Since they had to stay at Jining Pier for one night, the two stewards asked Huo Xi if she wanted to find an inn.
Huo Xi thought that the two ships were full of goods, and recalled the bad experience she had in Huai'an a few years ago, so she did not agree.
"It's better to spend the night on the boat. Everyone has to work harder and be careful at night. When we arrive in Peking safely, everyone will be rewarded."
"yes."
Tayue looked at Huo Xi. The young master was a girl and she was young. She ate and lived with them and felt a little sorry for her.
"Master, go and stay at the inn, my subordinates will be guarding the door."
Huo Xi smiled and shook her head: "No need. When I was a child, a boat was my home. I don't think living on a boat is a hard job."
Vanilla and Xia He also nodded: "The ship is our own territory, so we can sleep more peacefully."
As they were staying at the dock for one night, Huo Xi asked the clerk and the boatman to keep an eye on the goods on the ship, and took the two stewards, Ta Yue and two maids to the dock to see the goods.
Along the way, we bought a lot of local products from Jining, and also bought a lot of various snacks sold on the pier. Several people carried and carried them, and their mouths were not idle.
Suddenly Huo Xi felt someone touched her, and the two paper bags in her hand disappeared.
Just as I was stunned and didn't come back to my senses, Tayue slipped a black boy back over there.
Su Zhe and Yuan Sheng saw Ta Yue's skills for the first time. They didn't know what happened, but Ta Yue caught him back. Such skills.
The two stewards looked at Tayue with stars in their eyes.
A boy of seven or eight years old was carried by Tuyue, holding the skirt of his clothes around his neck, in front of Huo Xi. Even so, the black boy still held the pie in the paper bag in his hand and wolfed it down.
Everyone looked at him, and he didn't stop talking.
Xianghua went to check her and Xia He's purses, and then looked at the girl's. The girl didn't have any on her waist, and they were all hidden in her sleeves. She silently took off the purse on her waist and put it into her arms.
Huo Xi saw that he didn't touch everyone's purses and only grabbed the food in his hand. He must not be the kind of petty thief.
"hungry?"
The black boy was afraid that Huo Xi and others would snatch the food from his hand, so he didn't say anything. He didn't chew the food in his mouth, but he bit the food in his hand with all his strength.
Huo Xi sighed: "Eat slowly, you won't get it back."
Giving Tayue a look, Tayue let go of him.
As soon as he let go, the black boy wanted to sneak away. However, Tayue's hands were not as quick as his own. He didn't move, so he just fished the person out and brought him back again.
The black boy knew that he had met someone powerful. He raised his head and glanced at Tayue, and the movements of his mouth slowed down.
He knelt down to Huo Xi and said, "My lord, please forgive me, I'm just too hungry. I didn't steal your money."
He handed the pie in front of Huo Xi with a look of reluctance, his eyes still glued to it, obviously he wasn't full.
Seeing that he was as big as his brother, Xia He couldn't bear it. He glanced at Huo Xi and handed the pie in his hand out: "Here it is for you to eat."
The black boy didn't dare to answer, and only looked at Huo Xi. He could still tell who among these people was the one in charge.
Huo Xi sighed, took the food from Xia He's hand and stuffed it into his arms: "Take it and eat it." Then she led everyone away.
The black boy watched blankly as Huo Xi and his party left.
In the middle of the hour, dark clouds gathered, wind started blowing on the river, and soon, heavy rain poured down.
Huo Xi had already ordered the boatmen and crew to cover the two ships with several layers of tarpaulin so that no wind or rain could get in.
The group of people were sitting in the tea shop, looking at the thick rain curtain outside. Even Tayue, who was usually quiet, looked at Vanilla in surprise.
Vanilla was so proud that she snorted a few more times at the two stewards.
This prompted the two stewards to pour tea and hand fruits to her: "I didn't expect Miss Vanilla to have such ability, it's so admirable. We have Miss Vanilla along the way, which saves us a lot of worry."
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Seeing the girl's chin raised high with a proud look on her face, Huo Xi couldn't help but laugh. If there was a tail behind her, she would probably be wagging it happily.
He didn't say anything to her, he just looked towards the dock.
From time to time, I saw people running in the rain, and the boatmen on the ship were busy covering the cargo on the ship.
I felt very happy in my heart.
He took out a silver bean and gave it to Vanilla: "Thanks to Vanilla today, we deserve a reward. Otherwise, we would have become drowned rats."
Seeing that she was proud, he hammered: "But we still need to keep working hard. We should watch more, learn more, observe more, and compare. Try to be able to see the climate changes in three days, five days, and fifteen days."
"What will be the climate change in the fifteenth day?" Vanilla opened her mouth.
The most powerful navigator today can only predict the celestial phenomena within three to five days.
"On the 15th day, it's just ordinary. It's so powerful that you can see the changes in the celestial phenomena in a month or a few months."
"Is there such a powerful person?"
"Yes, there are mountains outside the mountains, and there are people outside the people. Vanilla, you have to work harder, and you have to practice more calligraphy. When you learn more calligraphy, I will find some books on celestial phenomena and sky observation for you to read.
Let you also become a powerful master of sky observation."
"Okay. I will definitely study hard!" I must study hard so that I can help girls in the future.
Xia He now knows more words than she does and can read simple account books. She will not fall behind.
An hour later, the rain stopped and the wind subsided. Everyone bought some food and returned to the boat. After a brief dinner, they rested on the boat.
At nine o'clock the next day, when the two ships were about to set sail, Huo Xi was still sleeping, so Xia He pushed her awake.
Huo Xi woke up in a daze and found it strange that the two maids who were usually as nice as sisters were now standing in front of her like cross-eyed chickens.
He motioned to them to explain with his eyes.
It turned out to be the black guy who stole her food yesterday. He was found outside the side of their boat this morning and wanted to follow him away secretly. But Tayue found out and wanted to drive him off.
But after hearing what happened to him, Xia He couldn't bear it and wanted to keep him.
The two of them quarreled in front of Huo Xi.
"Girl, who knows if what he said is true. The most important thing to avoid when going out is unidentified people and boats. There are many cases of boat crashes and fatalities." Vanilla did not agree to leave the person behind.
Xia He felt that he was still young, only seven or eight years old, so he could have any bad intentions. "Weren't you also rescued by a girl and followed on the boat?"
"That's what I did..." Vanilla frowned, "I kept that because of my ability! That black guy can eat and steal people's things, what else can he do?"
Huo Xi rubbed his head, which was still awake, with his eyes still closed: "Call him and let me take a look."
Xia He immediately turned around and ran away. Soon, he saw Ta Yueti sneaking in with the black boy from yesterday.
Seeing the tired look on the boy's face, it was obvious that he had not slept all night, so he asked him: "Why are you stealing my boat?"
The black boy plopped down and knelt down towards Huo Xi: "Your Majesty, please keep me. I am willing to do anything. As long as you don't send me to the palace to be a eunuch, I am willing to sell myself to you."
Huo Xi suddenly woke up, "You ran away because you wanted to be arrested and taken to the palace to be a eunuch?"