Huo Zhong saw that the two of them understood and applauded in his heart.
He added: "I'm afraid you won't be able to bring much with you because you loaded the grain on the boat on the way out. On the way back, you can look for some local goods and bring them back."
Huo Xi nodded repeatedly: "Uncle Huo, does he know any famous local products in Huai'an? Can they be easily sold in the capital?"
Huo Zhong thought for a moment and then said: "Huaian gathers ships and goods traveling from south to north. Its shipbuilding industry, handicraft industry, commerce, and food from the north and south are all prosperous and developed. It is especially famous for its wine making, drum making, and weaving.
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"In Huai'an, there are ginseng, mink skins, pears and dates from North Zhili, etc. shipped from Liaodong. There are also ginger, pepper, lotus root powder, medicinal materials, tea, cloth, silk, paper, etc. shipped from the south. There are also goods from
Bamboo and wood boards, oil and hemp, rattan ropes, porcelain, etc. from Jiangxi, Huguang and other places, as well as cane sugar and other items shipped from the south."
Seeing Huo Xi and Yang Fu counting their fingers together, they laughed and said, "We have a population of one million in the capital, so as long as it is good, there will always be people to buy it."
After hearing this, Huo Xi stood up very solemnly.
He gave a very standard salute to Huo Zhong: "Thank you Uncle Huo for your guidance. One day, the boy will become a talented man and live a good life. I will definitely repay Uncle Huo for his support and care."
Yang Fu watched her salute blankly, and then followed her example and made a bow to Huo Zhong.
Huo Zhong helped the two of them up, feeling quite emotional and extremely satisfied with their actions.
Huo Xi is a kid who is good at finding opportunities from crises and is a malleable person.
I don't know how much inspiration he got from what he said today. But he believed that this child will have some wonderful opportunities when he goes north to transport grain.
Huo Xi refused to accept the money, left three bottles of shrimp products, and said goodbye to Huo Zhong.
I took Yang Fu around the outer city, squeezing in wherever there were crowds of people. I always went to inquire about which goods were easy to sell.
"Xi'er, should we go into the inner city and explore more?" There are many rich people in the inner city. Yang Fu wiped away yesterday's sluggishness, and his whole body was filled with the energy of wanting to do something big.
Huo Xi paused and shook his head.
She already had some ideas in mind. She was familiar with the inner city and had visited the inner city before. It was better not to enter the inner city now, otherwise she would be in vain if she met Wu Youcai.
"Let's go back and discuss it with our parents."
Before they reached the ferry in the outer city, they saw Huo Erhuai being pulled by two people. Just as Huo Xi was about to lift his leg up, Yang Fu grabbed him.
"She is my brother-in-law's mother and brother!"
"Ah?" Why did you come here suddenly?
Huo Xi was stunned and was pulled aside by Yang Fu.
Before Huo Xi could take a closer look at them or hear the reason, they just heard that they wanted money from Huo Erhuai. Huo Xi hurriedly pulled Yang Fu over and said, "Go around and go to the ferry to find your mother and take our family's money."
Row the boat away! Come pick me and dad up later."
If they knew that the family had bought a new boat, the money and things on the boat would probably suffer. They would not be able to live a peaceful life in the future.
Yang Fu was so excited that he didn't have time to tell Huo Xi, so he found another way and ran towards the ferry.
Huo Xi hid aside and listened.
Huo Erhuai's mother, Fang, and her youngest son Huo Sipan, have been looking for Huo Erhuai for several days. Today they finally found him on Fish Market Street in the outer city and followed him non-stop all the way here.
"Second brother, are you just going to watch your whole family starve to death? You can enjoy the hot and spicy food and ignore us?"
Hearing this, Huo Erhuai looked at his youngest brother.
When he was born, I was seven or eight years old, and the boy almost grew up on his back. When I saw him crying because he couldn't eat enough, I went around looking for food for him.
Later, when I saw that he was thin and thin, and his parents cried and begged him, I took two old clothes and married into the Yang family.
"We fish for a day and sell them for a day to get some food. At least our family has about ten acres of land, and we have enough food to live on, which is better than us. If we don't fish, we don't even have anything to eat. How can we get the food and drink?"
Huo Sipan saw his second brother's cold eyes and hurriedly asked his mother for help.
Fang took Huo Erhuai and cried: "Erhuai, are you still hating your parents? At that time, the family couldn't survive, so they let you go to the Yang family. The Yang family is richer than ours, so they can
It is better to have a full meal than to follow us."
"Yes, second brother, if I were old enough back then, I would have wanted to marry you."
Huo Erhuai gave him a long look.
He was going to marry into a bride? Back then, he had to live and die for a licentious woman. He even spent all his wealth to get married, and his parents still came to him asking for money. He had already left when he wanted to marry into a bride.
Huo Erhuai wanted to leave, but Fang held the fishing basket tightly.
"Erhuai, your clothes are newly made, and they don't even have a patch. Look at your mother and your brother, they have patches upon patches. This year we have collected more taxes and grains, and the family has a large population. After paying the grains, there will be no more."
There are only a few left. The corvee will be collected soon to dredge the canal, and two people from our family will have to go. I heard that they will have to work until the snow falls. Your fourth brother has no heirs yet, and the family wants money to find someone to do the work for you.
Have mercy on your brother."
Huo Erhuai was holding his breath, pity him? Then who can pity me?
My husband and I have been floating on the river for ten years, our bodies are soaked with cold, and we can no longer keep the children we have. I don’t have any heirs, so who can pity me!
Huo Erhuai clenched his fists tightly and turned his head away from Fang.
Huo Sipan pulled him and pretended to be pitiful: "Second brother, you loved me the most when I was a child. You had to dredge the canal and soak in the river for two or three months, which made me useless. I haven't had a wife yet, so you don't want me to be destitute, right?"
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Speaking of Juehu, Huo Erhuai gasped and looked at him coldly.
"Didn't you tell your family that the little lady had money hidden in her body and would bring a lot of dowry to the Huo family? Why, she refused to pay you for the labor service?"
Huo Sipan choked in his throat and lowered his head.
Mrs. Fang jumped up and said, "That bitch! She asked her to hand over her dowry to me for safekeeping, but she refused! I searched every corner but couldn't find the place where she kept her money. Your brother didn't even make a fortune from her!"
This time, I kept my pockets tightly closed and said that everyone else can go, so why can’t Si Pan go! Bitch, if you don’t keep having fun, I’ll let Si Pan divorce her!”
Huo Sipan opened his mouth but said nothing.
Huo Erhuai glanced at him leisurely. He had to bear the consequences of the marriage he asked for.
"I have no money. I still have to support my family."
"What kind of family do you support? If you can support your brother-in-law, why don't you want to support the family? You have to watch your brother being dragged into hard labor!"
"Chun Ying Chun Shang gave birth to a son for me, and I still have to support the family!"
Has the child in Chunying's belly been born?
"Are you fed?" Huo Sipan asked blankly.
This sentence touched the deep pain in Huo Erhuai's heart.
He shouted at Huo Sipan: "Get out! I don't have a brother like you!" He pulled away the fishing basket, raised his legs and left.
Huo Sipan touched his nose awkwardly.
Seeing Huo Erhuai break away from the fishing basket and move forward, Mrs. Fang stamped her feet bitterly, ran up a few steps, put her hand into Huo Erhuai's arms and groped for it.