Lanke Chess Edge

A wooden boat like this one has a light hull, and when the wind and waves are strong, it has a sense of swaying on the Xiaoshun River.

The most wobbly places are the bow and stern of the boat, but Ji Yuan enjoys this feeling very much at the bow. Occasionally, he puts down his book and looks at the scenery on both sides of the river and the river bank, and other boats passing by.

After sailing out of the pier for a while, the boat had already raised its sails, and the old boatman no longer rowed the oars under the favorable wind. He only needed to steer the helm to control the direction of the boat, and the fisherman stopped.

The two boatmen on the boat, Lao Qing, are indeed a father and son, and their home is in the village on the edge of Laohua Mountain. Most people in this village make a living from this ferry pier. When the business is not good, they also fish, so the boatmen There is no shortage of fishing gear, and Ji Yuan thought about borrowing it to catch a fish if he had the chance.

About two quarters of an hour after the boat sailed, Ji Yuan decided to leave the bow and sit inside.

The round arched black canopy of the hull is quite spacious, and there is another cabin with a wooden frame at the rear end, which houses the sundries of the boatman. The two rows of benches nailed to the hull are actually enough to seat a dozen people. It is said that the room for lying down at night is full of ten people.

The other six passengers sitting there seemed to be somewhat distinct, and the two scholars who accompanied each other occasionally had a few whispers with each other, and the child fell asleep leaning against his grandfather.

In fact, Ji Yuan felt that there was something wrong with the atmosphere when he was outside, and this feeling became more obvious when he approached the canopy. The reason should be all on the bearded man.

Although Ji Yuan's eyesight was always covered by thick frosting, he could still see the basic outline and some not-so-detailed features. When the man boarded the boat before, he found that his figure was really burly, not inferior to Wei Wuwei.

But Wei Wuwei's first impression is that he is fat, and this man is only strong, but he still smells of alcohol, and he can't tell if his face is fierce or not, but the voices of others are as low as possible.

If it wasn't for this man being the last one to board the boat, Ji Yuan really wondered if anyone else would have dared to board the boat.

Anyway, we have to spend three days together, this atmosphere is not to be desired.

When Ji Yuan came in, several people looked at him subconsciously, and some thought that the man who had been reading at the bow of the boat was a relative of the boatman.

Seeing that there was a lot of vacant benches on both sides of the strong man, Ji Yuan casually sat nearby.

"This brother just had a drink?"

The strong man looked at Ji Yuan with some surprise, as if he wanted to confirm whether he was talking to him, and seeing that Ji Yuan's face was indeed facing him, he opened his mouth and made a rough voice.

"Before leaving, the elders had a banquet at the wine shop on the pier. They brought home-brewed wine and drank a few bowls."

"Oh, Xiongtai is from Jiudaokou County? Seeing that you are quite strong and burly, have you ever practiced martial arts?"

When Ji Yuan asked this, it seemed to arouse the man's interest, and the tone of his speech was obviously tinged with excitement.

"I, Li Daniu, am from Dongwei Village. I have been physically strong since I was a child. People in the village say that I have done farm work to compete with a cattle. Since I was a child, I have longed for a hero who flies over the roof and walls to accept me as a disciple and teach me martial arts to eliminate violence. Unfortunately, I did not." Met...and then..."

Speaking of this man's depression.

"When I entered the county a few years ago, the old martial arts coach in the county saw me and said that I am a pity. After the age of practicing martial arts, it is difficult to achieve martial arts in this life..."

The dream is shattered.

"Oh hehe, you don't have to be discouraged, brother. There is no unparalleled road. As far as Ji knows, there are still some skills in the world that don't require age. With Xiongtai's innate conditions, you don't have to worry about not being able to do anything in the future."

"Hey, Mr. Da, don't need to comfort me. I don't want to. This time I went to Chunhui Mansion to visit my relatives. My uncle had a small occasion there. He lacked a strong man. When he saved up money, he asked for his wife's safety." Live!"

This man with a fierce appearance, although he speaks loudly, is honest and cautious. He is by no means a villain, but a real and simple villager, with a kind of yearning and uneasiness for Dafu City.

"Okay, contentment and happiness!"

Ji Yuan smiled, slightly cupped his hands and turned around towards everyone under the canopy.

"My lord, go to Chunhui Mansion for a visit, these three days will be in the same boat with everyone!"

Seeing that Ji Yuan was simple and self-contained, and the fear of the strong man just now disappeared, the rest of the people also introduced themselves one after another, the atmosphere in the boat became more heated, and they began to chat with each other.

The two scholars were considered to be on a study tour, one old and one young had relatives who went to the funeral in Chunhui Mansion before their death, and the thin middle-aged man only said that he was going to Chunhui Mansion for business.

The old boatman's son would sometimes come over to chat and listen to new things.

When the boat is approaching the evening, the mouth of the river is close at hand, and the wider Chunmu River can be seen from a distance.

"Zhuangzi, prepare to get off the net!"

"Okay~~!"

The people sitting in the cabin could hear the yelling among the boatmen, and several people came out to have a look with great interest, just in time to see that the young boatman had already taken a net and threw it to the side near the bow.

