The old lady didn't wait for a reply, but the half-grown son was a frying pan, "We are not prisoners, my father is wronged!" It's all those dog officials who prevented me from entering Beijing to sue the royal court. Even the emperor is blind..."

"Smack!" The old lady was really angry this time, slapped her grandson in the face, and scolded, "You get out of here for me, and if I hear you say such a thing, I will just jump into the sea and drown." There is only such a fool as you left in our Yao family, and there is no day to clear up the grievances! ”

"Woo," the half-grown boy cried as he was beaten, turned and ran out of the cabin.

Seeing this, Dong Rong was very embarrassed, and she couldn't care about being sad, so she hurriedly comforted the old lady, "Auntie, it's all my fault, and I provoked your ancestors and grandchildren to quarrel." I..."

"Girl, it's not your fault." The old lady Xu felt sorry for her grandson, and also wiped her tears, "The family suddenly encountered a big disaster, and the huge family only left such a little bit of blood and bones, but this child didn't know how to endure it at all." I'm afraid he'll be able to do it when..."

As she spoke, the old lady burst into tears. Dong Rong was grateful to the old lady for saving her life, and secondly, she was curious why such a kind old man had fallen into the situation of distribution, so she asked in a low voice, "What is the cause of this catastrophe in the eldest lady's family?" ”

When the old lady heard this, she looked at Dong Rong with some hesitation, and finally took out a small wooden sign from her arms.

"Girl, when I rescued you earlier, my aunt changed your dry clothes, and this wooden sign is in your hand. Ma'am... I want to ask you, where did this brand come from, and what is your involvement with this Maitreya religion? ”

"Maitreya?" Dong Rong took the sign and looked through it, only to see that the small wooden sign was painted with tung oil, with a smiling Buddha engraved on the front, and two sentences on the back, "The Buddha came to the world and purified all sentient beings." ”

She suddenly remembered that she had heard Dong Ping and Zhang Yang talk about this sect before. The two of them seemed to be very shameful and jealous of this sect. But at that time, the sect did not threaten her family, and she did not take it seriously.

And since the wooden card in front of her was held in her hand, it must have been caught when she tore with the black-clothed leader when she jumped into the sea. God didn't want their husband and wife to die unjustly, so she knew the identity of the enemy.

Thinking that her husband now doesn't know whether his soul has returned to the underworld or where he has fallen, Dong Rong is so hateful that she pinched the wooden card in her hand. The edge of the wooden sign was tightly embedded in her palm, and the old lady was so startled that she hurriedly comforted, "Girl, let go, you can't hurt yourself again, as long as you have a life, you will always get better." ”

Dong Rong took a deep breath, then re-tied the broken silk thread on the wooden sign and hung it around her neck, and finally asked the old lady, "Auntie, this Mida Sect has a big enmity with me, if Auntie knows some details, tell me about it, okay?" ”

"God really doesn't open his eyes!" The old lady couldn't help but sigh when she heard that Dong Rong was also being taught by Mito, and finally briefly talked about her own affairs.

It turned out that the old lady's family, the Yao family, was a three-generation businessman's heirloom, and the family business was very prosperous, and the old lady's son was born with extraordinary intelligence, and he was promoted at the age of eighteen. Who would have thought that a few months ago, the Maitreya sect sent people to persuade him to join the sect, offer his family property to support the Buddha, and said that he would be promoted and make a fortune.

The old lady's family are all shrewd people, so they naturally see that this is inappropriate, so they refuse to agree. But not long after, the old lady's son was detained by Shangguan for a charge of corruption, and without even having a chance to enter Beijing to ask for the crime, he was directly beheaded, and the rest of the clan relatives were also imprisoned or sold into slavery, and they were scattered.

Originally, Yao Ze, the kid, was going to be beheaded, but the old lady desperately hugged him, and exchanged all the secretly retained property of the family for his grandparents and grandchildren to be distributed to Yazhou together.

The day before yesterday, the old lady was scrubbing and working on the deck, and she happened to see Dong Rong floating on the sea, so she shouted loudly, and bribed the official in charge with the only remaining jade pendant on her body, which saved her from the ship.

Dong Rong was embarrassed when she heard this, and got up again to salute the old lady to thank her for saving her life. The old lady stopped her while wiping her tears, and said, "They are all hard-working people, so don't be polite to the eldest lady." There's a bowl of gruel here, and you're about to drink it to cushion your stomach, and you have the strength to think about something else. ”

Although Dong Rong was still anxious and sad in her heart, she also knew that what the old lady said was good. She took the porridge bowl and drank it slowly, thinking of her husband who didn't know where her soul was, the children who were left behind, and the relatives and friends on the island, tears fell into the thin rice porridge, and finally into her stomach.

The old lady sighed even more, and when the old and the young were sad, the hatch was suddenly rudely pushed open. A fat official came in with his head and glanced at him with disgust, and said in a vicious voice, "The cheap billet is hard, and he didn't die!" Now that you're alive, get up and work for me, don't lie on the bed and pretend to be waste! ”

The old lady hurriedly got up and saluted with a smile, "Official, you are doing well, this little lady has just woken up, and her body is still burning badly, how can she do work?" What kind of work, you always tell the old woman to be, the old woman must be."

