When it was time for dinner, many of the people who had gone ashore with them were still from house to house, busy with the captain's task and the food of their fellow shipmates. After dinner, Xiao Yao chatted casually with the main couple for a while, and then lay down comfortably on the bed of the two boys and fell asleep.

In such a season and environment, maintaining a strong mental and physical strength is the first choice to ensure one's own safety.

Xiao Yao's sleep, no one disturbed him, he slept through the night, and woke up naturally comfortable.

The hard-working and virtuous heroine also got up early and made a pot of hot Lantern Festival porridge for Xiao Yao and Yuan Yuan. The Lantern Festival can support the belly for a long time without being hungry, and the hot porridge is undoubtedly a delicacy to warm up the stomach in the morning.

Xiao Yao asked the main family for five catties of rice and a bunch of vegetables. The host also took the initiative to send a salted fish weighing more than two catties to Xiao Yao and them.

Xiao Yao was very embarrassed to leave, and secretly stuffed ten yuan under the boy's pillow, and the kindness of three meals a night accompanied Xiao Yao for the rest of his life. This selfless and generous aid also affected Xiao Yao's life.

Everyone was invited from house to house, and they still came to the place where they went ashore yesterday and prepared to go down to the lake. Because of yesterday's footprints, if you go back today, you will feel much safer. Qin Manjiang checked the number of people on the shore to confirm that no one was left behind, and then beckoned them to go down to the lake together.

"That little kid, did you get the rice?"

A rough man, seeing Xiao Yao with salted fish and vegetables, came forward to inquire. Xiao Yao thought he was kind, so he nodded honestly.

"That's right, if you have salted fish and vegetables, give me rice, I haven't gotten rice yet, and the captain won't go around me when I go back." ”

"For you? Why give it to you? You said it so lightly. If you don't get it, it's not too late for you to do it yourself, I won't give it to you anyway. ”

Xiao Yao is so angry, and there is such a person to ask for? himself and Yuan Yuan, according to the regulations, as long as they get four catties of rice, they will complete the task, and he asked for five catties just in case, these vegetables are also to alleviate the food is too simple.

He didn't expect that he would have to go back, and when he got here, there was still half of the way to rob.

"You'd better give it to me obediently, don't let Lao Tzu be rough, I don't want to bully children. I don't care about you for detaining a box of hemp cakes on the ship. ”

Qin Manjiang saw that the rough man was dealing with Xiao Yao, and he was not in a hurry at all. This rough man has always been a thorn in the fleet.

He relied on his own strength not to lose, and often did things that bullied the weak, did not make big mistakes, and kept making small mistakes. Although he and the captain are not used to it, it is not a big deal, and there is no rectification of him on the line.

In this way, he thinks more and more that he is powerful. Even the captain and the first mate couldn't do anything to him, and others didn't dare to mess with him. Many times, the boatman suffers a small loss, and let him take a small advantage, but he can only swallow his anger.

"Hehe, aren't you bullying a child like this? But I warn you, you'd better go back and find food, you dare to touch me, don't say that I'll give you a loss when the time comes. ”

Xiao Yao's tone of indifference and disdain angered the rough man. He's been in the fleet for so long, and no one has ever dared to speak to him in such a tone.

"Stinky boy, just your two bodies, I slapped you flat, and you still give me a loss?

As the rough man spoke, he approached Xiao Yao's side. Xiao Yao raised his hand to pull something, turned around and went down to the lake. When the rough man saw him standing on the ice, he didn't dare to go to the ice and make a move. If the ice can't bear it, even if it doesn't drown, the clothes will freeze enough if they are wet.

"Boy, if you have a kind, come up, don't rely on your light body, if you really want to do it, if I fall, you can't run away. ”

Xiao Yao didn't dare to come down when he saw him, and he didn't bother to pay attention to him, so he pulled things by himself, and walked towards the center of the lake following yesterday's footprints on the ice.

"Stinky rascal, let me go, what are you doing?"

Just when Xiao Yao wanted to save trouble and return to the boat, Yuan Yuan's angry scolding came from behind. Xiao Yao looked back and saw that the rough man actually grabbed Yuan Yuan, who wanted to go down to the lake, and several boatmen stepped forward to persuade him, but he pushed them away one by one and scolded him away.

"You brought it on yourself. ”

Xiao Yao didn't bring anything, turned around and came to the shore, without waiting for the rough man to react, he had already stood on a high place, and he kicked at the rough man, the rough man only had one strength, where could he hide from Xiao Yao's kick?

This kick, with the potential energy of the height and the inertia of Xiao Yao's body, directly kicked the rough man into the lake.

Fortunately for the rough man, the ice on the shore did not shatter because of his heavy body, but allowed him to slide on the ice for a while, just to the side of the vegetables, salted fish and rice that Xiao Yao had dropped.

At this time, in the eyes of the rough man, food is life, life is shit, and he didn't care about the insult that Xiao Yao brought him, so he didn't stand up, hugged the rice fish and vegetables, got up and ran to the center of the lake.

"Yuan Yuan, he didn't hurt you, did he?"

"No, I'm fine, you go and get it back. ”

Yuan Yuan's eyes were filled with tears, and he anxiously urged Xiao Yao to go quickly, and Qin Manjiang also walked over with anxious eyes.

