The storm came in the evening, as expected.

The fleet was already near Taierzhuang at that time, but because of the increasing wind, but it was a headwind, and the march was a little difficult. When I finally docked at the dock, it was already raining heavily. The boatmen were busy putting the boat into the berth, fixing the sails, and soaked in the rain. By the time everyone was finally able to get into the cabin to take shelter from the rain and rest, it was already completely dark.

Dinner hasn't been settled yet.

With such a big storm, it is a little impractical to go ashore to dine at a tavern restaurant near the pier, or cook in the small kitchen at the stern. How the fleet of the Yan Wangfu responded was not known to others. But on the side of the Xie family's fleet, fortunately, before setting off in the morning, Xie Mulin thought that he might not be able to take care of cooking in order to avoid the wind and rain, and if he encountered stormy weather, the supply at the dock might not be as smooth as before, so he specially ordered his own boats to temporarily buy a batch of ingredients and dry food, and prepare a lot of clean water. Although it is inconvenient to burn the stove at the moment, there is also a small red clay stove for boiling tea in the cabin, and it can still deal with it for one night if you boil some hot porridge with silver chozi and eat it with dry food and pickles.

Wait until tomorrow when the wind and rain stop, and things will be easy.

The people on several boats of the Xie family shouted and drank with each other in the rain for a brief exchange, and they each relied on porridge and water to survive the night, which was not too difficult. I thought that the wind and rain would not stop in a long time, but the rain continued until the next morning, and it still did not stop, but the rain decreased slightly, but the wind was still very strong, and the fleet could not sail. Even if you barely get out of the dock, it will be difficult to get along.

It didn't take long for the fleet of the Yan Wangfu to convey the order of the Yan King to the other ships. Everyone stopped at Taierzhuang, rested for a day, and waited until the wind and rain subsided before continuing to hurry. On the other ships of the same group, no one raised objections. As soon as the wind and rain outside, everyone saw it, no one would be stupid enough to travel in this weather, even if King Yan planned to continue to rush against the wind and rain, they would take the initiative to stop it; Second, everyone even rushed for a few days, in fact, they were a little unbearable, but for convenience, they took the initiative to ask Yanwangfu for shelter, this way is indeed fast and convenient, no one is looking for trouble, why are they embarrassed to complain? Now, although because of the wind and rain, I have a day of respite, but it is better than nothing!

So, all the fleets docked at Taierzhuang Wharf, waiting for the storm to end.

The rain was heavy, and many shops on the dock were closed, and even if the government did not send officials to maintain order, the dock was empty, and there were no idle people waiting to make trouble at such times. The people of the fleet ate two or three simple cold meals, and they were a little overwhelmed. Not everyone has a tea stove, and the food that can be cooked on the tea stove is limited, and the porridge water is not hungry, and men are still more inclined to eat the serious staple fish meat. So, after noon the next day, many people appeared on the ships, wearing robes and hats, and went ashore cautiously to buy them in the wind and rain.

The situation on the Xie family's boats is okay, because it is mainly women and children, and the men are also easy-going and not pampered, so they can tolerate hot porridge and dry food. It's just that when Xie Mulin asked people to buy dry food, he didn't expect that his family would be trapped in Taierzhuang Wharf for so long, so he didn't have much dry food, and it was almost enough to eat it after three meals, so he sent a capable subordinate to get off the boat and go to a nearby store to ask, who knew that the dry food in the store was all bought by others, and there were people waiting in line in the store for the newly steamed food.

The next person reported to Xie Mulin, and she couldn't help but feel a little worried. This is really her inexperienced and ill-conceived pot. knew that this kind of thing would happen, so she asked people to buy a few more baskets of steamed buns in Xuzhou and came back.

However, anyway, the fleet of the Yan Wangfu will not leave today, and they don't have to be limited to looking for food on the dock. Xie Mulin wondered, should he send a few more powerful subordinates to buy food from other nearby shops when the rain was subsided? At this time, two mothers-in-law came from the boat of Yanwangfu, carrying a large basket of things.

The mother-in-law claimed to have come on the orders of Aunt Li: "Aunt heard that Second Miss Xie has always taken great care of Gu Niangzi, and Gu Niangzi mentioned the current difficulties of the Xie family in front of her aunt, and her aunt couldn't sit still anyway." Some of the food in the basket is made by the store we are familiar with, which is cleaner than the one bought outside, and the taste is acceptable. If Miss Xie doesn't dislike it, please accept it. ”

Xie Mulin looked at the basket in surprise, and found that it was two wooden basins of freshly made knife-cut thin noodles, which only needed to be boiled in hot soup to make soup noodles, and there was also a wooden basin of steamed steamed buns, all of which were the size of a strong man's fist, which seemed to be the style of the north. There are also four small jars of pickles at the bottom of the basket, and there is a label on the top, which reads the signboard of "Six Must Live".

Aunt Li has been a Jiangnan person since she was a child, and she should have never left the border of the capital, if she wants to send food to others, how can she send these noodles with obvious northern flavors? On the contrary, Xiao Rui, who has been in Beiping and the northern border for two or three years, may be able to get these things. Xie Mulin also remembered that in the letters he wrote to her in the past two years, he had mentioned more than once that he loved to eat Liubiju's pickles, and every time he returned to Beiping City, he always had to buy a few jars and take them back to Kaipingwei, but every time he brought them back, he had to be snatched up by his comrades, and he took a lot of effort to hide his things.

This basket of pasta and pickles was obviously sent by Xiao Rui in the name of Aunt Li, right? It's hard for him to think of what trouble she will encounter here.

Xie Mulin pursed his lips and smiled, but immediately returned to normal, and said to the two mothers-in-law with a smile: "Then I will be disrespectful, thank you Aunt Li, our family is worried about dry food!" It's not good to cook on this ship now, and I don't know what to do with the fresh meat and vegetables I buy. After that, he instructed someone to go to the small warehouse at the back to find some fresh fish, meat, melons and vegetables, clean them up, add two jars of home-brewed sauce, and put them in the basket where the pasta was delivered, and the oilcloth was tightly covered, before handing it back to the two mothers-in-law, "It's just a return gift, Aunt Li must not be polite to me." ”

The two mothers-in-law glanced at each other, and one of them smiled and said: "Our aunt has a weak mouth these days, and she wants some fresh melons and vegetables to eat, and a few of us are worried, where to buy vegetables in this weather?" Second Miss Xie, this has helped us a lot! After that, he was really happy to carry the basket of vegetables and left.

Xie Mulin didn't think much about whether Aunt Li or Xiao Rui really liked those fresh melons and vegetables, anyway, she couldn't do anything else except these things at the moment.