Fight the Giants

  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 to make 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 made." For Yang, it was an eye-opener.

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

  Ms. Yang thought that she sold a lot of foreign cloth this time, so she 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 responded in a buzzing voice: "Yes, I know. Songjiang is not far from the capital. I will often write to her, 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 farmland on the shore, and it was 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 Mother Ma 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 have left her alone in Songjiang. Whatever she says, 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 ask for a living, and was hired by my mother to be my nanny in the mansion, and I 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 be able to make it through.

   Several people were talking in the cabin, after a while, Huo Erhuai also took Huo Nian and put away the shrimp and crab cages and returned to the boat.

   "Oh, it's all wet." Mrs. Yang hurriedly put down her needlework and went to pull Huonian.

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

   "Just 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, I get shrimps and crabs, and 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 changed their clothes, the family chatted in the cabin for a while and then took a rest.

  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 turned over and sat up, there was movement next door.

   "Father? Mother?"

   "Hey, what happened?"

   "Father, do you hear any movement outside?"

   "You sleep, Dad go out and have a look." Huo Erhuai said and left the cabin.

   After a while, he rushed in again: "Hurry up, get up! Turn off the lights at the bow and stern. Be quiet!"

  Huo Xi got up immediately, 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 ship. Huo Xi held the lamp and stood at the bow of the boat listening to the movement.

  The whole field was pitch black, the river surface was dark, only the sound of water was heard, and the intermittent sounds of swords clashing came from the night wind.

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

  Mr. Yang trembled in fright: "Water thief?"

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

   "It doesn't have to be a water thief. Maybe it's a vendetta." Yang Fu comforted her.

"The water thief only seeks money. We gave up the cargo of this boat and dived into the water to survive. If there is a vendetta, can they not stop talking?" Yang's hands and feet trembled after finishing 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, she crawled over and grabbed Nian'er tightly in her arms, "Father, what should I do?"

   "It's okay, don't panic. When the situation is wrong, 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's whole body was shaking, thinking about the things on the ship, thinking about her own ship, feeling very distressed.

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

   "Father, if it were water thieves, our boat would not be as fast as them. As soon as we moved, they would spot us, and when they came to chase us, we would not be able to escape."

   "Then what should we do? The water and plants here are not dense, and our boat is big, so we can't hide it." Yang hugged Nian'er tightly, fearing that the whole family would die here, and worrying about the belongings of the whole boat, 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 boat rope. We'll watch for the movement later. If it's not right, we'll row the boat back. At that time, we must 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)