Chapter 83: Sold to You Who Are Lovely and Friendly
Chapter 83 Sold (Additional update for you lovely and friendly people)
Yang Fu had a good idea and wanted to eat all the unpalatable meals made by Xi'er. He would not make Xi'er sad and avoid wasting food.
Little did I know there was no chance of implementation.
At early noon, the escort officer at the front rowed the boat along the river and told the boat to stop for a two-quarters of an hour's rest.
As soon as they heard that they could rest, everyone collapsed on the boat. After three hours of non-stop rowing, a boat full of food was loaded. How could it be compared to fishing in a light boat?
My hands are about to break.
It was okay if someone on the boat changed hands alternately, but if no one changed hands, the hands, feet, waist and abdomen were so stiff that they felt as if they were not their own.
Huo Erhuai was okay, and he took turns rowing with Yang Fu. Even so, carrying eighty shi of grain was still very strenuous.
"Dad, hurry up and eat."
"Okay." Huo Erhuai took the food from Huo Xi and took big gulps into his mouth.
While eating, he looked at the two children. His own child was so considerate and took good care of him. He exchanged hands with him and cooked and watered him. Huo Erhuai felt extremely at ease.
Yang Fu brought a piece of rice and stretched it out towards Yujiang on the edge of his boat: "Brother Yu, here it is."
Yujiang's hands were almost shaking, and he seemed a little unable to catch it.
After shaking for three hours, he still had the energy to get food for himself. Although there were pots and clay stoves on the boat, he was too tired to move.
Now the Huo family helped to prepare the meal, and he could just eat the ready-made food. Yu Jiang took the meal and was very grateful: "Thank you."
I knew it was right to follow the Huo family. These two children of the Huo family are only so old, but they are already so considerate in their work.
Yujiang opened a large portion of the meal wrapped in dry lotus leaves. He didn't have much appetite at first, but when he saw it, his eyes lit up instantly.
Three or four taels of large white rice, fresh vegetables, a few pieces of chicken and duck meat, dried fish, a few dried shrimps, all oily. The rice, meat and vegetables are still covered with sauce, and the hand holding the lotus leaf is still warm.
feel.
Yu Jiang's hands, which were cooled by the river breeze, instantly felt a lot warmer.
Take another sniff, it smells so good!
Yu Jiang's appetite was immediately aroused. He quickly found his chopsticks and took the rice into his mouth. Well, it was delicious!
Qian Xiaoxia on the Bingzi No. 3 boat saw Yang Fu handing Yu Jiang food and licked his lips. He wanted to eat too.
But it’s hard to speak.
His mother would make lunch for him and his brother on the boat behind. But he just wanted to eat from the Huo family. Not only was it delicious, the Huo family was more willing to use oil and eat meat than his mother. It was shameful to see how delicious Yujiang's food was.
He swallowed hard.
Huo Xi and Yang Fu made a lot of lunch. Apart from the food for them, there should be about ten portions left.
She stood on the bow of the boat and saw that everyone was busy eating lunch. She opened her mouth, not knowing what to say.
It will definitely be sold, but I am afraid that it will be too high-profile and attract the attention of the escort officer.
But after everything is done, is it really like what Yang Fu said, to save it for him and Huo Erhuai to have dinner, and then eat it for lunch and dinner tomorrow?
It's a bit of a waste.
Suddenly, I saw a small boat coming from behind. A soldier was standing on the bow of the boat patrolling. He raised his voice from time to time and said twice: "Check the boat, check the grain bags, and be careful. We will set off on time in two quarters of an hour."
Huo Xi's eyes lit up and she hurriedly urged Yang Fu: "Uncle, give me a wooden box quickly!"
Yang Fu didn't know why, so he quickly handed her a wooden box.
Huo Xi quickly stuffed rice, vegetables, chicken and duck meat, dried fish, dried and grilled shrimp into the wooden box, and kept compacting it until it was so full that it was almost impossible to cover it.
