Traveling through ancient times: daily life on the run

Chapter 159 Taking Advantage of the Fire Again

A Tian led a group of yamen runners to guard the dock all night, but no ship arrived at the dock.

But Miss Bai was very sure that a boat would come, so she would wait a little longer.

Early the next morning, Qin Bingrui and his two companions drove a carriage out of the city to Pingshan Wharf.

Not far from the city gate, the sharp-eared Luo Yu heard a childish voice coming from behind the carriage.

"Sister, sister, wait..."

Luo Yu lifted the curtain and asked Murong, who was riding a horse, "Is someone chasing the carriage?"

Murong glanced back and nodded, "Those two little brats yesterday ran pretty fast."

Qin Bingrui stopped the carriage, jumped out and looked at the little girl who was stumbling towards him. The little girl was not as fast as her brother, and she fell while running, which was heartbreaking to see.

"Hey, little brat, run slower, I'm waiting for you!"

Luo Yu immediately got off the carriage and saw Mei Zhengyan stop running and wait for his sister Mei Yaoer to catch up.

Mei Yaoer finally caught up with her brother, holding his little hand and laughing, her dark little face turned into a black plum blossom.

Luo Yu felt a little upset. She had walked hand in hand with Qin Bingrui all the way here before. Later, he grew up to be tall and could lift her up with both hands. He said that he would always protect his sister.

Murong then dismounted.

Mei Zhengyan pulled his sister in front of the three of them.

"Sister, brother, thank you for giving me and my sister steamed buns yesterday. Let me and my sister help you with the work today!"

Luo Yu was secretly shocked. She thought the two children were chasing them for steamed buns. After all, such young children cannot stand hunger, so it is understandable that they have some little thoughts.

But I never expected that the two children were taught so well by their deceased parents.

Qin Bingrui wiped his tears with his sleeve, saying, "When I get older, it's easy for sand to get into my eyes."

Luo Yu handed him a handkerchief and asked the two children with a smile: "What kind of work can you do? I will ask you to help me with the work later."

"I can fetch water from the well, wash clothes, and make fire and cook." Mei Zhengyan said seriously.

Mei Yaoer was not to be outdone: "I can sweep the floor, I can light a fire, I can plant vegetables and water them! I don't have enough strength to wash clothes or cook now, but when I grow up I will be as capable as my brother."

Luo Yu nodded with great satisfaction.

He said to Qin Bingrui: "I'll ask them to help you wash the stinky clothes you've accumulated."

"Sister, do you really want to hire children to work?"

Murong saw Luo Yu looking at him and waved his hands repeatedly: "I don't need it, I can clean it myself."

These two grown men were not diligent enough in changing their clothes. Luo Yu could hardly stand the smell in the carriage.

I have to find some time to clean the blankets in the carriage.

Mei Zhengyan and Mei Yaoer were overjoyed to see their sister was willing to keep them to work. They grabbed each other's hands and were about to run back. Luo Yu was puzzled. Why did they turn around and run back?

"Sister, you must be busy. My sister and I will be waiting for you outside the city gate."

Qin Bingrui felt a lump in his throat, and he took out half a box of leftover cakes from the carriage and let the two children eat it secretly.

Mei Zhengyan wanted to refuse, but the drool from the corners of his mouth was almost soaking the floor, and he couldn't hide it at all...

Mei Yaoer's eyes almost popped out. She hadn't seen what pastries looked like for a long time.

Qin Bingrui patted the two little guys on the head.

"Eat quickly. Only when you are full will you have the energy to wait for us to come back."

It seemed to make sense. Mei Zhengyan took out a piece of cake, put it in his sister's hand, and asked her to eat slowly so as not to choke.

Luo Yu took out a leather water bag and handed it to them, whispering softly, "You should boil the water and wait until it cools down before drinking it, so that you won't get sick."

Mei Zhengyan raised his head, blinked, and looked at Luo Yu, nodding: "Yes, this is what my father taught us when he was alive. He was a barefoot doctor, and he used this method to prevent the spread of dysentery."

"Well, your father is very great, but it's not enough for us to know it ourselves. If you and your sister are free, you have to tell the other uncles, aunts, and other people who were affected by the disaster, okay?"

"Well, I will."

Mei Zhengyan discovered that his sister and father said exactly the same thing. He didn't understand this truth before, but now he seemed to understand it a little.

The strange sister has helped them now, so they also want to help others.

Murong looked at Luo Yu's profile with a smile. If he had thought she was cunning and ruthless before, now he felt that her cunningness added a bit of loveliness.

The warmth she gives people is like the gentle rain that moistens everything silently.

Qin Bingrui touched Mr. Murong's shoulder and said with a wicked smile: "Do you think my sister is very kind when she is nice to people, but very cruel when she should be?"

Murong smiled and nodded, and accidentally saw Luo Yu raise his eyes and look at the two of them, and immediately returned to his serious expression.

"Let's go, why are you standing there like an idiot?"

Qin Bingrui whispered in Murong's ear: "But she is really sincere to her own people. You have to work hard."

Although Murong was speechless, he couldn't do it no matter how hard he tried!

When we arrived at the dock, we saw dense crowds of people crowded on the spacious flat ground. When we saw a carriage coming, there was another surge of people.

Qin Bingrui took out a handmade crossbow and pointed it at the crowd, shouting, "Quickly, make way for me. If anyone doesn't, I'll blow their head off right now."

Luo Yu and Master Murong: "..."

When the young yamen runner A Tian saw the three nobles coming, he immediately called on several yamen runners to drive the victims to both sides.

After finally clearing a path, Qin Bingrui shouted at the dense crowd, "Do you guys want to survive? If you do, then follow us and we'll make a big buck."

The victims didn't dare to speak, they just looked at each other.

After a while, a young and weak man asked, "What do you want us to do?"

"If I'm not mistaken, a large ship will arrive at the dock today, and we're going to rob it."

The young victim's eyes lit up: "Is there a lot of cargo and food on this ship?"

Qin Bingrui chuckled and said, "Of course not. There are probably more than forty or fifty royal guards up there."

"Wouldn't that kill us? If we hijacked the government ship, we would definitely be slaughtered on the spot."

"Everyone, listen to me. Those of you who are still able to move, the younger ones, if you don't have weapons, we'll just use clubs. Don't do anything serious. Just hijack the ship. Don't touch the royal guards, okay? It's best to wait until the guards have disembarked before you try to rush aboard. By the way, does anyone know how to steer a boat?"

"I do. I used to have a fairly large fishing boat, but a huge flood washed it away."

An older man raised his hand to recommend himself, and two others followed suit.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the ship robbery must have been approved by the county magistrate, so these three nobles must have come to help them.

Qin Bingrui gave some more instructions, asking the elderly women and men and children to hug the thighs of the guards, and not to steal their things, but only to hug their thighs and ask them to reward them with food.

Act as pitiful as you can...

Although everyone didn't understand, in order to avoid being shot in the head by the scarred old man with a crossbow, everyone nodded to show that they understood.

At this time, a yamen runner almost jumped up in excitement and shouted: "There is a large ship on the river a hundred feet away, and it seems to be approaching the shore. There really is a ship."

Qin Bingrui curled his lips and said, "Okay, everyone take your seats."

There were thousands of people crowded together at the dock. Except for those who were in poor health and dying and were evacuated to the very edge, the rest of the people were tense and ready to move.

It’s a dead end whether you grab it or not, so why not give it a try?