In March, everything grows, and it is a good time to travel.

Bidding farewell to the people who saw them off, Gu Qian helped his mother and took his child to embark on a journey to Taizhou.

"Daddy, this ship is so big!" Brother Hu took such a big boat for the first time, and excitedly touched here and there, and after the ship began to set sail, he couldn't wait to take Gu Qian's hand and walk to the deck to see the scenery.

"Kuan'er, look forward to Brother Tiger, don't bump into it. The old lady was old and didn't have the energy to run around with her little grandson, so she smiled and told Gu Qian a few words, and was accompanied by Mother Xu into the cabin to rest.

Gu Qian patiently accompanied Brother Tiger to watch the scenery on the deck, the river was sparkling, the grass grew on the shore and the warbler was flying, and it was a good spring day, but unlike Brother Hu'er's excitement, Gu Qian's eyebrows faintly revealed a little melancholy.

"Daddy, look!" Brother Hu'er's hand holding the side of the boat suddenly raised, he pulled Gu Qian's sleeve, and said in surprise, "What kind of bird is that?

Two white birds flew in the wind from afar, their feathers stretched and their posture staggering, and they let out a long and cheerful song as they flew above the big boat.

"That's good!" Brother Tiger said excitedly, "Daddy, Daddy, are the birds greeting us?"

"Yes," infected by Brother Hu'er's excitement, the melancholy between Gu Qian's eyebrows gradually faded, and he looked at the waterfowl flying farther and farther away, and his mood gradually brightened.

The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and it is a little unfounded to worry about the future now.

After playing with Brother Tiger for a few days, the official ship arrived at the largest city of the trip, Jinling.

Jinling is the largest city in the south of the Jing Dynasty, and it was also the capital of the Jing Dynasty, but since the Ming Dynasty moved the capital, Jinling has gradually declined, but then it declines, it is also the economic and political center of the south of the Jing Dynasty, and it is not comparable to ordinary cities.

The old lady and Brother Hu were both going out for the first time, and they had never been on a boat for such a long time, and when they saw the tall city walls of Jinling City, Brother Hu'er's little face that was depressed because of the boat light up, "Daddy, Daddy, is this Jinling?"

"Yes!" Gu Qian looked at the tall city wall and said with a smile, "Daddy will take you and your grandmother to the city for a good walk in a while." ”

"Okay, okay!" Brother Tiger clapped his hands and giggled, "I want to eat duck fat baked cakes and vermicelli soup, last time Uncle Xiao Jiu brought me a few baked cakes, but they were delicious!"

"You little gluttonous cat!" Gu Qian touched his son's head and said softly, "Go to the cabin and call your grandmother out, let's go to Jinling City to eat delicious food!"

"Great, I'm going to call Grandmother!" Brother Tiger cheered as he ran into the cabin, Gu Qian looked at his eager back and smiled dumbly.

Old Madam Gu was old, and when she cleaned up and came out of the cabin, Brother Hu was already anxiously shouting at the door several times Grandmother hurry up, "Okay, okay, grandmother is here......" Old Madam Gu was held by Brother Hu'er's sleeve, and soothed with a smile, "Don't worry, the seller of baked cakes won't run." ”

"Grandmother will make fun of me!"

"You are grandmother's sweetheart, how can grandmother make fun of you?" Xu was infected by the hustle and bustle of the dock, and Old Madam Gu also made a joke.

Seeing this old man and young man smiling every word, Gu Qian's heart felt like someone had been ironed with warm water, and he was very comfortable, he asked Gu Xiaojiu, who was waiting next to him, to pull Brother Hu'er, and he personally helped Mrs. Gu get off the boat.

"Uncle Xiaojiu, where did you buy the baked cakes you brought back last time?" Afraid that Brother Tiger would get lost, Gu Xiaojiu directly carried the person on his shoulder, Brother Tiger straddled Gu Xiaojiu's neck, looked at the bustling crowd, and asked excitedly.

"It's near the Confucius Temple, don't worry, turn two more streets and you'll be there. ”

"Is it that far?" said Brother Tiger disappointedly.

"Jinling City is a big mile, let's hire a sedan chair for the old lady in a while, if you are tired, follow the old lady to take the sedan chair." ”

"I'm not going, my father said that a manly husband has to go his own way. ”

"Really?" Gu Xiaojiu squatted down, "Then please ask the little young master to come down and go by yourself......

Before he finished speaking, he saw Brother Hu hugging Gu Xiaojiu's head tightly, "I won't go down, I won't go down." "The scenery up there is so good, so he doesn't go down to squeeze with people.

When the two of them made such a fuss, Gu Qian and Old Madam Gu both laughed, "You little naughty," Old Madam Gu smiled and pointed at Brother Hu'er and said, "Come down quickly, don't be tired of your little Uncle Jiu." ”

Brother Tiger didn't come down in the end, he straddled Gu Xiaojiu's shoulders and kept saying good things, coaxing Gu Xiaojiu to take him to a more lively place to play. Seeing his son's happy smile, Gu Qian didn't stop him, and walked towards the juggling stall with a smile from him and Gu Xiaojiu.

"Daddy, did you just see it? That person can breathe fire! Did he practice some peerless martial arts?"

