"Little boy, where are you going?" The old boatman opened his mouth to show a mouthful of yellow teeth, and his swarthy old face turned to Akiri and asked.

"Old boatman, take me around this town." Akiri stepped onto the boat, and the hull shook a few times.

The old boatman smiled: "Okay, a silver or two." ”

Qiu Li took out a piece of silver, shook it, threw it over, and the old boatman grabbed it with one hand, "You sit down, let's go." ”

Akiri sat in the stern of the boat, looking at the river and the nearby homes, which had been flooded once, and the houses were not the right color, and there was a sense of corruption soaked in water.

"Old boatman, has this flood been solved?" Akiri asked.

"Resolved? Sort of. The old boatman seemed reluctant to talk about the subject.

"The little boy's accent doesn't look like it's from our Xidu Town."

"Indeed, I'm going to Longkou Town, the old boat's house, far from here?"

"It's not far, take a boat for half a day, you're bored to sit, little boy, why don't I tell you about our local attractions"

"Okay, you say, I'll listen." Qiu Li suddenly felt that she was at a certain water town scenic spot, listening to the chatter of the boatman in her ears, and her eyes swept around.

This town is a little weird, Qiu Li looked at the sky, the sun was still thin, the whole town was full of water vapor, the light could hardly shine on the buildings, and it was scattered directly in the air.

In the afternoon, the streets are sparsely populated, but considering that it has been flooded and is now depressed, it is understandable.

Unconsciously, I came to a place where there were shops on both sides of the water, the sun had sunk, the sky was gray, and people on both sides of the strait had lanterns one after another, all of which were white lanterns.

"Today's Qingming Festival, little boy, do you want to buy some yellow paper to worship your ancestors?" The old boatman pointed to a stone bridge in front of the waterway.

"There is a household over there that sells yellow paper, and the price is fair."

Qiu Li stood up suddenly, "Old boatman, today is Qingming?" "It was obviously the spring equinox before she set off, but now it's more than ten days later?

"What's wrong with that? Do you want me to dock my boat? The old boatman stopped shaking his hand and looked at Akiri with a strange smile on his face.

Qiuli's heart suddenly palpitated, and she looked at the steps under the bridge on the shore, "Okay, let's stop here." ”

"Then I'll wait here for the little boy." The old boatman pulled the boat against the riverbank.

"I'm tired." Akiri jumped from the stern of the boat and jumped lightly onto the steps.

Qiu Li herself was also stunned, looked at the distance, her body was much lighter, she raised her feet and walked down the steps to the street.

The sky was obviously dark, and Qiuli stepped on the bluestone road and came to the shop introduced by the old boatman.

The shop is very old, it looks like a time-honored brand, with a yellowish old flag floating on it, and there is only one word on it: "incense".

There was no wind in the whole street, the air was full of moisture, and white lanterns hung on both sides of the shops, and candles were lit inside.

Not only that, but the lanterns on the entire street were white, and as she looked at the two white lanterns in front of her, doubts rose in her heart.

A dark and thin old man sat at the door of the incense shop, folding the gold ingots in his hand, and glanced at Qiu Li, "The baby is a foreigner, and there are dead people in all of our houses here......"

Akiri was relieved, "I'm sorry, I really don't know." ”

"You didn't put this water, you don't have to apologize." The old man entered the store with a basket of gold ingots.

Qiu Li looked around, the street full of white lanterns made her feel uncomfortable, and she also followed the old man into the house, "It's clear, I'll buy some yellow paper and sacrifice to my grandparents." ”

"Take whatever you want, put it all on the shelf." The house was a little darker than on the street, no wonder the old man wanted to squat at the door to fold the ingots, Qiu Li took five knives of yellow paper and looked up and asked, "Boss, how much?" ”

"Don't want money, take it, it's not easy for anyone in this world." The old man sighed, "Don't go out when it's dark, it's not peaceful." ”

Qiu Li was stunned for a moment, "Didn't you say that the national teacher had already taken down the demon?" ”

"National teacher? That turtle son, if I could be a few years younger, I would love to eat his flesh raw. The thin black man was visibly unable to contain his anger.

"Our town, it is he who fights with water monsters, and he is drowned!" After the old man snorted in his mouth, he said to Qiu Li:

"It's getting dark, you go back quickly."

Suddenly he looked at her again, stopped her, and handed her a stick of incense, "You can take this too." ”

Qiu Li took the incense stick and said, "Thank you, boss." She pinched the incense stick with five knives of yellow paper and returned to the boat.

There was already a white lantern hanging on the bow of the boat, and Akiri glanced at it, and the old boatman walked slowly to the rocking oar, put his hands on it, and shook it vigorously.

The boat swayed and drifted away in the waterway, and it wasn't long before Akiri saw the pier where she had first boarded the boat.

The old boatman pulled over the boat, "Here we are, little boy." ”

Akiri thanked her and jumped onto the dock, where the alley was still deserted, not even the smoke from the cooking of dinner in every house after dark, but several white lanterns hung on both sides.

She turned her head and was about to ask the boatman, the waterway is long, where is the shadow of the boatman.

She pinched a stick of incense with five knives of yellow paper, walked in the alley, the house where she stayed was gone, and after she walked twice, she was sure that it was gone.

Maybe it was the boat family who sent it to the wrong place, Akiri sighed and walked to the other end of the alley, which was a long street, dim white lanterns, one or two hanging on the doors of almost every house, the gates were all closed, and the long street was empty.

Suddenly the wind rose on the ground, and the small whirling pillar of wind blew, and she rubbed her eyes that were dazzled by the wind.

Seeing that there were finally shops on the long street that opened their doors to do business, Akiri found that all the shops along the street had opened their doors.

The oil lamp was lit, the light was not bright, but it was enough for Akiri to see clearly.

One of them is a noodle restaurant, the aroma has overflowed, Qiu Li touched her stomach, empty, with the "green snake jade bracelet" feeding, she is not too hungry, but a little greedy.

The customs here are indeed strange, other places are open for business during the day, here it is at night, is it like in the time of the main star, this street is a night market?

Not only that, but there were pedestrians on the street, and even the noodle shop had several people seated, and Akiri looked around, but no one paid attention to her.

She put away a stick of incense, held five knives of yellow paper in her hand, walked out into the street, and walked straight towards the noodle shop.

This is a typical southern town noodle restaurant layout, Qiu Li looked at the few diners who had already started eating, green onion and spring noodles, no toppings, but the diners did not raise their heads to eat.

A short woman looked up in the kitchen, her face slightly swollen and her eyes seemed to be awake, and she glanced at Akiri and then withdrew her gaze.

Qiuli found a vacant seat and sat down, and it didn't take long for a bowl of Yangchun noodles to be served, and no one in the whole noodle restaurant opened up except for the sound of sneering noodles.

Is there only one type of noodle served here? Seeing that everyone was eating sweetly, Qiu Li couldn't help but want to try it.

Qiu Li put down the five-knife yellow paper in his hand, picked up the chopsticks on the table, and was just about to eat noodles, when a diner suddenly raised his head, sniffed in the air, and his eyes followed the smell to Qiu Li.

There is also a chapter, which will be released at about eight o'clock in the morning ha~

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