Compared with the previous Chinese New Year's Eve, Xiao Wenxuan had a thrilling life this year, and his soul was not guarded. After dinner, he went back to his room early to sleep.

After that, in the days of chasing the Tailwind. As long as it is daylight, Su Haoran and Xiao Wenxuan will both stand on the bow of the boat. Looking at the little black dots that were getting closer and closer in the depths of the sea, I felt hope, hoping that the boat under me would be faster, faster.

The damp sea breeze blew on the face like a knife. Although they were prepared to go to sea in winter, and they were wearing thick cotton robes, the biting cold wind still froze their hands and feet.

Several times, both of them were so cold that they couldn't walk, so they let Wuying carry them back into the cabin.

At night, staring at the oil lamp and guarding the charcoal stove, the two of them couldn't sleep for a long time. They were worried about whether Su Muling, who was being held hostage, would also be warmly dressed and fed.

In this way, in the agony of suffering, Su Haoran and Xiao Wenxuan quickly lost weight.

Another seven days passed, and Cao Guoxuan came to see Su Muling after dinner with a large package.

Song Mingjie stared at him vigilantly, monitoring his every move.

"Miss, I'm going to the foggy area early tomorrow morning, and I'm going to take the helm herself. But it was too cold this day, and I was afraid that the thin clothes on the eldest lady would not last, so I sent this dress and shoes to the eldest lady. ”

Cao Guoxuan looked at Su Muling with some worry.

The time when Su Muling and Su Haoran came before was in spring and autumn, and the weather was much warmer than now.

Now it is the cold winter wax moon, Su Haoran is not around, Cao Guoxuan is really afraid that Su Muling will not be able to persist in the three-day journey, and there is no one to replace him, and a boatload of people does not know where to drift.

Su Muling knew that he was worried, but thanked him easily: "I will arrive on time tomorrow morning." ”

Cao Guoxuan nodded and took his leave.

Song Mingjie saw that Cao Guoxuan was gone, opened the package, and took out the contents to check them one by one: a wide sheepskin jacket, men's felt cotton boots, and a pair of sheepskin gloves.

"How long are you going to be outside?"

Song Mingjie pulled the clothes with some smells and stains and asked curiously.

"Three days."

Su Muling returned to the bed, covered with a quilt, and became colder and colder day by day. Although there is not much space in the cabin, a charcoal stove is not enough for her, a person who is afraid of the cold.

"Three days? Yourself? ”

Song Mingjie didn't expect it and was taken aback.

"It's not me, but also Su Wanqing and Wang." Su Mu Lingfeng replied lightly.

They?

"They don't know what to do with the boat?" Song Mingjie was even more curious.

"They don't need to understand, they just need to take care of me, eat and drink, and listen to me at any time."

"Also, taking the helm and driving the ship is a physically demanding job, you have to cure the poison for me, or I won't last a few hours and I will fall, and then none of us will want to get out of the fog."

Su Muling is like a proud queen, assigning their own tasks.

Song Mingjie didn't hesitate too much and nodded in agreement.

"Okay, I'll give you a detoxification tomorrow morning. You should rest early. ”

Su Muling stopped looking at him, moved his body down, and lay down with his clothes closed.

She hadn't showered, changed her clothes, and never took off her clothes when she slept. Fortunately, the weather was cold, and she barely moved, otherwise she was afraid that she would be smoked to death.

After Song Mingjie went back, he called Su Wanqing and Wang into his room.

Seeing the emaciated bodies of the two of them dangling in Su Muling's clothes, just like that, the two dry bones, standing outside, I am afraid that they will freeze to death and freeze in less than an hour. Even if Song Mingjie dislikes them, he can't open his mouth.

But if you can't open your mouth, you have to open your mouth. Song Mingjie coughed dryly and spoke:

"There is still half a distance from Donggu Island, and from tomorrow, Miss Su will personally take the helm. You two will be with her from tomorrow onwards, and you will do whatever she wants you to do, and you shall not disobey her. If one of you upsets her, give up sailing. Don't blame me for not tolerating you. ”

Song Mingjie's words really aroused the dissatisfaction of Su Wanqing and Wang, and the two of them pulled him aggrievedly and coquettishly:

"Husband, it's so cold outside, let's stay with us outside, isn't it our lives."

"Yes, husband, the two of us are still frozen around the quilt in this room, and we must not freeze to death when we go outside."

……

It is rare for two people to stand on the united front for so many years.

Song Mingjie looked at them and glared.

"Tomorrow I will go and ask you some thick clothes, so that you will not freeze to death. Alright, let's all go back, and I'll keep vigil tonight. ”

Su Wanqing and Wang left reluctantly, secretly blaming Song Mingjie for being ruthless, but they didn't dare not listen.

Early the next morning, Song Mingjie really came over with the antidote and fed Su Muling.

Su Muling ate breakfast, moved his body, and gradually recovered the strength in his body.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Su Muling asked Su Wanqing to put the clothes brought by Cao Guoxuan yesterday on the outside of the big box for herself.

Su Wanqing picked up the pair of men's boots with a few fingers in disgust and threw them in front of Su Muling.

"What's wrong with this stinking thing?"

Su Muling ignored her, wrapped her sheepskin cotton boots in a handkerchief, and put them into the men's boots.

