Chapter 039: Tired Stones

Pink walls and tiles, green cross-current, murmuring river, arch bridge bending, water or a boat rowing through, the boatman's daughter rocking the oar, a gentle Lucheng tune, the feelings are simple, the rhythm is natural. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Qixi Festival, the night fell quietly in this small tune, I don't know who lit the first lamp, and the whole city of Lucheng soon lit up brilliantly.

And on the Liuhe River in the west of the city, the stone with the white snow and the purple spirit stood on the bow of a painting boat, and the stone nine did not say for the time being, the second daughter really amazed half of the Lucheng.

I saw the white moonlight sprinkled on the white snow and purple spirit, and the light veil fluttered with the wind, as if painting a fairy, a goddess in a dream, and an inadvertent smile, which had already dumped countless passers-by.

"The second daughter is only in the sky, why is she in the world tonight?" in the crowd, I don't know who chanted loudly, which immediately resonated with countless people.

It is said that Shi Shi was unconscious in the tea room on the third floor of the "Tea Drinking" for about half a pillar of incense, and when he woke up, the beautiful woman and the two women in the skirt were no longer there, only the indifferent Zi Ling and Bai Xue with a concerned face.

However, without waiting for the stone to recall what happened before the coma and check whether his eyes were intact, he was taken out of the teahouse by the second daughter and came to the Liuhe River to rent a painting boat to cruise the river and enjoy the moon.

It's just that the stone is very tired now, after all, he has been shopping with the second daughter for two days, which has caused his legs to be as heavy as lead, especially when he encountered inexplicable things in the teahouse not long ago, although he is awake now, he has a feeling of drowsiness.

So after getting on the boat, the only thought of the stone was to be able to sit down and have a good rest, and of course he would prefer to lie down and rest.

It's a pity that he thought about it too beautifully, let alone lying down, he couldn't sit, so he was directly pulled to the bow of the boat by the two girls, one left and one right, saying that it was to see the Milky Way.

The stone was both depressed and helpless, he was really because he couldn't beat Zi Ling, otherwise how could he accompany the second daughter to stand for an hour, and say what kind of galaxy to see?

And in the face of the baptism of the eyes of countless people on both sides of the Willow River, as well as the blasphemous words mixed with those praises, Bai Xue and Zi Ling not only did not dislike the world, but held their heads high and smiled.

The stone felt the second daughter beside him, and his face was groaning.

Needless to say, Bai Xue has been used to holding his arm since she came out this time, and at first the stone was still thinking about rubbing to take advantage, but now it is good, she began to shake it herself.

On the other hand, the change of Zi Ling is the most unpredictable, and the distance between the two is about a foot when they get on the boat, but after this hour has passed, there is zero distance between the two.

Although Zi Ling didn't directly hold the stone's arm like Bai Xue did, she did half-lean on the stone.

"Senior sister, little senior sister, can we go and rest first, I feel so tired, I can't hold on anymore. Stone said with a bitter face.

"No!" the two girls said in unison.

"Tonight, we haven't seen the Magpie Bridge yet, and I haven't made a wish yet, what if I miss it?" Bai Xue then said.

"Queqiao is not a meteor, it won't disappear in the blink of an eye! Stone explained.

"Well, it's still not good, I have a lot of wishes, I'm afraid that there won't be enough time. Bai Xue pondered for a moment and said.

"Can you stay here and let me in and rest for a while? I'm so tired. Stone pleaded.

"If you hold on a little longer, I have you in my wish, and if you are not there, the wish will not work. Bai Xue hugged her hands tighter.

"Cher is right, you just hold on a little longer. Zi Ling said softly.

But seeing Zi Ling move her steps, her body leaned closer to the stone again, as if she was borrowing her body to provide support for the stone, but for some reason her face turned red.

Such a beautiful thing, if it were placed on weekdays, the stone would have blossomed a long time ago, but now it was different, and he didn't have the energy to think about it at all, because the upper and lower eyelids were already fighting.

In the end, however, the stone was able to enter the cabin to rest as he wished, but it was suddenly drizzling outside, and the night became gray, and it was estimated that even if there was a magpie bridge, it would not be visible.

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Painting the boat to swim on the river, the boatman is an old man over the age of six, with a slightly hunched back, with a little granddaughter of eight or nine years old.

The hunchbacked old man was in charge of rocking the oar, and the little girl was singing on the side, although the singing was not very beautiful, but the child's voice was immature, but it was also interesting.

After singing the song, the little girl blinked her big black and bright eyes, and her eyes kept sweeping around the sleeping stone, and for the peerless white snow and purple spirit, they all skimmed by.

The hunchbacked old man was shocked when he found out about his granddaughter's actions, and for fear of offending the guests, he quickly poked the little girl with his hand and glanced at her.

"Two young ladies, don't blame, the granddaughter is still young and ignorant, if you offend the three of you, you still want Haihan, it doesn't matter if you give less money later, just treat it as a little old man to accompany you. The hunchbacked old man said in a slightly hoarse voice, bowing repeatedly in apology.

