Chapter 338: The Truth Concealed (Part 15~)
Ji Chen pointed to the fishing boats parked on the beach unconvinced, and asked, "Aren't these?
Uban sighed and said, "My good brother, you come with me." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" After saying that, he turned around and walked towards these fishing boats, Wuyun looked at Ji Chen and the others with some fear, and also got up and followed his father.
"Well, look. In the blink of an eye, several people walked up to the fishing boats, and following the direction of Wuban's finger, Ji Chen saw that these boats were all full of holes, nailed up and repainted with nails.
"These boats are all my belongings, and they have all been robbed when they go to sea recently, and they have been washed back onto the beach by the waves, and I have repainted them, which can be regarded as a thought...... Each boat is like my child......" Uban stroked one of the boats, weeping silently.
Chu Linglong comforted: "Uncle Wuban, don't cry, although the ship is wrecked, your craftsmanship is still there, when the kraken disappears, you build a few better boats, and you will be able to make a living again soon." ”
"My sister doesn't know. Wuyun looked at Chu Linglong and said. She was twelve or thirteen years old, slender, very delicate, and spoke in a soft voice.
"Look over there, all the drying is the keel of the ship, and the board of the ship is easy to repair, but the keel can't be repaired. This time, the keel was broken by the Kraken, and there was no hope of rebuilding the ship. ”
Ji Chen was puzzled, and Wuban continued with a heavy face: "The keel is generally made of fine black tung wood, and then coated with whale oil, and exposed to the sun for ninety-nine days, which is very troublesome to manufacture. There is still a remnant of paulownia wood, but there is no whale oil. And now the whaling is about to move the boat, but there are no more boats available. ”
After a long silence, when several people were hungry and the house was already in disarray, Uban took out the pot from the stove and dug a pit from the beach, and put the pot directly on it, and the dark cloud dug out a black jar from the beach, and took out some seafood from it, poured it into the cauldron, and put in a little salt.
After a while, a clear fragrance wafted out, causing Ji Chen's index finger to move.
The four of them used to have their own thoughts, but now as soon as the meal starts, they don't care about anything, and sit on the ground and feast on it first.
Because he was very tired after a few days of traveling, as soon as it got dark, Ji Chen felt extremely tired, and he fell into a deep sleep as soon as his body touched the bed board.
Sleeping hazy, I vaguely heard someone whispering: "Dad, I see that Ji Chen's son urgently needs a boat, he has saved our lives, isn't there another boat on the back beach?" It's dawn, let's take him to have a look." "It turned out to be the sound of dark clouds.
Hearing that there was still a boat available, Ji Chen suddenly fell asleep and listened to them intently.
In the dark, Wuban said: "Dad also thought so, but that boat was made by your grandfather himself, and it is the heirloom of our Wu family, and it has not been in the water for a long time, plus your unsuccessful third uncle eats and lives on it all day long, and he also has some martial arts, I am afraid that he will go crazy, and several of us will suffer." ”
For a long time, the dark clouds did not speak again.
"Sleep!" Uban sighed, and the night fell silent.
Ji Chen tossed and turned, unable to sleep anymore, and only thought about how to get Wuban to agree to borrow this boat for him after dawn.
Unconsciously, Ji Chen fell into a deep sleep again, until Chu Linglong pulled his nose fiercely.
In the morning, seeing the sound of the sea tide rising and falling, it was very magnificent, which made Ji Chen feel very good.
After breakfast, Ji Chen saw that Wuban's father and daughter had solemn faces, and if they had made a mistake, they directly showed their killer features, which was also the only method he thought of all night.
"Uncle Uban, I am in a hurry to go to sea, and time is tight, so I can't wait any longer. You have lived here for a long time, and you are very familiar with this place, do you think you can find a way to help me with this?" After that, he took out a bag and poured it on the table with a clatter, only to see that the whole table suddenly became dazzling, and in addition to the five thousand cloud coins, there were also several gems of various colors that shimmered with different colors, which made Uban stunned for an instant.
You must know that he rented a boat to go to sea, and it would take him five cloud coins to harvest five cloud coins in one day, and he didn't know how long he would earn these five thousand cloud coins alone.
Ji Chen also understood Wuban's thoughts, he was now worried about the rent, the so-called people are poor and short-minded, and they will definitely succeed in one fell swoop if they lure each other with money, so he took out all the little money he got from the emperor's treasury.
Chu Linglong was also confused by the second monk, he felt that Wuban had no boat, and he would definitely not deceive the two, I don't know what Ji Chen's intentions were.
"Daddy!" Wuyun's eyes drifted when he saw so many treasures, but he didn't dare to speak, but walked up to Uban and looked at his father with pleading eyes, hoping that he would let go.
Uban was panting heavily, and beads of sweat appeared on his head, obviously struggling fiercely.
"If there's really no way, forget it. Ji Chen pretended to sigh and was about to put the cloud coins in the bag.
"Don't ......" Wuyun's face changed instantly, holding Uban's arm, looking like he was about to cry.
At this time, even Chu Linglong saw the clues, knowing that Wuban's father and daughter must have some news to hide from them.
Chu Linglong was about to speak to help Ji Chen continue to perform the play, when suddenly Wuban spoke with difficulty.
However, as soon as he opened his mouth, Ji Chen fell through his glasses.
"Ji Gongzi, I can't do anything, I really can't help you. He said with a pale face, and violently pulled his daughter's dark cloud arm away.
Ji Chen gasped, he couldn't imagine that this Wuban was so kind, and he still refused to let go of his mouth when he was so poor, it was really admirable.
I remember that I learned a few words in the textbook before the crossing, what are the words "the poor can't be moved", "the gentleman is poor" and so on, but I didn't expect to really meet this kind of person today.
For this kind of person, Ji Chen didn't plan to use force, he was frowning and thinking about what to do, when he suddenly heard a rude voice coming in from outside: "Big brother, Xiaoyun, get me some wine......"
Wuban's face was cold, and he saw a man with a short figure and a dark face walking in, he exuded a smell of wine all over his body, and he walked into the stone house and let out a "huh", obviously very surprised by the arrival of Ji Chen and Chu Linglong.
Then, he saw the belongings on the table at a glance, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he couldn't help but lean his face over, grabbed a handful of cloud coins with one hand, and his face showed a greedy color: "So much money, so much money, it turned out to be a distinguished guest!"
Ji Chen looked at his appearance, vaguely similar to Wuban's eyebrows, and preliminarily judged that he was the Wulaosan that Wuban said in his mouth at night, so he had an idea and said: "We came to rent a boat, who knew that Uncle Wuban's boats were broken!"
"There's another boat! I know there's another boat!" Wu Laosan's eyes were greedy, and he held the cloud coin in his hands and looked at it lovingly. (To be continued.) )