Shen Xinyan is on the road again, and she also took the old man who fell into the water who was rescued from Poyang Lake yesterday. Because the old man couldn't speak, Shen Xinyan called him a dumb uncle.

The dumb man can't speak, but he can write. Last night, he wrote down on a piece of paper why it ended up in Poyang Lake.

The dumb uncle is a passerby from Jiujiang, and he was also the young master of a large family when he was a teenager, so he can write a good hand. However, the original imperial court was incompetent, and the water of Poyang Lake rose sharply but the governance was ineffective, resulting in the middle of the dumb uncle's family. The dumb uncle had three sons, but because of the superior life in his youth, he developed a bad habit, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling. After the family fell into the middle of the road, there was no enough financial resources for the three sons to play, and the dumb uncle was speechless due to an accident. The three sons are not filial, and they will drive out the mute uncle who has become a drag on the family, and they are afraid that the neighbors will criticize them after they know about it. Therefore, the evil was born to the side of the guts, and secretly tied up the dumb uncle who gave birth to them and threw it in Poyang Lake, and then publicized that the dumb uncle was old and delirious, and his whereabouts were unknown when he traveled alone, and the three of them tried their best to find it to no avail. After being thrown into Poyang Lake, the dumb man struggled to break free from the rope. Fortunately, the knot was not strong, and it became soft after being soaked in the lake, and it was broken open by the dumb man. After surfacing, he was rescued by Shen Xinyan.

Shen Xinyan has not been deeply involved in the world, and has been loved by the elders of the family in every way since she was a child, where can she stand such a big rebellious behavior, her eyes are immediately red, and she sympathizes with the poor dumb uncle. She wanted to escort the dumb uncle home, and hire a few thugs to teach the three unfilial sons who murdered their biological father a good lesson. But the dumb man shook his head gloomily and stopped Shen Xinyan. The dumb uncle was completely disappointed in that family, he didn't want to see those three unfilial sons again, and preferred to fend for himself.

The dumb uncle asked Shen Xinyan to put him here and let him fend for himself, but how could the soft-hearted Shen Xinyan agree, and forcibly pulled the dumb uncle on the boat, saying: "Although you are old and can't speak, you can write well. I'm away from home alone, and sometimes I'm lonely and bored. You can follow me in the future, and you can chat with me or listen to me when you are bored. ”

The dumb uncle wanted to refuse, but Shen Xinyan didn't give him this opportunity at all. The boat left the shore, but there was another unspeakable old man on board.

Shen Xinyan thinks that she has made this decision very wisely, and yesterday's day of wandering has made her feel lonely and bored. Although the scenery on the lake is good, the boatman who can't stand it is a cold character, no one chats, and no matter how good the scenery is, he will always get tired of it. It's good now, the dumb man can't speak, but he loves to laugh. Shen Xinyan told him the story of his childhood at home when he was fine, and whenever he heard something interesting, the dumb man could always smile and squeeze the wrinkles on his face. Shen Xinyan was tired of talking, and the dumb uncle would take the initiative to take out a pen and paper to chat with her. With the company of the dumb uncle, the loneliness and boredom along the way became less difficult, and the passage of time seemed to be speeding up, and it didn't take long for him to reach the boundary of Longxing Mansion.

Shen Xinyan and Mu Bo went ashore at the Longxingfu wharf, and after giving the boatman enough money, they left the wharf.

Shen Xinyan's purpose in coming to Longxing Mansion is to climb the Tengwang Pavilion to see the autumn water, if it is still early today, I inquired, it only takes half a day to go from the dock to the Tengwang Pavilion. Shen Xinyan is not short of money, and when the time comes, she can hire a carriage to get to King Teng's Pavilion faster.

It was nearly noon, and the hot sun was sore on people's skin. Shen Xinyan raised her hand to cover the sun on her forehead, but she couldn't hide the complaining look on her face, "I originally thought that the summer in our Wuxing was already very hot, how could this Longxing Mansion be hotter than ours." ”

The dumb man smiled and thoughtfully held up the umbrella in his hand to shield Shen Xinyan from the sun above his head.

Shen Xinyan turned her head and smiled sweetly at the dumb uncle, but she didn't refuse, and walked forward.

The vicinity of the wharf is very prosperous and lively, and soon after walking, you will see a small restaurant for business guests to eat and stay.

"Dumb uncle, are you hungry, there is a restaurant here, let's go in and have a meal."

The dumb uncle was not hungry, but he saw that Shen Xinyan was really hungry, so he nodded with a smile.

Shen Xinyan was happy in her heart, jumped up to the restaurant, didn't ask for a private room, and found a table in the lobby and sat down.

Xiao Er saw that a guest had arrived, and greeted him enthusiastically, "Guest officer, what do you want to eat?" ”

When Shen Xinyan entered the door, she saw all kinds of delicacies on the table of bustling diners sitting in the lobby, and she had already moved her fingers, but she really didn't know what special delicacies this Longxing Mansion had, so she casually asked, "Do you have any special delicacies here?" Recommend a few to me. ”

As soon as Xiao Er heard this, he knew that this girl who looked like an extraordinary temperament was a foreigner, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and threw up the towel behind her like a few treasures, "When it comes to Jiangxi's special food, the shop recommends Lushan stone chicken, winter bamboo shoots and dried roast meat, stone fish scrambled eggs, quinoa fried bacon, and a few cans of our Jiangxi characteristic crockpot soup." If there are only two guest officers, these will be enough. ”

Shen Xinyan's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she nodded again and again, "Enough is enough, give me a casual dessert after dinner, so be it." ”

"Well, guest officer, wait a minute, the hot meal will be ready soon." Xiao Er likes this kind of big-handed guest, and turns around and leaves with a towel.

The lobby of the restaurant is mixed, and the voices of diners talking are also noisy. Shen Xinyan has eaten in a very quiet environment since she was a child, this experience is the first time, and it is very fresh. But what Shen Xinyan didn't expect was that outsiders like them who spent a lot of money were easy to be targeted in this kind of place.

Wu Hu is a businessman from Jiangxi and a native of Longxing. Longxing is adjacent to the Ganjiang River, and many commercial trades rely on the Ganjiang River to transport goods by ship. Although this is efficient and convenient, the wind and waves on the river are erratic. Wu Hu's caravan overturned a big ship on the Gan River not long ago. Wu Hu's business is not too big, and the cargo of this ship is almost all his net worth. He also made a gamble, if this order was completed, his business would be able to grow bigger and bigger. But the sky was not beautiful, the ship capsized, the goods were destroyed, and his business was ruined.

Wu Hu was lucky enough to escape with his life, but he thought that it was better to die. The Ganjiang River is so deep, the goods sink to the bottom of the river, don't think about getting it back in the future. Now he has nothing to do, and he feels that his life is running out, so he borrows alcohol to kill his sorrows in the neighborhood all day long, and waits for death to eat. When he got up early this morning, another creditor came to collect the debt, saying that if he didn't pay the money, he would kill his whole family. Wu Hu had no choice but to rely on alcohol to numb himself and escape from reality.