In Xingkou, a passenger ship from Changxing Port in Shizhou docked, and the passengers came down from the ship with large bags and small bags, and the deserted East Wharf was finally lively for a while.

Xingjiang is a big river, Xingkou is also a big port, every year to and from Xingjiang on the cargo ships and passenger ships tens of thousands, but the sea is only three digits.

Xingkou has the north wharf and the east wharf, the Xingjiang River flows from west to east, the north wharf is the wharf of inland waterway shipping, and the east wharf is the wharf of HNA. At this east wharf, if you can see only a few ships a day docking from the sea, it is rare to see a single ship from your own country.

At this time, Qi Zhilai, who was on crutches with one hand, walked out of the cabin with some difficulty, she raised her hand to block the sudden stronger sunlight outside, glanced at the empty dock, and then got off the boat.

Behind her, Ge Lan slowed down and followed, ready to go up and give her a hand. At present, the light fish and the heavy willow are on his back, the light fish has no sheath and is only wrapped in strips of cloth, and the heavy willow is too heavy, and it falls straight down with a back rope.

On the ship, the scope of activity of the two was only one room and the way to the dining room, and occasionally when they saw the sunshine, they went to the deck to walk, and Qi Zhilai's good legs and a crutch were enough to deal with. But now that she is on the shore, the vast world is galloping, and Ge Lan is a little worried about her.

On the side of the ship, the boatman who made crutches for Qi Zhilai was waving goodbye to the two with a smile on his face. The two of them faced him and smiled and waved.

The crutches made by the boatmen from the broken side beams were sturdy and handy. Qi Zhilai didn't have much hope for this rush to the door, but when she saw the finished product handed over by the boatman half a decade later, the reserved two lips couldn't help but open lightly.

At that time, it was dinner time, Qi Zhilai was helped by Ge Lan to sit down, Ge Lan was still puzzled that he had not seen the boatman for several days, and the next moment the boatman approached with a cane.

The ship is made of beech wood, so the crutches cut out of this side truss are also made of beech wood. The surface of the boatman is very bright, and the corners are rounded, looking like a child's building blocks, delicate and uningenious.

The boatman also deliberately wrapped a cotton strip around the top of the crutches so that the lower armpits would not be too painful when crutches......

Qi Zhilai could see the intentions on this crutch, and wanted to give him one or two halves of hard money, but the boatman resolutely didn't want to, only saying that it was out of interest, and the materials were all scraps, and not a penny was spent.

Qi Zhilai had to smile when he heard this, and thanked him twice in a row. After that, the three of them became acquaintances, and Ge Lan and Qi Zhilai also visited the boatman's room once—except for a bed and a desk, there were only tools and wood all over the floor.

The boatman's attitude towards his craft was quite sophisticated, he looked at Qi Zhilai's saber and knew that she was a martial artist, so he added three more dark blades to the crutches-

Two handles are in the hand, one is at the bottom of the staff, and the crossbar is turned out and closed when it is rotated.

The boatman just put forward this idea after dinner, who thought that Ge Lan was also aroused, and the two talked about the table from the dinner table, and they really figured out a plan. Qi Zhilai just watched from the sidelines, the days on the boat were really boring, she was not enthusiastic, she didn't pour cold water, she just watched the two of them do it in her spare time.

Who knew that the first version was only ten years old, and this revision with a dark blade was really made.

On the day the new crutches were ready, Ge Lan and the old boatman took Qi Zhilai to the open deck and handed over the crutches with bright eyes.

Qi Zhilai was a little stunned and took the crutches, clamped it under his armpit, and held the middle crossbar in his hand, and with a slip, the two snow-bright blades popped out, and the sound of the wooden board being punctured was at the bottom.

Qi Zhilai frowned, but Ge Lan and the old boatman clapped their hands excitedly in celebration. When they were happy enough, they remembered to put away the dangerous crutch that Qi Zhilai was holding—only to see the boatman hold the crossbar in the middle of the crutch and twist it back, and the three-handled blade was immediately put away.

Two days later, when the boatman took the cane away from Qi Zhilai, and when he returned, he confidently said that there would be no more such thing.

Indeed, this time the bar is tightened just right, and it will not be triggered as soon as it was touched like last time. Seeing Ge Lan and the old boatman clapping their hands like children, Qi Zhilai had no choice but to smile wryly and shake his head, holding the crutches in his hand and trying twice and twice......

She wanted to deny it, but the restlessness of a child getting a new toy did exist under her Qi Zhilai's calm appearance.

For several days after that, she would sit on the edge of the bed before going to bed and twist the mechanism twice, and the first thing she would do when she woke up was to rub the cane across her lap.

The owner of the ship will never know the origin of the few breaches on the deck, only to find that the knife-like breaches appeared one after another in the aisle of the dingzi room, on the staircase, and in the dining room...... But I couldn't find a clue.

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Xingkou is at the mouth of the Xingjiang River, goes up to the west, there are mountains such as rings for 5,000 miles, and below it is the Jinding Jing of the empire. Most of the outsiders who come to the east wharf of Xingkou want to change into a flat-bottomed boat on the inland river at the north wharf and go to Jinding, the capital of all countries.

