A huge fishing net was thrown over. The black shadow knew that it was the officers and soldiers salvaging the bodies that had been soaked in the river. He raised his face and watched as the dense net fell from the sky, instantly scooping him and several corpses with feathered arrows stuck in them into the net. The moment the black shadow fell from the fishing net, he immediately closed his eyes, froze his hands and feet, and motionless completely regarded himself as one of the corpses.

After a busy night, the cold stars gradually faded, the sky was as black as ink, and the light returned to the earth, and the remaining personnel and goods on the cargo ship were all dispersed to other cargo ships. The flotilla was escorted by official ships and moved forward at full speed again, and the rough water returned to its former calm.

The jackdaw, frightened away, flew back again, and the river was still flowing quietly. The dry reeds on both sides of the river were rustled by the strong north wind, and the dirty foam floating and heavy at the roots actually had a strange red, as if to hint at the fierceness of the fierce battle last night.

Xiao Shi was frightened and cried for half the night, and finally couldn't stay up and fell asleep on the edge of the bed with the clothes that Coral was wearing in the past. Ye Wushuang lightly carried him to the bed, wrenched the veil with hot water, washed his little face stained with tears and snot, and shook off the soft futon and gently covered him.

When she was busy doing all this, she always had a loving smile on the corner of her lips, and her movements were gentle as if she were treating her own sweetheart.

Hua Lianyue looked up a few times, then lowered her head and threw a few pieces of new charcoal into the charcoal basin that was about to go out, and then took down the copper kettle hanging on it, gurgling and white smoke, first filled the soup woman, and then poured the remaining boiling water into the teapot where the tea leaves were placed.

Ye Wushuang was still carefully tucking the corners of the quilt for the small stone, and Hua Lianyue handed over the soup woman who had wrapped the towel. Ye Wushuang thanked him softly, took the warm soup woman and stuffed it into the quilt of the small stone.

Finally busy, when she raised her eyes, she saw Xiao Shi, who had fallen asleep, with his eyes half-open in a daze, and muttered in a low voice: "Sister, it's so warm!"

Ye Wushuang was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood that he was in a daze, and he regarded himself as a coral. Her eyes were hot, but she caught a glimpse of Hua Liyue hearing the sound and looking over. She hurriedly turned to the side and wiped the corners of her eyes with the sleeve of her coat. Immediately, he gently stroked Xiao Shi's thin back through the quilt, and whispered comfortingly: "Good boy, sleep!"

Xiao Shi's barely half-open eyes were gently closed again, and after a while, he made an even and steady breathing sound, obviously asleep. Ye Wushuang stood up and whispered to Hua Lianyue, "Let's go out and talk, let the children sleep well." ”

Hua Lianyue nodded, picked up the hot tea that had just been brewed, and followed Ye Wushuang out of the room and sat down in the cubicle outside. Hua Lianyue handed over the hot tea and said, "It's been a busy night, take a sip of hot tea slowly." ”

"Thank you!" Ye Wushuang pursed his lips and smiled, picked up the teacup and took a few sips, and rested it on the small table with paint off on the side. Then he took out a half-made cloth shoe from the sewing basket beside him, and sewed it with his head bowed.

Hua Lianyue held the warm tea cup in her hand, absorbing the warmth emanating from the wall of the cup. She took a sip of the shoddy tea in the cup, but her eyes kept quietly rolling on Ye Wushuang. She really couldn't associate the quiet little woman in front of her who couldn't stop with the gorgeous Oiran in the capital back then.

Hua Lianyue just watched Ye Wushuang's flying needle walk quietly until she turned her face sideways, revealing her crystal teeth and biting the thin black thread, and a few strands of soft broken hair slid down mischievously to cover her smooth forehead. She didn't have time to pay attention, and pulled hard, and the silk thread broke in response. She smiled with satisfaction, and then raised her hand to stroke the strands of hair behind her ears casually.

This quiet and satisfied smile has a bit of the charm of the past.

"Show me!" Hua Liyue finally spoke.

With a touch of shyness and three points of pride, Ye Wushuang handed over the new shoes that had just been made to Hua Lianyue's hands. Don't forget to humbly say: "The work is rough, don't laugh at me." ”

Hua Lianyue looked at the fine stitches on it, and touched the thick and soft insole, and she didn't know how much soft cotton was stuffed in it to be so soft and thick. This shoe has obviously put all her heart and soul into it, and although it looks extremely ordinary, it is definitely very comfortable and warm to wear on the feet.

Hua Lianyue couldn't help but praise: "This kind of work is still rough, and you are too modest." ”

Ye Wushuang smiled, took out another one from the sewing basket, and began to continue sewing. Hua Lianyue played with the cloth shoes in her hand, and saw that she had been hanging her slender neck, staring at the needle holding the silk thread without blinking, and couldn't help but say: "It's hard to be like this, and your family is not afraid that you will burn your eyes?"

