Chapter 72 Lord, I Wouldn't Give It to Yesterday's Friend
Chapter 72 I won’t (Additional update for friends who tipped and voted yesterday)
Qian San lay down on the roof of Huo Xi's courtyard all night. He didn't return to Mu's house until the lights in the courtyard went out.
Originally, Mu Yan's grandfather, Lao Xipinghou, gave Mu Yan four guards: Li Yikan, two in the light, and Qian, Mu Kun in the dark.
"Master, the young lady of the Huo family rented the yard in Qionghua Lane for half a year. The fishermen's boats at the river bank were recruited to transport grain to Huai'an, so she rented a house and placed her mother and brother there."
"The ships are recruited from the river to transport grain to Huai'an warehouse?" Li Yikaner was a little surprised and looked at Mu Yan.
"Young Master, why did the new emperor make such a big move to transport grain to the north?"
Mu Yan frowned and then opened his eyebrows again.
"Beiyan is, after all, a fiefdom of the new emperor. Moreover, the remnants of the Wu dynasty are still thinking of rebelling against the Wu Dynasty. The Oara, Wuliangha, and Tatars have not restrained themselves in recent years and have continued to harass the border. The new emperor has settled down. , will definitely fight against foreigners. One day there will be a big war."
Mu Yan spoke calmly.
After listening to Li Yikan and Er, his face became heavy.
Mu Yan turned around and asked Qian San: "Why did she rent it for half a year?"
"My subordinates heard that Mrs. Huo was worried that her brother could not stand the cold on the water, and originally wanted to go ashore before the snow fell in winter to rent a house. However, the recruitment of ships this time has brought the plan forward."
"Isn't it too early for snow to fall?" Kan Er was puzzled. Living on the shore for half a year and living on the water for half a year?
Qian San then said: "Most of the small courtyards near Qionghua Lane are rented to students who come to Beijing to take exams or study. Short-term rentals should not be allowed."
Mu Yan listened silently, thought for a while, and then told Qian San: "You should pay more attention over there."
"Yes." Gan San responded and went out.
Li Yikan and Er looked at each other and looked at Mu Yan: "Master, are you afraid that someone will do harm to her mother and son?"
"Some people don't want her to live, but I don't."
Mu Yan curled his lips coldly. He wanted to see if in this world, cats and dogs could become princes even if they put on dragon robes.
Even the rats in the gutter can feast and drink openly.
Huo Xi didn't know this.
They lay down on the roof of her yard all night, but she didn't notice at all.
He and Yang Fu stayed in the yard to clean the house, arrange firewood, and help Yang make chicken and duck meat. He also used a hoe to hoe all the weeds in the yard, turned over the soil, and created ridges. , sow vegetable seeds.
Then he chatted nonchalantly with Yang Fu, the Yang family, about the wheel, and then fell asleep in the newly rented house.
I couldn't fall asleep when I first hit the bed. Without the water waves rocking the boat, and without the rocking feeling, I actually tossed and turned for a long time without closing my eyes.
It was just like when she first got on the boat and was so dizzy and couldn't sleep due to the shaking of the boat, she felt very uncomfortable.
It wasn't until the latter half of the day that I felt so sleepy that I drifted off to sleep.
When she woke up early the next morning, not only she, but also Yang and Yang Fu also had dark circles under their eyes. The three of them looked at each other and smiled together.
"I have been floating on the river for a long time. My feet are flat on the ground and I have no water for a few shakes. I can't sleep anymore."
After Yang finished speaking, the three of them laughed.
After Huo Xi and Yang Fu washed up, they went to the kitchen to help Yang.
The kitchen in the small courtyard is not big, but it feels much better than setting up a small clay stove for cooking and cooking in the narrow bow of the boat.
Yang was stunned for only a moment before he found the feeling.
Later, he became more and more hearty: "This is the kitchen."
Standing in front of a big iron pot, using a big shovel to turn over the vegetables in the pot, it is no longer comparable to the feeling of being too cautious and unable to let go.
