Fight the Giants

  Chapter 106 The moon is dark and the wind is high

   Seeing Yang Fu crying and running into the cabin, several people looked at each other and sighed.

  Huo Xi thought of the 2,000 bolts of linen she bought from a merchant in the south, fearing that the night would have many dreams.

   Then he took out the deed paper and handed it to Yu Jiang: "Uncle Yu, I would like to trouble you, you can take Brother Xiang and Brother Sheng, and bring back our Mabula, I am afraid there will be long nights and dreams."

  Huo Erhuai saw it, and hurriedly stood up: "Father, let's go together."

  Huo Xi nodded: "Okay, Dad, take the money with you. Let Brother Xiang and Brother Sheng accompany you to the place where you rented a scooter, and pay the money to others."

   "Okay." Almost forgot about the cart.

  Huo Erhuai packed up and was about to disembark, but he was a little worried about the two children: "Xi'er, are you okay?"

  Huo Xi squeezed a smile at him: "It's okay, Dad, I'll think about other ways on the boat."

   "That's fine. You guys stay on the boat well, don't get off the boat, and wait for Dad to come back." Huo Erhuai repeatedly confessed.

  Huo Xi nodded: "Well, we won't get off the boat. Dad, you can go."

  After the people left, Huo Xi sat on the board blankly. Frustrated for the first time.

   It turns out that doing anything is not easy.

  If she sells the silk cloth for one tael, she can get five hundred and thirty taels. After deducting the one hundred and thirty taels for buying cloth, she can make a net profit of four hundred taels.

   There are still four hundred taels of silver bills in hand, counting the earnings and the interest of borrowing money, she can have about one thousand taels.

  Twelve taels and one mu of fertile land, she can buy nearly one hectare of fertile land.

  One mu produces three shi and four shi of grain, so she can have three or four hundred shi of grain in one season. Then you can eat with your belly open, and there is more food than you can eat.

  There is a lot of food.

   Then she saved the money from selling grain. Then earn some money and save it. When Nian'er grows up, you can send him to study and hire him a famous teacher.

  Mother must miss her son being smart and able to learn a lot in the future. When the mother was pregnant with Nian'er, she asked her to recite books and read poems for Nian'er in her belly.

  Mother must have been looking forward to this.

  But the mother died so badly for them. Huo Xi's tears trickled down the corners of his eyes.

   "Xi'er, I'm sorry. I was careless and fell into someone else's trap."

  Yang Fu heard her sobbing, came out of the cabin, got close to her, and kept saying sorry to her.

  wanted to wipe her tears away, but dared not.

  Huo Xi wiped his eyes, and sighed: "It's not my uncle's fault. It's just that other people's routines are too deep, and we can't guard against them."

   "It's all my fault." Yang Fu lowered his head, he was dazzled by the high price of twelve taels a horse.

  Huo Xi was silent.

   "Xi'er, can we ask Mr. He for help?"

  Huo Xi froze for a moment, then shook his head.

   "Why? Mr. He should be willing to help, right?"

   "We carry so much goods, it's better not to bother others, it will make Mr. He difficult to be a man. Maybe it will be self-defeating in the end."

   In case, the goods you bought are envied by others, reported to the public, and the commercial tax was collected along the way, everyone in Taoyedu will complain about them.

  And there should be someone behind the warehouse, otherwise they wouldn’t be so careless to rent a warehouse at the pier to set off the passing merchants.

   To deal with extraordinary people, you still have to use extraordinary means.

   "Xi'er, what shall we do?" So much silk and a lot of money. A large sum of money that he had never seen before.

  Huo Xi squinted his eyes resentfully, he had to spit it out after eating mine.

  If you don’t spit it out, you will have to peel off your skin.

   "Wait until dark."

  Before the setting sun, all the 2,000 bolts of linen that I bought before were shipped back, which made Huo Xi heave a long sigh of relief.

