After passing the decree, the Jin Yi Wei didn’t stay long enough to notice Lu Yi. He quickly patted Yu Dayou’s back, said a few polite words, then got back on his horse and left.
“General….”
Yu Dayou tightly gripped the decree in his hand, he rubbed his forehead non-stop, as if he was experiencing an extreme headache: “Gather everyone, get them all ready!”
“Yes!”
Xiang Zi hurriedly went to gather everyone.
“The General and his troops will be disbanded if they fail….” Cen Fu sighed, “He looks very upset.”
Lu Yi let out a long sigh: “Now you understand why General Hu Zongxian agreed to let me come here.”
Cen Fu replied: “From the beginning, he knew that the war in Cengang had been going on for a long time. At the same time, the palace court has been raising their demands, at meetings and also in writings, right now, he just couldn’t stand it anymore. Letting Young Master come here, the purpose is to make you investigate why there is a delay in subduing the war situation in Cengang, and not for the pirates’ reasons. Does he want us to put in a few good words for him?”
“That’s one of them, there are other things…” Lu Yi said in a low voice, “The King’s current anger cannot be resolved with just a few words. If he can’t subdue the situation, someone has to become a scapegoat…”
Hearing this, Cen Fu fell silent, suddenly realized something, he also lowered his voice: “Yu Dayou is not good at kissing up to others, with the current situation, he’s really fit to become a scapegoat….”
Lu Yi sighed: “The circle of officials….Yu Dayou is indeed a talented man, but compared to bribes and Hu Zongxian’s life, of course, Yu Dayou doesn’t mean anything.”
All translations belong to Syublush. If you are reading it anywhere else, then it’s stolen.
At this time, Yu Dayou, whose hand was still holding the decree, turned around. From afar, he noticed Lu Yi, his facial expression seemed fine, but deep inside, he couldn’t hide his disgust towards the Jin Yi Wei, who had come here with a clear motive.
“I’m going to have a look at the Cengang’s sea, don’t know if the General can provide me a ship?” Lu Yi slowly walked toward him, pretending he had seen nothing, laughingly said, “Of course, if the General could join me, it would be even better.”
Yu Dayou suppressed his anger and let out a respectful smile, and said loudly: “I have to attend a meeting soon. Lu Daren wants to go inspect the sea, I would be happy to prepare a ship for you, let Xiang Zi accompany you.”
“Thank you, General.” Lu Yi did not force him.
Yu Dayou lightly nodded, about to leave, suddenly looked back at him and said loudly: “There are many bandits by the sea, Lu Daren, please take care of yourself and be careful….Don’t drag us with you.”
“The General is too worried.” Lu Yi faintly smiled at him.
Yu Dayou turned around and walked away.
Cen Fu was annoyed at his attitude: “What does he mean by that?”
“Think positively, he’s a very straightforward person, do we really need to guess what he is thinking?” Lu Yi patted Cen Fu’s shoulder.
“Young Master, what do you think about the situation?”
“The war is not over, we will put our matter aside for the time being.”
Lu Yi said without any expressions.
***
After standing outside the tent for a while, only Xiang Zi was seen running towards them with panting breaths and a stuttering voice.
“The General said, Lu Daren may board the Dafu ship.” Xiang Zi showed the badge in his hand, then continued to say, “This is the General’s main ship, that means he regards you as an important guest.”
Lu Yi laughed: “Then I will have to thank your General later.”
The Dafu ship can carry more than 120 soldiers, 8 cannon racks, 20 fire guns, 100 arrow machines, 30 gunpowder tubes and blast pipes. Lu Yi walked slowly to inspect the deck, it was seen that Yu Dayou disciplined his soldiers very well, all equipment was cleaned very thoroughly, even the pipe inside the gun muzzle was wiped clean. The place where gunpowder and bullets were stored, it’s at least a few meters away, which cannot be approached by just anyone.
Xiang Zi held up the badge and gave orders, the Dafu ship slowly sailed away from the military port.
