felt that it was not cost-effective to go to the fish market to sell fish, so all the big fish collected were sent to Huibinlou. The remaining small ones Huibinlou didn't like, so he simply asked Yang to make various fish, shrimps and crabs. products.
Every winter, her homemade butter, grilled shrimps, and fish balls are all sold.
Many people also come to buy them.
When the golden waves swayed in the ferry river, I finally saw Yang Fu's figure.