Chapter 13: Water Bandits
In the face of such Yao Yuzhi, Ren Hanjun and Ren Hantang were full of uneasiness, but Bai Zehui, who was an adult in his bones, saw that Yao Yuzhi's change was not a bad thing.
It's better to be sparse, rather than letting Yao Yuzhi bury her sadness in her heart and eventually accumulate depression, it is better to let her take this opportunity to cry and vent her depression.
Thinking so, Bai Zehui immediately opened his mouth and cried.
Deng Qin was about to let go of Yao Yuzhi's hand to coax Bai Zehui, but Yao Yuzhi, who was already crying silently, had been recruited by Bai Zehui and cried loudly.
Ren Hanjun and Ren Hantang, who were already full of anxiety, were suddenly frightened, they grabbed the corners of Yao Yuzhi's clothes, and shouted "mother" one after another, while crying tears.
Deng Qin didn't know which one to coax first, she looked around helplessly, only to find that Bai Zehui didn't know when to stop crying.
Deng Qinshi breathed a sigh of relief, she sat down in the position opposite Yao Yuzhi again, and then stretched out her injured hand to take the two children to the position between her and Yao Yuzhi and slowly patted them.
As for Yao Yuzhi, Deng Qin's decision was to let her cry happily.
The news of Ren Zixian's death hit her too hard, and Deng Qin felt that she needed an outlet to vent her grief.
Time has blinked to September 18, and although Yao Yuzhi, who cried once, is still sad, the depression in his heart has dissipated a lot.
In the past seven or eight days, she has been gritting her teeth and helping Deng Qin's family do this and that, if she encounters a short-sighted homeless grass kou, she will insist on guarding the ship with Deng Xibin and Deng Qin's family.
According to Deng Xibin and Deng Qin's original intentions, they were unwilling to let Yao Yuzhi work so hard, but on the one hand, they said that they didn't listen to Yao Yuzhi, and on the other hand, the manpower that they could use in this group of people was really stretched.
Seeing that there were still two days to reach Biandan Port, Deng Xibin couldn't help but pray secretly in his heart, praying that the sea would be more peaceful than in the Huai River.
These days, they have encountered more and more water bandits, and if this continues, he really doubts that the six of them will be able to reach Qushan Island safely.
Deng Xibin was worried, but his eyes swept to the upper reaches of the Huai River, where two large merchant ships were approaching their light sailing ship at full speed.
Looking at the posture of the two merchant ships, Deng Xibin was very suspicious that the owner of the ship was actually planning to die with their light sailing ship.
But this is not the most troublesome, the most troublesome thing is that the two merchant ships are closely followed by two ships with tattered hulls, but on them are full of young men with weapons.
Deng Xibin didn't dare to delay, he jumped from the small lookout room on the main mast with a vertical leap, and then hurriedly entered the helm room while calling his wife to come out to help.
Deng Qin, who was shouted by Deng Xibin, went to the lookout room immediately after he got down, and Deng Xibin himself decisively controlled his sailboat and accelerated his speed.
Yao Yuzhi also heard Deng Xibin's letter to Deng Qin's family, and she hurriedly ran out of the cabin while instructing Ren Hanjun, who was only five years old, to look at the younger Ren Hantang and Bai Zehui.
"There are sailors chasing those two merchant ships! My God, there are seventy or eighty people!" Deng Qin's crisp voice came from the observation room, she quickly jumped off the observation room while talking to Deng Xibin, took a bow and arrow and a long sword and was ready to meet at any time, "Master, we have to drive the boat faster!"
Yao Yuzhi, who had locked the three children in the cabin, had already escaped by this time, and she stood on the deck and looked out for a moment before she found that the two merchant ships were obviously deliberately leading the bandits closer to their light sailing ship.
I have seen a lot of such things in the past few days, Yao Yuzhi was neither surprised nor angry, she ran over and took a bow and arrow to fight the enemy with Deng Qin's family, of course, she did not forget to tell Deng Xibin to speed up, "Get rid of them as quickly as possible, and then we will rush to Biandan Port overnight." ”
- If they have that strength, even if they know that those two merchant ships have the intention of causing trouble to the east, Yao Yuzhi will not mind helping the people on those two merchant ships, but the problem is that there are seventy or eighty bandits who are now eyeing those two merchant ships, and Yao Yuzhi asked himself if they have the ability to deal with so many people at the same time.
And when her own people are muddy and bodhisattvas cross the river and she can't protect herself, how can she be so hot that she cares about other people's affairs, and then stupidly traps her own people into the pit.
Yao Yu knew that the light sailing ship they were riding on was thin and small, agile, and carried few people and things, so after a while, they distanced themselves from the four big ships that were chasing after them.
When the people on the two merchant ships saw them running so fast, they couldn't help but be very anxious, but apart from trying to catch up, they also had nothing to do with Yao Yuzhi and the others.
As a result, the lower reaches of the Huai River soon staged a chase drama of chasing me and escaping.
The other boats that also passed by this waterway were afraid that they would be affected like Yao Yuzhi, so they all avoided from a distance.
Those two merchant ships couldn't harm others, so they simply kept biting on the back of Yao Yuzhi's light sailing ship, no matter how you look at it, they all vowed to drag Yao Yuzhi and others into the water.
Yao Yu knew that they were angry in their hearts, but for the sake of their own safety, they didn't dare to entangle with each other at all.
The three of them were busy from the morning until it was dark, and only then did they finally get rid of the two merchant ships that had to drag them into the water.
Deng Xibin, who had been busy controlling the ship, was so tired that he collapsed on the deck, and while he was a helper, he also had to shoot arrows to deter the two merchant ships, and Yao Yuzhi and Deng Qin's were not much better than him.
The two helped each other to move back to the cabin, and Yao Yuzhi opened the door of the lounge with a strong support.
Seeing their mother-in-law, Ren Hanjun and Ren Hantang, who had been frightened for several hours, immediately got up and threw themselves into Yao Yuzhi's arms.
Yao Yuzhi was pounced on by the two children and almost fell to the ground, but fortunately, Deng Qin, who was walking behind her, blocked her backward body at the critical moment.
Neither of them had the strength to cook, so Deng Qin first took all kinds of dim sum that he bought when he docked yesterday for Yao Yuzhi and the two children to eat, and then sent Deng Xibin, who was forced to stay on the deck, two large white flour steamed buns, a plate of spiced pork jerky bought when he docked yesterday, and a large bowl of cold white open that was poured out of the copper kettle of boiling water.
The three big and two young generals had dinner together, and Deng Qin's went to warm up the rice cereal and feed it to Bai Zehui, who happened to "wake up".
Bai Zehui was actually so hungry that he was close to his back, and the reason why he kept pretending to be asleep instead of crying and asking for food was naturally to avoid causing trouble to Yao Yuzhi and others.