Today the weather is very good, above sea level, there was no fog obstructing the view. Cengang’s port can be seen in the distance, it’s a triangular shape, which was the same as the drawing on the defence map. There are several things that were not drawn on the map, for instance, on the left and right of the port side, there is a natural cliff that can add to the defence, from the distance, the muzzle of the cannon on the cliff can be seen….Lu Yi stared at it for a while, then realized that attacking Cengang from the sea seemed more difficult than on land.
“How many times has your General tried attacking by the sea?” He asked the soldier beside him.
“Ever since we’ve arrived at Mount Zhou, we’ve attacked about five to six times.” The soldier replied, “But because the port of Cengang is too deep, as soon as we go there, attacks come from all three directions, afterward, the ship is immediately bombarded by cannons and sunk.”
Lu Yi furrowed his eyebrows, then continued to state at Cengang for a while, turned around and asked about gunpowder nozzles: “Pentong weapons should have the further burst of open fire, how far can it go?”
“About 30 meters.”
“30 meters….That means you can hit the pirate ship in Cengang.”
“But the damage is very limited, at most, it only burns the sails of their ship, not enough to subdue them for a victory. If the pirate ship is in the middle of the sea and it catches on fire, they will just dump into the sea, but if their ship is by the dock, they just need to go on land and put out the fire.” The soldiers looked very annoyed, “It would be great if the pirate ship could break, but they’re very cunning, no matter how much we tried, the ship seems to be well intact.”
“So….” Lu Yi looked at Xiang Zi who continued to follow him from behind, “That’s why your General only attacked on land?”
“The General also has no other way. Several ships have sunk, the fundings given was also limited, not enough to buy a gun, let alone to build a new ship.”
They can’t attack by the sea, at the same, they can’t control troops on land and the King wanted to dismiss the troops, even Lu Yi himself is getting a headache from this investigation. Yu Dayou is forced to accept this task, the heavy burden on his shoulder cannot be easily dealt with.
***
At this time, Yu Dayou who was inside the headquarters was completely deadlocked. He’s in the meeting with other generals, but right now, he doesn’t care about keeping his face, he took out the decree and read it loudly.
“….The general and all the troops under him will be disbanded and put on trial!”
As soon as he read the last sentence, everyone looked at each other in astonishment, the room was filled with dark faces.
After putting the decree away, Yu Dayou looked at the people around him, waiting for someone to speak up, but after a while, no one spoke, so he went ahead and said: “As you know, the situation is very complicated….Whoever has a good idea of resolving this matter, please speak up, the important thing right now is to take over Cengang!”
Everyone, including other generals, lowered their heads and eyes, not a single word was said.
After a while, one of the generals said hesitantly: “General Yu….”
“You have an idea? Say it!” Yu Dayou cheered him on.
“No, beizhe want to say, Lu Daren has made his appearance at our headquarter. He’s the son of Lu Bing and as you know Lu Bing is very much appreciated by the King. Can we request Lu Daren to put in some goods for us….Or just some simple but honest words, let him know about our situation, so the King can postpone for a few more months?”
Yu Dayou massaged his eyebrows, then responded to his words with annoyance: “He has a good relationship with the King, it does not mean we’re on good terms with him. What do we have to offer to make him help us? Sending him gifts? We don’t even have funding for weaponry, let alone using it for something so trivial.”
Yu Dayou’s answer immediately shut the general’s mouth. The general let out a sigh.
“You! Do you have any good ideas?” Yu Dayou pointed at someone in the crowd.
Minister Wang Chonggu furrowed his eyebrows and said: “General, we have tried attacking several times, the base of Cengang is too strong. There’s no other way because slowly pushing and rushing people in.”
Other people did not dare to make any sounds. Yu Dayou completely understands Wang Chonggu’s words, moreover, he knows the situation is even worse compared to his words, with the current power of the Yu family’s army, even if they pushed forward with their plan but wanting to seize Cengang within a month was impossible, meaning all the lives of soldiers would be thrown in vain.
