Fight the Giants

  Chapter 369 Old business

  Because of the sudden death of Empress Xu, there was less excitement everywhere in central Beijing. There are fewer people on the street.

  Pingniang also has time to find Huo Xi and come out for tea.

  Huo Xi also had a lot of vegetables grown in the hot spring village in autumn and winter, and some fresh fish from the river. Pingniang learned that Mrs. Yang had given birth to a young son, so she personally made some small clothes for Huo An.

   "I don't know if you will dislike it." Pingniang has a special status, and she is afraid that the Huo family will dislike her gift.

  Huo Xi looked at a few small clothes, quilts, hoods, all made of fine cotton, the workmanship is very delicate, the stitches are fine, and he likes it very much.

   "How can you dislike it. Usually my father catches fresh fish, and my mother never forgets to get someone to give you a copy. My mother also asked me if I could redeem you and live with us in Zhuangzi in the future."

  Pingniang smiled gratefully.

  My family members sold themselves for money, but this unaccompanied stranger fished himself out of the river and gave himself a chance to survive.

"Thank you, Niang, for me. I'm fine now. I don't need food or clothing, and I don't have to worry about everything. I'm old and decrepit, and I can still be an instructor in the building, teaching them singing, dancing and music skills. When I can't do it in the future Move, I will go to you again."

  Looking at the small clothes in front of him, he sighed in his heart. I'm afraid I won't be able to be a mother in this life.

   Seeing that she thought clearly, Huo Xi stopped persuading her, everyone has their own reasons. If she needs it in the future, I will naturally help her.

  Because of the forty-nine-day ban on slaughtering, they couldn’t even eat fish. They only ate vegetarian food, and Yang and the nanny gradually had insufficient milk.

  Huo An can eat a lot, neither of them can feed him enough, and he is so hungry that he cries. Yang Shi and Huo Erhuai were so anxious that they all cried together.

   "Father, mother, take An An back to Zhuangzi, see if there are any milk sheep or cows to buy, and feed An An milk and goat milk."

   "Cow's milk? Can you drink it?"

"It's drinkable, it's good for children. Squeeze it out and neutralize it with vinegar or vegetable juice to remove the fishy smell from the milk." You can also use tea to remove the fishy smell, but Huo Xi doesn't know if such a young child can eat it tea water.

  When Huo Erhuai and Yang Shi heard this, they decided to take An'an back to Zhuangzi.

  Huo Xi also followed back.

  Only the second day after returning to Zhuangzi, Ji Laozhuang took Huo Erhuai to buy a milk sheep and returned. Squeeze a big pot every day, get rid of the fishy smell, and feed Huo An.

   Thought he wouldn't eat, but Huo An only stuck out his little tongue and licked it twice, and then he ate happily.

  Huo Erhuai and Yang Shi were relieved.

   It is inconvenient to eat fish in the city, and I am afraid that someone will report it. But on this Zhuangzi, they are all their own people, and they quietly caught fish in the river to eat, but no one saw it. Yang's and the nanny's milk also gradually increased.

  Huo Xi thought that slaughtering was banned in the city, and the people couldn't even eat fish, which was no different from being a vegetarian. How much dried meat can there be in the dry goods store in the city? The capital is full of a million people.

  Huo Xi rolled his eyes, and asked Huo Erhuai to call Huo Wuniang's family, together with Bao Xia and his wife, to go arrest at night together.

Before and after Yang's birth to Huo An, Huo Erhuai was almost in the city. Afraid that it would be inconvenient for Bao Xia to go back to the city, Huo Xi bought another one for his family and put it in the Zhuangzi. Usually, the Zhuangzi would send some food, meat and eggs What kind of food, it is also convenient to go to the city.

  Now Huo Xi wants to catch at night, two boats of his own, plus Huo Wuniang's family, three boats are just right for night catch, all of them are his own.