"Grandpa!" cried the little girl plaintively.

She suddenly became angry, her small mouth was pouting, and there were tears rolling in her big eyes, as if it was going to "rain" in the cabin in the next moment.

"Grandpa promised you, it will definitely be done, at most grandpa will row one more boat tonight, and my granddaughter's coincidence will be indispensable. The hunchbacked old man felt sorry for his granddaughter, reached out and touched the little girl's head, and comforted softly.

The grandfather and grandson have been rowing on the Willow River for some years, but they have never earned much money, but if they put it in the past, forget it, but today is the Qixi Festival, and the little girl still wants to rely on the money earned from rowing to buy her favorite Qiaoguo!

As soon as the little girl heard her grandfather claim that he wanted the guests to pay less for the boat, the already small boat price was reduced again, how could she buy a few taels of fruits?

So how could the little girl not be angry? Even though she got her grandfather's promise, she still seemed unhappy, but fortunately she couldn't hold back her crying.

"This is the money for the boat, my sister will pay you first, if you want to buy Qiaoguo, you have to buy it early, and it should be sold out later. Bai Xue appeared beside the little girl at some point, stuffed a silver ingot into her hand, touched her little head, and said with a smile.

The little girl and her grandfather made a living rowing boats, and naturally knew the money, and when she saw the silver in her hand, there were five taels, and her heart was very shocked, and her eyes first looked at Bai Xue, and then turned to her grandfather.

There are more than 100 boats upstream and downstream on the Liuhe River, and the fares charged vary from one to another, but the hunchbacked old man is always the cheapest, not even half of the average price of all cruise ships.

However, business is not necessarily able to attract at a low price, most of the other boatmen let their daughters, or hire a cardamom girl to play the piano and sing songs on the boat, the better the little lady's appearance, the better the song is sung, and the more guests will rent the boat.

It's not that the hunchbacked old man didn't want to ask a beautiful lady to sing, but he couldn't find a suitable one, first, he couldn't afford to tempt the other party's price, and second, she looked down on their hard-working grandchildren.

At this time, when the hunchbacked old man saw the silver in his granddaughter's hand, he was shocked.

Five taels of silver may not be anything in the eyes of most people, but this is the total income of the grandfather and grandson in the past month.

"I can't do it, I can't do it, I can't help it, the money given by the young lady is too much. After a brief shock, the hunchbacked old man immediately came to his senses and excused himself.

"Hurry up and return the money to this young lady, we can't break the rules and lose our conscience. The hunchbacked old man said to his granddaughter again.

The little girl looked at the silver in her hand, as if she thought that there were many coincidences waiting for her on the shore, and swallowed her saliva secretly.

But she couldn't help but listen to her grandfather's words, and there was a war between heaven and man in her heart, and finally chose the latter in the opinion of Qiaoguo and conscience.

The little girl held the ingot of silver in both hands and stretched it out in front of Bai Xue, probably thinking that a lot of clever fruits were just gone, and she couldn't bear to look at it.

Bai Xue did not take back the ingot, but grabbed the little girl's little hand.

"Take it, one is the boat money, and the rest will be the fruit of our two sisters and big brother giving you. Bai Xue said softly.

The little girl hesitated, looked at the stone and the purple spirit's face, and then turned her head to look at her grandfather.

The hunchbacked old man's face was pale, and he was about to refuse again.

"The old man should accept this money with peace of mind! First, we like your granddaughter, and second, the money has been given, and it is difficult to take it back. Bai Xue said sincerely.

When the hunchbacked old man heard this, he couldn't help but groan, of course he didn't want the five taels of silver, after all, the money could improve the lives of their grandfather and grandson very well, but he always had a little trouble in his conscience.

But soon, after the hunchbacked old man saw his granddaughter's expectant eyes, he suddenly remembered something, and finally decided to accept the money.

"In this case, thank you really Miss, thank you Miss, thank you Miss, thank you Childe, tonight the little old man will only row for the three of them, it doesn't matter how long it takes. The hunchbacked old man bowed down to thank the three of them in turn, even though the stone was sleeping.

"The old man doesn't have to be polite, why don't you dock the boat first, so that the little girl can buy the fruit." Bai Xue smiled.

The hunchbacked old man originally intended not to dock, but he couldn't stand the pitiful eyes of his little granddaughter, and Zi Ling also agreed, and said that he wanted to taste the fruit.

In this way, the hunchbacked old man no longer shirked, he slowly pulled the boat to the shore, and told his little granddaughter to go and return quickly, not to make the guests wait for a long time.

The little girl was so happy that the boat had not yet stopped, and she jumped to the shore, and because there was moss on the shore, the little girl's feet slipped and almost fell into the water, which made her grandfather frightened.

The little girl stabilized her figure, turned around and grinned at her grandfather, and then ran away, for fear that the coincident fruit would really be sold out as Bai Xue said.

When the boat stopped on the shore, the hunchbacked old man naturally didn't have to continue rocking, he anchored and fixed the hull, and then stepped into the cabin.

"What's going on?" the stone snapped ake.

(To be continued)