After a while, Huo Cang brought Disheng and his grandfather over. Disheng looks like he is six or seven years old, being held by his grandfather, his eyes are timid.
"Are you the eldest daughter of the Erhuai family?" Grandpa Disheng looked at Huo Xi.
Disheng hid in the hem of his grandfather's clothes, only showing half of his face, and secretly looked at the strange sister.
An An saw him, and also looked at him, and Disheng hid behind his grandfather again. An An looked interesting, struggled to get out of Huo Bi's arms, and trotted towards him.
Standing still in front of him, the two stared at each other.
"An'an."
Disheng blinked at An An, not knowing why.
Huo Xi smiled, "My brother said his name is An An, and I'm introducing you, and I also asked what your name is."
Disheng blushed and looked at An An, "My name is Disheng."
An'an smiled immediately, and went to hold his hand again, and Disheng let him hold it in a daze, and soon a smile appeared on his small face.
Grandpa Disheng also smiled when he saw it. Everyone in the village said that the grandson was unlucky, and the child rarely even went out. Now such a young child has given his grandson the greatest kindness.
I can't help feeling that the two children Erhuai are well raised.
"You like these mottled bamboos, go, grandpa will cut them off for you."
Huo Xi stopped him, "I want a lot more, I'll let my dad come and talk to grandpa about the price later."
"No, no, how much a few mottled bamboos are worth." He said and was about to enter the bamboo forest with a machete.
Huo Xi stopped him again: "Don't chop. If you are willing to sell it, let my father pick it in a while, not all bamboos are needed. Let my dad pick it in a while, and come and talk to you about the price .”
"That's fine, just let your father come. There is no need to talk about the price or not, but what a few bamboos are worth." Grandpa Disheng didn't care.
Huo Xi didn't just like one or two bamboos. Under his leadership, he walked around the bamboo forest and was very satisfied with these bamboos in his family.
Mottled bamboo is different from ordinary bamboo. There are red or brown spots scattered on the bamboo, like teardrops or falling rain. It is an excellent material for fan bones.
A kind of mottled bamboo that grows in Hunan is also called "Xiangfei bamboo". The concubine on the bamboo sheds tears, and the tears are full of tears. Literati and inkmen like things that are endowed with cultural connotations. Fans made of mottled bamboo are sold more expensive than ordinary bamboo fans.
Seeing that he was willing to sell, Huo Xi was very happy. He counted a few hundred trees in this area, and there were hundreds of usable ones. Coming to Huojiaba this time is also a big harvest.
Before eating, Huo Erhuai listened to Huo Xi's words, went to Disheng's house, and quickly negotiated the deal with his family.
After the others left, the Disheng family still hadn't recovered.
Usually one piece of bamboo, the family is busy for several days, making three or five baskets, and selling them for a dozen or twenty yuan. Why did Erhuai come here to sell bamboo, and you can get a tael of silver for ten bamboos?
No need to do anything yet. Just cut bamboo.
Just circled more than one hundred bamboos in the bamboo forest, and got twelve taels of silver?
"Hurry up, put away the dried bamboo shoots that are drying at home, and let Erhuai take them away soon!" Grandpa Disheng hurriedly ordered the old wife and daughter-in-law.
"Hey. Let's go!" The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law went to clean up with trembling steps. The family can't save one or two taels of silver all year round, so they can get twelve taels just by selling bamboo?
How much silver does it have to sell for the bamboo to produce bamboos, and the bamboos to produce bamboo grandchildren? The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law decided not to go back to their mother's house this year, and will carry a **** into the bamboo forest to take care of it.
Fortunately, Disheng was not feeling well today, so the whole family stayed at home, otherwise they should have missed it.
Whoever says that the earth is inauspicious, her old woman will scold him and go to his house.
"Why did you run away from home?"
Ms. Fang was very dissatisfied. She had been waiting for him to eat, but now she brought the family back without saying hello, and kept the family busy for a long time. Finally, she was able to eat and ran away without a trace.
"I'll buy some mottled bamboos from his family." Huo Erhuai didn't care about Fang's attitude.
His mother used to treat him badly, and he could be sad for days, but not now. Now he has sons and daughters, his wife is by his side, and he lives comfortably. No matter how other people treat him, he can't affect his mood.
