dognovel Chapter 552 The Sheep Is Still Here
Chapter 552 The Sheep Is Still Here
Seeing that he was crying louder and louder, Lao Lu simply dragged him into the house.
Before entering the house, he said, "The road at night is not easy to travel, and the Bichao Bay Wharf is in chaos. I'll stay here for the night and leave tomorrow morning."
Xu Yi nodded.
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The next morning, the sky cleared up.
The sun shone brightly, and the bloodshed and chaos of last night seemed to be largely dispelled by the light.
Sihai watched Wuyuan climb with a smile, completely unaware that she had returned to Ping'an Town the night before.
Xu Yi took out the two swords and, taking advantage of the child's inattention, stuffed them into Lao Lu's hand.
After breakfast, the children headed towards the pier.
As soon as we got off the boat, Qingshan came over in his small boat.
The cargo ship still hadn't docked; it was anchored in the waters near the pier, and they had to take a small boat to get there first.
When Xu Yiyi boarded the ship, she saw that it was full of cargo.
"Uncle Qingshan, how come there are still so many goods?"
She was a little stunned; yesterday's cargo ship only carried sheep and coconuts.
But the sheep had all been twisted by the neck by Lao Lu, and he originally planned to hurry back to town to deal with them.
To everyone's surprise, the boat stopped in the county town before it even reached the town.
She also brought Lao Lu back to the island to help.
She naturally forgot about the sheep on the boat. When they arrived at the dock, Lao Lu said that this trip was going to be a huge loss.
"They're all sheep."
After Xu Yiyi left last night, he and the crew on the ship disposed of over a hundred sheep.
The hide was carefully peeled off, tanned, and rolled up.
The meat was cut into pieces, and overnight, a familiar ice cellar was found in the county town. The place was rented and the mutton was frozen.
On the cargo ship, the frozen mutton was wrapped tightly in tarpaulins and straw mats and neatly stacked in the well-ventilated hold.
Seeing her expression, Qingshan quickly explained, "Don't think it's too much trouble. These sheep... although they didn't die a very painful death, they're still fresh, the meat isn't spoiled, and we can eat it! It would be such a waste to just throw them away, and we'd lose money. I was thinking that we can sell the tanned hides for money, and we can take the frozen meat back and eat it too."
As Xu Yi listened, her brows gradually relaxed.
Looking at Qingshan's slightly tired face, she felt a surge of warmth in her heart.
To be honest, Xu Yiyi had no feelings for her adoptive father, Xu Yinli.
But it was also because of him.
Those who were on good terms with him recognized her as his daughter.
From the time he "died" until she took over the restaurant, these uncles and elders helped her a lot.
Someone introduced her to reliable purchasing channels with fair prices.
When the dock was too busy unloading cargo, a shout would always bring over an uncle or elder to call for his boatmen to lend a hand.
If the government officials or yamen runners encounter any difficulties, Lin Ke can always smooth things over.
These acts of help, though quiet and unassuming, are truly genuine.
But she never expected that someone could go to such lengths. On such a chaotic and tense night, Qingshan could remain silent and consider so much for her and do so many things for her.
“Uncle,” she said earnestly, “thank you. You’ve gone to so much trouble.”
Qingshan waved his hand and chuckled, "No need to thank me, it's all the same. If it weren't for your father saving my life back then, the grass on my grave would be taller than a person by now. Besides, I can't let you lose everything on this trip. Let's go, the boat is ready, let's go back to town."
Xu Yi nodded and returned to town by boat.
The dock was in chaos at the moment, but the bloodstains had been washed away by the sea.
Qingshan's boat was stopped by the government before it even reached the shore.