Update time 2014-12-14 18:41:36 Word count: 3805
A month has passed, Quanzhou has entered summer, and the weather is getting hotter.
On this day, Ling Qingyu didn't go to the shipyard, but sat on the stone pier under the tree, studying the product catalog brought back by Zheng Xi.
These days, Ling Qingyu went to the shipyard every now and then to see Wu Da and the others repair the ship, and at the same time discussed some details with Wu Da, and asked Zheng Xi to contact the merchant in Quanzhou to find the goods to bring on board.
As expected, Lu Yao's body recovered quickly. Ten days later, he started to work actively. Ling Qingyu didn't let him and Ye Shiyi go out, but he did all the chopping and cleaning at home, including cooking. Although the taste is really bad.
"Well, Lu Yao, didn't Zheng Xi come back with the salt?" Ling Qingyu looked at the bill with one hand, and picked up the dishes with chopsticks in the other.
Didn't you say yesterday that you need money to buy salt, and you think I put too much salt? Lu Yao glared at Ling Qingyu, but didn't reply, and went to fetch water to wash the yard. The weather is already very hot, and not long after the water is poured, heat will come out again.
Ling Qingyu just said casually, in her previous life, she learned a lot of things but was not good at them. The only thing that was disliked by everyone from the very beginning was cooking. She could cook porridge into crispy rice and stir-fry vegetables into pulp. Mushy, the outside of the fish is burnt black but the inside is raw. After she was praised politely in front of her parents, classmates, boyfriend, and husband, she gave up cooking completely.
So although she has a gourmet stomach and knows how to cook food, but when she has no choice, as long as someone cooks for her, she is still very grateful, because no matter what, they can cook better than her.
Compared with Lu Yao, Ye Shiyi is living a very comfortable life these days. Although Ling Qingyu didn't let him go out, he didn't care about what he did. He bought some books and the Four Treasures of the Study for him, and bought a wooden barrel for him to practice holding his breath. After returning from the shipyard, he helped Lu Yao change the medicine and cook it well After the medicine, he would also tell him some stories that he had never heard before. Ling Qingyu never asked him who he was or who his enemy was, but when he had nightmares at night, he would hug him to sleep. Discuss with him how to treat the enemy if revenge is possible, such as digging a big hole for the enemy to jump into, or letting him run naked on the street, etc. Things that ordinary daughters would not think about.
Of course, Ye Shiyi believed that Ling Qingyu was definitely not an ordinary girl, otherwise, that girl would have blushed like a hard-boiled egg in Lu Yao, and she was still taking off Lu Yao's clothes and applying medicine on her body. Ye Shiyi also asked Zheng Xi under the direction of Lu Yao's eyes. Zheng Xi said: "What can I do? I have something to do and I am exhausted every day. Can you help him change it? Let's talk about it." , Didn't you say the other day that you want this kid to be my daughter's son-in-law? He's already a son-in-law, so what do you care so much about?"
In fact, Ye Shiyi didn't really understand the meaning of the son-in-law. He said that at the beginning because he mentioned it when he heard people's gossip. He thought that if he took off his clothes, he would be the son-in-law. Then Ling Qingyu would help him take a bath every day, take him to sleep, and take off his clothes. So, is he also a son-in-law? It's just that he was smart enough not to tell anyone what he thought.
Ling Qingyu didn't care at all, Zheng Xi was too lazy to care, Ye Shishi didn't know how to care, so Lu Yao, the only one who cared very much, was a tragedy. For some days, as long as he heard Ling Qingyu's voice, he was afraid that this bold woman would not be satisfied with just helping herself undress, but would end up eating and wiping herself off. After he had been worried for several days, he finally realized that she really didn't care about this woman, and she really didn't regard herself as a woman.
"Sister, when can we get on the boat?" Ye Shixi asked after putting away the finished dishes.
