She Rebuilt Her Fallen Country With Storage Space-Chapter 63 - Board the Ship Drink Fish Soup
Chapter 63: Chapter 63: Board the Ship, Drink Fish Soup!
Chapter 63 -63: Board the Ship, Drink Fish Soup!
The room was somewhat cramped with six people staying, with only two beds available.
Xiang Ying then took out many soft mattresses from her space, pretending they were given by Jie Chen, for Tao Xue and the others to lay on the floor.
Qi Fengyi volunteered to sleep by the door.
Tao Xue and Lin Lingxiang insisted on sleeping on the floor, letting Xiang Ying and the three children take the beds.
Xiang Ying couldn’t persuade them otherwise, so she agreed and added, “Since that’s settled, I’ll cover all your food on the boat these days.”
The boat was sailing on the river, and she could finally naturally bring out plenty of fish and shrimp!
Soon, the boat set sail, and the soldiers would check every half an hour by opening the door.
There were guards at the bow, the middle, and the stern of the boat to prevent anyone from jumping into the river and escaping.
However, the dangerous river had many unpredictable currents and was perilous.
Not long after setting sail, Xiang Ying felt intense shaking.
The children found it exciting and were not afraid, while Tao Xue felt seasick, lying pale and woozy on the floor.
Xiang Ying took out two plums from her space and had Tao Xue suck on them, which made her feel much better.
“You all wait here for me, I’m going to catch some fish.”
Xiang Ying drilled two holes in an iron pot, tied it with straw rope, and carried it out of the room.
From afar, she again heard Liu Taipin’s cries along with the irritable voice of Scar Face, getting closer and closer.
“Can’t you leave me alone? Go back to your cabin and sleep quickly!”
Scar Face walked ahead, with Liu Taipin closely following.
She kept mumbling, “Doudou, there’s so much water around, Mother is afraid you might get lost, don’t walk so fast, Mother can’t keep up.”
Suddenly, a splash of river wave came over, the boat slightly tilted, and Liu Taipin stumbled, nearly falling.
Scar Face turned back in time, holding her.
Liu Taipin was frightened, still asking, “Doudou, are you hurt? Come back with Mother, it’s too dangerous outside!”
Scar Face felt helpless. He had been fierce before, but this old lady just clung to him.
He regretted agreeing to help Xiang Ying!
“I’ve told you countless times, I need to patrol, stop following me.”
He found Liu Taipin wouldn’t leave and couldn’t really just abandon her.
So, Scar Face could only tie her wrists with straw rope and pull her along.
They hadn’t walked far when he saw Xiang Ying standing not far ahead, smiling at him.
Despite the rocking boat, she stood firm, and under the moonlight, her black hair appeared light and fluttering with the wind.
Scar Face cleared his throat and walked up to her seriously, “Since you are here, take Taipin away.”
Xiang Ying shook her head: “That won’t do; she won’t go with me.”
She looked at Liu Taipin, her voice raising slightly: “Taipin, do you want Doudou, or me?”
Liu Taipin quickly embraced Scar Face’s arm from behind: “I want Doudou, he is my son.”
Scar Face’s face grew dark.
Xiang Ying laughed, “See, there’s no way, you’ll just have to take her then, consider it a good deed.”
After speaking, she lifted the rope hanging by the railing, and the round iron pot emerged from the water.
Inside the small pot, there were actually several plump fish.
Scar Face widened his eyes: “You’re fishing?”
And caught four so easily?
Xiang Ying generously threw one to him.
The lively fish flipped and flapped its tail, slapping against his jaw.
Xiang Ying holding the iron pot said, “That one’s for you, can make a fish soup, don’t forget to share some with your mother.”
She turned and left after speaking.
Scar face raised his voice in retort, “She is not my mother!”
Before he could finish, Liu Taipin’s skinny, aged hand stretched out and wiped the river water from his face.
“Doudou, your clothes are wet, change into another set, otherwise you might get sick.”
Clutching a fish, Scar face endured Liu Taipin’s nagging and left with heavy, annoyed footsteps.
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Xiang Ying set up a stove in the cabin.
Below was the wood-burning stove, with her iron pot on top.
She put the prepared river fish into the pot, added shredded green onions and ginger, and simmered it into a thick white fish soup.
Then she added some leftover wood ear mushrooms and crispy bamboo shoots, and a handful of freshly kneaded noodles.
The fragrant aroma filled the air, Tao Xue and the others sat around the pot in a circle, each holding a bowl, slurping the noodles.
Xiang Ying said to Lin Lingxiang, “I just left half a pot, take it while it’s hot and serve some to my brother and your grandfather.”
Lin Lingxiang thanked her repeatedly, and simply lifted her bowl, saying to Xiang Ying, “Elder Princess, since the day of our exile, you have taken good care of our family.”
“I may not have any other strengths, but I will surely serve Crown Prince and you with even more dedication in the future, and with this soup in place of wine, I toast to the Elder Princess.”
As she spoke, she finished the tender fish soup, her cheeks flushing red.
Xiang Ying laughed, “Using soup to replace wine, that’s a first for me. Let us all raise our bowls and toast together.”
“Not for any other reason, but to celebrate that we can see the sun every day, how splendid our days are!”
At her call, Tao Xue and the others hurriedly lifted their soup bowls.
Xiang Xiuxiu, with her babyish voice, exclaimed, “Cheers~”
Everyone burst into laughter.
The three children, chubby and rosy, had bright, shiny lips from eating.
At that moment, there was movement at the door, and someone peeked inside.
“Big sister, can I come in? It smells so good, are you drinking fish soup?” It turned out to be the Seventh Princess, followed by Yu Pin.
Xiang Ying was generous and gestured them to come in.
Tao Xue graciously shared two bowls with them.
The Seventh Princess and Yu Pin sat down on the ground, their eyes sparkling as they smelled the delicious fish soup.
Yu Pin sighed, “It’s better here with the Elder Princess, peaceful, and you even have soup. The compartment we were staying in was simply unbearable.”
“Why is that?” Tao Xue asked curiously.
The Seventh Princess wiped the corner of her mouth, and somewhat complained, “We were unlucky, the Military Supervisor assigned us to the same room as Empress Dowager Shangguan.”
“Big sister, you know her harsh nature. She and Xiang Qianqian wanted to treat us like servant girls.”
“But it’s also karma, as soon as the ship set sail, they started getting terribly seasick, vomiting all over the cabin, and because of the foul smell, we just had to leave.”
Xiang Ying nodded, “If you can’t stand it, can’t you just ask the Military Supervisor to change the room?”
Yu Pin smiled awkwardly, “Maybe it’s better not to trouble the Military Supervisor.”
Xiang Ying didn’t know that besides her, everyone else was terrified of Jie Chen and would not dare to make such presumptuous requests.
By the second night watch, Xiang Ying and the children had all gone to sleep.
The entire ship sailed on the river waves, accompanied only by the sounds of splashing water.
The convicts gradually got accustomed to being on the ship, and slept more soundly than any previous night.
Jie Chen was patrolling alone, and as he reached the middle of the ship, he saw a figure darting out from a nearby cabin, crashing directly into him.
Jie Chen hastily stepped back.
But he saw that the person was barely dressed, the thin skirt faintly revealing an elegant silhouette.
Xiang Qianqian appeared before Jie Chen like this, she directly leaned over the railing and vomited, looking quite uncomfortable.
It wasn’t until she heard no response from Jie Chen that she timidly raised her eyes, her clothes conveniently slipping, revealing her snowy shoulders.
Xiang Qianqian was full of panic, “Jie Jianjun, I, I didn’t crash into you, did I?”
