Early the next morning, Huo Xi and Yang Fu accompanied Huo Erhuai to pick up a load of fish and shrimp to the fish market in the outer city.
The fish market street was very lively in the morning. Seeing the Huo family coming, the fish vendors quickly vacated a stall for them.
The family thanked everyone and started setting up a stall to do business.
Yang Fu shouted, Huo Xi helped Huo Erhuai with some help.
Their family has already accumulated a group of loyal customers at the fish market. In just a short time, the fish and shrimp they bartered yesterday were sold out, earning a total of more than 300 copper coins.
After cleaning up the stall, the family went out.
It was planned to divide the troops into two groups, with Huo Xi and Yang Fu purchasing supplies in the city, while Huo Erhuai and Yang would go to the village to collect cloth, vegetables, chickens, ducks, and eggs.
"Dad, ask your mother to look around the village. In addition to rice grains, if there are rice wine, rice wine, soy sauce, vinegar, pickles, bacon, and baskets brewed by the villagers, buy some. Then ask the Zhao family for some green onions and garlic, and ask Aunt Zhao to
Don’t forget to help embroider the embroidery."
"Hey, Dad remembers it. You and Fu'er should be more careful in the city and don't get into conflicts with others."
"Got it." Huo Xi and Yang Fu responded, watching him leave in a hurry with his empty load.
"Xi'er, where are we going?"
"Let's go into the inner city. First look at the cloth, then the sundries, and compare the prices with those in the outer city."
"OK!"
The two disguised themselves and entered the inner city.
There are silk and satin shops and cloth shops that sell cloth in the inner city. The silk and satin shops deal in mid- to upper-grade cloths such as high-end satin, silk, and silk yarn. The cloth shops deal in mid- to low-grade cloths, mainly cotton, linen, and other fabrics.
Most of the customers of the cloth shop are ordinary people and cloth merchants. The prices are low, but the sales volume is large.
The two of them mainly went to cloth shops along the way, but when they saw silk and satin shops, they also went in to inquire about it. Although some shops were not very friendly to them, they also visited many of them and learned about the prices of various cloths.
Then I went into various grocery stores to see what they sold and what the fishermen needed.
This shopping lasted until noon, and their stomachs were growling with hunger. The two of them found a noodle shop on the street, sat down and ordered two bowls of Yangchun noodles, one plain noodles, and one bowl of salmon noodles. They couldn't bear to order meat noodles.
While eating, Huo Xi suddenly saw a familiar figure.
He hurriedly poked Yang Fu: "Uncle, eat quickly!"
When Yang Fu saw her speeding up, even though he was puzzled, he followed suit and wolfed down the food.
The two finished eating quickly, and Huo Xi hurriedly pulled Yang Fu and quietly followed the man.
Upstairs in Yingxian Building, Mu Yan had finished his morning class and was taking Mu Li Mukan to the restaurant for lunch. Two sneaky figures caught his eye.
Little liar! You sold someone else two taels, and he sold him three taels! You made him five taels of silver in vain! He ran away after making money, and didn’t even come out to sell bald butter. It made him think about it for so many days!
Mu Yan bit his molars.
"Walk."
Huh? The food hasn’t been served yet! Mu Li Mukan looked at each other.
In the Jinxiu Silk Shop, Wu Youcai was asking shopkeeper Wang to show him the account book.
Shopkeeper Wang was dissatisfied. This guy came here every once in a while, not to check the accounts, but just to show off. Although he was dissatisfied, there was nothing he could do about it. He was Mrs. Hou's natal brother. He couldn't afford to offend her.
Wu Youcai pretended to flip through the account book: "Well, the account book has been done well, and I will continue to do it in the future. If you do a good job, I will say a few more good words for you in front of my sister, and you will have a bright future."
"Yes, thank you very much, Mr. Wu."
Wu Youcai closed the account book: "I see there is still a lot of silver in the account. It may not be safe to put so much silver in the store. Bring me five hundred taels and I will save it for you first."
Shopkeeper Wang took a breath.