Yu Dayou grabbed the map of Cengang, then suddenly slammed the table hard: “Since we only have a month, we should continue to attack! But don’t let our brothers die in vain, go back and carefully plan out some tactics. Tomorrow morning, come and show me what you got. Whoever came up with the best plan will get a promotion.”
“Understood!”
Everyone slowly leaves the headquarters, except Wang Chonggu.
Wang Chonggu had followed Yu Dayou for many years, as well as working with him on the battlefield, towards Yu Dayou’s personality, he is very understanding.
“General, the battle must continue, but we must also prepare a backup plan….” Wang Chonggu persuaded him, “The King fully knows the situation cannot be resolved easily, we can’t continue to become their scapegoats.”
“What are you trying to say? Just say it.”
Yu Dayou stared at him.
“Lu Daren came here at this time, it’s definitely not a coincidence. General, think about it carefully.”
“I’ve thought about it before.” Yu Dayou took out Hu Zongxian’s handwritten letter from his sleeve, “Look at this, it’s a letter from General Hu, it contains all kinds of requests to please him, but he didn’t specify how, it’s almost like General Hu wants me to worship him. I’ve already done as much as I can, he wants to see the reports, I’ve given him everything he needs. He wants to travel around the sea, I even prepare the Dafu ship to escort him. What else can I do….I only have twenty taels of silver left, if i offer it to him, do you think he’ll take it? Or should I turn myself into a woman and escort him in bed?”
After reading Hu Zongxian’s letter, and hearing Yu Dayou’s angry words, he couldn’t help but laugh bitterly.
“How about I find an appropriate time to invite Lu Daren for a meal, let’s see what he’ll say.” He said, “There are words that you can’t bring to say, maybe I can say them better.”
Yu Dayou sighed, from his waistband took out a few pieces of silver and threw them into his palms: “Prepare some good people, don’t let people look down on you.”
“I still have money left, you keep yours.”
Wang Chonggu laughed as he gave the money back, worried that Yu Dayou would refuse, he hurriedly left the headquarters.
***
After walking south for two days, under Mrs. Shen’s care, Jinxia was able to walk fine, even A’Rui was able to take a few steps, he was slowly gaining back his strength.
While resting, Jinxia walked closer to Cen Shou and said in a pleasant tone: “Brother, can you lend me your map?”
Cen Shou immediately moved 10 meters away, and said: “No, no, no, no.”
“When we were leaving the inn, I saw Cen Fu giving you the map. I’ve already looked at it.” Jinxia mocked him, “You’re a grown man, must you be this petty, you know it’s going to be hard to find a wife.”
“You….” Cen Shou unhappily took out the map from his pocket and handed over to her, “Really don’t understand what Young Master sees in you.”
Jinxia heard everything he said, she proudly replied: “Of course everything about me is good, you definitely don’t have taste.”
Cen Shou was speechless from her answer, he put on a cold face and walked away to get water.
This map is usually used by Jin Yi Wei only, compared to Liu Shanmen’s map, it is much better, the land and rivers are clearly drawn, even the unseen villages are marked properly. Sitting under a tree, she carefully studied all of Cengang’s locations, Xinhe city and Hangzhou city. She silently calculated whether Lu Yi had arrived at Cengang by now.
Chun Yumin did not let her maid accompany her, she walked up to Jinxia by herself and asked softly: “Miss Yuan, where are we at?”
“Here.” Jinxia pointed at the map to show her, “Then we walked ahead again, we will cross the river….Look, Xinhe city should be here.”
Chun Yumin nodded her head.
“These open roads should be easy to pass, we should be arriving in two days.” JInxia put the map away, took out a golden pancake from her and handed it over to Chun Yumin, “Try one. Da Yang made this, it’s much better than those sold on the street.”
“Thank you.”
After a few days of being together, Chun Yumin had become much more familiar with everyone, no longer treating them as strangers, she happily took the pancake and ate it.
