Chapter 70 They Are All Sick
Concubine Liu was wandering around the door stupidly.
It seemed as if there was some kind of barrier at the door; she didn't dare to take a step out and could only peek inside.
When she saw Scarface appear, her weathered face was filled with joy.
"Doudouer!"
"Everyone has gone out to get porridge, why are you still standing here like an idiot?"
Concubine Liu hesitated: "You, you asked me to wait here..."
She was cautious, thinking that she had done something wrong again.
The skinny hands tightly grasped the scarred man's sleeves, fearing that he would disappear for several days like he did in the past few days.
Scarface looked at her with mixed feelings.
Concubine Liu had messy silver hair and dark circles under her eyes. I don't know if she was afraid to close her eyes as she waited for him at the door.
He was so busy with his own affairs these days that he forgot that Concubine Liu was imprisoned here.
I really didn't expect that she would actually not come out and just wait there obediently.
"You are really stupid. If I didn't come, you would know to come out by yourself next time!" Scarface seemed tough, but his tone was actually soft.
He grabbed Concubine Liu's hand and took her to get some meat porridge.
During this time, two male prisoners passed by him. Liu Taipin acted as if she saw a ghost and put the scarred man behind her.
"Get out of here! Get out of here!" She pretended to be fierce and urged him to go, but her face was actually full of fear.
The two were naturally unhappy about being scolded innocently, and they scolded fiercely: "You old woman, what are you yelling about?"
Scarface glared at the two men, who were frightened and dared not say anything, and left quickly.
Only after seeing them leave did Concubine Liu breathe a sigh of relief.
"Doudou'er, they are sick, don't get close to them."
Scarface smiled happily.
This old lady is still saying that others are sick. Does she know that she is even more confused?
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Xiangying had only rested for a day before he ran to the bow of the boat to cast the net.
She planned to make herself some fish soup to nourish herself.
There were intermittent footsteps coming from behind, and the other party seemed to be hesitant, sometimes moving forward and sometimes hesitantly retreating.
Xiangying turned his head and saw that it was General Ke.
The other party hesitated, probably coming to find her.
Xiangying withdrew his gaze coldly without even saying hello.
Supervisor Ke didn't expect her to be so cold. Since she saw him, he could only step forward and say:
"Xiangying, I heard from the soldiers below that you are good at fishing. You can always pull up a net of river fish. There must be a trick. How about this, you teach this method to the brothers on the boat."
"I won't teach you." Xiangying refused directly.
Supervisor Ke frowned and said, "Don't be so quick to refuse. I haven't told you the benefits yet. You teach them that all exiled prisoners will have one meat meal every day."
Xiangying glanced at him and said, "I won't teach you if I don't want to. What does it have to do with me whether the other prisoners eat meat or not?"
"Why are you talking like that?" Supervisor Ke was surprised. "You said the other day that no matter whether it was Xizhou or Nanyue, they were all your people. Now you don't care about them?"
Xiangying smiled, and his expression seemed to think that General Ke’s words were childish.
"Fishing is all about luck, there's no such thing as teaching or not. When they can't catch any fish, you'll definitely say I didn't teach them well enough."
"Besides, I took the risk to repair the ship for the sake of innocent people, but I did it because I was sure of it. Even if something went wrong, it would be my own life that was lost, and no one would blame me for anything."
"But if I let your people go, if there is any loss, it will definitely be blamed on me. There are too many thankless tasks in this world!"
Her phoenix eyes narrowed as she smiled, sparkling like the surface of the water, but the words she spoke were so decisive.
"General Ke, don't ask any more questions. I can give you one more fish, but don't even think about anything else."
General Ke was so worn out by her attitude that he lost his temper.
He pointed at her and wanted to say something, but in the end he could only laugh helplessly.
Supervisor Ke shook his head and said, "You never do anything that might harm your own interests. I don't know whether to say you are righteous or selfish."
"No wonder I asked Jie Chen to discuss this with you. He refused even faster. It seems he already knows your temper."
Just at this moment.
Xiang Qianqian's voice came: "General Ke, if elder sister doesn't teach you, I can teach you. I know how to do this."
General Ke turned around and the smiling expression on his face turned serious.
"You?" He looked up and down.
She is very beautiful, with watery eyes, and at first glance she looks like a delicate princess.
Do you understand the trick of catching fish?
She explained: "In fact, every time my elder sister fished, I watched her and learned some tricks."
"No matter what, it's not a loss for the military supervisor to let me try, right?"
General Ke glanced at Xiangying's face.
But Xiangying seemed too lazy to pay attention to them and just looked ahead intently.
"Okay, then I'll let you try. If you can catch a lot of fish and shrimp, I can also let you eat meat porridge every day."
Xiang Qianqian's face lit up: "I don't care whether others can eat or not. As long as the military supervisor can make sure my grandmother and I have enough to eat every day, that's enough."
General Ke paused.
These two sisters say the same thing, but they give people different feelings.
He didn't say anything, but asked Skinny Monkey to give Xiang Qianqian a fishing net as well.
Xiang Qianqian took the fishing net and stood in front of Xiang Ying.
In her opinion, the position where Xiangying stood each time was very particular.
The reason why Xiangying was able to catch so many fish must be that she knew where the fish nests were gathered.
The boat was moving continuously, so Xiang Qianqian thought that it would be fine as long as she stood in front of Xiang Ying.
Just then, Taoxue came over with a wooden bucket to help Xiangying collect the fish.
Seeing Xiang Qianqian casting the net ahead of Xiang Ying, Tao Xue frowned: "Can't the Fifth Princess go somewhere else to fish? Why does she have to squeeze in next to the eldest princess?"
Xiang Qianqian turned around and said innocently, "This isn't Big Sister's exclusive territory. I'm fishing here, and the military supervisor didn't say anything."
Tao Xue was a little angry: "You——!"
Xiangying suddenly interrupted her: "Moxue, please help pull it, I can't lift it anymore."
As he spoke, Xiangying pulled up the heavy fishing net from the water.
The seven or eight fat fish in the net were flapping their wings, turning over their white bellies and splashing water.
Any one of them is half an arm's length.
Tao Xue deliberately raised her voice towards Xiang Qianqian: "The eldest princess is amazing. She can always catch so much river food. It's not because of the position, but because of the people. It's useless for some people to imitate her."
After hearing these words, General Qianqian's face turned black with anger.
Taoxue took the initiative to help pick up the fishing net. Just as Xiangying picked up the bucket, he saw Jie Chen striding towards him.
"Give it to me." He naturally took the heavy wooden barrel from her hand.
Xie Chen glanced at her and lowered his voice: "Is your waist okay? Lifting such a heavy thing."
Xiangying wondered, "Why are you here?"
Xie Chenbo's eyes darkened.
Can't you come see her if you have nothing to do?
When the words came to his lips, Xie Chen said, "Lao Ke and Lao Wei asked me to bring you medicine."
"Oh, thank you then."
But didn’t Supervisor Ke just leave?
They walked away side by side, Tao Xue deliberately falling behind to give them some space to spend time together.
Xiang Qianqian looked at their backs and sneered secretly: "A foxy woman's tricks are only good at seducing people."
Fortunately, she is different, she doesn't rely on men.
(End of this chapter)
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