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It was still dark, and Li Sixi had already gotten up, preparing to sail early.

He estimated a large bamboo garden in a village not far from the Guanyin Temple. If he cut it carefully, it would be enough for him to drag four or five boats.

Thinking of getting another few hundred pennies into his account, he felt so full of strength that he wished he could stay up all night.

As soon as Li Sixi got out of the cabin, he saw a shadow moving on the dark bow of the ship.

The two boats were close to each other. Li Sixi took a closer look with the light in the cabin. It was Brother Zhang who was holding a bowl of corn paste and a three-noodle pancake in his hand, squatting on the bow of the boat and nibbling.

"Third brother, good morning."

Brother Zhang nodded: "It's getting late, where are you going today?"

In the entire dock, they were the only two families responsible for collecting and transporting bamboo. I didn't understand much in the first few days, but the two families worked together for a while.

Now, they all move separately, asking each other where they are going so that they can avoid each other and avoid meeting each other and taking detours in vain.

Li Sixi scooped up a ladle of water and started to wash up, but she did not forget to reply vaguely: "I'm going to Chenjiabazi. There is a big bamboo garden over there. I saw it yesterday. If the price is right, it will be over there today."

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"oh,"

Brother Zhang put the last piece of pancake in his hand into his mouth, chewed it and swallowed it: "I don't have a clue today. Since you are going south, then I will look north. There is a bamboo forest in Lijiaji in the north.

I'll go take a look."

While the two were talking, Lu Quan walked out of the cabin.

Originally, the Li Sixi family's boat and the Lu family's boat docked next to the boat gang. Because Aunt Li was cautious, the Li family's boat switched places with the Zhang family's boat. Now it is the third brother Zhang's boat that docks next to the Lu family.

For this matter, Li Sixi secretly complained about his wife, but she had already changed her, and he would not be so shameless if she changed her now.

"Brother Lu, morning, have you eaten?" Li Sixi greeted Lu Quan warmly across the boat.

Brother Zhang also came over with an empty bowl: "Brother Lu, have you eaten? I have porridge and pancakes at home. Come over and have a sip first."

At this time, the sky was dimming, the nearby ships were already making movement, and everyone started to get up one after another.

Lu Quan waved his hand, raised his hand to press his still swollen head, and stepped onto Zhang San's boat: "You don't want to transport bamboo today. Stop for a while and watch the wind."

Hearing what Lu Quan said, Brother Zhang San and Li Sixi were stunned and asked in unison: "Unlucky? Why?"

Why are you so unlucky all of a sudden?

Isn't business very good?

Lu Quan drank wine yesterday and was still dizzy. He waved his hands, sat dejectedly on the bow of the boat and began to be in a daze.

Yesterday, shopkeeper Li also advised him to buy more grain and told him to find a place to store some grain.

Among those sailing families, if they only buy enough food for three to five days, they would have so much spare money to spend on buying food.

In the past two months, Xiaosi asked everyone to buy grain. After buying the grain, he still hasn't finished it. He asked the big guys to buy it again. I don't know if the big guys will think that his family is deliberately looking for trouble.

Li Sixi squatted on Lu Quan's left hand side and asked with some confusion: "Brother Lu, what happened?"

Lu Quan held his head, looked blankly at the water, and murmured: "You have to buy food, buy more food."

Zhang San was surprised: "Why did you suddenly think of buying food again? I haven't finished the food I bought last time."

It's July now. Wouldn't it be better to wait until the new rice grain arrives after the Mid-Autumn Festival to buy grain at that time?

Li Sixi followed up and said, "That's right, I just have some extra money at home."

I’m still thinking about buying land and building a house!

Brother Zhang squatted on the right side of Lu Quan, his voice was a little low: "Didn't you say you were going to buy wasteland to build a house? Why are you buying food now?"

It's not winter yet, so it's a little early to stock up on food.

Besides, the new rice has not yet arrived, and it will take several months to mature at the earliest.

"Small……"

Lu Quan stuttered and couldn't help coughing dryly and continued: "Yesterday I went to the dock and had dinner with some of the stewards at the dock."

Li Sixi's eyes immediately lit up when she heard that Lu Quan was having dinner with the steward at the dock.

After all, it’s Brother Lu. Now he and the steward at the dock are brothers, and we can have dinner together.

In the past, when they wanted to go to the dock to do the work, it was not easy to talk to the stewards.

Brother Zhang frowned slightly. He was wondering why Lu Quan wanted to find the steward at the dock. Could it be that there was something wrong with the eel transportation?

But what does this have to do with buying food?

Lu Quan had no idea what the two brothers around him were thinking. He exhaled a breath and continued: "I heard that the Shen family in Nanyang County was ransacked..."

"What?"

Li Sixi was so surprised that he sat down: "Shen family? A Shen family with three jinshis?"

The Shen family in Nanyang County is not an ordinary family. To fishermen like Li Sixi, they are simply god-like existences.

The Shen family was rich and had many scholars. Not counting those who were admitted as Tongsheng and Xiucai, the Shen family alone had three students.

How could such a person still have his home confiscated?

Brother Zhang was not so surprised. He only took a breath and gritted his teeth: "If the house of the owner of the Lu family was burned down, who else from Dongyang County to Nanyang County could be richer than the Lu family? More than the owner of the Lu family.

Benevolence and righteousness?”

Li Sixi nodded: "Yes."

Even if they have not received any favor from Master Lu, they have heard of his good name.

Brother Zhang looked at the decadent Lu Quan and asked, "Brother Lu, what does the Shen family's confiscation have to do with us?"

"It didn't matter..."

Lu Quan's eyes showed confusion, but Xiaosi said it was relevant, so it definitely was. He replied in an off-topic manner, "Shopkeeper Li may want to return to Yangzhou."

Brother Zhang frowned, what's going on with Lu Quan? Why is he talking so confusingly? He was buying food and ransacking his house, so why is he talking about shopkeeper Li now?

Li Sixi hurriedly interrupted Lu Quan: "Yes, why are you leaving? Isn't our eel business doing very well?"

Thanks to shopkeeper Li's help, all the eel cages they made were shipped to Yangzhou and sold to various places from Yangzhou. It is said that the sales were quite good. Shopkeeper Li also said that at least everyone will be able to make a few trips before winter comes.

goods.

Why is shopkeeper Li suddenly leaving?

"Hey, don't say anything, let Brother Lu do the talking." Brother Zhang gave Li Sixi a dissatisfied look.

Where did Li Sixi talk so much?

"Oh, oh, Brother Lu, you say it, you say it." Li Sixi was not angry because Brother Zhang reprimanded him. Instead, he diligently touched a stool from the side and handed it to Lu Quan.

Lu Quan didn't take the stool, but looked into the distance with a heavy gaze.

At this moment, the sky was just a little white, and not many people were getting up on the boat. Occasionally, there were a few people, and they brought some movement. Even so, everyone was not willing to light a lamp, but felt the darkness on the bow of the boat to make a fire to cook.

Lighting a lamp costs oil, and no one is willing to part with that money.

Year after year, everyone comes here like this.
Chapter completed!