When the second watch is approaching, the ferry that I was waiting for at the beginning always comes. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The first dream inquired carefully, only to know that this ferry boat has a southbound head, not a northbound one, and only one trip a week, firstly, because in this troubled era, not many people can afford to buy the road money, and secondly, it is to help refugees smuggle in the country, and it is also a matter of losing their heads to be caught, and they are not outlaws and do not want to earn this sacrifice money.

The Jin government also knew that the war in the north had become more and more intense in recent years, and a large number of refugees had to go south to make a living, but if this large number of people poured into the capital in unison, it would also have a big impact on the aristocratic life of the Jin State. Frightened, the government simply tightened the passage from north to south, leaving only three gates, and only once a month to allow a small number of refugees to cross south. Tens of thousands of refugees were like cattle squeezing, pushing, tearing, and charging, just crossing this gate, that is, to live or be reborn, but I don't know how many people fell in the place close to this southern soil.

The ordinary opening of the gate is too cruel, and some old and weak women and children can't fight to kill those young and strong people, so they give birth to scattered smuggling affairs in various places outside the gate.

With the lights flickering in front of the boat, the refugees at the ferry had already gotten up and rushed to the shore, and before the boat was reined, the refugees took out their own scraps and pieces of money and waited to board the boat.

Sure enough, as soon as the boatman started to speak, it was said that the southern martial law and the investigation had been delayed today, and then one by one they nodded their heads and let the refugees on board, and each one boarded the ship and charged a head of money, and the children counted half a penny, and in a short time they picked up a large string of harvests in their hands.

Chu Mengyi was on the boat behind the old woman and the child who had just given her bread, but when the wheel was about to catch her, the team was stuck, and the old woman was arguing with the boatman. The first dream watched carefully, probably because the old woman was caught off guard that the children also had to count the money, but the money on her body was not enough, and the boatman had no mercy, shouting angrily, "If you don't have money, get out." ”

The refugees at the back of the queue were also anxious when they saw that the queue in front of them was stuck. Often people at this time are the most ruthless, only thinking about their own interests, and those who stand in the way are eager to get punished. The refugees gradually became agitated, and they also shouted "leave without paying, don't delay their boarding" and other cool words.

When Chu Meng heard this, he was very displeased, and he grabbed the boatman with an arrow, took out four pieces of money and slapped it on the palms of the boatman and said: "I gave the old and the young boat's money, a lot of yours!" ”

In the past, it was a rare thing to dream of distributing wealth and helping the poor in Dutou, but at this moment, the refugees were not only surprised, but curious, where did this woman come from, and they didn't know that Li Min was suffering and so profligate.

"Thank you, sister!" the old woman and the children around her knelt down.

Chu Meng hurriedly went to Fu Lian and said, "It doesn't matter. ”

The old woman groped out two naan maids from her bag again, and said, "This is the last bit of ready-made food for the old woman, and the girl must accept it." ”

"How can this be collected...... If I take it, what will you eat?"

"The girl has given us a few yuan of money, and tomorrow when we get to the new village and town, we can exchange for some food, which is enough. ”

"I'm not hungry, but these are the last two cakes of you, and I can't ask for them!"

"Girl. The old woman solemnly said, "I have accepted your money, but if you do not want this bread for the child to see, he will think that the poor should be able to reach out and ask for it, and that they should be able to get it for nothing." For the sake of this child, I also hope that the girl will accept it. ”

At the time of the first dream, her stomach made a hungry sound at an inopportune time, the first dream was solemn, and suddenly she laughed, and the old woman's child-rearing skills were quite reasonable, so she took the cake and chewed it in a big gulp. The most delicious food in the world is not the rare delicacies of the mountains and seas, but a word "hunger", when you are hungry, you feel that this rice bran naan cake is also better than the fine cooking imperial meal in the Xianbei Palace.

"Girl, with all due respect, aren't you in trouble at home?" the old woman sat down on the boat, squinting at her first dream beside her.

