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

The Sun Also Rises.

The deck was washed many times by the soldiers with buckets of river water they had brought up, and the reddened river water flowed back into the river along the hull.

Li Mo decided to stop fishing for the rest of the time...

The medicine was bubbling away on the earthenware stove, and Li Mo stared intently at it.

Wenbin was still asleep, so the young master moved his desk to his and Wenbin's room, where he could write and draw, leaving more space in this room.

"Knock knock knock," a knock sounded at the door. Li Mo put down the palm-leaf fan he was using to fan the fire and got up to open the door.

"Young man, where is your young master?"

The door to the next room opened: "What is it, General?"

"Haha, I'm not a general, just a lieutenant general. Young master, please don't address me like that anymore."

Seeing that the young master had come out from next door, Li Mo ignored the adjutant and returned to the pottery stove to watch the fire.

"Cough, cough, cough!" Wenbin coughed a few times, and Li Mo immediately brought warm water to the bedside.

"Drink of water!"

Before drinking, Wenbin checked that it was indeed water and then gulped down a few mouthfuls.

"Thanks, brother, you've taken good care of me these past few days."

"Stop talking so much, just get well soon!"

Li Mo gently helped Wenbin sit up and lean him against the headboard. He put down the water bowl, picked up the medicine bowl, and without blowing on it, brought it directly to Wenbin's lips. "Drink your medicine quickly."

Wenbin said with a pained expression, "Can I not drink it... this medicine is too bitter."

"No!" Li Mo said firmly, "Young Master said we have to drink for at least seven days. Today is the second day, and there are still five days to go!"

Wenbin had no choice but to accept it. He knew that Li Mo's tough stance was genuinely for his own good. Considering Li Mo's hard work in preparing the medicine, he had no choice but to grit his teeth and drink it.

He frowned deeply, looking pained, right after finishing his drink: "Give me some candied fruit to calm me down!"

Of course, there were no candied fruits. There was still one piece of mung bean cake left, which was so dry it could cause choking. Li Mo stuffed the whole piece directly into Wenbin's mouth.

Just then, Jiang Xiaoqi's voice came from the next room, "Li Mo, come here for a moment."

Li Mo responded and left, while Wen Bin drank the medicine and lay down again.

Li Mo went to the next room and saw Jiang Xiaoqi drawing.

"Young Master's paintings are getting better and better." Li Mo exclaimed sincerely. Although he didn't understand painting, he could intuitively feel that the young master's painting skills were improving rapidly.

Jiang Xiaoqi put down his paintbrush and handed two silver notes to Li Mo, one for one hundred taels and the other for fifty taels.

Li Mo remembered that the young master had asked the soldier general for Wenbin's medical expenses yesterday.

This 150 taels must have been delivered by that young adjutant.

"This hundred taels is the compensation they paid to Wenbin for his medical expenses, and this fifty taels is the compensation they paid for his care. Give the hundred taels to Wenbin, and keep the fifty taels for yourself."

"From now on, Wenbin will need your care at least for the rest of the journey on the ship. Don't refuse; this is overtime pay for your extra work."

Jiang Xiaoqi is truly outstanding when it comes to fighting for employee benefits. She treats her employees well herself and also strives to protect their legal rights from third parties.

"Huh! Companionship fee?" Li Mo said this was the first time he had ever heard of getting paid for taking care of a colleague. Since the young master said it was given by someone else, he would accept it and save it to buy jewelry for his mother during the New Year.

"Thank you, young master! Wenbin just took his medicine and went to sleep. He seems to be in good spirits today, but his complexion is still pale."

"Yes, he has lost too much blood, so his face is definitely pale. He can't eat fish. When the ship docks to resupply, we'll get off and buy some blood-nourishing ingredients for Wenbin to make a medicinal meal."

"Young master, shall we continue south on the official ship?"

After last night, Li Mo felt it was unsafe for his young master to continue traveling by boat. This so-called General Li was very unreliable; even his own people had been captured and taken hostage. If it weren't for his young master, that little girl would have been dead long ago.

"What? Scared?" Jiang Xiaoqi put away the brush, ink, paper and inkstone, no longer placing them on the table. After all, he had broken a set last night and had learned his lesson.

"I'm not afraid, I just feel uncomfortable!"

To be honest, when Li Mo looked at the river now, it didn't seem like a clear blue-green anymore; it sometimes looked reddish and sometimes pinkish. He didn't know if it was his eyes that were playing tricks on him, or if it was the river itself that was the problem...

Jiang Xiaoqi expressed her understanding. Although Li Mo looked tall and strong, in the future he would only be a young boy who had just started junior high school. Yesterday's scene was indeed a bit exciting.

Wenbin fainted early on and didn't see what happened later. He looks better now, and his carefree attitude is actually good for his recovery.

Jiang Xiaoqi patted Li Mo on the shoulder and comforted him, "Don't be afraid, I'm here!"

Besides, we can't change our itinerary over something like this. After yesterday's incident, things will probably only be calm on this official ship from now on...

Li Mo nodded. He understood what his young master meant; perhaps 'the most dangerous place is the safest?'

Jiang Xiaoqi judged that after the storm, things would calm down for a while, and at least there wouldn't be another night raid before they disembarked...

Moreover, Wenbin's current injuries make it unsuitable for him to travel by land, as the bumpy road would aggravate his newly healed wounds.

This was also the main reason why he decided to continue traveling by water.

"Then, young master, how many more days must we travel by water before we can switch back to the land route?"

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Xiaoqi said, "Once Wenbin's condition has improved, it should be soon. It also depends on the ship's speed. At the current speed, it will probably take another ten days or so."

The waterway was smooth and didn't require any livestock. The only drawback was that it was slower than a horse-drawn carriage, unlike the gasoline-powered boats of later generations.

Such a large official ship relies on sails and manpower; its speed depends on whether the weather cooperates.

After traveling for two more days, they finally stopped to resupply. Li Mo was in charge of watching over Wen Bin, and only Jiang Xiaoqi went out to buy supplies.

There's no need to queue this time, since most of the passengers lost their lives that night.

After disembarking, Jiang Xiaoqi first looked around for laborers at the dock, found one he liked, gave him a deposit of ten coins, and had him follow him towards the inner city.