Chapter 165: Then to the ferry
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Now that she is fledgling, she must not be able to take over the business on the water.
She stopped, looked at Su Zhao beside her, and said softly, "Let's go to the ferry." ”
Although Su Zhao didn't understand what she meant, he still listened to her words, hired a carriage, and the two took the carriage to the ferry together.
At this time, the hazy morning light had not yet dissipated, and the boats coming from the river docked at the ferry, and the Lifu who had just rested at the nearby tea shop flocked to take over the burden of loading and unloading the goods from the merchants on board.
At that time, Su Fu and Su Zhao had not yet gotten out of the carriage, and when they looked at this behavior through the curtain, they saw that Lifu not only unloaded the goods in the boat, but someone actually carried the goods and left the ferry directly.
As if chatting, Su Fu asked the coachman, "Why did Na Lifu just carry the goods and leave?" ”
The coachman seemed to be dissatisfied with being robbed of business by Lifu, and spoke with a hint of laziness and contempt, "Lang Jun doesn't know, there are often objects in this cargo that are afraid of bumping, and they will inevitably bump and break on the carriage, so Lifu will move it directly." ”
After that, the coachman didn't think it was clear enough, and added, "Naturally, if Lifu makes such a business, he will get more wages, but if he accidentally falls, I am afraid that he will even have to pay himself." ”
The coachman understood what he said, so when Su Fu got out of the car, he gave a few more copper plates.
At the ferry, Lifu, who had grabbed the job, was satisfied with the copper plate in his hand, three copper plates for one cargo, and a boat came to carry ten pieces of eight, and the family's rations for a day were available.
And those who didn't get the job could only squat on the side and watch those who had just received their wages, and complained in their hearts about why they didn't run faster, but they were robbed of the first place.
And in this group of people who did not grab the work, there was a thin and dry gray-faced young man, quietly nested aside, revealing a pair of dark and bright eyes looking at the slightly rippling river, when the next ship was approaching, swished like an arrow on a string, and when it ran to the dock, the boat just stopped.
At the same time, there were already a lot of wives gathered on the dock, looking at the steward who got off the boat, and after the steward picked a few strong wrestlers, the rest of the people who were not selected could only scold and sigh.
And the boy who arrived at the dock first was completely ignored by the steward on the ship.
The young man was not fierce or noisy, and left the dock quietly, but his dark and bright eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of dust at the moment.
It's just that Fang walked here, but was caught by those few Lifu who were also not selected, and punched the young man in the stomach, extremely contemptuous, "You kid is not very capable, you ran so fast and was not selected, it's really useless." ”
Lifu on the side also punched the teenager from time to time, as an interesting thing in a boring life.
The young man was silent, and the quiet Ren Lifu beat and scolded.
Seeing that he couldn't fight back and scolded him, a few Lifu gradually lost interest, so they let the boy go.
The young man silently stepped aside and squatted down honestly.
In the tea shop, two Lang Jun wearing brocade robes came.
When the owner of the tea shop saw the two of them, he immediately greeted them with bright eyes.
At the ferry, it is very common to see richly dressed Lang Jun, but it is rare to come to this shabby tea shop to quench the thirst of the husband, and it can be said that there is no Lang Jun at all.
"Is there something wrong with the two Lang Jun?" The tea shop owner's eyes flickered, and he asked tentatively.
Su Fu only said, "The two of us are passing by here, and we are a little thirsty, let's have two bowls of tea!" ”
The owner of the tea shop hurriedly went in and poured two bowls of tea and handed them to the two of them.
Su Fu took it, the tea bowl was held in his hand, and he didn't eat it, but looked at the owner of the tea shop, stretched out his hand and pointed to the young man who was squatting silently on the side, as if he was puzzled, "How can there be such a thin force?" ”
The shopkeeper's gaze followed the direction of her hand, and when he saw the figure, the shopkeeper smiled.
He had been selling tea at the ferry for several years, and most of the Lifu here were well acquainted, but the boy was the most special of them all, not only because of his thin body, but also because of his status.
Su Fu took out a piece of broken silver from his arms and handed it to the owner of the tea shop, deliberately accentuating his tone, "These are two bowls of tea money." ”
The tea shop owner saw that she was very sincere, coughed dryly, and put the broken silver into his arms, and then said, "The identity of this Lifu is known to the people of the entire ferry." ”
When Su Fu heard this, he knew that this young man was unusual, so he casually put the tea bowl aside, and looked at the young man again, "The boss continues." ”
The owner of the tea shop nodded, and then said, "His surname is Liu Mingcheng, he is only thirteen years old this year, and his father Liu Zhiguan worshiped the Wupin Inspector Yushi, but he impeached the wrong person, and His Majesty was angry, so he removed the official of the Inspector Yushi Liu Zhi." ”
"Liu Zhi is a hot-blooded character, he doesn't admit his guilt to death, and in a fit of anger, he actually dies of anger and blood, Liu Zhi's wife is also a lover, leaving her only son and going with Liu Zhi. Poor thirteen-year-old boy, no one wants to go anywhere to make a living, so he has to do some work at the ferry. ”
"But Lang Jun also saw it, Liu Cheng is still young, his body is thin and weak, how can there be these strong men who are used to rough work, Kong Wu is powerful, and he has very little work, and he can barely make ends meet."
When the owner of the tea shop said this, he sighed twice for Liu Cheng.
Su Fu frowned, just now the owner of the tea shop said that Liu Cheng's father, Liu Zhi, impeached a person and was removed by His Majesty in the Southern Tang Dynasty, so who is this person?
Thinking of this, she opened her mouth and asked, "I don't know who Liu Yushi impeached?" ”
The owner of the tea shop coughed unnaturally, his face was slightly red, and he looked unnatural, "This ...... Lang Jun still asks others to go! ”
The words of the owner of the tea shop let her know that the official position of the person impeached by Liu Zhi was not low, and it was so difficult for people to talk about it.
She no longer embarrassed the owner of the tea shop, and changed the topic, "How long has this young man been here?" ”
"There's a month." This question was easy to answer, and the owner of the tea shop even answered.
She nodded and smiled slightly at the tea shop owner, "Thank you." ”
So he led Su Zhao out of the tea shop.
Su Zhao stood beside Su Fu and looked at the young man who was squatting there without moving, and the young man seemed to feel that someone was looking at him, raised his head slightly, and collided with their gaze.
The dark eyes were cold and detached, and in the blink of an eye, the young man lowered his head again, as if it was just an illusion.
"Sister." Su Zhao turned his head and looked at Su Fu.
That young man shouldn't just be a force, no need for Su Zhao to say, Su Fu also understands. (To be continued.) )