Chapter 243 [Plot within a plot within a plot]

Yan Chaoyue saw the poisonous insect sent by Jiang Lili:

"Isn't this the tiger beetle commonly found in poison? When I heard someone from the canyon called a high priest, I got quite nervous, thinking their methods were incredibly sophisticated."

After a while, Yan Chaoyue sent the method of detoxification to Jiang Lili.

It is not difficult to remove this poison. You can take a bath with herbs made from evening primrose, insect-repellent vine, and tranquility lotus to drive out the poisonous insects in your body. These herbs are all available at Grandma Zheng in the village.

If you feed the poisonous insect with dew from a full-moon night and carry it with you, the person who puts the poison on you will not notice anything unusual.

Jiang Lili suddenly remembered something: "So, are there any hawksbill turtles and small sharks on your ship?"

Chen Huzhang looked embarrassed and said, "No, I just wanted to trick you into going to the boat to have a look."

He said with an embarrassed look on his face, "But you have to collect the goods and settle the bill. Have someone go and unload the goods from the ship. Otherwise, if you keep dragging it out, it will easily arouse the suspicion of the high priest and others."

Jiang Lili suspected that when Fei Di urged her to have people get on board to move the fish, that was when these people took action.

"Well, I'll try to find a way to stop it."

Jiang Lili briefly explained the method of removing the poison to Chen Huzhang and said, "There is no time to lose. I will help you remove the poison right now!"

"Brother Xing, please go find Granny Zheng from the village and get these herbs."

She handed the note to Xin Jiajun named Xing Rui.

And another person took the initiative and said, "Princess, I will go prepare water for his bath and collect the dew."

Today is the night of the full moon.

Xing Rui bowed to Jiang Lili and said, "Leave this to us. Princess, you should go and rest, otherwise the prince will be worried."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work."

Jiang Lili was somewhat flattered by the kindness shown to her by the Xin family army.

She originally thought that it would take some time to get familiar with the Xin family army, but she didn't expect that they would be extremely respectful to her as soon as they met.

After Yan Chaoyue understood Jiang Lili's thoughts, he immediately said, "That's all my credit! I told you I saved them, and they already consider you their savior!"

After a while, Yan Chaoyue added, "Well, remember to say good things about me in front of my brother-in-law, oh no, Xin Che! I'm really nice to Xin Ningyu now, I'm just about to let her sit on my throne."

Jiang Lili noticed the subtle thoughts revealed between the lines of Yan Chaoyue's words and replied with a sideways smiley emoji: [I know, I know! Brother-in-law!]

After Jiang Lili sent this message, Master Yan stopped replying. I don’t know if he was shy.

Tsk tsk, just like a little girl.

Jiang Lili guessed that Yan Chaoyue and Xin Ningyu's daily interactions were probably the opposite of those of ordinary young couples.

Three days passed in peace.

The villagers of Yeli Village and the fishermen have become familiar with each other and have begun to call each other brothers.

That evening, Fei Di said to Jiang Lili, "Miss Jiang, we're leaving tomorrow. You should take someone to the ship to pick up the goods today, otherwise it will be too late tomorrow morning."

Jiang Lili guessed in her heart that as expected, the navy of the Mi Kingdom would reach the south coast of Haizhou Island tonight or tomorrow!

She quickly sent a message in the group to inform Guan Yue and Wen Qiao.

When Fei Di urged her to load the goods aboard, Jiang Lili smiled and replied, "Captain Fei, my husband and most of the villagers have gone into the mountains. We don't have enough manpower, and I can't move anything. So, please take the fish off the boat."

"Today's dinner is my reward for your hard work. You don't have to pay me money or use goods to pay for it."

Jiang Lili pointed to the wooden barrel that she and Yin Zhen and other women and old people from the village had brought over. The barrel was filled with seaweed rice balls, which were fragrant and fresh.

"this……"

Jiang Lili's move of taking the initiative caught Fei Di off guard.

He glanced at the seventy or so people on the shore and felt a little regretful that he had brought so many people here in the first place.

But if all these people were put on the boat and squeezed together with the people on the boat, it would not be feasible.

"Well, I'll have them removed from the boat."

Fei Di suddenly smiled and said, "Miss Jiang, please point out a place. The brothers are busy repairing the boat and are not free yet. We will deliver the goods to you overnight so that Miss Jiang and the others don't have to worry about it."

Jiang Lili pointed to the shore and said, "There's a fish pond less than half a mile west of the dock. Just put your fish in the pond."

"A fish pond? That's the first time I've heard of it."

Jiang Lili explained, "It's a puddle we accidentally discovered in our village. The water is cooler than the sea water elsewhere on the shore."

"Putting the fish brought back from the coast into this pond will allow them to survive for several days."

But in reality, the water in the fish pond is cold seawater with a temperature of 0 to -1 degrees Celsius.

Deep in the fish pond, there is a refrigeration equipment sent by Xiaopang. It uses a diesel generator to generate electricity, and uses low temperature and water flow to continuously wash the fish bodies, eliminate bacteria, and keep the fish fresh.

In ancient times, storage conditions were limited. After catching fish in the open sea, fishermen on the coast would smear tea foam on the fish's mouth, then wrap the fish's eyes and body with soaked paper in several layers to prevent damage to the fish's scales, and finally put them into wooden boxes.

Alternatively, you can use the bow fish technique, where you make a small hole on one side of the fish's mouth, pass a rope through it and tie it tightly, then use the other end of the rope to tie the fish's tail to make the fish's body into a bow shape.

This allows one side of the fish's gills to be opened and exposed to the air for oxygen exchange, keeping the fish fresh. Bowfishing can allow fish to survive for two days or even longer after leaving the water.

It was the first time that Fei Di heard of this magical fish pond.

After hearing Jiang Lili say that this fish pond could keep live fish for several days, he thought to himself that he had really chosen the right place. This Haizhou Island was full of treasures.

"Okay, then I would like to thank Miss Jiang for her hospitality."

After dinner, Jiang Lili returned to the cabin at the foot of the mountain.

Mrs. Yang, her younger siblings, and their children had all been moved to the mountains. Now, she was the only one left in the cabin, along with a small handheld chainsaw, a fire pole, a stun gun, and other weapons...

Xin's army was hiding in the big wooden barrel at the door, and there were people hiding in the woodshed and the cowshed.

At night, Jiang Lili drank a cup of coffee given by Xiaopang and dozed off on the bed.

She closed her eyes and didn't know how long it had been before she heard a commotion outside the house.

A moment later, the voice of Xing Rui from the Xin Family Army rang out: "Princess, there are two of them. They have been tied up. You can sleep peacefully."

"We continue our night watch."

"Okay." Jiang Lili looked at the stuff she had prepared and thought that it might not be useful tonight.

Xing Rui took the order and went down, but a moment later, she suddenly heard the sound of weapons clashing outside the window!

Outside the house, Xing Rui warned Xin Jiajun: "Don't let them get close to the house!"

"yes!"

Jiang Lili was worried and poked a small hole in the window paper.