The boat ride on the waterway doesn't seem to be as hard as you think. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Qin Hanzhen started to get on the boat from Tongzhou Wharf, and went down the river all the way, except for a short time when he first got on the boat, he was not used to it for a while, and he was a little dizzy, and he was steady all day long, and he didn't feel any discomfort at all. She thought, either her physical fitness has improved greatly after a few months of training, or her physique is the type that can get motion sickness and not seasickness.

Either way, she doesn't get seasick, which is a great blessing. This journey to the south should not suffer too much.

In comparison, Niu's is a little more miserable. She sat in the car for half a day, and sat on the boat for another whole day, and she vomited for almost half a day, and people were in a trance. Fortunately, a physician was on the same boat and gave her a bottle of pills for seasickness, which was very effective. Qin Bai prepared a soothing incense medicine in advance and lit it in the cabin, and the Niu clan gradually eased up. Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to hold out like this, and when she arrived in Tianjin, she would be put down by Qin Bai.

The imperial doctor on the same ship, surnamed Shen, is called Shen Weiying, thirty or forty years old, and is said to be a famous doctor who is very important in the hospital. The Qin family didn't have much to do with him, and Qin Bai had never met him at all. However, when Zhou Xiangnian was in the Internal Affairs Office in the past, it is said that he had dealings with him. When the Qin family boarded the boat at the Tongzhou wharf, the Shen family recognized Zhou Xiangnian and came to the door, only to know that Yongjiahou was going back to his hometown to worship his ancestors. This time, Imperial Doctor Shen took leave in Tai Hospital and wanted to go back to Jiangning to visit relatives, and when he learned that he was on the same road as Yongjiahou, he came to the door very enthusiastically and asked to go with him.

Qin Jian is young and feels that he is a junior, and he has the responsibility to help the third uncle Qin Bai with some chores on the road all the way, so he always pulls Zhao Mo to help Zhou Xiangnian together. He felt that Imperial Physician Shen had never been familiar with the Qin family, and it was strange to suddenly come to the door, and he was not very happy to let him accompany him. If it is said that the other party rented a boat and hurried behind the Qin family's fleet, borrowing the prestige of Yongjiahou to reduce a little trouble for himself, it would not hurt, but Imperial Doctor Shen made it clear that he wanted to get on the Qin family's ship, which would be a little inappropriate. Although the ship is old and small, there are still many girls and daughters-in-law, how can they greet foreign men?

But as soon as Qin Bai heard that it was Imperial Physician Shen who wanted to go with him, he hadn't even seen anyone, so he agreed. When Imperial Physician Shen came over to meet him, he was also very polite to the other party.

Qin Jian was puzzled in his heart. When Imperial Physician Shen got off the boat to greet the people to board the ship with their luggage, Qin Bai explained to him: "Your uncle, grandmother and sister are both weak, and we can rest assured that there is an imperial physician with us." Qin Jian then understood.

Qin Han really thinks this is very good, that is a doctor! Follow the road together, no matter who has a headache and brain fever, don't worry. Anyway, Imperial Physician Shen only brought an old servant and a medicine servant, and there was not much luggage, and the Qin family's ship was very large, so it was nothing to accommodate the three of them.

It turns out that Imperial Doctor Shen is still quite useful. With the pills he prepared for Niu's family, Niu's suffered a lot less.

The Qin family's fleet traveled by water for a day and stopped in Tianjin. They were going to spend the night here. Originally, Qin Bai was in a hurry to go, but for some reason, when he arrived in Tianjin, he was not in a hurry, and said to his wife: "You can rest for a while." If you are relieved tomorrow, why don't you go to the grave of your father-in-law and his old man to put incense on it? It is rare to come to Tianjin, and we have not come to see him for many years. ”

Niu Shi listened a little distractedly. Indeed, since 30 years ago, the young couple who have not yet married escorted the coffin of Mrs. Niu back to Tianjin for burial, so many years, she has not come to sweep the tomb of her father, but just worshipped in front of the tablet at home, and she feels a little unfilial when she thinks about it.

