Chapter 336: Helping and Being Helped
The White River, which flows north from the Holy City, is already in the middle reaches, and the water here is gentle and wide enough for boats to ferry.
This provided a lot of convenience for Qin Lao, he originally planned to go north on foot, but there was a more time-saving and labor-saving way for him to choose, but he had to pay most of the property.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Qin, for letting you break the bank," Martha said embarrassedly.
"It's okay, it's just the travel expenses." Qin Wei said this, but he still clutched his half-empty wallet in distress before stuffing it back into his clothes.
It does cost a lot of money to take a boat, and the captain only let the two of them on the boat at the price of fifteen silver coins, but it is much easier than sleeping outside with their meals, there is a separate cabin to live in, there is food supply, and the boat is adrift all day, and the road that can be driven in a day is much more than they walk, although the route taken by the boat is winding, but in this way, the time for them to go to the royal capital can be shortened to twenty days, which is exactly what Qin Wei wants, using money for time and convenience.
The only thing that made Qin Wei a little embarrassed was that there were no real passenger boats on the Baihe River, all the major towns and villages were cargo ships, and the people were just taken by the way.
Being in the same room with a young person of the opposite sex, Qin Lao, who had never talked about his girlfriend in his life, was a little excited, but when he went to bed at night, he realized that it was not easy to fall asleep on a rickety ship, coupled with the sound of the water, the sound of sailors walking around on the deck, and the shouts of the navigator from time to time, those noises together simply killed Qin Lao's ears, how could he have the time to think about it.
So he would plug his ears with cotton every night to barely sleep, and Martha, a huntress who had never traveled on a cargo ship, was the same, thanks to Qin Wei who had prepared enough cotton in advance, which was originally something he would only use when operating an RPG, otherwise the noise from the 'tube' would have made him deaf in his right ear.
"Next time, let's go on foot, at least I have a guarantee of sleeping at night, otherwise I will dream of an earthquake every night, and I can't run away, it's too painful," Qin Wei said after the fifteen-day 'cargo boat tour'.
"What Mr. Qin said is that he is still at ease when he steps on the ground!"
The huntress also had lingering feelings about this, for a native herdsman, life on the water was far less easy than hunting in the mountains and forests, and she didn't want to experience the feeling of being involuntarily felt anymore.
The fly in the ointment of the boat trip can be regarded as easy, but Qin Wei is not staying on the ship all day long and doing nothing, he has been trying to take the RPG to the next level, but with little success.
Qin Wei occasionally helps the crew to do what they can, but this kind of thing is very common on this kind of cargo ship, even if the guests on the ship pay the money, they have to work, wipe the deck, collect a rope or something, the captain will not return the money to Qin Wei because of this, and he will not even deliberately thank him.
So when Qin Wei cheekily asked the other party to say thank you, he only got a bunch of white eyes and caring retarded eyes.
The crew couldn't do it, so they had to start with Martha.
I have to say that Martha, this girl is really a well-behaved and obedient companion, she cooperates with Qin Wei's plans, no matter how strange things are.
For example, Qin Wei will ask her to 'call' herself as much as possible, such as taking a piece of water, handing something or something like that, as long as she says thank you at the end.
Of course, Martha didn't agree at first, how could she be embarrassed to do this kind of thing, Qin Wei was her savior, it should be the other way around.
'Here, let's rehearse and let me get you a glass of water!'
'Please help me get a glass of water?' Martha squirmed shyly.
'Great!'
Qin Yan took the water back and handed it to Martha, and when Martha subconsciously raised his glass to drink, he stopped with wide eyes, "Did you forget to say anything?"
'Uh, thanks?' Martha said weakly.
'That's right!haha, that's it!' Qin Wei laughed proudly.
In this way, there are more and more things that Martha 'asks' Qin Rank, and even when she goes to the deck to look at the wind, she has to 'seek' Qin Rank's consent in advance, so that Qin Rank will have the opportunity to help her up in exchange for a thank you.
And this scene was played out countless times on the cargo ship, so much so that the captain and Qin Lao asked curiously when chatting, 'Are you husband and wife?'
'Uh, no.'
'Lovers?'
'It's not, it's just a companion.'
'That's... Your relationship is really not ordinary.' The captain gave Qin Wei an envious look between men.
'No, no, no, she's just frail and needs special care.'
'Oh~ don't explain to me much, I understand!' The captain's eyes remained the same, and he even patted Qin Lian's shoulder, "The young man is working hard! I'm sure she must know your mind!
Uh, this misunderstanding is really hard to explain, Qin Wei 'helped' Martha to run before and after, in the eyes of outsiders, is it the meaning of pursuing her, but this can't be helped, you big men don't want to say thank you, I can only trouble Martha.
Forget it, for the sake of RPG upgrades, misunderstandings are misunderstandings, anyway, the actual reason is that the two of us know what's going on.
Qin Wei has a clear explanation of his origin and current ability, he admires Martha's listening ability very much, and the other party accepted these stories in their entirety without any doubts, so Qin Wei also told her everything.
As for why Martha blushed every day, he felt that it was normal, it was really embarrassing for her to let her do this kind of thing, and since it had been ineffective for half a month, Qin Wei didn't plan to do it deliberately after getting off the boat.
But what Qin Wei didn't know was that when they got off the boat, Martha felt a little bit of loss.
'Is there a task that is a little more difficult but I can do?'
"Isn't Mr. Qin good at killing evil things, it's better to... Come with me to Hesse?'
Martha's heart was beating when she made this suggestion, and she didn't know how to say this, maybe it was because of the passive 'contact' with Qin Wei for half a month on the ship, which made her a lot bolder.
As for going to Hesse, that was the reason why Qin Wei unilaterally thought they were going together, in fact, it didn't matter if Martha herself went there or not, as long as she could travel with Qin Wei, it was just that she also needed an excuse to stay by Qin Wei's side.
So going to Hesse became her ostensible goal, and only she knew that she was actually struggling with this reason, because once she arrived at the royal city, she had to continue to the north in order to go to Hesse and separate from Qin Lao.