When Qiushi arrived at the pier, he found that the old man who was holding the boat had arrived, so he hurriedly stepped forward and greeted him with a smile, "Uncle early, I'm afraid that I came too early and you didn't arrive!"

Seeing that it was autumn color, the old man also smiled and opened his mouth, "I'm going to wait for guests at the dock, naturally come early, girl, get on the boat, you are the first guest." ”

"Okay." Qiu Se gave the old man the fare that had been prepared a long time ago, and stepped on the wooden boat. Standing on the boat, the person swayed from side to side with the hull of the boat, and Qiu Se glanced at the river next to him, and found that even he almost fainted with the rippling circle of water lines, and quickly turned his gaze back to the boat, stood firmly on the boat with his legs crossed, and bent down to poke his head into the canopy to look.

The old man smiled in the back: "The girl should sit in the innermost part, which is both ventilated and quiet, and does not hinder others from entering and exiting." Autumn also felt that the innermost position was good, and after thanking him, he sat there.

The wooden boat swayed gently in the water, and the wind passed through the gap in the bamboo curtain at the stern, blowing on the body of the person very comfortably, and the autumn color leaned on the canopy next to it a little dizzy and sleepy.

At this time, I only heard the old man talking to someone outside, and then someone entered the canopy, and when he looked up, he saw a man in his thirties, dressed like a businessman. He was stunned when he saw a woman in the boat, and then sat diagonally opposite the autumn colors, peeking at the autumn colors from time to time.

The autumn color is very upset, and whoever is always inexplicably concerned is not very comfortable, but I can't say, where do you still care about others? After thinking about it, he took out a veil from the baggage and even blindfolded his eyes, tied the baggage to his left wrist, and reached into the baggage with his right hand to hold the dagger, so that he closed his eyes with peace of mind.

Later, two more people got on the boat, although they were both more curious about the autumn color of the single, but because she was wearing coarse cloth clothes today and couldn't see her face clearly, everyone gave up at most a few strange glances, and finally the three men on the boat started talking. With the shout of the old captain who was holding the boat, the boat gradually left the dock of Xinglong Town, and swayed on the river towards Qingshui Town.

"It's the dock in Qingshui Town ahead, everyone pack up their things and get ready to get off the boat!" I don't know when Qiu Se, who was asleep, suddenly woke up when she heard a shout, she pulled off her veil, and hurriedly checked the silver and items on her body, and found that they were all relieved, and she didn't care about the strange eyes of several other people, and only looked out through the gap in the bamboo curtain at the stern.

After a while, the boat stopped, and the three men got off the boat in turn, and Qiu Yu also got off the boat, and thanked the old man again before walking towards the dock in Qingshui Town. Boats like this can only be docked in the shipyard on the edge of the pier, and guests have to walk to the pier, and the path is not deserted at all.

Seeing that the sky was close to two o'clock in the afternoon, Qiu Shi rubbed his stiff and sore arms and walked towards the Qingshui Wharf with the flow of people, and walked for nearly two quarters of an hour before he saw the Shimizu Wharf. Looking up, there were people in the distance, and the sound of selling could be faintly heard.

Like Xinglong Town, the wharf is a large stone site that can store a large number of ships, and when a cargo ship docks, the wharf is the busiest place. The local specialties of the mountains, such as shiitake mushrooms, dried bamboo shoots, fungus, tea, charcoal, etc., are all picked up here for the shippers to buy, and the cloth, silk, salt, seafood, and general merchandise brought by the cargo ships are also sold here to the local people, and this is a relatively prosperous trading market.

At this time, the autumn colors have not yet seen the grand trading of goods from the north and south, but I feel that this place is more lively than Xinglong. In fact, this is because Qingchuan Mansion did not plan to build a pier in Xinglong, because it was too close to Qingchuan Mansion.

But at that time, the Xinglong County Commander had a background, and built a wharf in order to grab political achievements, but because of the poor geographical location and the Qingchuan Mansion in front, very few cargo ships docked in Xinglong, but the ferries that transported guests back and forth became popular.

Autumn color walks up to the wharf, which is a large site made of Daxi stone, which can stack a large number of ships, surrounded by some shops; The men who pulled the fiber gathered around the big rocks by the water's edge chattered, and at the same time raised their necks to see if there were big boats in the river to take care of their business; The middle of the venue is filled with solicitors or snack sellers.

"Do you want to stay in the hotel? My shop is clean and cheap. ”

"No, my mule pulls the cart steadily and quickly."

"Big meat buns, three cents a piece."

“……”

As soon as Qiu Se walked on the dock, he was immediately surrounded by the crowd, and he finally squeezed out the crowd, but he didn't get to the door of a small noodle restaurant next to him.

"Girl, please come in, what are you coming to meet?" The shopkeeper greeted the autumn color with a bright eye, revealing the most kind smile.

She ate early in the morning and sat on the boat for so long, and now she was really hungry in the autumn color, but this time she learned wisely and asked the price clearly. "What do you have here? How much? ”

Xiao Er's mouth is quite able to say, "We have hot noodles, cold noodles, fried sauce noodles, lo noodles, shredded pork noodles, and somen noodles here...... The cheapest is a bowl of somen 12 bun. ”

Qiu Se interrupted Xiao Er's words, "Okay, just bring me a bowl of somen noodles." ”

"Okay, a bowl of somen noodles." Xiao Er shouted loudly to the back kitchen, and asked Qiu Se again, "Girl, let's order a plate of dishes, we have steamed fish, braised pork, and stir-fried pork with white siad ...... here."

"I only have enough money to eat a bowl of noodles." Autumn was impatient with his nagging, and only said that she had no money.

Xiao Er pursed his lips secretly and went out to solicit other guests.

The noodles have not yet been served, and there is another table of guests in the restaurant who are chatting while eating, and the autumn colors are also stunned for a while.

"Uncle Zhang, you said, it's obviously a good thing for our Qingshui Town to be changed to Qingshui County, why are we not as good as before?" The person who spoke was a young man less than thirty, with a look of indignation, "In the past, we came here to sell things and pay a booth fee of two cents, but now we have added any security fees, and if you come here, you have to pay five cents first, what kind of world!" ”

"Be quiet!" The man who was called Uncle Zhang hurriedly stopped the little angry young man and said, "You can say this casually?" Aren't you afraid to be caught in prison? ”

Xiao Yanqing glanced at Qiu Se, and saw that Qiu Se was looking outside, so he didn't pay attention to him, so he relaxed and lowered his voice, "Isn't this just saying, the patrolling catchers are not good people, and they always take things and don't give money." ”

It happened that the shopkeeper sent the noodles over, and after listening to the words of the little angry youth, he continued, "Isn't it, it used to be enough to pay taxes and silver every month, but now there is an extra security fee." Those who catch almost nothing for a long time have nothing to do, just wander around, and come to the store to have a drink if they have nothing to do, especially the tiger master, as soon as he drinks the wine, he doesn't finish, and he sits in the store and doesn't leave, scaring many customers away! ”

"Who is this tiger master? It's too annoying to get in the way of people's money. "The little indignant young man was indignant.

"Master Tiger is the new deputy head of the county government, in charge of this piece on the dock, his surname is Ai, and I don't know what his real name is, but everyone calls him Ai Laohu."