"I’ve heard there’s a fishing village not far from here, but the fishing boats are all controlled," Smiling Face raised his hand.
"Controlled by whom?" Li Wenli asked.
"It seems that both the Xuanwei Army and the Ninth Guard are managing it simultaneously. The Ninth Guard guards the bridge, and the Xuanwei Army moves to the fishing village. When the Xuanwei Army guards the bridge, the Ninth Guard goes to the village."
In other words, the Xuanwei Army is now guarding the fishing village.
Li Wenli scratched his head in distress, the Xuanwei Army again...
Do we really have to completely offend them before heading south?
He looked at Smiling Face helplessly, "Keep an eye on the Xuanwei Army’s schedule, be careful."
"Okay." Smiling Face acknowledged the order and withdrew from the horse carriage.
Li Wenli then turned to Xiao Chan, "Who among those few hundred people has a say?"
"Uh, Doctor Qiu," Xiao Chan answered without hesitation.
"Please ask him to come over."
Ah Dao and Rabbit looked over simultaneously; these past few days everyone had been busy traveling. Although they had represented the boss in thanking Old Uncle Qiu, the boss himself had not yet met Old Uncle Qiu in person.
At that moment, other than the Old Monk and Li Wenli, the other three each had their own thoughts.
Ah Dao was worried that Doctor Qiu and Bai Junjun were together, and if Old Uncle Qiu mentioned Bai Junjun, it would be really bad.
Rabbit was thinking that Doctor Qiu knew who supplied the water in the water bladder, and if it came out that the water was from Miss Junjun and not him, it would be a huge embarrassment.
So, these past few days Li Wenli hadn’t mentioned Old Uncle Qiu, and they too cooperatively kept silent.
Who would have thought that at this critical moment the topic would come up!
Compared to the two, Xiao Chan was much clearer.
He occasionally chatted with Old Uncle Qiu these past few days, really enjoyed the elder’s humorous and interesting conversations, and had long been thinking of introducing Old Uncle Qiu to the boss. Now, he finally had the chance.
Thus, without waiting for the others to speak, Xiao Chan quickly got off the horse carriage to invite his chat partner.
Li Wenli, watching Xiao Chan’s delighted figure, couldn’t help but add, "Call everyone who has a say."
Great, does this mean Miss Junjun is also being summoned?
By this time, it was already broad daylight, and the refugees gathered here were about to look for food again. People are like iron and food like steel; without a meal, they would starve. Even if they had a bowl of porridge in the evening, it certainly couldn’t sustain them for a whole day and night, could it?
So during the day, people would still try their luck by the river.
At that time, the Qiu family also decided to pick up the fishing skills taught by Miss Junjun again.
The people of the Qiu family were whittling several branches to make fishing spears. They were busily making tools when Xiao Chan came running over, "Doctor Qiu, what are you busy with?"
"Brother Xiao Chan, you’ve come over to chat so early?"
"We’re making fishing spears. We’ll go spearfishing in a bit."
"Do you want to join us?"
Before Old Uncle Qiu could respond, the three Qiu brothers had already enthusiastically shared their plans for later. Thus, Old Uncle Qiu merely smiled and nodded along at the side.
Xiao Chan was very interested, "I’ll come watch the fun later, but I have important business now. Could you please come with me to the horse carriage, Doctor Qiu?"
"Eh? What’s up?" Old Uncle Qiu looked puzzled, "Is it your master’s health again...?"
"No, no, thanks to Old Uncle Qiu my boss is in great health now. The master has something to discuss with everyone, but it’s inconvenient to speak in public here, so he would like to talk it over with you all first."
For others, being invited to the Seven-Person Team’s horse carriage to discuss important matters was a matter of great honor, but for Old Uncle Qiu, it felt as if he was facing a formidable challenge.