Chapter XI
Whimpering, lingering, endless, covering the wind and waves, it is just the sound of nature.
The sound of the flute swallowed, the sound of the flute dreamed of the night of Taoyuan, there was a voice of Tao in the sound of the flute, it was A Tao, she was clearly shouting; "Ah Sheng—hurry up, have you forgotten our three-year covenant? We are not yet at the moment of meeting, we must not come nonsense, otherwise, we will be dissipated and will never be able to meet each other. ”
The sound of the flute was broken, the voice of Tao Niang disappeared, Jin Wansheng's heart trembled, Ling Ling, his mind was opened, he immediately faced the wind and waves, and shouted loudly; "Ah Tao - girl, take care, we'll see you in three years."
Jin Wansheng held Shan Yi high and stabbed into the water with all his strength, stirring up the water column three feet high, and the bow of the boat immediately turned around. At this moment, a murky sound came from under the water; "Bastard boy, the hateful afterlife, when you go back, see how I clean you up."
Jin Wansheng worked hard, but the small boat was spinning on the river, and did not move forward, it depended on the posture of not walking here, Jin Wansheng was angry, Jin Wansheng struggled, how could there be a boat that did not listen to the reason of fiddling, but the boat under his feet just did not listen to him.
Jin Wansheng raised the water again, dancing his arms, the boat was still circling around the place, Jin Wansheng tried his best to maintain balance, who expected, the boat under his feet swirled, turning faster and faster, seeing that Jin Wansheng was about to be shot out of the boat, suddenly, the woman who was blowing the flute, blowing at the hole flute, the boat immediately stopped turning, there was a whirring wind in his ears, and the river gradually calmed down.
Jin Wansheng stood on the boat and looked again, the sky was shining, he was just about to open his mouth to greet the woman, there was still the shadow of the woman in front of him, Jin Wansheng was in a daze, suddenly, the hull of the boat trembled, the boat did not move, it should be said that it was stranded, Jin Wansheng had to cheer up and look around.
Jin Wansheng stood on the boat, took advantage of the gray sky, and after taking a closer look, he immediately sighed secretly, but it turned out that he had returned to the outside of the Peach Blossom Spring, and in front of him was the scenery of the receding flood, several mulberry trees were washed away by the flood, and there were straw sticks hanging on the treetops, and a few live perch were rolling in a large puddle on the ground, and cooking smoke rose in the distance, not Mulberry Bay but there.
However, the cowherd baby did not appear, if he saw the cowherd baby, Jin Wansheng really wanted to ask him, did he know that there was a big flood last night
Jin Wansheng got out of the boat, along the puddle, and pushed the boat to the creek when he came, at this time, the creek has become a big river with rolling waves, and he saw that the water surface of this river is wide, the wind is high and the waves are rapid, and the boat under the feet of Jin Wansheng is going all the way to the river, and when Jin Wansheng looks at both sides and wants to see if there are still peach groves, what appears in front of him is the big river that he is familiar with.
Feeling melancholy and depressed, the boat carrying Jin Wansheng back to the river, he held a single oar in his hand, the six gods had no owner, and let the boat drift with the waves, just thinking about Ah Tao in a daze, thinking about the Taoist priest and the blind fortune teller, who are they, are they a person, where did they come from?
Thoughts drift with the waves, the boat is pushed by the current, the boat stops with the waves, the will of heaven can be worried, Jin Wansheng sailed in the river, there was no water in his eyes, no fish in his heart, let the waves hit the side of the boat, a look of soul scattered, what is the material, a shout; "Ah Sheng, why do you only take a single oar?" Pulled him back into reality.
Jin Wansheng was awakened, he was helpless, looked up at the voice, and saw Zhao Ada's rowing boat asking him loudly not far from him, Jin Wansheng accosted him; "Big brother, you have good luck today!"
Zhao Adaa didn't answer him first, but asked him again very uneasily; "Ah Sheng, I asked you, why didn't you answer, do you have anything on your mind?"
Jin Wansheng hurriedly covered up and said; "No, where do I have anything on my mind, it's that the fishing net is broken, I didn't bring a fishing net today, and I want to use the fishing knife to catch a few fish to barely survive."
Jin Wansheng's words made Zhao Adaa even more suspicious, and he asked Jin Wansheng in turn; "Why do you only row with a single oar?"
Jin Wansheng knew that Zhao Adaa was concerned about this matter, and he thought to himself that it was better not to tell the truth, so as not to cause trouble to him, so he lied; "I was in a bad mood this morning, and in my hurry I only got one oar and one fisherman, and I didn't plan to fish at all."
Zhao Ada's only then asked him again in disbelief; "How many fish did you catch today? Is it enough to sell it at the market? ”
Jin Wansheng lifted his spirits, rowed the boat, and came to the side of Zhao Ada's boat and said; "Don't mention it, I haven't caught a single fish until now."
Zhao Ah Da saw that Jin Wansheng didn't catch a single fish, so he immediately knocked on his boat and said; "I'm lucky today, I've been able to catch dozens of catties of fish since I got up in the morning, and I'm about to go to the market."
Jin Wansheng listened to it and asked Zhao Ada; "Big brother, which market are you going to go to sell fish?"
