Several horse-drawn carriages were moving along the path, and it didn't take long to see a straight official road.

Xu is embarrassed, the benefactor's coachman drove the carriage fast, and in a blink of an eye, only a vague shadow remained, and Gu Zheng was worried about the lady in the car, so he did not speed up, but tried to keep it steady.

Just now he got out of the carriage, taught a few people, a few slaps per person, and slapped each other all over the ground, since he cursed his own two strong, what do you want to do with your teeth? Directly dispersed, so that the few who cursed lay on the ground and rolled and wailed.

Mo Xiaohe dissipated her anger, she didn't know about it at all, she was just angry for a while, it was not worth being idle for this kind of life, she tried her best to calm down, and before leaving, she saw Xiang'er fainting to the ground and being carried into the carriage by the men of the round fat caravan.

Passing by her carriage, Mo Xiaohe saw it clearly, although Xiang'er closed her eyes and her eyelashes trembled slightly, it turned out that she was pretending to be dizzy, and the two men who were carrying her were not honest with their hands. Mo Xiaohe sneered, and then closed the car curtain, that's it, these words, she didn't say it well, anyway, the benefactor gave Xiang'er a letter of resignation, the two bridges returned to the bridge, and the road returned to the road, and it didn't matter from then on, they all said that this world is extremely unfair to women, and I didn't think that men also have times when they meet people.

Mo Daya consciously won a beautiful battle, and she was in good spirits, she couldn't disturb her pregnant cousin Mo Xiaohe to make up for sleep, and pulled Li Xiu all the way to knock her teeth, making Li Xiu cry bitterly, she couldn't wait for herself to have a body quickly, and she could have a quiet reason.

In this way, he maintained the speed with the carriage in front for a few days, and arrived at the boundary of Dawu Li City.

Licheng is close to the sea, the aquatic products are developed, but the people here are not very rich, mainly due to the restrictions of transportation, the fish and shrimp caught can only be sold in the surrounding cities, and they cannot be sent too far away, otherwise the weather is hot, and it stinks for two or three days.

The villagers in the surrounding villages have been living on fishing for generations, and every household in the village has no land for themselves, so they sell seafood and save money, which is only enough to build stone houses on the shore.

Seafood is not near the sea, it is a rare fresh goods, and in the eyes of fishermen, it is cheaper than sweet potatoes.

There is a lot of sand and gravel on the seaside, there is not a decent field, and if you want to eat vegetables, you have to exchange fish and shrimp for the market. Later, the fishermen learned wisely, dug up the black soil in the fertile soil, put it in a wooden frame, put it in a stone house, bought vegetable seeds, and irrigated it with rainwater in pots, and the vegetables really grew.

The topography of Licheng is special, not only the sea, but also a canal leading to Dawu Kyoto. According to the itinerary, the group made supplies in Licheng, and then took the waterway, and the trip on the water was about five days, and then turned back to the official road.

Follow the passenger boat on the water, there is no shortage of food on the boat, but there is no way to satisfy everyone's taste.

"The passenger ship departs every day, we can only wait for tomorrow."

Xu Tietou has been to Licheng a few times, familiar with the surroundings, the official ship has every day before dawn at the dock to pick up people, is also the largest, can carry luggage and carriages and horses, after missing, there are private merchant ships, passing by a few people, extra money.

"Aren't we going to sit in private?"

Mo Daya asked casually, in exchange for Xu Tietou's cold face, "Whoever dares to take a private boat is not afraid of being killed for money!" ”

In the water, it is different from the official road, there is an accident on the official road, there is always a chance to escape, but in the water, if an accident occurs, it can only be called every day, and the earth is not spiritual!

This kind of thing often happens, some people are in a hurry or are greedy, get on a private boat, it is better to be profitable, tie people up, strip off their clothes, and when they dock, sneak out, and kill them, take advantage of the night to tie up a big stone and throw it into the river, who knows!

