Chapter 63: Board the ship and drink fish soup!
The wing room is a bit crowded for six people, and there are only two beds.
Xiangying took out many soft mattresses from the space, pretending that they were given by Jie Chen, and asked Taoxue and the others to spread them on the floor.
Qi Fengyi offered to sleep near the door.
Taoxue and Lin Lingxiang insisted on sleeping on the floor and asked Xiangying and the three children to go to the bed.
Xiangying couldn't resist them, so he agreed and said by the way: "In that case, I will pay for all your meals on the ship these days."
As the boat sailed on the river, she was finally able to take out 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 are people guarding the bow, middle and stern of the boat to prevent anyone from jumping into the river and escaping.
However, the dangerous river has many undercurrents and the water is dangerous.
Not long after the boat sailed, Xiangying felt violent shaking.
The children were not afraid of the novelty. Taoxue was a little seasick and lay on the ground with a pale face, feeling dizzy.
Xiangying took out two plums from the space and let her hold them in her mouth, and Taoxue felt much better.
"You guys wait for me here, I'll go fishing."
Xiangying cut two holes in the iron pot, tied it with a straw rope, and carried it out of the side room.
In the distance, she heard Liu Taibin's cry 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 Liu Taibin followed closely.
She kept mumbling: "Doudouer, there is a lot of water around. I'm afraid you'll lose it. Don't walk so fast. I won't be able to keep up."
Suddenly, a river wave hit her, causing the boat to tilt slightly. Liu Taipin staggered and was about to fall down.
Scarface turned back in time and reached out to support her.
Liu Taibin was still frightened, and she was still asking: "Doudou'er, are you injured? Go back with your mother and concubine, it's too dangerous outside!"
Scarface was helpless, and the old lady was too fierce. This old lady just kept pestering him.
If I had known earlier, I really shouldn’t have agreed to this favor from Xiangying!
"How many times have I told you that I want to patrol, so don't follow me anymore."
He found that Liu Taibi refused to leave no matter what, but he couldn't really leave her alone.
So, Scarface could only tie her wrist with a straw rope and pull her forward.
Before taking two steps, he saw Xiangying standing not far ahead, looking at him with a smile.
The ship rocked and undulated, but she remained motionless. Under the moonlight, her black hair appeared light and flying in the wind.
Scarface coughed twice and walked over seriously: "It's a good time for you to be here. Take this concubine away."
Xiangying shook her head: "That won't work, she won't leave with me."
She looked at Liu Taipin and raised her voice slightly: "Taibin, do you want Doudouer or me?"
Liu Taibin quickly hugged Scarface's arm from behind: "You want Doudouer, this is my son."
Scarface's face was ashen.
Xiangying laughed: "Look, there's nothing you can do, just take her with you and treat it as a good deed."
After that, she lifted up the straw rope hanging on the railing, and the round iron pot emerged from the water.
I saw several plump fishes in the small pot.
Scarface's eyes widened: "Are you fishing?"
You caught four so easily?
Xiangying generously threw one to him.
The lively fish flicked its tail back and forth, crackling against his jaw.
Xiangying hugged the iron pot: "I'll give you that one. You can stew it into fish soup. Don't forget to be filial to your mother and give her a bowl."
After that, she turned and left.
Scarface retorted loudly: "She is not my mother!" Before he could finish speaking, Liu Taibi's skinny old hand reached over and wiped the river water from his face.
"Doudou'er, your clothes are wet, change into another one, otherwise you will get sick easily."
Scarface grabbed the fish, endured Mrs. Liu's murmurings, and left with a thumping step showing annoyance.
Xiangying set up a boiler in the cabin.
Below is the wood-burning pot, with his own iron pot on top.
She put the prepared river fish into the pot, added shredded green onion and ginger, and boiled it into a thick white fish soup.
I added some leftover fungus and crispy bamboo shoots from last time, as well as a handful of freshly kneaded noodles.
The fragrant smell overflowed. Taoxue and the others sat in a circle around the pot, each holding a bowl in their hands and sucking the noodles.
Xiang Ying said to Lin Lingxiang: "I just left half of the pot. You can take it to my brother and your grandfather to taste while it's still hot."
Lin Lingxiang thanked her repeatedly, raised the bowl and said to Xiangying: "Eldest Princess, you have taken great care of our family since the day we were exiled."
"I have no other strengths. I will serve His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and you more carefully in the future. I will serve you with soup instead of wine. I respect the eldest princess."
As she spoke, she finished the fresh fish soup and her face turned red.
Xiangying laughed: "This is the first time I've heard of using soup instead of wine. Let's raise a toast together."
"For nothing else, just celebrate that we can see the sun every day, how brilliant the day is!"
She responded to her call, and Taoxue and the others quickly raised their soup bowls.
Xiang Xiu showed off her breasts and said in a milky voice: "Cheers~"
Several people burst into laughter.
The three children are fat and white, and their little mouths eat brightly.
At this time, there was movement at the door, and someone looked in.
"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 let them in with a wave of his hand.
Taoxue generously distributed two bowls to them.
The seventh princess and concubine Yu sat on the floor, smelling the fragrant fish soup, their eyes shining brightly.
Concubine Yu sighed: "It is better to stay here with the eldest princess. It is clean and has soup. The wing room we live in is simply unbearable."
"Why?" Taoxue was curious.
The seventh princess wiped the corner of her mouth and complained: "We are unlucky. We were assigned by the prison army to live in the same room as the concubine."
"Sister, you also know that she has a mean character, and she and Xiang Qianqian want to use us as maids."
"But it was retribution. As soon as the boat sailed, they were so dizzy that they vomited in the cabin. No, we two disliked the smell and came out."
Xiang Ying nodded: "If you can't bear it, why don't you just tell the supervisor to change rooms?"
Yu Bin smiled sheepishly: "It's better not to bother the supervisor."
Xiangying had no idea that except for her, the others were terribly afraid of Jie Chen and the others, and they didn't dare to make any arrogant demands.
After the second watch of the night, Xiangying and the others fell asleep with their children.
The whole boat sailed on the river waves, the only sound was the sound of waves.
The prisoners gradually got used to the feeling of being on the boat and slept more soundly than they did every night before.
Jie Chen was patrolling alone. As soon as he reached the position in the boat, he saw a figure coming out of the cabin next to him and bumping directly into him.
Jie Chen suddenly took a step back.
But he saw that the other party was not fully clothed, and the thin skirt vaguely revealed her slim curves.
Xiang Qianqian appeared in front of Jie Chen like this. She lay down on the railing and vomited, as if she was very uncomfortable.
It wasn't until she didn't hear Jin Chen's words that she raised her eyes. Her clothes fell off in time, revealing her snow-white shoulders.
Xiang Qianqian's face was filled with fear: "Jie Jiejun, I, I didn't bump into you, did I?"
(End of chapter)