Naturally, the grave of the old lady Niu is not unmaintained. In the past, when he left his hometown in Tianjin with his daughter, it was the most depressed time in his life, and he also turned his face with his clansmen. But in the family, there was a brother who befriended him. At that time, he didn't really offend anyone, but the business was doing too well, which made others jealous, and wanted to covet his family wealth and drive him to a dead end. But the family was afraid of offending the powerful, so they turned a blind eye to him, and some people even proposed that he be expelled from the family, and even his parents' graves were dug up, completely cutting off relations with him. He had just buried his deceased wife, and he was shocked and angry at the decision of the clan, and his heart was in despair. It was that clan brother who spoke for him in the clan, and said that this would only chill the rest of the clan, which was too much. In the end, the graves of Mrs. Niu's parents were safe, but he himself was expelled from the clan.

It was the old Yongjiahou who happened to pass by Tianjin to save him and save most of his family property for him. The old lady Niu was grateful to the old marquis, and also had the idea of leaving Tianjin. He once suggested that the clan brother go to the northwest with him, but the clan brother has an old mother, a delicate wife and weak children, and a lot of land at home, so he has no intention of abandoning his family and business, so he politely refused him. But the other party's kindness, Mrs. Niu still remembers it in his heart.

Before his death, Mrs. Niu once left a message, saying that she wanted to return to her roots, but she did not ask to be buried back in the family cemetery, but only hoped that she could be buried near her parents' graves. Niu and his unmarried fiancé Qin Bai returned to their hometown, and in accordance with their deceased father's wishes, they found a place with high ground and good feng shui near the Niu family cemetery, and buried their father, so that he could clearly see where his parents' grave was, and then moved his deceased mother's grave and buried him with his deceased father. Considering the grievances between Mrs. Niu and the clansmen, the Niu clan did not alarm the Niu clan at that time, and only contacted the deceased father's brother.

The elder brother of Old Lady Niu was not in a very good situation at that time. Somehow, his family's business is declining, and life is not as good as it used to be. But he still remembers the old lady Niu very clearly, and he is also saddened by the death of his brother. Qin Bai chose a cemetery for the old lady Niu, and he also helped a lot, otherwise Qin Bai, an outsider, would never have handled his father-in-law's funeral so quickly.

After discussing with the Niu clan at that time, Qin Bai decided to take out a sum of silver and buy eighty acres of medium-sized land in the local area—he didn't dare to buy high-grade fields, and he didn't dare to buy too much, for fear that someone would take them away—as a sacrificial field and handed it over to the clan brother's family to manage on his behalf. The annual output of these eighty acres of land is definitely more than enough for the annual sacrificial expenses of Mrs. Niu and his parents. The extra part is even a supplement to that brother. The other party was very touched by this, and promised to take good care of the graves of Mrs. Niu and his parents.

In the past 30 years, the Niu family has maintained one or two letters to the family every year. The other party is really a believer, and he will always keep an account of the output of the sacrificial field every year, attach it to the back of the letter in great detail, and report it to the Niu family to know, even how much silver he has gotten to subsidize, and he does not forget to explain it. When he died, his son took over the eighty acres of sacrificial land, and he continued to do so. Therefore, Qin Bai and Niu's husband and wife trust their family very much.

This year, Qin Bai and the Niu family returned to the capital and settled in Beijing. Niu was concerned about his father's grave, and once sent his family to Tianjin to visit, and gave some gifts to the descendants of the uncle, that is, her brother's family. The family went to the graves of the four ancestors to see it, and it is said that it is well maintained, and although the life of the family is only well-off, it is also a good life. They were also very happy to learn that Niu had settled in the capital, and let Niu have time to go back to Tianjin to have a look.

