Hearing Yang Fu's question, Huo Xi realized that they had not eaten their dinner yet.
He touched his stomach and nodded to him: "I'm hungry. What do you want to eat, uncle?"
"We have vegetables and meat, how about we steam some rice?"
Huo Xigang was about to nod when he suddenly heard the sound of hawking coming from the shore. He quickly turned his head and looked towards the shore.
I saw about a dozen vendors, some carrying baskets, some carrying burdens, or pushing carts, selling food all the way along the riverside where the boats were docked.
Oh, look at what they do in this business.
Huo Xi suddenly became interested and waved to the shore: "Hey, this way! What are you selling?"
Good guy, she roared like a drop of water falling into a pan of oil, and it immediately began to boil. A dozen vendors immediately rushed towards her boat, carrying, carrying, carrying or pushing her.
"Boatman, we have soup noodles and wontons!"
"We have pies, we have burritos, we have meat buns!"
"We have boat meals! It's meat and vegetables. It's not expensive. You can eat enough for five cents!"
Huo Xi's roar not only attracted the food vendors, but also the boatmen parked near her moved and stood on the bows of their boats to look towards the shore.
Everyone in Taoye Ferry did not fall behind others and set up the springboard one after another to get on the Huo family's boat.
At this time, along both sides of the river, the boats were docked one after another according to their numbers, and it was impossible to see the end.
The Huo family's boat was right next to the river, and the food vendors immediately showed off their meals to Huo Xi and everyone, and they all praised their craftsmanship.
Huo Xi thought for a while, then walked to Huo Erhuai, took his hand, and shook it: "Dad, today everyone recommended our family to be the bow of the ship. We have to rely on everyone's care along the way. We will have dinner for our family."
Would you like to treat everyone to a meal?"
Huo Erhuai looked down at her. Although he was a little surprised, he did not refuse.
He smiled and stroked her head: "Okay, our floating grocery store is usually taken care of by everyone, so it's time to treat everyone to a meal."
Yang Fu looked at the father and daughter and pursed his lips. Although it hurt, Xi'er must have her reasons for doing this.
Qian Xiaoxia was very happy: "Uncle Huo, do you really want to treat us?"
Huo Erhuai said with a smile: "Yes, if my Xi'er says please, then I'll do it. Just pick what you like."
"Great! Uncle Huo, you are the one!"
Qian Xiaoxia gave a thumbs up to Huo Erhuai and Huo Xi, turned around and shouted to everyone watching the excitement: "Everyone, listen up, the Huo family is treating us tonight, you can ask for whatever you want!"
"real?"
"Thank you Huo family."
"Erhuai, thank you."
Zou Sheng was pushed by his grandma and boarded the Huo family's boat. He thanked Huo Xi and Huo Erhuai in a low voice: "Thank you, Uncle Huo."
"Hey, why are you so polite? Ask your grandparents what they want to eat, and ask the vendors on the shore to prepare it and bring it over."
"Yeah." Zou Sheng agreed happily, then turned to ask his grandparents.
When the vendors on the shore heard this, they all crowded over, and all the vendors nearby also came here. Looking at it, there must be dozens of vendors.
Near the Huo family's boat, it was like boiling water being poured into a pan, and it was very lively.
"Yang Fu, let's go ashore." Qian Xiaoxia hooked Yang Fu's shoulder. Yang Fu glanced at Huo Xi and Huo Erhuai, and then he and Qian Xiaoxia went to the shore to build a springboard. The two quickly got on
Arrived at the shore.
"Uncle, keep a count on the side so you can pay later."
"Hey, I remember."
"Xi'er, aren't you going down?" Huo Erhuai asked her.
Huo Xi shook his head: "No more. Dad, what do you want to eat?"
"Dad wants to eat."
Huo Xi raised her voice and said to Yang Fu on the shore: "Uncle, my father and I want to have dinner on the boat!"
"Hey, I got it!" Yang Fu turned to the stall making boat rice and asked for the boat rice.
"Dad, there are three boat companies that have joined our Taoye Ferry fleet. Do you think you should take them with you?"