Chu Meng's heart was stunned, and then he buried his head in eating as if nothing had happened, and said, "Why did the eldest lady say that?"

The old woman smiled, locked her eyes on Chu Meng's face, as if she wanted to see through everything, and said: "In this time of chaos, everyone is burdened with their own thoughts, I don't ask, and you don't have to say it." A good girl like you will definitely be rewarded. ”

All the refugees were on board, and the boat was so full that it was so crowded that it swayed, but fortunately the first dream got up early to board the boat, and barely occupied the side of the boat, and there was a place to lean. With so many people in such a small space at once, the smell will not smell good, and the first dream can only endure the feeling of acid reflux.

The boat gradually slipped away from the shore, and she couldn't see the waterfront outside in her first dream, and she only vaguely felt that the boat was shaking a little harder, while the people in the boat were more settled, and they were not as restless as before.

"I boarded the ship, but I only stepped through the gate with one foot, and the real test was yet to come. The old woman sighed bitterly.

"The real test?"

"Girl, do you know why this boat sails at night, because now that the border posts in the south are becoming more and more stringent, such smuggling can only be done in the dark. But there were many inconveniences in this night boat, and my neighbor sank on the dark rock that I heard had touched the bottom of the water, and ......"

"That's dangerous, that'...... It's a real gamble. ”

"It's really a gamble, but it's a gamble that at least half of it still has to live, but if you stay on the northern border, it's really a dead end!"

"The northern border is really so terrifying...... "Hatsumu muttered to himself.

"Girl, haven't you seen it, those barbarians burning, killing and looting, doing all kinds of evil. But where there is a glimmer of life in the homeland, who wants to live this life of displacement......"

"Is there a way to go north?"

The old woman smiled helplessly: "Girl, I know that you are worried, but even if you are not afraid of death, there is no way to go to the north." My grandson and I also walked hundreds of miles to the ferry, which was a little closer to Jianye, before we got on the boat."

Chu Meng suddenly felt disappointed and gloomy in his heart, and asked again: "Then, how far is Taozhu Town, where Fangcai Dutou is located, from Jianye?"

"About seventy or eighty miles. But this boat does not go to Jianye, and no boat dares to go to Jianye, the capital is where the dignitaries live, and the smuggling inspection is too strict, and our smuggling boats usually go to the small villages and towns in the suburbs of Jianye twenty or thirty miles. Today's trip is to Dayin Town. Girl, the matter has come to this, the old body advises you to be at peace with what happens, some things can not be achieved by your efforts, if you really have a fate with that person, you will meet. You have a sincere wish, and I don't know who the heavens will send to escort you. ”

The old woman seemed to see the heart of the first dream very clearly, but she didn't break it with her, and the first dream was very grateful to the old woman for being so knowledgeable and interesting, and she had some family routines. Chu Meng also learned about the terroir of the Jin Kingdom during the conversation, and the current passage to the north is full of difficulties and dangers, and it is a little unrealistic to find Duan Ran, and how to survive in the future depends on himself.

Time passed, I don't know when the third watch, the first dream gradually fell asleep with the swaying of the ferry, she was extremely tired, and she was extremely sleepy. In the past few days, there has been a chance to rest and breathe tonight, and everyone else is afraid that the ship will not sink, and whether the patrol will be found tomorrow and can't sleep at night, but the first dream has been relieved, and on the fourth watch, there was a sweet snoring, which shook the old woman and woke up. The old woman caressed her green silk lovingly as if she were her own child, took out a cloth jacket from her own baggage and covered Chu Meng's body, and closed her eyes to rest with her.

After a while, a violent crash woke Chu Dream, and the people on the ship staggered into one piece, and the human voice gradually thickened again in the beast-like cabin. Chu Meng's heart was shocked, and he thought that the boat had touched the dark stone, but when he saw that the surrounding crowd had straightened up their clothes and watched at the bow of the boat, his heart was also relieved, and it turned out that the boat had docked in the collision just now.