There are not a few people who die in the river every year, and the yamen has also paid attention to it, but the flow of people on the canal is not small, and they are not locals, and the corpses are soaked in the river beyond recognition, and they can't see the face clearly, and they can't investigate the origin.

So the canal has another name, the ghost river, it is rumored that at night, there are always ghosts crying wolves on the river, every year on July 15, is the heaviest time of yin, the water ghosts in the river will come up to ask for their lives, so that day, the ghost river has a grand memorial ceremony.

Mo Daya was trembling, chilling all over, rubbing her arms with her hands, and glaring at Xu Tietou complainingly, "Blue sky and white day, what are you talking about this?" ”

"Didn't you ask?"

Xu Tietou found another weakness of Mo Daya, she usually looks very tough, looking for someone to scold is more like leaning her neck, flapping her wings and ready to fight the old hen at any time, when it comes to ghosts and gods, she immediately becomes a paper tiger, he ponders to find an opportunity to scare and scare her, so that she can learn what is called a big bird and a person.

Mo Xiaohe caught the narrowness in Xu Tietou's eyes, she looked at her husband suspiciously, Gu Zheng nodded, this is indeed the case, but the official ship guarantees safety, so the group waited here for a day.

There are vendors in the market every few meters, and some of the fish and shrimp and crabs produced in the sea are caught before dawn, and the crabs are still alive with a little seawater inside.

Mo Xiaohe swallowed her saliva, she couldn't help it, the sea rice shrimp that can be a little sun-dried at home, stir-fried vegetables and dumplings to improve freshness, has made her very grateful, and now she meets a living thing, frying, cooking, and boiling, she must eat enough.

"Crab is a cold thing, the old man mentioned that you can eat at most one."

Gu Zheng looked at his mother-in-law's eyes, her face was loose, anyway, she said that she couldn't eat it in the first three months, and now after three months, it should be almost the same.

Mo Xiaohe wanted to bargain, and finally thought about the poor Gu Erzhuang, who was not treated by his father before he was born, and held back tears, one by one, and there are not only crabs, prawns, and fish in the sea are all fresh and tender, as long as they are cooked.

The group stayed at an inn that looked good on the street, and after tidying up, they immediately went out shopping, Mo Xiaohe saw that there was a grilled fish fillet for sale, and he was shocked at that time, yes, there is the queen mother of the traverser Dayue, this thing is not complicated, and it should have been studied a long time ago.

The grilled fish fillet seems to have added a little bit of rice wine, sugar and ginger juice, retaining the umami and removing the fishy smell, Mo Xiaohe wrapped a few portions in oiled paper, planning to eat it as a small snack on the road.

"Good guy, the big fish in the sea are at least twenty pounds!"

Li Xiu looked at the big fish on the stall, his eyes were straight, it was so big, how could he eat it to finish it? In the past, it was not very common to be able to salvage three or five catties in the river, more than twenty catties, she saw it for the first time, and she saw the world.

"Buy one, let's go to the beach to borrow a big iron pot and stew fish to eat!"

The tail of the big fish is like a small swallow, so the people of Licheng call it the swallow fish, the meat is thick, the taste is good, fried, stewed, fried, sauced, anything can be done, so it is very popular with the local people.

There are special small sheds by the sea, fishermen also sell seafood, rent pots and pans, and there are people who are not bad for money in the surrounding cities, and they come here to try the fresh, just like an ancient version of the food stalls.

A big fish of about 20 catties only costs two taels of silver, and this price is usually only enough to order a chicken and duck in a big restaurant.

Mo Xiaohe was just about to leave, but when she was about to turn her head, she saw something familiar, she pointed to the black-green sea cucumber with thorns on the outside and asked, "How is this sold?" ”

"Little lady, you ask this sea worm?"

The fish seller picked up the sea cucumber and packed it directly in a small basket, "There are many of them on this seaside, no one likes to eat them, and they are not very delicious." ”

The hawker's meaning, he doesn't want silver, he has a dozen heads here, maybe he accidentally got it together when he was fishing, and he had to throw it anyway, and now someone wants it, and he can't be happy.