YangYue walked over to them and handed Jinxia a water bag, seeing Chun Yumin also eating pancakes, he laughed and said: “The food is very rough, Ms. Chun, are you able to swallow it?”
“It’s very sweet and fragrant, your cooking is great.” Chun Yumin laughed.
“Not that great.” YangYue was modest, “You’re praising too much.”
Within the distance, there were also people resting, Jinxia’s eyes accidentally moved on them, her face was calmed and unresponsive, she slowly walked towards the beggar uncle’s horse carriage.
“Uncle, why doesn’t my aunt come down to get some fresh air?” She asked.
The beggar uncle said unhappily: “Still sewing your clothes, the horse carriage keeps shaking, her fingers were pricked with the needles several times but she won’t stop.”
Just as he finished talking, from inside the carriage, behind the curtain, Mrs. Shen’s voice was heard: “Don’t listen to him, I just don’t want to waste time. Sewing is my hobby.”
Jinxia raised the curtain of the carriage: “Aunt, aren’t you hungry? Should I bring you some food?”
“No Need. Da Yang has already given me a lot of food, I’m not hungry.” While she was speaking, her hand movements didn’t stop, she glanced at Jinxia and laughed, “Tonight, remember to come over and try it out. Just in case the measurement isn’t right.”
Jinxia looked at the light purple fabric in her hand, which was almost finished, Jinxia hurriedly said: “There’s no need to rush, don’t let yourself become tired.” After saying that, she lowered the curtain and pulled the beggar uncle aside.
“Uncle, have you seen the people on the other side?” She tilted her chin slightly to show him.
The beggar uncle didn’t need to turn his head, he knew exactly who she meant: “I’ve seen them from the start, they are refugees. Right now, pirates are rampant so fiercely, they must leave their houses and find somewhere else to live.”
“If a lot of people are around, there’s no guarantee someone won’t try something on us. Uncle, remember to take care of my aunt.”
“Don’t worry, I’m here. No one dares to take advantage of us.”
After passing the decree, the Jin Yi Wei didn’t stay long enough to notice Lu Yi. He quickly patted Yu Dayou’s back, said a few polite words, then got back on his horse and left.
“General….”
Yu Dayou tightly gripped the decree in his hand, he rubbed his forehead non-stop, as if he was experiencing an extreme headache: “Gather everyone, get them all ready!”
“Yes!”
Xiang Zi hurriedly went to gather everyone.
“The General and his troops will be disbanded if they fail….” Cen Fu sighed, “He looks very upset.”
Lu Yi let out a long sigh: “Now you understand why General Hu Zongxian agreed to let me come here.”
Cen Fu replied: “From the beginning, he knew that the war in Cengang had been going on for a long time. At the same time, the palace court has been raising their demands, at meetings and also in writings, right now, he just couldn’t stand it anymore. Letting Young Master come here, the purpose is to make you investigate why there is a delay in subduing the war situation in Cengang, and not for the pirates’ reasons. Does he want us to put in a few good words for him?”
“That’s one of them, there are other things…” Lu Yi said in a low voice, “The King’s current anger cannot be resolved with just a few words. If he can’t subdue the situation, someone has to become a scapegoat…”
Hearing this, Cen Fu fell silent, suddenly realized something, he also lowered his voice: “Yu Dayou is not good at kissing up to others, with the current situation, he’s really fit to become a scapegoat….”
Lu Yi sighed: “The circle of officials….Yu Dayou is indeed a talented man, but compared to bribes and Hu Zongxian’s life, of course, Yu Dayou doesn’t mean anything.”
All translations belong to Syublush. If you are reading it anywhere else, then it’s stolen.
At this time, Yu Dayou, whose hand was still holding the decree, turned around. From afar, he noticed Lu Yi, his facial expression seemed fine, but deep inside, he couldn’t hide his disgust towards the Jin Yi Wei, who had come here with a clear motive.
