Fight the Giants

  Chapter 37 Shopping around and throwing away

  The Huo family's new boat just rolled back to Taoye Ferry, and everyone's jaws dropped in shock.

   After being dazed, Qiqi ran to see. Get on the boat and visit inside and out, it's called envy.

  Qian Xiaoxia pestered his parents on the spot to buy one too.

   "Erhuai, how much did you pay for this boat?"

   "Thirty taels."

   Hiss!

  Thirty taels? Huo Erhuai also spoke lightly. Who can get thirty taels? It's not three or two.

  This kind of boat is so long and so wide, you can sleep comfortably, you don’t have to bend your waist when you stand up and down, and the middle cabin can hold two tables of banquets. Who wouldn't want one?

  Especially if there are many people in the family, they can't wait to turn the boat in front of them into their own. But when I heard that it cost thirty taels, my heart, liver, spleen and lungs were pumped. Really want.

  Ms. Sun felt a severe toothache after hearing this. He glared at Qian Xiaoxia, thirty taels? If you sell your kid, you can't afford it.

  Qian Xiaoxia was very wronged, so he went to Yang Fu's side and made a fuss about sleeping with him at night. Yang Fu was so disturbed that he had no choice but to agree. Qian Xiaoxia was overjoyed.

   A few boys who were the same size as Yang Fu next to him, all wanted to experience the experience on the big ship when they made an appointment for the bed the day after tomorrow and beyond. It annoyed Yang Fu so much.

  He hasn't slept yet! Let's let him sleep well!

  Qian Sanduo, Yu Jiang and others boarded the boat and looked carefully. When they saw the sculls at the bow, they were stunned: "Is this the stern?"

   "The bow."

   "Add sculls to the bow?"

   "No, the bow and stern are made the same. Another scull is added." Huo Erhuai explained patiently.

  Qian Sanduo waited for others to see, it is not true, the bow and stern of the ship look the same. Like their boats, the bow is pointed and long, which is used to ride the waves and the beach, and the stern is equipped with sculls, which are slightly wider than the bow.

  This Huo family's new boat has the same bow and stern, both pointed and long.

   "Why is there still a scull on the bow?"

  Look at the scull board again, the length is lengthened, and the end that enters the water is also widened. Is this a bigger boat, increased power? But wouldn't it take two labors to set up two sculls?

  Huo Erhuai explained: "No need. I usually only use the stern one. It is to avoid the trouble of turning around when changing the course. When the bow changes to the stern, the same forward."

   Hiss! After hearing this, everyone gathered around to watch.

   The more you look at it, the more wonderful it becomes, and the hotter it gets in your heart. No one knows how to scull a board, even the elderly and children can get started. But it is not easy to turn around and turn around. If you are not careful, there is a danger of overturning.

   This new ship does not need to turn around? Can both go forward? Hiss, I want it!

   Just thinking about the price... Whoops, thirty taels! I can't think about it, it hurts when I think about it. At thirty taels, the whole family can live ashore. That's what the Huo family is willing to do.

   Facing such a new ship, everyone's eyes are hot, envious, and jealous.

  Yu Jiang watched and pondered carefully, if there was such a boat, would it be possible to take his wife and daughter who stayed at home to live on board? Even if they want to float in the wind and rain, there is no need to leave them at home to suffer.

  His wife gave birth to two daughters, who were not welcome at home, and even the five-year-old daughter had to go to the field with her. Every time he goes back, he feels sad.

  Bring them to the boat at that time, the family can be together, and the hard life is nothing. At that time, there is no need to make it as big as Huo's family, so maybe we can save some money?

  There are many people who think like Yu Jiang, and when they fall asleep in the middle of the night, thinking of the Huo family's boat, they are still thinking about it.

  Mr. Sun whispered to Qian Sanduo at night: "Father, if you buy such a houseboat for Xiaoyu, doesn't it mean that it will be better for him to say that he kisses him, and he will have more opportunities to choose?"

   "Nonsense, isn't that obvious."

