The three sides of the northwest and Datong, Xuanfu and other places are turbulent, and the battle situation may change at any time, and the whole capital is paying attention. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Since the martial law was imposed in Beijing, the common people knew that the war in the northwest was not as smooth as the imperial court advertised, but due to the limited information received, they did not know what the situation in the northwest was now.

At this time, on the Grand Canal, the Shen family was on their way back to Beijing.

The Shen family's team going north was very large, chartering four boats, plus the brothers of the Carriage and Horse Gang and the men and horses sent by Yu Niang to escort them, there were seventy or eighty people on board.

As Shen Xi's wife and the mother of the family, Xie Yun'er was responsible for managing the family's eating, drinking, and Lazar on the way north, and for her, she felt exhausted.

She has been separated from her husband for more than half a year, and occasionally her son is sick, or her sisters are infected with wind and cold because of the discomfort on the way, or seasickness, she takes care of it, but the most headache for her is the sister-in-law Shen Yier and brother-in-law Shen Yun who went to Beijing together.

Shen Mingjun and his wife were still in Ninghua County and did not go north with the team.

The two left their children by Shen Xi's side, saying that it was for Shen Yier and Shen Yun to get a better education, but in Xie Yun'er's opinion, it was her mother-in-law who embarrassed herself, knowing that she had to take care of her son, and there was also a pregnant Xie Hengnu and a few ignorant sisters by her side, but they still stuffed Shen Yier and Shen Yun to her, so that she could not live in peace all the way.

"Sister, I'm a little hungry and want to eat something sour, is that okay?"

On this day, the fleet entered the territory of Shandong, seeing that the Beijing division was in sight, Xie Yun'er thought that she would be able to reunite with her husband soon, and the depression in her heart was finally relieved, but when faced with Xie Hengnu's pitiful request, she was a little difficult.

Xie Hengnu is delicate and expensive, she has always been regarded as the pearl of the palm in Xie Mansion, she has never suffered hardship, after marrying Shen Xi, she is very sensible, obedient and well-behaved, never specialized, but only more than a year after passing the door has been pregnant with Liujia, and it coincides with Shen Xi's return to Beijing, the mountains and rivers are far away and the road is hard, Xie Hengnu is the most offended one along the way.

Xie Hengnu is very sensible, he has never caused trouble for the team along the way, this girl is self-disciplined and self-reliant, even if Shen Xi is not by her side, she would rather hide and cry secretly at night than affect the mood of others. When she came out of the cabin the next day, she was still smiling and playing with Yin Wen and Lu Xi'er, which made Xie Yun'er feel very difficult.

Xie Yuner even felt that she, a sister with the same surname, was more suitable to be a big woman, because Xie Yuner had the unique strength and tolerance of a girl from a large family.

In the past few days, Xie Hengnu has a bad appetite, because he has been seasick for a long time, almost how much he eats and how much he vomits, although he has passed the pregnancy reaction period, but seeing the good sisters working so hard, Xie Yun'er couldn't help but feel distressed.

Xie Yun'er thought to herself: "If Xianggong is here, I don't know how much it will hurt Jun'er!" Jun'er is so sensible, no wonder Xianggong holds her in the palm of his hand. ”

"Jun'er, let's do it, when we get to the shore in the afternoon, I'll ask people to go to the shore to see if there is a market, and then I will buy you some sour things and come back."

"You have to take care of your body, even if you have a bad appetite, eat more, even if it's just for the baby in your belly." Xie Yun'er took Xie Hengnu's hand and spoke in a gentle tone.

Xie Hengnu nodded and said, "Well, I know, I haven't seen Brother Seven for a long time, I don't know how Brother Seven is?" ”

Xie Yun'er was distressed: "Xianggong is fine, no news is good news at this time, we can reunite with Xianggong when we return to the capital." You eat first, or go play cards with Xi'er and Xiaowen, so that you can have more fun......"

"Sister Yun'er, I'm not energetic, I don't know what happened these days, listless, and sleepy all the time. Sister, the flesh and blood in my womb won't have an accident, right? ”

Xie Hengnu asked nervously.

"Silly girl, this kind of thing will happen to you as a woman, we are better at sailing, if it is driving, the road is more bumpy, and it is more difficult for you. You rest first, I'll tell someone to prepare, and when I get ashore, I'll buy you some appetizing bits and pieces!" ”

Xie Yun'er touched Xie Hengnu's head and said with pity.

Xie Yun'er left the cabin, hurriedly went to find Xiaoyu, asked Xiaoyu to explain to Ma Jiu, and asked Ma Jiu to go to the shore to buy some sour food after docking: "...... If you have candied fruits, peanuts, melon seeds, etc., buy some by the way, this is silver tael, Xiaoyu, you have worked hard. ”

Xiaoyu said: "Madam, let the slave go, Brother Jiu is rude, I'm afraid he won't choose well." ”

"It's too chaotic on the shore, it's better to let a man go, you explain carefully, or you can write a note, but it's better not to get off the boat, this northern boundary is not very peaceful!" Xie Yun'er cares about the female dependents around her, even if Xiaoyu is just a slave, she treats her as her own family.

"Yes, ma'am. The slave remembered. ”

Xiao Yu didn't go to Ma Jiu right away, because on the four boats, the official boat near the middle was basically all female dependents, except for the boatman, men would not easily set foot in officialdom, and they needed to dock before Xiao Yu could obey orders.

As soon as Xie Yun'er explained the matter and was about to return to the cabin, she heard the sound of "bang bang bang" boots stepping on the board, and then "clucking" like the sound of a little hen calling. Xie Yun'er frowned slightly, needless to say, she knew that it was Shen Yun and Shen Yi'er playing in the cabin.

