It takes half a month to travel by horse, but it takes less than ten days by boat to reach the middle of the river.
The wharf in the river was much larger than the wharf when they boarded the ship before. There was an endless stream of people and ships coming and going. Before entering the city, they could already feel the prosperity of the river.
After the boat docked, He Zizhen was held by a woman's hand. He looked at Xixi next to Zhou Yunshu and Yuan Li Yuanyi next to Fang Huiwen with red eyes.
"You want to come to my house to play with me, don't forget me!"
In just a few days, several young people have become good friends.
Yuan Li and Yuanyi waved their hands repeatedly. If they ignored him, this little crybaby would definitely start crying again.
As expected, He Zizhen looked back twice with red eyes, and only stopped after getting on the carriage.
The He family's wedding team silently carried their things and followed He Zizhen's carriage without any joy.
"This really doesn't look like marrying a wife, it looks more like sneaking in a concubine."
Zhou Yunshu listened to the gossip of the people around her, adjusted the curtain on her head, and then led Xixi and walked down the boat next to Wu Gui, who was wearing men's clothing.
Zhou Yunjia was carried off the boat by Hu Zi.
In just ten days, Zhou Yunjia lost nearly twelve pounds, which made Wu Yue feel very distressed.
There were too many people at the pier, so Wu Gui thoughtfully held Zhou Yunshu's arm and walked to the teahouse not far away to avoid the crowd. The two of them were still a loving couple to the outside world.
Wu Gui took the women and children in the team to find two tables in the teahouse to rest for a while. Uncle He took Hu Zi and the three of them to buy a carriage, while shopkeeper Liang went to find an inn where they could stay temporarily or a yard suitable for short-term rental. .
In the teahouse.
Zhou Yunshu looked at Zhou Yunjia, who was lying on the table regardless of his appearance, and said, "I ordered a pot of black plum soup for you. You can take a drink later."
Zhou Yunjia raised his pale, thin and bloodless face, looked at Zhou Yunshu with bloodshot eyes and said, "I will never take a boat again until I die."
Although he got a little better after taking the seasickness medicine given to him by Dr. Xue, he still felt that life was worse than death.
Zhou Yunshu looked at Zhou Yunjia's miserable state and said with a smile: "You'd better not say something so early."
Zhou Yunjia shook his head, "Really Third Sister, I almost died this time."
Wu Yue looked at her son distressedly, "Have you never taken a boat before when you were studying abroad?"
Zhou Yunjia shook his head honestly. They always traveled by carriage.
“I won’t sit down anymore if I don’t want to.”
Seeing her son unable to eat in the past two days, looking like he was going to die on the boat every day, Wu Yue was so scared that she lost five or six pounds.
Ginger honey water, black plum soup and hot tea were served. Bean paste rolls, pineapple cakes, date cakes and pea yellow were placed on the table in turn. When Zhou Yunshu ordered, she saw that there were also winter dates and tangerines, so she also ordered two plates of each.
The children sat together on the innermost side of the two tables, with Zhou Yunshu and Li Jialan sitting against the wall.
Originally, the space for two tables was not enough, but it happened that when the pastries were served, two tables diagonally opposite became vacant, and Shopkeeper Liang, his family, Yan Shilei and others happened to sit down.
Zhou Yunshu's table was by the window. The two tables next to them were businessmen who had just gotten off the passenger ship to rest like them, and there was another table that looked like local female relatives in Jiangzhong.
When she first got off the boat, Zhou Yunshu discovered that there were many female dependents shopping and doing business on this side of the river. They were carefree, and people around them were used to it.
On the contrary, those who wore curtains and hats looked like they had just come from other places, but they were not conspicuous.
Everyone can be seen at the dock, and Zhou Yunshu even saw the familiar exchanges between the blond foreigners and the locals in Jiangzhong.
"I heard that the third daughter of the second wife of the He family competed in a martial arts competition to find a bride. Is it true?"
Among the gossips, Zhou Yunshu accurately captured this voice while drinking plum soup.
"Of course it's true. The He family will start the primary election tomorrow, and now the stage for the competition has been set up in the square in front of Yong'anfang."
"Damn it, let's not talk about how the third daughter of the second wife of the He family looks like, but if she becomes the son-in-law of the He family, she can go anywhere in Haizhou!"