“I’m going to have a look at the Cengang’s sea, don’t know if the General can provide me a ship?” Lu Yi slowly walked toward him, pretending he had seen nothing, laughingly said, “Of course, if the General could join me, it would be even better.”
Yu Dayou suppressed his anger and let out a respectful smile, and said loudly: “I have to attend a meeting soon. Lu Daren wants to go inspect the sea, I would be happy to prepare a ship for you, let Xiang Zi accompany you.”
“Thank you, General.” Lu Yi did not force him.
Yu Dayou lightly nodded, about to leave, suddenly looked back at him and said loudly: “There are many bandits by the sea, Lu Daren, please take care of yourself and be careful….Don’t drag us with you.”
“The General is too worried.” Lu Yi faintly smiled at him.
Yu Dayou turned around and walked away.
Cen Fu was annoyed at his attitude: “What does he mean by that?”
“Think positively, he’s a very straightforward person, do we really need to guess what he is thinking?” Lu Yi patted Cen Fu’s shoulder.
“Young Master, what do you think about the situation?”
“The war is not over, we will put our matter aside for the time being.”
Lu Yi said without any expressions.
***
After standing outside the tent for a while, only Xiang Zi was seen running towards them with panting breaths and a stuttering voice.
“The General said, Lu Daren may board the Dafu ship.” Xiang Zi showed the badge in his hand, then continued to say, “This is the General’s main ship, that means he regards you as an important guest.”
Lu Yi laughed: “Then I will have to thank your General later.”
The Dafu ship can carry more than 120 soldiers, 8 cannon racks, 20 fire guns, 100 arrow machines, 30 gunpowder tubes and blast pipes. Lu Yi walked slowly to inspect the deck, it was seen that Yu Dayou disciplined his soldiers very well, all equipment was cleaned very thoroughly, even the pipe inside the gun muzzle was wiped clean. The place where gunpowder and bullets were stored, it’s at least a few meters away, which cannot be approached by just anyone.
Xiang Zi held up the badge and gave orders, the Dafu ship slowly sailed away from the military port.
Today the weather is very good, above sea level, there was no fog obstructing the view. Cengang’s port can be seen in the distance, it’s a triangular shape, which was the same as the drawing on the defence map. There are several things that were not drawn on the map, for instance, on the left and right of the port side, there is a natural cliff that can add to the defence, from the distance, the muzzle of the cannon on the cliff can be seen….Lu Yi stared at it for a while, then realized that attacking Cengang from the sea seemed more difficult than on land.
“How many times has your General tried attacking by the sea?” He asked the soldier beside him.
“Ever since we’ve arrived at Mount Zhou, we’ve attacked about five to six times.” The soldier replied, “But because the port of Cengang is too deep, as soon as we go there, attacks come from all three directions, afterward, the ship is immediately bombarded by cannons and sunk.”
Lu Yi furrowed his eyebrows, then continued to state at Cengang for a while, turned around and asked about gunpowder nozzles: “Pentong weapons should have the further burst of open fire, how far can it go?”
“About 30 meters.”
“30 meters….That means you can hit the pirate ship in Cengang.”
“But the damage is very limited, at most, it only burns the sails of their ship, not enough to subdue them for a victory. If the pirate ship is in the middle of the sea and it catches on fire, they will just dump into the sea, but if their ship is by the dock, they just need to go on land and put out the fire.” The soldiers looked very annoyed, “It would be great if the pirate ship could break, but they’re very cunning, no matter how much we tried, the ship seems to be well intact.”
“So….” Lu Yi looked at Xiang Zi who continued to follow him from behind, “That’s why your General only attacked on land?”
“The General also has no other way. Several ships have sunk, the fundings given was also limited, not enough to buy a gun, let alone to build a new ship.”
They can’t attack by the sea, at the same, they can’t control troops on land and the King wanted to dismiss the troops, even Lu Yi himself is getting a headache from this investigation. Yu Dayou is forced to accept this task, the heavy burden on his shoulder cannot be easily dealt with.