He gritted his teeth with hatred in his heart, and said with a flattering smile on his face: "Master Wu, the cash in the shop is used to purchase goods."
"You can ask me for the goods again. Besides, I haven't finished taking them. Isn't there still more in the account? Look at this shop, there are cloths everywhere, and they are expensive cloths. If you accidentally catch fire, you will still get them.
What kind of loss can you take responsibility for? It doesn’t matter if the cloth is damaged, and even the banknotes and money are gone, how can you explain it to my sister? Bring it and I will save it for you first."
Thank you for being so considerate.
Does the bank store look good when it is open? I don’t want to deposit money in the bank bank, so you can save it for me!
Can dogs help save meat buns? Shopkeeper Wang kept complaining. But he dared not speak out when he was angry. At Wu Youcai's urging, he took five hundred taels of silver notes and handed them to him.
Wu Youcai happily put it into the purse on his waist and patted Shopkeeper Wang on the shoulder: "Okay, do your job well and don't let down my sister's promotion."
"Yes, yes, Master Wu, go slowly." Shopkeeper Wang's heart was bleeding, but he still had a flattering smile on his face.
Wu Youcai was very satisfied with his attitude. He waved his hand casually and walked out. He thought about it at the door, should he go to Wanhua Building or the gambling house?
I looked at the sun. It was a clear day and the Wanhua Building was not open. The girls were probably sleeping. It was better to go to the gambling house. Maybe five hundred taels could become five thousand taels.
Wu Youcai walked out of the shop with his hands behind his back.
The two waiters sighed behind him: "They must have gambled with their money again. Shopkeeper, that's five hundred taels!"
Shopkeeper Wang glanced at the two waiters: "What can we do? Don't give it to him? Mrs. Hou asked him to run the shop. If he wants money, can you give it to him?"
After yelling, he got angry and yelled: "If you don't work, you'll be growing mushrooms at the door!"
The two young men shrank their shoulders and hurriedly turned around and entered the shop.
Huo Ximao was outside the shop and heard that Wu Youcai had taken five hundred taels of silver from the shop. He looked up at the plaque of Jinxiufang and gritted his teeth with hatred.
This was her mother's dowry shop! Now it has become a tool for Wu and her family to make money!
Huo Xi clenched her hands tightly, and her chest was heaving.
Staring at Wu Youcai's back with hatred in his eyes, he gritted his teeth and said to Yang Fu: "Let's go, let's follow!"
As soon as Huo Xi moved, Yang Fu followed quickly.
The two of them pretended to be alright and followed Wu Youcai, neither far nor near.
It wasn't until Wu Youcai stopped in front of a stall, holding something and turning it over and over, that he obviously liked it. Huo Xi suddenly rushed forward, took advantage of Wu Youcai's unpreparedness, pulled off the purse from Wu Youcai's waist, and ran away.
Yang Fu was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly ran after him!
It's just that my head didn't keep up with the pace, and I was confused and confused.
"You little thief! How dare you steal Master Wu's wallet!" Wu Youcai reacted quickly and hurriedly chased after him.
Mu Yan and Mu Li Mukan behind him were both stunned, their eyes almost dropped.
What kind of ridiculous operation is this! This little liar no longer sells bald butter, but has become a thief?
Is the little lady of the Zhang family having a hard time with her life? Has everything ended up like this? No wonder I can’t find her even if I try to buy bald butter from her these days. Is she looking for opportunities everywhere?
Tsk tsk, it’s so miserable. A daughter-in-law of the Hou family actually turned into a thief just to make a living!
Huo Xi tore off Wu Youcai's purse, put it in his arms while running, turned left and right, and shuttled through the crowd.
"Stop! If you dare to steal my money, I can't beat you to death!" Wu Youcai stood up and chased after him. There were five hundred taels, which was enough for him to play several rounds.
"Xi'er, run!" Yang Fumu came to his senses, grabbed Huo Xi's hand and ran forward.
"Enter the alley!" Relying on his familiarity with the topography of the capital, Huo Xi directed Yang Fu to run into an alley.