"Brother Xiao, you can't chase it, it's too dangerous. ”

Xiao Yao gently patted Qin Manjiang on the shoulder, and said humorously:

"His life is not valuable, my life is valuable, besides, there is someone rushing to help me get something, why don't I do it?"

Qin Manjiang heard Xiao Yao say this, and knew Xiao Yao's intentions, he hurriedly shouted at this rough man:

"Don't you want to die, don't run, he won't chase you. ”

The rough man heard Qin Manjiang's shouting behind him, and hurriedly looked back. Seeing that Xiao Yao really didn't come to chase after him, he leisurely helped Yuan Yuan to go down to the lake, so he made up his mind, grabbed the wooden stick that Xiao Yao left on the vegetables with one hand, held it horizontally in his hand, and continued to walk forward in a hurry.

"Brother Qin, you ask everyone to put things on the ice and drag them away, and reduce the weight a little, it will be safer. ”

Although each person only has three catties and two catties of things, but carrying them in his hands will still add weight to his feet, Xiao Yao thought so at the time, he tied all the items together and prepared to drag them on the ice, so he didn't let Yuan Yuan carry things.

Xiao Yao's title made Qin Manjiang stunned for a moment, this was the first time Xiao Yao had spoken to him with such a title.

Even if he took the initiative to help take Xiao Yao home this time, he didn't expect Xiao Yao to call him a brother, he just wanted to ease the tension with Xiao Yao.

But Xiao Yao saw the preciousness of Qin Manjiang from this trip. Especially this time, he was worried that Xiao Yao would chase the rough man, which would be so harmful that it was difficult to predict, and what kind of consequences it would have would be, he couldn't imagine it at all.

Therefore, Xiao Yao also respected him at this time, and had to call him Brother Qin from the heart.

No matter how good a person is, he will have his shortcomings, and no matter how bad a person is, he will have strengths that others do not have. People who never have to do with each other, good or bad have nothing to do with you, and of course you can ignore them. But what is happening around you and what is close to you, who can turn a blind eye?

Qin Manjiang hurriedly asked everyone to put the food on the ice according to Xiao Yao's instructions and drag it forward with a rope. Although it is only a little bit of weight, everyone feels much more at ease, and this is not just a psychological effect.

As the old saying goes, the freezing of 39 stars is not a day's cold. The ice became thicker and thicker, and there were no incidents on the way back. But when everyone returned to the tugboat, they all felt like they had walked around on the line of life and death, full of exhaustion and exhaustion.

"Tam goods, now you can give me my things, in order to express my gratitude to you, I will give you a pound of rice, half of vegetables. ”

"Don't even think about it, I brought it back at the risk of my life, and you still want to go back? ”

As soon as Xiao Yao arrived at the tugboat, he came to the rough man to ask for something, the rough man is used to being unreasonable, how can he talk so well?

"Boss, let me tell you, you'd better do what he says, he was brought by me, and I don't want to watch you suffer. I can only tell you that the three of you are tied together, and you are no match for him. I didn't chase you at the time, I was just worried that you would run and fall into the ice cave. ”

Qin Manjiang didn't want the rough man to have a conflict with Xiao Yao, and he obviously knew that the rough man was not Xiao Yao's opponent, so he stepped forward to remind him. Didn't Xiao Yao also promise to give him something, and he didn't suffer a loss if he helped bring it over.

But his kindness was completely treated as a donkey's liver and lungs by the rough man.

"Who are you scaring about? There are still three, and I will call him crying dad and mother. If you have the ability, you can ask him to come and get it, but I have a word first, and I am not responsible for the treatment of the injury, so don't lie to me when the time comes. ”

Xiao Yao saw that he didn't get in the oil and salt, it seemed that he didn't move any means, and if he didn't give him some power, he wouldn't return it honestly.

The captain didn't know what to do, so he hurriedly summoned Qin Manjiang over to ask. Qin Manjiang told the whole story to the boss of the ship. Then, he pulled the boat boss who was about to step forward to solve the problem, and told him not to worry about it, Xiao Yao could solve it himself.

"You say, what kind of skills do you want to see me before you give me back my things? Do you break your hands, or do you kick your legs?"

"Brother Xiao, don't, although he is muddy, but you can't do that, his family is young, and he still expects him to raise it. ”

Although Qin Manjiang said that he would not let the captain interfere, he heard Xiao Yao's words with a chill, and he really wanted to cripple the rough man, so he couldn't bear it, and hurriedly reminded Xiao Yao.

"I'll give you another chance, give me back my things, I'll give you half of the vegetables and a pound of rice. If I take it back myself, you won't get a grain of rice. You still haven't paid it back?"

The extremely tough attitude, coupled with the cold air all over his body, made the rough man's heart beat a drum. The key is that Qin Manjiang's words of intercession for him just now made the rough man's heart feel even weaker.

The others here don't know Xiao Yao, but he was brought by Qin Manjiang, and he must know how powerful Xiao Yao is. Otherwise, why didn't he persuade him to forbear, but instead persuaded him to be merciful to his own men?

Thinking of this, the rough man was still hesitating, and was so frightened by Xiao Yao's shout that he "poofed" and sat on the deck at the bow of the ship.