***
At this time, Yu Dayou who was inside the headquarters was completely deadlocked. He’s in the meeting with other generals, but right now, he doesn’t care about keeping his face, he took out the decree and read it loudly.
“….The general and all the troops under him will be disbanded and put on trial!”
As soon as he read the last sentence, everyone looked at each other in astonishment, the room was filled with dark faces.
After putting the decree away, Yu Dayou looked at the people around him, waiting for someone to speak up, but after a while, no one spoke, so he went ahead and said: “As you know, the situation is very complicated….Whoever has a good idea of resolving this matter, please speak up, the important thing right now is to take over Cengang!”
Everyone, including other generals, lowered their heads and eyes, not a single word was said.
After a while, one of the generals said hesitantly: “General Yu….”
“You have an idea? Say it!” Yu Dayou cheered him on.
“No, beizhe want to say, Lu Daren has made his appearance at our headquarter. He’s the son of Lu Bing and as you know Lu Bing is very much appreciated by the King. Can we request Lu Daren to put in some goods for us….Or just some simple but honest words, let him know about our situation, so the King can postpone for a few more months?”
Yu Dayou massaged his eyebrows, then responded to his words with annoyance: “He has a good relationship with the King, it does not mean we’re on good terms with him. What do we have to offer to make him help us? Sending him gifts? We don’t even have funding for weaponry, let alone using it for something so trivial.”
Yu Dayou’s answer immediately shut the general’s mouth. The general let out a sigh.
“You! Do you have any good ideas?” Yu Dayou pointed at someone in the crowd.
Minister Wang Chonggu furrowed his eyebrows and said: “General, we have tried attacking several times, the base of Cengang is too strong. There’s no other way because slowly pushing and rushing people in.”
Other people did not dare to make any sounds. Yu Dayou completely understands Wang Chonggu’s words, moreover, he knows the situation is even worse compared to his words, with the current power of the Yu family’s army, even if they pushed forward with their plan but wanting to seize Cengang within a month was impossible, meaning all the lives of soldiers would be thrown in vain.
Yu Dayou grabbed the map of Cengang, then suddenly slammed the table hard: “Since we only have a month, we should continue to attack! But don’t let our brothers die in vain, go back and carefully plan out some tactics. Tomorrow morning, come and show me what you got. Whoever came up with the best plan will get a promotion.”
“Understood!”
Everyone slowly leaves the headquarters, except Wang Chonggu.
Wang Chonggu had followed Yu Dayou for many years, as well as working with him on the battlefield, towards Yu Dayou’s personality, he is very understanding.
“General, the battle must continue, but we must also prepare a backup plan….” Wang Chonggu persuaded him, “The King fully knows the situation cannot be resolved easily, we can’t continue to become their scapegoats.”
“What are you trying to say? Just say it.”
Yu Dayou stared at him.
“Lu Daren came here at this time, it’s definitely not a coincidence. General, think about it carefully.”
“I’ve thought about it before.” Yu Dayou took out Hu Zongxian’s handwritten letter from his sleeve, “Look at this, it’s a letter from General Hu, it contains all kinds of requests to please him, but he didn’t specify how, it’s almost like General Hu wants me to worship him. I’ve already done as much as I can, he wants to see the reports, I’ve given him everything he needs. He wants to travel around the sea, I even prepare the Dafu ship to escort him. What else can I do….I only have twenty taels of silver left, if i offer it to him, do you think he’ll take it? Or should I turn myself into a woman and escort him in bed?”
After reading Hu Zongxian’s letter, and hearing Yu Dayou’s angry words, he couldn’t help but laugh bitterly.
“How about I find an appropriate time to invite Lu Daren for a meal, let’s see what he’ll say.” He said, “There are words that you can’t bring to say, maybe I can say them better.”
Yu Dayou sighed, from his waistband took out a few pieces of silver and threw them into his palms: “Prepare some good people, don’t let people look down on you.”
“I still have money left, you keep yours.”
