Village Chief Feng was feeling that just drinking wine was boring. When Huo Xi asked, his eyes lit up and he nodded hastily: "If you want, just bring out whatever you have."
Huo Xi got into the cabin.
He quickly came out carrying a few porcelain jars. He also found a few pairs of chopsticks and wooden plates among the sundries he sold.
Then he called Yang Fu: "Uncle, take out our folding square table."
"Hey." Yang Fu responded, covered the wine basket, and went in to move the table.
Huo Xi motioned to the two village chiefs: "There are grilled shrimps, dried shrimps, and fried shrimps here. I'll pour some for you to try. You can pick the ones you like and eat them."
After Yang Fu took out the square table and propped it up at the stern of the boat, Huo Xi picked up some of each type of shrimp and poured them on the wooden plate.
Pass the chopsticks to the two village chiefs.
The two village chiefs Feng Tan first took a piece of shrimp with chopsticks and threw it into their mouths. Their eyes immediately lit up: "Fresh!" "Sweet!"
"Is this made from live shrimp?"
Huo Xi nodded: "Fresh live shrimp, mixed with ingredients, and stirred with hot oil, the flavor is immediately locked in. It is fresh and sweet, with a smooth and tender texture."
Hiss, there was a sound of swallowing. Several village elders and young men looked at the two village chiefs, waiting for them to speak.
The two village chiefs took another one, chewed it carefully, and slowly tasted the feeling on the tip of their tongues. Then they gave a thumbs up to Huo Erhuai, who was rocking the oar: "You must be the ones who make a living on the water to make this river fish. This shrimp tastes great.
Fresh and delicious, absolutely amazing!”
Huo Erhuai smiled: "That's all we have. Compared to you, we may not be able to buy this boatload of food even after fishing for several years."
The two village chiefs immediately straightened their backs.
Isn't it? They have houses and fields, but these people who make a living on the water have no foundation. Apart from being able to catch fresh food from the river from time to time, they have to spend money to buy even a grain of rice.
Not like them.
"Just keep all these things."
"Okay."
Huo Xi was very happy when she saw the two village chiefs greeting the villagers who were accompanying them to eat with them and left a can of each type of shrimp. She and Yang Fu made a drink while pouring various shrimps on the plate.
The few grain collectors in Fengtan Village originally thought that this trip would be a hard job. Little did they know that they and the village chief unexpectedly encountered a large ship and transported the entire village's tax grains in one trip, and they also had food and drink.
I really want to deposit another batch of food tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.
Huo Erhuai was also happy. In this trip, he could earn two taels of silver just by drinking wine. There were also three kinds of shrimps. After eating several cans, he could earn more than 1 taen of silver.
There is also the scrap money for this trip to transport food. This trip can earn at least half a tael of silver!
He was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. While shaking the oar happily, he chatted with the village chief of Fengtan Village. Huo Xi and Yang Fu also kept praising him.
It makes these villagers feel that they are of a higher class than the fishermen. Their backs are so straight that they can order wine, eat, and pay with great ease.
The ship arrived in Jiangning County soon. There were countless carts waiting at the dock to help transport it.
Huo Erhuai helped Fengtan Village move the tax grains onto the dock, and then rowed the boat back in a hurry.
Huo Xi opened her mouth and wanted to go to the county government office to have a look, but Huo Erhuai was anxious to go back and make more transportation to make some money. So he had to give up.
On this day, the Huo family's boat helped farmers transport tax grains five times in total, and they received one or two taels of silver.
The wine and various shrimps on board were also sold for one to two to five cents.
I got a total of two and a half taels of silver that day.
Huo Erhuai was so happy that he immediately wanted to go to the city to tell the Yang family the good news. However, Huo Xi felt that he had to go out early to pick up work in the past few days and did not plan to go back to the outer city. He also said hello to the Yang family when he came out. Huo Erhuai had to give up.
When I returned to Taoye Ferry at night, I found that every household had gained something, with smiles on their faces.
