"Mom, can you embroider?" Huo Xi asked. Only then did she realize that she still lacked a pretense.
You can't just rely on shouting every day. When opening a shop, the appearance is very important and it must be conspicuous.
Mrs. Yang smiled sheepishly: "My mother is a little bit simple, but if you want to make a show, my craftsmanship is not good. How about we collect cloth next time and ask Aunt Zhao to help?"
Huo Xi nodded: "That's okay. Mother, please leave a piece of cotton for Nian'er and my family to make linings, another piece of kudzu for the door curtain, and two pieces of fine linen for my family to make clothes. We'll bring the rest.
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Yang nodded and said: "I'll use fine linen to make your clothes for you and Fu'er. Your father and I will just use kudzu. Kudzu is durable. You and Fu'er have to go to the city often, so wear better clothes. We can't do that either."
It’s too despising. How about using those two pieces of cotton and linen to make it for you two?”
Huo Xi quickly said: "Mom, fine linen is good."
"That's ok. Then go cut the door curtain first."
After the family made up their mind to build a floating grocery store, Huo Xi asked Huo Erhuai to row in the waters that everyone usually went to. He had to test the market's reaction.
So Yang Fu stood on the bow of the boat with his legs crossed and patrolled all the way. Whenever he saw a fishing boat, he asked Huo Erhuai to paddle across.
"Shipman, do you need rice, vegetables, and cloth for daily use?"
The boatman was stunned when he saw such a big boat rowing towards him. After hearing the question, he was stunned for a few breaths: "What's wrong? Can you help me buy it?"
"No, we have it on the boat. We are a floating sundries shop. It is mainly for the convenience of our fishermen friends and saves everyone the labor and time of going to the city. Moreover, it is cheaper for you to purchase them in a centralized way than for you to buy them piecemeal in the city.
" Huo Xi explained.
"Oh? Floating sundries shop? That's strange. What do you have? I bought it from you because it was cheap."
Huo Erhuai was overjoyed and hurriedly pulled the boat over.
"We have cloth, cotton, linen, kudzu, and linen. We have vegetables, eggs, salted duck eggs, rice, and grains. That's all for now, and there will be more in the future. If you need anything, uncle, you can tell us, and we can stock up on more."
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The man glanced at Huo Xi and felt that the child was really smart in talking.
"Bring me the vegetable kudzu and take a look."
When Yang Fu heard this, he and Yang took out the cloth and vegetables.
Seeing that it was really cheaper than what was sold in the city, the man ordered a piece of kudzu, a handful of green vegetables, four eggs, and four salted duck eggs.
Kuzu received him for 1 cent and 5 cents, and finally sold him 1 cent for 6 cents. Eggs were three cents each, duck eggs were two cents each, and vegetables were one cent.
Both parties are very satisfied.
"How do I usually look for you?"
When Yang Fu and Huo Xi heard this, they were delighted: "We were all on the river during the day, and we stopped at Taoye Ferry after sunset."
"Okay, I understand. If I need you, I'll go find you."
"Thank you!"
Seeing him rowing away in the awning boat, Yang held the copper plate and was so excited that he counted it several times and wanted to count it again.
"Dad, is this considered open? Can we really do this business?"
Huo Erhuai was also very excited and nodded: "You can do it if you can!"
Just change hands, not only make a profit from vegetables, but also make ten cents from selling a whole bolt of cloth. If you sell one bolt a day, you will have a steady income of three cents a month. If you sell other items, how much will it cost?
That's great. Huo Erhuai's hand in shaking the oar was very fast and he was full of energy. Even if Yang Fu and Yang Shi wanted to replace him, he wouldn't let him.
Along the way, the family shouted at each fisherman that cloth was cheap, and almost every family bought it. Some bought a few and a half pieces of kudzu, and some bought a piece of kudzu, which was dozens of cents cheaper than buying it in the city.
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I'm afraid I won't be able to meet the Huo family's boat next time. There are so many waterways on the river, where can I find it?
Yang happily cut cloth, her hands shaking with excitement at first, but later she was able to hold the scissors steadily while chatting with people.