Wang Chonggu laughed as he gave the money back, worried that Yu Dayou would refuse, he hurriedly left the headquarters.
***
After walking south for two days, under Mrs. Shen’s care, Jinxia was able to walk fine, even A’Rui was able to take a few steps, he was slowly gaining back his strength.
While resting, Jinxia walked closer to Cen Shou and said in a pleasant tone: “Brother, can you lend me your map?”
Cen Shou immediately moved 10 meters away, and said: “No, no, no, no.”
“When we were leaving the inn, I saw Cen Fu giving you the map. I’ve already looked at it.” Jinxia mocked him, “You’re a grown man, must you be this petty, you know it’s going to be hard to find a wife.”
“You….” Cen Shou unhappily took out the map from his pocket and handed over to her, “Really don’t understand what Young Master sees in you.”
Jinxia heard everything he said, she proudly replied: “Of course everything about me is good, you definitely don’t have taste.”
Cen Shou was speechless from her answer, he put on a cold face and walked away to get water.
This map is usually used by Jin Yi Wei only, compared to Liu Shanmen’s map, it is much better, the land and rivers are clearly drawn, even the unseen villages are marked properly. Sitting under a tree, she carefully studied all of Cengang’s locations, Xinhe city and Hangzhou city. She silently calculated whether Lu Yi had arrived at Cengang by now.
Chun Yumin did not let her maid accompany her, she walked up to Jinxia by herself and asked softly: “Miss Yuan, where are we at?”
“Here.” Jinxia pointed at the map to show her, “Then we walked ahead again, we will cross the river….Look, Xinhe city should be here.”
Chun Yumin nodded her head.
“These open roads should be easy to pass, we should be arriving in two days.” JInxia put the map away, took out a golden pancake from her and handed it over to Chun Yumin, “Try one. Da Yang made this, it’s much better than those sold on the street.”
“Thank you.”
After a few days of being together, Chun Yumin had become much more familiar with everyone, no longer treating them as strangers, she happily took the pancake and ate it.
YangYue walked over to them and handed Jinxia a water bag, seeing Chun Yumin also eating pancakes, he laughed and said: “The food is very rough, Ms. Chun, are you able to swallow it?”
“It’s very sweet and fragrant, your cooking is great.” Chun Yumin laughed.
“Not that great.” YangYue was modest, “You’re praising too much.”
Within the distance, there were also people resting, Jinxia’s eyes accidentally moved on them, her face was calmed and unresponsive, she slowly walked towards the beggar uncle’s horse carriage.
“Uncle, why doesn’t my aunt come down to get some fresh air?” She asked.
The beggar uncle said unhappily: “Still sewing your clothes, the horse carriage keeps shaking, her fingers were pricked with the needles several times but she won’t stop.”
Just as he finished talking, from inside the carriage, behind the curtain, Mrs. Shen’s voice was heard: “Don’t listen to him, I just don’t want to waste time. Sewing is my hobby.”
Jinxia raised the curtain of the carriage: “Aunt, aren’t you hungry? Should I bring you some food?”
“No Need. Da Yang has already given me a lot of food, I’m not hungry.” While she was speaking, her hand movements didn’t stop, she glanced at Jinxia and laughed, “Tonight, remember to come over and try it out. Just in case the measurement isn’t right.”
Jinxia looked at the light purple fabric in her hand, which was almost finished, Jinxia hurriedly said: “There’s no need to rush, don’t let yourself become tired.” After saying that, she lowered the curtain and pulled the beggar uncle aside.
“Uncle, have you seen the people on the other side?” She tilted her chin slightly to show him.
The beggar uncle didn’t need to turn his head, he knew exactly who she meant: “I’ve seen them from the start, they are refugees. Right now, pirates are rampant so fiercely, they must leave their houses and find somewhere else to live.”
“If a lot of people are around, there’s no guarantee someone won’t try something on us. Uncle, remember to take care of my aunt.”
“Don’t worry, I’m here. No one dares to take advantage of us.”
