Chapter 561: Lost Silver
After Yang Xianmao heard what Tieqiao Zhang said, he frowned, if the shopkeeper really dared to do it to himself, then he couldn't help but be ruthless.
Yang Xianmao did not refuse the escort of the people sent by Liu Laowu, and returned to Yuzhou on foot together. They made their way through the grove safely to the dock and boarded the ferry.
The killer of the shopkeeper was ambushed in the grove, and when he saw Liu Wuye sending someone to escort him, and they were obviously all masters, he thought that it was difficult to win, so he did not show his head.
I got on the ferry and paddled across the river. The Tieqiao Zhang said to Yang Xianmao: "Yang Shaoxia should not set up a stall, lest the man surnamed Ma poison you." If you can trust us Liu Wuye, please go to the village, Liu Ye is willing to hire a young man as a nurse, and he will have a home in the future. I don't know what the young man thinks?"
Yang Xianmao shook his head and said: "Thank you, go back and thank Liu Wuye for me, I am a wanderer in the rivers and lakes, I have no fixed place, I have a home all over the world, and I don't want to be constrained by others." As for the shopkeeper who is not good for me, I will naturally deal with this, and I don't care about Liu Wuye. ”
Na Tieqiao Zhang nodded, and didn't say much.
When the boat reached the center of the river, suddenly, there was a sudden shock, as if it had been hit hard by something, and the people on the boat were all staggering and screaming. Yang Xianmao was hit and flew directly out of the ferry and fell into the water.
Tieqiao Zhang and other guards were strong in martial arts, but they didn't know how to water, and saw Yang Xianmao fall into the water, and quickly sank underwater, frightened, and hurriedly called the boatman who supported the boat to go down to save people. And draw a knife to threaten. The boatmen were scared, so they all jumped into the water to save them, and for a while, Yang Xianmao could no longer be seen underwater.
Yang Xianmao's heart was cold at the moment, because he was on the ferry just now, and at the same time that the ferry was violently hit by something, he felt a huge force pulling him out of the ferry and falling into the water. And after falling into the water, it quickly sank to the bottom like a weighing stone. He couldn't resist the force of the sinking with all his might.
It stands to reason that with his water nature and martial arts, even if he carries sixty taels of silver on his back, he can float to the surface of the water, but at this moment, he can't float at all, he feels that the sixty taels of silver on his back seem to weigh a thousand catties, dragging him to the bottom of the water.
Yang Xianmao didn't hesitate any longer, and immediately quickly untied the purse purse on his back, watching the purse of sixty taels of silver sink to the bottom.
As soon as the purse was gone, he immediately relaxed his whole body, and with a slight kick, he rushed to the surface of the water like a sharp sword. At this time, those boatmen were looking for him everywhere, and when they saw him rushing up from the bottom of the water, they didn't have time to react, Yang Xianmao had already reached the water, just by the side of the ferry, he jumped up, grabbed the side of the boat, and easily got on the ferry.
Fortunately, he had put the large wooden box of his medical practice on the ferry, so he did not fall into the water with him. At the moment, the big wooden box is still lying there.
The iron bridge Zhang Zheng anxiously looked at the side of the boat, and saw Yang Xianmao on the boat, so he breathed a sigh of relief, but he secretly thought in his heart, how good Liu Wuye boasted about the martial arts of this Xiaolang surnamed Yang, the collision just now, those ordinary people on the ferry were not knocked down, and his martial arts practitioners were so shocked that they fell out of the ferry and fell into the water, but they were afraid that this martial arts would have a false reputation, and they couldn't help but feel a little disdainful in their hearts.
Tieqiao Zhang found that the purse purse on Yang Xianmao's back was missing, and hurriedly asked what was going on, but Yang Xianmao just said lightly that it was too heavy, so he threw it away. Tieqiao asked how much money was in it? Yang Xianmao said that there were sixty taels of silver. Tieqiao Zhang's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly ordered the boatmen to go down to salvage, and there was a lot of reward for catching it.
When the boatmen heard this, they all went into the water to look for it. The river is very clear, and now it is daylight, these boatmen are very good at water, and can catch fish and shrimp under the water, but they have been looking for a long time under the water, and they have not found the silver money of the purse. The water on the river surface of this river crossing is not turbulent, and the water is not too deep, and the sixty taels of silver are very heavy, and they will definitely sink to the bottom of the river, but so many boatmen are looking around below, even if the embroidery needles are afraid to find them, they can't find the silver, as if they have disappeared out of thin air.
Seeing that the boatmen were busy salvage, no one was supporting the boat, and the ferry began to drift downstream, Yang Xianmao said: "You salvage slowly, whoever gets the money will belong to whom! I don't want it, just send me across the river." ”
When they heard this, the boatmen immediately cheered, but no one came up to support the boat, and they all went into the river to look for money. Even those who crossed the river on the ferry, those who were good at the water, took off their clothes and jumped into the river to look for them.
Tieqiao Zhang nervously asked Yang Xianmao: "What about sixty taels of silver, do you really want it?" I'll help you find it, and if you find it, I'll divide half of it!"
"Whoever finds belongs to whom. I don't want it. Yang Xianmao said lightly. He put the wooden box on his back, threw a large wooden block on the ferry boat that was specially used to save people into the river, took a penny, jumped up, landed on the big wooden block, and the penny supported him and went to the other side.
