Chapter 125: See the old boatman again

Everyone turned around, only to see a few young people with a look of a hanger looking like they were punching and kicking an old man who fell to the ground, the old man was holding the package in his hand, and a gangster wanted to go up and pull the package out, but he couldn't pull it.

"Isn't there a rush today? How did you come across this kind of dog who likes to let loose and splash and raise a child? Wu Neng looked at the scene in front of him, and the anger in his heart couldn't be suppressed, "What are you doing!" He stepped forward and yelled at the thugs.

"Where did the little white face come from, even grandpa and my gossip dare to take care of it, and don't ask who my eldest brother is?" A gangster with tattoos on his body walked over arrogantly, pointed at Wu Neng's nose and scolded.

The tattooed gangster's expression was slightly crazy, and in Shi Cheng's opinion, it seemed that he had smoked a lot of five-stone smoke.

"Master, I don't care who you are." Wu Neng was so arrogant in front of him, the anger in his heart was immediately added with a handful of oil, he punched it, only to hear a miserable scream, the gangster's nose immediately crooked, the whole person lay on the ground with his back to the sky, covering his face in pain and rolling around.

"What are you still doing in a daze, kill this little white face for me!" The thug who fell to the ground cried out in pain.

The other thugs finally reacted and pounced on Wu Neng together.

Wu Neng snorted coldly, shook his wrist, like a god descending from the earth, beat a few gangsters with three punches and two kicks to cry dad and call mother, and he didn't care about his boss, and ran away with a smoke.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the gangster leader who fell to the ground quickly got up from the ground and stumbled away.

Shi Cheng and the others also came over, picked up the old man who was trembling with his package, and said, "Old man, it's okay, my brother has already helped you drive those scoundrels away." ”

"Are you okay already? Thank you, a few sons. The old man craned his neck and looked carefully left and right, and when he saw Shi Cheng's face, the old man shouted in surprise, "Huh? Aren't you a guest of the uncle who came to the dock that day to find our host! ”

Shi Cheng looked at the old man carefully, and recognized his identity at this time, "You are...... The old shipwright surnamed Ding I saw on the Fengping that day? ”

"Yes, yes, the son has good eyesight, the little old man is surnamed Ding, and he is five at home, so his name is Ding Awu." After recognizing Shi Cheng, Ding Awu became quite restrained, "Little Lao'er, thank you Gongzi for saving me today, otherwise, this coffin on my body would have been snatched away." With tears in his eyes, he knelt down in front of Shi Cheng and the others.

"Old man, please get up." Shi Cheng helped Ding Awu up.

Wu Neng looked at the direction of the thugs who fled, and his anger did not subside, "Hmph, today is a cheap deal, this scoundrel in the market, he may not have much ability, and he has a lot of energy in bullying women and children, the old and weak!" ”

Ding Awu sighed, "These scoundrels are used to loitering around here on weekdays, so it can only be said that Xiao Lao'er was unlucky today and happened to bump into them." ”

"This area is mixed, and if the elderly want to travel with their belongings in the future, they should still find a companion." Shi Cheng said, "It's also fate to meet today, we are planning to take a walk around here, why don't we send the old man home by the way." ”

Ding Awu was a little flattered, and hurriedly waved his hand to excuse himself, and after Shi Cheng persuaded a few more words, Ding Awu agreed with trepidation.

"Does the old man live near the harbor?" Everyone walked on the road together, and Shi Cheng chatted with Ding Awu while looking at the scenery on the side of the road.

"Exactly." Ding Awu replied very respectfully, "Little Lao'er's family lives in Fishing Boat Lane, and eighty percent of the people who work near Dengnan Port live there. ”

"Fishing Boat Alley." Shi Cheng suddenly remembered Sun San, who had been sent to Fishing Boat Lane to collect money from the nose stove before.

After nearly a stick of incense, the houses on the roadside gradually faded from the bustle of the market, and the low and simple thatched houses became more and more numerous.

However, the pedestrians on the side of the road have not decreased, although there are fewer people dressed up in the rivers and lakes, but in the tea stalls that can be seen occasionally, you can still see the warriors of the rivers and lakes resting and drinking tea.

"Who belongs to that house, it looks like it's newly built, why are there so many people gathered outside?" Wu Neng suddenly pointed to a small two-story building about 300 steps away in front of him, although the appearance of the small building was quite low-key, it still stood out against the backdrop of a pile of thatched houses around it.

"Oh, this is a restaurant that has recently been built around here, called Fushun Building." Ding Awu introduced to Wu Neng.

The street outside the restaurant is blocked by a long "human dragon", and there are many pedestrians in the fishing boat alley, but it is dwarfed by Fushun Building.

A few people dressed as restaurant guys were laboriously pushing a huge cloth caravan into the backyard, and the leading guy shouted to the crowd while pushing: "Folks, let go, the flour and vegetables have been bought, and the meal will be served immediately!" ”

Because there were so many people in the alley, the oxen that were originally used to pull the caravan were brought aside, and the guys who drove the car had to get down and push the cart themselves.

"Someone would build a restaurant here?" Wu Neng blurted out in some surprise, and then he explained a little embarrassedly, "I'm not saying that this place is poor....."