Huo Erhuai and Yang Fu, who were sitting next to them while eating, were stunned.
Huo Xi stood up quickly and said crisply to the boat approaching her family's ship: "Sir, Escort Officer!"
The young soldier looked at her. Seeing that he was a boy, his cold and solemn face softened slightly: "What's the matter?"
"Sir, I just made some food for my father. I made some more and wanted to give you a share. Thank you for your hard work, brother."
This kid just called him "sir", now he calls him "brother"?
However, it's quite useful.
"No need. We have dry food ready."
"This is hot food. Brother, let's eat it for you. You have worked just as hard as us." Huo Xi lay on the edge of her boat and handed the wooden box in her hand towards him.
The man saw his little person lying on the edge of the boat. If he didn't catch it, the child would have been stretched out and might have fallen into the water.
He asked the boatman to row the boat over and reached out to take it.
"Thank you."
Huo Xi smiled happily at him. The man saw the child smiling brightly at him. The little child had an innocent look on his face, and he also curled up his lips.
The boat quickly rowed forward.
Huo Erhuai and Yang Fu had forgotten to chew the food in their mouths since Huo Xi had just put the food in their mouths. When they saw her calling the escort officer to stop, they both froze and didn't know how to react.
Then they saw that the escort took her food and thanked her. Their eyes almost popped out of their heads.
After the people left, he came back to his senses and said, "Xi'er, you are so brave. Aren't you afraid that the escort officer will punish you?"
Huo Xihun didn't care: "I didn't commit any crime. I just wanted to express the people's respect and love because I saw how hard he was escorting him."
The two of them looked at her blankly. If they hadn't seen that she usually had ideas and purpose in doing things, they would have almost believed her.
Huo Xi picked up his own rice and put it in his mouth. As he was doing so, he told the two of them: "Eat quickly."
Huo Erhuai and Yang Fu didn't know why, but it didn't stop them from quickly grabbing the rice in their mouths.
The three of them had just finished cooking, but before they had time to put it away, the escort just now rowed over again: "Little baby."
"Brother, sir." Huo Xi felt happy and smiled sweetly at him.
The man also smiled at her and said, "My surname is He."
"Brother He."
The man nodded without correcting her and said to her: "Do you still have food?"
As soon as I took the meal back to the official boat, it was snatched away by Shangguan. He had no entrance at all.
He only had time to take a look at the hot rice in the wooden box. The rich variety of dishes in it whetted his appetite, but before he could eat it, someone snatched it away.
Huo Ximeng nodded: "Yes. We have prepared more. We originally wanted to send them to the single people in our fleet, and save some for dinner."
The man didn't expose him and nodded: "Then give it all to me."
"Okay. Brother He, wait a minute."
He Feng nodded, sat down on the boat, and waited.
Huo Xi hurriedly pulled Huo Erhuai and Yang Fu, who were still dazed, to take wooden boxes to pack rice. They packed ten servings.
Huo Xi put it in a basket and handed it to him: "Brother He, there are only ten portions left."
He Feng nodded, took the basket and handed her a tael of silver.
"Brother He, I gave you too much."
"Take it. If there is still food, you can make some for us in the evening."
Huo Xi nodded happily: "Okay! It's just that we have nothing to pack."
"It doesn't matter. You put it in a basin and I'll take it away and divide it up."
"Okay. Thank you Brother He." Yang Fu and Huo Erhuai watched him leave by boat.
"Xi'er, did you really sell it? Don't you blame me, sir?" Yang Fu looked at the one tael of silver in Huo Xi's hand, his eyes almost popped out of his head, he couldn't believe it.
"Dad, look!" Huo Xi happily raised the silver in her hand to show it to Huo Erhuai.
Huo Erhuai touched her head with emotion. This child is very lucky. I hope this child will go well in the future, turn bad luck into good luck, and meet noble people. Otherwise, it will be too hard to follow them.