Fight the Giants

  Chapter 61 Steady

  Hearing Yang's question, Huo Xi also looked at Zhao Sui with hope.

  Zhao Sui was silent first, then shook his head.

  The new emperor's iron-blooded means, the decree has been issued, and it is absolutely impossible to change it.

   Seeing Zhao Sui shaking his head, Mrs. Yang was both disappointed and anxious. After receiving this news, I just wanted to go back and discuss with Huo Erhuai what to do. I couldn't sit still.

  Seeing this, Huo Xi quickly stabilized her.

   They are all here, but their affairs are not done yet.

He asked Yang Fu to take some bolts of silk out of the basket, and said to Zhao Qian, "Auntie, this is the silk we collected in the city. The cloth is good, but it has some mildew spots due to the rain." We thought that my aunt's embroidery skills are good, and I might find a way to cut off the mildew spots or cover them with embroidery patterns, which might come in handy."

  When Zhao Qian heard this, he was very interested, so he hurriedly got up to take it and take a look. Even Grandma Zhao stuffed Huo Nian back into Yang's arms, and came over to watch together.

  The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law slowly spread out the silk. The silk cloth in front of them is gorgeous and dazzling, and it is soft and silky in the hands. But there is no woman who does not love silk. The surprise in the eyes of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law couldn't stop.

  Huo Zhong's firm is engaged in the business of nobles and nobles, not only the quality of silk and satin is good, but also the dyed colors are full of luxury.

  The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law couldn't put it down, and even Zhao Sui touched it with his hands.

   "The mildew is not obvious." Mrs. Zhao Qian looked for places with mildew on the cloth.

  Huo Xi was secretly proud.

  The citric acid she made is very effective. Although these pieces of silk cloth have a bit of mildew, after rubbing with citric acid, the mildew is no longer obvious.

  But if you pretend to be invisible, you can’t sell the silk satin in good condition.

Then he said to them: "Although it is not obvious, it is also stained. It cannot be sold as silk. You can only cut off the moldy place or cover it with embroidery. My mother and I both We don’t know how to embroider, and we can’t wear silk now, so it’s useless in our hands. Grandma Zhao and Aunt Zhao will see if they want it.”

  The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at each other, then looked at Zhao Sui who was aside, nodded, yes.

  Such fine silk can be bought for embroidery, or cut off to make clothes for Zhao Sui. They can also make a silk cloth dress for themselves, and then make a few silk veils for future use.

  Zhao Qian said happily: "My aunt is not polite to you, I have left all these bolts of silk at home. I just don't know the price?"

  Huo Xi breathed a sigh of relief. Her family can stay, and it saves her from having to go around trying to sell it.

Thinking about these silk cloths again, she bought them at a cost of nearly two or three yuan a head, and spent a lot of money on so many fragrant soaps, rice, salt, oranges, pots, charcoal, etc. It's also a cost.

   But selling it to the Zhao family is not easy to sell too high.

  The family broke the news to them today, so that they have time to prepare, and usually help them a lot.

   Then he said: "Auntie, you can give me three taels of silver for each horse. If you still have cloth at home, you can also give us some linen."

   "Three taels? Raw silk is sold in the village, and one stone costs nearly two hundred taels." Three taels for a piece of silk? Zhao's mother-in-law and Zhao Sui couldn't believe it.

   "The price of raw silk is not low, and the price of satin is even higher. But these are defective fabrics, and we only need to recover the cost."

Huo Xi added: "Usually you have taken care of me a lot, helping us collect cloth, and selling our vegetables, chicken, duck eggs, and now you have revealed such news to us. Our family is very grateful. These silk cloths are still in our hands. Use it. If Auntie and Grandma Zhao can use it, please help us use it. It can also reduce the load on our boat."

  When Zhao's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law heard it, they felt ironed in their hearts.

   "Oh, how can this little mouth be so good at talking." Grandma Zhao pulled Huo Xi in front of her, stroking and rubbing her.

   Seven or eight taels, a dozen or so taels of silk cloth, usually only dare to take a peek, but now you can buy three taels? Although there are flaws, it is not a big problem. It is good to cover them with embroidery samples, and if they cannot be covered, they can be cut off.

  Zhao Qian's eyes never leave those pieces of silk and satin. My head was full of thoughts about how to embroider, and I could make two decent silk clothes for my eldest son to wear.

  At that time, she can also cut a few square silk handkerchiefs for her own use.

  I couldn't help feeling beautiful in my heart.

   "Three taels, have you lost money?"

   "No. That's the price."

   Both sides declined.

Huo Xi then said: "We also want Grandma Zhao and Aunt Zhao to help us more in the future. This time we entered the village, in addition to buying cloth, we also wanted to collect some clean meat from chickens and ducks. We wanted Grandma Zhao and Aunt Zhao to help us in the village. Take some. The ones that are ready to be slaughtered."

  Grandma Zhao slapped her thigh and said, "What is this? Two or three is enough, we accept your favor. If you have anything to do in the future, just come to Qianjin Village to find me and your Aunt Zhao."

   Then he said to his daughter-in-law: "Hurry up and take the cloth in and put it away, and take your sister from the Huo family to collect the cloth, and I will take the two younger ones to collect the chickens and ducks."

  Zhao Qian nodded, and together with Zhao Sui, carried five bolts of silk into the weaving room.

  Huo Xi followed in, counted the cloth in her weaving room, there were twelve bolts of Gema, worth one tael and eight taels of silver.

   I spent more than eight renminbi of silver to buy the Zhao family's new rice that had been shelled for a stone, and also bought various miscellaneous grains, vegetables, chicken, duck eggs, and chicken and duck meat. I received eleven taels of silver from the Zhao family.

   During this time, Zhao Liang and Zhao Ji came back and helped Zhao Sui kill chickens and ducks at home. Zhao Qian took Yang and Huo Nian to the village to collect cloth, while Huo Xi and Yang Fu followed Grandma Zhao to the village to collect chicken and duck meat.

  I originally wanted to buy more chicken and duck meat, and cook more at a time to make salted duck sauce duck and air-dried chicken, which will be sold when the weather is cold.

   But once the ship is requisitioned to transport grain, I'm afraid we can't do more.

  Thinking about not waiting for the grain to come back before picking up the meat? But Huo Xi thought that since they were all here, and the food transportation was hard, there might not be much supplies along the way, maybe he could sell some along the way, so he could save some money by then.

  Grandma Zhao enthusiastically led Huo Xi and Yang Fu around the homes of people who raised a lot of chickens and ducks in the village. Thirteen cents a catty for a chicken with feathers, and fifteen cents a catty for a duck with feathers. Many people are willing to slaughter and sell them.

   Only half an hour later, Yang Fu returned to Zhao's yard with a basket full of chicken and duck meat.

  Mr. Yang also collected the cloth in the village, loaded it on Zhao’s cart and brought it back.

  Going back to Zhao’s house, he loaded up the Zhao’s cloth again, borrowed another cart from a neighbor, loaded it with food and vegetables, and Zhao Liang and his son helped push the two carts to the river.

   After thanking Zhao Liang and his son and sending them away, the family rowed the boat away from Qianjin Village.

  The whole family put their things back together, and Yang also told Huo Erhuai the news that his family's boat would be requisitioned.

  Huo Erhuai was stunned when he heard this, and his subordinates froze.

   "Is this news true? Our ship is going to be requisitioned? Go north to Huai'an? Can't you pay the requisition with silver?"

  Ms. Yang was anxious, and gave him a blank look: "This kind of news can be false! And it was said by the eldest son of the Zhao family in the Hebo Institute, can it be false?"

  (end of this chapter)