Chapter 266

Jiang Xiaoxiao stepped forward two steps and handed the bamboo tube she was holding to Yu'er on the side.

"Sister Yu'er, the water in this bamboo tube can also relieve seasickness. If your mistress is thirsty, give it to her to drink... usually don't drink the water on the ship anymore."

"Okay, I'll remember it." Yu'er took the bamboo tube, opened the lid, and took a look. The water inside was clear and looked very clean and transparent.

She hurriedly fed her mistress a sip.

After Su Wanwan drank the water, her face immediately looked much better.

She stroked her heaving chest and looked pleasantly surprised: "Mistress Jiang, this medicine is really magical, I feel not so uncomfortable anymore..."

Her voice was still a bit sickly, but it sounded much more energetic than before.

Looking at Su Wanwan's gradually rosy face, Jiang Wei didn't speak, just glanced at her daughter.

Jiang Xiaoxiao immediately lowered her little head, pretending not to know, and tugged at her clothes.

Actually, she had thought about telling this wealthy mistress about the robbers on the ship, but her mother felt that it would startle the snake.

That group of robbers didn't know how many people there were, and on the wealthy mistress's side, besides an old man over fifty, the rest were some women and children maids, completely not the opponents of that group of people.

In addition, this wealthy mistress was pregnant. Knowing that someone was unfavorable to her, it would be inevitable that she would be worried and afraid, which would affect the fetus.

As soon as the Jiang mother and daughter left, Su Wanwan couldn't help but drink another small sip of the water in the bamboo tube.

She couldn't help but squint her eyes comfortably.

This water was really delicious, cool and refreshing, and mixed with a faint fragrance of bamboo.

The old man on the side looked at it and wanted to stop but hesitated, and finally said: "Mistress, you are pregnant, it's better to drink less of this raw water."

Su Wanwan held the bamboo tube in her arms and pouted extremely reluctantly: "Got it."

Although she said so, she couldn't help but take another sip.

I don't know if it was her illusion, but she felt that after drinking this water, she was more energetic, her body had strength, and even the nausea that lingered in her heart disappeared completely.

If it weren't for the mother and daughter's repeated instructions not to eat before leaving, she would have ordered Yu'er to prepare a big table of delicacies for her, and have a big meal to celebrate.

"Mistress, you rest first, have a good sleep, we'll be fine until we reach Xuzhou." Yu'er hurriedly came out to smooth things over, and took the bamboo tube and placed it on the tea table beside the bed.

Su Wanwan clutched the blanket and couldn't help but complain: "I will never take this merchant ship again. After getting off the ship tomorrow, I must go to the biggest restaurant in Xuzhou to have a good meal."

"Hey, okay, when the time comes, whatever the mistress wants to eat, the servants will find it for the mistress." Yu'er responded with a smile, and finally coaxed her mistress to sleep.

The maids and matrons in the room gradually retreated.

Only one little maid remained.

She looked at the bamboo tube placed on the tea table, and her eyes darkened.

Just after Jiang Xiaoxiao and her mother returned to their residence, Mr. Bai came.

He was holding a plate of food as usual, with two vegetable dishes and one meat dish, paired with big white rice, looking very rich.

"You finally came back. This merchant ship will arrive in Xuzhou tomorrow. As soon as it docks, the captain will take people off the ship to purchase ingredients. Look, there is too much food left on the ship to eat, so these last few meals are prepared more richly for everyone to improve their food."

Jiang Xiaoxiao looked at the food on the plate, it was still steaming, thinking that Mr. Bai couldn't wait to send it to them as soon as he got the food.

Jiang Wei didn't reach out to take the plate, just scanned the food calmly and asked: "Mr. Bai, besides you, who else handled this food?"

Mr. Bai was stunned and subconsciously shook his head: "There shouldn't be anyone else, right? When I went, everyone was queuing to get food, and this portion of mine was handed to me by the chef himself."

"The chef..." Jiang Wei narrowed her eyes slightly, and a faint smile appeared on her face at the right time: "Then I really trouble Mr. Bai, and thank you for taking care of our mother and daughter these past few days."

After saying this, she reached out and took the food from Mr. Bai's hand.

Jiang Xiaoxiao clearly felt that the moment her mother took the food, the few faint gazes that had been on them finally moved away.

Mr. Bai didn't know at all. He waved his hand embarrassedly and smiled: "Little Lady Jiang is too polite. Being able to take care of my soap business is already a great honor for me. It's just a few meals, it's not a big deal."

After saying this, he seemed to remember something and hurriedly added: "By the way, when I came to find you just now, I heard that several sailors caught a few big fat fish. The fish meat in this season is very fresh, and it's fresher to eat on the ship. When the time comes, I'll see if there's a chance to buy some. Yong'an County has had a great drought for the past few years, so I think you haven't had fish meat for a long time."

Jiang Wei continued to nod and smile: "Thank you."

After Mr. Bai left, Jiang Xiaoxiao couldn't wait to look at the place where those few gazes came from just now.

However, there was only a pile of poor people wearing patches sitting in a group.

Most of them had sallow complexions, listless expressions, and were gnawing on vegetable balls that didn't know how many days they had been left.

A few young ones were hungrily peeking at the food in her mother's hand, swallowing saliva constantly. Seeing her look over, those few people hurriedly withdrew their gazes.

Jiang Xiaoxiao couldn't help but frown slightly.

That group of people didn't look like members of the robbers at all.

"Stop looking, let's go back." Jiang Wei said.

She only scanned that group of people from afar, then turned and returned to the room.

Jiang Xiaoxiao couldn't help but feel a bit depressed. Where exactly was that group of robbers hiding in some corner, secretly monitoring them, that even her mother couldn't notice.

Returning to the room, Jiang Xiaoxiao closed the door and windows tightly for the first time, and found a piece of coarse cloth from the bundle to cover the windows tightly to prevent people outside from peeking.

Jiang Wei put the food sent by Mr. Bai into the space unhurriedly, and then took out two bowls of steaming dumplings.

Jiang Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up instantly.

The dumpling skin was thin and the filling was large, crystal clear, and one could vaguely see the pink shrimp meat wrapped inside. The soup was rich chicken soup, and with the accompaniment of a few strands of seaweed, it looked appetizing.

It was shrimp ball seaweed dumplings!

Jiang Xiaoxiao couldn't help but swallow her saliva. She hadn't eaten seafood dumplings for a long time.

Jiang Wei took out two pairs of clean chopsticks from the space and handed them to her, "Eat while it's hot."

Jiang Xiaoxiao couldn't care about the heat, picked up one with her chopsticks and stuffed it into her mouth. With one bite, the juice flowed, the taste was dense, fresh, and fragrant, and the tender shrimp meat paired with the fragrant chicken soup was simply so delicious that she wanted to swallow her tongue along with it!

After eating the first one, Jiang Xiaoxiao couldn't wait to pick up the second, third, fourth...

One after another, she ate very fast.

Jiang Wei saw her eating so happily and couldn't help but tease: "Are you a starving ghost reincarnated or what? I don't usually starve you."