Chapter 19: Swimming Against the Current
The moon is dark and you see fishing lights, a lonely light and a little fireflies, a slight breeze and waves, scattered as a river full of stars
Looking at the fishing boats on the Yangtze River, Changsheng suddenly remembered Cha Shenxing's "What He Saw in the Book of Boat Nights", and involuntarily read it, Yuen Long beside him glanced at Changsheng, his brows furrowed secretly, but he didn't say anything......
Yuen Long glanced at the fishing boats on the river, grabbed the immortal life beside him and jumped up, came to a small fishing boat, supported it with a wooden stick in his hand, and jumped high and jumped onto the fishing boat with a bang!
In the cabin of the fishing boat, a family of three was eating dinner around a small table, and there was a dead wind lamp lit next to it, when suddenly the stern of the boat sank, and a man in his thirties stood up, thinking that the fishermen next to him were coming to chat with him, and asked indifferently, "Which brother is outside?"
"I'm going to hire your ship...... "Yuen Long said in a humming voice, lifting the curtain on the cabin and looking in!
"Uh...... There are ghosts!" The man had just stood up at the sound of the voice, and was about to refuse Yuen Long, when he suddenly saw a bright red head burrowing into the cabin, and involuntarily took a step backwards, stumbling and falling to the ground, screaming in his mouth.
A little girl about ten years old also saw Yuen Long's head, screamed, and threw herself into the arms of the woman next to her, who hugged the little girl's head tightly, hiding behind the man and not daring to look at Yuen Long.
Seeing that the three of them were frightened, Yuen Long did not enter the cabin, and in a blink of an eye, he saw that most of the bananas in the cabin were piled up on the fishing boat, these bananas were yellow and green, and they did not seem to be fully ripe.
A few minutes later, the fisherman walked out of the cabin tremblingly, holding a harpoon in his hand, and saw Yuen Long's tall and mighty body, bright red head and hands, the harpoon in his hand could only be used for defense, and asked in a trembling voice, "Are you a human or a ghost?"
"Hmph...... Lao Tzu is still a human being for the time being, if you dare to use a harpoon against Lao Tzu again, Lao Tzu will not be a human being!" Yuen Long snorted coldly, stepped forward without care, and put his chest on the man's harpoon, as if he didn't care at all about the weapon in the man's hand!
Listening to Yuen Long's peculiar answer, Changsheng couldn't help but pout secretly, this guy has lived for decades, and he can say funny things about threats, and he can be regarded as a talent.
The fisherman took a closer look at Yuen Long's face, and involuntarily stepped back, and asked in fear, "You, why did you kick my banana into the water?"
"How much money do you make selling bananas a month?" Yuen Long did not answer the man, but asked an inexplicable question.
This man didn't know if he was frightened by Yuen Long, or if he was originally a sincere person, he raised a palm, opened his mouth and said, "I sold bananas from Guangxi to Wuhan, and I can earn this price for almost a month......"
"Five hundred?" Yuen Long frowned slightly!
"Where...... Fifty yuan is about the same, but unfortunately I prepared late, at this time there are more bananas on the market, and it is said that this boatload of bananas can earn seventy or eighty......"
"Don't talk nonsense!" Yuen Long stretched his brows and said to the man, "Lao Tzu hired you for five days, give you 150 yuan, if you agree, you will sail away, if you don't agree, Lao Tzu will break your neck......"
As he spoke, Yuen Long didn't wait for the man to agree, stepped forward, snatched the harpoon from the man's hand, and the muscles of his arms bulged and shouted, instantly twisting the harpoon made of pig iron into a ball of twist, and slammed it still on the ground and shouted, "Boy, how is your head compared to this harpoon?"
"Uh...... Don't dare to compare, don't dare to compare" The man said and ran to the stern of the boat, started the fishing boat and drove to the heart of the river before asking, "Where is this good man going?"
"Drive upstream along the Han River, and Lao Tzu will inform you when the time comes...... Changsheng, give him a hundred yuan first, let him buy enough diesel fuel and food, and don't stop after the ship leaves!" Yuen Long walked into the cabin as he spoke, and a frightened voice instantly sounded inside!
But in an instant, Yuen Long scratched his head and walked out of the cabin!
Changsheng stood on the edge of the cabin, took out a hundred yuan from his backpack and handed it to the man, and said, "Uncle, is this hundred yuan enough to buy diesel fuel and food?"
"Enough, enough, enough......" The man took the money from Changsheng's hand, hurriedly agreed, thought about it and replied, "But this money is not included in my reward......"
Changsheng smiled faintly and lifted the curtain of the cabin to look inside, a mother and daughter were still hugging each other, and when they saw the head poking in from the cabin, they screamed again, and only stopped exclaiming after seeing that it was a child, and then a puzzled voice sounded, "Hey, it's you?"
Changsheng was also slightly stunned, this woman turned out to be the female boss of the commissary, and the little girl was still lying in the woman's arms with her eyes closed!
"Hello Auntie...... Changsheng walked into the cabin embarrassedly, sat opposite the mother and daughter, and said, "Grandpa and I are not bad people, auntie and sister don't be afraid!"
The woman didn't say anything, but the little girl heard Changsheng's voice, opened her eyes and looked over, and asked in surprise, "Classmate, what's your name?
