There were a total of ten people from Rizhao Village who came to Sunset City. Except for the six who still live together, the situation of the remaining four people is different. Because he still had to keep it secret, Gu Chuan couldn't tell his intentions directly, so he had to be lured from the side. One of the most stubborn is snail mud.

Luoni is in the other corner of Sunset City, far away from Pingling District, and is the estuary area where the Rizhao River flows out of Sunset City. The size of Sunset City has long exceeded what Gu Chuan imagined when he was in Rizhao Village. The young men were overwhelmed by their legs and chose to take a public carriage to get there.

This public carriage is pulled by three horses and can carry sixteen guests along the edge of the Rizhao River. Looking out of the car, you can see the eternal twilight sparkling above the river.

There are also several small boats on the water, which are going down the water. The boatman paddled gently on the boat. The splash of water swells with the shadows of the city's countless buildings, rippling in the microwave.

"How are you doing? Will it be much better than us. ”

Gu Chuan naturally didn't go alone. He also pulled up the river bank. At that time, some cowardice and inferiority rose on the riverbank, and he said hesitantly.

"I don't know." Gu Chuan paused, "It also depends on his own intentions." ”

In addition to Gu Chuan and the riverbank, there was also a boy named Hongsha, as the name suggests, he was named after the flood and sand of the Rizhao River. This guy was a small man, round and round, with his hair always piling up on top like an onion. He didn't have a smooth time, and when Gu Chuan and He'an said it, he directly asked for a leave of absence and went to find snail mud with Gu Chuan. He whispered:

"I know a little bit about the current state of snail mud."

"Then you say."

"Okay, I'm going to say fun. As you know, Luo Ni's father has an old man in Sunset City, who is a fisherman, and he has his own boat by working his own. Daddy often blows this man in the village, and I know this person's affairs better than he does. But because of the Dusk War, Luo Ni Dad and the boat man broke off contact for several years, and this time he wanted to get in touch again, so that the carpenter could help Luo Ni send him to learn water, fishing, and boating. ”

Although Rizhao Village is along the water, the fishing industry is very poor, and it does not rely on water for food.

Luo's father's idea is actually quite far-reaching. Even if he fails to take root in Sunset City, Luoni can have a good development when he returns to Rizhao Village by relying on his knowledge of water and boats.

As a result, the old man was dead, and his ship was sold early and at a low price to the new water family in the inner city, who were mainly engaged in water affairs. The Xinshui family had a factory in the outer city, and the carpenter carried the snail mud to this factory. At that time, didn't Luo Ni tell you that he was going to move out too? He, like me, said that they would allocate dormitory quarters on the ship according to the number of people, sleep in single beds, and provide three meals, but they needed to sign up. Luoni, like me, was said to be moved, and was very anxious, so he wanted to sign up, and wanted to get a good place to live, maybe like me, always thinking that it was better than ten people squeezing a room of 20 square meters together. ”

Hong Sha preached with an unhappy face.

"But I inquired later, and the beds on the ship were as narrow as they were, shoulder to shoulder. People sleep on it, like, like wrapped cakes side by side! The food is not good, that is, the rotten rice is combined with a big pot of soup that does not change. ”

After hearing this, the riverbank was relieved.

Food, clothing, shelter and transportation are the biggest elements, and if the snail mud has come to this point, it will not be as good as the riverbank where he used to be a doctor's apprentice!

Gu Chuan, who also listened to it, had a complicated expression.

"I wasn't there when he left. I didn't expect that the snail mud was on the boat, so I might have tried to persuade him at the beginning. ”

The dozen or so people in the public carriage were each in small groups of four or five, and they did not communicate with each other.

"What's wrong with getting on board?"

Hong Sha asked.

"Isn't it good?"

"Hongsha, think about it, what did it look like for us to come to Sunset City?" Gu Chuan looked at the boat on the water and asked Hong Sha.

Hong Sha was puzzled, shook his head, and said he didn't know.

