Huo Xi took the whole family and walked towards the food seller.
As soon as the man saw the customer, he was very happy and enthusiastically pointed to the things on his stall and chatted a lot.
The family looked at each other in confusion, wondering what the other person was talking about. Huo Nian didn't listen at all. He raised his head and stared at each other curiously, while Huo Xi pursed his lips and smiled.
After he finished speaking, he pointed to the gray-brown things strung together on the ground.
When the man saw it, he took out a piece of broken silver from the purse on his waist and compared it. Huo Xi saw that there was a penny in it, and his eyes widened. One penny?
The man nodded.
Huo Xi knelt down and looked at it. It was quite strange. It was really not easy to see this thing in this Jiangnan area, but Huo Xi, could she not recognize coconuts? These old coconuts cost a penny each?
Huo Xi fiddled with a dozen coconuts on the ground and looked at their buds. Then he picked it up, weighed it, and shook it again, listening to the sound of water inside.
The whole family looked at her blankly, not knowing why or whether the food was for food, drink or use.
Huo Xi took out a copper plate from her purse, stretched out her left hand and asked for five cents, one, whether to sell it or not.
The man's eyes widened, he shook his head desperately, and babbled again. It was just how hard it was to get here after crossing many oceans.
Huo Xi thought so, and her counteroffer might have been too harsh. She turned over her palms and saw ten coins each.
The man still didn't agree.
Huo Xi pointed at the mouth of the sprout and said in fluent English, "Although you have brought it all the way here, the sprouts have grown, the water in it is gone, and the meat has changed. Do you still need a penny?"
The man stared at her blankly, unable to close his mouth.
It took him a while to react, then he rushed forward with a big stride and held Huo Xi's hand tightly. It was like meeting an old friend in a foreign land. It was like meeting a fellow villager and almost brought tears to his eyes. It was called enthusiasm.
Huo Erhuai, Yang Fu and others reacted and hurriedly stepped forward to pull him away. When the man was pulled away, he still looked at Huo Xi as if he was a relative and had found you.
Huo Xi was amused.
Although the pronunciation and grammar of Middle English are slightly different from modern English, for example, the consonants g and k in modern English are not pronounced, while know and k in Middle English are pronounced, but for example, I know, it is not incomprehensible, the difference
Not so big.
Watching him tell the story of his experiences along the way with tears and runny noses, Huo Xi pursed her lips and smiled and listened to his long talk, adding one or two sentences from time to time.
Yang Family, Yang Fu and others were dumbfounded and looked at Huo Xi blankly. Xiao Nian'er was even more exaggerated, her mouth opened in circles. My sister is so amazing, she can actually understand what the red-haired monster said.
Not far away, Mu Yan, Li Yi and Kan Er were also stunned.
"Master, Miss Huo actually knows how to talk?"
"I wonder how she learned it? Are all fishermen today so good?"
Mu Yan shook his head: "She probably learned it from her maternal grandfather's family. Her uncle once served in Honglu Temple."
The younger brother dared to ride a camel, and the elder sister dared to talk freely with the people. These two siblings were really courageous. Mu Yan shook his head and laughed.
On Huo Xi's side, the people said his name was Nok and he was from Java.
Java is Indonesia in ancient times. This man does not look like an Indonesian, but looks like a mixture of Westerners and Indonesians. I wonder if Java at this time had been colonized by the Netherlands and other countries.
The man put the dozen coconuts in a sack and said he would give them to Huo Xi for free.
Huo Xi declined and then accepted.
I asked him if there were any more on the boat, and he said that there were dozens more. He was afraid that there would be no fresh water on the road, so he brought some for drinking. Huo Xi said that he wanted to buy them, and he said that he would sell them to Huo Xi for ten coins each.
If you keep it for a long time, it will sprout in vain.
Huo Xi went to look at other things on his stall and saw that there were some sago, bird's nests, etc., so she also bought some.
The quality of his bird's nests is very good, the bird's nests are bright, have less down, good dryness, high elasticity, and good appearance, but they are expensive. It is not cost-effective for Guangfeng Shui to run this small-scale business. I only bought some for my family to try.
taste.
I also saw a few beautiful saving boxes inlaid with colored shells, worth two taels each. Seeing that Yang liked them, she planned to buy two.
"Xi'er, mom doesn't want it, it's too expensive."
"It's okay, mother. Fortunately, I can talk to you and the price isn't too expensive. Let's keep it and give it away or sell it later."
When Yang heard this, he happily went forward to choose.
Seeing that he accepted the money happily, Huo Xi joked to him that it was not worth the risk to come all the way with just these things.
He said that there were still things on the boat, and listed the things on the boat, and asked Huo Xi if she was interested. If she was interested, he could sell her at a low price.
When Huo Xi heard this, he was very happy. There are also spices and cloth? He wanted to go on the boat with him to see.
Both Yang and Huo Erhuai disagreed. They boarded the ship. Who knew what dangers there were, and they had to let the other party take the cargo off the ship.
Huo Xi wanted to get on the boat to see how much stuff there was, but she didn't want him to move down and be robbed, but Yang held her back and refused to let her get on the boat.
Just as he was worried, he said, "Mrs. Huo? You are here too."
Huo Xi turned around to look and saw the young master of the Mu family walking over with two of his attendants.
Seeing that they were familiar with each other, Yang and others greeted each other.
"My young master saw that Fan people's bird's nests are good, and he was about to buy some to honor his elders in the family. However, he and Fan people couldn't come to terms with each other and couldn't negotiate the price. I heard that Mrs. Huo actually understands Fan language?"
"Ah? Ah, I understand a little bit. I learned a little bit randomly from others when I was young."
After Huo Xi finished speaking, she quickly changed the subject and introduced him to Nok. When Nok heard that the rich young man wanted to buy bird's nests, he happily invited him on board.
"Mom and dad, don't worry since these brothers are here. You just happened to hire a truck to transport the remaining coconuts."
Yang and Huo Erhuai asked Mu Yan and others to take care of them and wanted to pull Huo Nian away. Unexpectedly, Huo Nian held on to Huo Xi and wanted to follow the ship.
Huo Erhuai and Yang had no choice but to give him a few words of advice, and then the couple carried their things to find the cart.
The group of people walked to the boat.
"Miss Huo, what are those gray-brown things you bought?"
"It's a...Fruit fruit that can be used as food."
"Then, I wonder if we are lucky enough to be able to eat it?"
Huo Xi glanced at Kan Er and then at his young master, "Okay, I want to hug these golden thighs."
Smiling and nodding: "Okay, when I get back to Beijing, I will make some food and give you one."
"Then I'll thank Miss Huo first."
Huo Xi smiled and nodded. She could tell that Kan Er was a foodie. His young master looked pale, so he probably didn't like to eat well. It seemed that Kan Er said last time that this young master had a bad appetite.
When they got on the boat, Huo Xi didn't need to introduce him. The noble young master picked up the bird's nest himself.
Look at this familiarity. People eat bird's nests as food, and she, an ignorant little fisherman, introduces them?
Huo Xi only looked at the spices.
Yang Fu looked at Fanren's cotton fabrics, while Huo Nian looked around on the boat to see the excitement.