"Lao Luo, don't tell me, in your Lao Luo's eyes, you didn't show it among these people, and you didn't arrange some people to prepare for the future?"

"How can that be...... It's here. Bayi Middle School? (1) (8) ?.(8) 8 (1) 1 (1)"

As he spoke, he arrived at the front of the dock.

The river is lined with boats that are connected everywhere, so you can walk from the first boat to the last boat on foot.

Luo Yingjie didn't speak, but looked at it carefully, and after looking for it, he took Zhang Qingshan and them directly onto a fishing boat and shuttled on the deck of the boat that was close together......

"Lao Luo, where is Boss Peng? There are not a hundred or eighty ships here, and they look similar, we are so aimless to find, when do we have to find it? Or shall I inquire?"

It is the rule not to sail at night - in addition to those who travel to and from the other side of the river, there are also many prostitutes on fishing boats rowing boats to and fro to solicit business. So, now there are a lot of boats gathered on the docks. But at a glance, almost all of them were fishing boats of similar size, but Lao Luo didn't ask others, so after walking seven or eight boats, Zhou Baoyu couldn't help but ask. 、

"Don't, don't ask, there are a lot of rules here, and if you ask, there will be big problems. ”

Immediately, Luo Yingjie explained in a whisper as he walked.

There are a lot of rules here, for example, if you don't look at the fishing boats here that seem to dock indiscriminately, they are actually very particular, and the more you go to the big pier, the manual laborers are at the front during the day, but at night, it is the opposite. And the further you go to the other side of the river, at night, the more you have a status among the fishermen, the farther out. For example, during the day, it can be a place for merchant ships to dock, but at night, merchant ships have to dock on both sides, and in the middle can only be a place for the fishing boats of the fishermen to rest, which is expensive.

Also, don't look at them walking on the decks of the boats, even if they meet fishermen, the fishermen will look at them twice, and will not ask, but will acquiesce to them passing through their own decks. Because there is an unspoken rule in this: knowing the rules will naturally tell where the boat of the person you are looking for is, and if you don't know the rules, you will be a stranger, and it is guaranteed to cause trouble—this is a means for the fishermen to protect themselves.

That's why Luo Yingjie hurriedly stopped Zhou Baoyu from inquiring: Even if you say that you are here to talk to someone for business for the first time, then why do you want to go to the back? Can't you go to those fishing boats near the pier to talk to someone about business? But if you say that you want to talk to an acquaintance, it will be more troublesome and easier for people to suspect: If you are an acquaintance, he won't tell you the rules? Anyway, there are a lot of rules here, you don't know what you know, and you don't know what you don't know. Now, listening to Luo Yingjie is absolutely right.

Hearing these rules, Zhou Baoyu became interested, stepped forward as he followed, and asked in a low voice, "Brother Luo, then how do you know which ship the person you are looking for is on?"

"At this time, when we came here to find people, they were all in the status of the fishermen, so we could only go to the middle of the river, so when we passed by the fishing boats near the pier just now, they didn't ask or stop them. When we got to the place, I saw the lanterns hanging from the masts of the fishing boats. ”

"Lanterns?"

Zhou Baoyu looked up suspiciously, and sure enough, he saw several lanterns hanging on the mast in the distance, swaying in the wind in mid-air.

Zhang Qingshan and the others also observed curiously, but Zhang Qingshan was very keenly aware that although these lanterns were similar, they could be hung in high and low positions, and most of them were pale yellow in the dark, but a few of the lanterns were covered with other colors, probably white, so they looked brighter - here, the red lanterns were hung with the sign of prostitutes picking up customers.

immediately whispered these two doubts to Luo Yingjie to answer.

Only then did I learn that this was a way to distinguish the status of the fishermen's leaders and subordinates, and a means of communication to convey information...... Luo Yingjie's method of using tree branches to deliver messages was inspired by this.

Anyone who hangs the lantern on the mast has a status among the fishermen, and there is a difference, the lanterns made of white paper are the fishing boats led by the fishermen, and around the fishing boats, there will inevitably be fishing boats of his henchmen, that is, huddles, or declares who is in charge of this water. Therefore, anyone who is familiar with it, when they get here, as long as they see whether the people around the white lantern are familiar or not, they can determine who the leader is. Besides, when you get here, you can inquire.

The height of the lantern hanging is also particular: when there is nothing to do, hang the lantern at the highest part of the mast, but when something happens, such as a guest, hang the lantern in the middle of the mast. And once it is hung in the middle of the mast, the main meaning is to remind your subordinates in the surrounding fishing boats, there are guests on my boat, everyone cheers up, in case the fire rises, everyone also has a preparation, and when the matter is over, if the lantern is not raised to the highest in time, or the boss does not send the guests out, the subordinates will inevitably check it as soon as possible...... Anyway, there are a lot of detailed meanings in this, and I can't explain it for a while.

Zhang Qingshan and the others were very lucky, no, although they couldn't remember how many boats they had passed through the decks, but when there were fewer and fewer fishing boats in front of them, and when they could finally see the river, Luo Yingjie swept his eyes and immediately walked towards a fishing boat with white lanterns seven or eight meters away.

