Zhan Zhumen

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 of about 40 years old, rowing a small black 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 proud, 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 there for several months, and liked it: "Your family also has a big heart, 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 she 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. His family has a house and a field, and fishing is just an occasional supplement to the family.

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, she will have a house and a field, so she can fish if she wants to fish, and lie flat if she wants to. It doesn't matter if she fishes a day or three days to dry the net, or half a month to dry the net, as she pleases.

Over there, Yang Fu had 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't be the same as in those days. If it's two taels to four taels, I'll give you 25 yuan a piece, if it's more than four taels, it's 13 yuan, and if it's less than two taels, it's [-] yuan. One catty. Do you think it will work?"

When the man heard it, the price of the crab was very fair.He also asked several crab vendors along the way, knowing what to expect.

Nodding: "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 hard 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 again and again.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.

Mrs. 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 them."

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

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 as he liked it.

I saw 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 collect shrimp?"

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

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

Xi'er still collects 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 pot.

Huo Xi dumped a cage of prawns into his own 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 what price are you willing to sell us?"

Really charge?Yang Fu stared at her blankly.

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

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 find you and sell it to me 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 whole family gathered around the half-basket of shrimps.

"Xi'er, can this also make bald butter?" Yang Shi 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 collecting 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 also eat it. The dried shrimp and grilled shrimp can be eaten directly, or used for cooking." Huo Xi added.

"Then the drunk crab is gone?"

"Drunken crabs are not as easy to sell as bald butter. We haven't made them 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 rich 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 started 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 the kung fu, he took a bath, packed up, and went to the Imperial College with his book bag on his 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 was thinking about it.When I heard it, I almost jumped up.

"Okay, the subordinate will go right away."

"How many bottles do you want to buy?"

Mu Yan glanced at Kan Er indifferently, turned around 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, just waved his hand.

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