Before she could say a word, she noticed that she seemed to have lost her words, and couldn't help but stick out the tip of her tongue in annoyance, and hurriedly said: "I don't mean anything else, just say it casually!"

Ye Wushuang quickly raised his eyes and glanced at her, and said with a smile: "It's okay, he usually doesn't let me do these jobs, I always secretly do more when he is not in the house." This water is not as good as the ground, shoes and socks are easy to get wet, and if you wash too much, they will become hard and not warm enough, so I want to make a few more pairs of replacements for him. ”

She rubbed the slender needle on her scalp and said, "Now that we have a small stone again, I see that his original clothes are either small or torn, and I want to help him make a few new ones." ”

Speaking of this, she sighed slightly, and then continued: "Coral is also a hard worker, she is still a half-old child but has to carry a younger brother. It's good to be able to feed small stones, not freezing or hungry, where can I take care of these. ”

"Make clothes for the little stones?" Hua Lianyue rolled her eyes and said busily: "I have a lot of fabrics there, and it will be in the way if I put them away, so it is better to choose a few suitable pieces to make clothes for the small stones." She stood up, and without waiting for Ye Wushuang to agree, she went straight out the door.

Hua Lianyue came out of Ye Wushuang's room and pedaled up the second floor along the stairs next to her. Because Liu Hui's identity was made public, the boatmen, men, and merchants he met along the way all saluted her respectfully.

A few even knelt down and literally kowtowed. Hua Lianyue looked familiar, and after a few careful glances, she recognized that when she was in chaos yesterday, these people were mixed in the crowd and coaxed, and they kept shouting to take themselves down.

Probably they were scared after knowing Liu Hui's identity as the prince, for fear that they would settle accounts after the autumn, so they would be so humble! Hua Lianyue twitched the corners of her eyes, and walked quickly past them like a whirlwind. She is not a virgin, she must not be able to be kind to them, and she can't blame them, so she can only choose to ignore them.

The owner of the ship arranged a top-notch guest room for Liu Hui, in addition to two rooms for guests to rest, there was also a study room for deliberations. Hua Lianyue saw that the door of the study was open, and there was a faint sound of speech coming from inside. So he stuck out the tip of his tongue and said to Xiao Fengnan, who was sitting at the round table with pear inlaid mica and drinking tea: "Who is in there?"

Xiao Fengnan rolled his eyes and thought for a while, and said very honestly: "I don't know if it's a boss surnamed Qian or a boss surnamed Liu." I didn't know much about it anyway, and I didn't pay attention to it. However, the gift was not light, I took a look, it was a pair of pearls from the South China Sea, the size of a dragon's eye, and it was the best to use to make earrings. As he spoke, he raised his mouth to the long table beside him.

The long table has been flooded with animal skins, fabrics, precious herbs, spices, jewelry, and other items. The South China Sea pearls the size of the dragon's eye that Xiao Fengnan said were mixed in and were inconspicuous.

These things are all those merchants, because they offended Liu Hui and his wife, and they were afraid of attracting revenge, so they specially sent them to make amends. Originally, Liu Hui didn't accept it, but if he didn't accept it, the merchants thought he was still angry. In the blink of an eye, I was sincerely afraid to hold more precious gifts.

Liu Hui had a headache and had to accept it all. Fortunately, these gifts are not light, but they are not very rare. The right is to give them a reassurance, and they will be quiet. Who knew that he was relieved, and the people who came to give gifts became more and more endless, but the intention of these people was not to make amends.

Those who are well-informed know that now that the war in the Northern Underworld is about to subside, it is not surprising that the prince of the Northern Underworld will become the final victor, and it is rumored that the second prince Liu Hui has made great contributions.

And the civil war in the North Underworld has almost affected most of the cities. How many homes have been destroyed, how many houses have been destroyed, how many farmlands have been abandoned, and how many livestock have been looted....... In short, the entire Northern Underworld is almost in ruins. And these businessmen keenly smelled the business opportunities and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to get a piece of the pie, so they went to Liu Hui to inquire about the news.

Hua Lianyue also listened to it when she was bored, and after figuring out their true intentions, she had to secretly sigh that these people were full of thoughts, no wonder they were all worth a lot of money, but they were afraid that the silver in the world made them earn most of it.

Hua Lianyue didn't go to see the pearls of the South China Sea, but glanced at Xiao Fengnan and said angrily: "Since you're so boring, why don't you go back to the house and lie down? ”

It's clear that you are caring, but you have to say it in an impatient tone.

