The story of Scar Liu coming out for Fushun spread throughout the dock! How could this ruthless uncle, who has always been unsmiling, fight for such a newly arrived hairy boy and offend the robed brothers at the dry docks?

All kinds of speculation and rumors are rife. Some say that Fushun is clever and steady, and the top spot of this dock uncle always has to cultivate a successor; Some say that some say that Scar Liu had an illegitimate child in the upper reaches of the river more than ten years ago, and he is afraid that this Fushun is looking for relatives; What's even more ugly is that Scar Liu fell in love with Yang Guiying's little girl, and he recruited Fushun to marry Guiying.

The third rumor first reached Gui Ying's ears. She was a little panicked and at a loss, but she was quickly overthrown, because this Uncle Liu not only has a well-known friend, but also usually doesn't look at her Yang Guiying, but cares for Fushun. She didn't pay attention to the second rumor at all, this Liu Fushun's life experience couldn't be clearer, Yang Laosi of Yangjiawan inherited an orphan who died from his father and mother from the mud ditch! It's the first statement, maybe it's not a rumor, this Uncle Liu asked Fushun to worship his godfather, although Fushun didn't agree on the surface, but he also listened to Scar Liu's words, moved over, and the most important thing is that he bought two new clothes for Fushun yesterday - buying clothes coincides with the custom of worshipping godfather!

Fushun is the eldest brother at this wharf, and the unloading and handling business is all his, how much profit do those big ships that go in and out, up and down? Scar Liu originally had a house in this city, but he only lived under the bridge in order to take care of his brothers' feelings. Fushun is going to inherit this family business, and it will be terrible in the future!

Gui Ying, who was carrying a bag of fertilizer, couldn't help but laugh out loud when she thought of this. Fu Shun, who had just picked up a load of goods from below, heard it when he stepped up the stairs to stand side by side with her. "Sister Gui Ying...... You...... What are you laughing at? Fu Shun gasped, raised his legs and continued to climb.

"Nothing...... Hehe......" Gui Ying looked at Fushun's back, and suddenly became taller, one day in the future, he would stand on the side of the street like Uncle Liu, directing the sticks to load the goods onto the car, without having to work so hard anymore. In the end, just settle the bill with the boss - how mighty!

The three-legged golden crow in the morning had not yet begun to show his teeth and claws, Fu Shun did not have the leisure to rest step by step like Sister Gui Ying, and when he returned to the dock, Sister Gui Ying did not move up a few steps at all, and his surprised eyes made his heart furious. Gui Ying thought that this wooden Liu Fushun must not know Uncle Liu's thoughts, so he took a break to talk to him at noon.

"Brother Fushun, after the goods are finished, let's go to Haha!" Gui Ying, who was carrying a heavy load, turned her head unnaturally and shouted loudly.

"Your sister Guiying shouted that you should go, Ha'er......" The other Bangbang brothers who carried bamboo sticks on their shoulders said with laughter.

As if he hadn't heard, Fu Shun took out a bamboo cup from his canvas bag, took a sip of water, and continued to pick up a load of things at the bow of the boat and bury his head up. Gui Ying knew that he heard it, pursed his lips, and climbed with all his strength.

There was so much cargo in this car, dozens of porters kept their hooves upside down for a whole morning, and when the scorching sun scorched, the big guy threw his stick and collapsed directly to the bottom of the bridge! Scar Liu scooped a basin of water from the big iron bucket in the corner of the cave and handed it to Fu Shun, "Come, Shun'er, wash your face!" ”

Fu Shun said "thank you", took it and poured it on his face, it was really refreshing, and the originally clear basin of water immediately became turbid. Scar Liu, who didn't sweat much, picked up the dirty water and poured it out, scooped a basin again, put it in front of Fushun, and took a towel from the wall, "Wipe your face!" ”

Fushun was touched by this long-lost care. In the muddy ditch, he didn't sweat so bitterly; In Yangjiawan, he didn't wipe his sweat so happily; Growing up so big, no one calls him "Shun'er" so affectionately!

"Take a break, Shun'er, there's a big cargo coming over in the afternoon. Move in a few days, you go to see the warehouse, I said hello to the dock, this work is too tiring! Lao Liu himself wiped his face with the towel used by Fushun. I scooped a ladle of water into my mouth, and then went to the table next to the bucket and took two baked cakes.

"I'm not tired, Uncle Liu, a lot of people who are younger than me haven't shouted tired, what am I afraid of?" Fu Shun was a little anxious when he heard that Uncle Liu didn't let him pick up the goods, and he was still counting on this job to save some money! He blushed a little when he took the baked cake, what kind of blessing was this?

Uncle Liu took a bite of the cake and sat down on the mat. "The money to look at the warehouse is not less than now, don't worry, Gui Ying will go with you!" Uncle Liu knows Fushun's thoughts, at least half of it.

"You let Sister Gui Ying go, I want to pick up the goods!" Fushun doesn't appreciate it, mainly because the income of this pick is a daily settlement, and the salary of the goods is a monthly settlement, seeing that autumn is coming, he is still ready to leave! But I don't dare to talk to Scar Liu about this idea.

"Listen to me, you and Gui Ying...... Yo, it's hard for the peas to roll into the pot - it's round...... Gui Ying, I'm talking to Fushun about you, why don't you fall asleep on a hot day? Have you eaten? Scar Liu looked at Gui Ying, who had changed into clean clothes.

"Uncle Liu, I'll eat, find my brother, go out for a walk!" Gui Ying almost laughed out loud when she saw the bare-chested Fushun gobbling up the cakes!

