We waited until noon, when the boat was stocked with rice and vegetables, and Ping'er went to the stern of the boat to help cook. It doesn't seem like living in a house here, I don't know whether the firewood or firewood is burning, there is a puff of smoke, which is not choking, and the aroma of cooking rice, but makes people feel very good.

Sister Qiao opened her eyes wide and looked out of the porthole. Luckily, there was no river directly outside the window, and there was a boat board outside for the two of them to walk on, but I didn't let her lie on the window, and what if she saw something, she was excited or frightened, and fell into the river?

Sister Qiao was so happy that she pointed at her for a while and said, "Mother, look at that." After a while, he made a fuss: "Oh, there are two children on the boat over there!" But I wasn't much better than her, and everything I saw was so fresh, I hadn't seen it before. I took Sister Qiao in my arms and let her sit on my lap, pointing out the things we could see one by one, and the two of us had a lot of fun discussing together, and we could even guess whether the tip of the boat was wrapped in iron sheet or something. The cooked meal was served, three dishes and one soup, of course, it was far less delicate and delicious than Jiafu, but I, Ping'er and Sister Qiao all ate it very deliciously. Ping'er refused to sit at first, but I smiled and said, "In the future, we will all be the same people, don't worry about any superiority and inferiority." Ping'er, I remember that you are three years younger than me, we will be a family in the future, you will be my sister, I will be your sister, Sister Qiao, don't call Ping'er sister in the future, you want to call aunt, you know?"

Sister Qiao had a grain of rice in the corner of her mouth, swallowed the food in her mouth, and called obediently: "Aunt Ping." ”

I said, "Look, Qiao'er has changed her words, so sit down." ”

When Ping'er bent down to take the chopsticks, she wiped the corners of her eyes briskly, and sat down leaningly: "Eat quickly, the food is cold quickly." He asked Sister Qiao again: "Is it cold in the cabin?" You can't open the window anymore when you come back, you can see that your face is frozen red. ”

"I've never been on a boat before. Sister Qiao told her: "It's okay to open a seam." ”

Ping'er glanced at her: "Then you can only watch for a while, the wind is strong on the river, and the sun is not good today." You have to sleep for a while after noon, don't patronize. ”

Sister Qiao ate very quickly, and after rinsing her mouth, she wanted to go to the window to see, but Ping'er hurriedly stopped her, saying that she couldn't drink the cold wind just after eating, and didn't let her open the window.

Ping'er gave me some vegetables. At this time, there are no fresh vegetables outside, far from being out-of-season vegetables like later, cabbage and radish are easy to store in winter, which are home-cooked vegetables that are commonly eaten by ordinary people, and bean sprouts and tofu are things that can be eaten in all seasons. Sister Qiao used to live a good life before, but I'm afraid it won't be all of a sudden, I don't know if she can get used to it.

"Grandma, do you just leave the boat after dinner? If you leave late, I'm afraid you won't be able to get to Shilipu before dark. ”

I said, "Wait, there's still one thing to do." ”

I told Wenxiu that she left today, and she will never forget the day, there may be something delayed, so it hasn't arrived yet.

Ping'er looked at me and didn't say anything more.

Sister Qiao usually sleeps for a while after lunch, and Ping'er places her to sleep, and I say, "You can rest for a while." ”

It was just past noon, but because of the cloudy sky, the cabin was not bright, and I looked to the shore, and the wind was blowing, and everyone who came and went shrank their heads. The hull of the boat shook slightly, and I leaned on a large soft pillow brought out of the house, and yawned gently, maybe Wenxiu would have to wait a while before she came, after all, she also had to clean up. No sooner had I closed the window than I heard two taps on the hatch.

I asked softly, "Who is it?"

"Sister Feng, it's me. ”

Although he lowered his voice, he could still hear that it was Wenxiu.

I jumped out of the chair, took three steps and two steps to open the door, and the person outside the door smiled at me and said, "This lady, Xiaosheng is polite." ”

Oh my God, this boy is really handsome...... My eyebrows are sharp, my lips are red and my teeth are white, stop! I raised my hand to cover my mouth.

