Chapter 14: Boarding the ship
Nothing was said all night.
As soon as it was dawn on the second day, Shen Ge drove the carriage to the entrance of the alley, and Lin Ruyu and Lin Dafu said goodbye to Aunt Ma and the dog, and rode to the outside of the town to meet the dart team.
Shen Ge was going to catch darts seemed to be a major event in Wusha Town, and along the way, Lin Ruyu heard people outside the car saying goodbye to Shen Ge and asking him when he would return, Shen Ge answered one by one, and his voice was not impatient.
Listening to the voices, there are men, women and children, which shows how good Shen Ge's popularity is in Wusha Town. Lin Ruyu, who is also an orphan, knows how difficult it is for Shen Ge to get mixed up in this job.
"Shen Ge, can you say a few good words to Ma Laosan for us, and let us go out with you? Let's not dart silver, just take care of the rice. β
Before Shen Ge could respond, Lin Ruyu heard a few sneers outside the carriage, "Big Scar, are you going to catch darts or avoid trouble?" I think you're afraid that the people of Matoushan will turn back and beat you again, right? Don't you want to take advantage of other little girls? This time I'm dumbfounded! β
Liu Dascar hurriedly said, "What nonsense, we are such people, it's not that her little girl pitifully pointed out the way, who knew that it would be such a big crime!! β
Lin Dafu raised his head when he heard Liu Da's scar, Lin Ruyu secretly opened the curtain of the car, and saw a thin man with a leprosy head and a wounded face standing next to the carriage, wasn't it Liu Dascar who came up the night before yesterday and wanted to take advantage of her.
Lin Ruyu lowered the curtain and stopped looking out. In the seventeen years that he was an orphan a thousand years later, Lin Ruyu has seen a lot of such disgusting people. The person who helped him was Mr. Dongguo, who saved the wolf, and the farmer who saved the frozen snake.
Shen Ge is not a fool.
As Lin Ruyu expected, Shen Ge politely and tactfully rejected Liu Da Scar and continued to move forward.
Another curious woman asked, "Shen Ge, who is in the car?" β
Shen Ge replied, "Third Uncle Ma's nephews and nieces. β
"Yo, Ma Lao's family's, or Ma Lao's?"
"Sister-in-law Yang asked what is this for? It's as if you know Ma San's two brothers. β
Everyone laughed again, until the carriage left the town, and the outside was quiet, Lin Ruyu was just about to pick up the curtain to look out, when he heard a female voice outside the carriage that was so soft that it could pinch out the water, "Shen Ge, are you leaving?" β
Hearing this voice, Lin Ruyu was excited, the hairs on her arms stood up, and her curiosity was aroused.
The person outside the car is not Shen Ge's......
It's normal to think about it, Shen Ge is sixteen or seventeen years old, he is tall and tall, with sword eyebrows, starry eyes, and sweet mouth, and he will come to trouble, so it's wrong if no girl likes him.
Before Lin Ruyu could look out, the carriage stopped, Shen Ge jumped out of the carriage and replied in a tone that was no different from Fang Cai, "Yes, Sister Jiao is also leaving?" β
"Thanks to you, I have gathered all the redemption money, and I don't want to stay in that pickled place for a moment." Chunjiao looked at Shen Ge with affectionate eyes, "When will you come back?" β
Shen Ge smiled and asked, "If I can find a good errand outside, I won't come back." β
Sister Jiao, redeem the silver, the person outside the car is the Chunjiao who sings Chunlou? Lin Ruyu lifted the curtain slightly, and saw a woman with a silver gray silk handkerchief covering her head, wearing a simple dress, and a bumpy figure looking up at Shen Ge, as if she couldn't believe it, and confirmed, "Just ...... Not coming back? β
Shen Ge nodded, "Where is Sister Jiao going?" β
"I ......" Chunjiao's two pools of autumn water turned from Shen Ge's face to the carriage behind him, Lin Ruyu couldn't help but sigh secretly Although this Wusha Town is not big, there are many outstanding characters, and Chunjiao's appearance is worthy of the word Oiran.
Chunjiao stared at the carriage and said quietly, "I don't know ......"
When Shen Ge heard this, he helped her come up with an idea, "Sister Jiao, it's better to hire a car, follow the Shi family's convoy to Tong'an County first and then make plans, and there will be a response on the road." β
Chunjiao's affectionate eyes moved back to Shen Ge's face, and she said in a low voice, "I have already inquired about what you asked." β
Shen Ge replied in surprise, "Sister Jiao, wait a minute, this person has a lot of eyes, let's go to the side and talk." The third sonβ"
"It's comingβ"
As soon as Shen Ge's voice fell, a little beggar came out of nowhere and ran to the side of the car, "Brother Shen, what's the matter?" β
"You get the wagon to the docks first, and I'll be there later." Shen Ge said, and said uneasily, "Be steady." β
Hearing him say this, Chunjiao turned her gaze to the carriage again, and Lin Ruyu understood the complicated expression: The top Chunjiao girl who sang Chun Lou was concerned about Shen Ge, and she should want to go with him here.