Tieqiao Zhang was happy, stood beside the boat, pointed to the boatman who was not floating and diving on the river, and said loudly: "This is my friend's money, whoever catches it, you can divide half of it, and give me the rest!" I, I want to return it to my friend." Of course, what he wanted in his heart was not to return Yang Xianmao, but to fall into his pocket, thirty taels of silver, which is not a decimal.
I heard that someone here dropped sixty taels of silver at the bottom of the river, the owner said no, whoever caught it belonged to whom, many boats fishing, including wharf coolies, but all those who had some water came to fish, and the whole river was full of people.
It's a pity that the salvage took a whole day, and when it got dark, so many people never found the silver of the purse.
Yang Xianmao crossed the river with wooden blocks, reached the shore, and after going ashore, went straight back to the tea shop.
In the tea shop, after Xia Yinhua saw him, she was overjoyed, and immediately put the copper kettle on the table, flew out like a gust of wind, and looked at him with an excited face: "Are you back? Oh, why are you wet?
"It's fine. Yang Xianmao saw that many people in the tea shop were looking at him, so he said, "Borrow it from your kitchen, and I'll change my clothes." ”
"Okay, you go, I'll get you dry clothes. ”
"No, I have it in the box. ”
Yang Xianmao walked straight into the kitchen at the back, took off his wet clothes, took out a robe from the big wooden box and changed it, and then walked out.
Xia Yinhua hurriedly asked how the doctor was doing.
Yang Xianmao said: "Mr. Xu's daughter's illness was a little troublesome, so it took some time. ”
Xia Yinhua said happily: "I invite you to drink in the evening!" You helped me see Feng Shui, my business has improved a lot in the past few days, all the rich people who come are drinking good tea, and they also order good dishes, and they make more money." ”
The business of a large bowl of tea and two cooking cakes for a penny can't make much money, but if there are more customers who can afford to drink high-end tea and order wine, the natural profit will be much greater, no wonder Xia Yinhua is so open-eyebrow.
Yang Xianmao glanced at the tea shop, and sure enough, there were many tea customers in brocade robes, and when they saw Yang Xianmao, they all smiled and nodded, but Yang Xianmao didn't know him. However, he subconsciously felt that it should be Liu Wuye's person. Maybe Liu Wuye knew about Xia Yinhua's relationship with himself, so let these people come to cheer, and Xia Yinhua's business would of course get better.
Can this be regarded as the credit of his own feng shui? Yang Xianmao didn't know, and he didn't bother to think about it, so he said to Xia Yinhua: "Congratulations, I'll set up a stall next." ”
Sixty taels of silver were wasted, where did he get the money to eat and live in the store without setting up a stall, Yang Xianmao took his medicine box to the bluestone slab outside the tea shop, spread a white cloth, put a few flavors of medicine, sat on the bluestone slab and continued to set up the stall.
He just started to set up a stall, and soon there were many customers, most of them were those coolies and boatmen under Liu Wuye, they already knew that Yang Xianmao was back, so those who were sick helped their families or came to see the doctor themselves, and those who were not sick also wanted to come and see the excitement, because the medical skills of this Xiaolang were said to be very clever, and many people came to admire it.
Yang Xianmao only charges one penny each time to treat these people. Such a price can be achieved by few langzhong in Xuzhou, which makes these coolies full of good feelings for Yang Xianmao.
It wasn't until the evening that there were fewer people who came to see the doctor, and the lively ones went home to eat, Yang Xianmao breathed a sigh of relief, and the tea customers in the tea shop were almost gone. Xia Yinhua was packing up the tables and chairs, preparing to close the door, Yang Xianmao packed up her things and put them in the box, and then carried a large vat to carry water for her.
This time, the mother-in-law and maids who were fetching water by the well recognized Yang Xianmao, and whispered that he was the little man who set up a stall in the tea shop, because he had saved Liu Wuye and was appreciated by Liu Wuye, this little man was very clever in traditional Chinese medicine, but he didn't expect him to have so much strength.
Some little daughters-in-law also took the initiative to talk to Yang Xianmao, but Yang Xianmao just smiled gently, did not talk to them, and went back with water, the more calm he was, the more he left the impression of honesty and honesty to these big girls and little daughters-in-law, and they discussed a lot in private, and some even began to make up their minds about how to have anything to do with this young man.
Yang Xianmao took the water tank back to Xia Yinhua's tea shop, and after putting it down, he saw that the axe had been put away, and a pile of firewood was waiting for him.
At that moment, Yang Xianmao didn't say much, picked up the axe and began to chop firewood, the action was very fast, and in a blink of an eye, all the firewood was chopped and stacked neatly. When she came out of the kitchen, she saw that the door had been closed, an oil lamp was lit, and Xia Yinhua was sitting at the square table and looking at him happily.
It is still two meat and two vegetables, which are made by Xia Yinhua herself, plus a jar of wine.
Yang Xianmao didn't say much, and sat down at the table, because he had said that every time he split the wood, there would be a wine banquet to reward him.
Although he has eaten and drunk spicy food in Xujia Villa in the past few days, Yang Xianmao has not much interest in the banquet, as long as he can fill his stomach. And in comparison, he prefers to eat wine in Xia Yinhua's tea shop, although these dishes are not as exquisite as Xu Yuanwai's house, but they have a unique flavor, and they are more refined, and they feel more at ease.
Xia Yinhua asked, "Are you staying?"