Tonight is destined to be sleepless.
With tears in their eyes, the fisherwomen set aside a few to look after the children while the rest started a fire to cook.
Fishermen travel in groups to distant mines to fetch water for cooking and boiling...
They should let their brothers take a nice, hot bath.
Even the grown men had tears in their eyes.
The brothers who were rescued all had cuts and lacerations on their bodies. The bloodstains on their clothes had dried, but they could still be clearly seen in the light of the campfire.
But no one wants sadness to overshadow joy; it's good that you're back!
The abbot asked his older disciples to clear out a tent, worried that the fishermen wouldn't have enough room to sleep.
When the Jiang family guards returned, they received personal praise from Jiang Xinyu and Qin Shan.
After days of tension, the people on the shore, especially the families of the kidnapped fishermen, finally felt a huge weight lifted from their hearts at this moment.
"You wouldn't believe it..."
Some of the rescued fishermen were so carefree that they had already forgotten the beatings they had suffered during their abduction. They began to vividly recount how Song Chengjian and the others confronted the bandits in bed.
The third and fourth brothers stood outside, listening with their hands behind their backs.
The eight, nine, and eleventh mischievous boys squeezed into the crowd and sat at the very back.
Hearing the sixth brother calling from behind, his expression unusually serious, he said, "We also want to learn from Second Brother and Fifth Brother, how mighty they are..."
The Song brothers listened because they wanted to know what kind of traps their brother was facing outside...
Where should we listen to the stories?
After everyone had eaten and washed up, they returned to their tents one after another.
Instead of sitting together, it became a group of brothers or a couple, chatting about what had happened.
After his drowsiness wore off, Song Chenghou couldn't fall asleep. He looked at his fifth brother, Song Chengyu, who had finally finished washing up and came over, his face full of relief.
Song Chengyu and the others disembarked and, following their second brother's instructions, collected the unused homemade explosives, packed them up, and placed them back on the shore in the large wooden barrels used for storing explosives...
It is kept by Seventh Brother.
After everyone had eaten, Song Chengjian called his younger brothers onto the boat and collected all the leftover rations, bows and arrows, and quivers that were usable.
This ship is not in use for the time being, so it can be left unattended for now.
Watching his younger brothers grow up, Song Chenghou looked up at the distant starry sky, recalling familiar faces from his memories, and his eyes welled up with tears.
"Big brother, do you miss Mom and Dad?"
The third brother, Song Chengxin, sat down next to his eldest brother.
Wherever he is, even the deepest emotions will be immediately diluted.
There's no other reason than that, no matter what he says or does, the word "ridiculous" is written all over his head.
Song Chenghou's initial emotions were indeed calmed down immediately.
"Big brother, you shouldn't be so tense..."
Brothers, we will all grow up.
We make mistakes, but that's okay. Everyone has to go through that.
Don't be so demanding of yourself, always so tense...
Actually, you're only a year or two older than me and my second brother.
Although we depend on you, we also hope that our elder brother can live an easier life...
Song Chenghou turned his head slightly and saw his slightly red eyes. Song Chengxin immediately panicked.
He hurriedly explained, "Brother, I didn't cut it to make you sad, I just..."
Song Chenghou smiled and nodded, saying sincerely, "I know. If Father and Mother saw you like this..."
They will certainly feel very reassured.
And wasn't he the same?
He said his health was holding him back, and he was always worried that he wouldn't be able to hold on until the end and protect his younger brothers from the storms of life...
Now there's a younger sister too...
I always hope they grow up quickly, but perhaps, as my third brother said, I've been too anxious...
Did this also affect the younger brothers, making them cautious and suppressing their natural instincts?
As dawn broke, Jiang's men began to get busy.
The Song family initially paid no attention, assuming they were merely preparing for a shift change, until a massive merchant ship slowly approached from the direction of Wan'an Prefecture...
Two deep black marks were visible beneath Jiang Xinyu's eye sockets.
It seems I didn't get a good night's sleep after returning to my room.
Qin Shan followed behind him, and the two walked slowly to the Song family members, looking as if they wanted to say something but hesitated.
The rest of the Song family were still gazing at the merchant ships, except for Song Chenghou and Song Chengjian, who were looking at the person in front of them.
Song Chenghou asked gently, "When are you getting up?"
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