Xiao Fengnan didn't care, he glanced at his arm wrapped in a white cloth, then rubbed the corner of his forehead, and said with a painful face: "I also want to have a good rest, but there are constant knocks on the door, all of which are made by making amends." I thought they were troublesome and simply went to your side to hide and be quiet, but I didn't expect that your side was even more lively than mine. ”

After a pause, he asked confidently: "Where did you go to hide Qingjing, and you don't know how to take me." ”

Hua Lianyue said with a little weakness: "It's downstairs, in Sister-in-law Wu's house!" Suddenly she felt that something was wrong, frowned and said angrily: "Where do I need to explain to you?"

Xiao Fengnan let out an "oh", automatically ignored the second half of her sentence, and said calmly: "It's okay left and right, I'll go with you later." ”

Hua Liyue has a headache, this guy is like a dog skin plaster, and he refuses to let go if he sticks to it. Several times, she inadvertently saw Liu Hui secretly clenching his fists, enduring his unscrupulousness. She was very embarrassed, she didn't want to chill Xiao Fengnan's enthusiasm, and she didn't want to make Liu Hui uncomfortable, so she hinted a few times in her words. Who knows if Xiao Fengnan didn't understand, or if he was pretending to be stupid at all, he still went his own way, and he didn't take Liu Hui's forbearance in his eyes at all.

When she meets such a master who does her own thing, what can Hua Lianyue do? She is also very helpless!

Hua Lianyue simply left him, walked to the side of the long case, and chose the one suitable for the small stone from the pile of various fabrics. After some careful selection, she finally picked out a few pieces of plain and unpatterned, a lotus blue, a royal blue, a dark green and a stone blue. Although these colors are heavier for children, they are not dirty and easy to take care of.

After thinking about it, Hua Lianyue chose a piece of hibiscus color sprinkled cloud brocade, and a lake blue Sixi Ruyi cloud pattern Shu brocade. She could imagine how these two plain and pretty pieces of fabric made of dresses were worn on Ye Wushuang's body, how they complemented each other.

Xiao Fengnan stretched out his hand and rummaged through the pile of clothes, and said in surprise: "Who are you planning to send it to?"

Hua Liyue found a piece of furoshiki and wanted to wrap the six pieces of fabric. Hearing this, he said casually: "I just heard that Sister-in-law Wu said that she planned to make a few new clothes for Xiaoshi, so I thought about sending her a few pieces of fabric." It's so pitiful that Little Stone has become an orphan at such a young age, so I can help some!"

Xiao Fengnan sneered, threw down the fabric in his hand, and said, "If you really plan to give the little stone, I advise you to change it quickly!"

Hua Lianyue said puzzledly: "Why, do you think the color is not good, or the texture is not soft enough?" Although she has no experience in taking care of children, she has also heard that children's clothes should have a soft texture so as not to hurt their delicate skin. Although these pieces of fabric are inconspicuous, she has touched them carefully, and they are all soft and dense, so they should not be wrong.

Xiao Fengnan snorted lightly and said, "I think these fabrics are too soft!"

The corners of Hua Lianyue's eyes twitched, and she felt as if she had asked the wrong person. I heard Xiao Fengnan continue: "Although these materials are good, they are not wear-resistant. Listening to the meaning of that big brother Wu today, he will definitely teach Xiaoshi strictly in the future. If you use these fabrics to make clothes for him, it is estimated that they will be worn out without much effort, and they are not practical at all. ”

Hua Lianyue was dumbfounded, it sounds like this is really the reason!

Xiao Fengnan was not idle, pulled out a few pieces of fine cotton fabric from the mountains of fabric, and said: "I think these are very good, although they are not as soft as brocade, they are more sweat-absorbing than brocade." Its abrasion resistance is not as good as linen, but it is several times stronger than brocade, and it is most suitable to use them for clothing. ”

Hua Lianyue smiled, took the muslin cloth he picked out and stuffed it into the wrapper, and said with a smile: "It is worthy of the well-informed Boss Xiao, I will listen to you this time!"

Sure enough, Ye Wushuang happily accepted the few pieces of muslin, but politely rejected the two pieces of fabric that Hua Liyue specially selected for her, and said with a smile: "Thank you for your kindness, but these two pieces of material are too precious, if I wear them to do housework, most of them will be a waste, you better take it back!"

Xiao Fengnan raised her chin proudly at Hua Lianyue when she heard this, which means you see, listen to me!

Hua Lianyue closed her eyes and sighed helplessly, resisting the urge to beat him. After a few words of greeting with Ye Wushuang, she and Xiao Fengnan got up again to say goodbye.

Ye Wushuang sent them to the door, waiting for Hua Lianyue and Xiao Fengnan to leave. Ye Wushuang raised her hand to comb her wind-blown hair, and was about to close the door, when she suddenly stopped her hand again, and her eyes turned suspiciously to the thin back of a person on the opposite side who shrunk her neck and wrapped her hand in her sleeve.