In just over an hour, seven or eight pieces of cloth were sold. Most of the vegetables were sold, and there were not many chickens, ducks, and eggs left. There were only half of two large pumpkins left.
Encountering many people who wanted to buy cloth but couldn't afford so much money at once, Huo Xi collected their fish and shrimps and bartered them.
Therefore, in just one and a half hours, although there was no fishing at home, the water tank at the stern of the boat was filled with half of the tank's fish.
Before sunset, fishermen who went out to farther waters began to return to the inland river.
Huo Erhuai rowed the boat over again and shouted. With this shout, in addition to the cloth for door curtains, the house was emptied of the cotton cloth left for Huo Nian and his family to make linings.
In half a day, twenty-three pieces of cloth were sold!
Not to mention, all the vegetables, rice, beans, chickens and duck eggs they bought were sold out. Even the grain they went to the village to stock up on the day after the heavy rain for their own consumption was sold out.
Yang looked at the empty bilge and couldn't believe it!
He came closer to Huo Erhuai and said, "Dad, please pinch me."
Huo Erhuai smiled and glanced at her: "I'm not stupid. If I pinch you, you'll have to pinch me back later. You read that right, everything we bought today has been sold out, and we got a box of fish.
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Huo Xi and Yang Fu covered their mouths and laughed.
Darling, this business can really be done! It only took half a day. There are still many people who want to buy cloth but have not done so. There are also other things that the fishermen want, but they have not prepared them. Otherwise, they can make more money.
Today I took out five taels of silver at Zhao's house, and my flesh still hurt. In just half a day, I got back five taels of silver, and another ten cents! There was also a tank of fish!
I counted it several times and found it was five taels and ten cents!
Huo Xi laughed and said, "Mom, this is our first time, so everyone is greedy for novelty, and seeing that cloth is cheap, they buy more. This cloth is wearable, and we may not be able to sell so much cloth in one day next time."
Yang happily counted the coins and didn't care at all: "What's the matter? There are many people making a living on our rivers. We need to prepare more goods tomorrow and go to the city to buy other things."
Huo Xi nodded. Yang was eager to make money, and so was she. She and Yang went to the cabin to take inventory and register the supplies they would buy in the city tomorrow.
"Xi'er, why did you buy these mung beans, soybeans and peas? You bought so many of them?"
Huo Xi then remembered the beans she bought last time: "I plan to grow some bean sprouts on the boat. I was worried that we wouldn't be able to get vegetables for a while. I want to grow some bean sprouts and bean sprouts, either to eat by myself or to sell them."
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Yang looked at Huo Xi, how could this child think so long-term? He happily stepped forward and rubbed her, and then glared at Yang Fu. Really, you have to compare things with others.
Yang Fu is confused. Does his sister want to hit him again? She thinks he didn't yell hard enough just now?
"Sister, I'll shout harder next time."
Without seeing it, Yang looked at Huo Xi with a smile: "Xi'er is thoughtful. These beans are not valuable. When the sprouts sprout, we can sell them cheaper. It's not easy for everyone to make a living on the water."
Huo Xi nodded. If you don't want to sell it then, you might as well make it as a topping. You can also plant some chives and make a topping. The fishermen can also remove the fishy smell when they eat fish. Maybe it can also help bring in some business.
"Xi'er, how should we plant it and where should we put it?" Yang Fu asked. He had not planted vegetables yet. He rubbed his hands in anticipation.
"Put it in your cabin, where else can you put it." Yang glared at him.
"Ah?" I haven't slept alone in my cabin yet. Yesterday, Xiaoxia Qian came to squeeze in all night. Will I squeeze in with the sprouts in the future?
"Mom, I'm small and can't take up much space. Just put it over here with me."
When Yang Fu heard this, he said, "Then let me go."
Finally, Yang made the decision and put it in Yang Fu's cabin.
"Then your father and I will buy some baskets tomorrow when we go to collect cloth and vegetables, and then we will dig some soil on the shore." Yang was very happy.
Now the family has a big boat, which is like a mobile house. If you can grow vegetables, then it will be no different from living on the shore, right? Yang's eyes are full of joy and expectation.