When I saw the cloth jacket on my body in my first dream, my heart warmed. She looked at the world outside the bow of the boat through the crowd, only to see that it was still dark outside, and she thought that smuggling was just a matter of hiding people's ears, so how could she tell the world with a lantern.

When she was young, the old woman was about to get up after packing her baggage, and Chu Meng and the old woman's grandson picked her up together, followed the crowd and moved towards the bow of the boat. But out of this stuffy and hot cabin, the world outside is not necessarily rich, it is still a chaotic wilderness, occasionally mixed with a few roosters and dogs barking, if you travel here alone, you will really feel hairy in your heart, and fear will be born on the edge of your guts.

"Girl, the old man wants the eastern suburbs of Dayin Town to do some things, so don't leave it at that. "You follow the crowd westward, and you'll probably be in town by daybreak." Although Dayin Town is not a prosperous place, it is still better than the previous villages and towns, and it is not a problem for you to stay there and eat. ”

"Aunt Xie...... "I didn't know how to thank you for a while.

"Pingshui doesn't have to thank each other when they meet, say thank you, it should be the old body Xie Girl's generosity. The old woman said, "It's almost dawn, and with a face like you, it's best to hurry into the town at night." We're on our way too. ”

"Goodbye, sister!" said a sweet child's voice from the mouth of the grandson.

Chu Mengqian smiled and watched his mother-in-law and grandson go to the eastern suburbs, and he didn't dare to delay for too long, so he became among the crowds of people who entered the town. The old woman was really right, most of the refugees went to the town, one is convenient for tossing and turning, and the other is for resting. The dawn of the East is beginning to emerge, and the sky is becoming clearer and clearer like a raccoon veil, and the first dream looks like a down-and-out poor man at this moment, his face is dirty, and the body is also wearing the rough clothes of the Han people in the farmhouse in the past, which is inconspicuous, if it were not for the fact that she witnessed her buying horses and scattering wealth in the past, no one expected that this weak woman would be burdened with dozens of dollars, and she could be regarded as a rich party in this town.

After a while, the sky was white, there was no warm sun today, the sky was just a whole white color, and the further I went, the outline of the town became clearer, and the houses gradually emerged. When I heard some shouting in my first dream, I saw that the morning market in front of the town was in front of me.

At that time, in the morning market, there were many baskets and a variety of items, including those selling chickens, slaughtering cows, peddling ready-made clothes, and buying some hand-woven bamboo baskets...... The people in front of the stalls are all villagers from nearby farmhouses, and everyone comes to the market to sell their own harvest belongings, or exchange some money or rice. In the morning market, there was a lot of people, so it was not lively, and as soon as they entered the market, the people who came from the previous boat went to the east and west.

The first dream groped for this, looked at that, it was so fresh and interesting. In the past, on the Mongolian Plateau, it was either the Shenyuan Palace, or the yellow sand and snow, how could I have seen such a vivid life scene.

"Freshly baked vegetable and meat buns—girl, do you want to try them?" Chu Meng approached a bun stall, and a villager carrying a cage drawer diligently lifted a shrine cage lid for Chu Meng to see, and the hot air in the cage drawer rushed to overflow, and the smell of meat was permeated.

Chu Meng swallowed the saliva in his mouth, the meal of naan cakes that the old woman gave him last night had already been digested, and now it was the hungriest time.

"How much does this bun cost?"

"Ten texts. ”

"Ten comes!" said Hatsumeng proudly.

The villager who sold the steamed buns raised his eyes in surprise and looked at Chu Meng, thinking in his heart that this girl looked so thin and small, and she could eat it so much.

Chu Meng took the bun wrapped by the villager with one hand, groped for the burden with the other hand and was about to pay for it, but the more he touched it, the more he realized that something was wrong, and his complexion gradually became solemn, until he touched the crack at the bottom of the burden that he didn't know when, and his heart was depressed like a boulder smashed into the water and splashed a shocking wave.

Oh no! The money is gone!