Out of the lake, and then along the canal for a while, you will arrive at the boundary of Yangzhou (Emperor Leng Meihuang: Chapter 519 of the Noble Girl's Favor).

The boatman turned around at a fork in the road and steered the boat into a small river.

The river runs through a wilderness of weeds, and in some places, it has to be carried out by the captain to get out of the boat.

After a hard day, we came to a place near the river.

Here, there is a small fishing village.

After sitting on the boat for a few days, Gu Xinyue was also a little dizzy, so she followed Qin Qi and them off the boat and went to the fishing village.

The fishing village is not big, there are only a dozen families, the houses are all thatched houses, and the road is just a dirt road formed by more people.

It was lunchtime, but no smoke came out.

Seeing a group of them approaching, several bare-bottomed children rushed out of the house, and were swept away by Qin Qi and the others, and they were so frightened that they quickly shrank back.

Gu Xinyue took Qin Qi's hand and glared at the other three a few more times.

But a few children, what are you doing with such a murderous aura!

Qin Qi looked down at her and smiled slightly, stretched out his arm, and hugged her waist.

It's a position that can be held behind her at any time.

It's just that the intimacy and naturalness made Qin Mohan's heart tremble, he pursed the corners of his mouth, and cast his gaze on a thatched house that was getting closer and closer.

"Ah Er, Ah Er is not there?" There were still more than ten meters away, and the captain shouted.

"Who?" With an old voice, an old woman with a slumped back walked out tremblingly.

"Grandma of the Yang family, I'm Xu San, is Ah Er here?" The captain hurriedly stepped forward to support the old woman and said loudly.

"Three, two went fishing, and they haven't come back yet." The old woman raised her head, opened a pair of cloudy eyes and looked at the captain again, and said.

"When will you come back? I brought some guests and they wanted to buy saury. The captain asked.

"Saury?" The old woman's eyes turned to the people behind the captain, and after looking at those people, she said: "The saury fish is not easy to beat, but it is more expensive than other fish, at least, it costs a hundred yuan." ”

Seeing that the expressions on the faces of those people changed slightly, the old woman hurriedly said: "Seventy Wen, no matter how little, it is not appropriate." ”

The father-in-law's face also changed greatly, and his voice trembled a little: "Grandma, how can you sell it so cheaply?" ”

Although he hadn't eaten it, he still knew that saury was worth a lot of money, and in recent years, because of the popularity of those literati, the price has been even higher.

Even fishermen can't earn that high price, and they can't be so cheap.

"Cheap ......" Grandma was stunned for a moment, and said softly: "It's not cheap, usually those people who come to collect Ah Er's fish only give 30 yuan." ”

"Who? Who will collect it? Xu San asked.

"It's the people over there in Yangzhou, they're so fierce! It's not easy for us to catch fish, and the price they charge is really low, I wanted to send it to the town to sell it, but before I got out of the estuary, I was surrounded by those people, hey, I want to ...... back then" sighed, the old woman shook her head and said: "Don't say it, don't say it, three, no one sees you here, right?" ”

Xu San shook his head.

"Then, wait, Ah Er should be back today."

Before the old woman's words fell, a child ran over all the way and said, "Mother-in-law, mother-in-law, the second uncle is back!" Brought a lot of fish! Can we eat it today? ”

When Gu Xinyue and the others turned around, they saw a broken fishing boat on the water in the distance, and it was rickety on the shore.

Look at the draft, it should be overloaded.

"It's back!" The old woman screamed, and walked tremblingly to the river.

Xu San hurriedly stretched out his hand to help her and walked towards the river together.

Qin Qi and Qin Mohan glanced at each other, then glanced at the green lotus seeds that were both deep, and followed.

The fishing boat was really old, and when it got closer, the patches on it were clearly visible.

A plank was repaired quickly, and the original appearance of the ship could not be seen.

A lean man stood at the bow of the boat, and there was still some distance between the shore of the boat, so he jumped into the water, took up the mast, and dragged it with all his might, dragging the boat closer to the shore.

When the draft was too deep for the boat to move any longer, Fang lowered the rope and shouted to the boat.

The man on the boat handed him a large bucket of water.

On both shoulders, carrying a big bucket on one side, the man walked quickly ashore, put the bucket down, first shouted to his mother, and then looked at Xu San in surprise: "San, how did you come to be!" ”

Xu San's eyes were a little red, let go of the old woman, and pounced directly, ignoring the man's water stains and fishy smell, and said, "Second brother, if you live like this, why don't you tell me!" ”

The man's eyes were also a little wet, but he said with a smile: "It's not easy for everyone, besides, let's do this, although it's hard, can't we still get by." ”

"This is also called ......" Xu San glanced back with sadness, anger appeared in his eyes, and said, "Are those people looking for trouble for you!" ”

"Okay, okay, we haven't seen each other for a while......" The voice paused, and the man looked at the few people behind Xu San.

His eyes deepened, and he said coldly: "Third child, did you bring outsiders here?" ”

"They're my guests and want to eat saury." Xu San said anxiously.

"I don't sell to outsiders here." The man's face sank, pushed Xu San away, and wanted to turn around and continue to carry the bucket down the boat.

"Saury, we'll give you three taels of silver." Qin Qi's arm moved slightly, hooked Gu Xinyue back, and raised his voice.

Gu Xinyue glanced up at Qin Qi, stopped, and let him hold herself close to his arms.

The man paused, let out a sneer, and said, "Do you think that I don't know the market price of saury?" ”

"Then why do you only sell for thirty wen?" Qin Qi glanced at the fish in the barrel (he was tall and could see far away), and said with a light smile: "You are only afraid that there are hundreds of fish here, but how can you live so poorly?" ”

The man turned around, glanced at the old woman, his expression was cold, and he said lightly: "The guests are a little lenient." ”

"Second brother, they're not bad guys." Xu San took a step forward and said hurriedly.

"Third child, your temperament is still the same, how can you tell if you are a bad guy on the surface." The man said coldly and said, "These people have the stench of the government on their bodies!" ”

Xu San was stunned and looked back at a few people.

These people were on the boat in Huai'an, and it was the boat that the students of the Chongsheng Academy of Tongguò had ordered for him.

A few people were very leisurely along the way, and if it hadn't rained, the girl would have gone out of the cabin and lay on the deck to bask in the sun.

The four men (Shiso is women's clothing) have good martial arts, but they don't have any shelf at all, and they are also very peaceful.

was found fault by the He family, and he was not angry with him.

That's why he thought about bringing them here.

Thinking that if they were willing to buy it directly, they could also bring a business to their former brothers.

Although he has not been in touch for several years, he also knows that those brothers are not doing very well.

I didn't expect it to be so bad.

Moreover, the government?

After a while, Xu San stood next to the man, staring at Qinglianzi with a pair of eyes full of essence.

And in those thatched huts, many people also came out one after another.