"Why are you secretly looking at me?" Huo Xi asked him.
Wu Chengye pursed his lips and did not answer.
Seeing that he avoided her gaze and did not dare to look at her, Huo Xi stopped asking further questions.
Just as I was about to turn around, I heard him say again: "My mother, I'm thinking of you."
Huo Xi nodded: "Okay, I will go see her after I finish my work."
After finishing their work, Yang Fu returned to the boat. Huo Xi spoke to Li Yu and left the shop to go to the small courtyard where the wet nurse lived. Wu Chengye followed her.
Huo Xi turned her head and glanced at him, not caring.
After walking for a while, I heard him say from behind: "I know who you are."
Huo Xi was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at him. Seeing that he was avoiding her eyes again, she couldn't help but smile, "Who am I?"
Wu Chengye pursed his lips again.
The two were walking in tandem. Then they heard Wu Chengye whisper: "I won't tell anyone."
Huo Xi turned her head and glanced at him, raised the corner of her mouth, took two steps, and said casually, "You won't even tell your father?"
Wu Chengye was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "Don't tell me. Don't tell anyone."
He understood what his mother meant. She asked him to keep it secret and said that he was not her. But he knew that he was her.
His mother lied to him, but he doesn't blame her. He won't tell anyone, not even his father.
Wu Chengye thought, and secretly looked at Huo Xi's back. He might as well be seen by Huo Xi when he turned around.
She smiled at him and said, "You really didn't even tell your father?"
"Well, I won't tell you." Wu Chengye nodded solemnly.
She is the younger sister. She played with him when he was a child, showed him such a big mansion, fed him all kinds of delicious food, and gave him so many fun things... Not long ago, she wanted him out of the stepmother's house.
, sent to my mother.
It's my sister.
Huo Xi smiled and glanced at the shop selling candies nearby: "Do you still like to eat candies?"
Wu Chengye followed her gaze and nodded blankly: "I like it." He always liked her.
Huo Xi then entered the shop, picked out various candies, and stuffed a large handful into his arms. Wu Chengye continued blankly, looked at her, and also laughed.
When the two of them walked to the small courtyard, the nanny and Ma Ma had not come back yet, so they sat together on the door post of the courtyard and ate sweets.
You peel one for me, and I'll peel one for you. The two of them ate happily without saying anything. They both felt that today's candies were particularly sweet.
When the wet nurse returned to the courtyard, she was very surprised to see Huo Xi. She was stunned when she saw her sitting with Cheng Ye again.
Seeing a lot of candy wrappers on the ground next to the two of them, their mouths were bulging, and their eyes suddenly turned red.
He turned his back and wiped his tears.
Mother Ma glanced at Huo Xi, smiled and nodded at her.
"Nanny, Nanny, come and take a look. This is the box Aunt Lou asked me to bring you. Does it look good?"
Mother Ma came over, picked it up, held it carefully, and nodded: "It looks good. Her craftsmanship is still there. The things she makes are more spiritual."
After reading it, she took the letter written by Lou Qingyao to her and walked aside to read the letter.
The nanny looked at it for a few times and then put it down. She held Huo Xi's hand and kept looking at her and then at Chengye from time to time, with a smile on her face.
Huo Xi stayed in the small courtyard for one night. When she woke up the next day, she and her nanny had breakfast and went to the shop. She took Li Yu with her and boarded her own boat to the outer port.
This was the first time that Li Yu came out and saw Huo Erhuai and Bao Xia paddling around the ship. He was still a little confused until Huo Xi shouted to the other merchant ship. He was stunned.
"Xi'er, did you learn these words from your uncle?"
Huo Xi couldn't avoid it and couldn't help but nod.
Li Yu admired him deeply. He had also heard what Li Dianshou said, but it didn't seem to be as smooth as what Xi'er said. Could it be that children really have a better talent for learning languages?
Yi'er is three years old now, do you want him to learn something?
Just as they were thinking about it, they saw a small boat being hoisted off the boat, and a small boat was also hoisted off from a boat not far away. The two boats were rowing towards them at the same time.
And there were archers on the two large ships, facing them.
Li Yu only felt a little weak in his legs. He looked at Huo Xi, who looked calm, and then looked at Yang Fu, Huo Erhuai and others, who were also very calm, so he straightened up.
Fanren, who had done business with Huo Xi earlier, got on the boat first, greeted Huo Xi warmly, and sat cross-legged on the deck to have tea and snacks with Huo Xi.
After a while, two people from another small boat also boarded the boat, and everyone moved to the cabin to sit.
Bao Xia rowed the boat away from the nearby waters. Huo Erhuai and Bao Kang lowered their fishing nets. Many boats approached them, including domestic merchant ships and patrol boats from the Municipal Shipping Department.
I just saw them fishing and walked away.
In the cabin, the merchant introduced by the merchant earlier was very satisfied with the goods Huo Xi brought.
In addition to being determined to get the sugar in Huo Xi's hand, he was also very satisfied with the satin, porcelain and other items she brought. He was even more satisfied with the handicrafts, box decorations, various fans, and velvet flowers.
Take those fans and play with them carefully. Bargain with Huo Xi.
Other fans, including bamboo fans, paper fans, feather fans, and silk fans, cost Huo Xi four taels of silver directly, but the bamboo silk fans cost Huo Xi five taels of silver.
Bamboo silk fans are difficult to make and take a long time to make. You can't even make one in a month.
The bamboo silk is as thin as silk, and it takes more than half a month to split the bamboo silk. Then these bamboo silk, as thin as silk, are put together into various patterns and made into various styles, making it as bright as cloud brocade and as thin as
Like cicada wings.
It is better to say it is a fan than a beautiful handicraft.
A Japanese fan sold for a high price of 300 taels of silver in the Wei Dynasty. In our dynasty, if we buy such artistic treasures, they can be collected as treasures. Selling them for 5 taels of silver is not expensive at all.
It’s hot in Nanyang. This fan can fan the wind, play with it, and collect it. In terms of workmanship and fineness, is it no better than that Japanese fan?
Several fans couldn't put down the bamboo silk fans, and they all rushed to get them. Finally, the new fan merchant took a box full of pearls and exchanged them with Huo Xi for ten bamboo silk fans in her hand.
Li Yu clicked his tongue when he saw it.
It seems that when I go to the countryside to receive goods in the future, I still need to find out if there are any local folk craftsmen, such as fan makers, mother-of-pearl craftsmen, etc., so as to find some high-quality goods so that I can exchange them with other people for their good goods.
These people seemed to like the handicrafts from our court very much. Li Yu sat aside and thought.
In the end, Baitang didn't counter-offer, just like the earlier Fanshang, thirty liang and one stone. Li Yu was stunned again.
Unexpectedly, the goods Xi'er brought contained such things as sugar.
His eyes widened, and when he saw the dealers trying the sugar, he wanted to try it too. He had many questions to ask, but he held back.
Once the price has been negotiated, it’s time to look at the other party’s goods.
This time Li Yu started to pick out a lot, including spices, fragrances, jewelry and jade, various ornaments, glazed tortoise shell products, exotic tea cups and wine glasses, incense tubes and wine trays, glass mirrors, and various woods such as ebony, ironwood, and sandalwood.
I also bought a lot of wood, various fabrics, and muslin.
Every two or three kilograms of ambergris, Huo Xi did not hesitate to spend money this time and bought more than ten kilograms.
Two hundred stones of sugar, plus the goods bought for five thousand taels, the value of the goods in exchange for this barter exceeded ten thousand taels of silver.
After exchanging the goods, Huo Xi led the three ships back to the port with her heart in mind.