This passenger ship from Shizhou Changxing Port is no exception.

Most of the people who disembarked from the boat took their belongings and hurriedly went to the north pier to change boats, and if they were delayed for an hour, and could not even catch up with the latest boat, they would have to spend the night in vain in this Xingkou, not to mention the delay, and the shops in the city with the big mouth of the lions would not cut two taels of meat on these strangers, but also cut a layer of skin.

Ge Lan and Qi Zhilai were separated from the crowd, and the place they were going to was the nine-inch cliff to the north, which was 3,000 miles away by the official road. The two were on the south bank, and now they were about to cross the river.

It was only in the afternoon, and it was the time when the business of Jiangdu was booming, and the winding river bank, five steps and ten steps after another, were all sampans for crossing the river.

Ge Lan had good legs and feet, ran in front, and went to find a good-faced old man at random, and the two of them crossed the river to collect ten yuan.

Ge Lan was about to take out the money, remembering that the broken silver and copper plates were all on Qi Zhilai's body, and he only carried a whole ingot of silver in his arms, so he stood in place and waited for her to come over.

Not far away, Qi Zhilai was on crutches in one hand, and his speed was not slow, and he came to the side of the boat after a while.

"The old master said that the two of them were ten liters. Ge Lan stretched out his hand.

Qi Zhilai frowned slightly when she heard this, she didn't cross the Xingjiang River, she didn't collect money by trip, not by person, one trip to Wuwen.

She shook her head to herself, but still counted out ten copper plates and handed them to Ge Lan.

Ge Lan grabbed the ten copper plates and handed them to the old man. The old man took the money, took the money, and put the foot in the boat back, and the boat came close to the shore.

Ge Lan jumped onto the boat, hurriedly turned around, and stretched out his hands to wrap around Qi Zhilai's arm without crutches.

I saw Qi Zhilai's crutches propped up, and half of his good legs and half of his body flipped into the boat, and then he took the crutches in and injured his legs came in.

Ge Lan saw it in her eyes, her hand was still holding her right arm and did not let go, she only felt that this set of movements was smooth, not like a lame person who had only been lame for a month could make it.

Indeed, Qi Zhilai's adaptability is amazing, and she herself almost forgot that she was a cripple on crutches, and only used the crutches like her arm.

However, the wound on her leg is no longer itchy in the past few days, and it must have been grown, and in another ten days and a half months, the leg that has been hanging for nearly forty days will be able to fall to the ground.

Thinking of this, Qi Zhilai was reluctant to bring this crutch in his hand, thinking that Ge Lan and the old shipwright had spent a lot of effort on it, and he would not need it for a long time.

The time on the ship is not long, but it is not short, and the three of them are more or less maintained by this crutch, maintaining a little to do, a little chat, a little laughter, and a little sustenance.

When you get back to the cliff, put away the crutches, you can't throw them away.

The old man slowly propped up the boat, singing a loud tune in his mouth.

The view on the river is wide, and Qi Zhilai sits on the bow of the boat, but he does not look far away.

The crutch was on her lap, and it was beautiful, beautiful, and it was a day when you couldn't do anything, you didn't have to do anything, it was like a vacation.

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The river at the mouth of the Xingjiang River is too wide, and it took two people half an hour to cross. On the other side, it was getting dark.

"Master, do you know how to go on the official road to the north?"

Since the two of them had gone ashore, the captain was about to leave, but Ge Lan suddenly stopped him,

The old man scratched his cheek and said, "Go north out of the town." ”

"Thank you, master. Ge Lan thanked him.

At this time, the captain had turned the bow of the boat and waved his hand hastily with his back to the two of them.

"Let's go. Qi Zhilai had also turned around and turned back to greet Ge Lan.

An egret sprang out of the tree and landed on the bow of the old man's boat.

On the riverside, Ge Lan said "um", and then followed Qi Zhilai, and the two of them passed through the towns on the north bank and went up to the official road.

The town of Xingkou is large, the north bank is smaller than the south bank, but it is also very large.

Because the north shore is full of sandbanks and waterways, the roads in its towns are not straight, but winding and crooked. The two of them walked around and around it, begging for people, and by mistake, they finally saw the gate to the north.

When they finally came out of the town, the sun in the sky was about to set, and the sun was setting early, and there were no mountains on the sea, and the sun was the last.

On land, the sun was hidden behind the mountains, but it was not yet dark.

By this time, there was still the last carriage outside the city, and the shirtless groom was putting on the bridle of the horse.

The two hurriedly ran to the front of the car, and when they lifted the curtain, there were already two people sitting in the car, an old man and a young man.

This is a mother and son who have returned from the province, Ge Lan has a tongue, Qi Zhilai has a few words, there are silver two, there are knives, and a mother and son in the car agreed to go together.

The last glimmer of light disappeared behind the mountain, and the carriage went away from the city and went north to eliminate the dust.

There are more than ten days, nine inches of cliff.

This line, from Longqiao to Fandong, from Fandong to Changxing Port, from Changxing Port to Xingkou, this line is finally coming to its end.