"My name is Changsheng, I bought something at your commissary in the morning, what is your name, sister?" Changsheng knew that when it was daytime, Yuen Long would become weak, and he would have no dependence, and it would be good for him to have a good relationship with this family!
"My name is Xiao Jing, what grade are you in Changsheng?" In the end, it is the child's heart, seeing her peers, the little girl instantly lost her fear, sat next to the woman and asked again.
Changsheng made up a set of nonsense again, changed the topic, and talked about Xiao Jing's family!
It turned out that Xiao Jing's father, that is, the man surnamed Yu Ming Dafu, originally made a living from fishing, but the fishing has not been ideal recently, seeing that Xiao Jing is about to start school, he wants to earn some tuition for Xiao Jing, so he personally pulled a boatload of bananas from Guangxi, ready to sell them when they are ripe!
It's a pity that the sky doesn't fulfill people's wishes, during this time the bananas on the market are flooded, and Yu Dafu has no experience, the bananas have not ripen after pulling back, seeing that the price of bananas is getting lower and lower, I am worried in my heart, if I can't sell it at a good price, let alone earn tuition for Xiaojing, I'm afraid I can't even earn back the capital.
Just when the family was worried, they happened to meet Changsheng and Yuen Long, and it was precisely because of this that Xiaojing's mother, that is, the woman in the commissary, sold a few of Yu Dafu's unworn clothes to Changsheng without asking, and Yu Dafu agreed to Yuen Long without hesitation......
After listening to the experience of Xiaojing's family, Changsheng secretly decided to give them more money when the time comes, anyway, the money is not his own, but he still keeps the Feiyun crossbow at hand to deal with possible situations, this is the heart of harming people, and the heart of preventing people is indispensable!
Taking advantage of the night, Yu Dafu bought enough diesel fuel and a large pile of food and vegetables, drove a fishing boat into the Han River, and followed the Han River through Hubei to Hanzhong......
Before dawn, Yuen Long kicked Yu Dafu's family out of the cabin, leaving Changsheng outside the cabin and not allowing Yu Dafu's family to enter!
Although Yu Dafu's family had some doubts, Yuen Long paid a lot of money, so they were naturally distinguished guests, and it was normal to monopolize the cabin, coupled with Yuen Long's bare-headed ghost-like vicious appearance, the two couples didn't dare to say anything, sitting at the stern of the boat and taking turns driving the fishing boat, only Changsheng and Xiaojing sat together, chatting about children.
When it was almost dawn, there was a roar of wild beasts in the cabin, and Yu Dafu and his wife looked at the cabin in horror, and the little girl didn't dare to stay by Changsheng's side, hiding in the woman's arms and shivering!
Changsheng looked at the family helplessly, and didn't know how to explain it......
The scenery on both sides of the strait is beautiful, the light boat passes by suddenly, Xiao Jing chatted with Changsheng about study, while enjoying the scenery on both sides of the strait, there is a kind of happiness that should be in the summer vacation, the two couples saw this, and their hearts were secretly relaxed!
"Changsheng, why are you so smart? You're only in the first grade, and your sister is in the third grade, and some of them can't recite yet!" Xiao Jing stared at Changsheng like a monster, and looked at Changsheng a little embarrassed, scratched his head and said, "Otherwise, I'll teach you!"
"Okay, okay......" Xiao Jing clapped his hands and smiled.
The two children were playing together, and Yu Dafu and his wife drove a fishing boat up the Han River......
On the night of the fourth day, Changsheng was sleeping when he was suddenly woken up by Yuen Long and said, "It's almost there, let's get ready to go!"
By this time, Yuen Long had recovered, and his whole body was once again covered with thick hair, which was still not good-looking, but at least much better than the blood-red color.
Changsheng checked his backpack and followed Yuen Long out of the cabin, Yu Dafu's family also knew that the two were ready to leave, parked the fishing boat on the shore and stood with their hands tied, only Xiao Jing peeked at Changsheng, with a trace of reluctance in his eyes!
Changsheng didn't speak, took out a roll of money from his pocket and handed it to Yu Dafu, Yu Dafu counted the money, and hurriedly said, "What we said was one hundred and fifteen, this, this is too much......"
"Most of them are for Sister Xiaojing, and Uncle Yu is left...... Sister Xiaojing, let's go!" Changsheng replied and walked to Yuen Long's side!
Yuen Long didn't care how much money was given, grabbed Changsheng with one hand, turned back to Yu Dafu and said coldly, "More money is considered a hush money for you, Lao Tzu knows where your family lives, if you dare to talk more, Lao Tzu will personally go to your house and shut you up forever...... Changsheng, let's go!"
As soon as the words fell, Yuen Long grabbed Changsheng and jumped up, kicked the fishing boat to shake, jumped several meters away in one step, and constantly leaped up, rushing towards the deep mountains!
Yu Dafu looked at Yuen Long's skills and secretly stuck out his tongue, a little afraid and a little grateful in his heart, with Yuen Long's skills and the desolate place, his family's lives are in Yuen Long's thoughts!
However, this good man not only did not embarrass his family, but also gave himself 300 yuan.
Three hundred yuan is equivalent to half a year's income of my family!
However, what Yu Dafu didn't know was that Yuen Long was not without the idea of killing, just because this place was already under the control of the Mojia General Hospital, and Yuen Long did not dare to hurt people easily......