On either side of the closed hatch of the fishing boat, there sat a person: on the left sat a girl who was rubbing the thread with her hands, her head bowed, rubbing very seriously, but her mouth kept chattering with the flat-headed young man on the right. It's late autumn, but the young man on the right is only wearing a vest, revealing his strong muscles, and let the autumn wind caress him. In his left hand, he holds a whetstone, and in his right hand he has a machete, sharpening his blade from moment to moment. Obviously, this young man is a person who doesn't like to talk, quietly listens to the girl's nagging, and is asked in a hurry, so he occasionally replies, and he has a demeanor that cherishes words like gold.

Seeing two people who didn't look like they were running from the dock boarding the boat, and five people were waiting behind them as if they were on guard, and the weapons were exposed, which immediately aroused the vigilance of the girl and the young man.

"Who are you looking for?"

The girl's question is normal, but the problem is that she put down the needlework basket in her hand with her left hand, but put her right hand on her waist, and after standing up and asking a question, she looked at Zhang Qingshan and Luo Yingjie lukewarmly, but it gave people a momentum of starting a fight without saying a word. And that young man just glanced at Zhang Qingshan and them, and then continued to sharpen his knife, but the murderous aura on his body suddenly made Zhang Qingshan and Luo Yingjie clearly feel that this person was very confident in his martial arts...... Even women dare to fight with people with knives, and sure enough, as Luo Yingjie said, this fisherman is really very tough.

"Xiaoyingzi, when will you get rid of this pungent problem? Otherwise, if you continue to be so spicy, how will you marry in the future? I am really worried about your future husband. ”

"Are you?" Peng Cuiying was obviously confused by Luo Yingjie's jokes that only people who knew each other very well, and felt a little helpless for a while, showing the innocent side of the children of the fisherman...... Luo Yingjie put on makeup, not only changed his previous white face, but also became an uncle with a thick beard, perhaps to make fun of the brother and sister, he even deliberately changed his voice, and it was normal for the other party to not recognize him for a while.

Even acquaintances didn't recognize him for a while, Luo Yingjie was obviously very satisfied with his makeup, and at the moment he smiled at the young man who had stopped sharpening the knife and was looking at him in disbelief: "Dog, if you dare to play with your broken knife again, there will be no more things that Lao Tzu promised you~!"

The dog's jaw was about to fall, and he looked at Luo Yingjie with a frown, and suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he jumped up and rushed to Luo Yingjie, shouting: "You are Uncle Luo." Ha, ha! You are Uncle Luo. ”

The sincere welcome, the warm welcome, at a glance, is a world of difference from the previous vigilance.

Peng Cuiying, who was on the side, also immediately showed a smile like a flower, ran over, and said with a smile: "Brother Luo, why are you dressed up like this? ”

One of the brothers and sisters is called Uncle Luo, and the other is called Brother Luo, this title is really dizzying, at least, Zhang Qingshan swept between the three of them with very puzzled eyes, looking like a curious baby.

Before Luo Yingjie could speak, Xiao Yingzi naughtily reached out and lifted the thick beard off his face, making Luo Yingjie cry and laugh and scolded her "naughty!", and then handed the gift in his hand to Xiao Yingzi and said, "What is it like to call uncle, to call big brother." ”

"You're only eleven years older than me, and you're less than a round old, so why should I call you uncle?"

Probably because they often quarrel like this, after Luo Yingjie said something, he didn't bother to argue with her about this issue anymore, and instead smiled at the dog: "Is the eldest brother here?"

"I've had a little drink, and I've just fallen asleep. ”

In this regard, Luo Yingjie knew that Boss Peng had arthritis and developed the habit of drinking a few sips of wine before going to bed, and he didn't think it was strange: people who run boats, especially those who have lived on fishing boats all their lives, are generally prone to arthritis. Drink a little before going to bed to warm up.

"Brother Luo, what did you promise me?"

Seeing Xiao Yingzi pulling his sleeve with his left hand and reaching out to his eyes with his right hand, Luo Yingjie had to take out a box cannon from behind him, and then took out two magazines from his pocket, handed them to her together, and instructed: "Xiao Yingzi, it's not easy for girls to marry when they play with guns, you play secretly, don't let your father see it, otherwise, he will scold me and say that I took you badly." ”

"I know, promise not to tell him. As he spoke, his eyes narrowed and he looked at his brother beside him.

Although the dog doesn't like to talk, it's not stupid, no, when he saw this threatening look, he immediately shook his head and said, "Don't say it." ”

Xiao Yingzi laughed at this time. After nodding to Zhang Qingshan, she entered the cabin with the gift given to her by Luo Yingjie.

At this time, the dog secretly said: "Brother Luo, my ......"

Luo Yingjie immediately took a look left and right, then took out four magazines from his pocket, and whispered while secretly stuffing them into him: "You have to save some money." ”

The dog nodded, and after Luo Yingjie and Zhang Qingshan entered the cabin, he easily lowered the white lantern half from the mast, and did not forget to nod to Xiang Tao and the others who were on guard outside, and smiled......