Chapter 49
49. Boat sailing
On a crisp autumn day, Qianqian and his party went to Beijing. She was disgusted with the bumpy carriage by land, and it happened that there was a canal and waterway from Jiangzhou to Beijing, so several people rented a boat, and the boatman and his wife plus their children, a total of four people, the male was responsible for the boat and the female was responsible for sprinkling and sweeping, all the way along the river to send the guests to the Jingshi Wharf.
Although this ship is not as grand as the treasure ship of the official family, it is small and exquisite, with two floors. The upper cabin is divided into a small room, which is equipped with all kinds of utensils and tithes, and the stern can also be used to boil water and cook rice. Qianqian and Miao Fan lived in a larger room, and the rest of the people lived in their own rooms. On the lower floors were warehouses and where the boatwrights' families lived, stacked with supplies.
On a good day, the river is calm and calm, only the passing ships leave the waves, thousands of bored leaning on the window, throwing dried nuts into the water one by one, attracting a small group of fish to follow.
When Miao Fan came back from the deck, he saw her listlessly looking at the water, and when he got closer, he saw that she was feeding the fish, and couldn't help laughing: "Could it be that you want to lure all the fish to Jingshi?" โ
Qianqian pouted, reached out and wanted to grab a handful of nuts, and touched the bottom of the smooth plate. She clapped her hands and stood up, and sighed: "How long will it take to get to Jingshi?" โ
Miao Fan led her to the basin rack to wash her hands, lowered her eyebrows and smeared fragrant pancreas for her, and said: "The waterway is farther than the land route, and it will take seven or eight days at the earliest." โ
"Ahh It's so hard! โ
The boat has such a palm-sized range of activities, and there is water all around, so she can't go anywhere, it's strange that she can stay with her lively and jumpy temperament, besides, she can't lie or lie, and she can't be suffocated to death!
Miao Fan laughed lowly, dried her hands, and soothed: "The boatman said that he would be able to go to Tiger Town tomorrow at most, and he would get off the boat to buy at that time, so I will accompany you to go shopping." โ
As soon as she heard that she could get off the boat to play, Qianqian jumped up happily, jumped on him and hung her neck, and coquettishly said: "Okay, good!" Little monk, you are so good! โ
He hugged her to prevent her from falling, and said helplessly, "Don't make trouble, come down quickly." โ
Qianqian reluctantly let go of him, but looking out, the slanting sun was still hanging on the mountain, and he had to stay in the cabin for at least five or six hours before he could reach Tiger Town, how to pass the long night?
Her mood was low again, she pursed her lips and raised her eyes, just in time to see his Adam's apple, and the collar under the Adam's apple covering his body, and his strong chest, and she licked her lips as she remembered that she heard a powerful beating there every night.
"Xianggong."
She suddenly called him coquettishly, and gave him a bad premonition. Sure enough, before he could speak, her hand had already reached under his robe, scratching playfully.
His throat rolled: "Qianqian...... It's not dark yet......"
"What does it matter if it's dark or not?" She fiddled maliciously, giggling at his panting, "I just washed my hands." โ
He wanted to push her away, but before his arm could be raised, she slowly squatted down, and her mouth opened slightly.
"Oh-"
He couldn't help but scream, his legs were weak and he almost couldn't stand, he took a step back against the table, his hands propped up on the table, and his fingers clenched.
"Qianqian, don't ...... Belch! His voice was like a burnt, astringent and hoarse.
She didn't care about it, she played for a long time before she threw it out, raised her pretty face, and asked him with a smile if he was comfortable.
He tensed up, blushing, and nodded sheepishly.
She smiled and lowered her head again......
When dinner was ready, Xiao He came to call the two of them out to eat, knocked on the door and no one answered, she put her ear to the door, and heard a slight wheezing sound inside.
She tapped on the door again and shouted, "Girl, are you asleep?" Hurry up and eat! โ
"Horse ...... Right away, it's coming. โ
It was Miao Fan who answered her, and she stammered when she spoke. The little fat girl wondered, and asked again, "The girl is not here?" โ
Miao Fan suppressed and tried to stabilize his voice: "In ...... SheโHmm! She's sleeping......"
