Fight the Giants

  Chapter 142: Silver Geometry

  On this day, except for the goods left for personal use or given away, the shipment of southern goods and northern goods brought back from Huai'an were all sold out.

  Mr. Yang delivered dinner to Huo Erhuai, while Huo Xi and Yang Fu settled accounts at home.

  At the beginning, two thousand pieces of linen were sold for an eighth of a piece, and some were evened out, leaving 1,312 pieces for myself. Except for the 30 horses I kept for my own use and gave away, I almost made nearly 90 taels. This is the big head.

  I kept some fur goods at home, and when I sold them for a hundred taels, I made almost fifty taels. There are not many candied pears and dates, and the profit is less than ten taels.

  There are three stones left in the sugar. If it is sold out, you can also make a profit of more than 20 taels.

   Calculated in this way, Mabuli is the largest, nearly doubled. Followed by leather goods, there are nearly fifty-six out of ten profits. Sugar and candied pears and dates are the thinnest.

  How come the food in the capital is not easy to sell, but the clothes are easy to sell?

  It seems that the life-improving business can’t be done now, and we have to think about the food and clothing of the people.

  Huo Xi frowned as he looked at the ledger, his thoughts wandering.

  Yang Fu watched from the sidelines, only listening to Huo Xi calculate how much each category earned, and how much he earned in total, he was very happy. Turning her head to see Xi'er frowning, not as happy as him, she put some thought into it.

   looked at her from the sidelines.

   Before it was dark, Mrs. Yang returned with a worried expression on her face.

   "What's the matter, mother? Is there something wrong with dad?"

   "What happened to brother-in-law?"

   Yang patted him, "Can't you expect your brother-in-law to order?"

   "Then why do you look sad?"

  Mr. Yang sighed, "It's Zou Sheng's grandma."

   "What happened to Grandma Zou?"

"Didn't she go back to the ship from the medical center? She has been on the ship for the past two days, and her condition has been repeated. Maybe it's because the weather is cold and she can't stand it. Hey, she is old. If there is land and houses in the village, she can still Go back to the village to raise them."

   "Then what should I do? This is repeated over and over again, will the illness get better?"

   "It's not. So your brother-in-law can't see it, and feels sorry for her. He wants to lend her our yard for a few days, let her live in it, and return to the ship when she recovers from her illness."

   "This..." Yang Fu glanced at Huo Xi, "Did my brother-in-law tell his family?"

"No. Your brother-in-law just had this idea in his heart and told me about it. I thought about coming back all the way. There is a place where we live, but we can let her live in to recuperate..." As he spoke, he looked at the two children glance.

   I don't know what the two children think.

  Yang Fu agreed in his heart. It's nothing, and it won't delay his family. Just borrow a house for her to recuperate.

  But seeing Huo Xi not opening his mouth, he was afraid that she would disagree. Looking at her, Huo Xi was about to speak for her, when Huo Xi spoke.

   "Okay. Mom, tell Dad to let him pick him up."

   "Ah? Xi'er, don't you want to add someone to our family?"

   "I don't think so. I saw my parents working hard before, and I still want to hire small workers to buy people."

"Ah? Don't want it. Our family's life is a little bit better these days. What kind of small labor is needed. The servants can't buy it. We can't put green onions to pretend to be elephants. What kind of servants do we buy in this capacity." Yang waved her hand, disagreeing. .

   "Well, I got it, Mom."

   Yang breathed a sigh of relief.

  Hearing that the two children agreed to pick him up, there was a smile on their faces.

   "We're just borrowing her to live in for a few days, and it won't hinder us. We don't have any valuables in our yard right now. They're all sold out, and the rest are for us to use and give away."

   "There are still three stones of brown sugar." Yang Fu called out.

   According to him, since there are people buying from Mochou Lake, let’s sell it. It’s not to wait for the price to rise if you stay. But his sister insisted on selling it on the boat, saying that she would sell it to women begging for life on the water.

  How could those people be willing to eat such expensive brown sugar.