"I'll let your two younger brothers go to our bamboo forest to chop some and you can take them away." Huo Da only thought that Huo Erhuai needed bamboo for use. gave an order.
My son is in the city, and he doesn’t have these things. Thinking that he still spends money to buy them, he plans to go to the woods to chop two more ones for his son to take away.
"Father, I want the bamboo to be useful." Huo Erhuai smiled and didn't intend to say more.
The family had a quiet lunch. It is noon.
Huo Erhuai brought back a lot of presents this time, and each room got them, but he didn't make any other fuss.
After sitting for a while, Huo Erhuai got up and said he wanted to leave, "Father and mother, it gets dark early in winter and the child is still young, we have to go back."
Huo Da got up, "Go back, go back. The child is still young, and it will get dark later, so don't scare the child on the road." He reached out to take An An, and hugged her twice, feeling a little bit reluctant.
Fang also stood up and stared at Huo Erhuai.
Huo Erhuai took out a purse from his pocket and put it in Fang's hands, Fang weighed it, feeling satisfied.
"Then we will go back too." Huo Wuniang's family also got up.
Seeing that Fang was not moving, Huo Da gave her a glaring look, and asked his two daughter-in-laws to pack up some local products and take them away to Huo Erhuai and Huo Wuniang.
"Father, go back."
"Father will send you off again." Huo Da held An An in his arms and refused to let go, insisting on sending them to the entrance of the village. Huo Xuan Huo Cang and several other grandchildren followed behind.
Disheng's father trotted over, "Brother Erhuai, brother Erhuai, wait!"
Put a big bag into Huo Erhuai's hands: "This is the dried bamboo shoots that I dried at home. Brother Erhuai will take it back and eat it if you don't mind."
"I don't dislike it, I don't dislike it, but this is too much."
"Not much, not much, they are all produced in our own bamboo forest, not worth much." Fearing that Huo Erhuai would refuse, he ran away without saying a word.
Mr. Yang looked at the small bundle in her hand, and then at the big bundle in Erhuai's body, her eyes sparkled.
Huo Da was a little uncomfortable, "Let's go, Dad will take you to the entrance of the village."
At the entrance of the village, when Huo Erhuai reached out to pick An An, he stuffed a purse into Huo Da's sleeve: "Father, you keep the flowers." After taking An An, he turned around and left.
An An lay on her father's shoulder, a little reluctant to part with this grandfather, grinning and waving her little hand to say goodbye to Huo Da.
Huo Da squeezed the purse in his sleeve, his eyes were red. At the entrance of the village, I saw them disappear without a trace, and they didn't move.
"Second Brother, did you give Dad money?" Huo Wuniang asked.
Huo Erhuai didn't speak, Huo Wuniang sighed: "Mother keeps all the money at home, and Dad doesn't have money to smoke a few hookahs."
Mr. Yang and Huo Xi followed behind each carrying a bundle, without saying a word. At the fork, the two families separated.
"Cousin, after the new year, I will go to the city to play with you."
Huo Xi smiled at Wei He, and waved to her.
By the time the family returned to the boat, Zhuifeng and Tayue were so bored that they caught a lot of fish. It caused An An to lie on the side of the fishing box and couldn't stop watching.
The boat entered the tributary of the Qinhuai River and rowed towards Zhuangzi.
Mr. Yang packed up the local products in the two bags, and chattered to Huo Xi: "In the past, your father never carried anything back."
Huo Erhuai felt a little uncomfortable: "Our family doesn't lack those things."
"It's one thing not to lack, but it's another thing to give or not." Every year I bring so many gifts back home, and I return money to the two elders, but I haven't packed up local products for my grandchildren. Yang couldn't help but babble a few words.
Seeing that Huo Erhuai was sitting on pins and needles, with an uncomfortable expression on his face, Huo Xi smiled and changed the subject: "We went back to Huojiaba this time, but we found something good."
"Those mottled bamboos?"
"Yes, after the New Year's Eve, let Dad find someone to pull it over, and then hand it over to the old man to make high-quality fans and sell them overseas. You can make another fortune."
Yang's hand stopped: "Sell overseas? Your uncle will get married next year. I'm afraid you won't be able to go?"