"Oh, then you wake her up, the meal is ready." Xiaohe didn't doubt that he had him, and left after speaking, at this time Miao Fan couldn't help it anymore, closed his eyes and roared, and then his whole body relaxed.
"Ahemโ"
Qianqian was choked a lot, coughed a few times and went to the window to spit it out, turned his face and punched him a few times with hatred, and complained coquettishly: "I hate it!" โ
It's not like you're playing with fire*. Miao Fan thought about it quietly, but didn't say it, blushed and cleaned up his body, lowering his eyes and not daring to look at her: "Let's get out of the gang quickly, everyone is waiting." โ
Xiaohe set up the dishes and chopsticks, and the two of them came out, and then Master Lu and Ah Piao also sat down. Xiaohe served rice to everyone, and said: "Of course, the boat eats fish and shrimp, the crabs in autumn are good, big and fat, I steamed four, Tan Gongzi didn't eat them, I fried two vegetarian dishes for him." She picked up the crabs and gave them to everyone one by one, and when she put them in the Qianqian bowl, she raised her eyes and saw Qianqianyi, frowned and asked, "Girl, what did you steal to eat?" โ
Qianqian was puzzled and denied: "No." โ
"Then why is there something white at the corner of your mouth, like goat's milk?" She touched the corner of her lips and motioned to Qianqian, "This is it." โ
Bang Bang โ
Miao Fan broke the bowl, he panicked, and said incoherently: "Yes, I'm sorry...... I, Qianqian was sleeping just now, I didn't, I didn't mean to ......."
Xiaohe waved his hand angrily: "A bowl!" It's only worth a few pennies, and I don't want you to lose, why are you so nervous. โ
He was embarrassed, and peeked at Qianqian out of the corner of his eye, but saw that Qianqian was as calm and steady as Mount Tai, wiped the corner of his lips with a handkerchief, and wrote lightly: "I slept too soundly, and I drooled." โ
Xiao He understood, no longer asked, everyone ate happily, only Miao Fan God was restless.
It was dark, the boatman was still on his way, and the rest went back to their rooms to rest. As soon as she entered the house and closed the door, Qianqian couldn't help but laugh out loud, while Miao Fan looked at her sullenly with a depressed face.
She couldn't stop laughing, and he became more and more angry, and sat down with a puff of breath, and turned his face away.
She clicked softly and blew into his ear: "Xianggong, Xianggong?" โ
He ignored it, lit the lamp, took out a book, and began to read it earnestly.
She pounced on him from behind, leaned on his back and spoke, her voice soft: "Are you angry? โ
He snorted coldly.
"Why are you so stingy?" She licked his ears, "Don't you feel comfortable...... Don't you like it when I serve you like this? But I think you seem to like it, so why are you angry about it? โ
She did everything she could to pester, but he kept his face unmoved, his eyes fixed on the book, and refused to look at her.
"Oops, oops, Xianggong!" She simply took the book from his hand, sat down on top of him, and arched desperately into his arms, coquettishly, "Okay, okay, I was wrong!" Don't be angry, can you take care of me? โ
His tense expression finally loosened a little, slowly leaned, and slowly spoke: "Do you know what I'm angry about?" โ
She grinned as if she had repentance: "Because I got you that and that again!" โ
When she said that, she felt like a bully who took it by force!
Who knew that Miao Fan shook his head: "It's not this." โ
Qianqian was confused: "What is that for?" โ
"I ......," he bowed his head in shame, "Qianqian, I lied just now." โ
She didn't react at first, and blinked in confusion: "When?" โ
"It's Xiaohe who came over and asked us what we were doing, I lied."
She understood that what he hated most was "lies", and lying and big words were all lies, which were violations of the Buddhist precepts. He had broken with her because of this, which showed his disgust for liars, but today he himself lied, which made him feel sad and sinful, as if he had betrayed the Buddha.
What a dead brain!