   But Xi'er also agreed, so he couldn't say anything more.

  His sister now drinks a bowl of brown sugar distiller's grains and eggs every day, and previously forced him and Xi'er to drink it. He didn't want to drink at all, it was because Xi'er said that children can't drink, so he didn't follow suit.

   "Sister, I just calculated with Xi'er the benefits of these goods at home."

   "Really, can it be calculated?" Yang's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he ran into the room to take a look at Huo Nian, and then came out with a heavy box in his arms.

  I even exchanged some bank notes before, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to move them.

   "Tell me quickly, what is the most profitable and how much is it earned?"

   "Azabuli is the largest, followed by fur goods."

   "Ah, leather goods are more profitable?" Yang was a little puzzled. When she couldn't sell them before, she was very worried.

Huo Xi nodded: "That leather is well made, and it's rare in the south, so it's expensive. We sell every piece of leather goods twice as much. If we sell all the leftovers from our family, it's worth the money. , the profit will be bigger."

   "Then let's sell them for money!" Yang's eyes lit up surprisingly.

  Huo Xi disagreed: "I won't sell it anymore. The water is colder than the land, and the wind from the river hurts people's faces. I plan to save it for our family to make clothes for."

  Huo Xi didn't want to sell it anymore. Yang can't help it either.

  It's a pity in my heart, but it's also sweet. It is much more cost-effective to buy it from a cheap seller at home than to spend money to buy it outside.

"We only sell those brown sugars for seven or eight cents more per catty than the original price. We sold them all out, and we still earned less than twenty taels. We won't sell brown sugar in the future. It's still very heavy on the boat. We have been careful all the way to transport it back until now. Take good care of it, for fear that it will get wet. It’s not worth it.”

  Huo Xi talked about those brown sugars, she got so little profit, she didn't want to sell them anymore.

   Yang wanted to say that twenty taels was a lot. But when he thought of making money from linen and leather goods, he shut up.

   Earning less money, if the ship is requisitioned next year, Xi'er probably won't be selling brown sugar anymore. She doesn't even want to sell it. She has to look at the pile of brown sugar in the house several times a day, squatting down to look carefully, for fear of the sugar water.

   "We don't make a lot of candied pears and jujubes. I'm always worried that it will go bad and moldy, and I'm worried that people will come to my door after eating it." This business of eating is less profitable, and she doesn't want to do it.

   "Yes, we will no longer sell candied pears and dates." Yang Fu nodded in agreement.

  Mr. Yang has been selling goods these days. Looking at the bustle of her stall, she feels that she has nothing to worry about selling. She feels that her brown sugar can help women take care of her body, and she feels a sense of accomplishment in her heart.

   Still thinking about selling brown sugar.

  But after listening to Huo Xi's analysis, he realized that doing business is not about attracting customers, just being smooth-talking. She has to be as good at analysis as Xi'er, the situation of the customers, the place where the goods are sold, the purchase price and sales price, etc., and she has to calculate all kinds of data that she doesn't understand.

  For example, if you go to Huai'an together, others will earn 20 taels for a shipment, but you will only earn 5 taels. You also loaded more than others, and the draft of the boat was heavy, and you were exhausted from rowing all the way back.

   After hard work, I sold out the goods, yelled until my voice became hoarse, and my legs were numb. I wonder if you are angry?

  So, I still have to listen to Xi'er in the future.

   "Okay, our family will listen to Xi'er in the future. We will sell whatever Xi'er says."

   "Sister, are you still thinking of selling? Our products are all sold out!"

   "Isn't our family still running a grocery store on the water? Your brother-in-law sells goods in the village along the river these days, and they sell well."

   "Really?" Huo Xi hasn't been on the ship for several days, and he doesn't know what's going on on the ship.

   Hearing what Yang said, he felt quite impatient.

   Ah, it's been cloudy and rainy for the past two days, and the quilt can't be dried~ I have to cover it for a few more days.

  (end of this chapter)