On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 81 Taking a boat
  There are not many vegetables that can last long now, namely cabbage and potatoes.

However, the boatmen have experience. When there is no wind and the boat slows down, they can always catch some small fish and shrimps by casting the net several times, and occasionally one or two big fish.

Mrs. Xiao saw that they were going to throw the fish and shrimp back into the river, so she quickly went to fetch them, cleaned them up, and asked her two daughters-in-law to cook fried fish and shrimps.

She doesn't feel bad about not using her own oil anyway.

In fact, as long as you don't give up the oil, the small thorns of the fried fish will be crispy, and you don't give up the rice wine, there will be no fishy smell at all.

Jiang Yu likes to eat these small fish and shrimps, paired with some wine, and listens to the girls talking and laughing not far away, without feeling uncomfortable.

It rained a few days ago and the weather was cool. Now it has stopped raining and the sun has rested for a few days. Now I come out to work full of energy.

Therefore, it is quite pleasant to enjoy the wind on the deck.

Xiao Lian covered her head with her hands and looked at the birds flying in the sky with a look of regret on her face: "What a fat bird. It's a pity that it can't use a bow and arrow."

Today's arrows are also very expensive, so they are recycled. If they hit the prey, they will retrieve it. If they fail to hit the prey, they will have to retrieve the arrow.

In the river, if arrows and prey fall into the water, they cannot be recovered, so she can only look.

Xiao Xiu also echoed: "We used to practice archery every day, but now we can't move in our free time. Isn't it really a bit uncomfortable?"

Xiao Xiao was very proud after hearing this: "Now you know what I am doing, okay? I urge you to develop good habits."

Then he called to them: "You have nothing to do, let's play chess?"

I don’t know who put this Go here, so I have nothing to do now.

Xiao Lian rolled her eyes: "I won't let Lin Xuan come and play with you, right?"

"She's not fainting. Let her lie down for a while." Xiao Xiao pushed Xiao Xiu to sit down: "Sister, please stay with me."

Xiao Xiu saw the densely packed chess pieces and asked in surprise: "When did you learn to play chess?"

The original Xiao Xiao definitely didn't know how to do it. Only wealthy people could afford to buy these pianos, chess, calligraphy and paintings, and they also had the time to think about them.

But now Xiao Xiao will.

But considering that my eldest sister is just learning, if it’s too difficult, she won’t be interested in teaching her simple backgammon.

At the beginning, Xiao Xiu was not familiar with it, and Xiao Xiao won several games in a row.

Later, there will be winners and losers.

When Xiao Xiao was about to lose again, she heard the excited sounds of Xiao Lian and the Xiao brothers casting nets to catch fish from below. She couldn't sit still and simply stood up: "Sister, wait for me, I'll go find Er Sister, come here."

Playing chess is not as fun as playing online.

It's a pity that she didn't do it until she saw her eldest sister. She was very interested, but she was embarrassed to say it openly.

It's a good idea to just walk away. If the eldest sister can't wait for him, she will come down to fish.

On the deck, there are two small square tables.

Jiang Yu was fishing originally, but of course, now that the boat is moving forward, the fish will definitely not take the bait. He is just having nothing to do and looking for entertainment.

But ever since they started playing chess, it made him curious.

It's a pity that I don't know them very well, and I'm too embarrassed to watch them.

He just quietly changed his position and took a few glances.

After Xiao Xiao left, he saw Xiao Xiu still thinking about the chess pieces on the chessboard, so he got up and walked over: "Excuse me, Miss Xiao, let's play two games?"

He put this Go chess piece here. He originally wanted Hou Er or Xiao Dalang Erlang to play chess with him.

But they were obviously more interested in net fishing, so he could only imitate Jiang Taigong fishing out of boredom, trying to see if any stupid fish would take the bait. He heard the third girl explaining how to play backgammon earlier, and he remembered it all, and couldn't wait to give it a try.

Xiao Xiu glanced at him in surprise, but did not refuse: "Young Master Jiang, you're welcome. Please."

It is said that a man and a woman alone are not suitable to be alone together.

But under the blue sky and white sun, there are all his family members underneath, so there is no need to avoid suspicion.

Besides, she knew that Mr. Jiang was a very measured person. He would always try to get out of the way when he saw the sisters. He was definitely not the kind of person like Meng Lang.

But now the second floor is only so big, and you can't see it when you look up, so I don't want to hide in a small room.

And she just learned backgammon now, which is when she got interested.

From the beginning, Jiang Yu must have lost.

Even though he had heard it before, it was still different when it was his turn to play chess.

But after losing three times in a row, he finally won once and couldn't help but smile: "Chengzheng, let's do it again!"

In his tone, he couldn't hide his joy, but also his pride.

Xiao Xiu didn't even know what he could be proud of, so she made up her mind to defeat him this time so that he would never be proud again.

However, after Xiao Xiao threw down the fishing net downstairs and saw that the elder sister had not come down yet, he simply asked Sanlang, who was forcing two crabs to race next to him, to say: "Go and see what the elder sister is doing and let her come down to play."

Xiao Sanlang responded obediently, turned around and ran up.

On the other side, Mrs. Xiao and her two daughters-in-law were cleaning up Xiaoyu.

The small fish taste delicious, and it takes a lot of effort to clean them up.

But Jiang Yu, the financial backer, likes to eat, so of course they have to get more.

Old man Xiao, his two sons, Hou Er and several escorts all drank too much at noon and are now lying down.

No matter how sensible Xiao Dalang and Erlang usually are, they are still young at heart after all. They borrowed a fishing net to play with until they were sweating all over and refused to stop.

Xiao Lian was a little depressed: "We didn't gain much these two times, just these few shrimps."

"It's quite a lot, I can make a lot of money." Xiao Xiao actually liked this process more, and consoled him perfunctorily: "When the boat stops at night, we will launch the net again, and we will definitely find a big guy."

I also thought that today is already the second day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar. It is said that crabs should also be growing meat. I wonder if I can catch a few?

When she thought of hairy crabs, hairy crabs, and swimming crabs, her mouth watered.

Anyway, in Xiao Xiao's memory, he has never eaten crab.

Oh, this poor baby.

After a while, Xiao Erlang urged them to collect the fishing nets: "It's almost time for a cup of tea. If you don't come to collect them, then we will take action?"

"No, your hands smell bad." Xiao Lian rushed over: "We will definitely have a bumper harvest this time, and we will definitely have more than you..."

Pulling up the fishing net, she saw more than 20 crucian carp and many shrimps. She was so beautiful that she almost jumped up: "Hahaha, it's really a bumper harvest."

Mrs. Wu took a look and wanted to cry: "We haven't cleaned up here yet, and you brought it here again. Please stop playing with it. You can't keep this fish alive, and it won't be fresh to eat tomorrow."

Mrs. Liu also advised softly: "Although it is hot today, you are sweating. If the wind blows, be careful of getting cold. Hurry up and change your clothes."

Then he scolded his two daughters in a low voice: "Let your eldest sister stay up there. If anyone sees you, they can get up here."

The Xiao sisters obediently agreed and asked Xiao Dalang and the others to send the fishing net back, and the two sisters went upstairs together.

(End of this chapter)