Qiu Niang said incredulously: "Two.... Two taels of silver? "I wonder if I've heard wrong.

"Yes." The middle-aged man said with a smile: "It's really not possible, you can get five dollars cheaper, one or two five dollars is the lowest price, and it can't be lower anymore." ”

Qiu Niang was suspicious, and looked the middle-aged man up and down a few times, wondering if the middle-aged man had a brain disease.

"This ship..... Is it really yours? Although Qiu Niang felt that it was rude to ask this, she still asked.

The middle-aged man laughed and said, "Does the lady suspect that I stole this cruise ship?" You can rest assured that this ship is indeed mine, but as long as you take out a tael or a half of silver, it will be yours. ”

Qin Xiao said to the middle-aged man, Nunu, and said, "Give him a tael of silver." This big brother, we have taken a fancy to this ship, and the price is fixed, and it is sold for one or two silver. ”

The middle-aged man sighed and said, "Since Gongzi Qin has spoken, one or two will be one or two." ”

"Sister Qiu Niang, did you bring any silver?" Qin Xiao finally asked.

"There is a belt." Qiu Niang took out the money bag she embroidered, and she only felt like she was in a dream, so she couldn't help but hand the money bag to Qin Xiao.

Now that the Yushi Wharf has paid the docking fee for three years, it is nearly two taels of silver, and one or two taels of silver to buy a boat, but the other party has paid two taels of silver for the docking fee, and Qiu Niang is a little confused.

The middle-aged man didn't talk nonsense, took the one or two pieces of silver into his arms, arched his hand, and turned away.

Qin Xiao saw that Qiu Niang was still a little hesitant, took the money bag from her hand, opened it, took a two-year-old silver and handed it over, and after the middle-aged man took it, he took out a deed from his arms and handed it to Qiu Niang and said: "This is the deed, with this deed in hand, you can prove that the cruise ship belongs to you." Waiting for Qiu Niang to take the deed, she pointed to the north and said: "Two miles ahead, it is the rain stone wharf, your cruise ship has a special docking location over there, and we have paid the docking fee for three years, so from today, you can park the boat there at any time within three years, and no one will ask you to collect a penny." ”

Cruise ships naturally can not carry home, in the river in Kyoto, there will be docked docks, after the cruise ship docks, there will be guarded to ensure the safety of the cruise ship, but you need to pay a docking fee, because the docking is not fixed, so the dock is charged by the day, each dock, regardless of the length of time, you have to charge two cents, the price is not expensive, but a year down to draw five or six hundred dollars, in exchange for silver, but also about five dollars, is a lot of boat girls half a month's income.

"Don't think I don't know." Qiu Niang was slightly annoyed and said: "You two teamed up to deceive me, that person is not stupid, he seems to be very shrewd, this boat is too little for twenty taels of silver, no matter how stupid he is, it is impossible to sell it to me for one or two pieces of silver." You paid the money first, didn't you? ”

Qin Xiao touched his ears, just smiled, noncommittal.

When the middle-aged man went far away, Qiu Niang thought for a while, turned her head and looked at Qin Xiao suspiciously, she was naturally not stupid, this time buying a boat was very strange, and she hadn't been able to understand it, she had already thought it out at this time, glared at Qin Xiao, and said, "Is it you who did it?" ”

"What?"

Tone.

"I have no choice but to do this." Qin Xiao said: "With this boat, even if I leave Beijing, I will leave with peace of mind." ”

Qiu Niang glared at him fiercely, twisted her waist and left, Qin Xiao hurriedly said, "Sister Qiu Niang, don't be angry. If I had given you money to buy it, you would never have agreed. I've inquired that the boat business has been booming lately, and old boats are hard to find, and the tide is rising, and it's really difficult for you to buy a boat with the money you have. A boat is too important for you and Brother Gu, and if you continue to delay, your situation will only become more and more difficult. ”

Qiu Niang knew that he was telling the truth and sighed

Qiu Niang lowered her head, thoughtful.

This boat is too important to the Gu family, of course it is impossible for Qiu Niang to accept Qin Xiao's silver or two, but this boat really doesn't know how to refuse.

Qiu Niang knew that Qin Xiao was really kind, and she couldn't get angry at him, so she could only say: "I told you before, we don't ......!"

"I understand!" Qin Xiao immediately interrupted: "I know very well what you and Brother Gu are. But Brother Gu and I are friends, what is a friend? It was to help the other party when they were in difficulty, I was in a difficult situation before, if it wasn't for Brother Gu, the consequences would be unimaginable, and he regarded me as a friend at that time. He leaned over to Qiu Niang and said in a low voice: "I was injured by an arrow that night, if it weren't for you, I'm afraid I would have died on the street." You all stretched out your hand when I was in trouble, and now that Sister Qiu Niang is in a little trouble, I reached out to help, is there anything wrong? ”

Qin Xiao knew that Qiu Niang had actually agreed to borrow the boat in her heart, but she couldn't wipe off her face, she wanted to find the steps, and said with a smile: "Then I said, you have to accept this boat." ”

Qiu Niang nodded and hummed softly.

"I'll lend you this boat." Qin Xiao said: "You use it first, the next time I go back to Beijing, if you earn money, you will buy another one yourself, there is nothing to say, right?" ”

Qiu Niang was stunned, thinking that if Qin Xiao borrowed the boat, it was not that she couldn't accept it, and after thinking for a while, she said: "You tell the truth, how did you get this boat, if you don't explain it, I won't borrow it." ”

Qin Xiao smiled: "Five days and five nights, that's ten days." ”

Qiu Niang looked at Qin Xiao, she was very thoughtful, and knew in her heart that if it weren't for the large price that made it difficult for the shipyard to refuse, the shipyard would not have been able to build such a cruise ship in five days in a hurry.

