Huo Xi and Yang Fu counted the inventory together.
While she was checking it, she asked Yang Fu to write it down in the notebook. When she encountered a word that Yang Fu didn't understand, she would take it and write it down.
Yang Fu has also learned a lot of Chinese characters these days, starting from memorizing the names of family members and the cargo on the ship. He has learned a lot of Chinese characters.
He took a charcoal pencil and wrote down the numbers in the notebook Huo Xi had cut for him.
He also learned how to bid for daily groceries and the money he earned. Yang Fu can now count his own inventory and keep track of his family's accounts.
Huo Xi thought about what Huo Zhong said today, and then looked at the groceries on her ship, and decided not to take them with her.
It’s not that you can’t bring them with you, it’s just that these goods are sold to fishermen and are not worth much. Putting them on the boat will also increase the load.
There are also these unsold wines, which are all ordinary wines.
Only the fifty-three pieces of silk cloth left in the cabin must be taken to Huai'an. And more pieces of cloth must be collected and brought with them.
There are many weavers in the south of the Yangtze River and the price of cloth is low. If you transport it to Huai'an and sell it to merchants in the north, you will definitely make a fortune.
But I'm afraid I can't carry so many on my own ship.
Tea pepper and Sichuan peppercorns are lightweight and reasonably priced. But now I don’t have the channels, and I don’t know how the shipment situation is in the north.
This time when I went to Huai'an, I mainly focused on cloth. I explored the route first. There was no loss if I couldn't sell it. I could sell it even if I brought it back.
"Father, mother!"
"Hey, what's going on?"
Huo Xi called them to the stern of the ship and told them what Huo Zhong said at the dock today.
"Really, can you bring goods with you?" Yang and Huo Erhuai couldn't believe it.
Huo Xi nodded: "We packed the food when we went, I'm afraid we won't be able to bring much. The main thing is to bring back some groceries from the north on the way back. If we bring them back and sell them well, we will have enough money for this trip. Maybe we can make some money.
point."
"Really?" Yang's eyes widened with joy, and Huo Erhuai also had a look of surprise on his face.
How could ordinary people, who were ordinary and honest people, think of doing some business secretly? As soon as I heard that the ship had been drafted by the government, I was so scared that my legs went weak and I lost my mind.
Huo Xi would say that besides capital, the most important thing is courage. Smuggling is the most profitable. If you don't make back your lost money, you won't be able to live up to the hard work of this trip.
And this is not smuggling, the government allows it.
It's just that most people don't have the guts.
He looked at the three hatch covers of his house and said: "Father, mother, our top priority now is to rent a house quickly and unload our boatload of things. Then we can go find some cotton cloth and bring it back."
"Yes, yes. Let's rent a house first!"
"Xi'er, do you only accept cotton?"
"Yes, we only accept cotton this time. No linen is required."
Linen is too common, and if the weights are almost the same, it is still profitable to do the cotton business. Of course, silk and satin are more profitable, but I am afraid that I have no access to such resources. If I can't make a move, I am afraid that I will lose my hand.
inside.
First, use the dozens of pieces of silk cloth on the ship to explore the path.
"Okay, then let's go to Qianjin Village to rent a house."
Huo Xi shook her head: "Mom and Dad, I don't want to go to Qianjin Village to rent a house anymore."
"What?"
"Think about it, we need to receive the goods now and sell the goods when we come back. The goods coming in and out will not be cleared out at once. I'm afraid it will take a long time to sell them. By then, the goods coming in and out will only be sold.
I'm afraid that the people in the village will talk too much, so we'd better rent a house in the outer city directly."
After hearing what Huo Zhong said today, Huo Xi didn't want to go to Qianjin Village to rent a house.
When the goods collected from the north are returned, they will be sold in the capital. The goods should be stored in the capital so that they can be easily accessed.
"Okay, let's listen to Xi'er."