"Well, it will take a few days." Ling Qingyu turned over a page of the inventory, and wrote down the goods and quantities to be bought on the paper, and said, "I want you to practice holding your breath, have you done it?"
"I have practiced, and now I can close for a long time." Ye Shixi said happily. He came from the north and knew nothing about water. After Ling Qingyu knew that they were both landlubbers, he was about to give up taking them on board. In the end, Zheng One sentence from Xi changed her mind. Zheng Xi said: "On a ship at sea, it doesn't matter whether you know water or not. If you fall into the sea, you will die."
Ling Qingyu smiled and touched Ye Shishi's head as a reward. Then sort out the list in hand, remove three thousand taels for ship repairs, two thousand taels for sea permits, and bring some sundries and sailor's expenses, then the rest is only four thousand taels to buy goods. They only picked the cheapest porcelain, but they still couldn't fill a whole boat. It seemed that they wanted to rent out some warehouses as Zheng Xi said.
Seeing that Ling Qingyu began to write and draw again in characters he could not understand, Lu Yao beckoned Ye Shishi over, carried him into the room, and began to teach him exercises.
Ling Qingyu glanced at Lu Yao and quietly led him to the door. After Lu Yao got better, he began to secretly teach Ye Eleven something. Ling Qingyu himself estimated that it should be martial arts. It would be a lie to say that he was not curious, but he just saw Lu Yao's taboo. Ling Qingyu chose to acquiesce and ignore, everyone is a fallen person, so there is no need to pursue too much.
Looking away, he just saw Zheng Xi quietly pushed open the door and came in, then turned around to visit, then closed the door gently, and looked at him curiously.
"Girl," Zheng Xi's complexion was very bad, and he didn't care about the sweat on his head. He hurriedly walked in front of Ling Qingyu, glanced at Lu Yao's room, and said in a low voice, "Something happened."
Ling Qingyu got up, walked to the main room with Zheng Xi, closed the door, and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Boss Ding was attacked last night and was injured." Zheng Xi wiped off his sweat.
"Ah!?" Ling Qingyu yelled softly, covered her mouth again, and said anxiously in a low voice: "How is the injury? I'm going to have a look."
"No, Boss Ding said, since he has been targeted, the girl can't go to him. If the big enemies here find out that she is a girl, I'm afraid something will happen." Zheng Xi said: "Boss Ding is not in danger of his life. It's just that the leg is broken, and I think it will take some time to lie down. Boss Ding has already found a group of sailors, and some small merchants are also willing to rent a cabin when they hear that Boss Ding is going to sea. Something happened."
Most of the Kapok Lane in Quanzhou is a mansion compound, and the mansion that occupies half of the street is the other courtyard of the Guangzhou Xie family in Quanzhou. .
At this time, in the study, Xie Tingxuan, the second son of Xie Mao, the head of the Xie family, was listening to his subordinates' report.
"Na Ding Budong's legs are broken, and he won't be able to board the ship for half a year. Most of his sailors have agreed to change to our ship, and a few of them are not good enough. Those small merchants, I heard that it is Xie Er. Lord, no one dares to rent their cabin."
"En," Xie Tingxuan nodded in satisfaction, threw a piece of incense cake into the incense burner, and the elegant fragrance ignited leisurely, Xie Tingxuan waved his hand to make his subordinates step back, and leaned comfortably on the soft back of the couch.
Unexpectedly, Ding Budong was able to repair the dilapidated Fengshen, and Ding Budong still had a certain appeal in Quanzhou. He heard that he had landed and would not go out to sea anymore, so he let Lin Jiashen go when he was cleaning up. Thinking of being so restless, I still want to go to sea, this Quanzhou, since I, Xie Tingxuan, has already come, I will not allow others to stand out here. The elder brother took care of Guangzhou so well, if he didn't take advantage of his father's presence and conquer the world in Quanzhou, the head of the Xie family would be his sooner or later.
Ling Qingyu only felt that the days felt like years, and finally waited until late at night before sneaking into Ding Budong's house with Zheng Xi through the back door.