"Daddy, did you see that man walking the knife bridge? The big knife was cut before, and the soles of his feet didn't bleed!"

"Daddy, is that person blessed by gods and Buddhas? Such a big stone is placed on the chest, and a big hammer is smashed down, and the stone is broken, but there is nothing to do, so powerful!"

Brother Tiger has been in the countryside all the year round, he has never been to such a big city, let alone seen such a variety of skills, at this moment he is sitting on Gu Xiaojiu's shoulder, his eyes are shining, and he keeps clapping and screaming with the applause of others, and his impatient temperament is not at all as stable as before.

"Brother Tiger is really happy today. Old Madam Gu looked at Brother Hu who was stroking his palm and laughing on Xiao Jiu's shoulder, and said with relief.

"It will get better and better in the future," Gu Qian helped the old mother and said with relief, "With me helping you take care of Brother Tiger, you can also raise flowers, drink tea, and go out to socialize." ”

Although Mrs. Gu is widowed, she was also an elegant person when she was young, but for so many years, she has raised her son with hard work, and she has not yet enjoyed the blessings of the Qing Dynasty, and she caught up with her son's demotion and loss of his wife, so she had to raise her grandson alone.

"If you can really help your mother take care of Brother Hu'er, your mother will be blessed. Old Madam Gu knew that her son was comforting herself, but her heart was still warm.

"Look at what you said, my son doesn't dare to talk in front of his mother. Xu is because of leaving home, the family's mentality involuntarily relaxed, in the past, the mother and son rarely had such a funny conversation.

After shopping in the market, watching juggling, and drinking the duck blood vermicelli soup that I had been thinking about, Brother Tiger returned to the boat with a few packets of dim sum and a few pieces of snacks in his heart.

"Daddy, will we come to Jinling in the future?" Looking at Jinling City in the distance, Brother Hu said reluctantly.

"Does Brother Tiger like Jinling?"

"Like. "Jinling has delicious food, there are fun, and there are tall cities that he has never seen before, such a strange and fresh scenery has a fatal attraction for children.

"If there is a chance in the future, Daddy will bring you here. Gu Qian smiled and touched his head.

Leaving Jinling, the waterways became more and more dense, and the city also saw more prosperity.

After Brother Hu finished eating the food he brought back from Jinling City, the whole person withered, and the days on the boat were too boring, he had already followed Xiao Jiu to walk around the boat, and he didn't even have the intention to look at the scenery outside.

Gu Qian saw that he had lost interest in the outside, so he simply called him to the cabin and took him to write and read.

In the sound of Brother Hu'er's reading aloud, the official ship sailed into Zhejiang.

Zhejiang is an important place for resisting Japanese people, and Hangzhou is okay, the more you go to the coast, the more you can see the signs of anti-Japanese resistance. Some wharves were specially guarded by special people, some villages were fenced with high wooden fences, and some small boats not only did not avoid official ships like them, but followed them unhurriedly, as if they wanted to find out whether they were really official ships.

"It seems that the situation against the Japanese is becoming more and more tense. Gu Qian looked at the simple fortifications on the shore, thinking that the current situation in Zhejiang might be much worse than he had thought before.

"yes, it wasn't like that when we left a few years ago. Xiao Jiu looked at the boat following behind and frowned.

"Otherwise, please ask my mother and Brother Hu to get off the boat first, and then pick them up when we are settled down and make sure that there is nothing to do in Taizhou. ”

"We are a family, and we will go wherever you go. Gu Qian was shocked, turned his head to look, and saw his mother standing at the door of the cabin, looking at him with a flat expression.

"Mother!" Gu Qian hurriedly walked over and persuaded, "My son thought about it too simply, I didn't expect that the situation in Zhejiang has become so serious, if you continue to follow me, I'm afraid you will have to worry about your life!"

"We have worries about our lives, but you don't?" Old Madam Gu sighed, "My mother has not done anything else in her life, she just keeps waiting, waiting for your father to return when she is young, and waiting for you to return when she is old, waiting, waiting, her life is ...... longer than others' three lives."

"Mother!" Gu Qian lowered his head in shame.

"My mother has now figured it out, no family's honor or disgrace is as good as a family's ordinary life together. After so many years of working outside, I don't know how much suffering and hardship you have suffered, and your mother can't help you with anything, at least she can guard you, let you have a full meal, and put on a warm clothes. ”

"But you ......"

"Don't worry, we're not going to hold you back. Old Madam Gu patted his arm and said with a smile, "Wei Niang is not a person who doesn't know the general situation, let's follow you, if the situation is really forced, we can get off the boat first, but now it's still far from Taizhou, are you too worried?"

Gu Qian was amused by the old lady, he didn't dare to refute, nor could he say with a clear conscience that the danger did not exist, so he could only reluctantly respond and see.

Since he had already handled the paperwork in Hangzhou, Gu Qian's time was relatively tight, and after the ship arrived in Shaoxing, Gu Xiaojiu took people to Taizhou to handle chores first.

It was getting late, the official ship slowly leaned into the official post wharf, Gu Qian stretched his arms and moved his body, and was about to ask the old lady to get off the boat and dissipate, when he heard someone on the shore shouting: "The people on the boat, but Taihu Lake Gu Shenzhi?"