My eyes widened: "Wenxiu?"

"Sister Feng, how do you look at my dress?"

Li Wenxiu, dressed as a young man dressed in a blue scribe's suit, walked in, and I was shocked that I didn't forget to close the door.

Wenxiu...... Oh my God, I almost didn't recognize you. I looked him up and down. Wen Xiu's men's appearance can be said to be perfect! She must have strangled her chest with strips of cloth - although I don't think it was any different from strangulation with her bust. However, her heroic and charming women's clothing was changed to men's clothing, and it became such a bizarre and unique charm!

Well, I remember that there seemed to be a female star who was like this before, she was charming when she dressed up as a woman, and she was also heroic when she dressed up as a man......

It's been a long way, it's a long way off, and now it's time to figure out why Li Wenxiu is dressed like this? It's really surprising to me.

"Actually, this is not the first time I've dressed up like this, I used to ...... When I returned to the Central Plains from Saiwai, I also dressed up like this. Also, when I go out to shepherd sheep or practice martial arts, I will also dress up as a man, which is more convenient and safer than women's clothing. ”

What I have to say is that I understand this truth, not only in ancient times, but even in modern times, it is very unsafe for a single woman to go out on a long journey. Wenxiu is very practical in doing this......

But...... I looked at her a few more times, and there was suddenly such a beautiful young man on the boat, not to mention what others would think and say, even if it was Ping'er and Sister Qiao, I couldn't explain it to them.

"Where's your luggage?" I saw how she came in empty-handed.

"What more luggage?" Wen Xiu smiled: "Just two sets of clothes, I don't have anything long, but a sword never leaves my body, I put it in the room at the stern of the cabin - that room is for me, right?"

"Yes," I said, "you see?"

"I guess, it's neatly packed, and no one lives in it, and it's not the boat's room, so it must have been left for me. ”

Hmm, how should I introduce Wenxiu to Ping'er and Sister Qiao? To be honest, Wenxiu is a girl, we have to go on the road together, but Ping'er must be very strange, she has also seen Wenxiu, but she must not know that we met again later, and established such an unbreakable friendship. Everything was done in her secret, and now I have to make it clear...... I don't know what Ping'er thinks, or make up something else to deal with this matter first, and then slowly ......

Before I could make up the words, the hatch door was knocked twice, and Ping'er said, "Grandma, shouldn't you start ......the boat?"

As soon as she pushed the door open, she was stunned, my lips moved, and before I could speak, Ping'er flashed in quickly, and closed the door again with a snap.

"Grandma!" Ping'er's face turned pale and lowered her voice: "How did he get in?"

"Ping'er, uh, I was about to tell you that she was going to the south with us, and you still ......" remember that she didn't say the second half of the sentence, Ping'er said to me more urgently: "Grandma, I know that the second master can't stand you, but this is not far from the capital, you can't let such a person stay on the boat with us!

But if she hadn't interrupted, I would have said that this was Wenxiu and not a man. Listening to Ping'er's meaning, does she think I'm raising a little white face and cheating with someone?

"I'll go out now to give grandma the wind, grandma, you send him away, and we'll take the boat......"

"Ping'er, you misunderstood, she's not a man, she's Miss Li, and you've seen her ...... before"

We all said our own things, and finally we all made our intentions clear. Ping'er's eyes widened, and she turned her head back to look at Wenxiu, and then turned her head to look at me.

I spread out my hand: "Miss Li is also going to the south, so we happen to be walking together." For the convenience of the road, so as not to make people think that we are all women and children, so Miss Li is wearing men's clothes, you misunderstand Ping'er. ”

Ping'er looked at her carefully and nodded: "It's really Miss Li...... I didn't recognize it just now. Miss Li is tall and wears men's clothes very much like ......," but Ping'er still shook her head and said, "Grandma, this is not appropriate." ”

"What's wrong?"

Ping'er didn't give an inch: "I know, but other people don't know, if you let acquaintances see it, they don't care if it's true or not, and they don't talk nonsense if they don't have the law of heaven and reason in their mouths? ”