Mo Xiaohe's face was heartbroken, the sea cucumber with such a high nutritional value was named sea worm, and it was casually piled up on the beach by fishermen, which was too tyrannical!

Of course, the people don't know what nutrition is, they only know that chicken, duck and fish meat are good things, and according to the aesthetics of the Dawu people, sea cucumbers are indeed excluded.

Thanking the hawker, Mo Xiaohe was excited, and gave the vendor a box of raisins, she said to Gu Zheng, "Now we have earned it!" ”

Sea cucumbers are not for the people, and it is a fantasy to exchange them for silver, but it is also excellent to eat them to supplement nutrition! She plans to go to the beach to pick up some, and then dry them in the sun and keep them for later to make dry goods.

Returning from Dawu Kyoto, no matter what route you take, you have to pass through Licheng again, Mo Xiaohe thought, when the time comes, I will get more, I really can't hire a carriage, and I have to transport it back, this is a good thing. Although he was prepared, when he saw a thick layer of sea cucumber on the beach, Mo Xiaohe was still excited, fishermen knew that this thing could be eaten, cut into small strips in summer, and occasionally fried green onions, but in terms of taste, it was really not comparable to shrimp and crabs, basically no one cared about it. Mo Daya and Li Xiu were busy fighting, and the work of fish stew was handed over to the number one chef Xu Tietou, Lin Xiucai chanted a sour poem to the sea in line with the attitude of a gentleman and a distant cook, which made Mo Xiaohe have a toothache and made her understand a truth. No matter how down-to-earth a scholar is, he can't change his yearning for wind and snow in his bones, and Lin Xiucai is also a layman. "Husband, in fact, I can also compose poetry."

The wind was light and the clouds were light, walking barefoot on the Xisha by the sea, Mo Xiaohe couldn't help but let out a barbell-like laugh, and Gu Zheng turned back frequently, he rolled his trouser legs and was pulled by his own lady to do coolies.

On the plain day, women should be neatly dressed, even if the people in the village are busy with farming, they will not show their feet, and at the seaside, they follow the customs of the villagers, and their feet are stuck in the sand, and no one notices.

Gu Zheng held a bamboo basket in his hand, used two long bamboo chopsticks, picked up the sea cucumber, and raised it in the air, the sea cucumber fell into the bamboo basket steadily, never dropped one, and the muscles on his calves were clearly contoured, causing Mo Xiaohe's eyes to become peach-shaped.

"Then the lady will compose a poem and let Erzhuang listen to it." Gu Zheng raised his head and said in a deep voice.

The sea and sky in the distance, there is no end in sight, the sea is sparkling, and there are flocks of seagulls in the sky, such a beautiful scenery is rare in the 21st century with serious pollution, Mo Xiaohe smoothed his chest with his hand, and suddenly had the ambition to point out the country.

She coughed twice, cleared her throat, raised one arm, trembled, and said affectionately, "The sea, it's all water, it's all water, it's a turtle, it's four-legged ......."

Mo Xiaohe blinked, oops, I didn't think about it before, but now it's stuck, and it's a little hard to make it up, she peeked at Gu Zheng with her afterglow, and continued stubbornly, "Crab, it's really prickly, husband, you are my thigh......" Gu Zheng looked silent, the corners of his mouth twitched, he lied for the first time, and said insincerely, "The lady sings a good poem!" "Really? I also feel good, it's better than Lin Xiucai's. ”

Poetry and songs, the most important thing is that it is easy to understand, she belongs to limerick poetry, and she generally can't do it without some literary literacy.

Gu Zheng: What should I do if "......" suddenly doesn't want to speak? The first time I deceived the lady, it was still a white lie, it should be fine, right?

He lowered his head, glanced at his lady's bulging lower abdomen, and thought to himself, if Gu Erzhuang wrote poetry like this, he would have to give Erzhuang a meal of fried meat on a bamboo board!

This book was first published by Lewen, please do not reprint!