The group of people wandered around for a while, and then Huo Xi said, "Let's go back. We'll have to take out the cloth from each boat later. We'll come out early tomorrow."
Several people looked at each other and nodded.
"I will come out with you tomorrow. You have to call me when you come out." Qian Xiaoxia became interested in shopping.
Zou Sheng and Ma Xiang also nodded.
"Aren't you going to replace your brother?"
Qian Xiaoxia choked: "I, my brother, I will exchange for him after the exchange of grain is completed."
Huo Xi smiled, his brother probably didn't trust him to look after the food.
A few people walked all the way back, discussing the things they saw today and what they planned to buy to transport back. They were chatting lively.
When Huo Xi and the other five people returned to the boat docking place, several families breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing Huo Erhuai standing on tiptoe and stretching his neck to look at the road, he was relieved to see them back. Huo Xi got on the boat and shook his hand: "Dad, it's okay."
"As long as it's okay, it's okay as long as it's okay. If something happens to you, won't your mother have to fight with your father?"
Huo Xi raised her head and smiled at him. Huo Erhuai felt relieved and stroked her head and Yang Fu's head. His children were sensible and considerate.
"You must be hungry, dad made dinner."
"Brother-in-law, we are not hungry. We ate a lot on the shore. Brother-in-law, you don't know that Xi'er sold all three hundred pieces of cotton cloth from our family!"
"All, sold?" Huo Erhuai's eyes widened in disbelief. How long had he been here before they were all sold?
Yang Fu nodded repeatedly and leaned into Huo Erhuai's ear: "Sold for six yuan!"
"Sold..." Six dollars! Huo Erhuai pursed his lips tightly, looked left and right, and looked at Huo Xi, "Really?"
Huo Xi nodded at him, "I wanted to sell it for a higher price, but that person didn't agree." She pouted.
"It's already a high price. We asked along the way to find out if there are any that charge lower prices." Yang Fu felt that the price was already very good.
Huo Erhuai also nodded repeatedly. The price exceeded his psychological expectations.
The price was two cents more than what they paid for it! This is cotton cloth! They sell it on the river, and everyone cuts it one foot at a time. They can't make much money per piece, so no one is willing to buy cotton cloth.
Two coins of silver, pure profit! Three hundred horses, how much is that?
Huo Xi gestured at him.
Sixty taels! Huo Erhuai looked around nervously and pretended to be calm.
"Okay, okay, okay." The corners of his mouth were raised high.
Huo Xi and Yang Fu looked at each other, laughed, and pulled him to sit down, "Dad, has any supervisor come on board to take grain samples?"
"No. They said it would be our turn tomorrow."
"Can we exchange it tomorrow?"
"I didn't say anything. I just said that I would collect grain samples tomorrow. But dad saw that the porters were carrying bags one bag and one boat after another. It was very hard work. There were more than a hundred boats ahead of us, and we didn't know how to move them yet.
Until when."
"Then when can we go back?" Yang Fu was a little worried.
Huo Xi glanced at him and said, "Do you want to go back?"
Yang Fu lowered his head.
"Do you miss your sister?" Huo Erhuai asked him softly.
Yang Fu lowered his head and nodded.
Huo Erhuai reached out and touched his head. This child had never left his sister since he was born. He relied on his sister like a mother since he was a child.
Huo Xi clenched her fists and dug her fingertips into her flesh. She no longer had a mother, and her mother died so miserably.
As soon as Huo Erhuai finished comforting Yang Fu, he saw Huo Xi's eyes were red and was shocked.
He quickly glanced at Yang Fu.
Yang Fu reacted immediately, "Oh, Xi'er, you see it's getting dark. Let's quickly notify everyone to move out the cotton cloth. Shopkeeper He will be here to collect the cloth soon."
Huo Xi came back to her senses and nodded to them, "Uncle, go to everyone's boat and tell them to bring all the cloth and gather it on our, Yu's, Zou's and Qian Xiaoxia's boats."
Yang Fu responded and left.
Huo Erhuai and Huo Xi also raised the bilge and moved out the dozens of cotton cloths stored in the bilge.
After everyone had moved the cloth to the deck, Lu Shun and his crew pushed several carts over.
"Boy Huo, have you packed everything up?"
"Shopkeeper Lu" introduced him to Huo Erhuai, "This is my father."
Lu Shun and Huo Erhuai cupped their hands with each other. Lu Shun looked at Huo Erhuai and then at Huo Xi. Are these two father and son?
How did this dull father raise such a smooth and sophisticated boy?
He shook his head, smiled, and asked the guys to help move the cotton cloth.
Qian Xiaoxia, Yu Jiang and others helped build the springboard and moved the cotton cloth to the cart on the shore. Along the way, the boatmen stood on the bow of the boat to watch the excitement.
There is envy in the eyes.
So much cloth was brought to sell? How much would it cost? Why didn't they think of transporting cloth from the south of the Yangtze River to sell?
Look at people, not only did I make back the money I spent on fishing, but I also made back all the fishing expenses along the way. I'm afraid I made a lot of money.
The people from Taoye Ferry were also watching.
Although I was envious in my heart, everyone agreed when they came and were prepared in their hearts. At this time, they were all saving their energy and just wanted to borrow some money from the Huo family as capital to buy some good goods from the north and take them back with them.
The Huo family will also make some money back.
Lu Shun took advantage of others not paying attention, walked to a sheltered place with Huo Xi and Huo Erhuai, and handed Huo Erhuai a box.
Huo Erhuai held it over, swallowed, and tried to count, but his hands kept trembling.
Lu Shun couldn't help but laugh.
Huo Xi opened it generously and counted, "Just right. Thank you, shopkeeper Lu."
He clasped his fists at him again and said, "The canal will not change and Huai'an will always be there. Shopkeeper Lu, we will meet again if we are destined."
"Hahaha." Lu Shun laughed loudly. Where did this kid come from? It's really funny.
He also clasped his fists at her and said, "Okay, let's meet again if we are destined." I hope to see this interesting and smart boy again. He nodded to Huo Erhuai, turned around and left.
Huo Xi watched him and the guys push the trolley away, pulled Huo Erhuai back to the boat, and asked Yang Fu to take back the gangplank on the shore.
Huo Xi said to the crowd watching the fun: "Most of you have gone ashore today to have a look. As we agreed before, you can meet us on the boat after consultation."
Everyone understood that this meant that they were asked to discuss the amount of money they wanted to borrow. So they all ran back to the ship to discuss with their families.
Huo Xi gave Huo Erhuai the five taels of fixed silver in his purse. Huo Erhuai stared at the ingot of silver and the box. The box was so heavy that his hands trembled.
After a long while, I poured the gold and silver in the box onto the ship's board and counted them again and again, feeling very happy.
"One hundred and eighty taels! Dad has never seen so much money in his life! Excluding the capital, we made a full sixty taels in this trip!"
Huo Erhuai carefully caressed these gold and silver pieces, as if they were precious treasures.
"Except for the eighty taels we have to pay back to Manager Huo, we still have one hundred taels left. Add in the food and wine money we earned on this trip, plus the money your mother and I have left, and our family can finally build a house.
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"We can build a house! Brother-in-law, we don't have to rent a house anymore, we can have our own house!" Yang Fu was excited, his eyes shining.
Good morning. Thank you all for your support. Thank you very much, Basho.
