Chapter 9 Exploring the Dam at Night
Ying Su did not allow Yue Xi to be too exposed to everyone's eyes during the days he was away. Yue Xi understood that he was protecting their mother and son. Therefore, although she chased Ying Su all the way to the direction of Funing, her convoy walked slowly and steadily. Anyone who sees them will think that their team is just an ordinary caravan.
Xilai sat cross-legged in the carriage, with a stone on his hand, and smashed a walnut with a stone in his hand. Yue Xi watched his movements fascinated.
"Daddy, eat!" Xilai picked a whole walnut kernel and held it up to Yue Xi, Yue Xi was stunned and ate it with his little hand:
"Don't get it, I can't eat much." She whispered.
"Daddy has something on his mind?" The words spoken by the little thing made Yue Xi stunned for a moment, and he felt that this child was indeed older, and he was more and more able to look at people's faces.
"yes, Daddy is thinking about something." Yue Xi looked at Xilai and said very calmly: "These things are very brain-consuming, and Daddy needs to think carefully about it." ”
Xilai's eyes were shining, and she listened very carefully before nodding solemnly: "Then Daddy, you can continue to think, I won't make a sound." ”
"Good boy!" Yue Xi stretched out his hand and rubbed it on his head, and was about to withdraw his hand, but Xilai climbed to her feet and leaned against her and said, "Rub it again...... When I have a younger brother, my father won't have the time to rub my hair......"
The years in the palace are very harmful to an adult, not to mention Xilai, who was not sensible at that time.
Yue Xi sighed in his heart: This child has not grown up after all, and Su Jinyan and Jiang Lan have neglected to take care of their eldest son......
Reaching out and hugging Xilai's little shoulder, Yue Xi just patted it: "Son, you are my child whenever and wherever you are." ”
Xilai snuggled up to her quietly, his mouth pursed and he refused to smile and opened his mouth, he seemed to change his teeth longer than other children, and he lost a tooth last month, and he didn't grow it all yet, he felt that his smile was ugly.
However, he understood Yue Xi's words, and the little thing understood: Daddy has not changed, he is still the daddy who sleeps in the bed in the palace.
The carriage walked very steadily, it was the big one who was driving, he also had a smile on his face, and he listened to the conversation between the two people in the carriage, one big and one small, and he listened intermittently, and he only felt that Xilai was blessed, and he was taken care of by the master, and this child could not be wrong in the future.
Yue Xi's carriage didn't go fast, and it stopped and stopped all the way, she stopped from time to time to discuss with Jin Niang and Su Jinyan before continuing to move forward.
Fortunately, Funing and the imperial capital are not far away, even if they walk so slowly, they still arrived at the place seven days later.
Now is the time when it rains in the north, even if it doesn't rain, the sky is often overcast. Yuexi: It was in the evening when it was pouring rain that they arrived at the small fishing village where they had lived for a while.
"I'll go see if there's anyone living in the yard we rented in the past." Su Jinyan stood in front of Yuexi's carriage with a tung oil umbrella, and after saying a word, he walked into the distance.
As soon as I got close to here, the heat decreased a lot, and it rained for half a day, and in the evening, I felt cool even when I sat in the carriage.
Yue Xi took out a cloak and put it on, and handed another blanket to Xilai: "Put it on, don't get sick." ”
Xilai leaned on the car window and stared in the direction his father was walking excitedly: "I remember here!" Your Majesty is still here to reward me with a sword! ”
"Hmm." Yue Xi responded lightly.
"Daddy, are we going to stay here?" Xilai asked back.
"I can't say." Yue Xi also looked out of the darkening window: "It should be...... It won't be long. ”
"Stay longer! It's fun here! Xilai was a little disappointed, and then casually begged.
"Our Taiping Bureau will open a shop here in the future, if you like it here, when you are older, I will let you come and watch the shop." Yue Xi said with a smile.
"Then forget it." Xilai immediately shook his head: "I still follow you, Daddy, I will go wherever you go." ”
"Follow me?" Yue Xi suddenly had the psychology of teasing the child: "Then what about your father?" You don't care when they're old? ”
Xilai was stunned for a moment, then frowned and pondered, and said for a long time: "It's really a difficult thing to do......
"Haha!" Yue Xi was finally amused by the child's simple words, she got up and walked out of the car: "Silly boy, you won't let your father and mother give you another brother?" In this way, in the future, he will be filial piety by your father's side, won't you rest assured? ”
As soon as Yue Xi got out of the car, there was a guard holding up an umbrella on her head, she took it back and waited for Xilai to get out of the car: "Let's go, let's go over and have a look." ”
"No, even if I have a younger brother in front of my father and mother, I don't feel at ease, I'm a big brother, it's my ......business," the little thing that had been following Yue Xi and was silent suddenly muttered to himself.
Yue Xi lowered his eyes and looked at him, only feeling relieved: Good boy, he has a conscience!
Before dark, the convoy finally settled down and stayed in the same yard where they had lived.
Su Jinyan spent the money and sent away the tenants who rented it, so the small courtyard belonged to them again.
