When the two old couples heard that Huo Xi said they wanted everything, they looked at each other and patted their thighs: "Okay, I'll sell them all to you." Three cents and two pounds is not higher than others, but it's better than not being able to sell it to a picker.
good.
Huo Xi saw them hurriedly weighing the weight. Two baskets of oranges weighed sixty-two pounds. The two of them calculated for a long time but couldn't figure it out.
Huo Xi said the total was ninety-three yuan. They also asked someone to help them calculate it together.
When they figured it out, it was indeed ninety-three yuan, and the two old couples praised Huo Xi again and again.
Huo Xi took out a hundred copper coins and handed them to them, saying, "I can't pick it up. Can you help me pick it up to the ferry in the outer city?"
"If you can, why can't you!"
The two took the copper plate and counted it again and again. The old woman happily put the copper plate into her arms. When the old man saw that she had collected the money, he happily picked up the pole and hung the basket rope on both ends of the pole.
"Little baby, go ahead and lead the way."
As the old woman spoke, she followed behind to protect the basket, fearing that one or two would fall out. The old man happily followed Huo Xi with the basket, walking briskly to the outer city ferry without feeling tired at all.
His son and daughter-in-law also told them not to waste time picking things into the city. If no one wanted anything, they would have to work hard to pick it back in the end.
However, if you don’t pick it up and try it out, how do you know it won’t sell? Doesn’t this mean it’s sold?
The two old men walked briskly carrying coins.
When Huo Xi arrived at the ferry in the outer city, Yang Fu and Huo Erhuai were already on the boat. Worried about the cloth at home, and also worried about Huo Xi who was alone in the outer city, he sold the fish early. When he came back to see her, he hadn't returned yet, so he was still ready.
Go find her.
When I saw Huo Xi leading an old couple back with a load of oranges, I was so dumbfounded that I couldn't recover for a long time.
How can Xi'er buy a load of oranges? The family hasn't eaten fruit for a few days, and Nian'er can eat complementary food, but Nian'er can't eat these oranges, right? Or is it that these oranges can remove mold spots?
Since there were outsiders around, it was not easy to ask questions, so Huo Erhuai and others just helped carry the oranges onto the boat and freed up the baskets for the old couple.
Before the old couple left, Huo Xi thought of the usefulness of citric acid and the abundance of cloth, so she said to them: "Uncle, grandma, do you still have oranges like this at home?"
Ah? "You still want it?"
"Yes. Do you still have it?"
"Yes, why not? There are a lot of buds on the trees. Every year they rot on the trees and fall on the ground to be used as flower fertilizer." When the two elders heard that she wanted more, they nodded repeatedly and couldn't stop smiling.
live.
"Little baby, do you really want it?" The old woman said and looked at Yang and Huo Erhuai. Seeing that they both didn't express their opinions, they both looked at the youngest baby, feeling surprised in her heart.
Seeing Huo Xi nodding, she said happily: "Okay, I still have some at home, then we can bring them to you tomorrow? Send them here?"
Huo Xi nodded: "Chenchu, we are waiting for you here. Pick up two loads a day, including the green ones. By the way, if you are willing to help peel the skin and bring only the pulp, I will give you twenty-five dollars more per load.
Wen’s wages.”
"Ah? Peel off the skin?" Although the skin has been peeled off and the weight has been lost, there is still an extra twenty-five cents per load.
The two of them immediately agreed: "Okay, that's easy and doesn't take much effort. The kids at home can make it. Tomorrow we will just pick out the pulp!"
The family must have several hundred kilograms! How much can it be sold for? The two of them couldn't close their mouths and walked in a hurry, rushing home to pick oranges.
Seeing the two people carrying the empty basket walking away briskly, Yang Shi, Huo Erhuai and Yang Fu all looked at Huo Xi.
"Mom and Dad, I have some use for these oranges. I need to refine them into something that I can use to wash those cloths."
Use oranges? "Can it be washed clean?"
Huo Xi thought for a while: "It should be possible, but we still have to see how effective it is."
"Okay, tell me what to do, and my parents will help you."
"Okay. Dad, have you bought the basin?"
"I bought three. You go in and see if you can use them. If you don't use them, dad will buy them again."
Huo Xi went into the cabin to take a look and saw three large basins stacked together and fixed vertically on the wall of the ship. She stepped forward and compared them. They were half her height. They should be usable.
Silk is expensive and cannot be soaked for a long time. It is impossible to soak dozens of pieces of cloth at once. There is no such condition. Soaking three pieces at the same time is enough for her and Yang to take turns to wash them.
When he came out, he said to Mr. Yang: "Mother, please boil some water for me. Don't boil it. If it starts to bubble, remove it from the fire."
"OK."
Just as Yang was about to leave, Huo Xi stopped her again and gave each of them a Huangyan tangerine: "Try them all, five cents each."
"What? Five cents a piece?"
Didn’t you hear it wrong? These precious oranges cost five cents each? Five cents per catty, right? Put it in the palm of your hand and look at it. It’s half a palm in size. Then you weigh it again. I’m afraid only four or five can weigh a catty.
, wouldn’t that be the same price as meat?
Hiss! It’s too precious. Yang and Huo Erhuai looked at each other and couldn’t eat the precious oranges in their hands.
"Mom, it's a rare occasion to eat this. I didn't buy much, only twenty. Let's try them all."
Only bought twenty? Then it didn't cost a penny? Huo Erhuai didn't even get that much money from selling fish today.
It hurts even more.
Yang Fu quickly cut open the skin and threw a piece of it in his mouth: "I bought everything..." He paused. After chewing carefully, his eyes lit up: "It's delicious! It's so sweet! Sister!
,Brother-in-law, try it quickly! It’s so sweet!”
Darling, no wonder it costs five cents a piece.
Yang swallowed and put the orange into her arms: "Let you and Xi'er eat it."
Huo Xi took out another one, cut it open quickly, and divided half of it between her and Huo Erhuai: "Father, mother, you guys eat it. It's delicious. I only eat it once a year. We can make money later."
Okay, let’s buy more to eat.”
Yang stuffed one in her mouth, but couldn't spit it out, so she chewed it carefully. It was really sweet, no wonder it cost five cents a piece.
"Xi'er, what about these?" Yang Fu pointed at another kind of orange in Xi'er's basket.
"What kind of Yingzhou mandarin oranges are they? They are delicious and only cost fifteen cents a pound. I bought five pounds and went back to Taoye Ferry in the evening to share a share with everyone. These days, thanks to them taking care of our business,
He bought us dozens of jars of wine, dozens of pieces of cloth, daily vegetables, oil, salt, and tung oil. He also bought us business."
Yang and Huo Erhuai nodded repeatedly after hearing this, saying that Huo Xi was thoughtful.
Yang Fu held the basket and felt a little distressed when he looked at the oranges inside. Normally, his sister and brother-in-law would not be willing to buy so many fruits and eat them at home.
Huo Xi whispered to him: "If you give up, you will gain. When doing business, you have to be willing to give up small profits, so that you can have big profits in your pocket. In the past, when we went to the city to sell crabs, we didn't give benefits to the boys, but others could give us
Go call the steward?"
Yang Fu was relieved when he heard this, and he took the basket and planned to put it away.
Then he saw the soap in the basket and took out one: "Xi'er, this is the spicy rice! Why are you buying so many spicy rice?" I felt distressed again.
Huo Xi nodded: "Yeah, it's also used to wash fabrics."
"so much?"
Huo Xi rolled her eyes at him: "You don't even look at how much cloth we have."
Yang Fu thought about it, yes, there were dozens of them. He took the things and put them away.
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