The old boatman said: "The eldest and the second and the old man rented this flower boat together in Womei Bay to attract customers, my little boy is more watery, he goes to the lake every day to catch fish, and the old wife and the two of them go to the restaurant to send it, which is considered to subsidize the family." Zhao Qingzhou seemed to be still stuck in the old boatman's last sentence, and asked him: Old man, did the heavy rain a few days ago wash away many fields?

The boatman said: "Why not much, we live on the edge of the lake, although we mostly rely on boats and fishing for a living, but every family has a few acres of dry land and paddy fields. This vicinity is mountainous, the terrain is also low, the rain is more waterlogged, the mountain will be extinct, and the paddy fields below are also flooded. At the end of the sentence, there was another long sigh.

Zhao Qingzhou asked some more about the rent and taxation of the boat, and the boatman was hearty and explained the situation to him one by one. Zhao Qingzhou frowned slightly, and took the boatman's words to heart. "It's almost there, and there's an island in front of you." The boatman suddenly said, "Sit down, I'll dock at the front dock." Qiuqiu looked up and saw a small building with flying eaves hanging corners on the island, and all kinds of shouting sounds could be faintly heard, which was very lively.

The boat sailed smoothly to the wharf on the west side of the island, and Qiuqiu saw that there were countless boats docked here on the pillars of the trestle, and she was very impressed by the prosperity of the West Lake. Several people walked up to the trestle. The boatman said: "A few guest officers, the old man will sail the boat to the east pier and wait, a few will wander around the island casually, go to the east pier to board the boat, and there will be no need to go back." ”

Zhang Yunhua and Zhao Qingzhou bowed at the same time, and the old boatman put his hand on his chest and saluted back: "When the time comes, a few people shout 'Lao Fan', and I will listen." Everyone answered and walked towards the island, which has a main road that runs from east to west, and there are seven north-south paths on each side, and on both sides of the path are all kinds of shops and stalls.

In the center of the long east-west road, a circular square was built slightly wider than the road, and in the center of the square was a large stone foundation with seven steps, and a theater was built on the stone foundation. This three-storey building is the first thing you can see when you go to the island from the east pier or the west pier, which is divided into a site like a fence and a house where many troupes live.

In this west building, each troupe sang on stage, one by one, and each used their housekeeping skills to attract tourists and fans who came to the theater. At this moment, the stage on the east side of the second floor has just finished singing "The Biography of Liu Yi", and the girl who played the dragon girl has just been mourning on the stage for a long time complaining about her grievances, and in a blink of an eye, she is already holding a copper plate with a smile, and she has come down to the crowd to collect the money.

Tong Ning'er and Ximen March were both too involved in the play, their eyes were still red at this time, and they couldn't help sobbing, and when they saw the dragon girl coming, they all looked at her stupidly, and forgot to take out the silver in their purses for a while. Xiang Kang and Li Zhuoran both laughed a little when they saw the two of them looking dumbfounded, took out some copper coins, and sprinkled them on the dragon girl's copper plate.

The girl looked like she was fifteen or sixteen years old, dressed in red, with a blue belt tied around her waist, which was very eye-catching. Seeing that Xiang and Li were generous, they bowed their heads and saluted slightly, then raised their faces and smiled at everyone. Tong Ning'er took the opportunity to ask, "Girl, what's your name?" The little girl had willow eyebrows and phoenix eyes, looking forward to Shenfei, and replied crisply when she heard the words: "My name is Meng Yi, and it was my brother Meng Tang who played Liu Yi just now." ”

Simon March shouted in surprise: "My sister's brother is the same as my master's name!" As soon as he shouted like this, Meng Yi stopped the steps he was about to leave, and asked Ximen with a smile: "Little boy, is your master here?" Ximen March looked back and saw that Su Mengtang was still in the future, so he hurriedly said, "My master...... Master is coming, sister, I'll take Master to see you later, you've done a great job. ”

The people around didn't expect a child to be so fascinated by it, and they all laughed, Meng Yi also laughed and said: "We should go back, tomorrow morning, we will also perform a play here, if you like it, you will continue to come to the show, my brother and I thank you." ”

Before she could finish speaking, everyone applauded and threw the copper in their hands into the plate in her hand. Seeing this scene, Meng Tang, who had just played Liu Yi, also smiled and walked around to the front to pay tribute to everyone. When the spectators dispersed, the brother and sister neatly collected all the belongings on and off the stage, and prepared to go down the stairs on the south side.