  Huo Wuniang Wei Qi has made a lot of money by receiving and selling goods in the past few months, and gradually fell in love with the days of floating in the river.

  Every night before going to bed, the two couples are most keen on counting money. While counting, he hated himself why he didn't come out of the house earlier and come to join his second brother earlier.

  At ordinary times, they also receive and sell goods, and catch less fish.

Now being called by Huo Erhuai to go fishing together, seeing the second elder brother and his father and daughter going down the shrimp pots and crab pots, they picked up the heavy ones in a short while, they were very envious, and immediately decided to buy more shrimp pots tomorrow The crab cage is back.

  Lighting the lamp at night, boiling the wax, and casting a few nets, and after catching several boats of whitebait, the eyes of the husband and wife were all round.

   This is whitebait, how much does it cost!

"You two must not go to night hunting by yourself. You have also seen that we are surrounded by three families, and we have this harvest. Moreover, the net is so big that the family cannot be held back. Don't be dragged into the water by then. You have to take care of the two children, if the boat capsizes, don't say that my brother didn't tell you in advance."

   "Second brother, we know. It's not easy to catch at night, we understand."

   Wei He and Wei Ling watched net after net of whitebait being pulled onto the boat, their small mouths screaming and unable to close. The two children have eaten well and dressed well in the past few months. Their faces have grown flesh, and they are much more lively and cheerful.

   "Cousin, there are so many fish here."

   "Yes, there are a lot of fish. When I sell them for money, I can buy candy for Xiaoling."

   "Cousin eats too." "Okay. Cousin eats too."

   Wei He was beside Huo Xi helping to pick up and untangle the fish, joking and joking from time to time, "Cousin, does your family get rich from fishing?"

  Huo Xi kept working, glanced at her, saw that she was wearing fine cotton clothes without a single patch, and said with a smile: "Yes, my parents have been fishing for more than ten years before they can live like they are today."

   Have you been fishing for more than ten years? It will take that long.

  But now she hears her parents counting money at night, saying that the family has saved a lot of money. It won't take more than ten years for the family to be able to live in the city like my cousin?

   Wei He suddenly became happy, maybe next year the family will be able to send Xiao Ling to study in the city, and he can also live in the city.

  The big fish were put back into the river. They can't be slaughtered, and they can't be boiled whole. They can only be put away.

  Huo Erhuai gave Huo Wuniang twenty taels of silver, left some food for their family, and kept the whitebait from the two boats for himself.

  Divided into dozens of portions, including whitebait and shrimp and crab, Huo Xi and Shen Qianzhong sent them to the merchants and golden thighs they had made friends with.

For the rest, I kept some food for my family, the food at Qionghua Lane, Mr. Qin's family, the dean of the school, and several gentlemen. Huo Erhuai and Bao Xiala sold the rest at the fish market .

  During this period of time, the butcher shop was closed, but the fish market street was very busy.

   Fish can’t be eaten, it’s always good to buy some shrimp and crab. However, the amount of shrimp and crab is small, and it cannot meet the needs of the whole city. Huo Erhuai and Bao Xia just dragged the whitebait to Yushi Street, when they were surrounded by people.

   It was sold out in less than half an hour. Those who couldn't buy it sighed, pulled Huo Erhuai and refused to let them go, and asked when they would come back tomorrow.

  Huo Xi and Shen Qianzhong delivered gifts to each door, and received many gifts in return.

   Those who usually give gold and silver are more popular than these appetites at this time. Eating vegetarian food every day makes a bird feel like a bird in his mouth.

  Huo Xi and Shen Qianzhong just gave away a basket of seafood, and they took back a lot of gifts in return. This is a profit.

  Huo Erhuai also sold two boats of whitebait for dozens of taels. Bao Xia was eager to try, and went to the house outside the city with Huo Erhuai to catch up on sleep, and was going to continue working at night.

  When Mu Yan returned home from the palace, he saw a plate of whitebait and shrimp on the dinner table.

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  (end of this chapter)