What Ping'er said also makes sense...... I was silent, Ping'er must have been full of questions, but now was not the time to explain, she smiled at Li Wenxiu, but the smile was reluctant: "Miss Li, you go with me to change your clothes." ”

I suddenly smiled: "No need, I think it's good, you can continue to wear this dress." Anyway, it's all out, and it doesn't matter what gossip or not. ”

Ping'er snorted in surprise, as if she couldn't keep up with my train of thought at all.

"Anyway, I have decided not to go back, what do they like to say, let them go, the emperor is far away, even if they come and want to take me back to ask for guilt, they have to have that ability." I said, "Anyway, don't worry so much, Wenxiu wears men's clothes to make it easier to travel, or we are either women or children, and no one can say what we encounter on the road." If it weren't for the fact that the boatman had already seen us, I would have wanted to wear clothes like this. ”

"Grandma, ...... like this"

"Okay, I'll say it, since it's all out, don't be a grandmother or a grandmother, we're all a family, you're the same as Wenxiu, call me Sister Feng. I smiled and pulled the sword Wenxiu's arm, this girl was taller than me, I turned my head sideways, and leaned my face against her: "Oh, what are they going to say, let them go." In fact, there are still a few days left for their good days, and the grasshoppers after the autumn will not be able to jump for long. ”

Ping'er looked at me and then at Wenxiu, snorted in her mouth, stomped her foot and didn't say anything more.

"Where's Qiao'er?"

"Miss Qiao is still sleeping. ”

I said, "Tell the boatman to sail, and we'll go to the Ten Mile Shop in the evening." ”

Ping'er agreed and went out, looking at her expression, she was still a little uneasy. I scratched my ears in annoyance: "I should have told her about you earlier...... Now it seems to have scared her. ”

Wen Xiu smiled and looked out through the window: "I haven't been on a boat yet, and I feel a little unsure." ”

"If you don't like it, we can go overland instead. "I said, anyway, I booked a comfortable carriage with a four-seater, and I could go by road.

"Forget it, it doesn't matter if I'm alone, you're still with children, it's better to take a boat comfortably. "Wenxiu and I discussed in a whisper, she used to come back from outside the Saiwai, all the way to the capital, it turned out that she wanted to go to Jiangnan, but first, the entanglement was almost used, and secondly, the white horse that had been following her and carrying her on the road finally couldn't support it and died.

Her narration was very simple, but when it came to the white horse that had been with her for a long time, Wenxiu still turned her face to hide her tears.

It sounded like the horse meant something very different to her, it was left to her by her parents and it had lived with her for many years. She grows up day by day, and the white horse grows old day by day. In the end, the white horse dutifully brought her back to the Central Plains, but in the end she did not reach the Jiangnan of her dreams, the white horse was too old, and the road was too hard, and it finally did not support it.

I quietly pushed over a cup of tea. Wenxiu didn't need me to comfort her, she was strong and didn't want people to see her sadness.

Sure enough, when she turned her head again, she was a very calm young man...... Although I don't want to describe it like that, I suddenly realized that there are really women who wear men's clothes more than women's clothes, at least this is the one in front of me.

The ship set sail again, slowly moved away from shore, and headed south.

"Looks like I'm going to have to learn how to make water. When Wenxiu looked out the window, he said: "When you get to Jiangnan, there must be more water than now." ”

"Neither will I. I said, "Don't worry too much, no one is so unlucky to fall into the river." ”

"Not necessarily. Wenxiu glanced at me meaningfully: "There are unpredictable circumstances in the sky, and no one can say what will happen on such a long road." ”

I smiled: "That's fine, we'll ship ashore after Ping'an Prefecture." Well, I brought two rough girls from the house, a mother-in-law and a small girl, and then Ping'er, Sister Qiao, I still have you. When I got back to the shore, I sent them away, and we headed south...... By the way," I suddenly remembered an important question: "I didn't bring a coachman! The man who came with the car didn't come with us on the boat, he went home with Baoyu......"

"It doesn't matter, I can catch a car. ”

"Huh?"

Wen Xiu smiled and said: "I grew up outside the Saiwai, this kind of thing is difficult for me to ride horses, shepherd sheep and drive cars, and I can even set up tents, repair houses, make wine, and cook herbs, you don't have to worry about this." ”

What does it mean to be more dead than people, and to throw away goods than goods, compared with Wenxiu, who is all-round and all-rounded, both civil and military, I am a waste.

"Mother, mother!"

Sister Qiao ran into the cabin, and when she saw Wen Xiu, she stood there stunned and didn't speak, obviously not knowing where this man came from and what to call him.

"Girl. Ping'er followed in: "Didn't you say that you would play in the back, why did you come here again." ”

I beckoned and said, "Don't be afraid of life, this is not an uncle, it's also an aunt, you just call Aunt Wenxiu." But because Aunt Wen Xiu wears men's clothes, you still have to call uncle in front of outsiders and can't call aunt, don't be mistaken, understand?"

This string of tongue twisters-like words made Sister Qiao even more dizzy, but she obviously figured out one thing, that is, Wenxiu is not a man, after understanding this, Sister Qiao put her mind at ease, ran over and took my hand, pointed out the window and said, "Mother, look on the left, there is a big boat." ”

"Huh?" I pushed the window open a crack, and Sister Qiao raised her hand and pointed directly: "Mother, look, look!"

Ah, what a big ship. For example, when compared to other people's boats, our ship looks like a skinny chicken, and the other is a fat pig...... Well, it's not a great game, but it's in terms of volume. It was a two-story ship, and when you looked at the material and the style of the boat, you knew that it must be a ship that only dignitaries could afford to ride.

"Mother, look at the lanterns hanging on the ship, it's so beautiful. ”

"yes. The four people in the cabin all looked over the window, the ship was not only large, but it looked very light and fast, but it was obvious that the other party was not in a hurry, only half of the sails were hung, and the boat was moving slowly and at about the same speed as ours, it was really ashamed of its good hardware configuration.

I told Sister Qiao not to shout wrong in front of outsiders, to call Uncle Wenxiu, to call Uncle Wenxiu, in short, not to call Aunt or sister, Sister Qiao probably thought this was a novel game, while agreeing, while looking at Wenxiu curiously.

Wenxiu's chin has a shallow indentation in the middle, which seems to be a little flawed when wearing women's clothes, but it is surprisingly suitable to comb the scribe's bun in men's clothes. Ping'er seemed very curious about how we got into such a close relationship today, I just said that Wenxiu came to me later and told me how to strengthen my body, and then we said that we would go to the south together. This is not false, but it is simplified a lot.

There were four women in the house, all of different ages. Speaking of which, I am the biggest, Ping'er is second, Wenxiu is younger than Ping'er, but there are also twenty, Sister Qiao doesn't need to ask, she is at the bottom. It should be said that the friendship between women is very well established, and the estrangement between Ping'er and Wenxiu is slowly disappearing. Ping'er took a deck of cards out of the luggage she brought on the boat, which is the kind we usually play at home, and I always lose money to Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang when I play this. Even Sister Qiao knows the general way to play, Wenxiu can't, but she learns quickly. The four of us sat down around a low table and played two rounds of cards, and it was already dark, and the boatman had arrived at Shilipu, and spent the night here. Ping'er told them to go ashore and buy some vegetables and meat to cook on the dock, and I noticed that the big ship had also stopped here, and it seemed that it was going to spend the night here.