Chapter 42: The Old Man Fishing
This stream is taken from the water of the moat outside the city, flows through the city and connects the four gates of the east, west, north and south, and some ladies in the boudoir will light a lantern here during the festival to pray to the heavens for a good marriage, so it is also called the marriage river. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
"How did you come here without knowing it?" Shen Qiwu held the wine jug and shook his head, thinking that he was dazzled.
Then I took another sip, this wine was light and tasteless, although the alcohol content was not high, but it could not withstand drinking too much.
Shen Qiwu drank a few pots along the way, and he was also a little drunk in his mind. She sat on the shore with her butt over, and at this time the curfew was approaching, and there were few people by the river.
It happened that there were two people not far from Shen Qiwu, who looked like they were fishing.
Shen Qiwu drank the wine and his mind was very lively, this marriage river is used by the girls to ask for marriage, you said that you are still catching fish, didn't it make the girls' minds drift?
Shen Qiwu thinks that since this is a marriage river, the fish in the river are the girls' marriage dreams. Shen Qiwu thought that she was also a girl, and couldn't help but look over there angrily.
Because of the dim light and the sideways leaning, he couldn't see his face clearly, but the figure of the fishing man was unusually tall, and even though there was a very wide chair under him, he still looked a little cramped to sit on that side.
Behind him stood a little boy, a little man like a scholar, who not only disrespected marriage, but was also a reader.
This is unforgivable.
Shen Qiwu thought for a while, leaned over with the wine jug, looked at the tall figure not far away, and said, "Don't mind if I sit here?" ”
The dim moonlight shrouded the riverbank, Shen Qiwu saw the man more clearly, only to see that the person was wearing a very expensive brocade robe, his face was clear, and his chin was fluttering with the night wind, like a wealthy man in the city, but the breath on his body was full of indescribable feelings, especially this person was obviously an old man, but he didn't feel any old age from his expression and temperament.
"You're fishing?" Shen Qiwu looked at his fishing rod and took a sip of wine.
The old man glanced at her, "Can't you see?" ”
Such a rhetorical question made Shen Qiwu's head rise, and then he raised the wine jug and said, "I drank wine, so I didn't see it." ”
The old man shook his head at her and said, "It's not a good thing for a girl to get drunk and run around at night. ”
Shen Qiwu was not afraid, she didn't think that the security in the capital was very poor, and the other party was an old man and a child, she pouted: "I have something to worry about." ”
The old man looked at her with a smile and did not speak again. Instead, he looked at his fishing rod, perhaps the fish had been hooked, and he took the line and put it back in disappointment.
Shen Qiwu may have had a convulsion, she felt that the old man did not play according to the cards, she looked at the old man and asked disappointedly: "You should ask me what worries me, so that I can be enlightened." ”
The old man waved his hand, as if to dispel the smell of wine emanating from Shen Qiwu's mouth, and he asked the boy behind him to go to the carriage to get a cup of tea.
The old man handed it to Shen Qiwu, the tea was still hot, he squinted his eyes and smiled: "I don't want to be fooled by you, I will enlighten you when I know your troubles." Don't bury me just because I look respectable, the old man won't suffer so easily. ”
Shen Qiwu pursed his lips, secretly despised this old man in his heart, so he drank his tea and ignored him, and watched the moon alone and slowly drank wine.
The old man didn't speak, and his gray beard fluttered in the night sky.
After a while, the old man may have become bored. The fish in the night seemed to have become extremely intelligent, and he did not catch a single fish for half a day.
He began to reel in the line, but found that the bait had been secretly eaten by the fish in the water, which made him very angry, and his voice became louder and louder, reaching Shen Qiwu's ears, "Isn't this fish all sperm, why didn't you take the bait after eating the bait?" ”
Shen Qiwu despised this old man on the side, who told you to fish in the marriage river, these fish eat the prayers of the girls every day, it is strange if you don't become a spirit, and it is already a good thing if you don't take the fishing rod.
"You girl, are you laughing at me in your heart?" The old man turned his head with a look of resentment, and he raised his rod vigorously and decided to withdraw it and stop fishing.
Shen Qiwu shook his head and said, "You didn't enlighten me yourself." ”
"What does this have to do with enlightening you?" The old man didn't understand, and he asked the boy to pour tea on the carriage.
The boy answered, this time he didn't come out with the teacup, he ran over with the teapot, and even forgot to take out the teacup.
The old man took the teapot with a stunned face and glared at the boy fiercely. The boy was probably frightened, and retracted into the carriage and did not come out.
"If you don't enlighten me, I'll be unhappy, and if I'm not happy, the fish in the river won't be able to get used to you, so naturally I won't let you catch it." Shen Qiwu thought about it and felt that it was very good to say that it was very good.
The old man was stunned for a moment, frowned and said, "What kind of truth is this?" ”
"I said yes." Shen Qiwu's voice increased decibels.
The old man gouged out his ears and felt that he shouldn't have such a quarrel with the juniors, so he became interested in the troubles in Shen Qiwu's mouth.
It's just that the old man doesn't like trouble, if he listens to Shen Qiwu's troubles, he can't help but have more troubles, and he feels that he shouldn't listen to it.
So he came up with a good way, and the old man said solemnly: "I can teach you a way to forget your troubles, and make sure that you forget them completely." ”
Shen Qiwu is interested, is it the legendary forgetfulness grass in the rivers and lakes.
"What's the solution?"
"If you don't think about it, you won't be worried." The old man smirked, as if this was really the best way to go.
Shen Qiwu looked left and right, a little disappointed, there were no bricks or wooden sticks here, she wanted to hit the old man's head fiercely.
"Can you always stop talking nonsense?" Shen Qiwu said word by word, looking at the murderous light in the old man's eyes, "Do you think it's so easy not to think about it?" Then you're going to coach me well. ”
The old man glanced at her, and felt the need to teach the wretched child, who had not taught for a long time, but at the mention of such a thing his face had a solemn light.
Shen Qiwu was stunned by the old man, she saw what was on the old man's face, it was wisdom!
Even the boy in the carriage heard that the old man was going to teach, and he poked his head out of the window, and his ears were erected, for fear that he would miss something.
After a long time, the old man spoke.
"What do you think of the moonlight tonight?"
"......" Shen Qiwu.
"......" boy.