Chapter 223

Who knows, when Aunt Bayer mentioned doriku, doriku appeared.

Doriku carried two fresh live fish in his hand. He felt a chill on his body. He was not polite when he came in. It was like coming to his own house. First he took off his hat, then put the fish aside, and then sat down by the fire and breathed.

Aunt Bayer said to Ye Xiaoxian in Central Plains dialect, "look, just say Cao Cao."

Ye Xiaoxian and doriku have been skiing together. They are friends. When they see him coming, they are still happy.

And doriku's words were very direct: "Oh, aunt Bayer has a guest today. She's still a beautiful woman."

Aunt Bayer should like doriku very much. As soon as doriku opened her mouth, she smiled and said to Ye Xiaoxian, "look, look, this baby has a sweet mouth."

Ye Xiaoxian also smiled, and then said to doriku, "you're a good fish. Where did you catch it?"

"Just by the river."

"The river is frozen in winter. How can we catch it?" Ye Xiaoxian asked again.

Although Ye Xiaoxian's family has a lot of dried fish, if there is fresh fish, it will always be delicious and can be made into fish soup.

Doriku said, "do you want to go fishing? If you're not afraid of the cold, I can teach you."

"That..." Ye Xiaoxian thought of whether men and women give or receive, and said, "if you're free, I'll call two people back, the ones in charge of fishing."

At this time, doriku looked directly at Ye Xiaoxian with some burning eyes: "don't you dare to get along with me alone? I'm afraid I'll eat you?"

"...." Ye Xiaoxian smiled shyly and thought in her heart, how can she explain to him that women in the Central Plains can't be too close to men?

Fortunately, there is aunt Bayer.

Aunt Bayer took the potato cake sent by Ye Xiaoxian, handed it to doriku, and then said with a smile: "doriku, you forget what I told you before? Women in the Central Plains have three obediences and four virtues, and ordinary people are better. If they were replaced by the daughter of a rich family, they would not go out of the gate. If they talked to a man with a foreign surname privately, they would be soaked in a pig cage."

Doriku said, "this is Tianshan Mountain. It's time to do as the Romans do. People in the Central Plains have many rules."

Aunt Bayer smiled: "they have just arrived. They have to have time to adapt. Leaves. It seems that she wants to learn fishing very much. She can't teach herself by herself. Then you can teach her uncle or other men. Besides, it's not what women should be able to go fishing in cold weather. The daughter of the Central Plains is delicate. Aren't you afraid she's frozen?"

"That's OK." Obviously convinced, doriku said to Ye Xiaoxian, "if you want to learn, you can find someone in the evening and I'll wait for you by the river."

"OK." Ye Xiaoxian's face was a little red. I don't know whether it was baked by the stove or because of guilt in her heart.

Doriku was so generous, but she was in the way.

But she can't help it. The Liu family and the Xiao family are here. As a widow, she really shouldn't be too close to a man with a foreign surname.

Aunt Bayer said to Ye Xiaoxian warmly at this time: "Ye, let's have dinner here this afternoon. There are fresh fish."

"..." Ye Xiaoxian hesitated again.

Aunt Bayer hurriedly said, "don't worry. I'm here now. No one will say anything about you. Besides, don't you want to talk to doriku about picking snow lotus and making money?"

Ye Xiaoxian asked doriku, "do you have a way to make money?"

While eating potato cakes, doriku said, "there are many ways, just to cost. I'll tell you if you stay for dinner."

Ye Xiaoxian: "

……

Ye Xiaoxian is good at cooking. Aunt Bayer used to say she wanted to try the dishes made by Ye Xiaoxian, so this time ye Xiaoxian took the initiative to be the master.

However, the two fish were killed by doriku. He cleared the scales and guts, and finally handed them over to Ye Xiaoxian.

Ye Xiaoxian asked about everyone's taste. Doriku likes roast. Aunt Bayer has a light taste and likes boiled. Ye Xiaoxian neutralized it and made it stewed.

Fry the fish golden on both sides, and then slowly stuffy with water and some tribal ingredients. In this way, the fish is fragrant and light, suitable for all ages.

Ye Xiaoxian spoke to ariku while stewing fish: "do you often come to Aunt Bayer's house?"

Originally, she inadvertently turned her head and wanted to chat. However, when she turned around, she saw ariku staring at her.

Ye Xiaoxian instantly felt a heat on her body.

Doriku quickly looked away, and then changed to his playful face: "of course, I often come."

Aunt Bayer explained: "he is familiar with my man. He said he is in love with his father and son. My man and son have gone to herd, and he often comes. Anyway, if there are good things, he will think of my old aunt."

Ye Xiaoxian hurriedly said, "aunt, you're not old at all. You're young."

Aunt Bayer said while taking her shoes: "I'm old and in poor health. I can't bear the fatigue of migration, so I often stay at home alone in winter. He often sends me some fish or something."

