Chapter 179 Beautiful Brother
The next morning, everyone abandoned their cars and boarded the ship.
But after getting on the boat, some people started to feel seasick. Fortunately, the elderly Mrs. Gu and their children did not have any reaction. The others were also fine. Even if they had any reaction, they would not be unable to stand steadily.
Only Zhang Yunniang felt seasick on the first day, but she did not react much. On the second day, her seasickness worsened and she even had difficulty getting out of bed.
Niu Niu doesn't get seasick, but she was very anxious when she saw Zhang Yuniang turning pale from seasickness.
"Don't worry, dear. We will take a boat to Beijing and arrive soon. Maybe when we reach the next dock, you won't feel so dizzy anymore." Zhang Yunniang endured the pain in her heart and kept comforting her daughter.
Niu Niu put her little face close to Zhang Yunniang's face, trying to make Zhang Yunniang feel more comfortable in this way.
Gu Mingda, who was standing by, felt bad for his wife and advised her, "Go get some sleep first. Maybe you won't be seasick when you fall asleep."
Zhang Yunniang felt strangely at peace as she leaned against her sweet and soft daughter.
Niu Niu reached out and patted her mother gently, and sang a song to lull the child to sleep.
Zhang Yuniang slowly fell asleep.
After seeing his wife sleeping soundly, Gu Mingda slowly breathed a sigh of relief, asked others to help take care of Zhang Yunniang, and turned around to ask someone for a solution to seasickness.
Niuniu immediately followed, grabbed Gu Mingda's hand, and said softly: "Dad, I'll go with you."
Gu Mingda thought of his daughter's good luck and nodded, but he also said deliberately: "My dear, if we can find it, it's fine. If we can't find it, we shouldn't force it. If your mother is really upset, we can just take the land route instead, but we will take a longer time to get to Beijing. We are not in a hurry, understand?"
Gu Mingda said this because he didn't want his daughter to use her special abilities.
Niuniu nodded obediently and said, "Niuniu is obedient and won't make mom and dad worry."
Gu Mingda touched her little head and then picked up the child.
Before in Dengzhou, the Gu family also bought some food such as plums. However, these antiemetics that worked for other people had no effect at all on Zhang Yuniang.
This ship is the king of the Dengzhou shipping companies and can carry 500 people at a time. Gu Mingda feels that he can always find some remedies for seasickness.
But unfortunately, the solutions the boatmen gave him were just a few familiar methods, and these methods had long been proven to be useless for Zhang Yunniang.
"Well, when we get to the next pier, we'll take the land route," Gu Mingda said to his daughter.
Although he said that it was okay to change the route, it would be slower to get to Beijing by land, and he might not be able to make it in time for the imperial examination.
If you cannot take part in this examination, you will have to wait another three years.
Niu Niu had also heard the adults mention this matter, and she understood the importance of taking the water route. Zhang Yuniang also understood it, so Zhang Yuniang never mentioned changing the route.
"Dad, the boatmen have no idea. Why don't we ask other people? Ask other guests? If we ask them one by one, maybe we can find a good solution." Niu Niu suggested.
Gu Mingda and others lived in a superior room, and he was not used to disturbing others, but for the sake of his wife, he held Niuniu in his arms and asked in each room despite the strange looks.
He started asking from the upper-class room area, and the attitude of the people in this area was not bad, but they still couldn't give a useful solution.
Gu Mingda continued asking questions all the way down, even to the lower class cabin.
The lower-class cabin only has beds and no private rooms, so the people living here are inevitably a mixed bunch, and their attitude is not so polite.
Some people saw that they were well-dressed and thought they were rich, so they wanted to rip them off. Gu Mingda didn't mind spending money, but the so-called exclusive secret recipes of these people were just common stuff.
If it's just cheating, it's still okay.
There were also those who relied on their numbers to sneer at them without any reason, and spoke ill of them directly, and even waved their fists at every turn, as if they wanted to teach them a lesson.
Although Gu Mingda didn't know why these people had such a bad attitude, he covered his daughter's ears and did not argue with them. Instead, he went to find other people who were willing to communicate.
When no one was around, Niuniu clenched her fists and said angrily, "If Daddy and the others scold you, I can scold them, and I will scold them back for you!"
Gu Mingda touched his daughter's head, chuckled, and said, "You should talk to reasonable people."
Niuniu was still very unhappy and said, "Even if they don't understand, I will still say that Daddy is the best. How can they scold you!"
Although Gu Mingda was very happy to be defended by his daughter, he still said, "My dear, it was just a quick word. You just saw that their clothes were dirty and ragged. Several neighbors left their hometown to make a living together. They don't look like they are living a happy life. They just rely on their numbers to talk to us like this. If we meet them somewhere else in the future, I'm afraid they will avoid us."
"People like this are bad!" Niu Niu said with her lips puffed.
"They didn't dare to take action directly because there was a boatman watching them." Even though Gu Mingda knew that they didn't dare to take action, he still felt scared.
He had always been a thoughtful person, but today he was so anxious that he confused himself and brought his daughter into such a chaotic place.
He was afraid that his daughter would suffer in the future, so he added: "My dear, remember, those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes. Desperadoes are the most terrifying because you don't know what they will do. In everything, remember to protect yourself first."
Niuniu has always been obedient. She said, "I understand. When I meet people who have very little, I try not to argue with them. Their lives are already very poor. I don't have to worry about food and drink. My parents love me. It's nothing to give in to them."
Gu Mingda felt that there was nothing wrong with this understanding and said, "Guaibao is really smart."
Niu Niu proudly puffed out her belly.
However, Gu Mingda was still frightened when he thought about what had just happened, so he wanted to send his daughter back first and then slowly ask about it himself.
Before she could finish her words, Niuniu suddenly exclaimed, "It's my handsome brother!"
Gu Mingda looked in the direction Niu Niu pointed and saw a young man wearing tattered clothes and his face painted black.
Her face has become like this, and Gu Mingda can't look pretty at all.
Seeing her father's puzzled expression, Niuniu explained, "Dad, have you forgotten? The day before yesterday at the dock, the handsome brother grabbed the old Taoist priest."
When Gu Mingda thought back, he found it hard to connect the young man dressed as a beggar in front of him with the young man in brocade clothes surrounded by servants the day before yesterday.
"Dad, I want to talk to my handsome brother, is that okay?" Niu Niu asked Gu Mingda in a low voice.
The young man was sitting alone in the corner of the deck, looking very pitiful. He didn't look like a strong fighter, so Gu Mingda carried his daughter closer.
"Handsome brother, you had a lot of servants serving you the day before yesterday, why are you like this today?" Niu Niu asked.
After hearing this, the handsome boy suddenly burst into tears.
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