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Chapter 244 Shipwrecked, Survived

"Brother Ze, don't thank Master yet."

"No, no need." Dong Rong hurriedly stopped Yao Ze who was about to bend down to salute, and said with a wry smile, "It's just some small tricks, so it's not worth it."

While the three of them were talking, the officials over there had already finished their meal.The grandparents of the Yao family took back the bowls and plates, and the three of them barely filled their stomachs with the leftover porridge in the barrel.At night, Dong Rong forced herself not to think about anything, and slept through the night, and her energy was obviously much better the next day.She took the grandparents of the Yao family to work in the back kitchen early on, teaching Yao Ze carefully.

Because Yao Ze was raised so pampered, it is inevitable that he will have a petty temper, but he is extremely smart by nature, and now he is growing up with inspiration and taking good care of his grandmother.Therefore, I worked very hard to learn cooking with Dong Rong, but within three or two days, I started to look good.

Dong Rong took advantage of a certain time when the officials wanted to drink and ordered them to come down to prepare food for the drinks, and lied about hurting their hands and recommended Yao Ze to the stove.

Originally, the officials were still cursing and threatening to throw the old and the young into the sea if they broke their alcoholism.In the end, the food and drinks that Yao Ze cured tasted very good, and the officials kicked him a few times, which was regarded as a compliment.

Since then, no one on board cared whether the daily meals were prepared by Dong Rong or Yao Ze, and even some officials often sneaked into the kitchen to order Yao Ze to cook something to satisfy their hunger.

Seeing this, Dong Rong and Mrs. Yao were delighted.No matter what the difficult situation, as long as there is a craft, there is an extra way to survive.

In this way, four or five days passed in the smoke and fire, and the official ship finally arrived at the harbor of Yazhou.A local official sent aboard the ship to handle the handover, and it might be necessary to prepare a banquet so that everyone can exchange glasses and set up friendship.

Dong Rong and Yao Ze were busy working together in the kitchen, and they only asked Mrs. Yao to pass the dishes and serve the table, for fear that the old lady would feel uncomfortable under the sweltering heat of the kitchen.

After all the dishes were brought up, Dong Rong was sitting at the door of the cabin and pulling Yao Ze to talk about some trifles, but the old lady Yao ran back in a panic.

"Girl, you go!" The old lady ran so fast that she almost bumped her head against the door frame. She held Dong Rong's hand tightly and said anxiously, "I heard those officials who came from the shore asked the people on the boat, but in the sea Picked up someone, or saw some corpse. Did your enemies find it?"

Dong Rong immediately stood up when she heard the words, and she quickly weighed it. At this time, she would rather be wrong than fall into the hands of officials.Who knows how powerful the Maitreya Sect is. If the local government also wears the same trousers as the Maitreya Sect, wouldn't she be a sheep?

Thinking of this, she hastily patted Yao Ze on the shoulder, and said, "Brother Ze, let's say goodbye here, take good care of grandma, and when I get through this difficult time, someone will come to rescue you."

"Yes, Master." Yao Ze's eyes were red, he still wanted to say something but he was afraid of delaying Master's escape, so he had to hold back his tears and said, "Master must take care."

Dong Rong didn't have time to reply, she went out on the deck, and slipped directly into the water along the ship's side while no one else was paying attention.She didn't dare to swim away, so she could only cling to the side of the boat like a shell.

Yao Ze wanted to stretch his head to look around, but was pulled back by Mrs. Yao.The grandfather and grandson pretended to be busy, one continued to kill and slice the fish, and the other poured wine into the flagon with the wine jar in his arms.

Sure enough, before the pot of wine was poured, seven or eight officials rushed in.One of them glanced at the cabin, and when he saw that there was no shadow of Dong Rong, his face darkened, and he shouted loudly, "Where is that woman, where did she go?"

Mrs. Yao put on a look of panic, and quickly responded, "If you go back to the official, she just said it was convenient to go, and then she didn't come back."

Yao Ze also echoed, "Why is the official looking for my aunt? But if you want to add food and wine, just ask the younger ones."

The two officials who walked at the end said angrily, "Did she hear the news and run away? In this way, I am [-]% sure that this woman is the person the superiors told me to find!"

"Then what are you waiting for, search!" Another person shouted, "The superiors said that anyone who can catch a living one will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, and even a dead body will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver!"

Hearing that they could make a fortune, many officials seemed to have been beaten to death, and began to search for Dong Rong all over the ship. Unfortunately, they searched every cabin, let alone a human figure, not even a hair.

The officials gathered on the deck, looking at the sea and yelling, "This cunning woman must have swum to the shore, tell the shore to step up inspections, and she must be caught."

Dong Rong's whole body was hidden under the water, leaving only her head above the water, so she could hear the words clearly, but she didn't dare to take a breath, and quickly calculated the way out in her mind.

Originally, she still wanted to stay on the boat and return to Daqi inland together, or just disembark in Yazhou, and find a suitable boat for a short ride.

But now it is impossible to stay on the big ship, and it is impossible to go ashore. It is really desperate for a while.

Fortunately, it got dark soon, and most of the officials rushed back to the shore to search, but the harbor became quiet.

