The road is far away, and the ship does not float on the river all day long, and it has to dock every night.

Occasionally, when they encounter a ferry, or a place where they can dock, the boatman will often ask them for their ideas, stop temporarily, and Song You will also lead the horse to disembark and excrete. There are often women selling some food at ferries all over the country, and when they meet Song You, who they like, they will also buy some to add some flavor to their mouths.

What the boatman said is not wrong, it is okay to eat one or two meals on this ship, but after two more days, his mouth will be a little dull and fishy, but fortunately, Song You also brought some dry food.

Before I knew it, it had been six days on the boat.

Approaching the county, the scenery on both sides has changed.

There is not a narrow flat land on both sides of the river, at least the fields are flat, planted with rape flowers, which bloom in early spring, looking golden and bright, and the wind also brings the sweet fragrance of rape flowers.

And above this land, there are countless strange hills that rise from the plain white. Unlike ordinary mountains, it is steep and small, like bamboo shoots, it is difficult for people to climb up, and there is not much value to go up. Countless such hills block the end of the line of sight, and from a distance, they overlap and overlap, and thousands of mountains are like forests, and the sight is blocked in a short time.

It is said that this mountain is a demon country, and I am afraid that some people will believe it.

"It's at the boundary of the county."

While holding the boat, the boatman said to him: "The mountains of the county are like this, one lump after another, most of them cannot be climbed, and there is no land on the top, so people can only walk through the middle of the mountain. ”

"It's beautiful."

"They all say it's beautiful."

"Is there anything you can climb up?"

"Yes!"

The boatman's face was furrowed, but with a smile, he liked to talk to this gentleman: "The guest officer goes to Wangcheng, Anqing County is the best." When I got there, I asked someone about it, and I naturally knew how to play. If the guest officer asks how the little old man knows, haha, every year, I don't know how many big officials, big poets, and big talents come here to see the landscape, and almost all of them go to Anqing. ”

"Thank you, sir."

Song You only stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the side of the boat.

The sun gradually sank to the west, and before it sank to the horizon, it sank into the mountains like bamboo shoots and forests.

The last light shines obliquely from the uneven and high and low mountain forest tops, pale golden, you can clearly see the shape of the light, half of the river is the reflection of the mountain and the light, the old man wearing a robe and a hat is holding the boat forward, the man in a Taoist robe stands on the bow of the boat, and the whole river is only this small boat alone through it.

"You should be able to get there tonight."

"Okay."

The boatman held on, and even sang loudly.

Song You felt extremely beautiful for a while, and his mood became better.

"Husband."

"Listening!"

"It's time to prepare dinner, right?"

"The guest officer is right, let's find a place to stop."

"I still have a piece of bacon in my bag, I didn't finish it a year ago, and it was very heavy to take it on the road, so I asked my husband to cook it, and everyone tasted it together."

"Okay!"

So between the ten thousand mountains, above the willow river, under the dusk skylight, there is another wisp of cooking smoke.

About two or three quarters of an hour later.

The scholar's hair had not been combed for a few days, and it had become a little oily, but he was still full of energy, and used chopsticks to twist a piece of bacon from the bowl.

The bacon is two fat and two thin, three lines and five flowers, clamped up and looked at it by the oil lamp, the fat part is transparent and transparent, crystal clear, and the oil shines trembling on the chopsticks. When I put it hot in my mouth and tasted it, I couldn't taste the slightest bit of oiliness, but it was full of bacon fragrance, revealing the fragrance of pine and cypress branches, not salty or light.

"This bacon is good! Absolutely! ”

The scholar was immediately amazed, and asked Song You again: "Mr. did it himself?" ”

"Someone else sent it."

"After all, it's a blessing for Mr., thank you, Sir." The scholar smiled and bowed his hand to Song You, kept his chopsticks, and said while eating, "I like to eat bacon from Yizhou, especially this one smoked with pine and cypress branches, and it is not as good as this in other places." ”

"Something suddenly came to mind."

"Oh? What's the matter, sir? ”

"Yidu Beiwazi, Yunshuo Shed, there is an old Mr. Zhang who is a storyteller. The old gentleman is well-informed, proficient in this way, and knows the mysterious and interesting things in various places. If you don't skimp on some tea money, the etiquette will come, and you will definitely not disappoint your feet. ”

“！”

How could the scholar have thought that what he suddenly said was this, and after hearing this, he immediately put away his hippie smile, put down his chopsticks, and solemnly saluted him.

It's just a miscellaneous book, how many people will really take it seriously? If you want to stay in history for a long time, it's good not to scorn and laugh! But with this sudden exhortation, he already felt the importance of this gentleman who met in Pingshui, and he felt a sense of bosom friend for a while.

"Sir is like this, it is difficult for Xiaosheng to repay him."

"Just make up a book with all your heart, and when the world doesn't understand it, maybe future generations will cherish it?"

"Naturally!"

Song You stopped talking, only eating meat and drinking some water.

The wine was born from this book, and the family of three also brought some preserved fruits, no matter which one is expensive and which one is cheap, they are all considered partners.

It's best to do it this way, and you don't owe each other.

Gradually, it was night.

There was a moon tonight, and the boatman refused to dock, but continued to sail by moonlight and experience, to send them all to the shore for a good return journey tomorrow.

Soon the boatman shouted:

"An Qing has arrived."

The ship gradually approached the shore and made a sound.

Except for Song You on the boat, they all hurriedly got up.