"Shut up!" The official glared and scolded, "When, it's your turn to intervene in the master's affairs." If you don't cook for me, you want to starve to death! If you boil rice porridge again today, I will throw your grandson into the sea to feed the fish! ”

With that, the official rolled his eyes, turned around and walked away.

The old lady turned pale from the scolding, and her lips trembled, obviously frightened.

Dong Rong hurriedly comforted, "Auntie, don't be afraid, they are just officials who press the ship, and they don't dare to do anything to you." ”

The old lady shook her head and said in a low voice, "Girl, you don't know. This is the sea, not the capital of the Great Qi Prefecture. If they really threw anyone into the sea, they would report it and say that they had died of illness, and no one would investigate it. Here, the life of a prisoner is cheaper than grass and trees. The day before yesterday, someone was thrown into the sea..."

Dong Rong was also suspenseful when she heard it, but she quickly calmed down again and said, "Auntie, this official has arranged the cooking work, if it is done well, he will have no reason to harm others." I can't do anything else, but the art of rectifying the food is not bad, and I'll go to the back kitchen with you to try it later. ”

"Really?" A flash of joy flashed in the old lady's eyes, and she said gratefully, "That's great, to be honest, my wife and I have never touched Chai He in my life, I didn't expect to suffer such a crime when I am old."

Dong Rong didn't want the old lady to be sad, so she drank all the rice porridge in three or two sips and was about to get out of bed. Helplessly, she was sick for a few days, and her body was really weak, and her legs trembled as soon as she stood up.

When the old lady saw this, she helped her all the way to the back kitchen, and let her lean on the board. One of the two is moving, the other is busy, and the cooperation is tacit.

A big fish has its skin and bones removed, cut into slices, put it in the boiled rice porridge and cook it for a quarter of an hour, add salt and a little sesame oil, and a pot of fragrant fish fillet porridge will be boiled out.

The fresh shrimp in the big pot are boiled in water and salted in the intestine mud, and served with ginger vinegar sauce, which is nutritious and delicious. Wash the cleaned kelp and cut it into thin strips, mix it with chili oil, minced garlic, icing sugar, and rice vinegar, which is the best side dish for porridge.

Finally, I cut the dry and hard steamed buns I bought on the shore into slices and fried them directly in hot oil, which was crispy and crispy, and I couldn't taste the slightest musty smell.

This official ship has been running on the sea for half a month, and it is the first time that such an attractive aroma has come out of the back kitchen. So before it was time to eat, there were many officials who came to visit, and of course they would take a few pieces of steamed buns to pad their stomachs. Although it is inevitable that he will scold in his mouth, his face is full of contempt, and occasionally a conscience is not completely blackened, and he will laugh and say that it is really not a loss to pick up a mother-in-law and get on the boat.

Wherever you are, people who are useful are the easiest to gain respect and the easiest to straighten your back. What Yao's ancestors and grandchildren did not get after many days of hard work, Dong Rong got it lightly. Mrs. Yao waited until she delivered the food to the front cabin, so she secretly called her little grandson into the back kitchen and stuffed him with two golden fried steamed bread slices.

Although this kid named Yao Ze has a bad temper, he is still filial piety, and he refuses, and he must have his grandmother eat first.

Dong Rong sighed in her heart, and for a while remembered her three children who were playing all over the world, and she didn't know that her father was killed, and her nose was also sour. Under Aiwu and Wuxia, he called Yao Ze forward and whispered, "Brother Ze, no matter how prominent your Yao family was before, now the disaster has become a fact. You and your grandmother will soon arrive in Yazhou. Needless to say, you probably know that the conditions must be very difficult there, and it will be extremely difficult to survive. As a grandson, do you want to find a way to protect your grandmother and try to let her live out her old age in peace? ”

Hearing this, Yao Ze originally wanted to refute something, but his eyes swept over the fried steamed bun slices in his grandmother's hand, lowered his head again, and whispered, "I also want to be filial to my grandmother, and I want her not to be burdened by work, but... I don't know anything but reading..."

Xu Shi remembered the good days when his family was not ruined before, and his voice slowly became choked, "I have inquired, the defenders there in Yazhou like to bully people to death because they have not read. I'm afraid I won't be able to protect my grandmother, and I'll make her suffer with me..."

"Good boy," Mrs. Yao also burst into tears when she heard this, and stepped forward to hug her grandson and cried, "Grandma is not afraid, grandma will accompany you wherever you go." Whoever bullies you, grandma will fight with him! ”

Dong Rong sighed and persuaded in a low voice, "Auntie, it stands to reason that you saved my life, and I will do my best to repay it." But I'm also in trouble now, and I still have very important things to do, so it's really hard to stay long. However, if you don't dislike cooking as a cheap skill, let Ze Ge'er learn from me for a few days. After you can go ashore, it is better to have a craft to make a living than to just do hard labor. When I take care of the chores, I will definitely find a way to rescue you and Ze Ge'er. ”

"Really?" The old lady was very happy, if this matter was placed half a year ago, when her grandson entered the stove yard, she would have to count the number of days for her daughter-in-law, but now she is not so much in trouble, and it is important to save her life. R638