On the second day, Chun Niang went to the dock early to check, and until noon, there was still no shadow of Xiao Chengjun's boat.

By this time, she had already understood that the little son of the Xiao family had really left his mother and daughter here.

Chun Niang was angry, but she had to think of going home for the sake of today.

Ying Bao was not in a hurry, and went to the market leisurely with Chen Zhao, eating, drinking and shopping by the way.

Not only did she buy a small charcoal stove and a basket of charcoal, but also bought a lot of local vegetables.

Mandarin orange is worthy of being mandarin orange, sweet and sour, delicious, fragrant.

She collected all the peeled mandarin peels, secretly put them in the cave to dry, and prepared to go back to steam the tangerine peels.

Chunniang was anxious and wanted to go into the county seat to hire a carriage to return to her hometown, but was stopped by Yingbao.

"A-Niang, don't worry, this is a dock, there are a lot of merchant ships coming and going, we just need to take a boat to Qinchuan County, it's a big deal to give them the boat money." Sakura said.

Chunniang sighed and nodded in agreement, but every day she would go to the dock to squat, and as long as the large merchant ships approached, she would ask if she was passing by Qinchuan County.

This guard was several days, and I didn't meet a merchant ship that could pass through Qinchuan County, but I saw an acquaintance.

Li Xu, a thin scholar, came to the dock with a bookshelf on his back, and when he saw Chun Niang sitting under a big tree, he couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly came over to greet him.

"Xiaosheng has seen Aunt Jiang, why are you here alone?"

Chun Niang returned the salute and said with a wry smile: "It's not a secret, the ship that originally carried us drove away, and I want to find a merchant ship to go to Qinchuan County to carry us back." ”

Li Xu frowned: "Aunt Jiang, there are very few long-distance large merchant ships berthed at the wharf here, you might as well go with Xiaosheng and take a boat from my house." ”

Chun Niang was stunned: "There are few large merchant ships anchored here?" ”

Li Xu nodded: "This is a small wharf, and it is good to have two or three long-distance merchant ships docked within a month, and most of them are short-distance ships carrying passengers here." Xiaosheng's hometown is close to the Ming River, but there are many large merchant ships passing by, and they may be able to meet the direct Qinchuan County. ”

Chunniang frowned and thought for a while, and said, "I'll go back and discuss it with my daughter." ”

For the first time in her life, she was alone, and her eyes were dark about the things around her, and she didn't know what to do at all, so she could only ask her daughter for an idea.

Li Xu nodded: "Xiaosheng is waiting for Aunt Jiang here." ”

Chun Niang responded and hurriedly went to the inn to find her daughter.

Ying Bao and Chen Zhao had just returned from the market, and when they saw Chun Niang's anxious face, they hurriedly asked, "Ah Niang, what's wrong?" ”

Chun Niang told her about meeting Li Xu.

"Li Xiucai said that there are very few long-distance big ships docked here, so let's go to his house with us, and then find a boat to transfer."

Sakura thought for a moment and nodded in agreement: "Then let's go with him." ”

Walking with Li Xiucai, a famous person, is definitely the safest.

When Chen Zhao heard this, he hurriedly packed his things: "Then let's go quickly." ”

She's tired of being here and wants to change places.

So, Chun Niang and Chen Zhao each carried a back basket, and the back basket was full of sundries purchased one after another.

When I arrived at the wharf, I saw that Li Xiucai had already found a fishing boat and was negotiating the price with the fisherman.

"When I went to Chashu Township, Anyang County, there were too many two runs, and the boat Xiaosheng hired last time was just consistent."

"We are more than 100 miles away from Tea Tree Township, and more than 100 miles away from the waterway, where is it?" The boatman was unconvinced and said: "You go and inquire elsewhere, is there anything fairer than my asking price?" ”

Li Xu thought about it, and really turned around to ask about other fishing boats.

Seeing that the business was about to run, the boatman was also anxious, jumped ashore in a few steps, and grabbed Li Xu's back frame, "Hey, don't go, I haven't finished talking yet, so let's do it, at least eight consistently, no less." ”

Li Xu was entangled for a moment, nodded and said, "That's good, but Xiaosheng still has three companions, you have to wait a while." ”

"What? Anyone else? The boatman felt that he had suffered a loss, but he was afraid that Xiucai would go to another ship to inquire, so he had to agree: "Okay, okay, I'll make it clear first, just wait for an hour." ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard a girl's voice: "Li Langjun, let's come!" ”

Li Xu was very happy to see Yingbao, and respectfully saluted her: "Xiao Langzhong." ”

Ying Bao also replied: "There is Lao Li Langjun." ”

"Where, where, let's get on the boat."

Li Xu got on the boat first, put down the back frame on his back, and went to support Yingbao and a few people.

After everyone is on board, the fishing boat pole leaves the dock and goes down the river.

Ying Bao sat on the fishing boat, kept observing Li Xu, and saw that he was still very weak, coughing from time to time, so he asked, "Li Langjun, is your body better?" ”

Li Xu said softly: "It's much better, fortunately Xiaolang's medicine." ”

"Since it's much better, why don't you go to the exam?"

This year is the triennial township examination year, and as long as Li Xu rushes to the state capital, he should still be able to catch up with the August exam.

Li Xu shook his head: "Xiao Langzhong doesn't know, Xiao has been sick for several months, not only has his body been dragged down, but his homework has also been delayed, so he wants to end up in a few years." ”

In fact, there is another important reason, he went to the state capital to be entangled.

The reason why he had the money to hire a boat to go home today was because he sold two pills given by Xiao Langzhong and got four yuan.

When he did this, he was quite ashamed, after all, this pill was given by Xiao Langzhong, but he doubled it and sold it to outsiders to earn money.

But if you don't sell it, you won't have the money to go back to your hometown, so ......

Li Xu glanced at Yingbao weakly, covered his mouth and coughed a few times.

"Oh." Sakura nodded, as if she understood.

The fishing boat sailed with the wind, hung up its sails again, and sailed very fast.

More than 100 miles of waterway, only one day's work to arrive.

Li Xu took Yingbao and a few people ashore, and it was getting late.

So a few people went to find an inn nearby to stay.

Nothing was said all night.

In the early morning, they left the room before dawn, and Li Xu hired an ox cart to take the three of them back to their hometown first.

He wanted to go home to see his old mother first, and then personally send them to the big pier on the other side of the Ming River.

He also sent a letter back to his hometown during his illness in Anping County, but no one came to pick him up, and I don't know if it was because of an accident at home.

A few hours later, the ox cart finally arrived at a small village in Chashu Township.

As soon as he entered the village, someone recognized Li Xu and shouted: "Yo! Isn't this the showman of our village? Have you finished the exam in Fucheng? But did you win the lift? ”

Li Xu arched his hand at the man: "Fourth uncle, I didn't go to Fucheng." ”

"Didn't go to Fucheng? So where have you been for so long? ”

The middle-aged man known as the fourth uncle glanced at the ox cart and said in surprise: "Oh yo, why did you bring a mother-in-law back?" Is this a marriage outside? ”

Ying Bao said coldly to this person: "We are passing by Langzhong here, uncle, don't talk about it." ”

Chun Niang also blackened her face, and hurriedly picked up the hat and put it on.