Qu Wu's boat sailed along the Yangtze River, but the speed of the water was not fast at this time, so the resistance encountered was not very large, and the six boatmen took turns rowing the boat smoothly.

Chen Ermao's playfulness did not change, and after lunch, he was playing with the landlord. Qu Wu said to him: "Ermao, you always play landlords, don't you think it's too monotonous? ”

"How can it be so monotonous when it's so fun?" Ermao said.

"I'll teach you to play other fun, do you want to play?"

"Is it more fun than fighting landlords?" Ji Zhi asked, in their opinion, fighting the landlord was the most fun.

"Of course."

"Yes, yes." As soon as I heard that it was more fun than fighting landlords, everyone was full of expectations.

Qu Wu took out a pair of mahjong from the inner room and poured it on the table, and everyone was surprised to see these small brick-like mahjong.

"Wow, these little bricks are so delicate, and there are patterns and words." Ziyan said.

"It's not a brick, it's called mahjong." Qu Wu said.

"Mahjong? It's a strange name, I only know military generals. Chen Qing said.

"Mahjong is a game invented by people in our hometown, and it is said that it was invented by the people who guard the granary."

"The warehouse keepers are very smart."

"You see, there are four kinds of cards, the bread, the rope, the ten thousand and the wind, and the man who guards the granary hates the sparrow the most, because the sparrow likes to eat the rice in the granary, and the people of our hometown use a gun that shoots projectiles to shoot the birds, and these cakes represent those projectiles, from one loaf to nine loaves; The birds that were beaten down were tied with ropes, which is the origin of the ropes, and they also went from one rope to nine ropes; The beaten sparrows can be sold for money, this is the origin of the 10,000 words, which is also 10,000 to 90,000; Because the wind direction of the warehouse has an impact on the direction of the sparrow, this is the origin of the east, west, north and south winds, and if the sparrow is not hit, it is a tabula rasa, and if it hits the bird, it is red, and if you hit it more, you will get rich, this is the hair. ”

"Such an interesting invention has become a story. This card should be called a sparrow card, not some mahjong, which sounds like a general with the surname mahjong. Zi Yan sighed.

"Sparrow card is another name for it, it is not wrong to say that it is a general surnamed Ma, you see this card is neatly stacked, not the same as the army soldiers lined up, and then four people play cards, everyone drives, combine their own cards and another three-way game, you come and go, there are wins and losses, is not the same as the general giving orders?" Qu Wu said with a smile.

"It's really, the boss's introduction is easy to understand." Da Mao said.

"Boss, there are two small boxy squares in here, what are they for?" Chen Ermao asked.

"These two little squares are called dice, and they decide which position to start playing to prevent cheating."

"It's amazing." Chen Qing said.

"You know all the cards, right? Now I'll tell you how to stack, play and play. ”

As he spoke, he sat down, and the other three parties were Chen Damao, Ji Zhi, and Chen Shi. Ermao, Chen Qing and Ziyan watched the battle.

It didn't take long for them to learn, and as soon as they started playing, they became addicted again, and they were very happy.

"Boss, this is really fun, no worse than fighting the landlord. You are so good, I am the greatest happiness to meet you in this life. No wonder..."Chen Damao said, he almost said the words No wonder Wu Mengyao loves you so much, as soon as he thought about it, he would be very unhappy, so he swallowed this sentence.

"What's the wonder?" Qu Wu asked.

"No wonder your luck is always so good." Da Mao changed his words.

Everyone also agreed with Da Mao's two sentences.

Qu Wu was also very happy to hear them say this: "I am also the greatest happiness to meet your friends. ”

Seeing that they could play, Qu Wu gave up his position to Ermao.

The two little girls had no place to play, so Qu Wu said to the four of them: "You take turns to play, and let others play the table if you win, and every game is like this, so that it is fair, and everyone has a chance to rest for a while, otherwise you will be too tired." ”

As soon as everyone heard this suggestion, they thought it was good, and they played according to Qu Wu's suggestion.

After playing for two hours, Da Mao took the initiative not to play and went to cook and stir-fry.

"It's so comfortable on the boat." Ji Zhi said.

"Of course it's comfortable, some play, someone to help you cook and eat, and so many snacks and fruits to eat, in addition to playing and eating, you don't have to work, who doesn't want to live such a life." Chen Qing said.

Hearing her say this, everyone laughed.

After eating, it began to get dark. Simon Fox lit a lantern and hung it on the bow of the ship, and the ship sailed in the dark.

Qu Wu walked over with a large flashlight, and when he opened it, he surprised Simon Fox and several of his boatmen.

"Qu Gongzi, what is this? It's amazing that it can shine so brightly and so far. Simon Fox asked.

"It's a flashlight." Qu Wu told him.

"Qu Gongzi, give me this flashlight." Simon Fox couldn't put it down and said.

"You can send it, but if it doesn't light up, you'll have to ask me to buy a battery, it's not cheap." Save on it. Qu Wu said.

"Huh? Do you still want to buy your stuff? Qu Gongzi, you are really good at business. Simon Fox said.

"As soon as the light in front of this is on, the battery inside will be consumed, and the battery will have to be replaced if the light is not on. This battery is expensive, and if you use one, you will have one less, and I can't restock. Qu Wu explained.

Chen Damao: They played for a long time after dark, because they brought solar-charged LED lights.

When the boat passed through Hanyue for nearly three watches, Qu Wu walked out of the cabin and looked at the small city in the dark, except for the fishing fire on the shore and a few dim lanterns in the city, the whole town lay quietly by the river, like a sleeping and peaceful baby, waiting to become a tall giant; It is also like a silkworm chrysalis, quietly waiting for the glorious moment of transformation, and becoming a beautiful Yangzhou that amazes the world and is brightly lit.

Several young people who had become addicted to playing mahjong were reluctant to go to sleep for a long time, and later Qu Wu said that the LED lights were about to run out of power, so they went back to their respective beds to sleep unhappily.

The next day, everyone got up very late, and the building boat just passed by Liuhe, only to see that the people on the shore of Liuhe saw this beautiful big boat and waved their hands one after another, and they also waved in response to these enthusiastic strangers.

And Qu Wu was full of emotion when he saw this small riverside town. He thought of the small post station next to this small city, the ancient small thatched hut that Wu Mengyao and the others set foot in together. There, for the first time, the two realized that they had broken into the world of the ancients; It was there that he was forced to kill two ancient soldiers for the first time; Also on that day, Wu Mengyao hugged him tightly from the motorcycle for the first time, giving him the first taste of true love.

It was almost the end of his life. If it weren't for Wu Rong and Wu Jiang brothers desperately saving each other, he would have returned to the Nine Heavens here.

The building boat continues to ride the wind and waves and move forward firmly. What was waiting for him in front of him was to leave regrets and shadows in his life by the Shucheng River, the pair of boatmen and sons almost killed him, and forever changed the fate of him and Wu Mengyao.

And the farther destination, Zheng Guo, who was about to break out of war, had the tomb he personally repaired for Wu Mengyao, which carried his endless sorrow and nostalgia.