Chapter 75: The Xia Family
This night, the housewife of Kanjiao Village was busy after dinner and prepared the family's dry food before going to sleep.
Before dawn the next day, the villagers got up to sort out the supplies, and when Dongfang confessed, everyone drove the ox carts, carried the luggage, and dragged the family to the riverside ferry.
The village chief reminded everyone: "Each family is a unit, everyone checks if their families have arrived!" ”
"It's all here."
"Let's go when we're all here!"
Their movements must have disturbed the other displaced people, and when the displaced people from other villages saw this, they hurriedly got up and organized a meeting of the villagers.
By the time they came up with a result and packed up their supplies and rushed to the ferry, the villagers of Kanjiao Village had already boarded the ferry.
There are several kinds of ferries on the shore that specialize in ferrying, among which the ferries for ordinary people are not large, and one boat can seat about thirty or forty people.
The villagers of Kanjiao Village, together with their supplies, took nearly 20 ferries.
You may wonder why there are so many ferries at the ferry, but in fact, this also shows the prosperity of Jiangxia.
Trade is frequent, and if there are fewer ships, they can't be transported.
The wharf alone is divided into a commercial wharf, a dedicated wharf, and a civilian ferry, which shows the importance of Jiangxia's geographical location.
Such an important county town, if it is in troubled times, there is no need to think that it must be a battleground for soldiers.
Soldiers must fight, and behind the prosperity is the crisis.
Although the villagers of Kanjiao Village could not read big words and did not understand the main principles, they proceeded from their actual life and perfectly avoided the suffering of the war in the future.
If they cross the river, if they find a remote place to settle down, although it is not easy to get around, at least during the war, they can avoid displacement.
The villagers of Kanjiao Village rowed farther and farther in the morning mist, and when they reached the middle of the river, there was a white mist all around, and they were nervous and scared as they had never been on a boat.
The fog in front of you is like the direction of the future, and everyone is actually confused in their hearts, not knowing what the road ahead is?
Chen hugged his six-year-old granddaughter tightly, looking at the white river, next to him except for the sound of breathing was the sound of the boatman's oars breaking the water, and the unique rhythm of the la-la-la.
Because she was very nervous, she had nothing to say, "Old man, do you say there are fish in this river?" ”
Daddy Xia was actually scared in his heart, people who had never taken a boat before, the first time they took a boat, even if the boat was swinging normally, they felt like the boat was about to capsize.
His Adam's apple rolled and replied to the old woman's question, "Where there is water, there should be fish." ”
"As long as there are fish in the river, the people on their side will definitely not starve to death."
Xia Hua in Chen's arms heard that there was a fish, and sucked her saliva, "Grandma, the fish is delicious."
Chen looked at the clear river water under the edge of the boat, "Well, I will ask your father to fish for you in the future." ”
The boatman shook his head and smiled when he listened to their words while shaking the oars, "Although there are many fish in the river, you must be able to catch them. ”
Father Xia nodded: "Brother is right, landlubbers like us, they are afraid when the boat sways, and they can't even stabilize the center of gravity, so they can't row and fish." ”
A few people were chatting when there was a vomiting sound from the boat.
Everyone followed the reputation and saw that it was Xia He's wife Ji lying on the side of the boat vomiting.
The boatman smiled and explained to everyone: "She is seasick, and it will be better to vomit the contents of her stomach." ”
"Seasickness?" The unblooming smile on Sister-in-law Xia's face came to an abrupt end.
At first, she thought it was morning sickness, which made her happy in vain.
may not be his daughter-in-law, but the granddaughter-in-law is a generation apart, and Mrs. Xia will not think about it as much as the eldest daughter-in-law.
She just reminded her second grandson, "Second boy, pull your daughter-in-law, and be careful that she doesn't pay attention to falling into the water when she vomits." ”
"Milk, I'll keep an eye on it." Xia He's eyes were full of distress, and he patted Ji's back.
Six-year-old Xia Hua nestled in her grandmother's arms, staring at Ji's, her brows couldn't help but knot, and her little expression made Daddy Xia happy, and raised her hand to pinch her little face.
"My niece is like an aunt, and the flowers look exactly like Jing'er when she was a child, you see that the frowning movements are very similar."
Chen looked down at his little granddaughter, grinned and said nothing.
Daddy Xia thought of his little girl, "I don't know what happened to the capital now?" Some time ago, I heard that the emperor was going to move south, and Jing'er should have followed her to Jiankang. ”
Brother Xia asked: "Dad, since you know that the emperor will move south to Jiankang, why didn't we flee to Jiankang in the first place?" ”
With their relationship with King Qian's Mansion, they are no better than coming here.
Father Xia's expression was solemn, "The emperor can't even take care of himself, and King Qian is even more so, you say that they can't even take care of themselves, how can they still have the energy to take care of our family?" ”
What he didn't say was that the battle was fierce in places close to the imperial power, and it was better to stay away from it than to be affected.
When Brother Xia heard this, he began to worry in his heart, "Dad, do you think the little sister's family will be in danger?" ”
Sister Xia couldn't get used to hearing their worries, so she rolled her eyes, "I think you are worrying blindly, the little sister is also the princess of the Qian Palace, and the Qian Palace's is also the prince, I heard that there are not one thousand but eight hundred guards in the Prince's Mansion, so many people are escorting them to the south, who can hurt them?" ”
Brother Xia disagreed with the eldest sister's words, "Eldest sister, you don't understand your father's intentions, even if the younger sister is safe, before her father and mother saw her, it is reasonable to worry about her, don't say it, I am also worried about the younger sister." ”
Sister Xia's eyes almost rolled to the sky, and she said angrily: "Okay, I don't seem to care about family affection." ”
Brother Xia scratched his head, "Big brother didn't mean that." ”
Recalling what you just said, isn't there anything wrong?
Chen didn't care about the lawsuit between her children, she turned her head sideways and asked her husband with a worried face, "Old man, you said that the little girl hasn't written for so long, has something happened?" Or did she go to the letter and didn't receive it because we had fled? ”
"Possibly!" Daddy Xia took out the cigarette stick from his waist and wanted to smoke again.
The boatman who rowed the oars was secretly frightened about the relationship between this boatman and King Qian's Mansion!
Just look at their clothes, just the usual coarse cloth clothes, similar to what he wears, this doesn't look like it, don't brag, right?
And Xia Jing, the protagonist in their mouths, is lying comfortably on the bed dreaming at this moment, and even the movement of the maids outside getting up can't wake her up.
Because she was going to stay in Jiangxia for a day, it was already three poles in the sun when she woke up.
"Princess, the cook in the kitchen boiled fish soup in the morning, and used the fish soup as the base, how about instant noodle cakes?"
Hearing the fish soup, Xia Jing subconsciously frowned, "Is the fish soup fishy?" ”
The main thing is that people in this era don't have much research on eating, and cooking food is generally a simple and crude method, so don't expect how delicious it can be.
Hongmei remembered the taste she had tasted in the morning, and said with a smile: "Back to the princess, it tastes good, not fishy." ”
Xia Jing's brows stretched, "Then let's try it." ”
"Wait a minute, the princess, the slave and maid will come over."
The Xia family has been holding back for so long, let's bubble for the time being~~
(End of chapter)