Gu Chuan thought of something a long time ago and gave the answer directly:

"Uprooted from home, without relatives! Who can you turn to for help? Looking for someone new? Or are you looking for your parents who are tens or hundreds of kilometers away? Suppose we didn't come together, but came here alone, wouldn't that be even more terrifying? ”

Hong Sha choked.

Riverbank sighed and said sullenly:

"That's ......"

Gu Chuan knew that He'an remembered the experience of the day he was fired. He didn't say it clearly, but Gu Chuan could guess that this person must have been in pain at that time. He looked over the water and continued:

"When it comes to the ship, it's even different. Some distance out of the mouth of Sunset City, where several tributaries of the Rizhao River meet, is also the largest section of this large river. Many large ships walked on it, and every time they went out, they might not get off the boat for days. On board is yet another isolated society. You can only know the people in this small society, and you can only talk to them, isn't that more terrifying than coming to Sunset City alone? ”

"It seems like this."

Hong Sha muttered, realized another problem, and couldn't help but ask:

"Brother Chuanzi, how can you say it so clearly?"

This coming to Sunset City is the empathy of the children, but the things on the ship should also be something that Gu Chuan has never experienced.

This is a problem that Gu Chuan is difficult to explain!

Do you want to tell them that you have been pointing out a lot of key politics on the Internet in your previous life, and you know everything, but you don't know everything?

Gu Chuan could only lean on the carriage and said with a smile:

"If you read more books, you can gain some knowledge that you have never experienced before. I just read more. ”

"Then I want to read more." Hong Sha said wistfully, shaking his head. After finishing speaking, he lowered his head again, "However, it seems that there is no chance." ”

The public carriage has arrived in the estuary area, and the group is about to get off.

Gu Chuancai said:

"There will be a chance, there will be a chance."

At that time, He'an and Hongsha didn't know what Gu Chuan meant, so they only followed Gu Chuan to the dock of the Xinshui family.

There were many people on the dock, drunken people, people setting up stalls, people carrying things, women waiting, and waves of returning fishermen, under the organization of the Xinshui family, Gu Chuan felt that there was a prototype of the industrial age.

"But Sunset City doesn't seem to be trading with foreign countries, and there are only a few small villages along the water. Now, there is no motivation in Sunset City, and it is impossible to develop a great trade in seafaring. ”

Gu Chuan muttered.

Separated by a thick wall, a big road, a terrible road, which was under martial law by the Shinsui family, there were no idle people in sight, etc. That big road was for the transportation of strange things.

"And the most important factor supporting the fishery is actually the excavation of strange objects."

Because there is a statistic in Sunset City, there are more strange things found under the water than in the ground.

It was such a strange object excavation ship on the snail mud, called the Chichibu. Strange object excavation boats usually enter the middle of the river and go down to catch fish, and the conditions for attracting people are very low.

"Usually the recruitment conditions are very low, that is, there is a shortage of people...... I'm afraid that the lack of people is ...... People go fast or die fast. ”

Gu Chuan thought.

Hong Sha had already heard about Luoni's return today two days ago. He stood on the embankment and looked out a few times, only to see large boats coming and going on the smoky water.

"Maybe we'll have to wait a while."

Hong Sha said with some embarrassment.

"I asked someone to talk to Luoni, but I didn't expect it to be so late."

"It's okay, we can wait, we have a lot of time to wait."

Gu Chuan said.

Until the clouds covered the sky, the sundial tower sounded, and countless boat fires rose in the water, the dock was still full of people. As for the mighty water, it is not calm in the night, but continues to play with its little temper proudly and endlessly. The wind on the river blew whirring, blowing the corners of the young people's clothes, but the young people did not feel cold, only that this place of people came and went was fun.

At this moment, a man suddenly shouted from afar:

"The Chichibu is back!"

This shout caused hundreds of people on the dock to raise their heads and speak to each other. The people who were not very lively also raised their heads and looked up. And the already lively people were even more excited, and ran in the direction of the water's edge to see the bustle of the big boat.