"Didn't you tell me not to let the girl come?" Ding Budong cast a reproachful look at Zheng Xi.
"Don't blame Zheng Xi, I'm the one who wanted to come, Uncle Ding, it's all my fault, and I've hurt you." Ling Qingyu said apologetically.
"It's none of the girl's business. It's Xie Laoer who did it. He's made a big move in Quanzhou recently, trying to swallow Quanzhou's shipping. I guess he's in the way." Ding Budong said. If it was related to Lin Jiashen, it would not break his leg, but kill him. It seems that Second Master Xie just didn't want him to go to sea.
"But girl, I'm sorry for Ding Budong. Most of the sailors I was looking for were poached by Xie Erye's people, and there are not many left. Or, wait until my legs are healed before going to sea?" Ding Step east.
Ling Qingyu looked at Ding Budong's leg that was faintly exposed under the quilt. The curved arc of that leg was a bit strange, probably not just a broken leg as Zheng Xi and Ding Buyong themselves said. Gathering his mind, he said, "Uncle Ding, take care of your health first, don't worry."
After talking to Ding Budong a few words, seeing that he looked tired, Ling Qingyu left.
Outside the door, Zheng Xi asked: "Girl, why don't we go to sea?"
Ling Qingyu shook his head, looked back at the lights in Ding Budong's room, and said, "We can't bother Uncle Ding anymore, that guy named Xie Laoer has already set his sights on Boss Ding, if Uncle Ding makes another move, next time, he will It's not as simple as short legs. We must go out to sea this time. I remember Shi Fang said that there are several kinds of medicinal materials in overseas Borneo, which can be used to refine good wound medicine for bone and tendons. If you can find it, Uncle Ding legs will recover."
"If Miss Ling can find the medicine for foster father, then I can be your helmsman." From the shadow of the door, a few people walked out, and the leader said.
Ling Qingyu was taken aback at first. He didn't expect that there were so many people standing quietly at the door, but he relaxed a little when he heard his words were not malicious.
"This is Boss Ding's adoptive son Ding Dong." Zheng Xi said after seeing who was coming.
Ding Dong looked at the girl in front of him, and frowned unconsciously. He didn't expect that the boat master that his adoptive father valued was such a little girl. Is it really reliable to go to sea like this? But thinking of the twisted legs of the adoptive father, and what Shi Fang said, if there is no medicine, the adoptive father may not be able to stand up in the future, and asked: "Miss, can you really go to sea?"
"Yes!" Ling Qingyu looked at Ding Dong quietly and said.
"Well, I'm the helmsman, and Zhang San and the others are sailors, but there are no sailors rowing." Ding Dong pointed to several young people standing next to them. They were all brought out by Ding Budong. This time Ding Budong When something happened, even though he knew that his strength could not compete with Second Master Xie, he still wanted to take revenge.
"Sailors who are paddling, as long as they have strength?" Ling Qingyu asked, she remembered that Zheng Xi said when he popularized the staffing of current seagoing ships, helmsman and sailors are all technical jobs, but the need for personnel is the greatest. In fact, as long as you have the strength to follow the instructions, you will be fine.
"That's true, but our purpose is medicine. Miss Ling, do you know how to go to Borneo?" Ding Dong asked. The farthest place he went to with Lin Jiashen's boat was San Buddha Qi, but Borneo is where even his adoptive father can go. I have never been to a place I have never been to, but this time my adoptive father said excitedly that I can go to Borneo and further places with Miss Ling. The foster father is looking forward to this trip to sea. Thank you, second child, you wait, young master There is always a day to find you.
Ling Qingyu couldn't help laughing. It is estimated that these young people are waiting here to threaten her to go to sea, and said: "Naturally, if it is not because of me, Uncle Ding will not have a catastrophe. Brother Ding, you have recently prepared in private, Don't draw the thief's attention, let's do the rest."