"Sister." Ximen March shouted, Meng Yi turned around, and saw that they hadn't left yet, so he said something to Meng Tang, ran over to this side, and asked with a smile, "You haven't left yet?" Ximen said: "We are waiting here for Master and Sister Xiaoqiu'er, Sister Meng, we will come to see you tomorrow." Meng Yi laughed and said to everyone: "Thank you." ”

Seeing the dragon girl who was fascinated by her smile on the stage just now, standing in front of her so cordially and enthusiastically at this time, Ou Jinshu and Tong Ning'er both stepped forward excitedly, took Meng Yi's hand, and said a few words that were nothing more than mutual compliments that were customary between girls to Li Zhuoran and Xiang Kang.

The three girls talked for a while, Meng Yi said goodbye to everyone, and Ximen March said in disappointment: "It was such a beautiful scene just now, if only Xiao Qiu'er was there." On the other side, Zhang Yunhua, Zhao Qingzhou and others had already walked from the west to the bottom of the theater, and Su Mengtang asked, "Don't you see Ning'er and them below, Brother Yunhua, are we going up?" ”

Yunhua said: "Well, it may not be over yet, let's go listen to it too." Several people saw the miscellaneous drama list posted at the entrance of the theater, and the stage of "Liu Yi's Biography" on the east side of the second floor, so they went up the steps on the south side. As soon as I went up, I saw an empty platform in the east, and Xiang Kang and the others were looking down from the window. "What do you see, so engrossed?" Su Mengtang quietly walked behind everyone and said violently.

Seeing that the four of them were back, everyone set off to go home, Ximen March opened the chatterbox, and Qiuqiu couldn't stop talking about how the dragon girl and Liu Yi on the stage just now earned his sleeve tears, plus Tong Ning'er and Ou Jinshu's addition, even Qiuqiu couldn't help but want to come to see the one in Ximen March's mouth tomorrow: the daughter of the dragon king.

On the way to the east wharf, Zhang Yunhua asked, "Is the flower boat that I just sent you here also parked at the east wharf?" Xiang Kang shook his head and said: "The boatman said that the tour of the lake is over, send everyone to the island in the middle of the lake, and when you go back, there will be a big boat to pick up people, and the boat will be set off when it is full, why, your boat is still there?" Zhang Yunhua nodded and said, "Just now we wanted to go to other islands to have a look, so Mengtang rented the boat." ”

Xiang Kang said with a smile: "I knew this earlier, tomorrow I will be the east, let's rent a big boat, and come directly to the island in the middle of the lake to listen to the play, so we don't need to take a small boat separately." Zhang Yunhua softly refused: "I am still willing to take a small boat, most of the boatmen in these boats are people nearby, life is not easy, if you can help, you can help." Several girls, moved by compassion when they heard the words, also proposed to take a boat.

Xiang Kang heard that everyone didn't appreciate it, so he deliberately screamed: "Okay, all of you are bodhisattvas, but I am an unkind person who doesn't know the suffering of the people, and I don't want to take a big boat." Okay, okay, tomorrow you all squeeze into the small boat, Xiang Mou is alone, rent a big boat and sit by himself. Everyone laughed when they saw him play a child's temper.

The evening breeze was blowing, the moonlight was melting, and a few people were laughing and joking, and continued to the east pier on the crowded island.