Crossing the Unknown Country

Chapter 455 Encountering Fan Clan on the Boat

Su He's brothers also sat here, drinking tea and chatting with their father and master, relaxing and appreciating the surrounding scenery.

They think that they should travel more often. The ancients traveled thousands of miles and read thousands of books. It is true. I just came out. The river and mountains I saw on the boat are so different. This is a unique place. You can see different scenery. As the boat moves forward, the scenery is like a moving picture, flowing and sliding in front of you.

The boat they were on was a small boat that sailed quickly down the river, much faster than their carriages. No wonder merchants and dignitaries would travel by water instead of by land, and it was still faster.

They ate well on the boat, because the boat was not small and there was a kitchen and storage room. In the morning and evening, they had white porridge with small crispy fish and pickled vegetables. Lunch was relatively rich, with eggs, meat and fish, usually four or five dishes, which was good.

If you want to eat better, just add silver. Su He and his friends didn't bother them. When they wanted to eat, they would take out the small oven and charcoal and grill some of the food they brought.

In the last few days, Su He was tired of eating barbecue, so he started to use a casserole to make soup. He made all kinds of soups he could think of.

A woman came over here, well dressed, calling herself Fan. Seeing them grilling, she came over and asked Su He, "Miss, I'm Fan, I live not far from there, can you sell us some? My son has been clamoring to eat it after smelling it."

Su He turned his head and looked over. There was indeed a little boy of five or six years old, dressed in exquisite and gorgeous clothes. He was obviously a young master from a wealthy family. He was looking over there with a longing look in his eyes. He was attracted by the fragrance at first sight.

When Su Heniang heard what Fan said, she smiled and said, "Why do you need silver? This is not worth anything. Come and take it away. Isn't it just that the child is greedy?"

Su He Niang picked up some grilled skewers from the plate and handed them to her, asking her to give them to the child. Su He Niang couldn't bear to see the look in the child's eyes. When the children in their village came to their house after smelling the fragrance, she would often give each of them some to eat.

Fan was very happy, and after quickly accepting the food and thanking him, she quickly walked towards her young master. The little boy took the skewer and ate it happily, with silver bell-like laughter coming from time to time.

After a while, Fan came over with a plate of big apples and said to Su He Niang with a smile, "Thank you for the food. My little master is very happy. This is a small token of our gratitude. Please accept it."

In the following days, they often exchanged things. After a long time, Su He and his friends found out that the host family of three was named Fu, and they were going to the capital to visit relatives with the couple of Fan and their servants.

Fan was a servant of the Fu family and the young master's wet nurse, so she treated the child as her own. She took good care of the child and cared for him more than the child's mother, otherwise the child would not keep asking her for things.

Fan didn't say who the relatives were who were visiting, and Su He and the others didn't ask around. They just listened to whatever others said. After all, they didn't know how likely they would be to meet again once they arrived in the capital.

Along the way, it was the Fan family who ran back and forth between the two families. Su He and his family never met the host family. They just looked at each other from the side, and the couple stayed in the room most of the time.

Only at the end, when they were about to go ashore, did Su He see the true faces of the couple. They were good-looking, both with delicate features. The woman had a soft figure, a slender body, and a pale complexion, looking like a lady who never left the house. The man looked like a typical scholar, wearing a Confucian scarf and a long gown, with a pale complexion, and looked a bit dull and boring.

The little boy was always taken care of by Fan, who basically held him in her arms. Occasionally, when she was tired, her husband would hold him in his arms and let her rest for a while.