Yang Fu felt comfortable sitting in front of the stove adding firewood. No wonder so many fishermen want to live ashore.
This is life when your feet are on flat ground and everything is stable.
Huo Xi filled a food box with steamed rice, vegetables and meat. These were lunches for her and Huo Erhuai Yang Fu. They could eat them as long as they were heated on the boat at noon.
Then he used a dry lotus leaf to wrap a few steamed buns and brought them to Huo Erhuai for breakfast later.
Then I filled a few large bamboo tubes with boiling water. I also filled a water basket full of clean water and put it in the backpack.
While the three of them were eating, Huo Xi told Yang, "Mom, you have to remember the way when you go out. Don't get lost."
"Don't worry, Mom has a good memory."
"Mom, when you go out, try to go to places with many people. Don't strike up conversations with people you don't know. When you get home, you have to check to see if anyone is following you before opening the door. You should be more alert when sleeping at night."
"Don't worry. How can a person like me be abducted? If you dare to follow me, I can't kill him!"
"Sister, just shout out when something happens. There are people living around here, and there will always be someone who can help."
"Sister, you still don't know? I want you to give me some advice. Just listen to your brother-in-law and Xi'er, don't act impulsively, and don't cause any trouble to your brother-in-law and Xi'er."
Yang Fu pouted at Mr. Yang dissatisfied, he is an uncle and an elder, okay?
Mrs. Yang bared her teeth at him, what the hell was she doing!
Yang Fu responded: "I know."
After Huo Xi and Yang Fu finished their breakfast, they carried food boxes and water on their backs, said goodbye to Yang and headed to the ferry to look for Huo Erhuai.
When we arrived at the ferry, Huo Erhuai was sitting at the stern of the boat mending the fishing net.
"father."
Huo Erhuai turned to look and laughed: "Here you come? Why don't you sleep more? How are your mother and brother?"
He stood up and built a springboard to the shore, and helped the two of them board the boat.
"Everything is fine. Mom made the meat buns, and dad should have breakfast first."
"Why did your mother make meat buns? Dad even cooked some breakfast for himself."
Yang Fu put down his backpack and took out the meat buns wrapped in lotus leaves: "My sister barely slept last night. She said she lay on the bed and slept, and she couldn't fall asleep even if she didn't wander around."
Huo Erhuai put away the gangplank and laughed: "Your sister is used to the life on the boat. Now she is living a good life ashore, but she is not used to it anymore."
Huo Xi also laughed: "I was lying in bed last night. At first I felt that the bed was still shaking, but then I felt that it was no longer shaking. If it wasn't shaking, I couldn't sleep."
Huo Erhuai then touched her head, this child.
When she first got on the boat, the rocking of the boat made her feel dizzy and she couldn't sleep for several nights. She had to be held in Yang's arms during the day to get a solid sleep. Now that she was ashore, she was not used to it.
I couldn't help but feel distressed, and rubbed her head again.
Huo Erhuai took the lotus leaf bun handed over by Huo Xi, picked out a meat bun from it, and wrapped the rest: "Dad, just eat one. I'll leave it to you for lunch."
Huo Xi took out two more from the lotus leaf and stuffed them into his hand.
"Father, you can eat. If we take over the job of transporting tax grains to farmers later, you will have to work hard. Mom fried meat and vegetables and steamed rice for us. We can eat till lunch."
"How come your mother is so extravagant?" Although she said this, there was a smile on her face. She was happily eating the three buns in her hand.
I usually eat big meat buns for breakfast, and rice and meat dishes for lunch.
It seems that life is getting better these days.
very nice.
Huo Erhuai was eating the buns with one hand and touching the oar board with the other.
"Brother-in-law, you eat, I'll shake it." Yang Fu pushed him away.
"Uncle, take the boat to the villages along the river in Jiangning County."
"Yes, I understand." Yang Fu nodded and quickly rowed the boat out of the outer city ferry.
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