From the police station to Liuyedu, it took everyone about 20 minutes. When he walked to the octagonal grass pavilion, the boat boss was about to collect the gangplank.

"Liu Laosi, wait for us." Liu Daqiang shouted at the dock.

Liu Laosi is the boss of the boat, his age is about fifty years old, he is not tall, about one meter six or five, but his body is very strong, which can be seen from the muscles on his exposed arms and calves.

Liu Laosi put down the springboard and straightened up: "Liu Gong'an, don't worry, I'll wait for you." ”

There were more than a dozen people on the ferry.

The pier is several stone steps, the gangplank is on the bow of the boat at one end, and the other is on the last stone step, the gangplank is about 1.5 meters long and about 40 centimeters wide, the two ends of the gangplank are hooped with wires, and some long rivets are nailed on the gangplank (which is used to prevent slipping).

Liu Laosi helped the four people to the boat one by one, then collected the gangplank, pulled up the penny inserted in the outer string of the ferry, and knocked on the stone steps, and the boat left the riverbank.

Someone on the boat recognized Liu Daqiang and gave up a few seats for four people to sit.

On each side of the ship, there is an inner side 30 centimeters wide.

"Liu Gong'an, where are you going?" Liu Laosi was holding the boat and talking to Liu Daqiang. The penny in his hand was seven or eight meters long, and as the ferry moved forward, the waterline of the penny kept moving up. When the boat reached the middle of the river, the part of the seven or eight meters long penny on the water was only about one meter left, and when it reached the middle of the river, Liu Laosi's body was almost attached to the deck of the boat.

"Let's go to Kagami." Liu Daqiang said.

"Master, is this river very deep?" Ouyang Ping said.

"Isn't it? The river is indeed very deep, there are six or seven meters deep in the middle of the river, this section is relatively shallow, more than ten meters on both sides, the water depth is at least seven or eight meters. ”

Guo Lao's judgment was correct, the water in the middle of the river is indeed very deep, no wonder some small wooden boats are driving close to the river bank.

"Master, are there a lot of people crossing the river here!" Guo Lao Dao.

"Yes! I didn't even have time to catch my breath, and there were many people coming and going on this section of the ferry like me. ”

"You can always rest at night!" Guo Lao wanted to know about the work in the ferry at night.

"At night, there are not many people crossing the river, but they are all in a hurry, either crossing the river to see a doctor, or crossing the river has something important, as long as someone greets them, then they have to shout at any time."

"Do you live at the docks?"

"Where I live—" Liu Laosi pointed with his hand to the other side of the river, and under a few large willow trees on the other side of the street, there was a small wooden house, half on the river bank, half overhanging, and the suspended part was supported by a dozen wooden stakes.

"So you don't sleep much at night."

"Isn't it? You can only squint for a while, and in half an hour at most, someone will greet you by the river. ”

"Master Liu, you are holding a boat at this ferry, is there a boat passing on the river at night?"

"Yes! Even in the middle of the night, there are boats passing by. ”

"What kind of ships are they?"

"It's all fishermen's boats."

"Fisherman's boat?"

"Yes, this Liuye crossing, there are two fishers, at the beginning of the flood season, as soon as the river comes up, they will set up nets to fish, in the past, on this river, all year round - spring, summer, autumn and winter, can set up nets to fish, now, can only set nets to fish."

"Why is that?"