"Sister-in-law, look, I caught a fish!"

Shen Yi'er ran to Xie Yun'er's side with a smoke, and almost knocked Xie Yun'er down with so much strength that Xie Yun'er leaned on the bulkhead to stand still, looked at the past, and sure enough, she saw Shen Yi'er holding a fish in her hand, the fish is not small, if you want to say that this is a little girl who is only seven years old and caught it by her hands, she doesn't believe it.

Xie Yun'er asked, "Where did it come from?" ”

"I caught it, hey, awesome, right? Let's use this boiled fish soup to drink, okay? Shen Yi'er looked like a ghost elf, holding a big fish struggling freely, without fear at all, it stands to reason that such a big girl hates this kind of moving, slippery and greasy thing the most.

Shen Yun next to him was still shaking his head and helping: "My sister caught a big fish, it's amazing." ”

Maybe he has been "educated" by Shen Yier, Shen Yun has been "sycophant" since he was a child, and the object is not Shen Mingjun and his wife, nor Shen Xi and Xie Yuner, just for Shen Yier alone, he has to say good things about his sister wherever he goes, because he found that only by making his sister happy, he will not suffer and not be bullied by his sister.

At this moment, there was a boatman outside the cabin shouting in a thick Wu Nong soft voice: "Which, the fish that just caught it is gone in a blink of an eye?" ”

Shen Yi'er couldn't understand the Jiangnan accent of "gurgling", and thought that no one knew about stealing fish, but Xie Yun'er's face was a little unsightly.

She wanted to use her sister-in-law's majesty to teach her sister-in-law a lesson, but thinking of what Shen Yi'er did on weekdays, as well as her father-in-law Shen Xi's heartfelt love for her sister, she had no confidence.

Xie Yun'er thought to herself: "Sister Jun'er is not feeling well, maybe you can change her taste, put more sweet and sour when cooking fish soup, maybe you can eat more." ”

"Got it, take the fish and give it to your sister Xiaoyu, and when you dock in the afternoon, I will cook soup for you to eat!" Xie Yun'er said.

Shen Yi'er listened to it for a while: "Oh, there is fish soup to eat, I like to eat fish soup the most, little brother, you are not allowed to grab fish eyes from me, you know?" Sister, I want to be deaf and clear-sighted, and I will be the champion like my eldest brother in the future, if you rob me, I will leave you to go down to the river to feed the fish! ”

These words came out of the mouth of a seven-year-old girl, and Xie Yun'er couldn't help but feel a chill...... This little girl has been able to talk since she was two or three years old, she is a troublemaker that no one can control, other little girls are still crying when they are six or seven years old, but Shen Yier is happy every day, as if her mother is not around, she is more comfortable and happy.

On the contrary, Shen Yun cried for his father and mother at night, and then he could hear Shen Yier laughing at his younger brother next to him.

The backbone of the family, Shen Xi, was not there, and the boat was lifeless, but because of Shen Yier's existence, it added a bit of vitality to this family, Shen Yier was a naturally likable little girl, even if she was naughty, but after all, she was Miss Shen's family, Shen Xi's sister of the same father and mother, no one dared to offend.

Even Xie Yun'er, the sister-in-law, is obedient to the little girl, takes good care of her, never scolds, and can't bear to say anything serious.

Shen Yi'er left happily with the big fish, but Xie Yun'er wanted to wipe her buttocks, and handed over the money for "buying fish" to the boatman, as if the fish was bought by herself, and made up for Xie Hengnu's body.

The official ship has the background of the official prefix, but when the boatman knew that the fish he caught was taken away by Lord Shen's sister, even if he cried and scolded his mother before, he lost his temper at this time, and he didn't dare to accept the silver, and in the end, Xie Yun'er insisted, and the boatman sold the fish at the big market price.

"Oh, it's on fire, it's on fire!"

Just as Xie Yun'er was about to go back to the cabin to rest and talk to Lin Dai by the way, she heard Shen Yi'er's cheering voice coming from the bow of the boat.

Xie Yun'er felt that her head was big, so dignified, how could she catch fire? Forget about the fire, why is your sister-in-law so happy?

When Xie Yun'er arrived at the bow of the boat, she looked in the direction of Shen Yi'er's view, only to know that it was the shore that was on fire, and the smoke was everywhere, but it was not the wasteland by the canal that was on fire.

In order to facilitate the transportation of money and grain, the Ming Dynasty set up a lot of granaries along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which are called water secondary warehouses, so that the transportation and storage of grain will be guaranteed.

When Shen Xi went south, he told Xie Yun'er that the fire level of these water warehouses was very high, and the imperial court strictly prevented the grain from catching fire due to mold and accumulation caused by excessive temperature, and Shen Xi also mentioned a "common sense" to Xie Yun'er at that time:

But where the granary fires, nine times out of ten are man-made, mostly in wartime requisition of grain and grass or when the grain patrol officer inspects the granaries everywhere, because the Ming Dynasty's water warehouse ten warehouses and nine losses, the grain deficit is serious, in the wartime grain transfer, or inspection, in order to avoid revealing the stuffing, the yamen in charge of the water warehouse can only use the way of arson to avoid disaster.

As the saying goes, the lesser of two evils, both left and right will be unlucky, it is better to choose the one with light responsibility to bear.

"Sister-in-law, what is that? Like a tent, why is it on fire? Shen Yi'er pointed to the water in the distance and asked.

Xie Yun'er frowned: "That's the granary, that is, the place where the grain is stored." If the granary catches fire, it may ...... There is fighting. ”

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