It's a pity that the falling flowers are intentional, and the flowing water is ruthless.
"Gotcha!" The third son jumped into the carriage and grabbed the reins and hurried to the docks.
Soon, the third son parked the carriage by the dock, leaned on the frame of the carriage, shook his legs with a whip, and waited leisurely for Shen Ge to catch up.
Lin Ruyu picked up a slit in the curtain and looked out, at this time it was almost dawn, and there were three big ships docked on the dock, and the laborers were carrying bags of grain on the boat.
There was a long table on the shore, a man in official uniform was sitting behind the table eating hot tea soup, and a man in silk clothes was bent over and stood aside, pointing to the documents on the table and asking the official to look at them, but the official was not interested in the documents, and his eyes were looking around. More than a dozen officers and soldiers with knives lined up on both sides, yawning incessantly.
Seeing such a scene, combined with the little girl's memory, Lin Ruyu knew that these grains were the land taxes levied by the imperial court from the people of Wusha Town-Cao Grain, and after the Cao grain was loaded on the ship, it was either transported to the granary of the county seat and the state city, or it was distributed by the imperial court and transported to other places.
The stability of Cao Yun is related to the fortune of the country, and it is a felony to take away the grain, so the imperial court sent special Cao officials, Cao Jun and Cao Ding to be responsible for the transshipment of Cao grain to ensure that the Cao grain can be safely transported to various places.
Because the grain is transported by a large number of officials and families, it is very safe. Passenger ships and merchant ships will mostly sail behind the boats to seek stability.
It's one thing to have it in your memory, it's another thing to see it with your own eyes. Lin Ruyu leaned to the side of the car curtain and looked at the vivid scene in front of her with curious eyes.
Lin Dafu was not interested in these, he was holding the small wooden stick given to him by the dog in his hand, and was counting them one by one. He didn't know much, and when he counted it, he got out of order, and he started counting from the beginning. I counted a stick for a long time, but I couldn't figure it out. Lin Ruyu looked at it for a while, then lowered the curtain of the carriage and began to teach Lin Dafu to count, and the three sons outside the carriage listened with their ears, revealing a look of envy.
It wasn't until Lin Dafu counted a handful of wooden sticks that Shen Ge's voice sounded outside the car, "Third uncle, I brought Dafu and Erya over." β
Hearing this movement, Lin Ruyu hurriedly lifted the curtain of the car and leaned in, and saw Shen Ge leading a sturdy man of medium stature to the front of the car.
Before Lin Ruyu got out of the car, Ma Qinglin smiled and raised his hand to stop him, "Isn't the second sister still good with her feet?" Don't get down, just sit in the car. β
"Thank you, Third Uncle." Lin Ruyu spoke, and secretly tugged Lin Dafu's sleeve, "Big brother, the third uncle is here." β
Lin Dafu raised his head and looked out, and shouted to the third uncle following Lin Ruyu's words.
Ma Qinglin responded with a smile, "The goods are being loaded, you two will wait in the carriage for a while, and you will get on the ship when the ship is about to start." β
Ma Qinglin escorted a medium-sized merchant ship this time, and when the ship's family counted the number of people and shouted for everyone to board the ship, Lin Ruyu also followed Shen Ge and Lin Dafu to the side of the ship. The lieutenant governor of Wusha Town is carefully inspecting the route guides and goods of the boarders one by one.
When it was Lin Ruyu's turn, she handed over the household registration and road guide, and Li Chang was surprised, "When did Qinglin have such a big girl?" β
Ma Qinglin was not flustered, and explained with a smile, "It's the youngest daughter of my eldest brother's family, and she has passed on to the two of us since she was a child, but she has been raising her in her eldest brother's house all these years." β
The lieutenant chief handed the household registration to Lin Ruyu, and inspected Lin Dafu's before letting them on board.
Lin Ruyu felt two lines of sight follow her, and she stabilized her fast heart and jumped on the boat before looking back. I found that one of these two lines of sight came from Cao Guan, who was standing not far away, and the other came from Chen Jingcheng, who was standing on the shore.
Chen Jingcheng saw that Lin Ruyu had found her, and only nodded slightly. Lin Ruyu also nodded slightly goodbye, and followed Shen Ge into the cabin.
Seeing Lin Ruyu enter, Chen Jingcheng retracted his gaze and looked at the Cao official of Qi County, Peng Yin, who came to escort the grain and grass this time.
Someone came to Chen Jingcheng's side and reported in a low voice, "Fourth Master, Yan Sigou and others from Matou Mountain were introduced into the mountain by our people, and they didn't find the girl boarding the boat." Wang Shizi An was ambushed and injured, boarded a boat at Zhennan Wharf, and went to Qi County. β
Chen Jingcheng was surprised, "Who did it?" β
Is the old dog of Matou Mountain? He's been biting people lately.