"Oh." Ye Xiaoxian thought, no wonder aunt Bayer likes doriku so much.

The fish in the pot was almost ready. Aunt Bayer brought bowls and chopsticks. The three people ate fish around the fire stove.

The other two people were really full of praise for ye Xiaoxian's stewed fish, especially doriku. He was originally a fisherman and usually ate the most fish. His eating method was very fierce, either roasted or fried. He ate Ye Xiaoxian's method for the first time.

Aunt Bayer asked him, "how does it taste?"

He glanced at Ye Xiaoxian and said, "like her."

The other two were surprised:?

Doriku always spoke directly: "didn't Aunt Bayer say that the women in the central plains are weak and delicate, but they have all kinds of manners? That's the taste of the fish."

Aunt Bayer couldn't help laughing, but she had to admit that doriku described it properly.

Ye Xiaoxian just smiled. It was the first time she heard such a description.

Thinking of the topic before dinner, ye Xiaoxian asked doriku, "you said, what are your ways to make money? Can you tell me?"

Doriku spit out the fish bones in his mouth, and then said a series of his thoughts: "if you want to make a little money, it's just like me. Catch fish every day and sell them in the market. In short, you can eat enough. But if you want to make a lot of money, you have to pay a lot of money, such as raising a large number of camels."

"Camels? Produce camel milk?"

Ye Xiaoxian knows that modern camel milk is very expensive, which is more expensive than milk and goat milk, but people don't seem to pay attention to these at this time. Most people in this era are seeking food and clothing.

Besides, people here have enough goat's milk and milk. It must be because they drank too much milk. They look stronger than the people in the Central Plains.

Dolly kuton smiled: "it's not milk. If it's just for drinking milk, why don't I just squeeze the sheep? I also have several sheep in my own home."

"Then why are you raising camels?" Asked Ye Xiaoxian.

"Engage in transportation, send out the materials of Baoding City, and then bring in the things outside." At this point, doriku's face seemed to shine.

This idea has been brewing for a long time, but he has been suffering from lack of capital, so he can only do some small business, such as fishing or picking herbs and materials in the mountains. Sometimes he will help tribal farmers milk their sheep or shear their wool.

After listening to doriku's words, ye Xiaoxian also had a flash of inspiration: "do you mean to use camels for transportation trade?"

Doriku didn't know what the word "trade" meant.

Ye Xiaoxian said, "anyway, as you said, we first buy the materials in the tribe and send them to the cities in the Central Plains to sell, and then transport the specialties of the Central Plains back to buy them locally."

"That's what I mean."

Ye Xiaoxian thought of the ancient Silk Road. At that time, ceramics and silk exported from the central plains were transported by camels.

Baoning city has a vast area, with deserts and oases, but the transportation is inconvenient, so there is little communication with the Central Plains. If there are camel transport teams, they can really realize local trade with the Central Plains.

Because only camels can cross the desert and greatly reduce the distance. Unlike horses, a trip to the Central Plains takes dozens of days or even a month, which is completely inefficient.

Isn't there a saying in modern times? To get rich, build roads first.

Now it is impossible for them to build roads, but with camel transportation, they have roads.

Ye Xiaoxian asked doriku again, "if camels cross the desert, will there be any risk? I heard that there are quicksand rivers and eddies in the desert, and the desert is endless. What if they get lost in it?"

Doriku said with a smile, "I've crossed the desert with the desert eagle several times before. I'm familiar with the land. If I'm not familiar with it, I can find the desert eagle to bring it."

"What is the desert eagle?" Ye Xiaoxian asked again.

"An old ghost has only two camels at home. He sells dozens of kilograms of dried mutton to the Central Plains at a time, and then transports the things from the Central Plains. If you go once a month, you can solve the livelihood of two months. If you have a camel team, you can let him lead the way or follow him."

"Is this man reliable?" Asked Ye Xiaoxian.

"It's OK. Besides, I'm familiar with the road he took."

At this point, doriku asked Ye Xiaoxian, "it seems that you are more interested in camels."

Ye Xiaoxian said with a smile, "it's more reliable than picking snow lotus from Tianshan Mountain."

"That's natural. It just needs capital."

Ye Xiaoxian asked again, "how much does a camel cost? I mean the kind of adult one that can be used after buying it."

Doriku stretched out two fingers.

"Two liang silver?"

"No, it's twenty-two sons and one head."

Ye Xiaoxian took a breath.

Doriku said, "even if you buy a small one, it costs ten liang of silver."

Ye Xiaoxian smiled. I'm afraid she doesn't have so much money. Even if she asks Liu Yuan for foreign investment, she can't get so much money. If you only raise one or two, it doesn't seem to pay.

At present, we have to fish first and maintain good food and clothing first.