Chapter 521: Arya is here (Part 1)
"Hurry! Shitou! Atai! Call everyone who can move to go to the dock!" Lu Qinniang's voice trembled slightly with excitement.
After she finished speaking, she lifted her skirt and trotted out.
"Mom, wait a minute, I'll take you there on horseback." San Ya caught up with her and reached out to pull her.
Lu Qinniang could ride it herself, but she didn't dare to ride it too fast.
There was no problem with San Ya leading the way. The mother and daughter rode together and headed towards the pier at lightning speed.
The exiles who were originally depressed because of the suspension of supply from the merchant companies, and the Li men who were working as helpers or watching, all got the news.
Everyone put down their work and poured out from the simple houses, newly built foundations, and cultivated fields, spontaneously following Lu Qinniang and her daughter, running towards the seaside pier.
The big ship, is it the supplies sent by Xiao Yan?
Shang Linfeng was old, and he followed behind, fanning himself to watch the fun.
This is quite interesting.
Xiao Yan had already been waiting at the dock.
He stood as tall as a pine tree, his eyes as sharp as torches, staring intently at the huge ship on the sea that was slowly approaching the shore.
The ship was more than one size larger than an ordinary merchant ship and had a very deep draft.
At the bow, a familiar figure was waving his arms vigorously, and his excitement could be felt from a distance.
——If it’s not Erya, then who else could it be!
"It's Erya! It's really Erya!" Lu Qiniang got off the horse, rushed to Xiao Yan, and tears instantly welled up in her eyes.
These days, she didn't even dare to think about it.
As soon as I think about it, all kinds of bad thoughts arise uncontrollably in my mind.
Erya is a little girl who might encounter various dangers. Is there anyone to take care of her on the boat? What should she do if she encounters storms?
Fortunately, everything was fine and her Erya came.
Lu Qiniang couldn't wait to move forward.
After waiting and waiting, the boat finally docked safely.
When the springboard was lowered, Arya was the first to rush down.
After not seeing her for half a year, she has grown taller and become darker, but her eyes are still bright and full of spirit.
"Mom!" She threw herself into Lu Qiniang's open arms.
"Finally you're here," Lu Qiniang patted her on the back gently, "You scared me to death. Next time I won't let you leave alone for so long."
If it happened again, she would be so anxious that her hair would fall out.
"Second sister, second sister!" San Ya also came over and hugged them excitedly, "I missed you too. Look, I have so many soldiers now, isn't it amazing!"
She raised her whip-holding hand behind her and pointed at the group of little rascals, looking extremely proud.
After a long separation, we can have a quarter of an hour of peace and quiet.
Erya stopped arguing with her and agreed with her for once: "Jiaojiao is amazing."
But Lu Qiniang knew that within a quarter of an hour, the two would be at loggerheads again.
Forget it, don’t think about those things.
"Dad!" Erya let go of Lu Qin's mother and called Xiao Yan with a smile.
Xiao Yan nodded, "Well done."
Erya's eyes sparkled, "Of course, you have to see whose daughter I am!"
She looked at the people who were eagerly waiting behind her and nodded slightly, looking confident and bright.
"Dad," she discussed with Xiao Yan, "There are a lot of things. If there is no place to put them, we can put them on the boat for the time being. But we need to arrange a boat to take these boatmen I hired back."
"I'll follow you onto the ship first to see what's on board and try to unload it all." Xiao Yan said in a deep voice.
"Don't worry. This is our own ship, and I don't want to take it on a long voyage just yet."
Erya has her own reasons.
Although such a large ship may not be needed to travel back and forth across the strait now.
But the problem is that they currently have no other reliable ships in their hands.
In this case, let’s solve the current urgent problem first.
And most importantly, this ship is placed here and everyone, as long as they have eyes, can see it.
For our own people, this is a reassurance.
For the people of Qiongya Trading Company, this is a kind of "deterrent".
——Their era of monopoly is over.
It's time for a new pattern for Qiongzhou.
"Dad, let's go unload some first." Erya said, "Let's move what everyone needs urgently first."
"Okay." Xiao Yan nodded with a smile, "You talk to your mother, I'll take people aboard to unload the cargo."
"I'll go with you," Erya said. "I personally watched them load the boat, so I know exactly where everything is. Mom, please make me a nice meal. I've been craving your cooking for the past six months."
"Okay, wait, Mom will go back and roll noodles for you."
This one is Erya’s favorite.
"I want two fried eggs, too!" Erya is like a little girl who never grows up in front of her mother.
"OK."
Lu Qi Niang waved her hand and said, "Go and get busy."
Erya nodded and watched her leave.
After a moment, she turned her head away reluctantly, but her eyes were already wet.
She spoke in a muffled voice and said to Xiao Yan: "My mother is haggard."
"I didn't rest well after giving birth, and Qiongzhou was exposed to the wind and sun--" Xiao Yan felt extremely distressed and guilty when he mentioned it.
However, Erya quickly calmed down and said with a smile, "It's okay, my mother was just too worried about me. I'm glad I'm here. Dad, let's go! You've made a lot of arrangements, you're worthy of being called the General Po Lu."
She wants her mother to love her and her father to coax her, and she is very careful.
"Not bad." Xiao Yan suppressed a smile. As he walked with her towards the boat, he calmly asked, "I heard that you were in Jiangxi and had a lot of contact with Gu Minglue?"
Gu Chengyuan has already written a letter to test his opinion.
Xiao Yan expressed his displeasure.
My daughter is still young, so what's the point of talking about marriage?
Not marrying!
But I'm really afraid that my daughter will be cheated by dogs outside.
So he couldn't hold back any longer.
"It's okay, he helped me a little." Erya said, "What's wrong, Dad, is there something wrong with him?"
"No."
The old father tried to explore Erya's expression humbly and cautiously.
fine.
It seems like nothing.
But he didn't feel relieved for long, as he thought of Chang Hui again.
"Have you written to the people in the capital yet?" Xiao Yan felt a little awkward, but tried hard to act as if nothing had happened and chat casually.
"Yes, I wrote to my eldest sister twice. She's... pretty good."
Erya originally wanted to say that Daya had also seen Zhang Heyao taking Xiaoman out for an outing, but after thinking about it, she swallowed the words.
Xiaoman is the pain of their whole family.
The ones who feel the most pain should be my parents.
In fact, Erya felt that Xiao Yan might feel more uncomfortable about this matter than Lu Qinniang.
Because Lu Qiniang has complicated feelings towards Zhang Heyao, there is always some brother-sister affection.
But for Xiao Yan, it was like handing his son over to his mortal enemy.
Don’t mention it, don’t mention it, Erya said to herself secretly.
Xiao Yan didn't expect that she was so thoughtful.
"Where are Yun Ting and Chang Hui?" he asked.
"I did write to Chang Hui a few times, asking him about business matters. Yun Ting wrote to me once, and it seemed like he was planning to return to Beijing, but I didn't ask for details."
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