Huo Xi heard Yang's question and looked at Zhao Sui hopefully.
Zhao Sui was silent at first, then shook his head.
The new emperor's iron-blooded methods and decrees have been issued and it is absolutely impossible to change them.
When Yang saw Zhao Sui shaking his head, he felt disappointed and anxious. After hearing the news, he just wanted to go back and discuss with Huo Erhuai what to do. She couldn't sit still.
Huo Xi saw this and hurriedly stabilized her.
Even though they are here, they haven't finished their work yet.
He asked Yang Fu to take out a few pieces of silk from the basket and said to Zhao Qian: "Aunt, this is the silk we collected in the city. The cloth is good, but it has some mold spots because it has been wet by the rain.
.We thought that since my aunt is good at embroidery, we might find a way to cut out the moldy spots or cover them with embroidery patterns, which might be of use."
When Mrs. Zhao Qian heard this, she was very interested and hurriedly got up and took it to take a look. Even Grandma Zhao put Huo Nian back into Mr. Yang's arms and came over to look at it together.
The mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law slowly spread out the silk. The silk was gorgeous and dazzling in front of their eyes. It was soft and silky in their hands. There is no woman who does not love silk. The surprise in the eyes of the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law could not stop.
Huo Zhong's business is engaged in the business of wealthy people. Not only is the quality of the silk and satin high-quality, but the dyed colors are also high-end and luxurious.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law couldn't put it down, and even Zhao Sui started to touch it.
"The mildew stains are not obvious." Zhao Qian searched for places with mildew stains on the cloth.
Huo Xi was secretly proud.
The citric acid she made was very effective. Although the mold stains on these pieces of silk cloth were a bit large, after being rubbed and washed with citric acid, the mold stains were no longer obvious.
But it is impossible to pretend not to see it and sell it as intact silk.
Then he said to them: "Although it is not obvious, it is stained. It cannot be sold as silk and satin. We can only cut out the moldy areas or cover them with embroidery. My mother and I both
If we don’t know how to embroider, we can’t wear silk now, and it will be useless in our hands. Grandma Zhao and Aunt Zhao will see if they want it.”
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at each other, then looked at Zhao Sui aside, nodded, yes.
Such good silk can be bought for embroidery, or cut out to make clothes for Zhao Sui. They can also make a silk cloth for themselves to wear, and make a few squares of silk and satin handkerchiefs for their own use.
Zhao Qian said happily: "Auntie, I won't be polite to you either. I have kept these pieces of silk at home. I just don't know the price?"
Huo Xi breathed a sigh of relief. Her family could stay, which saved her from having to think of ways to sell it.
She also thought about these silks, which she had collected at a cost of nearly two or three cents a piece, and how many spices, rice, salt, oranges, basins, firewood, etc. she had also spent a lot of money on.
It’s also all costs.
But if you sell it to the Zhao family, don't sell it for too high a price.
The family broke the news to them today, giving them time to prepare, and they also helped them a lot.
Then he said: "Auntie, you can give us three taels of silver per horse. If you still have cloth at home, you can give us some linen cloth."
"Three taels? The village sells raw silk, and one stone costs nearly two hundred taels." Three taels for a piece of silk? Zhao's mother-in-law and Zhao Sui were both a little unbelievable.
"The price of raw silk is not low, and the price of satin is even higher. But these are defective fabrics, and we only need to recover the cost."
Huo Xi added: "I usually take a lot of care from you, help us collect cloth, and sell us vegetables, chickens, ducks, and eggs. Now you have revealed such news to us. Our family is very grateful. These silks are not in our hands."
Use it. If Auntie and Grandma Zhao use it, please use it for us. It will also reduce the load on our ship."
When Zhao's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law heard this, they were very moved.
"Hey, how can this little mouth be so good at talking?" Grandma Zhao pulled Huo Xi to her and touched and rubbed him.
Seventy-eight taels, or more than a dozen taels of silk cloth. I usually only dared to peek at it, but now I can buy it for three taels? Although there are flaws, it is not a big problem. Just use the embroidery pattern to cover it up. If it can't be covered, it will be fine.
It's been cut.
Mrs. Zhao Qian kept her eyes on those pieces of silk and satin. She was busy thinking about embroidery patterns so that she could make two decent silk clothes for her eldest son.
When the time comes, she can also cut a few squares of silk handkerchiefs for her own use.
I couldn't help but feel so beautiful in my heart.
"Sanliang, did you lose money?"
"No. That's the price."
Both sides declined.
Huo Xi said: "We also want Grandma Zhao and Aunt Zhao to help us more in the future. This time when we went to the village, in addition to buying cloth, we also wanted to collect some clean meat from chickens and ducks. We want Grandma Zhao and Aunt Zhao to help us in the village.
Collect some and slaughter them."
Grandma Zhao slapped her thigh and said, "This is nothing. Three or two is all it takes. We appreciate your kindness. If you have anything to do in the future, just come to Qianjin Village to find me and you, Aunt Zhao."
Then he said to his daughter-in-law: "Hurry up and put the cloth in, take your Huo sister to collect the cloth, and I will take the two younger ones to collect the chickens and ducks."
Zhao Qian nodded, and together with Zhao Sui, they carried five pieces of silk into the weaving room.
Huo Xi followed her in and counted the cloth in her weaving room. There were twelve bolts of kudzu, worth one tael and eight coins.
I spent more than eight taels of silver to buy a kilo of new rice from the Zhao family, and also bought various miscellaneous grains, vegetables, chicken and duck eggs, chicken and duck meat, and received 11 taels of silver from the Zhao Qian family.
In the meantime, Zhao Liang and Zhao Ji's father and son came back and helped Zhao Sui kill chickens and ducks at home. Zhao Qian took Yang and Huo Nian to the village to collect cloth, while Huo Xi and Yang Fu followed Grandma Zhao to the village to collect chicken and duck meat.
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I originally wanted to buy more chicken and duck meat, make more at one time, and make dried duck with salted duck sauce, so that it can be sold when the weather gets colder.
But once the ship is shipped to transport grain, I'm afraid we won't be able to do more.
Thinking of waiting for the food to be shipped back before collecting the meat? But Huo Xi thought that since they were all here, and it was hard to transport food along the way, there wouldn't be much supplies along the way, and maybe they could sell some along the way.
It's good to save two bucks.
Grandma Zhao enthusiastically led Huo Xi and Yang Fu to the houses of people who raised a lot of chickens and ducks in the village. Chickens with feathers cost 13 cents per catty, and ducks with feathers cost 15 cents per catty. There are enough people who are willing to kill them.
sell to them.
In just half an hour, Yang Fu returned to Zhao's yard carrying a basket full of chicken and duck meat.
Yang also collected the cloth in the village, loaded it on the Zhao family's cart and transported it back.
After returning to Zhao's house, he loaded the Zhao family's cloth again, borrowed another cart from a neighbor, loaded it with grain and vegetables, and Zhao Liang and his son helped push the two carts to the river.
After thanking Zhao Liang and his son and seeing them off, the family rowed the boat away from Qianjin Village.
The whole family put their things away together, and Yang also told Huo Erhuai the news that their ship was going to be requisitioned.
Huo Erhuai was stunned when he heard this, and the movements of his men stopped.
"Is this news true? Our ship is going to be requisitioned? Heading north to Huai'an? Can't we pay for the requisition with silver?"
Yang was anxious in her heart and rolled her eyes at him: "How can such news be false! And it was said by the eldest son of the Zhao family in Hebosuo. How can it be false?"