Huo Erhuai was stunned for a moment, and then nodded: "I need to take him with me. Dad almost forgot. Since we are destined to form a team with Taoye Du, we can't miss him. When you are doing things outside, you can make more friends and find more ways to go."
There will be more people helping me in the future. Dad will go and ask."
Huo Erhuai went to the back of the fleet to look for the three boatmen.
Huo Xi still didn't know the meaning of what she was doing and what purpose she wanted to achieve.
All she knew was that she had to win over some people and find some helpers. At this moment, she was looking at the hundreds of thousands of ships that could not be seen nearby, and hazy thoughts surged in her heart.
But she didn't catch it for a moment.
Any thoughts flashed through my mind.
Soon Yang Fu brought two meals on board. Seeing that Huo Xi was the only one, he asked, "Where is my brother-in-law?"
"We're going to find the three boat owners who compiled our ship numbers today." Huo Xi said as she opened two portions of the ship's meals.
"Wow, there are vegetables and meat. This braised pork is a big piece, and there are chicken nuggets. Two meat and two vegetables. How much does it cost?" This boat meal is okay.
"Fifteen articles."
"Fifteen cents? It's not expensive." The meat is good, and the vegetables and rice are enough.
Yang Fu nodded: "There are two vegetarian dishes and a large portion of rice. It only costs five coins. It can be full."
Huo Xi bit into a piece of chicken, and it tasted pretty good. She nodded, saying that five cents can fill you up, which is pretty good.
If her family had sold some boat meals along the way, they would probably have made a lot of money. But there was food on the boat, but she had never thought of selling boat meals before and had nothing to pack.
After taking two mouthfuls of rice, Yang Fu stopped him when he was about to get off the boat: "Uncle, when there are fewer people waiting, you can ask the boat meal seller if he has any extra wooden boxes like this. Let's buy some from him."
"Ah? What do we need these for?"
"Stop talking nonsense and do as I say."
Yang Fu glanced at her and nodded: "Okay, I'll ask about it later."
The boatmen who were waiting to load grain at Taoye Ferry had not got off the boat since midnight. Now, each boat was piled full of grain, and there was no place to lie down with arms and legs spread out.
When they heard that the Huo family was treating guests, they all went ashore, firstly to enjoy the scenery, and secondly to find what they wanted to eat and fill their stomachs.
Seeing the excitement, the boatmen of other ships also came ashore one after another.
Huo Erhuai soon led the three newly joined boatmen ashore and sat down with them in front of a food stall with a simple square table to chat and eat together.
Huo Xi looked at the portion of rice next to her and thought, let's save this one for tomorrow.
It won't be bad if the weather lets it go.
When I looked up, I inadvertently found that Zou Sheng had bought some delicious food and got on the boat, holding only a few steamed buns filled with dried lotus leaves in his hands. He couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
He stopped him and handed him another portion of the boat meal: "My father ate on the shore, and there is an extra portion. You can give it to your grandma."
"No, no. I want steamed buns. Two for each person, enough for us." Zou Sheng refused.
Huo Xi stuffed the rice into his arms and said, "Take it, it will spoil if you don't eat it. You will have to throw it away tomorrow."
How can such a day be bad?
Zou Sheng knew that she was taking care of them, so he took the meal and hugged it tightly: "Thank you."
Huo Xi waved her little hand: "We are all on the same ferry, brother Zou, don't be too polite."
Zou Sheng smiled at her and left from her family's boat.
When they got to their boat, his grandma took the things over and saw there were steamed buns and rice. She frowned and asked, "Why do you want so many?"
"My grandson only wanted six meat buns. That portion of rice was given to my grandson by Huo Xi."
Uncle Zou sighed in a low voice: "Eat it. Eat it together. Let's just keep the good things about the Huo family in our hearts."
Let Sheng'er follow the Huo family from now on. They are getting old and I don't know if they can see Sheng'er get married and start a business. If Sheng'er has someone who can help him, they will die in peace.
Yesterday, everyone gave me a lot of suggestions. I wrote them all down one by one, and planned to buy them all to try. I haven’t had a good sleep for seven or eight days, and my face was so dry and itchy that I had to get up many times throughout the night. Thank you for being so cute and friendly.
