Chapter 6 Crossing the Yellow River
Chu Xiaojiu took Long San into the city and found a ticket number called Rishengchang. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info entered the ticket number, took out the redemption ticket, and exchanged it for two hundred oceans, which was exactly the money that Chen Jiu gave him.
Out of the ticket number, Chu Xiaojiu was in a good mood and greeted Long San: "Let's go, San'er, I've been vegetarian for the past two days, and now that we have money, let's go and have a good meal." ”
"Okay, master, let's eat. Long Sanyi listened to the meal and was happy to arrive. He had never eaten in such a big city, and he had heard from his uncle who was wandering outside, and his uncle said that there were all kinds of delicious food in the city, and this time he had a chance to try it.
"What do you call the master? Now that we are pretending to be merchants, you should call me the owner. Got it?" Chu Xiaojiu pulled Long San over and said.
"Got it, owner. Long San replied with a smile to Chu Xiaojiu.
Chu Xiaojiu pulled Long San around the street, found a restaurant with a lot of people, and the two walked in. They found a secluded table in the corner and sat down, and the shopkeeper immediately came over and greeted, "Two guests, what do you want to do?"
"Two bowls of shaved noodles, small stew. Come to an elbow, come to a plate of tofu, come to a garlic moss, and come to two taels of Fen wine. Chu Xiaojiu said to Xiao Er.
"Okay, the food will be here soon. ”
Chu Xiaojiu picked up a water cup on the table, and Long San took the water cup from Chu Xiaojiu's hand with great insight and said, "Boss, I'll pour you tea." ”
Long San filled the teacup and put it in front of Chu Xiaojiu.
"You kid is quite smart, follow me to study hard in the future, I guarantee that you will be promising. But my cup serves other purposes. Chu Xiaojiu saw that Long San was quite upright, and said encouragingly.
Chu Xiaojiu picked up another cup, turned the cup upside down, and buckled it on the corner of the table. Xiang Longsan said: "This is the rule of the underworld, the cup is buckled to inquire about the news, and the cup is placed at the entrance of the hall." ”
Soon, the shopkeeper put all the dishes ordered by Chu Xiaojiu. Although it was just a few side dishes, Ryuzo had never eaten such a hearty meal in his life, so he shook off his cheeks and ate it in a big gulp. Chu Xiaojiu was eating and drinking wine, as if he was waiting for someone.
After a while, a young man dressed in fresh clothes walked over, reached their table, and asked Chu Xiaojiu with his fists clenched, "This eldest brother is in a hurry, right?"
Chu Xiaojiu looked him up and down and said, "Yes!
The young man then asked, "I don't know where the eldest brother's family lives?"
Chu Xiaojiu: "My family has been at the foot of the Yellow River. ”
The young man: "The water here in the Yellow River is too big, and the ice skates are also tight!"
Chu Xiaojiu: "Yes! It's hard to cross the big river when you go home." ”
Young man: "My brother has also worked as a boatman, and this rapids has to support the boat and pull the fiber." ”
Chu Xiaojiu: "Yes, my brother can be a boatman, is it easy for a local shipwright to make money?"
Young man: "You can earn thirty sons in one trip." ”
Chu Xiaojiu: "That's a lot! When the market is bad, there are also twenty eldest sons who do it, right?"
The young man: "Hey! This is also a risky job, and the market is twenty-five short." ”
Chu Xiaojiu touched his arms, thinking that he had lost a lot this time. Seeing that the deposit of two hundred oceans was a lot, he lost a red body baby-corpse, and now he has to be knocked out twenty-five oceans. However, he had no choice but to say to the young man: "Yes, it is not easy for you these days! What time do you usually have to go to work?"
The young man: "We have worked hard, tomorrow is an hour earlier than the chicken!"
Chu Xiaojiu: "That's really early enough! Where do you work?"
The young man: "There is a small place called Xianrendu to the west, which is the most dangerous ferry on this section, and we will help there." ”
After listening to the young man's words, Chu Xiaojiu also hugged his fists and said to him: "Thank you for your advice, we will talk tomorrow." ”
The young man smiled at them, turned away from the table, and walked out of the restaurant.
