Chapter 63 Get on board and drink fish soup!
It was a bit crowded for six people to live in the room, and there were only two beds.
Xiangying took out a lot of soft mattresses from the space, pretending that they were given by Jie Chen, and asked Taoxue and the others to spread them on the ground.
Qi Fengyi took the initiative to suggest that she sleep near the door.
Tao Xue and Lin Lingxiang insisted on sleeping on the floor, so Xiang Ying and the three children went to the beds.
Xiangying couldn't persuade them, so he agreed and said, "In that case, I will pay for all your meals on the boat these days."
As the boat sailed on the river, she was finally able to catch a lot of fish and shrimps!
Soon, the ship set sail, and the soldiers opened the door to check once every half an hour.
There were people guarding the bow, middle and stern of the boat to prevent anyone from jumping into the river to escape.
However, the river is dangerous with many undercurrents and the water is precipitous.
Not long after the boat started sailing, Xiangying felt a violent shaking.
The children found it novel and were not afraid of it, but Tao Xue felt a little seasick. She lay on the ground with a pale face, feeling dizzy.
Xiangying took out two plums from the space and asked Taoxue to hold them in her mouth. Only then did Taoxue feel much better.
"Wait here for me while I go fishing."
Xiangying chiseled two holes in the iron pot, tied a straw rope to it, and carried it out of the room.
From afar, she heard Concubine Liu crying again, accompanied by Scarface's irritable voice, getting closer and closer.
"Can you please stop following me? Go back to your cabin and sleep!"
Scarface walked in front, and Concubine Liu followed closely.
She kept muttering, "Doudou'er, there's so much water around. I'm afraid you'll get lost. Don't walk so fast. I can't keep up."
Suddenly, a wave hit the boat, causing it to tilt slightly. Concubine Liu staggered and was about to fall.
Scarface turned around in time and reached out to support her.
Concubine Liu was still in shock and kept asking, "Doudou, are you hurt? Come back with mother, it's too dangerous outside!"
Scarface was helpless. He had been fierce before, but this old lady was haunting him.
If I had known earlier, I shouldn’t have agreed to do Xiangying this favor!
"How many times have I told you that I need to patrol? Stop following me."
He found that Concubine Liu refused to leave no matter what, but he didn't want to abandon her.
So Scarface had to tie her wrists with a straw rope and pull her forward.
After taking a few steps, he saw Xiangying standing not far in front of him, looking at him with a smile.
The boat swayed and rolled, but she stood still. In the moonlight, her black hair fluttered in the wind.
Scarface coughed twice and walked over with a serious face: "It's good that you are here, take this concubine away."
Xiangying shook his head: "That won't work. She won't go with me."
She looked at Concubine Liu and raised her voice slightly: "Concubine, do you want Doudouer or me?"
Concubine Liu quickly hugged Scarface's arm from behind and said, "I want a baby, this is my son."
Scarface's face turned ashen.
Xiangying smiled and said, "Look, there's nothing we can do. Just take her with you. Just think of it as a good deed."
After saying that, she lifted the straw rope hanging on the railing, and the round iron pot emerged from the water.
I saw several fat fish in the small pot.
Scarface's eyes widened: "Are you fishing?"
And it was so easy to catch four?
Xiangying generously threw one to him.
The lively fish swung its tail back and forth, crackling on his jaw.
Xiangying held the iron pot and said, "I'll give you that one. You can make fish soup with it. Don't forget to be filial to your mother and give her a bowl as well."
After saying that, she turned and left.
Scarface raised his voice to retort: "She is not my mother!"
Before he could finish, Concubine Liu stretched out her skinny old hand and wiped the river water off his face.
"Doudou'er, your clothes are wet, change them, or you'll get sick easily."
Scarface held the fish, endured Concubine Liu's nagging, and walked away with thumping steps, showing his annoyance.
Xiangying set up a boiler in the cabin.
There is a wood-burning pot below and his own iron pot on top.
She put the cleaned river fish into the pot, added chopped green onion and ginger, and boiled it into a thick white fish soup.
I added some leftover black fungus and crispy bamboo shoots, as well as a handful of freshly rolled noodles.
The fragrant smell filled the air. Taoxue and the others sat in a circle around the pot, each holding a bowl in their hands and slurping noodles.
Xiangying said to Lin Lingxiang, "I just left half a pot. You can serve it to my brother and your grandfather while it's hot."
Lin Lingxiang thanked him repeatedly, raised her bowl, and said to Xiangying, "Princess, you have been taking good care of our family since the day you were exiled."
"I have no other strengths. I will serve the Crown Prince and you more attentively in the future. I will serve you soup instead of wine. Princess."
As she spoke, she finished the fresh fish soup, her face flushed.
Xiangying laughed and said, "This is the first time I've heard of drinking soup instead of wine. Let's raise our bowls and toast together."
"If nothing else, just to celebrate that we can see the sun every day, how bright the days are!"
Her call attracted everyone's response, and Tao Xue and the others also quickly raised their soup bowls.
Xiang Xiuxiu said in a baby voice: "Cheers~"
Several people burst into laughter.
The three children were chubby and white, and their little mouths were shiny from eating.
At this moment, there was a noise at the door and someone looked in.
"Big sister, can I come in? It smells so good, are you drinking fish soup?" It turned out to be the Seventh Princess, followed by Concubine Yu.
Xiangying was not stingy and waved his hand to let them in.
Tao Xue generously gave them two bowls.
The Seventh Princess and Concubine Yu sat on the ground, smelling the fragrant fish soup, their eyes shining.
Yupin sighed: "It's better here, Princess, it's quiet, and there's soup to drink. The wing we live in is simply unbearable."
"Why?" Tao Xue was curious.
The Seventh Princess wiped the corner of her mouth and complained: "We are unlucky. We were assigned by the military supervisor to share a room with Concubine Shangguan."
"Big sister, you also know that she has a mean personality. She and Xiang Qianqian want to treat us as servants."
"But it was retribution. As soon as the boat started, they felt dizzy and vomited all over the cabin. So we two couldn't stand the smell and came out."
Xiangying nodded: "If you can't stand it, why don't you ask the military supervisor to change rooms?"
Yupin smiled sheepishly: "It's better not to bother the military supervisor."
Xiangying had no idea that, except for her, everyone else was terribly afraid of Jie Chen and the others, and did not dare to make any outrageous demands.
After the second watch of the night, Xiangying and her family went to bed with their children.
The entire ship was sailing on the river waves, with only the sound of water.
The prisoners gradually got used to the feeling of being on the boat and slept better than any night before.
Jie Chen was patrolling alone. Just as he reached the middle of the boat, he saw a figure coming out of the cabin next to him and bumping into him.
Xie Chen suddenly took a step back.
But I saw that the other person was naked, and her thin skirt vaguely revealed her graceful curves.
Xiang Qianqian appeared in front of Jie Chen like this. She leaned over the railing and vomited, looking very uncomfortable.
Only when she stopped hearing Jie Chen talking did she raise her eyes, and her clothes slipped off at the right time, revealing her snow-white shoulders.
Xiang Qianqian was terrified: "Jian Jun Jie, I, I didn't bump into you, did I?"
(End of this chapter)
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