"That…"

   "Then what, you can get thirty taels?"

   Mrs. Sun is dumb.

   After a while: "Why do you think the Huo family has so much money all of a sudden? How about we borrow some from him, do you think it will work?"

  Qian Sanduo was silent: "The Huo family was worse than us before, and the money I saved was probably earned by collecting crabs. I guess there is not much left after buying a boat."

"That…"

"Don't even think about it. Even if we collect crabs, there is no way out. I heard from Xiaoxia that Huo Xi and Yang Fu went door-to-door in the city to sell them. You let Xiaoxia and Xiaoyu knock on the door? When they met the nobleman, they talked Incomplete."

   "Little shrimp and small fish can't say enough! They just haven't done it before."

  Qian Sanduo didn't speak. He could not know what his own child was like. It is the domestic tiger. Cowardly outside.

Mrs. Sun was silent for a while, and then began to gossip again: "That Huo Xi, was she really born to Huo Erhuai and Mrs. Yang? Ever since she was brought on board, the life of the Huo family has become better. She is actually a lucky baby. That morning Why didn't you pick me up for a few days?"

   It doesn't look like it.

Qian Sanduo was silent, and turned around: "You are in charge of the family. If it is really Fuwa, we can walk around with his family more, and we can get some money. You should go and ask tomorrow if his old boat can be sold. Let’s sell it, let’s buy it for Xiaoyu, and let him and his brothers go to practice on their own, maybe better than us. Xiaoyu will get married soon.”

   "You want to buy an old boat for Xiaoyu? Don't you want to buy him a new one?"

   "Don't you need to spend more money to buy a new one? The old one in Erhuai probably won't cost much. When the two brothers save money, they might be able to change to a big boat like the Huo family's."

   "Will Xiaoyu feel wronged?"

  Qian Sanduo stopped talking, covered himself with a quilt, and started snoring after a while.

  Sun pushed him angrily.

  Qian Xiaoyu in the cubicle was still awake, listening silently. Xiao Xia went to sleep with Yang Fu today, and he was finally able to spread his arms and legs and turn over to sleep.

  Listening to the plans his parents had made for him, and thinking about the Huo family's new boat that he saw today, he felt hot in his heart, and secretly worked hard. He would definitely save money to buy one in the future.

  Qian Xiaoxia and Yang Fu slept in the new boat for one night, and woke up the next day feeling refreshed.

  Standing in the cabin, he stretched his waist, and his hand hadn't touched the top cover yet. comfortable. This is the life of man.

   "Yang Fu, shall I come to sleep with you at night?"

  Yang Fu was so angry that he kicked him: "What a beautiful idea!" In his own place, he hasn't slept enough yet.

  Huo Xi and Huo Erhuai, Mrs. Yang, also slept comfortably and comfortably on their new boat.

  The cabin is big, long and wide, so you can sleep comfortably without shrinking your hands and feet. It was later than usual. Looking at Huo Nian, he also slept soundly with his belly puffed out.

  Huo Xi poked his ups and downs stomach several times, but didn't wake him up.

  Mr. Yang and Huo Xi went to the bow to make breakfast. Huo Erhuai and Yang Fu drove the old boat to collect fishing nets, crab pots and shrimp pots.

   "Mom, we don't have any curtains to cover the cabins yet." Now that we can sleep in separate cabins, Huo Xi still wants an independent space.

  Mr. Yang looked back, originally the shipyard wanted to help install bamboo and wooden doors, but Huo Xi disagreed, saying that it would increase the ship's load, so he only made a slide rail on the roof of each cabin, intending to hang thick linen.

   "At that time, you and Fu'er will go to the city to buy, and Mother will give you the money."

  Huo Xi shook his head: "Mother, I want to collect some from the village. It can also save some money."

  The south of the Yangtze River is not only rich in water and crops, but also rich in grain, and almost every family weaves cloth, with tens of thousands of weavers. Going to the village to collect some cloth is just as convenient as they go to the village to buy grain.

   "Okay, your father will come back later, let's go."

  (end of this chapter)