"This river estuary is the easiest place to catch big fish, just wait, everyone, I'll let you have something fresh tonight!"

The old boatman stabilized the boat at the stern, and shouted to the passengers with a smile, but the sails had already been furled.

The young boatman grabbed a big net, twisted his body at an angle, and then exerted a sudden force, skillfully threw the big net forward, flew out and turned into a big circle directly towards the river mask.

"Wow..."

The sound of the net surface entering the water was very pleasant, and a moment after the net sank, the boatman began to pull up the net rope with all his strength.

"Pa la la... pa la pa la..."

The net is still halfway drawn, and the fish in the net have already splashed a lot of water.

"Scared~~ I'm really lucky today, there are a lot of big fish! Who will help!"

The young boatman happily called out to the passengers, and Ji Yuan, who was already very interested, walked up directly, and the strong man Li Daniu also hurried forward to help.

"Clatter..."

"Pattapa...papapa..."

After the net was drawn in, the fish on the boat ahead were jumping lively.

"Hahahaha, good harvest!"

"Everyone, wait for my father's specialty fish head soup and steamed fish with dried vegetables!"

"Oh oh oh, great, great, there are fish to eat, big fish to eat!"

The exclamation of adults and the cheers of children are intertwined.

A big herring weighing more than 20 kilograms, a grass carp weighing more than ten kilograms, two fat-headed fish and some jumping river prawns made the whole boat excited. If it was a big boat, it would not be like this The scene is over.

A clay stove was installed at the stern of the boat, and rice and fish were steamed and soup was cooked. In the night shortly after sailing into the Chunmu River, taking advantage of the calm surface of the river, the small passenger boat broke down for dinner.

At this time, on the edge of the river, there was also another big ship moored. Compared with the small boats, it was brightly lit, and there were constant frolics and laughter.

Although the boat that Ji Yuan is in is simple and crude, there is a rear cabin, and the transparent black awning does not cover the wind even if the front curtain is not put. It is extremely harmonious to eat at the table.

The craftsmanship of the old boatman perfectly presents the delicacy of river fresh food, accompanied by home-brewed rice wine, especially a steamed fish with black dried vegetables, no need for ginger and scallions, sprinkled with a little salt, delicious and not fishy, ​​a group of people eat very enthusiastically .

"Plop~"

There was an inconspicuous sound of water, the others were still eating, but Ji Yuan turned his face outward.

"Someone fell into the water!! Someone fell into the water!!!"

There was a scream outside, and the other people under the awning also heard it, and they all went out of the cabin to see what happened.

"It seems that someone fell into the water on the other side of the building ship?"

"Well, like."

"Oh, did that person get rescued?"

The building boat is about a hundred feet away from here. It is not very real from a distance. I only know that there is a mess over there. Not to mention Ji Yuan, his eyesight is really blinded at such a distance, and he can only hear a shout. sounds and screams.

But also because of his excellent hearing, he knew that the person who fell into the water hadn't been rescued, it seemed to be a drunk son from a certain family, and he couldn't swim.

"Plop~"

"Plop~"

"Plop~"

...

In the distance, someone by the side of the building took off his clothes and jumped into the river, trying to save people in the water, but the river a little farther away from the boat was so dark that it was impossible to see clearly, and the lighting range of the people above holding the lanterns was really limited.

"Oh, how many people jumped down again, it seems that they haven't been rescued yet!"

"That's right..."

Drunk and falling into the water with landlubbers, Ji Yuan shook his head, his luck was almost unstoppable, but unfortunately he is not a Daluo fairy with profound magic power, even if he uses a small water avoidance technique and jumps into the water to find it, he will not be better than a few water-savvy The boatman is more useful.

"Um!?"

Suddenly Ji Yuan opened his eyes slightly, staring fixedly at the distant river.

"The young master is there! The young master is there! He is floating there, you all go and save him! Can't you idiots see it, it's right there!"

Someone screamed excitedly on the boat, and the boatmen in the water had no choice but to turn around and swim in the direction they had passed just now. They actually saw the boy in white floating face-up on the water, so they hurriedly kicked the water and swam together. Take it to the side of the boat.

Hearing the faint cheers from the big boat, a group of people on the small boat also breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's okay, it's okay, the person was rescued!"

"Shouldn't drown for a moment like this."

"That's good, that's good!"

"Well, let's continue eating."

"Yes, continue to eat!"

Ji Yuan also returned to the cabin together, but he came out again on the pretext of wanting to relieve himself.

In the cabin, the old boatman just picked up the small rice wine bottle to refill himself, but found that no wine came out after pouring it twice.

"Strange, did you drink up?"

"Ah? This is gone, how much do you only drink!"

"No hurry, no hurry, I still have some, just go to the jar and beat a little!"

...

With the gentle evening wind, Ji Yuan came to the bow of the boat alone, with a ball of rice wine hidden in his sleeve, with a wave of his right hand forward, the wine fell into the center of the river silently like a small twisting water dragon.

"Half a pot of fisherman's rice wine, please accept it!"

After finishing speaking, Ji Yuan directly returned to the cabin, picked up the jug and poured the rice wine brought by the old boatman as if nothing had happened, and a big herring on the river surface was swimming happily in the place where the wine was poured.