Huo Xi was worried about Yang and Nian'er who were left behind, and thought about where to place them.
Hearing Huo Xi's question, Yang was a little puzzled: "How do you say this?"
"I'm a little worried about only leaving mother and Nian'er this time." Huo Xi was a little worried when they were left in the city, where there were so many people talking.
And should we find a place to rent a house now until next spring, or should we rent it briefly for a few days and then rent another place before it snows?
If Huo Erhuai didn't need to row the boat, she would have wanted to keep Huo Erhuai too. Huo Erhuai couldn't do it, so Huo Xi looked at Yang Fu again.
Yang Fu shrank back: "I'll go with you. I can change hands with my brother-in-law on the way."
Okay. Yang Fu wants to go too.
The food loaded this time is probably indispensable. It is really difficult for Huo Erhuai to row the boat alone. How about staying with Yang?
When Mrs. Yang saw Huo Xi looking at her, she said, "You go with your father. Mom can rest assured that you are here. Don't worry about mom. Mom can't take Nian'er by herself? You guys will be back in just a few days. What a big deal.
Mom just doesn’t have to go out."
Huo Xi thought for a while: "How about we rent a house in Qianjin Village first this time? With Aunt Zhao and the others watching, we can rest assured?"
Yang and Huo Erhuai looked at each other, their eyes darkening.
I am not familiar with the place, so I am worried about their mother and son. As far as familiarity is concerned, there is nothing more familiar than Yangjiazhuang and Huojiaba. However, after going to those two places, I probably won’t be able to be quiet even if I want to.
Mrs. Yang nodded: "Okay, let's go to Qianqian Village to rent a house for ten and a half months first. I can also talk to your Aunt Zhao, Grandma Zhao, and take care of each other. It's cheaper to rent a house in the village.
some."
The family discussed the matter of the house, then seasoned the chickens and ducks they bought today, marinated the ones that needed to be marinated, and dried the ones that needed to be dried. They tied hemp ropes in the cabin and hung them in the shade to dry.
It wasn't until the afterglow set that we rowed the boat towards Taoye Ferry.
Huo Erhuai first chose a river channel, lowered the net, lowered the shrimp and crab pots, and then rowed the boat back to Taoye Ferry.
On the way, I met fishing boats returning to port. I also collected some shrimps and crabs from them, and sold a few jars of wine, tung oil and other sundries.
Selling goods all the way back to Taoye Ferry. Not long after the boat was tied up, boats from various companies came back one after another, saying hello and asking about today's catch.
"Yang Fu, come and see! Today my brother and I rowed the boat to the mouth of the Yangtze River, and we caught several big fish! Each of them weighs seven or eight kilograms! Come and come and see! I will envy you!"
Yang Fu and Huo Xi were helping Yang make dinner at the bow of the boat, when Qian Xiaoxia's voice came from afar.
Mixed with the sound of the oar paddling in the water, there was a bit of excitement in the voice.
Yang Fu stood up, stood on the bow of the boat, and gave him a big white eye from a distance.
"What's that expression on your face? Are you not convinced? Come on, hold one of you in the water for a while and see who can hold it in for the longest!"
"Come on, come on!"
The two of them argued unconvincedly. Huo Xi rolled his eyes at them, looking childish. Then he glanced at Qian Xiaoxia with a smile, "You will cry later."
Just don’t say it.
It wasn't until Yang Fu took Qian Xiaoxia and several other children to hold their breath intermittently underwater for half an hour that Huo Xicai helped Yang set the meal and called Yang Fu up to eat.
At this time, the fishermen from Taoyedu came back one after another, and they all took advantage of the last light to make dinner.
Huo Xi sat cross-legged on the bow of her boat, holding green vegetables in a wooden dish on the small square table. While drinking fish soup, she said to Yang Fu unintentionally: "Hey, our boat is about to be drafted.
I wonder if there is any place left to cook.”
At this time, each family was squatting on the bow of the boat to eat with bowls in their hands. While they were eating, they were watching the Huo family eating around the small square table and having some snacks. Their ears were all perked up.
Upon hearing Huo Xi's words, everyone was stunned.
"What, your ship is going to be drafted? Where?" someone asked.
After Qian Xiaoxia was stunned, he held the bowl and laughed: "Haha, Yang Fu, I see you are still proud, the boat has been requisitioned, you have to live in the wild. Although my boat is small, at least it has a nest.
Hahaha."
Yang Fu looked at him like a fool.
Huo Xi gave Yang Fu a piece of food with chopsticks and said, "Uncle, eat more. You might have to eat solid food in the future."
"It's okay. If you are willing to let me sleep in your cabin in the future, I don't mind keeping you here."
Qian Xiaoxiao's movement of grilling rice was very cheerful, and the salted fish and multigrain rice in the bowl felt very sweet at this time.
Huo Erhuai couldn't hold himself back. Xi'er had not allowed him to speak just now. Now when he heard everyone asking about his situation with concern, he stood up and said: "We got news today that the river bank will recruit our fishermen's boats to transport grain north to Huai'an."
warehouse."
ah?
what's the situation?
Everyone was stunned, as if they had been frozen. When they came to their senses, they all stood up from the bow of the boat, and the bowls in their hands almost fell into the river.
"Er Huai, what are you talking about? Hebo has ordered our ships to carry grain to Huai'an?"
Huo Erhuai nodded.
"Is the news accurate?"
"It's accurate. It was said by the official from the Hebo Station. My family has been to his house to collect the cloth before, but he still wouldn't lie to me."
"Ah? What should I do? Isn't it like this in previous years?"
"To Huai'an? How long does it take? How were they recruited? Are all the ships? Is there any compensation?" Everyone asked in a hurry.
"As long as it's not too damaged to hold food, it will be drafted."
ah?
Qian Xiaoxia didn't come back to his senses for a long time. His family's boat was called up? He was going to sleep in the wilderness? He was laughing at Yang Fulai just now.
"Then we have to sleep in the wilderness?"
Yang Fu rolled his eyes at him: "Are you stupid? The river marshaled our boats, but they didn't have any boats, and of course they didn't have any boatmen. How can we recruit only boats but not boatmen!" What a fool.
"Erhuai, come on, tell us."
The rice in everyone's bowls immediately lost its flavor and they couldn't eat it. They all walked towards the Huo family from the bow of their own boat. The boats adjacent to the Huo family were full of people.
Huo Erhuai told everyone the news he had learned.
Everyone is wailing together. The debt owed by the last storm and heavy rain has not been paid off, and the boat is about to be requisitioned? If you can't catch fish, you can't do anything, and you won't be given any subsidies, so you have to eat for yourself?
Tonight, Taoye Ferry is lit up all night long.
The reflection of the windproof mast lantern on the water rippled gently with the night waves, and it never calmed down for a long time.
Huo Xi also tossed and turned without falling asleep. She was thinking about how to arrange the arrangements for Yang and Nian'er, and also thinking about the journey north.
There is no subsidy for transporting grain to the north. Although it will be reduced from the fishery tax at the end of the year, no one knows how much or whether it will be reduced.
All I know is that it will take a few days of fishing time and a few days of business.
I don’t know how much grain my ship will be loaded with. Will all three of my cabins be dismantled? Can I keep one and a half?
Is there anything we can do to transport food northward?
After unloading grain in Huai'an, isn't it a pity to come back with an empty ship?
