After being reborn as a man, the woman improved her family's fortunes through education.

"what fish is this?"

Li Mo removed the fish from the hook and placed it into a wooden basin that had been prepared beforehand.

The wooden basin contained about half a basin of river water, which would help keep the fish as fresh as possible.

"This fish looks strange, I've never seen it before, I don't know what it is~" Jiang Xiaoqi combined her memories from both lives but still couldn't find a similar species of fish.

"Who cares what kind of fish it is, as long as it's edible! It's not easy to catch one, it's just a little small~"

Wenbin squatted by the basin and poked at the water with his hands.

"Once is never enough, let's try again. We can gather a few small fish to make a pot of soup to nourish our young master!"

"Alright!" Li Mo agreed with Wen Bin's words. The young master should get some extra help. He's almost seven years old and still not as tall as his belt. He definitely needs extra help.

Jiang Xiaoqi: You're the one who needs to make up for it! Your whole family needs to make up for it!

Another half incense stick's time passed, and the other fishing rod also stirred. Li Mo quickly lifted it up, and caught another strange fish.

"Hey, this one's bigger than the last one!" Wenbin exclaimed happily.

"Li Mo is really something else. He seems to have a knack for this river. He caught two fish in such a short time."

"You get along well with Jiang, what a load of rubbish! Why don't you just admit your fishing skills are lacking?" Jiang Xiaoqi ruthlessly exposed him.

"Hahahaha, young master, you're criticizing me, but you yourself don't have a single one either."

Jiang Xiaoqi fell silent. The three of them had six fishing rods, and everyone was using both hands, but only Li Mo's fishing rod was getting a bite.

As the sun set, the three had a fairly good catch, especially Li Mo, who caught almost all the fish.

"This should be enough, right?" Wenbin asked, guessing.

"Yes, that's enough. Our little copper pot can't hold any more. Let's go back."

Li Mo nodded and packed his things to leave.

The medium-sized barn was equipped with a small ceramic stove. Wenbin and Li Mo cleaned the fish on the deck before bringing them back to the barn. The three of them gathered in Wenbin and Li Mo's barn.

The two didn't care about the smell, but they couldn't let the young master's room be filled with the smell of fish soup and charcoal.

Jiang Xiaoqi watched the two of them fiddling with it from the side, occasionally giving them a few instructions.

"Add more ginger to remove the fishy smell."

"Yes, yes, add some chopped green onions too."

"Hey, don't forget to add salt!"

The two of them were in a flurry of activity, and they really wanted to say, "Sir, why don't you do it yourself?"

For the first time, Li Mo felt he had a new understanding of his young master. His young master could be a bit talkative at times, especially when others were cooking.

There's no way around it; I loved cooking in my past life, but in this life I've been too busy studying and taking the imperial examinations to cook. Now that I have the chance, my two pageboys are trying to stop me...

The fish soup simmered until it turned milky white. Before turning off the heat, a handful of chopped scallions were sprinkled in. "It smells so good..." Wenbin sniffed.

Li Mo ladled out a bowl and handed it to his young master first: "Young master, you can drink it now, please try it."

Wenbin brought over two more bowls and filled one for himself and one for Li Mo.

However, the two of them didn't rush to drink; their eyes were fixed on Jiang Xiaoqi, looking like shopkeepers waiting for a customer to give them a five-star review.

Jiang Xiaoqi picked up the bowl. It smelled quite delicious. She had made it herself, so how could it be a culinary disaster?

"Hmm... not bad, you guys should try it too." Jiang Xiaoqi took a small sip, wiped the non-existent stains from her mouth, and said with a smile.

Seeing that the young master had approved of the fish soup, Wenbin and Li Mo couldn't wait to try their own cooking. They gulped down half a bowl of soup in just a few mouthfuls.

"puff!"

"puff!"

"Cough, cough, cough!"

"Young master, have you lost your sense of taste? This soup is both bitter and salty, and you think it's...not bad?! Cough, cough, cough, water, give me water!"

Jiang Xiaoqi had already secretly spat that small mouthful of soup into her handkerchief. When she told them "not bad," only a little bit of bitterness and saltiness remained in her mouth.

"Hehe, whether this soup is good or not, you have to taste it yourself. Now that you two have tasted it, you should be able to make your own judgment. Why ask me?"

Jiang Xiaoqi looked at the two people in front of her with bitter faces and chuckled to herself:

"Alright, alright, I'll cook next time. Oh dear, maybe it has nothing to do with your cooking skills. Maybe this kind of unknown fish just doesn't taste good?"

"Hmm? Young Master is right. We've been in Xinghe Prefecture all this time, and there's no such fish there."

"Perhaps what you're saying is true, young master. The fish itself is unpalatable, so the soup made from it is naturally unpalatable too!"

Wenbin thought that the young master was indeed a young master, and his perspective on issues was very comprehensive!

Li Mo glanced at the young master, then at the fish soup, then at Wenbin, and then back at the fish soup.

I finally put the bowl down. Sigh, all that work this afternoon was for nothing.

The three of them fooled around in the barn for a while and decided to catch a few more to try the taste tomorrow.

It was already pitch black outside the warehouse, and the soldiers stationed on the official ship were well-trained and lit the lanterns for lighting in the shortest possible time.

Every floor was illuminated by lights. Jiang Xiaoqi felt fortunate that he spent the night in the study space; otherwise, with the outside light shining through the window, he might not have been able to fall asleep.

Hmm... Although he's never actually slept without doing or thinking about anything in his life, he could easily guess that such bright lights would cause insomnia.

After all, melatonin can only be secreted at night, and a bright environment will affect the normal secretion of melatonin. Without melatonin to help people fall asleep, insomnia will naturally occur.

Without melatonin or sleeping pills, insomnia means sitting up all night, or going out for a walk or chat with friends, resulting in a sleepless night.

This is only the first night spent on the official ship. Will it be like this every day from now on?

What was General Li, who was leading this group, thinking? Did he have so much tung oil at home that he was just squandering it recklessly?

Although the boat was still moving at night, its speed was slowed down. Even if something happened at night, lighting a few torches would be enough to see the nearby river surface clearly.

Strange, really strange.

Jiang Xiaoqi returned to his warehouse without lighting a lamp; there was no need to!

The light from outside is already filtering through the window paper, making the room quite bright. Why waste lamp oil?

Jiang Xiaoqi lay on the bed, closing her eyes as usual, preparing to continue yesterday's painting.

Suddenly the ship began to rock, and the amplitude of the rocking continued to increase.

'Thud!' The pen rolled off the table, followed by the paper and inkstone, nothing was spared.

This is on the river, so a tsunami is impossible, especially since the river was just calm with no wind or waves.

It's either a natural disaster or a man-made one!

Thieves are attacking the ship!

Jiang Xiaoqi sprang up from the bed with a somersault and drew the soft sword hidden in the middle of his belt.