The boat slowly left the dock and soon entered the vast waterway of the Yangtze River.

Xie Mulin sat in the cabin, looking out through the window, and couldn't help but lean over to the window to look more closely.

Li'er is actually a little nervous, although she grew up in Jinling City, but it is the first time she has seen the Yangtze River, but she has not forgotten her duty, pulling Xie Mulin and constantly whispering and persuading: "Girl, girl, don't look at it, beware that people outside will see your face, girl......"

Xie Mulin looked back at her helplessly, he couldn't bear to disappoint this girl, and he didn't want to listen to her, so he honestly sat in the cabin and didn't look at anything, so he simply lifted the suitcase, found a white gauze skirt that he had just seen when he placed the luggage, and put the outermost translucent white gauze on the window frame, pretending to be something like a curtain or curtain, so he was not afraid that people outside would see the scene in the house.

Through this veil, even if the people outside could see the figures in the window shaking, they couldn't see anything clearly, but the people in the cabin could still see the scenery outside, but it was just a layer of smoke effect, but it didn't prevent Xie Mulin from seeing the excitement on the dock.

Now the pear stopped talking. Although she doesn't think it's polite, it doesn't seem to be a violation of etiquette? She was just a teenage girl, and she also had her own curiosity, and it didn't take long for her to happily bump her head with Xie Mulin with Cuijiao, and leaned over the window to look outside. She also took the initiative to take over the work of fixing the "window screen".

On the deck outside, the three brothers Xie Xianzhi, Xie Jinzhi and Xie Huizhi stood on the bow of the boat in a big and generous manner, watching the open river scenery. Looking at the majestic Jinling city wall gradually moving away, the water and sky in front of him, the sky is high and the clouds are wide, Xie Xian's heart only feels a burst of excitement, and his chest can't help but burst out with endless pride.

He suddenly had a poetic interest.

Xie Jinzhi also accompanied him with great interest in the poems, talking about the famous poems of the Yangtze River throughout the ages. Xie Huizhi was listening to it so numbly, he was afraid that the two elder brothers would suddenly ask him to make up for it, and recite a poem or something, isn't this embarrassing for him? He looked for a vacancy and hurriedly said, "Brothers, you are so good at learning!" I'll go find the fourth, he must have something to say to you. And he slipped away.

Xie Xianzhi and Xie Jinzhi glanced at each other, and they knew in their hearts why this third brother ran away, so they couldn't help but laugh dumbly, and then continued with your sentence, and I joined the poem one by one.

Xie Huizhi fled back to the cabin, thinking that an excuse is not necessarily just an excuse, so he really went to find Xie Hanzhi.

There are many rooms on the ship, Xie Hanzhi and Xie Yingfen sisters and brothers each occupy a cabin, and Wanqin lives with her youngest son, so that the girls can accompany her daughter. Xie Huizhi wants to take his little brother away, so he naturally has to pass the Wanqin level.

As soon as Wanqin heard that Xie Hanzhi was going to the deck, she was reluctant in her heart, and said euphemistically: "It's windy outside, and there is no cover on the deck, what if one is not careful, and the fourth young master falls into the water?" He is small and frail, and he doesn't know how to water, so he was sick a few days ago, so forget it, right? The eldest young master and the second young master were very happy about the poems, and the fourth young master asked his brothers to come over to study and study, and they really didn't have to join in the fun. He doesn't know how to compose poetry, so what can he do if he goes? ”

Xie Hanzhi looked at his biological mother and lowered his face a little sadly. He also loves to read since he was a child, and he is very interested in poetry and songs, even if he is not as talented as the two eldest brothers, can't he learn from the side?

Xie Huizhi saw that the younger brother wanted to go very much, so he persuaded Wanqin: "Aunt Qin is too careful." This ship is so big, the deck is spacious and stable, the boat boss and the boatmen are familiar with this waterway, you go out to see how stable the eldest brother and the second brother stand, and the fourth brother will not run around, how can a good person fall into the water? Aunt Qin is too worried. Besides, you always keep your four brothers and sisters in the house and don't let them go out to meet and play, which doesn't do them any good.

