Fight the Giants

  Chapter 35 Another way

   "The Huo family, do you accept crabs?" A man on the boat asked from a distance.

  Huo Erhuai took a closer look, and he recognized him. I also received crabs from him before, so I raised my voice and replied: "I have collected them."

  The man rowed the boat over.

  Huo Xi and Yang Fu both stood at the stern and looked at each other.

  A man about forty years old was rowing a small black-covered boat, alone. The man approached the boat, and lifted up the crab cage that was tied outside the string and suspended in the water.

   "Hey, there are so many."

  The man was a little smug, and smiled: "Good luck." Passing the crab pot to Yang Fu, Yang Fu and Huo Xi hurriedly took it.

   Yang held Huo Nian in one hand, and brought up his fishing box with the other.

  The man looked at Huo Nian who had been for a few months, and liked it: "Your family is also big-hearted, such a small child, floating in the river with you."

   "There is no way, we have no other skills, only this bowl of rice."

  The man wanted to haggle for a while, but when he saw Huo Nian, he swallowed his words back.

  Huo Xi glanced at him and saw that he was quite friendly, so he talked to Yang Fu while watching Yang Fu call him crab.

   I learned that his surname is Zhou, and his name is Zhou Yi. He is from Tangquan Town in the suburbs of Beijing.

  Huo Xi couldn't help feeling envious. People's fishing is a hobby, to pass the time, they are to survive.

  The desire to buy land has increased by two points.

  In the future, when she has a house and a field, she can go fishing if she wants to fish, and lie down flat if she wants to. It doesn’t matter if she fishes for three days a day or spends half a month drying the net, as she pleases.

  Yang Fu over there has already weighed his cage of crabs, "You have eleven crabs over two taels, six over four taels, and three catties under two taels." He glanced at Huo Xi.

Huo Xi then said: "Now that the Double Ninth Festival is over, the price of crabs can no longer be the same as in those few days. If it is two taels to four taels, I will give you fifteen yuan a piece; 13 Wen a catty. Do you think it will work?"

  The man heard that the price of this crab is very fair. He also asked several crab vendors along the way, knowing what to expect.

  Nod: "Xingle. Your Huo family is fair, so I sold it to you."

   "It must be fair. We are all living on the water, and we know how difficult it is for everyone. We are different from those who just want to make money and don't understand the hard work of fishermen."

  The man nodded after hearing this. It's not for the sake of selling a few pennies, but I like to hear that they are a kind of people, and a kind of people should take care of each other.

  Mr. Yang quickly took out the copper coins and counted them for him.

  Huo Xi handed it to him: "Here you are. You have a total of three hundred and sixty-five Wen. Uncle, you can count it."

  That Zhou Yi counted the copper coins and carefully hid them in his waist pocket: "That's right. Thank you."

  Huo Xi thanked him sweetly: "We should thank you. Thank you for taking care of us."

   "Hey, take care of each other. Next time I have crabs, I'll bring them to you." The man agreed, hearing that he liked it.

  Seeing the man tie the crab cage to the side of the boat and hoist it back into the water. Huo Xi had sharp eyes and saw a cage beside him.

   "Uncle still has a cage?"

  That Zhou Yi was taken aback, followed her gaze, and shook his head with a smile: "No, that cage is full of shrimps."

   "Is it shrimp? Uncle, do you want to keep it for yourself?"

   "No, I don't need to eat that at home. I plan to save the shrimp and sell it in the city tomorrow."

  Huo Xi's eyes lit up: "How much does uncle sell for a catty in the city?"

   "Why, you still accept shrimp?"

   "Berboken sells it to us, and we will take it."

  That Zhou Yi was stunned for a moment, then lifted the shrimp cage with a smile: "That's good, if you accept it, I can go home earlier today."

   Xi'er still accepts shrimp? The whole family looked at Huo Xi together, but at this time they did not ask her in front of outsiders. Just come up and look at the shrimp in the crab cage.