Zhao Adaa said; "The market in front of me can't sell at a high price, I plan to row a boat to Linyuan County, where I have a good buyer, is the cook who cooks for the county slaughter, he said that the county slaughter likes to eat live saury in the river, I hit a lot of saury today, or you go with me, I will take you to the county slaughterhouse to send the saury, and when the fish is sold, our brothers will drink a few cups."
After Jin Wansheng listened to Zhao Ada's words, his mind immediately became lively, he felt that he was not suitable for fishing today, so he simply went with Zhao Ada, at least he could have lunch, so he said; "Big brother, then I'll go with you and help you sell the fish."
Zhao Ada, and Jin Wansheng are two people in this big river, no one knows, no one knows, Jin Wansheng is a good water nature, is the first tide in this big river, Zhao Ada, is good at communicating, many fishermen are his friends
The two of them raised their oars, both rowed towards the dock on the edge of the county, and the boat boss on the road was indispensable to greet loudly, and when they arrived at the wharf, Jin Wansheng helped Zhao Adaa put the live saury fish raised in the fish cabin into the fish basket and handed it to Zhao Ada, his fish basket was filled with crucian carp and carp, and after packing, the two of them went straight to the county slaughter yamen.
Idle on the road, Zhao Ada's two sons mentioned Zhang Youwang again, saying that his daughter-in-law is simply a dominatrix, and it is Zhang Youwang who loses it, and if he is a bachelor, he will be a bachelor for a lifetime, and he will not find such a woman as a wife. Jin Wansheng suffered a lot of hidden losses from the Ji woman, and often let her get some cheapness, but because of Zhang Youwang's affection, he couldn't say it, so he had to hum and agree, and let Zhao Ah point his fingers.
After walking for a while, Jin Wansheng asked Zhao Adaa again in order to divert the topic of Ji's woman; "Can you have so many live saury fish in the county slaughterhouse?"
Zhao Adaa said; "If you can, you can ask for it, last time, the cook in the county slaughter's mansion once said to me when he bought my fish, our Sima county slaughter specializes in eating live saury, it looks like a fairy wind bones, he and the master often refine the pill and cultivate immortals in the house, and the mansion also enshrines the Taishang Laojun, and he must burn incense and worship every day."
After hearing this, Jin Wansheng said suspiciously; "Really, if that's the case, does he still have time to take care of the people's affairs?"
Zhao Adaa said; "You don't know this, our county yamen is not ascending to the hall every day, who has grievances to report to the official, you have to be on the first and fifteenth days of the new year, and ah, haven't you heard, the master in the county governor's mansion has a great background, the county lord is obedient to him, according to rumors, this master is very capable, he can pinch and calculate, and he can also take things from the air, calling for wind and rain."
Listening to Zhao Ada's words, Jin Wansheng was stunned, and just wanted to say that he would not enter the county governor's mansion, but when he looked up, he found that he had arrived in front of the county governor's mansion, and what made them even more frightened was that the majestic servant, carrying a waist knife, stood in front of the gate in shifts, and the two people saw this, so frightened that they did not dare to enter from the gate, but went around to the back foot door, stood outside the door, and waited for a long time, until a person came out with a vegetable basket, Zhao Adaa stepped forward and said with a smiling face; "Your chef, when you hear the news, I don't know if the house still buys live saury today?"
The white fat man carrying a vegetable basket, with a fat face, a big mouth that had already grinned over his cheeks, was less than five feet tall, his neck and waist were tightly connected, his small eyes were squinted into a slit, and he glanced at Zhao Ah a few times, and then stopped and said; "I remembered, last time I bought a few live Yangtze River saury from you, our county slaughtered and ate it, and even said that it was a good fish, a good fish, do you still have a live saury fish that was just caught from the river today?"
Zhao Ada, after listening to the cook's words, immediately handed the fish basket on his shoulder to the cupboard and said; "Chef, please see, this is the live saury fish I just fished from the Yangtze River."
When the cook in the Taishou Mansion saw that the fish basket was full of fresh saury, he immediately opened his mouth and laughed, and then said to Zhao Ada; "Let's go, send me your basket of live saury to the kitchen, it's good, our master will definitely reward me."
Jin Wansheng muttered quietly in the back; "It's better to over-weigh!"
When the cook heard this, he said unhappily; "What's the matter, I can't believe us, let me tell you, our county lord pays attention to fair trading, and when you put the live fish into the water tank, I won't give you a penny."
Sure enough, Zhao Ada, Jin Wansheng, followed the fat cook, to the front of a large water tank outside the kitchen, according to the cook's meaning, Zhao Ada, put the live saury fish in the fish basket into the water tank, and the cook immediately took out a handful of five baht coins from the blanket on his shoulder and handed it to Zhao Ada; "Your saury fish will not exceed thirty catties, and I will give you thirty catties."
Zhao Adaa saw that the cook gave him the price of thirty catties of saury, and he was naturally very happy, but there were things that made him even happier, so he listened to the cook again; "Our new master is the same as the county magistrate, he likes to eat live saury in this big river, and if you catch a saury in the river in the future, you must send it to me immediately while it is alive."