"Look at our brothers, the eldest brother and the second brother used to be pampered at home, studying in the house all day long, and they were sick at every turn like the fourth brother. On the contrary, I, who don't touch the family all day long, eat seastuffs outside, run around, but don't even sneeze all year round. And these days, the second brother has been running out a lot, and he was persuaded by the second sister to walk around the yard every day, and his body has improved greatly. My aunt might as well learn from the second brother, let the fourth brother go out for a walk more, bask in the sun more, and move his body, so that he will naturally eat well and be more healthy. ”

Wanqin smiled perfunctorily at him, unable to listen to a word: "Thank you Third Young Master for reminding me." The fourth young master has only recovered from his illness, and if the wind blows, he is afraid that his condition will recur. I really don't dare to be careless, the third young master's proposal, let's wait for the fourth young master to get better. ”

Xie Huizhi shrugged at his younger brother and sighed helplessly. It's not that his brother doesn't help, but Wanqin can't listen, and he can't help it.

Xie Hanzhi looked at Wanqin, although he was very disappointed, he still didn't say anything. He also knew that his biological mother was for his own good.

The ship drifted away from shore and into a smooth waterway. Xie Jinzhi pulled Xie Xianzhi and invited Chen to lead him, and went to talk to the boss of the boat, asking about what he saw and heard along the road, the scenery, as well as the allusions to the people at the checkpoints in various places, how to deal with them, and so on.

Xie Xianzhi has never been used to doing these things, and he is still a little uncomfortable standing in front of the boatmen, but listening to the story of the ship's boss talking about eating cards and taking cards at various checkpoints, as well as the preferences and habits of the chief officials and officials in various places, and the ways in which the caravans fight each other, etc., he couldn't help but be fascinated by it, and called Xie Huizhi over to listen to it.

They were reluctant to leave when they heard that it was time for lunch, and finally it was Xie Mulin who said: "If the brothers and brothers want to listen to the story, they should also let the storyteller have time to take a breath, drink saliva, and eat a full meal." The boat boss didn't tell you stories, so why didn't you let people go? ”

Xie Xianzhi and the others came to their senses at this time, and hurriedly compensated the ship boss. At this time, Xie Xianzhi had already left his original discomfort behind.

The boat boss is good-tempered and has a hearty temperament. He stroked his beard happily and smiled: "Young masters love to listen to me talk about the ancients, which is the blessing of my old man." When I am full of food and drink, I will look at the children again, and then come to talk to the young masters when I am free. ”

Xie Xianzhi, Xie Jinzhi and Xie Huizhi hurriedly and respectfully sent him away.

When the Xie family began to have a late lunch in the cabin, Xie Xianzhi sighed to his family: "I finally know what it means to read ten thousand books today, it is better to travel ten thousand miles." If it weren't for the ship's boss, I wouldn't have known that there are so many things in the world that I have never heard of. ”

Xie Jinzhi smiled and nodded in agreement: "Big brother and I are both frogs at the bottom of the well, and today we can see some small worlds." If we can increase our knowledge every day like we do today, when we return to our hometown in Huyin, our brothers may be reborn. ”

Wen smiled and said, "Your brother has already been reborn in the past few months, why bother to be presumptuous? As for the story told by the captain of the ship, I used to go back and forth with my lord to my hometown and Jinling, and when I went to the foreign office, I also saw some of it, which was really interesting. In the past, there were many shopkeepers and men in our family who were running businesses outside all the year round, and they were more knowledgeable than the ship boss. If you like it, I will write to the master in the future, and ask him to ask the shopkeepers to tell you more stories about the outside when they return to Huyin. ”

Xie Jinzhi clasped his palms together and smiled: "Then it couldn't be better." Mother must remember! ”

Xie Mulin suddenly said at this time: "Since my mother has also seen the world outside with my father, I must know many stories that we don't know, why don't you tell us about it?" ”

"Me?" Wen Shi was stunned for a moment, and he couldn't help but recall the situation when he was young, walking outside with Xie Pu, and couldn't help but be stupid for a while.

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