That night, the housewife in Kanjiao Village was busy again after dinner, preparing the family's dry food before going to bed.
Before dawn the next day, the villagers got up to sort out their supplies. When the sky cleared from the east, everyone drove their ox carts, loaded with luggage, and drove their families to the riverside ferry.
The village chief reminded everyone: "Everyone considers their family as a unit, so everyone should check to see if all their family members are here!"
"Everyone is here."
"Let's go when everyone is here!"
Their movements must have disturbed other refugees. Seeing this, the refugees in other villages hurriedly got up and organized a village meeting.
By the time they came to a conclusion after their discussion, packed up their supplies and rushed to the ferry, the villagers of Kanjiao Village had already boarded the ferry.
There are several types of ferries on the shore that are dedicated to ferrying people. Among them, the ferries for ordinary people are not big, and each boat can seat about thirty or forty people.
The villagers of Kanjiao Village plus supplies took nearly twenty ferries.
You may wonder why there are so many ferries at the ferry port, but in fact this also illustrates the prosperity of Jiangxia.
There are frequent trade exchanges, and if there are few ships, transportation will not be possible.
The wharf alone is divided into commercial wharves, special wharves, and civilian ferries. This shows the importance of Jiangxia's geographical location.
Such an important county and city, if it comes to troubled times, needless to say, it will definitely be a battleground for military strategists.
Military strategists must fight, and behind prosperity lies crisis.
Although the villagers in Kanjiao Village were illiterate and did not understand the general principles, they started from real life and perfectly avoided the pain of future wars.
After they crossed the river, if they found a remote place to settle down, although transportation would be inconvenient, at least they could avoid being displaced during war years.
The villagers of Kanjiao Village rowed farther and farther in the morning fog. When they reached the middle of the river, they were surrounded by white mist. They had never been on a boat before, and they felt nervous and scared.
The fog in front of us is just like the direction we are going in. In fact, everyone is confused and doesn't know the way forward.
Ms. Chen hugged her six-year-old granddaughter tightly and looked at the vast white river. Next to her, besides the sound of breathing, there was the sound of the boatman's oar breaking through the water, a unique rhythmic sound.
Because she was so nervous, she ran out of words to say, "Old man, do you think there are fish in this river?"
Father Xia was actually scared. For people who had never been on a boat before, it was their first time to ride on a boat. Even if the boat swayed normally, they would feel as if the boat was about to capsize.
His Adam's apple rolled and he answered the old woman's question, "Where there is water, there should be fish."
"As long as there are fish in the river, the people here will definitely not starve to death."
Xia Hua in Chen's arms took a sip when she heard there was fish, "Grandma, the fish is delicious."
Mrs. Chen looked at the clear river water under the boat, "Well, I will ask your father to fish for you from now on."
The boatman shook his oars, shook his head and laughed after listening to their words, "Although there are many fish in the river, you have to catch them. If you have never caught fish, you won't know how to use a net."
Father Xia nodded: "Brother is right, landlubbers like us are afraid of the boat swaying and cannot even stabilize the center of gravity, so we cannot row and fish."
A few people were chatting when a sound of vomiting came from the boat.
Everyone looked up and saw Xia He's wife, Ji, lying on the edge of the boat vomiting.
The boatman smiled and explained to everyone with just one glance: "She is seasick. She will feel better if she vomits the contents of her stomach."
"Seatsick?" The smile on Mrs. Xia Wu's face suddenly stopped.
At first she thought it was morning sickness, which made her happy in vain.
Maybe she is not her own daughter-in-law, but her grandson's daughter-in-law is a generation removed from her. Mrs. Xia and Mrs. Chen will not think as much about her as her eldest daughter-in-law.
She just reminded her second grandson, "Second boy, hold on to your wife, so she doesn't accidentally fall into the water when she vomits."
"Milk, I'm paying attention." Xia He's eyes were filled with distress, and he patted Ji's back.
Six-year-old Xia Hua was nestled in her grandma's arms, staring at Mrs. Ji, her brows knitted involuntarily. Her little expression made Xia's father happy, and he raised his hand to pinch her little face.
"My niece looks like my aunt. Her flowers look exactly like Jing'er's when she was a child. You can see her frowning movements are very similar."
Ms. Chen lowered her head and glanced at her little granddaughter, grinned and said nothing.
Father Xia thought of his little girl, "I wonder what's going on in the capital now? I heard some time ago that the emperor was moving south, and Jing'er should have followed him to Jiankang."
Brother Xia asked: "Dad, since you knew that the emperor would move south to Jiankang, why didn't we flee to Jiankang in the first place?"
Just based on their relationship with Prince Qian's Mansion, it is no better than coming here.
Father Xia looked solemn, "The emperor can't even take care of himself, Prince Qian is even worse. You said 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 fighting was fierce in places close to the imperial power. Rather than being affected, it was better to stay far away and stay quiet.
When Brother Xia heard this, he began to worry, "Dad, do you think my little sister's family will be in danger?"
Sister Xia couldn't stand hearing their worries, so she rolled her eyes and said, "I think you are worrying blindly. After all, my little sister is also the princess of Prince Qian's Mansion, and Prince Qian's Mansion is also the prince. I heard that there are only a thousand guards in the Prince's Mansion.
There are also 800 people. With so many people protecting them as they move south, who can hurt them?"
Brother Xia disagreed with his elder sister's words, "Elder sister, you don't understand my father's thoughts. No matter how safe my little sister is, it is reasonable for her parents to worry about her before they see her. Don't say it, I am also worried about my little sister.
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Sister Xia rolled her eyes and almost rolled her eyes to the sky, and said angrily: "Okay, it sounds like I don't care about family ties."
Brother Xia scratched his head and said, "Brother doesn't mean that."
Is there anything wrong with recalling what you just said?
Mrs. Chen ignored the lawsuit between her children. She turned to her husband with a worried look on her face, "Old man, you said that my little girl hasn't sent a letter for so long. Did something happen? Or did you say she went?
Didn't receive the letter just because we came to flee?"
"It's possible!" Dad Xia took out the cigarette rod from his waist and wanted to smoke again.
The rowing boatman was secretly worried about the relationship between this boatman and Prince Qian’s palace!
Just looking at their clothes, they were just ordinary coarse clothes, which were similar to what he was wearing. It didn’t look like them, so don’t be bragging, right?
As for the protagonist Xia Jing in their mouth, she was lying comfortably on the bed having a sweet dream, and even the sounds of the maids getting up outside could not wake her up.
Because she planned to stay in Jiangxia for a day, it was already three o'clock in the morning when she woke up.
"Princess, the cook in the kitchen made fish soup this morning and used the fish soup as a base. How about instant noodles?"
Upon hearing the fish soup, Xia Jing frowned subconsciously, "Is the fish soup fishy?"
The main reason is that people in this era don't have much research on eating. They usually make it in simple and crude ways, so don't expect it to be delicious.
Hongmei remembered the taste she had tasted in the morning and said with a smile: "Back to Princess, it tastes good and not fishy."
Xia Jing's brows relaxed, "Then let's try it."
"Princess, wait a moment, this servant will bring it over right now."
The Xia family has been holding it in for so long, so let’s take a break~~