After the young man left, Long San asked Chu Xiaojiu: "Dongjia, do you know each other? What are you talking about? Why don't I understand." ”
"Eat quickly, I'll talk to you when I'm out of the city in a moment. Chu Xiaojiu picked up the noodle bowl and snorted and ate it.
"Xiao Er, here are six steamed buns, a pound of sauce meat to take away. Chu Xiaojiu finished eating the noodles and shouted to the shopkeeper again.
The two settled the bill and walked out of the restaurant. Went straight to the west gate of the city, and rushed out of the city early before closing the city gate.
"Master, where are we going?" Long San had a lot of questions since Chu Xiaojiu talked to that person just now, and now that he finally got out of the city, he immediately asked Chu Xiaojiu.
"Let's go to the Immortal Crossing. ”
"Oh! that's where the man said he went to work. ”
Chu Xiaojiu saw Long San's full stomach of doubts, so he said to him: "That person just now is the underworld who is in charge of the hall here, and I and he are all talking about the Tao. He said he could help us cross the Yellow River and go to Shaanxi. However, this ferry port is strictly checked, let us go here, and it will take twenty-five oceans. ”
Long San recalled the conversation between the two people just now, and he didn't understand it at all, so he asked Chu Xiaojiu: "What do you mean by saying that my family has passed under the foot of the Yellow River?"
"That means I'm going to Shaanxi. Chu Xiaojiu explained to him.
"That" Ryuzo wanted to ask him something, but he didn't know what to ask.
Chu Xiaojiu also saw Long San's doubts, and said to him: "You don't have to remember this, if you go more in the future, you will naturally be there." ”
The two kept walking the path west along the river. There were also Japanese patrols on the road from time to time, and the two had to hide, stop and go, and came to Xianrendu when it was just dark. The two of them didn't dare to show off, so they had to keep observing the surroundings in the woods next to the fairy crossing.
To say that this immortal crossing really deserves its name, the waves here are turbulent and the water is urgent, and it looks like only the immortals can cross it. And sometimes the Japanese come to patrol from time to time.
The two of them kept cats, and when they were ugly, three of them carried things down to this immortal crossing. Chu Xiaojiu recognized that one of them was the refreshing young man, and immediately walked over with Long San.
Chu Xiaojiu took out the twenty-five oceans and handed them to the man. The man counted, waved his hand to the two next to him, and said, "Get them over." ”
The two men threw the things they were carrying to the ground, and only then did Chu Xiaojiu and Long San see clearly that they were three whole pigskins.
The two men picked up the pigskin and blew on it, and after a while, the pigskin puffed into a stingy bag. A man tied a big rope around his waist, lay on the pigskin, and rowed the pigskin little by little through the immortal crossing. When he reached the other side, he tied the big rope to a large tree, and beckoned in this direction.
Here, the two of them tied the blowing pigskin to the backs of Chu Xiaojiu and Long San, and let them drag the rope over. Chu Xiaojiu and Long San didn't expect that the twenty-five oceans would be exchanged for crossing the river like this, and watching the immortals crossing the turbulent water, the two of them were also a little vague in their hearts. But at this time, there was no way, so I had to bite the bullet and go into the water.
The immortals crossed the waves and the water was urgent, and there was a lot of sediment in the Yellow River. As soon as the two of them arrived in the water, they were filled with several mouthfuls of Yellow River water, which made them confused for a while. But how confused, both of them are holding on to the big rope, they both know that this big rope is their lifeline, if they let go, this little life will be gone.
The two climbed along the rope for more than a quarter of an hour, and finally climbed to the opposite bank. The two of them went ashore, and as soon as the foot hit the ground, they immediately collapsed on the ground, and the water in their stomachs was poured out with a "wow" sound.
The two of them were lying on the bank of the river with their bodies propped up, their stomachs still churning up one after another, and they were lying on the ground coughing hard.
"Hey! The man on this side snorted lightly and said. He untied the pigskin pouches on Chu Xiaojiu and Long San, put them away after spilling his anger, tied them to his body, and swam back to the opposite bank with a big rope. Only Chu Xiaojiu's master and apprentice were left lying on the shore and breathing.