It was already past noon, and her family's boat was already on the outer tributary of the Qinhuai River. If she turned back to the capital, she would have to go back to Taoye Ferry in the dark at night.
"Let's go to the villages along the river to collect the cloth first, and then go to the city early tomorrow morning to rent a house so that we can put the collected stuff in the house."
The family rowed the boat to various villages to collect cotton cloth.
After spending so many days buying cloth and wine, I inquired around and found out which village had more weaver households and what kind of supply they had.
Before sunset, a boatload full of cotton cloth had been collected, and there was no place to stay.
By the time we got the boat back to Taoye Ferry, boats were already coming back one after another.
Qian Xiaoyu and Qian Xiaoxia’s boat is also there.
"You came back so early today?" Yang Fu stood on the bow of the boat and looked at Qian Xiaoxia with some surprise.
Don't the two brothers say they want to fish hard and save money to buy a big boat? They look at their big boat every day and get red eyes.
Every day I rowed the boat to far away waters with few people. I actually caught a lot of fish these days and sold them for a lot of money.
Qian Xiaoxia jumped onto the Huo family's boat with some hesitation, and hooked Yang Fu's shoulders: "My brother and I made ten nets today, and seven or eight nets were empty. We simply returned early."
Huo Xi glanced at him. He must have been distracted by the call for ships. He lost the energy he used to have and his luck got worse.
Qian Xiaoxia winced at Yang Fu and said, "Yang Fu, I'll sleep with you tonight." As soon as he hooked Yang Fu into the cabin, his eyes widened in an instant.
"Why did you buy so much cloth?"
There wasn't even a place to put his feet in this cabin, so how could he have a place to sleep?
My jaw almost hit the ground.
He turned to look at Yang Fu with difficulty: "What is your family doing? Turn a fishing boat into a merchant ship to resist the conquest?"
"You are the only one who resists the levy! I don't have any extra brains in my family!" If you still resist the levy, can a common man's arm twist the thigh of an official?
She rolled her eyes at him and didn't bother to talk to him.
"Then what are you doing? Your boat is so big that it can probably carry twice as much food as ours. You can carry so much stuff, and you're not afraid of being thrown into the water by the guards?"
Yang Fu rolled his eyes at him: "Do you think our family is a fool?"
"They don't look like you, but you do."
"That's what you look like!" the two people quarreled.
Huo Xi couldn't stand it anymore, so she took a tangerine and threw it to him. Qian Xiaoxia immediately bumped up to Huo Xi and said, "Huo Xi, do you have any more? Give me another one, and I'll give it to my brother."
The last time he got a tangerine from the Huo family, he still thinks about it until now.
It's so delicious! I originally wanted to sell it for more money and buy a few kilograms to eat. Who knew the boat was about to be requisitioned. I guess his mother didn't even let him eat it at night. She still wanted to eat tangerines? Eat shit.
Huo Xi glanced at him and said that he had food and was still thinking about his brother, who was not a solitary eater.
So he took another one and gave it to him.
Qian Xiaoxia thanked him profusely and gave it to his brother.
Soon I returned to the Huo family's boat. While peeling off the skin, I slowly tore off the white fascia of the orange segment, then put it into my mouth, chewing it carefully as if taking an elixir.
I simply couldn't see it.
But when she thought about it, Huo Xi felt heavy in her heart. The life of fishermen was not easy.
If you catch fish for a day, you will get a copper coin, and if you get a copper coin for a day, you can have enough food for the day.
Really live one day at a time.
For example, Qian Xiaoxia's brother Qian Xiaoyu, his family's life is relatively good, but he can't find any good marriage. It's even harder for those whose family is worse than his.
From ancient times to the present, when a man gets married without a house or a place to stay, who will marry you? Even the male bird knows how to build a nest first when courting a mate.
I couldn't help but sigh secretly.
Seeing Qian Xiaoxia asking questions, he said: "Your parents will come back soon, and I will talk to them. I want to discuss something with them."
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