"I went to the shipyard five days ago and ordered the best boat for them." Qin Xiao said: "I asked them to deliver the goods within five days, and they will sell it to you for one tael of silver." ”

"Five days?" Qiu Niang glanced at the cruise ship and said, "Such a cruise ship can't be built without ten days and half a month." ”

Qiu Niang sighed quietly, got on the boat, circled around the cruise ship, looked at it carefully inside and out, the more she looked at it, the more she liked it, the pretty face that was originally a little troubled, and gradually stretched out, picked up the pole on the boat, and in the water a little, the cruise ship went to the rain stone pier.

Yushi Wharf is not far away, into the wharf, but in the afternoon, most of the cruise ships are out doing business, sparsely docked a few cruise ships, Qiu Niang's cruise ship into the wharf, compared with other cruise ships, stand out from the crowd, immediately attracted a lot of attention.

She didn't know what to say for a moment.

Qin Xiao tied the reins of the Black Overlord to the tree, and didn't talk nonsense, he jumped on the boat first, and beckoned to Qiu Niang: "Sister Qiu Niang, let's hear the boat to the Yushi Wharf first, and wait for you to start work tomorrow, let's buy some good wine and food later, and celebrate together when Brother Gu goes home." ”

Qiu Niang naturally knew that Qin Xiao not only bought

The boat, and has helped himself pay the docking fee for three years, with a wry smile in his heart, and more gratitude.

Qiu Niang couldn't help but straighten up her full chest, and there was still a little smug between her eyebrows, but she felt that she was really embarrassed at this time.

The caretaker of the wharf enthroned Qiu Niang's cruise ship and issued a ticket, which can be picked up with a ticket when picking up the boat, and as the middle-aged man said before, the boat can dock at Yushi Wharf at any time within three years, and there is no need to pay a penny of copper coins.

This is Fengle Fang, and it is also one of the very prosperous markets in Kyoto City, with many restaurants, but the most famous restaurant in Fengle Fang is Qingfeng Building, which is not only the most famous restaurant in Fengle Fang, but also one of the five famous buildings in Kyoto.

It is rumored that every fish in Qingfenglou's West Lake is fished from the West Lake, then raised in the water, and sent to Kyoto as soon as possible.

After docking the cruise ship and going ashore, Qiu Niang looked back from time to time, as if she was worried that the boat she had just arrived would fly.

The two of them were going to the Black Overlord, but they had to pass through a long street.

When passing by Qingfeng Building, Qiu Niang couldn't help but glance inside, but quickly withdrew her gaze.

Qin Xiao suddenly patted his stomach and said, "Sister Qiu Niang, I'm hungry." ”

Therefore, many official eunuchs often hold banquets in Qingfeng Building.

The street that Qin Xiao and the others walked on was passing by the Qingfeng Building of the Eaves Painting Building.

"Eat here?" Qiu Niang hurriedly whispered: "It's very expensive here, I heard that the people who come in and out are officials and rich people, and at least four or five taels of silver are required for a meal, and I also heard that some people eat hundreds of taels of silver for a meal, this is not a place we can go into." ”

As he spoke, a few pot-bellied and well-dressed people came out of the restaurant, and immediately two carriages approached, and several people got into the carriage drunkenly, and the carriage quickly left.

"I'll cook when I get back." Qiu Niang said busily, thinking that Qin Xiao gave herself a boat today, and said that she would have a luxury in everything, buy a few good dishes, use her hands and feet, and cook a few good dishes for Qin Xiao.

Qin Xiao smiled: "When I rush home, my stomach will be hungry." There happens to be a restaurant here, let's go in and eat a few bites to fill our stomachs. ”

Qin Xiao was dressed in cloth, Qiu Niang was dressed as a boat lady, and after the two sat down, many guests on the left and right looked over, and soon showed disdain.

Many of the guests on this floor are literati and elegant guests, and some are businessmen from other places, in the eyes of these people, people like Qin Xiao and Qiu Niang should not appear in the restaurant.

"We can't go to the palace, why can't we enter the small restaurant?" Qin Xiao lowered his voice and chuckled: "Let's taste the taste of the wine and food here, let's go, let's go in." I couldn't help but say, I went to the restaurant, Qiu Niang was a little helpless, and when she saw Qin Xiao going inside, although she was a little hesitant, she still followed, but she just walked to the palatial restaurant, and she was really a little apprehensive.

Fortunately, Qingfeng Lou will not be allowed to enter because you are cloth, the person who comes is a guest, Qin Xiao took Qiu Niang to sit down at a table on the first floor, this restaurant has three floors, the first floor is individual guests, the second floor is seven or eight elegant rooms, and the third floor is said to be a place where dignitaries can go up.

Qin Xiao straightened up, ignoring the strange gazes around her, but Qiu Niang looked a little embarrassed, fidgeting, pinching the corners of her clothes with both hands, not daring to look at others.

"What are you two eating?" Xiao Er came forward and pointed to the cutting board hanging on the wall, which was made of pieces of bamboo, and invited a literati with excellent calligraphy to write the name of the dish on the bamboo piece, a total of thirty-two pieces of bamboo, written with thirty-two special dishes of Qingfeng Building, a total of eight rows from top to bottom, four dishes in each row, the more dishes on it, the more expensive it is.

Qin Xiao really didn't know this rule, and when he saw that the West Lake vinegar fish was ranked first in the first row, he raised his finger and said, "The top four dishes, all of them will be given to me." ”