Huo Xi and Yang Fu took Huo Nian to the inner city and visited the area around Confucius Temple.
Even though it was not his first time here, even though he was kicked by a rich young man in this area, Huo Nian didn't have any psychological shadow and enjoyed the shopping.
Even if his little feet were tired from walking, he had to continue shopping if his uncle had to carry him on his back. After eating all kinds of snacks, Huo Xi and Yang Fu helped him carry some.
"Let's go to the ferry and take a cruise. You see, uncle is tired. He said he was going to go shopping with you, but he just carried you on his back." Huo Xi glared at him.
Huo Nian slid off Yang Fu's back and beat Yang Fu's back with his little hands: "Uncle, Nian'er will give you a good beating. If you beat, you won't be tired anymore." Seeing that his uncle was tired, Pi Xiaozi had a flattering expression on his face.
laugh.
Yang Fu touched his head: "Uncle, you're not tired. Let's go, uncle will take you on a cruise."
"Okay! Can we buy some more food to eat on the cruise ship?"
"You haven't eaten enough? Look at your belly, can you still hold it?" Huo Xi pointed at his belly and disagreed.
"But, isn't taking a cruise just to see the scenery and have tea and snacks along the way? Everyone is like that." Pi Xiaozi blinked and looked at her straightly.
"Can you still eat it?"
"Let's buy some drinks, something that won't take up our stomach, okay?"
Before Huo Xi opened her mouth, Yang Fu agreed: "Okay, let's go, uncle will take you to buy it."
Pi Xiaozi happily took his uncle's hand and walked two steps. He was afraid that his sister would be angry and looked back at her: "Sister, we don't want to buy too much. If you can't finish eating, you can take it back to your parents, okay?"
What could Huo Xi say? She rolled her eyes at him and followed them.
After a while, the three of them carried a lot of food and walked to the ferry to look for the cruise ship.
There were quite a few people waiting to take the cruise ship. They queued at the back of the queue and waited for half a stick of incense before finally waiting for a small cruise ship. The three of them didn't want to share the boat with others, so they just paid five taels of silver for it.
But Pi Xiaozi was so happy. After getting on the boat, he put the food and drink in his arms on the square table in the middle, sat on the stool on the boat, and looked at the scenery on both sides while holding on to the edge of the boat.
He also squinted his eyes and blew in the river breeze, looking like he was enjoying himself.
It is worthy of being called "Ten miles of Qinhuai River, land of golden powder in the Six Dynasties". There are many shops on both sides of the Qinhuai River, where wealthy businessmen gather, and there are all kinds of pavilions and water houses, and the smoke and willows are prosperous.
"Sister, there are people dancing and singing inside!" Huo Nian pointed to the water house on the shore with her little finger.
Oh, yes, there are many flowery buildings on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
Huo Xi shook her head and said to him: "Don't look around."
Be careful if you see things that are not suitable for children, as they can easily cause corns.
"Why can't you look everywhere?" Pi Xiaozi is at the age when he has a strong desire to explore, but Huo Xi doesn't want to share this with him yet.
Yang Fu glanced at Huo Xi, and when he saw Huo Nian looking at him, he didn't know how to explain it. The boatman rocking the boat laughed loudly and said, "Young master, your brother is afraid that you will see something you shouldn't see."
"What shouldn't be seen?"
"If you see it, you have to spend money there. If you spend less, it won't work. Your brother is afraid that you will lose all the family wealth. Hahaha." The boatman was a talkative and teased Huo Nian.
There are not many boatmen on this inland river who are stupid. They are used to looking at the faces of their guests, and they do everything for the sake of the guests' rewards, singing and joking.
"I don't have money, so I won't go in and spend money. I want to save money to buy a field to grow food."
"Young master, this is a good ambition." The boatman laughed.
Huo Nian saw that he was interesting, could tell stories, sing barcarolles, and was very familiar with the buildings on both sides. He was very interested. When he got to the stern of the boat, he talked to him, and he kept asking questions with his small mouth.
Huo Xi also listened and saw that the boatman told some interesting stories, so he listened with great interest.
There are pleasure boats in the river coming and going from time to time, passing by.
A large and gorgeously decorated flower boat passed by them, causing Huo Xi and the other three to turn their heads to look.
Seeing this, Huo Xi hurriedly shrank back into the cabin and glanced worriedly at Huo Nian.
Aren't those Wu Youcai and Miao Sijiu? How come these two people got together?
Thinking about it, Nian'er has grown up in the past five years. If her sister and her brother didn't tell them, no one would recognize them. So they poked their heads openly to take a look.
Seeing that there were several people on the boat, there were many flower girls and dancers, and they all seemed to follow Wu Youcai. Huo Xi saw that he was dressed richly, holding the flower girls on the left and right, listening to the drums and music, and laughing when he was played with sticks.
Lean forward and close behind.
"Shipman, follow me. You will be rewarded with silver soon." Huo Xi ordered.
"Okay." The boatman just thought she was curious and wanted to watch the excitement. He rowed hard and followed closely behind the flower boat.
Yang Fu and Huo Nian only thought that she wanted to watch the fun, so they turned to look at the flower boat.
But Yang Fu followed her gaze and recognized Wu Youcai.
He had detained a basketful of money from him and robbed him of five hundred taels of silver. He had never forgotten this. In all these years, this was the only time he had detained a basketful of money from someone.
He hurriedly turned to look at Huo Xi, but he had not forgotten that Xi'er had said that this man was her enemy.
"Xi'er?"
"Shh." Huo Xi gestured to him, and Yang Fu stopped talking.
He only looked at the flower boat over there, and glanced at Huo Xi from time to time. Xi'er didn't know what idea he was holding back. But Xi'er's matter was his matter, and he would help Xi'er.
Wu Youcai got a fat job just because Mrs. Hou's sister entered the palace. He was pushed into the Shipping Department and got a position. That was a complacent job.
Every day, wealthy businessmen came to visit him, and even aristocrats from aristocratic families sent invitations to him to visit him, but he was merciless in accepting gifts.
Today, the owners of several shops invited him out for a drink. As soon as he sat on the flower boat, listened to the ditty, drank the wine, and the flower girl hugged him on both sides and waited on him, he was so docile and obedient. Wu Youcai just felt that his life was happy.
"Master Wu, I will have to rely on your support from now on."
"Haha, easy to talk about."
Huo Xi frowned when he heard this. Wu Youcai entered the Shipping Department? He couldn't even read a basket of Chinese characters, right? How did he get in?
Is Mrs. Wu really so powerful that she stuffed her brother in?
Now that the maritime ban has been lifted, the Shipping Department is afraid that all the gatekeepers are fat men, who will be so fat that people will fight for their heads. Generally speaking, the salaries of officials in the Wei Dynasty are not high, with the exception of the Shipping Department. Even if they are just idle jobs, everyone will pay them.
scramble.
This city's shipping department communicated with domestic and foreign merchants, and was in charge of overseas tributes and market transactions, distinguishing the authenticity of envoys' reports, banning foreign exchanges, expropriating private goods, and smoothing transactions. It had great power and plenty of oil and water.
When foreigners from overseas came to the Wei Dynasty, the goods they brought had to be selected by the Municipal Shipping Department. Only those goods that they could not choose were sent to the foreigners and allowed to engage in private trade in the Wei Dynasty.
And shipping companies often lower prices to make money from it. There are many ways to extract points, gain points, and buy money, but it is really a big deal.
How could Huo Xi be willing to see the Wu family live a happy life?