"It's better not to say that." Shi Cheng thought to himself.

"Childe is telling the truth, Xiao Lao'er actually doesn't know why someone will build a restaurant here, but later I heard that it is because there are more and more new restaurants in the city recently, and the owner of Fushun Building can't compete with other peers, so he simply came to our poor place to open. Although the fishing boat lane is shabby, and the villagers are also poor, but fortunately, the price of food in Fushun Building is really cheap, and everyone is not penniless. And there are a lot of people living in this neighborhood, and there are naturally many customers who come to the door every day, no, it has only been less than ten days since it opened, and you have to queue up every day to wait for a table. The guys in the restaurant are also very busy, and if you look at it, you have to go to the vegetable market several times a day just for this ramen and vegetables. ”

"Sure enough, where there are many people, there are many business opportunities." Shi Cheng couldn't help but be a little stunned when he saw it, "Other restaurants may think that poor places can't make money, I don't know what they will think when they see this scene." ”

"Childe, that's the little old man's home." After walking forward through a small intersection, Ding Awu's hand pointed to a hut not far ahead, "Thank you for saving Gongzi today, Xiao Lao'er's family is poor, and I can't give Gongzi any thanks, if you don't dislike it, why don't you go to Xiao Lao'er's house to drink a bowl of coarse tea?" ”

"Don't bother with my husband." Shi Chengwan refused Ding Awu, "Uncle, is the medicine you are holding in your hand used to treat rheumatism?" ”

"How did Childe see it?" Ding Awu's mouth opened wide in surprise.

"I'm also half a doctor, so I can see some of the problems in you, uncle."

"Childe deserves to be a guest of Uncle Guo." Ding Awu said admiringly, and then he sighed and said, "Little Lao'er has been a boatman at sea all his life, although he earns more than the villagers in the village, but the food of the sea god is not eaten in vain, and these two legs are sore when it comes to rain and snow." ”

After comforting the old man and teaching him some cheap ways to recuperate, everyone said goodbye to Ding Awu. Before leaving, Shi Cheng asked Ding Awu about the Fengping, but he didn't get any valuable information.

The news he got from Ding Awu was not as much as he had learned from the last time he met Du Quan, the captain of the Fengping, and Shi Cheng knew in his heart that the Lu clan had always acted carefully, and he didn't expect to get very crucial information from an ordinary old shipwright.

"Thank you, uncle." Shi Cheng looked at Wu Neng and Tie Mian, and said to the two, "Let's go, and take another walk around here before the Yuanliu City Lord arrives." ”

Tie Mian and Wu Neng both nodded.

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, Shi Cheng suddenly thought of something, and asked Ding Awu: "By the way, old man, is there a family surnamed Lu in this alley, the eldest son of the family works at the dock, and the family has a daughter who works in a merchant's mansion?" ”

"The family surnamed Lu?" Ding Awu shook his head, "Little Lao'er has spent most of his life at sea, so he doesn't have much contact with his neighbors, but he doesn't know where the family he wants to find lives in?" ”

After Shi Cheng said "it's okay", he said goodbye to Ding Awu, and the group walked slowly in the fishing boat alley.

"Master, this kind of place is too chaotic, otherwise we'd better go back first." Zhang Tian said to Shi Cheng while looking at a few young people who were squatting in the corner not far away. Those young men looked in the direction of Shi Cheng and the others from time to time, and seemed to have some scruples about Zhang Tianhe and the iron face holding the long sword.

Wu Neng said nonchalantly: "That's it? Lao Zhang, didn't you see how I beat those gangsters away in the bazaar just now? ”

"The lord and the two sons are both people with supernatural powers, of course we know that. It's just that right now, because of the visit of the Yuanliu City Lord, we heard that there will also be officials here in Fishing Boat Lane to inspect, if there is a dispute, the lord and the two sons may encounter some unnecessary trouble, and it is better to have more than one thing. ”

Just when Wu Neng was talking to Zhang Tian, Shi Cheng heard the iron face behind him say with some disdain: "Is this the most prosperous city in the Southern Wilderness?" It's such chaos in the places where it should be most concerned. ”

Shi Cheng spread his hands and didn't say anything, then he looked at Zhang Tian and said, "Sun San has been looking a little wrong since he came back last time, I want to visit the family surnamed Lu to see if something happened here in Fishing Boat Lane." ”

This is an extraordinary time, and the investigation in the royal city has not progressed for a long time, and Shi Cheng also feels that he has become a frightened bird during this time. The servants in his house looked a little abnormal in the past two days, and for insurance reasons, Shi Cheng also wanted to find out what happened to Sun San.

"If it really doesn't work, I'll ask him myself when I get back. At the moment, I don't know how many Lu people are secretly staring at me, maybe someone has hit my hired man, I can't let these innocent ordinary people be swept into this maelstrom. Shi Cheng thought to himself.

"Don't worry, Ah Tian, you don't have to worry about this little trouble with me, let's go to the alley and take a turn again. Sun San has been restless since his last trip here, I want to see what happened to him here that day, don't be bullied by that local snake here. ”

Seeing Shi Cheng say this, Zhang Tian stopped persuading, after all, he was also worried about Sun San in his heart.