Qianqian sighed secretly, but said, "Then let me ask you, if you are given another chance, will you still lie and deceive Xiaohe?" Or tell her the truth and tell her what we're doing? โ
Miao Fan barely hesitated, shook his head and said, "I can't tell her what we're doing." โ
"If you don't tell the truth, you're still lying." Qianqian spread her hands and said easily, "This is not over." Since we can't tell the truth no matter what, we can only choose to lie, and besides, it's for her good to lie to her, how can she, an unmarried little girl, tell her such a thing and be ashamed of her! Xianggong, sometimes it is not a bad thing to deceive people, it is good for everyone to hide the truth, but it will embarrass us and her when you say it. You think, the Buddha said that great compassion and great compassion are all good, and everyone is happy, and this is compassion, so ah, sometimes it is advisable to deceive people. โ
"This ......"
He thought about it carefully and found that her logic was so impeccable that he couldn't find any mistakes!
He sighed in annoyance: "Qianqian, I seem to be getting more and more incomprehensible to the Buddha's principles. โ
"If you can't see it, you can't see it." She held his face and kissed him, "I think about it too much, go to sleep, and accompany me to the shore tomorrow to play." โ
He smiled slightly, hugged her with his backhand and pressed it down, grinding with her ears and temples: "I just want to see through the joy Zen now...... Wife. โ
The wind was blowing on the river that night, and the boat was slightly bumpy, but she could not count how many times she was sent to the crest of the wave by him, and she screamed and was gagged by him, so she had to swallow the full whimper back into her stomach. She endured it so hard that she scratched and bit him, scratching his shoulder, until it was almost dawn before he fell asleep.
After dawn arrived at Tiger Town, the boat docked, the daughter-in-law and daughter of the boatman went to the dock to buy supplies, and the boatman slept and rested in the cabin. Miao Fan finally dragged Qianqian out of bed and took her to the dock.
She yawned, rubbed her eyes, and said, "Sleep a little longer...... and turned around to go back to the ship.
He shook his head and sighed, and persuaded with kind words: "You said that you want to go ashore to play, if you go back to sleep now, you should wake up in a while, and you should hurry again, and then you will not regret it." โ
Qianqian was right to think about it, so she ruthlessly grabbed the back of her hand, and the pain made her doze off and ran away, and she was immediately energetic: "Let's go!" โ
Tiger Town is adjacent to the canal and is on the main road, and the boats basically have to stop here to rest, so it is no worse than the state capital to make it lively. The wharf used to be the way into the city, and there was an endless stream of merchants coming and going, people of all kinds of costumes, and many boatmen.
Qianqian and Miao Fan walked into the city and saw a stall selling vegetarian wontons on the side of the road, so they went over and sat down and asked for two bowls. He took chopsticks and scalded them with tea, put them in Qianqian's hands, and then the wontons came, and he also pushed them to her first: "Eat quickly." โ
Qianqian drank the delicious wonton soup, but a pair of black and white eyes looked around, and coldly saw two women in floral clothes, one old and one young, both dressed as boat girls, it was the family on their boat.
I saw that the boat lady was pushed by a man, and fell to the ground, all the eggs in the basket were broken, and the egg whites and yolks were dripping all over the ground.
The man carried a birdcage, dressed like a human, pointed at the boat lady and scolded, a little far away, thousands of people only heard intermittent words, as if the boat girl had broken something for him, very precious and valuable.
The little boat lady went to help her mother, and apologized again and again, but the man refused to give up, and seemed to press the mother and her to go to the official mansion. The little boat lady was only eleven or twelve years old, and she was so frightened by this fierce man that she cried, and the man actually raised his hand and slapped her twice, and spat on the ground, jumped to his feet and scolded, and jumped out of all swearing.
Qianqian stood up as soon as she threw her chopsticks.
The author has something to say: Do you understand such a pure and obscure chapter? If you don't, Uncle Wine can't cover it up in person, please understand! Speak for yourself! Remember to keep a low profile!
Ay...... I didn't expect me to have such a reserved day.,It's a pity that this plot can't be written completely! โฎ(โฏโฝโฐ)โญ
O(โฉ_โฉ)O, Xie Lu, Xie
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