Uncle Liu is a little unhappy, this big sun, what is there to go around without rest after being tired all morning? Just as he was about to get angry, Fu Shun patted his buttocks, picked up his sweatshirt and pulled Gui Ying out!

"I'll tell you something......" the two children said at about the same time.

"What's the matter?" Again, they spoke in unison.

"Sister Gui Ying, Uncle Liu said to let you go to the warehouse!" Fushun still preemptively said it.

"Really? Isn't that the way his good friend Zhu Xian works? Gui Ying suddenly thought of the third rumor, but she was really envious of the job in the warehouse, relaxed and decent, and had a shelter from the wind and rain, didn't Scar Liu often run there? Forget it, people will gossip, I'll be more comfortable unloading with you! ”

Fu Shun knew that Uncle Liu didn't have that idea, he was to take care of the pair of street children. "Sister Gui Ying, he asked me to go too, I don't want to go, you go, I see that you are tanned all day, and you are tired!"

"I'll go if you go!" Gui Ying was much more relieved to hear that he was not going alone.

"I'm not going, I'm going to make money!"

"It's easier to make money like a warehouse!"

"You don't know, the warehouse is paid on a monthly basis, and this pick is paid on a daily basis!"

"What's the difference? Don't they all pay for it? ”

"The difference is that we will leave in less than a month, and we will all go to the warehouse and get a penny, where can we find the travel expenses?"

Only then did Gui Ying understand that no matter how good Uncle Liu was to Fushun, he also wanted to find his eldest brother, and that big brother Liu in the muddy ditch was his real eldest brother! How lost this girl who is about to realize her dream of life in an instant, she dreamed last night and lived in a big house in the city with Fushun! Looking at this down-and-out stick, there may be no temptation that can stop him, right?

"By the way, Sister Gui Ying, what's the matter with you?" Fu Shun wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead with his hand.

What else can Gui Ying do? There are things in my heart that let Fushun say. "It's nothing, come out and walk down!"

Fushun felt inexplicable, and even wanted to get angry, if he didn't sleep at noon, where would he have the strength to move goods in the afternoon? "Go back if it's okay, sleep, I still have to work in the afternoon, I heard that there is a boat coming in the evening!" Fu Shun didn't finish his words and walked back, and there were already freighters on the river as far as the eye could see......

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At this time in previous years, the rice fields of Yangjiawan were already singing loud mountain songs! In this year's paddy field, the new seedlings that grew from the cut rice stumps had just been tasseled, and they were noticeably less full.

Gui Yingniang fed a dog in the stone cliff, I don't know where it was a wild dog that fled and ran, this crazy woman did not say that it was the reincarnation of the roaring dog, and at night, the hungry and panicked wild dog and the woman were hungry and howled until Yang Guiyong came back from the gambling den.

Yang Zegui went to the stone cliff once, on the one hand, he wanted to see if this woman was really crazy, and he also persuaded the Yang brothers to stop gambling obsessively! On the other hand, the old wizard who was sick in bed had been ill for a long time, and he had to ask his sons to go to the old witch to ask for some medicine. The six brothers were reluctant to go to the stinking stone cliff, let alone a big wild dog.

Yang Zegui was also reluctant to go, not to mention that the thorny hillside was a difficult place for him, and more importantly, his mother-in-law and children would not let him go at all. It was afternoon when he went, and after visiting his father as usual, he walked up the mountainside parallel to the collapsed stone river weir.

This stone cliff is a naturally formed cave, with seven or eight parallel rows, where many bandits lived before liberation. The geographical advantage of being condescending and easy to defend and difficult to attack made that group of bandits rampant for many years. From the main road up is a small road dug by Yang Guiyong casually, and when he almost reached the cave, there were several newly opened fields, and there were a few cabbages in the ground that were about to die of drought. The madwoman's dwelling was the most open stone cave, four or five square meters square. There is also a stone platform of six or seven square meters outside the stone cave, and on both sides of the outer edge are some old ashlar walls, which block the mountain wind from the east and west. Several big trees outside the stone platform were broken at the waist, and no one came to clean them up, so Yang Guiyong was also convenient, and dug a big pit under the trunk and surrounded some corn stalks, even if it was a latrine.

When Yang Zegui climbed the stone platform, the sun was about to set. The stone platform was full of grass ash, residual incense, and fire paper ash, and on the west side of the rock wall there was a large pot hanging overhanging, and in the pot was a mess of vegetable paste, and a swarm of buzzing flies. A tattered wooden bed was covered with straw and a tattered bamboo mat, and the madwoman who couldn't sleep was so hungry that she tossed and turned on the bed, making the wooden bed creak.

A scrawny flower dog was tied to a wooden stake on the east side of the stone platform by a large iron chain, and when he saw someone coming, he stood up and made a few weak "hoops" and then lay down on the stone platform again. The mad woman jumped up when she heard the dog barking, sat cross-legged on the bed, and said something in her mouth - the real body of the old mother of Li Shan appeared, and the old mother knew everything that people asked......

It seems that Gui Yong is not at home, Yang Zegui did not enter the cave, stood on the stone platform and asked: "Sister Wang, I am Zegui, Gui Yong has not come back yet?" ”

As if she hadn't heard, the madwoman continued to babble on the bed—looking for a doctor and asking for medicine, burning paper to the west, and telling fortunes and divination, offering incense to the east......

It seems that he is really crazy, Yang Zegui shook his head, threw five cents of banknotes into the spittoon with some change at the entrance of the cave, and walked down the mountain with his cane......