The weather in summer is like a child's face, which changes when it is said.

When I got up in the morning to exercise in the yard, it was still sunny, and it was pouring rain just after breakfast.

This rain is very strange, because in summer, it rains mostly in the middle of the afternoon, and the water vapor from the ground evaporates into the air to form cumulonimbus clouds and then turns into thundershowers.

The summer rain is generally accompanied by thunder, booming and booming, and with the lightning flashing in front of you, people feel that the thunder is on their heads, and they shudder.

"Which unfilial son is going to be chopped?" Some of the old people looked at the rain and muttered to themselves.

"The water has also started to get muddy recently, maybe there is a dragon on it." Knowledgeable people in the family are warning the juniors: "It should be the dragon returning to the sea and going down the river." ”

"Thunder and fire, can't you hit Jiao?" The ignorant child looked up, his face full of doubt.

"Alas, if Jiao Pingping hadn't done anything evil in his life, naturally there would be nothing." The old man is also not sure.

"What if you have done something evil?" There are always a lot of questions from children: "I heard that Jiao likes to eat people, and he also likes to eat children." ”

"That's, that's going to be killed by lightning." The old man was asked a little word-wrenching: "So you must do good." ”

Thunderstorms come and go as fast as they come, and just after breakfast, the sun comes out of the clouds, and there is still sewage left in the streets that have not had time to be discharged, and children play there.

The northern part of Gangneung is a slum area, and the people who live here either work in the city or live in the place where the descendants of large families who have not changed their surnames live after they get married.

Chen Laosan is a well-known boater, he has been to Ba County, but also to Yangzhou, once sailed in the water, and also crossed Dongting Lake along the Yuan River upstream.

What's even more exaggerated is that he is very good at water, and he can be about a mile away in the water.

Once, the Cai family hired him to go to Jiangxia, and the water thieves were infested, and a boatload of people was killed, so he escaped alone, and swam in the water for a day and a night before reaching the shore.

Later, he also took the Cai family to find the nest of water thieves and took revenge in one fell swoop.

When people reach middle age, Chen Laosan generally no longer goes out, unless he is given more than ten gold, otherwise his son has a lot of apprentices, and there is no need to go out in person.

Looking at the stagnant water in the puddle, a few green-headed flies flying and buzzing on it, he was in a trance.

When he was a child, the Chen family was still a part of the Kuai family, and his father had a good water nature, and he made great contributions to the Kuai family.

Later, with a wave of his hand, the head of the Kuai family allowed the Chen family to set up their own door, and also helped build a household registration.

His father, Chen Bo, had worked hard all his life, and when he died, he always said that he couldn't lift his elbow, and the doctor said that it was because of the invasion of evil qi after being soaked in water for a long time.

Otherwise, Chen Laosan, who is in his right years, will not retreat bravely from the rapids, and will continue to sail.

He also had two older brothers, both of whom drowned in the water, and his father didn't let him get into the water at all when he was a child, so he could only stare at the puddles and ponds and watch the fish swim around.

Some people are born with the ability to operate a boat for the first time at the age of fourteen, and he showed a unique comprehension.

Chen Laosan beckoned his grandson to go back, squatting on the ground for a long time and his knees were sore, could it be that it was also an invasion of evil qi?

"Third brother, didn't you go out?" A man shouted from afar.

"It's Du Qi, I'll let the rich and noble them go and have fun, they're old, they can't do it." Chen Laosan would not show his weakness in front of others, and stood up briskly.

Fugui is his only son, and his mother-in-law died soon after giving birth to the child, and he has been with the child since he was a child, and his water nature is better than himself and his grandfather.

The only wish of the three generations is that the Chen family can have their own boat in the future, even if it is a flat boat.

"In Gangneung City, who doesn't know that you are the one among us!" Du Qi cocked his thumb: "You are not as good as your technology, and there are not many people who invite me, don't forget me if you have a job in the future." ”

"It's easy to say," Chen Laosan is now a broker, and if a foreign shipwn comes here, he will find him and find someone: "Recently, I heard that I was going to the sea, and the young owner found me, it depends on whether you have the courage to do so!" ”

For the Kuai family, although they have been separated, the people of the Chen family still maintain respect and have always been called according to the previous title.

"Alas, third brother, I came here today specifically for this matter." Du Qi was standing on the edge of the street: "Haven't you heard of such a big thing?" It's spread everywhere! ”

"What's the matter?" Chen Laosan's face was full of wondering: "I won't say it's a sea boat, I have to go in person, the children are not at ease after all, and they will arrive a long way after Yangzhou." ”

"Sailing on the sea?" Du Qi looked disdainful: "Third brother, if you want to say that I don't have the ability to say Lao Qi, but there are some things you have to taboo, on the sea, that is the territory of the Dragon King of the East China Sea, can you go?" ”

"What's wrong?" Chen Laosan was shocked, and he had something to do with the Dragon King of the East China Sea? The knee hurt again.

Donghai has never been there, but he has been to Dongting several times. That year, the people of the Cai family crossed the border to suppress bandits, and there was the Dragon King to help.

Suddenly there was a strange wind, and the boats on the side of the pirates capsized several times, otherwise it would not have been so easy.

"Five hundred!" Du Qishen mysteriously stretched out a hand: "If the people of the Zhao family want to be in the East China Sea, they have to pay tribute to five hundred people first." ”

"Whoever dies and who doesn't die, there is a certainty. The one who goes first must be among the five hundred. ”

He laughed: "Third brother, you are busy first, and the younger brother has not lived enough, so he will not go into the five hundred." ”

After saying that, he walked away.

Chen Laosan sighed in his heart, that year, the Cai family seemed to have bought live pigs and sheep to make offerings to the Dragon King of Dongting.

The Dragon King of the East China Sea must be more majestic than the Dragon King of a lake, five hundred people can be said to be reasonable, and his knees hurt even more, so he hurriedly called his grandson home.

At the same time, all kinds of rumors were circulating in Gangneung Castle.

"Ever heard of it? The Zhao family wanted to find five hundred substitute ghosts this time, and then they would go on a boat. ”

This is the popular version.

"Beyond the East China Sea, there is the Rakshasa Kingdom, where the Dragon King of the East China Sea is specially guarded. The people of the Rakshasa country feed on people. ”

"Before, those rakshasas were on land. Later, they were driven to the sea by the Jade Emperor and told the Dragon King to watch them. ”

"When he was on land, the rakshasa was so powerful that he ate three boys and girls every day."

"What do you think, otherwise why did the Chu State destroy the country back then? It's that the Rakshasa has eaten too many boys and girls, and there are no people in Chu State. ”

"Now that they are on the islands, they no longer ask for virgins and virgins, but they eat as long as they are people."

This is the enhanced version.

"The Zhao family and the Cai family are so ruthless, they are going to call the people of the other families to the sea and click them all."

"Looking back, there aren't even a few people in these families, isn't the family property still his Cai family?"

"Don't believe it, don't you know, the daughter of the Cai family and the Zhao family are married? It's the tigress. ”

This is a stealthy version, and it is circulated among merchants.

For a time, various versions became more and more popular in Gangneung City, and almost no one knew about it.