  Divided with each family, the rest were moved to their own boats and packed, wrapped in oilcloth several layers and stacked on the boat board. Neither He Feng nor the Dui Guan took away the previous Cao Banner, but Huo Xi still stuck it in the bow of his boat.

  By this time, all the ships in Taoyedu had delivered the grain. Most of them have also heard about the Huo family being tricked.

  Hearing that they were going to find each other at night, they all responded one after another.

  Taoye Du came out together as a group, and was bullied in a foreign country, so naturally he wanted to find the place back.

   After delivering the grain, Qian Xiaoyu helped carry the linen, so he said that he would go together.

  Many people responded, Huo Xi asked Huo Erhuai to order a dozen or so people, and the rest of the people docked the boat together and guarded the boat together.

  Every family has a lot of things on their boats. Poor people value every penny and don’t want to lose it.

   After dinner, I sat on the board and waited for a long time until the hustle and bustle on the pier subsided.

  Huo Xi stood up.

   "Xi'er, why don't you go, stay on the boat, and it's fine for dad and your uncle to take everyone there."

  Huo Xi shook his head: "Father, I want to go."

  Huo Erhuai sighed, patted her head, and led her hand to get off the boat.

  Other people who were preparing to act together also disembarked silently and followed behind.

  Huo Erhuai cupped his hands: "I don't know what will happen when I go out this time. Everyone will follow my family this trip..." The honest man is worried that everyone will suffer a lawsuit with his family.

  Qian Sanduo, father and son, Ma Ji and Ma Xiang brothers, Yu Jiang and others, didn't care: "Erhuai, don't talk about heretics, if we are bullied, you won't stand by and watch."

  Huo Erhuai nodded, then bowed his hands to everyone, didn't say much thanks, and just led the two children in front.

  Huo Xi glanced at the people who followed, and silently wrote down.

   It is natural to repay the kindness of others.

  A group of people arrived near the dock warehouse in the dark.

   "No one guarding the gate."

   "I'll go and have a look." Yang Fu broke away from Huo Erhuai's hand and trotted over.

   "I'll take a look too." Qian Xiaoxia followed suit.

  Huo Xi thought for a while, "Father, you wait here first, let's go and check first." After speaking, she broke away from Huo Erhuai's hand and ran towards the warehouse.

   "Hey, Xi'er..." These two children.

  Huo Erhuai wanted to follow up, but was held tightly by Qian Sanduo and the others, "Let their children explore first, and we will go there later."

  At the door of the warehouse, Huo Xi saw Yang Fu and Qian Xiaoxia squatting on the crack of the door to watch for a long time, but they didn't respond, and asked anxiously, "What, is there anyone inside?"

  The two backed away, shaking their heads: "I didn't see anything, it was dark."

   "Why is there no one guarding such a large warehouse."

   "Maybe they are asleep?"

   "Xi'er, what should I do?"

  Huo Xi rubbed his chin, it shouldn't be, isn't such a big warehouse rented to store goods? Can there be no personal guard?

   Originally, he wanted to sneak in, hold people down, and force him to ask about the whereabouts of the silk cloth. At worst, he took advantage of the crowd and robbed the warehouse, and rowed away overnight.

   Turning around, he saw that the stones thrown during the day were still there, so he said, "Let's throw a few stones into it first to test it out."

  Qian Xiaoxia and Yang Fu nodded, each of them picked up two, stood still at a distance, and threw them into them.

   After throwing it away, I lay down in the dark and observed for a while, but there was no sound inside.

  No one came out to visit.

   "Is there really no one?"

   "Isn't no one better? We just went in and grabbed the goods."

   "You are stupid, if there is no one guarding such a large warehouse, either the things inside are worthless, or there is nothing stored in it at all."

   "Ah, nothing? Then why rent such a big warehouse? How much money?"

   "It may also be moved on a ship and transported away."

  Yang Fu and Qian Xiaoxia bicker. Huo Xi frowned more and more.

  (end of this chapter)