Zhan Zhumen

Chapter 222 Distress
The boat sailed for two days, and in the last twilight of this day, Huo Erhuai drove the boat into a leeward wild ferry.

Light the candles, and the family finishes their dinner.

Huo Xi and Yang Fu looked through the goods they bought this time in the cabin, Yang cut cloth and made clothes for the family, and Huo Erhuai took the restless Huo Nian to put shrimp pots and crab pots.

"When I came to Songjiang this time, I didn't know that there are so many kinds of fabrics in this world. The fabrics brought by the foreigners are no less than the ones I brought." For Yang, it was a big eye-opener.

Huo Xi glanced at her: "Mother, we also bought a lot of foreign cloth this time, so you can also cut some foreign cloth to make two sets of clothes for our family, just try to see how the foreign cloth looks like when you wear it."

Thinking that there are a lot of foreign cloth sold this time, Mrs. Yang nodded, "Okay, this time my mother is also generous."

Thinking of Xi'er's nanny, he said, "Your nanny won't go back to Beijing with us. If you have time, you can go and see her more. She has become like that for your siblings. When I think of her, I can't say it. Gesticating with us with both hands, I feel sad and want to cry."

Huo Xi was also very sad, and answered in a buzzing voice: "Yes, I know. Songjiang is not far from the capital, I will write to her often, and I will often visit her when I have time."

"Take Nian'er to see her together. Before we left, she held Nian'er in her arms and refused to let go. Hey, she is a woman, and her husband and son can't be found. She can't speak, and she can't read. It's really too much. Difficult."

Originally thought that her family lost their house and land on the shore, and it would be extremely difficult to make a living on the water these years, but it was even more difficult for Xi'er's nanny.

I don't know how she got through these years.

"She has Mama Mama by her side, at least she has a companion. I can feel more at ease."

"Thanks to Mama Mama, otherwise your father and I would never leave her alone in Songjiang. Whatever she says, we will bring her here to live with us."

"Well, although Nanny Ma looks cold, she is warm-hearted. The two of them are together, and the two sisters can also be companions."

"Yes. Your father and I gave her money, but she didn't want it. Before leaving, she held my hand and didn't let go. Although she couldn't say it, I knew she couldn't let you and Nian'er go."

"The nanny is a miserable person. When she was young, there was a flood at home, so she was the only one left in the family. She went to the nanny's house as a child bride, but she didn't have a good life for two years. The father-in-law and mother-in-law fell ill, and they threw away all the money in the family. I went to the capital with my nanny to beg for a living, and was hired by my mother to work as my nanny in the mansion. I have lived a good life for a few years..."

I just didn't expect it to end up like that.

Fortunately, he is still alive, otherwise, Huo Xi would never get through it for the rest of his life.

A few people were talking in the cabin, after a while, Huo Erhuai also brought Huo Nian back to the boat after putting away the shrimp and crab cages.

"Oh, it's all wet." Yang hurriedly put down her needlework and pulled Huonian.

"Put the shrimp pot and crab pot in the water, so of course it will get wet." Pi Xiaozi didn't care.

"It's fine to let your father go alone, you have to go with him. If you catch cold this night, you will feel better." Yang pulled him to wipe his body and change his clothes.

"I'm not afraid. I'm a fisherman, and I just want to go into the water every day. When I get out of the cage tomorrow morning and get shrimp and crabs, we can have a good meal again."

Pi Xiaozi had a happy face, as if seeing a family sitting around the table, eating the shrimp and crab he brought up.

After he and Huo Erhuai had finished changing their clothes, the family chatted in the cabin for a while and then rested.

Sleeping until midnight, Huo Xi seemed to hear something in a daze.I didn't want to pay attention to it, turned over and was about to continue sleeping, but the sound continued.She lay down and listened for a while, then turned over and sat up immediately.

Just sitting up, there was movement next door.

"Father? Mother?"

"Hey, what happened?"

"Father, do you hear any movement outside?"

"Go to sleep, Dad go out and have a look." Huo Erhuai said as he left the cabin.

After a while, he rushed in again: "Hurry up, get up! Turn off the lights at the bow and stern of the boat. Don't make a sound!"

Huo Xi immediately got up, rushed to the bow and blew out the windbreak mast light hanging on the bow.Yang Fu also blew out the lights at the stern of the boat.Huo Xi held the lamp and stood at the bow of the boat listening to the movement.

It was pitch black all around, and the river was dark, only the sound of water was heard, and the intermittent sounds of swords clashing in the night wind.

Huo Xi was terrified.Hastily got into the cabin: "Father, are you a water thief?"

Yang shivered in shock: "Water thief?"

After reacting, he patted his thigh: "What to do, what to do, we have a whole load of goods!" My heart throbbed with pain.

"It's not necessarily a water thief. Maybe it's a vendetta." Yang Fu comforted her.

"Water thieves only want money. We gave up this ship's goods and dived into the water to survive. If they kill for revenge, can they keep their mouths shut?" Yang's hands and feet trembled even after beating Yang Fu. , fidgeting.

"Mother..." Huo Nian was awakened by the movement of the family, and called her in a daze.

"Hey, mother is here." With trembling hands and feet, he crawled over and grabbed Nian'er tightly in his arms, "Father, what should we do?"

"It's okay, don't panic. When the situation is not right, we will dive into the water. We are facing the embankment. Whether we dive into the water or run to the shore, we can save our lives."

"But what about our cargo? What about our ship? Our family's belongings are all here." Yang frowned, thinking about the things on the ship and her own ship, feeling extremely distressed.

"How about we row the boat away?" Huo Erhuai didn't have an idea, he searched for Huo Xi and Yang Fu's direction in the dark, and wanted to ask the two children for their opinions.

"Father, if it's water thieves, our boat won't be as fast as them. As soon as we move, they will spot us. When they come to chase us, we won't be able to escape."

"Then what should we do? The water and grass here are not dense, and our boat is big, so we can't hide it." Yang hugged Nian'er tightly, afraid that the whole family would be left here, and worried about the belongings of the whole boat, so she had no idea.

Huo Erhuai felt a little regretful, when it was dark, he saw a big ship parked in front of him from a distance, thinking that he would be brave enough to follow behind the big ship, his own boat fell far behind it, and then stopped near it, what Thinking that the big boat was being targeted by water thieves.

"Uncle, you go ashore and untie the rope. We'll watch for the movement later. If it's not right, we'll row the boat back. At that time, we'll either abandon the boat or make another plan."

"Okay. I'll go here." Yang Fu responded and got out of the cabin.Huo Erhuai also followed him out.

Huo Xi comforted Mrs. Yang, and went to the bow of the boat to have a look.

Not far away, candles were lit everywhere on the big boat, which was particularly conspicuous on the dark river.The sound of sword clashes became louder and louder.

　see you tomorrow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)