Dinner was plentiful, and the children finished eating early without immediately returning to their tents to rest. Instead, they followed Hong Xiaoduo around in circles by the torchlight.
The bodyguards who originally wanted to help their third senior brother hesitated for a long time before deciding that they should first confirm with him. Otherwise, if they were to do something foolish and end up making things worse for him, they might anger him and have a hard time in the future.
Thinking that Dazhi was closer to his third senior brother, everyone asked him to handle the matter.
Dazhi wasn't supposed to sit at the same table as them, so it was only now that he learned his third senior brother was in a bad mood because he and that young lady were going their separate ways.
Without needing any encouragement from his companions, he immediately got up and walked towards his senior brother.
"Senior brother, aren't we leaving together tomorrow?" After sitting down next to his senior brother, Dazhi looked at the group of seven—one big and seven small—who seemed to be in a good mood not far away and asked directly.
"Hmm." Tang Xihua didn't think about how Dazhi knew, and casually replied.
"If you're interested in her, hurry up, or you'll regret it for the rest of your life if you miss out." Dazhi didn't beat around the bush and wasn't afraid of being scolded.
Men should be more straightforward and say what they mean.
"Don't talk nonsense," Tang Xihua immediately scolded in a low voice.
Seeing that he was really angry, Ah Zhi quickly got up and slipped away. Anyway, he had already given him the reminders he needed to, and if he didn't listen, he couldn't blame himself.
Interested in her? Impossible! Tang Xihua looked at the graceful figure entering the tent not far away and asked herself the question, then shook her head in denial.
He picked up the wine cup beside him, only to find it was empty when he reached for the wine pot, but the pot was also empty.
"Third Senior Brother, would you like some more drinks? Shall I go find some more dishes?" A bodyguard came over to clear the table and asked cautiously upon seeing this scene.
Tang Xi didn't know why, but seeing her own people being so cautious made Tang Xi Hua even more irritable. She suddenly stood up and said, "What are you drinking for? What time is it? Why are you still drinking?" After saying that, she started to walk away. After a few steps, she realized that she was heading towards Hong Xiaoduo's tent. She stopped and looked around. When she saw her own tent, she strode away with a cold face.
The scolded bodyguard stood there and sighed helplessly. Third Senior Brother was not the type to lose his temper for no reason, nor would he ever take it out on his subordinates. It was clear that Third Senior Brother was truly unhappy this time.
The next morning, when Hong Xiaoduo finished washing up and stepped out of the tent, she discovered that the镖局's carriages and tents were all gone.
"When I got up, she was gone," Tian Shu told her as she walked over, looking around.
"Is it really necessary to be in such a hurry? They didn't even say hello, and they said they weren't in a rush to get going." Hong Xiaoduo muttered to herself, glancing at the bracelet on her wrist. The weather had been fine for the past two days.
"Mother, roasted sweet potatoes." Yao Guang came over carrying sweet potatoes that were placed on corn husks.
"It smells so good! Thank you, Yaoguang. Have you all eaten?" Hong Xiaoduo asked the other children who were taking down the tents, after taking the roasted sweet potato.
The children responded that they had eaten, but Hong Xiaoduo showed no embarrassment at sleeping in. She sat on the small stool that had been specially reserved for her, smelled the aroma of the sweet potato in her hand, and took small bites.
"Mother, have some rice porridge with it." Yuheng came over carrying a jar.
Roasted sweet potatoes with rice porridge? Hong Xiaoduo looked at the jar next to her, and sure enough, there were only a few grains of rice in the rice porridge. For a moment, she didn't know whether to praise the children for being thrifty or for knowing how to combine ingredients.
After she had finished eating and drinking, Yuheng handed her a warm, damp cotton towel to wipe her mouth and hands.
"Yuheng, let me handle things like this myself from now on. The way you're doing things makes me feel like I'm disabled," Hong Xiaoduo tentatively suggested to the child again.
“You are our mother, it is only right that we take care of you.” Yuheng replied with a smile, and then took away the jar of rice soup and the damp cotton towel.
Hong Xiaoduo noticed something. Ever since she talked to Tian Shu a few days ago and asked them to change their way of addressing each other, and Tian Shu suggested calling them "Master," she blurted out that they should continue calling them "Mother." After that, the children, who had stopped calling her "Mother" so often, started calling her "Mother" again.
Forget it, I'll just say it again: I'll treat them even better. Hong Xiaoduo completely gave up on the idea of changing the children's filial piety towards her.
The things were quickly packed and we were about to leave when we saw several middle-aged women and old women coming out of the village, each carrying something in their hands.
"Young lady, would you like some chicken eggs or duck eggs? I'll sell them to you at a discount."
"Young lady, I have another chicken here. Go buy it for me."
“I have another duck here, it can still lay eggs.” Hong Xiaoduo was immediately surrounded. After asking, she learned that they lived on the other side of the village. They didn’t know that some travelers had camped here last night. When they heard about it this morning, they quickly brought their things over to try it out.
If they sell their products, they won't have to wait for the appointed day and travel a long way to the town market to sell them.
"Can we still fit them all in?" Looking at the expectant eyes of the aunties and grandmothers in front of her, Hong Xiaoduo couldn't bring herself to refuse.
They weren't forcing us to buy or sell, and besides, these things can be eaten on the road.
Anyway, Tian Shu and the others know how to kill chickens and ducks.
Tian Shu nodded and said it could fit, so Hong Xiaoduo accepted all the things they were selling.
The aunties and grandmothers who received the money were very happy, and kept saying auspicious things like that the young lady was kind-hearted and that the Bodhisattva would bless her with a safe journey.
The two carriages continued their journey, and without the escort agency's companions, the journey seemed rather lonely.
However, none of the adults and children in the carriage felt uncomfortable. Hong Xiaoduo took out the pieces of paper that Tianquan had cut out and wrote English letters on them.
No matter what happens in the future, she will try her best to teach them as much as she knows. Between having many skills and having a high level of expertise, she still chose the former.
She wasn't sure what would be most practical to teach the children, nor could she analyze the forms of this dynasty; she could only do what she thought was right.
At least it's better than doing nothing!
The children understood what she meant, and their eyes adored her even more; they even knew a foreign language!
And they even teach them!
The children don't yet understand what benefits they will gain from learning these things. Anyway, she's willing to teach, and everyone is learning diligently.
I didn't teach them too much at once, just one letter a day. After that, Hong Xiaoduo remembered that she had to collect water samples. If they continued at their current pace, they would probably have to collect the seawater around the time of the Chinese New Year.
Winter is coming again, so we need to find a suitable place to spend a peaceful Spring Festival with the kids.
If we walk in the wind and snow, won't we be fine while the children suffer?
Thinking of this, I reached out and took out what Tian Shu had found outside the carriage this morning. It was a route map that Tang Xihua had drawn for us to go south to see the sea. The handwriting was quite nice, and the markings were quite detailed.
"Mother, I heard Uncle Dazhi and the others saying that Chief Escort Tang seems to like you. Are you going to marry him?" Yaoguang suddenly remembered and looked up to ask...
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