After the ashes were scattered, Jiang carefully put the bottle away.
"Now that I have finally done what he said, this bottle will be my only thought of him from now on."
Because her husband's ashes were once placed inside.
Lin Jiao didn't know how to comfort Jiang, so she could only carefully hold Jiang to prevent her from falling into the water.
"Let's go back."
Jiang may seem weak, but he is actually a very strong person.
She never complained about her hardships, tried her best not to cause trouble to others, and never lost her temper.
Lin Jiao likes Jiang very much.
"Well, I'll support my mother."
Lin Jiao carefully supported Jiang and quickly returned to the carriage.
"Sister-in-law, what did you and your mother do?"
Jin Yu glanced at Jiang sitting in the car, came out and asked Lin Jiao in a low voice.
"It's nothing. Mom said she wanted to hear the sound of the river. I helped her go to the river to have a look. Please take good care of your mother. Xiao Jiu'an will probably not be back for a while. I'll go get an earthen stove to heat some hot water to keep everyone warm.
Warm yourself up."
There are too many people queuing up on the riverside waiting to board the boat, and it is estimated that their turn will not be available for a while.
"I'm going to help my sister-in-law."
Luoluo jumped out of the car and ran to Lin Jiao.
She most likes to be with her sister-in-law.
Lin Jiao took Luo Luo to dig a simple earth stove nearby, and asked Luo Luo to bring over the kettle she bought in Jinzhou City. Lin Jiao filled it with clean water and started to boil it.
There were many trees along the river, and firewood was readily available. Lin Jiao was not willing to use the firewood in the car, so she just broke off some dry branches and threw them into the earthen stove.
She also placed a few sweet potatoes next to them and buried them with reddish firewood. If she threw the sweet potatoes directly into the fire and burned them, the sweet potatoes would be burnt and inedible.
The fire was burning very brightly, and within a quarter of an hour, the water was boiling.
"Little brother, can you lend us this earthen stove?"
Lin Jiao had just taken away the kettle and was about to put out the fire in the earthen stove, and then bury the almost roasted sweet potatoes in it to cover it for a while.
The man who came over was not much older than Lin Jiao. He was very gentle and he looked like a scholar at first glance.
He was wearing a green jacket, holding a kettle and a cloth bag in his hand, and followed behind him was an old slave, who was holding a large bundle of firewood.
"I don't want to use your earthen stove in vain. I can exchange it with you for firewood and a few sweet potatoes, okay?"
The other party was very polite.
Lin Jiao nodded. She had already used up the earth stove anyway, so there was nothing wrong with helping others.
"There is no need to provide food and firewood. When you use this earthen stove, remember to put out the fire."
After saying that, Lin Jiao turned over the sweet potatoes and saw that they were almost roasted. She didn't think about covering them in the hot ashes. She put them into the small basket she brought over with a wooden stick and left.
"Thank you."
He handed over his hand, thanked Lin Jiao politely, and quickly asked his old slave to put the firewood in and start boiling water.
Lin Jiao carried the kettle and asked Luoluo to go back with a small basket, then poured a bamboo tube of hot water for each of them using her special bamboo tube.
The bamboo tube that holds the water is bamboo she found from the mountain in space. Lin Jiao has already tried it. This bamboo is stronger than ordinary bamboo, and hot water can be kept in it for more than an hour without getting cold.
It is very convenient to drink or to warm hands in winter.
After pouring a glass of water for each person, Lin Jiao poured a few more glasses and put them aside. The bamboo tubes had lids, so they were not afraid that the water would get dirty.
After pouring out the water in the kettle, Lin Jiao asked Luoluo to share the sweet potatoes with everyone. Jiang was sitting in the carriage drinking water and eating sweet potatoes with the three children. There was a charcoal basin on the carriage, and she didn't feel cold at all.
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This life was more comfortable than what she had lived at home before.
Lin Jiao, Pei Zichuan and Song Jingmo were outside the carriage, guarding the carriage and mule cart to drink water.
"You guys stay here, I'll go over there and take a look."
After drinking some water, Lin Jiao took two more bamboo tubes of hot water and two pieces of sweet potatoes and walked towards the river bank.
Pei Zichuan wanted to stop him, but Song Jingmo stopped him first.
"Mr. Pei, please help me see if anything fell on my head. I felt something flew into my hair just now."
Song Jingmo held water in one hand and roasted sweet potatoes in the other, looking at Pei Zichuan for help.
Pei Zichuan looked at him mockingly, but still looked at his head for him and took only one leaf from Song Jingmo's head.
"It turned out to be a leaf. I thought it was a snake. It scared me to death."
Song Jingmo looked scared.
Pei Zichuan sneered, "At this time of year, snakes are already hibernating. How could they fall on your head?"
It's obviously an excuse.
"Mr. Pei doesn't know. I experienced it once when I was a child. It was a venomous snake that bit me directly on the neck. If my master hadn't happened to be here, I would have died a long time ago."
Song Jingmo explained with a smile.
As soon as he delayed her, Lin Jiao had already squeezed into the crowd and walked away.
Lin Jiao squeezed through the crowd and arrived at the temporary dock. She immediately saw Xiao Jiu'an who was talking to someone.
As she walked over, she heard the man in charge taking the silver ingot handed over by Xiao Jiu'an and narrowing his eyes with a smile.
"Little brother, you are so open-minded in your work. Don't worry, our other boat will be here in half an hour. I guarantee that you will be the first to board."
"Then thank you so much, Brother Wang. Brother Wang is the benefactor of our family. If you can be of any use to me in the future, just ask."
Xiao Jiuan's words were purely polite, after all, he would be taking the other party's boat soon.
Lin Jiao came over, smiled and patted Xiao Jiuan's shoulder, "Brother, I finally found you."
As she said that, she took out the bamboo tube, gave one to Xiao Jiu'an, and handed another to Manager Wang, "It's freezing cold here, please drink some water."
"Thanks."
Manager Wang happily took the bamboo tube that Lin Jiao handed him. He had been thirsty for a long time, but now there were only a dozen servants left on the dock besides him. Their things were all on the boat, and a dozen servants had to guard them.
To prevent their family's territory from being robbed by other ships.
If he, the steward, wanted to drink some water, he could only wait for the boat to come back, but as soon as the boat came back, everyone was crowded onto the boat, so he had no time to drink water.
These two little brothers are really good people, and the boss would be happy to make friends with such people.
"Little brother, ask your brother to bring his family over first. When the boat comes later, I will arrange for you to get on the boat first."
Manager Wang held the bamboo tube of hot water given by Lin Jiao with both hands and said to Xiao Jiu'an with a smile.
"Thank you, Brother Wang."
Xiao Jiu'an was really able to talk to people and not to tell ghosts. He turned to Lin Jiao and said, "Did you hear what Brother Wang said? Go back and bring Mom and the others here. We can get on the boat in a while."
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"Thank you, Brother Wang. Brother, I'll go first."
Lin Jiao nodded happily, turned around and ran to find Jiang and the others.