GBP Chapter 454: A family travels by boat
Chapter 454: A family travels by boat
Finally, the family agreed to start a business of making study tools, so that they would be familiar with the products and the arrangement would be smooth. After the discussion, they sent a letter to Zhuangzi Da'anzhuang in the capital, asking them to build a workshop first.
On the day they left, the weather was sunny, with blue sky and white clouds, and the temperature was neither too hot nor too cold, just right for traveling. The servants drove the carriage to the pier, where the ship had already docked.
Everyone carried their luggage and boxes onto the boat, and after they were properly placed, they waved goodbye to the people who saw them off. They stood on the deck, waiting for the boat to depart. Su He went to find the boat owner, paid the remaining fare, and prepared to ask the boatman to boil some hot water for them so that they could sit down and drink tea.
Once the boat was moving steadily, they could take out the folding table and drink tea and chat on the deck outside their sleeping room, or try fishing.
Su He thought that since she was out, it would be a good idea to treat it as a trip. With her family's current conditions, she didn't have to travel on a budget and could walk comfortably to the capital. She brought everything she could think of so that she wouldn't feel lonely on the journey.
Yingying and Qingming were so happy. They were going to the capital, a place many people yearned for. They heard that the emperor lived there, a place that ordinary people like them could not even dream of. So they followed their master there.
The young lady said that they were going to buy a house and open a shop there, so that would be their home. They were so lucky to have homes in the border town, the prefectural city, and the capital. They would be wherever the young lady was. But before they could be happy for long, they started to feel seasick.
Just now, with the sound of a horn, the big boat was pushed away from the dock by the huge oars, and the boat was rowed into the middle of the river. The bow gradually straightened and began to move eastward little by little in the direction of the river.
The boat drifted gently with the water, and it was this swaying feeling that made Yingying and Qingming feel a little seasick. Fortunately, Su He prepared motion sickness medicine in advance. She made the pills directly and asked the two of them to take them quickly.
She went to check on the others and gave them the medicine. The masters did not get seasick because they walked a lot. Su Pei and the two servants Zhile and Zhili were a little seasick, and Su Heniang also felt a little dizzy and quickly took the pills.
In the afternoon, they took a nap, and in the evening, they were free. They all came out to sit and look at the beautiful scenery along the way. There were steep peaks on both sides of the river, and the cliffs were covered with lush vegetation and wild flowers.
There are often small boats rowing in the river, and fishermen casting nets to catch fish. The sunset glows there, creating a beautiful picture.
There were often people singing folk songs on the shore, and the melodious and loud singing drifted in the valley and on the river. Su He wanted to shout a few words, but she was a lady and couldn't do anything rash at this time.
She could only lie on the side of the boat and enjoy the people singing freely. Sometimes birds would fly over their boat, envying the freedom of others.
Yingying was yelling beside Su He, "Miss, look there, Miss, look quickly, what is that?"
"Miss, look at what kind of fish that is, why is it so big."
Qingming smiled and looked at Yingying with envy. She liked Yingying's personality, carefree and heartless. This was a child who was loved by her parents!
Although Yingying followed the young lady, her parents often sent letters to inquire about their daughter. Yingying also often sent gifts and money home, and they cared about each other.
Unlike her, who was all alone, her parents would never see her again, and she had no relatives in this world who cared about her. Fortunately, she was taken in by the young lady, and it would be nice to follow her in the future, and she would have Yingying to accompany her.
Qingming knew that she couldn't learn to be like Yingying, so she just had to do her best. The young lady never said anything to them, but always told them to find work for themselves, read more books, and learn more skills.