The scholar took the clothes box and said goodbye to Song You with the male owner of the family of three.

"I'm lucky enough to travel with you, so I'll leave it at that."

"In the past few days, I have been talking with Mr. on the same boat, and I often feel that I have benefited a lot, even if Mr. is not a master of Taoism, he is also a hermit of Qing cultivation, and he only hates that this road is short, and he can't stay with Mr. for a few more days." The scholar looked at Song You with a shirt box and regretfully, "But the world is often like this, it is fate to get together and disperse, so I said goodbye to Mr. If Mr. comes to Anqing to play in the future, he must come to me." ”

"The road is slippery at night, and a few people walk slowly."

Song You also stood at the bow of the boat and bowed hands to them, watching them get off the boat and leave.

The boatman held the boat again, and the boat left the shore again.

At this time, I heard the voice of the scholar again:

"Wait!"

I saw him standing on the stone steps of the ferry, and bowed his hand to Song You, and said: "I thought that people in the rivers and lakes met in Pingshui, why bother asking where they came from?" However, he did not ask the gentleman where he was repairing. But after a few days of getting along, I feel more and more that my husband understands my heart very well, and I dare to ask where my husband lives, and if he has fate in the future, he should go to Yizhou again, and he should visit. ”

"Yin Yang Mountain, Fulong Temple."

“……”

The water was rushing at night, and the boat quickly moved away.

I only heard the boatman laugh and say: "This scholar is good everywhere, but it's a little too noisy." ”

Song You smiled, but didn't answer, just asked:

"How long is the trip to Lingbo County?"

"It's still a long way to Lingbo County, but there are water demons on that part of the waterway. The water demon was very big, ordinary ships were overturned at once, and many people died in the past few years, but now no one dares to go. Fortunately, Lingbo is the last section, and the guests who go to Lingbo are all under the nearest ancient ferry, about an hour. The boatman paused, "It's just that the guest officer must be careful, from the ancient ferry to the shore, there are many bandits on the road to Lingbo County, although I have not heard of killing people, but people are often robbed." If ordinary guest officials take this road, Lao Er advises them to give some money and say some good things when they meet thieves, so as to avoid suffering from flesh and skin, and if they meet exquisite, they may be able to keep a copy. ”

"Thank you for the advice."

"The guest officer is different, Lao Er has heard that in addition to not robbing the messenger and the scholar, there are a few thieves who do not rob: do not rob Mr. Taoist, do not rob the Buddhist master, do not rob the young woman who walks alone, and do not rob the young urchin who is lost. Hehe, as for how many bandits are particular, Lao Er doesn't know. ”

"Is it okay for my husband to pick up people on the return trip?"

"It's better over there."

"How many days will it take to get back?"

"Ten days, eleven days." The boatman smiled and said, "This trip is lucky, I met a towing family, and I met you as a guest officer, you can't bring so many people on a weekday." ”

"It's hard too."

In this way, this old man ran back and forth, not to mention that he could have more than 1,000 dollars in the account. If you're lucky, there may be more than 2,000, and if you're unlucky, it's estimated that there will be a few hundred. I can't run twice a month, but I can't run only once, and the income is still good. However, the waterway is very long, and it is also hard work to support the boat and cook along the way.

"Hard-earned self-eating!"

The sound of the boatman was mixed with the sound of splashing.

Song You's eyes couldn't help but light up, as if he was infected by the boatman's down-to-earth and satisfied attitude for a while, and he was surprised that such a sentence could come out of the mouth of an ordinary boatman.

But I quickly reacted that this was actually arrogant, rude, and undeserved.

All in all, getting a good word is like getting a cool breeze on dog days, drinking a cup of hot tea on three or nine days, and it is like going out to meet good luck, surprising and pleasant.

My heart softened, and the moonlight softened a lot.

About an hour later—

Song You put the bag on the back of the horse, and when he saw the three-flowered cat jumping lightly on the bow of the boat, he jumped ashore, and he also stepped out with it.

Then he turned to look at the horse behind him.

"Slow down, not in a hurry."

I saw the rippling water, the boat was slow, and the sound of water splashing was all over my ears.

Under the moonlight, the horse walked cautiously and nervously to the bow of the boat, and was about to jump to the shore, but when he heard his words, he withdrew the horse's hooves, and moved to find a more secure position, and then went ashore safely.

The boatman watched from the bow of the boat, smiling and silent.

After living for a long time, I have seen a lot, in fact, some truths do not need to be learned in books, they will naturally make sense. He had already seen that this guest officer was extraordinary, but he was just a shipman, so what did he ask?

"Sir, walk slowly at night."

"Uncle, please slow down."

As soon as the oars were propped up, the boat left the shore again.

When the boat was far away, Song You withdrew his gaze.

I saw the river swaying under the moonlight, sparkling, and the water splashing on the shore. The cold air on the river rises, reflecting the bright moon, and is coated with a layer of hazy by the moonlight, like broken stars, the river is bright, and the fairyland is nothing more than that.

Looking down again, Sanhua Niangniang arrived in a new place, and began to run around again, sniffing here and smelling there, as if she had not heard his words at all.

"Gone."

"Okay."

It was still the Taoist in front, the horse in the back, and the three-flowered cat in front and back and left and right, until the Taoist said that he wanted to ask her to help explore the way, she honestly walked in front.

I'm going to find a place to sleep in the open tonight.

In the second year of Mingde, in the middle of the first month, I finished swimming in the Liujiang River.