Chapter 97 Get Silver
The few people strolled around for a while, and Huo Xi said: "Go back, we have to move out the cloth from each boat in a while. Let's 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 walking around.
Zou Sheng and Ma Xiang also nodded.
"Aren't you going to change your brother?"
Qian Xiaoxia choked, "I, my brother, I'll change him after the delivery of the food."
Huo Xi smiled, his brother should not worry about him watching the food.
Several people walked back all the way, discussing what they saw today, what they planned to buy and transported back, chattering lively.
When Huo Xi and his party returned to the mooring place, the family breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing Huo Erhuai stretching his neck on tiptoe and looking towards the road, he was greatly relieved to see them come back. Huo Xi got on the boat and shook his hand: "Father, it's all right."
"As long as it's okay, it's fine if it's okay. If something happens to you, will your mother have to fight desperately with dad?"
Huo Xi raised her head and smiled at him, Huo Erhuai relaxed, and stroked her head and Yang Fu's head each. My children are sensible and considerate.
"You're 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, Xi'er sold all three hundred cotton cloths in our family!"
"All, sold?" Huo Erhuai's eyes widened in disbelief, how long has it been since they've been gone, and they've all been sold?
Yang Fu nodded again and again, and leaned into Huo Erhuai's ear: "It's sold for six dollars!"
"Sold..." Six dollars! Huo Erhuai pursed his lips tightly, looked left and right, looked at Huo Xi, "Really?"
Huo Xi nodded at him, "I want to sell it at a higher price, but that person disagrees." She pouted.
"The price is already high. Let's ask all the way, and there are still lower prices." Yang Fu thinks that this price is already very good.
Huo Erhuai also nodded repeatedly, this price has exceeded his psychological expectation.
Sell for two cents more than their purchase price! This is cotton cloth! They sell it on the river, and everyone cuts it by several feet, and they can't make much money for each piece. Everyone is reluctant to buy cotton cloth.
Two coins and silver, pure profit! How much is three hundred horses?
Huo Xi gestured at him.
Sixty taels! Huo Erhuai looked around nervously. Pretend to be calm.
"Okay, okay, okay." The corners of his mouth were raised high.
Huo Xi and Yang Fu looked at each other, laughed too, and pulled him to sit down, "Father, is there any supervisor on board to collect grain samples?"
"No. It's our turn tomorrow."
"Can we deliver the money tomorrow?"
"I didn't say anything. I just said that we will collect grain samples tomorrow. But father, I saw that those porters were moving bag by bag and boat by boat. It was hard work. There are more than a hundred boats ahead of us. When will it be?"
"Then when can we go back?" Yang Fu was a little worried.
Huo Xi glanced at him, "Do you want to go back?"
Yang Fu lowered his head.
"Are you missing your sister?" Huo Erhuai asked him softly.
Yang Fu lowered his head and nodded.
Huo Erhuai reached out and touched his head. This child has never left his sister since birth. Since I was a child, I have relied on my sister like a mother.
Huo Erhuai had just finished comforting Yang Fu when he saw Huo Xi's eyes were red, and his heart was shocked.
Busily winked at Yang Fu.
Yang Fu came to his senses immediately, "Oh, Xi'er, it's getting dark, let's hurry up and tell everyone to move out the cotton cloth, and it's time for Shopkeeper He to collect the cloth."
Huo Xi came back to his senses, and nodded to them, "Uncle, you go to everyone's boat and tell them to bring the cloth here and gather them on our, Yu's, Zou's and Qian Xiaoxia's boats."
Yang Fu responded and left.
Huo Erhuai also went to the bilge with Huo Xi, and moved out the dozens of cotton cloths in the bilge of his own house.
After everyone moved the cloth to the deck, Lu Shun also brought a few guys to push a few carts over.
"Boy Huo, is everything packed?"
"Shopkeeper Lu" introduced Huo Erhuai to him, "This is my father".
Lu Shun and Huo Erhuai bowed their hands to each other. Lu Shun looked at Huo Erhuai, then at Huo Xi, these two are father and son?
How did this dull father raise such a smooth and sophisticated kid?
Shaking his head and smiling, he asked the guys to help move the cotton cloth.
Qian Xiaoxia, Yu Jiang and others helped build the springboard, and helped move the cotton cloth to the cart on the shore. Along the way, the boatmen stood on the bow to watch the excitement.
Eyes full of envy.
Actually brought so much cloth to sell? How much does it cost. Why didn't they expect to sell the cloth transported south of the Yangtze River?
Look at others, not to mention earning back the money spent fishing and throwing fees along the way, I’m afraid I made a lot of money.
The people from Taoyedu are also watching.
Although I was envious in my heart, everyone agreed when I came here, and I was prepared in my heart. At this time, they were all trying to save energy, and only wanted to borrow some money from the Huo family as capital, buy some good goods from the north and bring them back, and then earn some money like the Huo family.
Lu Shun took advantage of other people's attention, went to a shelter with Huo Xi and Huo Erhuai, and handed Huo Erhuai a box.
Huo Erhuai held them over, swallowed, and tried to count, but his hands kept shaking.
Lu Shun couldn't help laughing.
Huo Xi generously opened it and counted, "It's just right. Thank you, shopkeeper Lu."
Clenched his fists at him again, "The canal will not change, Huai'an is always here, shopkeeper Lu, we are destined to meet again."
"Hahaha." Lu Shun laughed out loud. Where did this kid come from? It's really interesting.
also cupped his fists at her, "Okay, we will meet again." I hope to see this funny and smart kid again. He nodded at Huo Erhuai, turned around and left.
Huo Xi watched him and his fellows push the cart away, dragged Huo Erhuai back to the boat, and asked Yang Fu to take back the springboard on the shore.
Huo Xi said to the crowd watching the excitement: "Most of you went ashore to see it today. According to what we said before, you can come to the boat to find us after you discuss it."
Everyone understands, this means to let them discuss the amount of money to be borrowed. They all ran back to the boat to discuss with their families.
Huo Xi gave Huo Erhuai the five taels of 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 on the board of the boat, counted and counted, and was 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 this trip!"
Huo Erhuai caressed the gold and silver carefully, like treating some precious treasure.
"Except for the eighty taels to be returned to Guanshi Huo, we have one hundred taels left, plus the food and drink money we earned on this trip, plus the money left on me and your mother, our family can finally build a house !"
"We can build a house now! Brother-in-law, we don't need to rent a house, we can have our own house!" Yang Fu was so excited, his eyes were shining.
Good morning, thank you all for your support, Basho is very, very grateful
(end of this chapter)