Dong Rong paddled quietly out of the big boat and slowly approached a group of fishing boats.The fishermen all went home to rest now, leaving empty boats parked side by side.

Although Dong Rong has lived on the island for ten years, she has only gone to the sea a few times to play games on weekdays, and she can't even talk about swimming. Such a short period of two quarters of an hour seems to have exhausted all her strength.She struggled to climb onto a fishing boat, managed to hide herself in the bilge and passed out.

When she woke up the next day, she felt her body was shaking.She suddenly opened her eyes wide in shock, and when she remembered what happened last night, she quietly got up and peeked out through the cracks in the planks.

On the stern of the boat, there was an old fisherman shaking his oar vigorously. The sun shone on his slightly brown face, and he didn't look too sinister.

Dong Rong thought for a while, and slowly crawled out from the bottom of the cabin.The old fisherman was looking at the sea, thinking about where to cast his net today, when he suddenly saw a woman with disheveled hair appearing in the cabin under his feet.

The old man was so frightened that he threw the oars and sat down on the board, his face paler than snow.

"You, you... are you a human or a ghost?"

"Old man, don't be afraid, I'm human." Dong Rong straightened her hair indiscriminately, and before getting up, she quickly explained, "Old man, I'm a woman from a good family. I borrowed the old man's cabin to take refuge. I didn't expect to frighten the old man, and I hope the old man will not blame him."

The old fisherman heard that Dong Rong spoke very elegantly, and he had a good impression of Dong Rong, so he tentatively asked, "Then why did you come out now?"

Dong Rong smiled helplessly, "I was too tired from swimming last night, so I accidentally hid in the bilge and fell asleep."

The old fisherman seemed to think that this reason was acceptable, so he stood up, and finally he took the oars in his hands and said, "I won't tell people that I met you in the future, but you should get off the boat quickly, and I will go again." Fishing!"

Dong Rong turned her head to look at the endless sea beside her, and wanted to ask the old fisherman to take her in for a while.But for some reason, she suddenly remembered how much her relatives and husband have loved her over the years, and she has enjoyed all the wealth and happiness in the world.How could she have imagined that in just a few days, she would fall into such a difficult time, penniless, hungry and thirsty, pursued constantly, and with no future ahead.

She couldn't help but shed tears, choked up and couldn't speak.

The old fisherman is not a cold-hearted person, and he was probably frightened when he opened his mouth just now, and the instinct of self-preservation prevailed.Now seeing Dong Rong crying pitifully, her heart softened.

After thinking for a while, he took out an oiled paper bag in his arms, carefully handed it to Dong Rong, and persuaded, "Girl, are you hungry? These are oil cakes baked by my mother-in-law. You should pad your stomach first. Everyone has them." When it’s tough, just get over it, don’t cry, it’s useless.”

Dong Rong pulled up her sleeves and wiped away her tears, lowered her head to sniff the aroma in the oil paper bag, her stomach felt as if it was burning with hunger.Without thinking about it, she opened it and started to eat.

When the old fisherman saw that she was eating in a hurry, a look of pity flashed in his eyes, and he took out the kettle and sent it over.

Dong Rong wolfed down the food, only to remember that she hadn't thanked her yet.But before she could speak, the old fisherman waved his hand and said, "Girl, you don't need to say anything, you are all poor people. I can't go out to sea today, so I will turn around the pier. Look..."

"No, old man!" Dong Rong quickly stood up and begged, "My enemy is looking for me at the port and on the shore, I can't go back."

The old fisherman frowned in embarrassment, "Can't go back? That's impossible. I have no dry food and water. I can't catch this fish. What should I do if I don't go back to the port? Can't I always float on the sea?"

Dong Rong didn't know what to do for a while, she met an old fisherman by chance, and it was good enough to get a gift of food and water, so she couldn't stop him from going home.

Just when the two were worried, a merchant ship approached from a distance, as if sailing towards the Philippine Island.

The old fisherman's eyes lit up, and he asked, "Girl, if you don't want to go back to shore, why not go out with this boat for a few months, then maybe your enemy will leave."

Dong Rong was a little moved when she heard that, the Maitreya Sect must have deployed a lot of people on the shore and at sea to search for her. If they do the opposite, going overseas is probably the safest way.It's just that her revenge plan has to be postponed for a few months.

I don't know if it was God's secret help, or Dong Rong's luck improved, but the merchant ship actually stopped in front of the old fisherman's boat.A fat steward with a very rich figure asked the old fisherman loudly, "Brother, is the Sea Dragon King happy today?"

Dong Rong didn't know what he meant by asking such a question, but the old fisherman responded loudly, "Don't worry, my lord, the weather is calm and the sea is calm today, and the Dragon Palace is peaceful."

It turns out that this is a custom that has been handed down for a long time from generation to generation in Yazhou. Whenever you go out to sea, you must greet each other when you meet the first ship, which is a good omen.

Hearing this, the fat steward smiled and cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your auspicious words, brother." After finishing speaking, he was about to order the big boat to move on, but the old fisherman stopped him loudly, "This nobleman, my daughter-in-law is a new widow. Find another way to live, if the nobleman doesn't dislike it, can you take it in and do some small work."

(End of this chapter)