Chapter 17: Immortals
When such a thing happened, they could only think of two possibilities, one was that the other party didn't know what unpredictable means had been hidden from their ears and eyes, and the other was that the other party was an omnipotent immortal.
She cautiously picked up the large copper kettle, "I don't know what's going on, but I think it's good for us." โ
Deng Qin was a little dumbfounded, "Madam, you ...... You don't want to drink this water, do you?"
Yao Yuzhi hooked his lips slightly, "Why not? It's rare that the other party is kind enough to send us fresh water, wouldn't it be a waste of people's kindness if we don't drink it." โ
Deng Qinshi suddenly became anxious, "No, madam, who knows if this water can be drunk!"
Yao Yuzhi was a little helpless, "Rue Xiang, the other party has such unpredictable means, if you really want to do something to us, it is not easy." In that case, why bother to send us fresh water?"
Deng Qin's was speechless when Yao Yuzhi asked, and Bai Zehui, the initiator, secretly admired Yao Yuzhi's magnanimity and reasoning.
What Bai Zehui didn't know was that although Yao Yuzhi drank the water very openly, her curiosity drove her to explore the truth behind it.
In the next few days, Yao Yuzhi kept trying to find out the master who gave them water to drink at night by pretending to be asleep.
However, because she was too tired during the day, Yao Yuzhi always fell into a real sleep in the process of pretending to be asleep, which made her both frustrated and helpless.
In the end, it was Deng Qin's words that relieved Yao Yuzhi and made her no longer obsessed with finding a benefactor.
Deng Qin said, "Madam, since the noble person who delivered the water is unwilling to show his face, and you believe that the other party will not harm us, then why do you have to get to the bottom of it? โ
Of course, Yao Yuzhi disagrees with this statement, but she has another guess, "How many years have my father and mother been sitting down, where can they bless us, I think that if it wasn't for my father's old friend secretly sheltering, then it should be that we met a kind immortal." โ
Bai Zehui, who was held in Deng Qin's arms and listened to all the conversations between Yao Yuzhi and Deng Qin's, was scared out of a white-haired sweat, if it weren't for Deng Qin's question and Yao Yuzhi's own admission, she wouldn't know that Yao Yuzhi had pretended to be asleep trying to find out the "benefactor".
That's a ...... No one should be underestimated!
Such a woman who is upright and generous, and who is still deeply grieved, has such a strong curiosity!
It scared her to death.
Thinking of this, Bai Zehui couldn't help but secretly congratulate Xiao Moxi for being clever enough.
If it weren't for Xiao Moxi's own success, she, a pig-like master who had no heart and lungs, and who only ate and slept every day, would have to mess up a good thing.
However, the "immortals" mentioned by Yao Yuzhi between his words, and the "immortal cultivators" mentioned by Yao Yuzhi when he talked about the dispute between the Northern and Southern Dynasties before, shouldn't these two words represent the same meaning as she thought?
If that's the case, then the world is interesting.
Yao Yuzhi had not explored the origin of this water since he had talked with Deng Qin once, and the two of them used the water in this copper kettle to quench their thirst and cook rice with full gratitude every day.
Bai Zehui let Xiao Moxi observe for a while, and found that no one really explored the origin of this water, so she let Xiao Moxi do whatever she wanted, and therefore, in the days that followed, although the six of them still couldn't take a bath and wash clothes, they usually used enough water to cook, wash dishes, and quench their thirst.
It is worth mentioning that during this period, there was also a change in Bai Zehui's ring space that made both her and Xiao Moxi happyโthe water volume of the small spiritual spring had doubled as before, and the crooked neck dead tree that Xiao Moxi irrigated with spiritual spring water every day also grew its first leaves.
Although the leaf is not much bigger than a sesame seed now, it has grown after all.
Growing it means that Bai Zehui is in the right direction to improve the ring space, which makes her not happy.
Because the water in the copper kettle was needed to ensure their daily needs, and one more day in the sea would be more dangerous, so Yao Yu knew that they did not deviate from the established route to shore for supplies as they had planned before.
The three of them took turns to steer the boat and keep guard, and every once in a while they carefully identified whether the route was deviated, and after more than 20 days of fear, they finally arrived at Dayangshan Island, one of the Shengsi Islands, at noon on October 17, the 35th year of Jingping.
Dayangshan Island is only a few days away from Qushan Island, where Yao Yuzhi and his family are going, and sailing southeast from Dayangshan will take up to ten days to reach the northern coastline of Qushan Island.
An hour later, he brought back 30 buckets of fresh water, a basket of potatoes, 10 Chinese cabbages, 10 white radish, 5 catties of potato vermicelli, 20 catties of fresh pork, two hens and two roosters that had been killed.
The enthusiastic fishermen not only helped him carry his things to the shore where their light sailboat docked, but also helped him carry the bucket onto the boat.
Deng Xibin sent the two fishermen away with words of thanks, and Deng Qin couldn't wait to boil water for all the staff to clean themselves.
The two bath barrels on the boat were all used, and Yao Yuzhi and Deng Qin worked together to wash the three children first, and then the two took turns to clean themselves.
When Deng Xibin, who was on guard, was replaced, Deng Qin, who had changed into his last set of clean clothes, helped him prepare bath water again.
After that, Deng Xibin was still in charge of sentry, while Deng Qin and Yao Yuzhi were washing clothes and cooking.
By the time Deng Qin had washed all his dirty clothes with two large buckets of water, Yao Yuzhi had already prepared the most sumptuous meal in the past few days - braised potatoes and chicken nuggets, stewed vermicelli with pork and cabbage, cold white radish shreds, white flour pancakes, and millet gruel boiled with chicken broth.
Of course, among these things, Bai Zehui can still eat only rice soup mixed with chicken soup, but this does not prevent her from empathizing with everyone's joy.
I don't know if it's because the previous 20 days were too hard, although everyone is facing just the most ordinary coarse tea and light rice, everyone's expressions are full of happiness and satisfaction.
Bai Zehui privately guessed that this relatively hearty hot meal was certainly one of the reasons why everyone was happy, but the more important reason was the hot bath they took happily before.
After a good night's rest, Yao Yuzhi and the others set off again on the morning of 18 October, carrying a boat full of half-dried clothes and bed sheets.