Zhan Zhumen

Chapter 63 Knowing
Huo Xi was worried about Yang Shi and Nian'er who stayed behind.Think about where to put them.

Hearing Huo Xi's question, Yang was a little puzzled: "How do you say that?"

"This time only Niang and Nian'er are left behind, I'm a little worried." Putting the two in the city, Huo Xi was a little worried because there were too many people talking.

And should I find a place to start renting now until next spring, or rent for a few days first, and then rent another before the snow falls?
If Huo Erhuai was not still needed to row the boat, she would have wanted to keep Huo Erhuai too.Huo Erhuai couldn't do it, Huo Xi looked at Yang Fu again.

Yang Fu shrank back: "I'll go with you. I can change hands with my brother-in-law on the way."

All right.Yang Fu will also go with him.

It is estimated that the food loaded this time will be indispensable.It is really difficult for Huo Erhuai to row the boat alone.Why don't you stay with Yang Shi by yourself?

Seeing Huo Xi looking at her, Mrs. Yang said, "You go with your father. With you here, mother can rest assured. Don't worry about mother, mother can't take Nian'er alone? But after a few days, you will come back, it's a big deal Just don’t go out, mother.”

Huo Xi thought for a while: "Why don't we go to Qianjin Village to rent a house this time? Aunt Zhao and the others are watching, so we can rest assured?"

Yang Shi and Huo Erhuai looked at each other, their eyes darkened.

Unfamiliar with the place, worried about their mother and child.In terms of familiarity, there is no one who is more familiar with Yangjiazhuang and Huojiaba.It's just that, after going to those two places, I guess I can't be quiet even if I want to be quiet.

Mrs. Yang nodded: "Okay, let's go to Qianjin Village to rent a house for ten days and a half months. I can still talk to your Aunt Zhao, Grandma Zhao, and take care of each other. Renting a house in the village can be cheaper some."

After the family discussed the house, they spread the ingredients on the chicken and duck bought today, marinated what should be marinated, and dried what should be dried. They pulled the hemp rope in the cabin and hung it in the shade to dry.

It wasn't until afterglow that the boat was rowed to Taoyedu.

Huo Erhuai first chose a river channel, released the nets, the shrimp and crab cages, and then rowed the boat back to Taoyedu.

On the way, I met fishing boats returning to Hong Kong, and I also collected some shrimps and crabs from them, and sold a few jars of wine, tung oil and other sundries.

Selling goods all the way and shaking the boat back to Taoyedu.Not long after the boat was tied up, the boats of various families came back one after another, saying hello and asking about today's catch.

"Yang Fu, come and see! My brother and I rowed the boat to the mouth of the Yangtze River today, and we caught several big fish! All of them weigh seven to eight catties! Come and see! I'm so envious of you!"

Yang Fu and Huo Xi were helping Yang's dinner at the bow, and Qian Xiaoxia's voice came from afar.

Mixed with the sound of scull paddling, there was a touch of excitement in the voice.

Yang Fu got up, stood at the bow of the boat, and gave him a big white eye from afar.

"What expression do you have? Unconvinced? Come on, hold one in the water and see who can hold it for a long time!"

"Come on!"

The two pushed back unconvinced.Huo Xi rolled his eyes at them, they were childish.He glanced at Qian Xiaoxia again with a smile, you might cry later.

do not say.

It wasn't until Yang Fu took Qian Xiaoxia and several other children to hold their breath underwater intermittently for half an hour, that Huo Xicai helped Yang's prepare the meal while calling Yang Fu to come up for dinner.

At this time, the fishermen of Taoyedu came back one after another, and they all took advantage of the last twilight to have dinner.

Huo Xi sat cross-legged on the bow of his own boat, holding vegetables in a wooden plate on a small square table, drinking fish soup, and said to Yang Fu casually: "Hey, our boat is about to be conscripted, and we can't help it." I don't know if there is any place to cook."

At this time, all the families were squatting on the bow of the boat with their bowls to eat. While grilling the rice, they watched the Huo family eat around the small square table, adding some flavor.The ears are all pricked up.

Hearing Huo Xi's words, they all froze.

"Why, your ship is going to be recruited? Where is it recruited?" someone asked.

After Qian Xiaoxia was stunned, he held the bowl and laughed: "Haha, Yang Fu, you are still proud. The boat has been recruited, so you have to live in the wild. Although my boat is small, it has a nest at least. Hahaha."

Yang Fu looked at him like a fool.

Huo Xi picked up a chopstick dish for Yang Fu: "Uncle, eat more, maybe you will have to eat dry food in the future."

"It's okay, if you are willing to let me sleep in your cabin in the future, I don't mind keeping you this time."

The action of Qian Xiaoxia grilling rice was very cheerful, and the rice with salted fish and mixed grains in the bowl felt very sweet at this moment.

Huo Erhuai couldn't hold back, Xi'er didn't let him talk all the time, now that everyone asked him about the situation with concern, she hurriedly got up and said: "We got the news today that Hebo is going to recruit our fishermen's boats to transport grain to Huai'an. warehouse."

what?
what's the situation?
Everyone was stunned, as if they were frozen.After regaining consciousness, Qiqi stood up from the bow of the boat, almost dropping the bowl in his hand into the river.

"Erhuai, what are you talking about? Hebo conscripted our ships to transport food to Huai'an?"

Huo Erhuai nodded.

"Is the news accurate?"

"Accurate. It was said by the official of the Hebo Office. My family has been receiving cloth from his house before, and he will not lie to me."

"Ah? What should we do? It wasn't like this in previous years?"

"To Huai'an? How long will it take? How was it recruited? Is it all the ships? Is there any compensation?" Everyone asked eagerly.

"As long as it is not damaged enough to hold food, it will be conscripted."

what?
Qian Xiaoxia didn't recover for a long time.Conscript his family's ship?Is he going to sleep in the wild?He was still laughing at Yang Fu just now.

"Then we're going to sleep in the wild?"

Yang Fu rolled his eyes at him: "Are you stupid? Hebo recruited our boats. They didn't have boats, and of course they didn't have boatmen. How could they only ask for boats but not boatmen!" What a fool.

"Erhuai, hurry up, tell us quickly."

The rice in everyone's bowls immediately tasted bad.Unable to eat, Qi Qi walked from the bow of his boat to Huo's house.The boats adjacent to the Huo family were full of people.

Huo Erhuai told everyone the news he inquired about.

Everyone wailed in unison.The debt owed by the wind and rain last time has not been paid off, and the ship is about to be confiscated?You can't fish, you can't do anything, and you don't get subsidies, so you can eat yourself?

Tonight's Taoyedu was lit all night.

The reflection of the windbreak mast light cast on the water surface, gently rippling with the night waves, has not been calm for a long time.

Huo Xi also tossed and turned and didn't fall asleep.Thinking about how to arrange Yang Shi and Nian'er, and thinking about the journey north.

There is no subsidy for transporting grain northward. Although it will be reduced in the fishing tax at the end of the year, no one knows how much and whether it will be reduced.

I only know that it is certain that a few days of fishing work will be delayed, and my family's business will be delayed for a few days.

I don't know how much food my boat will be loaded with.Will the three cabins of my house be dismantled, can one and a half be kept?
Is there anything we can do to transport grain northward?

Isn't it a pity to come back empty after unloading food in Huai'an?
(End of this chapter)