Sure enough, from the dark depths of the water, a series of boat fires lit up, and the big ship roared and came to the shore!

"Why are they so excited?"

Seeing this, Gu Chuan couldn't help but ask.

On the embankment where they were, there were also many people squatting or standing.

There was an old homeless man who was not far from the three young men, and he said in a voice:

"Every time the Chichibu returns home, it brings back a strange object, which is what the Shinsui family expects from the Chichibu. The reason why people are so excited may be because they all know that there is another legend and a miracle slowly rising in Sunset City. ”

Kawagi was amused, so he ran over to chat with him, and the old man was also a good chatter, and told Kawagan that he was also a crew member on the Chichibu.

"Have you ever dug up something strange?"

He suddenly showed a triumphant expression, and looked very happy:

"Of course, I've been working on the ship for hundreds of solar terms! Almost every solar term, Chichibu can dig up a strange thing. I went into the water myself and mined it for two or three miles. Did you know? A diver who can see strange things from the bottom of the water is a great job! The best and most capable people in non-water can't do it! Even if ordinary people have the help of tools, they will die and float on the surface of the water after a long dive. I've seen a lot of dead ghosts diving to death in my life. ”

He began to babble about his glorious achievements, about how high the diving mortality rate was, how difficult it was, and how good (just like him) people could do.

At this time, Hong Sha, who was standing on the side, pouted and said:

"Do any of the strange things you caught belong to you?"

The homeless man's face suddenly became gloomy, slapped the riverbank open, and walked away scolding:

"Strange things belong to people with noble status, how can ordinary people afford that fate! Ordinary people take what will be retributed, and what will be retributed! ”

As they walked, the young men noticed that there was something wrong with the man's feet, and he was limping.

The riverbank returned disappointed, and asked Hongsha unhappily:

"Can't you just keep a little talk?"

"I'm just telling the truth."

Hongsha muttered.

Gu Chuan didn't participate in their quarrel, only looking at the dark water from afar, and the fire of the two boats of Duming was getting closer and closer.

"The Chichibu is indeed about to dock."

But the landing of the Chichibu was not peaceful. Gu Chuan, who was standing on the embankment, clearly saw the gray-clad guards of the Xinshui family appearing in a column from the Xinshui land next to the dock, like a terrifying black current, pushing away the colorful crowd around him. This group of people acted in a regular manner, and they were by no means ordinary militia. Then, among the gray guards, there was another unintelligible armed team dressed in orange, and walked solemnly onto the Chichichi.

"Is this a fight?"

Gu Chuan muttered.

"It's not...... It's like a handover. ”

After a few moments, the orange armed team was out of the ship again. It's just that the middle is empty when entering. When leaving, in the center of an orange patch, he pulled a snow-white stone box about the size of a carriage, neatly followed the command's order into the special passage separated by the wall, and disappeared from Gu Chuan's field of vision. The rest of the people were arguing about something, it was too far away, and Gu Chuan couldn't hear it clearly.

Until this time, the gray-clad guards still surrounded the Chichibu. Gu Chuan was anxious, flipped out, and ran along the path to the dock. The river bank and Hong Sha quarreled a few times, and when they saw Gu Chuan leaving, they hurriedly followed.

Up and down the wharf, the personnel were panicked, and they didn't see the original market atmosphere. Gu Chuan even asked a few people, but those people didn't know what was going on, they were only excited, guessing that there was another strange thing that had been dug up.

"If it's not a great thing, the Xinshui Inner Court Guards won't be dispatched."

"That's a great thing." Gu Chuan said kindly, "What about the crew sailors on the Chichibu?" ”

The pedestrian said:

"You're from outside, young man! According to the tradition of the Xinshui family, there are usually big strange things, and these people will be quarantined for seven days before they are released. ”

Gu Chuan nodded yes, knowing that they wouldn't be able to see the snail mud this time.

The next time I saw the snail mud was in a tavern on the edge of the dock seven days later.