As long as she can keep warm and not be frozen to death and frostbite, she doesn't care how dirty and ugly the clothes are. What's more, a woman is a person who pleases herself, and the people she cares about are not here, so there is no need to dress so good-looking to see people she hates.

Putting on the hat of the ink fox, Su Muling glanced at Su Wanqing and Wang: "You guys are wearing this?" "90 look

The sheepskin jacket that Song Mingjie found from the crew Su Wanqing did not go up, and so did Wang.

"I'd rather freeze to death than wear something so dirty and broken." Su Wanqing raised her eyebrows proudly.

"Me too." Wang agreed.

"Well, I wish you had the face to remember what you said."

Su Muling held Su Wanqing and Wang's arms, and came to the stern rudder with some difficulty.

Cao Guoxuan saw Su Muling, who was wrapped in a rice dumpling, arrive, and handed over the rudder to her.

"Miss, I'll leave this rudder to you. If you need anything, call me. ”

Su Muling looked at Cao Guoxuan's somewhat worried face and smiled: "Don't worry, I will let you go home safely." ”

Cao Guoxuan was seen by her, and smiled embarrassedly.

"Don't be surprised, this helm is also a hard job, I'm just afraid that the eldest lady won't be able to support it for so long."

"I know, I'll take it. I really can't hold it, I'll call Uncle Cao to help. ”

Cao Guoxuan nodded and entered the cabin.

After staying in the cabin for seven or eight days, Su Muling looked at the fog that was getting thicker and thicker in front of him, and held the rudder steady.

Donggu Island is in the east of the Ming Dynasty, and the temperature at sea during the day is almost minus 20 degrees.

Su Muling stood in front of the rudder in arms, but he didn't feel cold for a while. But Su Wanqing and Wang, who were waiting on the side, were no longer good. I saw them rubbing their hands together for a while, and stomping their feet for a while. There was no time to stop.

Su Muling knew that this would be the result. The reason why she let Su Wanqing and Wang accompany her was to make them suffer some hardships, and she couldn't cheapen them for nothing.

"Wang, rub my legs."

Half an hour passed, and Su Muling commanded.

She wears too thick, the weather is cold, she is inactive, and after a long time, the blood will not circulate, and she will become numb and cold.

"Why do you rub your legs? I don't. Wang refused.

It's aggrieved enough to be able to accompany her to the cold, and she has to pinch her shoulders and beat her legs like a girl, but she won't do it.

"Don't do it? All right. Xiao Yunzi, if you go and call Song Ye out, just say that I have something to find him......"

Su Muling shouted at Xiao Yunzi on the deck who was arranging the rope.

"Wait." Wang Shi hurriedly shouted.

"I'll thrash." She didn't want to recruit Song Mingjie.

Wang squatted down and thumped hard with his numb hands.

Wang secretly cursed in his heart while pounding, and used all the resentment in his heart on his fists: Let you instruct me, let you sue me and ask you to pull me to suffer...... Wang's heart was a lot more comfortable.

Su Muling knew that she was angry in her heart, so she didn't make a sound. Wang's fist slammed into her leg, and through the thick sheepskin jacket and the black fox, the force was just right.

"Alright, get up. Su Wanqing, you go to the kettle and fill the teapot with hot water. ”

A quarter of an hour later, feeling that Wang's strength was getting smaller and smaller, Su Muling commanded again.

Su Wanqing, who was so cold that she hugged her arms, happily agreed.

"Okay, I'll go." After saying that, he slipped back to the cabin.

Su Wanqing went, and it took two quarters of an hour before she slowly walked out of the cabin.

"Here you go."

Su Wanqing handed the teapot full of hot water in her arms to Su Muling.

Su Muling glanced at her, sneered at the teapot, "You're a faceless one." ”

Su Wanqing used to dislike the crew's sheepskin jackets and dirty, and would rather freeze to death than wear them. But now Su Wanqing is the same as Su Muling, wrapped in a big jacket, wearing big shoes, and wrapping her face with a towel, losing her previous spirit.

As soon as Wang saw Su Wanqing add clothes, his eyes rolled a few times, and he ran back while Su Muling was not paying attention, and when he came back, he was the same as Su Wanqing.

Su Muling took the helm with one hand, holding the hot teapot with the other, and her cold hand slowly began to warm up.

The fog ahead was even greater, and visibility could only be seen a few feet away. Su Muling stopped playing tricks on them and concentrated on taking the helm.

A few hours passed, and the teapot in Su Muling's hand was cold and hot, hot and cold.

Song Mingjie came out against the cold wind a few times, and each time he didn't stay for a quarter of an hour before he ran away with his arms in his arms.

It was getting dark, and the lights on the boat were on.

Su Muling stared at the compass and the stars in the sky to control the direction. Her legs were numb from standing for so long.

Not far from her, Wang Shi and Su Wanqing could no longer stand, and sat on the ground leaning against each other with quilts draped over their bodies.

It's only been five or six hours, and will you be able to survive the remaining two and a half days? Su Muling doubted his physical strength.

Another two hours passed, and Su Muling, who was highly nervous, felt mentally exhausted, and she moved her feet, which were already frozen to the point of losing consciousness. Calling Su Wanqing who was nesting in the corner:

"Su Wanqing, call Song Mingjie over."

Su Wanqing didn't want to move, the quilt of two people was warmer than one person. She and Wang were hiding in the quilt and were drowsy.

"Go."

Su Muling's voice was a little more impatient.