Now that Niu listened to her husband's proposal, she couldn't help but be moved. She should indeed go to her parents' graves and lay a stick of incense. Even if she gets up early tomorrow, she still feels unwell, and she has to struggle to get there.

She nodded, and Qin Bai immediately ordered someone to arrange it. It was getting late today, so the group went to the inn on the pier to settle down and rest. At the same time, he sent someone to the house of Niu Qiye, the brother of the Niu clan, to report the news, so that they could be prepared. Early tomorrow morning, Qin Bai will accompany the Niu family to the grave of the old lady Niu to pay respects, and he will have his own subordinates to buy everything. After the worship is over, they will visit Niu Qiye's house again, maybe have a meal, return to the inn before the evening, rest for another night, and set off the day after tomorrow.

This day must be enough to wait for the lord mentioned by the emperor to come and join them, right?

Qin Bai left Zhou Xiangnian on the boat to take care of him, and then took his family to the inn.

Qin Hanzhen stayed in an inn on Shangjing Road, but he only felt that this inn on the Tianjin Canal Wharf was very clean, the scale was larger, and the various services looked a little more high-grade, compared with the inn he lived in on Shangjing Road, it was much more comfortable. But for Qin Jian, such conditions were too simple. His girls were a little complaining, and Qin Hanzhen heard it.

Qin Hanzhen persuaded Qin Jian: "Brother Lobby, it's like this when you're out and about." This inn is one of the best on the canal wharf in Tianjin, and we still have a whole yard, which is already very good. You can just do it. In the future, we will have to pass through more areas that are not as prosperous as Tianjin, and the accommodation at that time may not have this condition. ”

Qin Jian's eyes widened: "Really?"

Qin Hanzhen nodded, a little curious: "Hasn't Brother Lobby been out of the house?"

Qin Jian smiled a little embarrassedly: "When I was a child, I went back to my hometown in the south, and I must have lived in an inn. But at that time I was still young, it seemed to be three or four years old, I don't remember anything, I only remember staying on the boat for a long time, swaying badly, I remember being taken out by my cousins in the clan to play, I accidentally fell, broke my forehead, and cried. ”

Qin Hanzhen laughed when he heard it.

Zhao Mo came over to appease Qin Jian and said, "My cousin's words couldn't be more right, this inn is really good. When I escaped from Datong that day, I ate and slept in the open air, and I also survived. I'm also a prince of the king, right? I can bear it, why can't you?"

Qin Jian's courage suddenly increased: "You are right, you two are younger than me, you can bear this inn, why can't I? Besides, this place is also clean, but it is just a little simple." When he turned around, he reprimanded his girl, calmly fetched hot water to take a bath, and did not complain again during the meal.

Nothing happened overnight.

Maybe it was because of the heavy tossing on the road the day before, Qin Bai and his party slept well at night. When I got up early in the morning, everyone sat around and had a breakfast with a Tianjin flavor. Qin Hanzhen regretted that there are no Goubuli buns now, and on the other hand, he felt that the chefs in this inn had very good cooking skills, the pancake buns were very authentic, and the old tofu and noodle tea tasted good.

After breakfast, Qin Bai was about to take Niu and Qin Hanzhen to sweep the tomb. Qin Jian thought about it and wanted to follow. Old lady Niu saved the lives of the old marquis and his grandfather Qin Song, and he was a great favor to the Qin family, as a descendant of the Qin family, how could he not go to worship his benefactor?

Qin went briefly, and Zhao Mo naturally had to follow. With this friend in the way, it was only reasonable for him to ask for his peers.

Imperial Physician Shen stayed in the inn and said with a smile, "I'll wait here for someone." Hou Ye just go with confidence. ”

Qin Bai smiled and nodded: "Then please." ”

Qin Hanzhen helped his grandmother cow into the carriage, and when he looked back at Imperial Doctor Shen, he always felt very strange. What does his conversation with his grandfather Qin Bai seem to imply?