The Miss He family's martial arts competition to recruit a bride quickly attracted the attention of everyone present, so that everyone who was originally chatting about other things stopped talking and looked at the three people who were gossiping about the martial arts competition to recruit a bride.
The guests next to me who had also heard about this incident also joined in the lively chat.
"The He family has five rooms in total. The second room doesn't have much say in the He family."
"Yes, who doesn't know that the eldest son of the He family, He Niazhang, is the one who calls the shots now, and the other four families follow the eldest son's lead."
"It's up to the eldest young master to make the decision. Since it's a martial arts competition to find a bride, whoever's fists are stronger must be able to win the beauty. Maybe the He family's quick son-in-law who can ride a dragon is me!"
That person also had the guts to say that.
He was eight feet tall and had a muscular body, but the beard on his face and the greasy elbows on his hands made him look uncomfortable.
"Have your spring and autumn dreams!"
The female family member sitting at the table next to Zhou Yunshu and the others immediately slapped the table and stood up, "If you don't even look in the mirror, you're a village guy like you, and you can't even pass the first level!"
The man who was scolded was originally very angry, but after seeing that the scolding was a pretty good-looking little lady, he looked at her with a pair of piercing tiger eyes, bit her elbow hard, and then used oil on her. He turned to the young lady with his mouth and said: "It's not because you have a crush on me that you don't want me to compete in martial arts to find a bride!"
"What the hell!" The little lady was so irritated by the man that she grabbed the teapot on the table and threw it at the man.
The man was hit on the head unprepared, and he became furious for a moment, "Fuck this little bitch, you're so shameless!"
"I'll give you face by riding on my horse!" The little lady drew out the sword from her waist and rushed forward.
It was originally a fight between a man and a woman, but dishes and dishes flew around and hit the fish. When a man grabbed a stool and threw it in the direction of the young lady, the young lady bent down to avoid it, and the stool hit Zhou Yunshu who was behind her. and Li Jialan.
Li Jialan subconsciously protected Zhou Yunshu in her arms, but Chunque kicked the stool away before it hit him. It happened to hit the big man who was throwing it, knocking him to the ground.
The little lady who had just escaped the attack raised her lips when she saw this. She raised the sword in her hand and was about to stab the man on the ground when Wu Gui clamped her arms and shoulders and pressed her against the column next to her.
"stop."
"Let go!" The little lady struggled, "You dare to be rude to me, do you know who I am!"
"I don't care who you are!" The big man on the ground also lifted up his stool and stood up with his brow furrowed in pain, "You are in the same group!"
Chunque stood in front of Zhou Yunshu and Li Jialan, looked at the big man who was looking at her gloomily, and stepped down on the thick wooden stool in front of him. The wooden stool fell apart in full view of everyone.
The originally noisy lobby was instantly silenced by Chunque's move, and the big man was so frightened by Chunque's strength that he swallowed his saliva.
Wu Gui let go of the little lady in his hand and said coldly: "If you want to fight her, don't hurt the innocent."
Chunque turned around after Wu Gui finished speaking, "Master, are you okay?"
Zhou Yunshu looked at her hand that was tightly held by Li Jialan, and then looked at Xixi and the others sitting inside her.
Yuan Ruo was so frightened that he shrank into An Sheng's arms. Yuan Li grabbed Yuan Yi. Yuan Yi still held a piece of pea yellow in his hand, and Xixi sat between them. From the beginning to the end of the fight, the melon seeds in his hand were It has never been interrupted.
Xixi saw her mother looking at her and giving Zhou Yunshu a big smile.
"It's okay."
Zhou Yunshu sometimes looks at her fearless daughter and wonders whether she is too young so a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, or whether she is not afraid in the first place.
"Erlang, the carriage has been found."
Yan Shilei and his party didn't know when they came to Zhou Yunshu's side. They looked warily at the few people on the other side who had temporarily stopped fighting and said to Wu Gui.
Wu Gui nodded, looked at the mess in front of him, and said to Zhou Yunshu behind him: "Madam, let's go."
"good."
As soon as Zhou Yunshu stood up, the young lady who had been pressed against the pillar by Wu Gui brandished her sword and stopped them in front of Wu Gui.
"Don't leave!"