The light car was simple, and she came out just for business, Yue Xi didn't bring Yunhua and Xia Ran, so as soon as the carriage and horse moved in, she had to find the house she lived in.
"Boss, you sit, I'll do this job." Jin Niang helped Yue Xi, who was kneeling on one leg and making a mattress beside the bed, and rolled up her sleeves and got busy.
Yue Xi stood by the bed and looked around, and was about to pick up the broom to sweep the floor, but Xilai had already picked up the broom one step ahead of her......
"There was a mother-in-law in the village who cooked for the family who just lived here, and I saw that she was still clean and left behind." Jin Niang laid out the mattress and took out a sheet from the bag and put it on, she turned her head and glanced at Yue Xi who was standing at the door, and said casually.
"Hmm." Yue Xi answered softly.
"Master Feng." The rain outside gradually stopped, and it was blowing. "The rain outside has stopped, the wind is blowing, and I guess tomorrow will be a sunny day. Yue Xi asked Feng Jizong, who was standing in the courtyard talking to a few guards, "How far is this from the dam of the canal?" ”
Feng Jizong was stunned for a moment, he walked up to Yue Xi and said: "Let's go to the sea here, the dam of the canal is on the edge of Funing, and it is estimated that there is an hour away here. ”
Seeing that Yue Xi didn't speak, he asked again: "Do you want to go over and have a look?" ”
"I'll go after dinner." Yue Xi left the next sentence and turned around and went back to the house.
Feng Jizong hurriedly walked back to the yard: "Feed the horses, we have to go out later......"
"Yes!" The guards responded in unison and immediately dispersed to prepare.
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When Yue Xi went out at night, he didn't let the big man drive, but still used a guard.
Several people stood at the door of the small courtyard and looked at the carriage that was gradually moving away, and they couldn't help but be a little worried.
"What are we doing here? Going out so late. The big man muttered quietly.
Su Jinyan frowned and said nothing, he went out overnight, and he didn't have to drive a big car, and the place where he went was afraid that it would not be peaceful!
"Jin Niang, didn't you bring some medicinal herbs when you went out, were they in your house?" Su Jinyan suddenly said: "I use it to decoction a pair of cold medicine for the master, no matter how late she comes back, you must watch her take it!" ”
"Okay." Jin Niang listened to his words and immediately went back to the house where she lived, and after a while, she walked out with a big burden: "It's all here......"
Yue Xi's body was very short in the years in the palace, although she had been adjusted for a while in the past two years, but now she is still running around with her body, Su Jinyan is still afraid that she will not be able to stand it. Especially here is a relatively damp and cold seaside, although it is a good place to escape the heat, but it is really not Yuexi should come.
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After the carriage walked for more than half an hour, Yue Xi felt that it was gradually becoming lively outside.
Sitting in the carriage, she only looked out of the window with the curtains, but saw that the restaurants and restaurants on both sides of the road were brightly lit and full of people.
Needless to say, Yue Xi also knew that it was close to the dock.
"The head of the house, the carriage can't get in." The guard who was driving the car said in a deep voice.
"Then let's stop." Yue Xi said softly.
As soon as she got out of the car, several people surrounded her, as if she was trying to solicit business, but Feng Jizong stood up improperly and stopped those people.
"This son, do you live in a hotel or dine? We are here at the fairest price in the neighborhood, if you and all of you live, then we will not charge for the forage that your horses eat......" A middle-aged woman wearing a half-cut robe did not give up, and still shouted to Yue Xi with a smiling face.
Yue Xi glanced at her and asked kindly, "This sister-in-law, I don't know if the dam has released water?" ”
"Aren't these people waiting?" When the woman saw Yue Xi talking to her, she immediately took another step forward and casually gestured to the restaurants and shops around her: "I heard that there is a big official from the capital, who is a county prince, and he is here to take care of this matter, and they all said that they will definitely open the sluice gate and release water in the next few days." ”
"Oh." Yue Xi nodded, and walked forward: "I'll go to your shop to eat when we come back." ”
"Good! It's decided! I'll go back and leave you a table!" The woman stopped a business that she didn't know if she could do, but she was still happy at all, and said behind Yue Xi.
After this section of the place where there are many restaurants, the road ahead is cheerful, and the air is thick with the smell of water and the smell of livestock.
Cars and horses lined up neatly in the sheds on both sides of the road, and from time to time horses snorted, and the voices of men watching the cattle came faintly.
Yue Xi's eyes looked at both sides of the road from time to time, knowing that these were carriages waiting to pull goods.
"Master, take a look......" Feng Jizong waved his hand at the carriages and horses on both sides: "There are so many people's carriages and horses......
"Most of these chariots and horses belong to the ...... of the eunuchs," Yue Xi said softly.
Feng Jizong frowned, not understanding the meaning of her words.
And Yue Xi didn't want to explain at all, and still walked forward slowly.
When they saw that the dam was in front of them, they were blocked by the officers and soldiers: "Idlers are not allowed to enter!" ”