  Huo Xi dumped a cage of prawns into his fishing box, and flicked them with his hands, some big and some small. Most of them are green shrimp, grass shrimp, and thumb-sized white shrimp. are still alive.

   "Uncle, we are the first to recycle shrimp, how much do you usually sell, and at what price are you willing to sell us?"

   Really accept it? Yang Fu stared at her blankly.

  That Zhou Yiyi pondered: "I got it at Yushi Street and sold it for twelve coins, and you can pay the same price if you want."

Huo Xi thought for a while: "Then my family will give you more than two coins per catty. If you get it in the future, you will find my family to sell it. If you can't find us, go to Taoye Ferry to look for it. My family will stop there at night. , you can see it as soon as you come."

   "All right, all right, I'll sell it to your family. If I get it, I'll ask you to sell it later."

  That cage of shrimp weighed a little more than eight catties. Zhou Yi only accepted one hundred Wen. After collecting the money, he happily said goodbye to the Huo family and rowed away.

  After the people left, the family gathered around the half-basket of shrimps.

   "Xi'er, can this also be used as bald butter?" Shi Yang and Huo Erhuai also looked at her? Wouldn't the family be able to earn more money?

   Xi'er shook her head and laughed: "Crabs can make bald butter. This is shrimp. How can there be crab roe and crab paste. Are you stupid?"

  Yang Fu laughed, Huo Erhuai and Yang Shi recovered and laughed too.

   "Then why are you taking this shrimp?"

   See everyone waiting for her to explain. Huo Xi then said: "As soon as it gets colder, there will be fewer shrimps and crabs. There is nothing to sell in winter, and we can't eat fresh ones. Let's collect some shrimps and make them into choked shrimps, dried shrimps, and grilled shrimps. It’s expensive, maybe you can earn more than selling fresh shrimp.”

  Yang Fu nodded again and again, he understands that rare things are valuable! However, "What kind of shrimp is a choking shrimp? I have only heard of drunken shrimp."

"Drunken shrimps are marinated directly from raw shrimps. Choking shrimps are directly splashed on raw shrimps with hot oil and heated seasoning. In this way, the shrimps are not completely raw, but the taste is a little like raw shrimps. Fresh Fragrant and tender, one bite, one mouthful of juice. Hiss, that's so delicious."

  Hiss, Yang Fu drooled shamefully again.

   "And people who can't eat raw food can eat it. The dried shrimp and grilled shrimp can be eaten directly, or used for cooking." Huo Xi added another sentence.

   "Then the drunk crab is gone?"

   "Drunk crab is not as easy to sell as bald butter. We haven't done it these days."

Mrs. Yang made a decision: "Then let's sell dried shrimps and grilled shrimps. The crabs are covered with armor, and they are greasy when peeled and eaten. The wealthy people may think it is unsightly. Ordinary people may not be willing to buy them. It’s not as good as shrimp. It’s very convenient to hold one with chopsticks. If I want to eat shrimp, I don’t want to eat drunk crab. It’s not troublesome enough to peel.”

   "Then we'll collect the prawns and make all kinds of prawns for sale." Huo Xi hammered the final word.

  The family began to get busy again.

   As for Mu Yan, after eating bald butter for a few days, he ate up the rest.

  Early this morning, after practicing exercises, I took a bath, packed up, and went to the Imperial College with my schoolbag on my back. Before entering the Imperial College, he said to Li Yi: "Go and find that Huo, and buy some cans of bald butter from her."

   Liyikaner hasn't eaten bald butter these days, and is thinking about it. When I heard it, I almost jumped up.

   "Okay, this subordinate will go right away."

   "How many bottles do you want to buy?"

  Mu Yan glanced at Kan Er indifferently, then turned and left.

   Li Yidang beat him on the chest: "Then the Huo family's little baby said it can be stored for a long time, so let's buy a few more cans. Isn't it young master?"

  Mu Yan didn't look back, he just waved his hand.

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  (end of this chapter)