Zhang Yunhua and Su Mengtang walked out of the cabin when they heard the sound and came to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the West Lake together.

Santan Yinyue Island is the largest island in the West Lake, standing on top of the island in the middle of the lake and Ruan Gongdun, collectively known as the three islands of the West Lake; Because it is similar to the mythical and legendary Penglai three islands, the main lake of West Lake is also called "Xiaoyingzhou". The "Three Pools and the Moon" mentioned by the boatman just now is the finishing touch of this "Little Yingzhou".

The so-called "Three Pools of the Moon" is actually named after three stone towers standing in the water, and the chiseling of this tower is quite elegant: the top of the tower is gourd-shaped, the belly of the tower is hollow into a ball, and the ball body is chiseled with five round holes of equal distance.

The white-haired boatman shook his oars and gradually approached the stone towers, and Qiuqiu saw that the heart of the tower seemed to be lit with candles, and the round hole outside was covered with a thin gauze net, which revealed the bright light, and the three stone towers were shining on the cold lake. The reflection of the candlelight, like a round and bright full moon, spreads evenly on the dark lake around the stone tower, which is spectacular and warm.

"Xiaoqiu, you count, how many moons are there on the lake?" Zhao Qingzhou asked Qiuqiudao. Qiuqiu quickly counted, there were five next to each stone tower, that is, fifteen, and there was one more in the middle of the three towers, a total of sixteen. But where did the extra one come from?

She was puzzled, Zhao Qingzhou smiled and said, "Xiaoqiu, look at the sky." Qiuqiu looked up along his fingers, the moon at this moment had just broken free from the shackles of the sea of clouds, exposed in the sky, like the water-like moonlight eagerly sprinkled on the mountains and rivers on the ground, but around the moon that was as clean as water, a circle of idle clouds because of borrowing a little white light, and showed a sparkling and dazzling brilliance like a building lamp.

In the night sky where the moonlight flew, the bright moon hung coldly, but its unwilling shadow fell thousands of miles, and the fifteen lights and shadows on the lake that were difficult to distinguish between true and false, dissolved and tiled together, becoming the sixteenth brightness on the lake. When the moon on the lake arrived, the temperature of the candle flame seemed to become warmer, reflecting the countless lights and shadows around it.

The closer the oars got, the more these moon shadows sparkled, like moon wine boiled by a pool of autumn water, Qiuqiu was intoxicated by this scenery, she looked at it for a long time, and then remembered to say to Zhao Qingzhou: "Uncle Qingzhou, it's sixteen moons in total, right?" Qingzhou lowered his head and said to Qiuqiu: "No, there should be a bright moon, which has already been reflected in Xiaoqiu's heart, isn't it?" ”

Qiuqiu laughed, only to feel that the depressed aura on the boat just now was gone, and there were only countless moons left between heaven and earth, reflecting on the West Lake tonight, making people feel relaxed and clear. When his mind was swaying, he suddenly heard the old boatman shouting: "A few boatmen, do you want to visit this northern island, if not, let's go along the Jiuqu Bridge and go to Huxin Pavilion Island." ”

Zhang Yunhua, who had already walked out of the cabin, glanced at Zhao Qingzhou, and Yunhua said: "If we don't watch a show, it's okay to go to the island for a walk." The scenery of Xiaoyingzhou is half of the Santan Yinyue Island. Zhao Qingzhou laughed and said, "Sure enough, Yunhua knows me best, so let's go up and have a look." Su Mengtang turned back to the boatman and said, "Old man, we want to go to the island to have a look, about half an hour, can you see it?" ”

The old man who rowed the boat seemed to be a little hesitant, and said in a sincere voice: "It stands to reason that I will send you to the Huxin Pavilion, and then you can go back to the dock and pick up the next boat of guests." After picking up a few boats in one night, the cost of renting a ship was settled. If you delay it for too long, I'm afraid you'll lose money. As he spoke, he had already set the boat heading to the Three Pools Moon Island to the north.

A few people thought that the boatman was supporting his own boat, but they didn't expect him to rent it, listening to these words, life is really not easy, and they are a little unbearable. Su Mengtang walked backwards through the cabin under the cover of the green canopy, came to the stern, took out a gold ingot from his purse, put it in the old boatman's hand, and said with a pleasant face: "Old man, look at tonight, can we charter your boat?" ”

The old boatman let go of a hand holding the oars, took the gold ingot, squinted his eyes in the moonlight and looked at it carefully, and said in surprise: "Gold? This ...... "You just have to take it, old man." It's almost winter, it's too cold on the lake, and if the snow is heavy and the wind is strong, you can't come out to row and carry passengers, and this money can cover the rent and family expenses. ”

Su Mengtang's words deeply moved the old fisherman, he lowered his head and rubbed his eyes, and only muttered, "Thank you." Su Mengtang knew that he might have some difficulties at home, and just wanted to comfort a few words, but saw the old boatman raise his head and said loudly: "Tonight, no matter where a few brothers and sisters want to go, let's row a boat. ”

Zhang Yunhua heard the conversation between Su Mengtang and the old man, and also walked over and said: "Dare to ask the old man, when you visit the West Lake at night, what is there to be quiet and unique and worth watching?" The old man said with a smile while rowing: "The old man saw a few people with a doll, and went to the red fish pond in Xiaonan Lake over there, where the lights were bright, the pond was full of golden-scaled red carp, and there were bait sellers next to it. ”

Qiuqiu didn't make a sound, but Su Mengtang was very interested, and several people discussed, and decided that Zhao Qingzhou would first take Qiuqiu to the "Moon Pavilion" next to the "Santan Yinyue Island", and the boatman would take Yunhua and Su Mengtang to the Red Fish Pond, and then return to the island to pick up Qingzhou and Qiuqiu, and everyone would go to the island in the middle of the lake to meet the eight people watching the play.

Qiuqiu followed Zhao Qingzhou to the island first. Although Santan Yinyue Island is the largest island in Xiaoyingzhou, it is not as lively as the island in the middle of the lake, behind several side-by-side shops, there is a small hill, and there is an octagonal pavilion on the top of the mountain, called Mochizuki Pavilion. Zhao Qingzhou bought a string of chestnut candy for Qiuqiu in the shop, then picked her up and walked towards the mountain.

He suddenly remembered that when he first came to Lin'an, once Xiao Changfan followed him to a house to borrow books, and when he came back, it was already the middle of the moon, and Xiao Changfan was so sleepy that he dozed off while walking, so he picked him up and walked a mountain road. Thinking about it now, there is a feeling of being separated from the world, Zhao Qingzhou sighed in a low voice, not letting himself fall into the memories of the past.

He heard Qiuqiu on his back sigh as well, so he asked, "What is Xiaoqiu thinking?" Qiuqiu clicked and took a bite of the horseshoe candy and said: "Uncle Zhao, I'm thinking, at this moment, the Yingge and Yan Dance in the West Lake are built on the basis of peace for a long time, if one day the state is turbulent and the lives are ruined, the West Lake may become a sad place for the people of Lin'an." ”

Zhao Qingzhou suddenly felt a chill down his spine, why did the eight-year-old girl he was carrying on his back say such a thing?