Even a small awning boat like Yujiang's, with a cabin no more than one meter wide and a captain no more than four or five meters long, earned more than a hundred Wen that day.
The two brothers Qian Xiaoyu and Qian Xiaoxia were Huo Xi's old boats and carried more grain than Yujiang. The two brothers worked hard that day and earned nearly 300 wen. They were very happy.
He whispered to Yang Fu: "If I can work for ten days, I can buy an old boat."
"Why did you buy a boat? Do you dare to go to the mouth of the Yangtze River alone? You will be exhausted!" Yang Fu scolded him.
Qian Xiaoxia puffed out his cheeks and blushed for a long time: "I can't save the money? Let's find a big shipping company with my brother then! Same as you."
Yang Fu glanced at him sideways: "Your brother wants a boat like ours because he wants to marry you a sister-in-law. What about you? When the time comes, you and your brother and sister-in-law will squeeze into a boat?"
Qian Xiaoxia glared at him angrily, turned his back and ignored him.
After only a few breaths, he turned around and came back: "Tomorrow my brother and I will go out to do some work, will you go?"
"Go. We made a lot of money just selling wine and food today. You would be a fool not to go."
Qian Xiaoxia sighed: "Hey, it's better for you. The ship is so big, and you can also open a shop and sell things."
Yang Fu thought of his previous life and comforted him: "Don't worry, things will get better gradually. You see, I never dared to think that we could buy such a big ship. You also didn't think that we could get better with your brother."
Own a boat?"
Qian Xiaoxia nodded fiercely: "I didn't expect that my brother and I could own a boat so quickly. Next time your family has any ideas, you must tell me, you know? If you don't tell me, you won't be friends!"
"Who cares?" Yang Fu shook Qian Xiaoxia away from him.
"Don't. I'm dependent on your family anyway."
Qian Xiaoxia walked over again, and the two of them hooked their shoulders and whispered.
Huo Xi turned to look at them, smiled, and didn't interfere.
I just plan to prepare some snacks on board to go with the wine.
There’s no need to think about fried peanuts and melon seeds. Peanuts and melon seeds haven’t been introduced to the Wei Dynasty yet.
But there were a lot of beans in the Wei Dynasty. Fried some peas, broad beans, soybeans, etc., which were cheap and delicious, and chewy and chewy. Then make some dried bamboo shoots, and find some small fish to make small fish larvae, and then supplement them with her
Various shrimp products available at home.
This category is not too single.
When she has free time tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, she will go back to the city to find Yang, so that she can make some at home.
After Huo Xi calculated it, he went to look through the inventory book. He also had to prepare a few baskets of wine to take with him all the way to Huai'an. In addition to his own food and other supplies, he only needed to bring cloth, wine and snacks for the goods he sold.
Huo Xi put away the notebook and fell asleep.
The next day, everyone left the ferry early and went to work along the river. Huo Erhuai also rowed the boat across. Huo Xi took Yang Fu on the bow to process some shrimps and crabs caught yesterday.
On this day, the Huo family took on a few more jobs of transporting grain, and together with the income from selling wine and shrimp, they also had nearly two taels of silver.
After working for three days, he actually got seven taels of silver! Huo Erhuai was so happy that his blood boiled.
At dusk that day, Huo Erhuai rowed the boat to the outer city ferry.
"Dad, you go to Shuangquan Village tomorrow to collect some wine, and then pick us up."
"Hey, dad knows. Remember to give the money to your mother, so that she and Nian'er don't have any money to spend."
"knew."
Huo Erhuai watched the two children walk away. He was about to row the boat back to Taoye Ferry, but then he thought that he would have to go to Shuangquan Village to collect wine tomorrow, so he lit a night light and rowed the boat to Hot Spring Town overnight.
The boat stopped at a wild ferry near Shuangquan Village and planned to sleep on the boat. Tomorrow morning, he would rush to Shuangquan Village to collect wine, and then rush to the city to pick up the two children, so as not to delay the work.
Huo Xi and Yang Fu went into the outer city and bought a lot of things along the way. Then they carried and carried them back to Qionghua Lane.