The boatmen of the wharf and the Guanyang wharf are also like this, if the ship is broken, it must be repaired quickly, otherwise it will delay the fishing and transportation, if the boat is not good to be dragged ashore, it must stand in the water to repair, regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter.

The colder the river, the higher their trouser legs rolled, and in late autumn and early spring, and throughout the winter, when the cotton pants are wet, there may be no clothes at home that can be changed.

"Hey, it looks like the people I met earlier."

On the dock, several scholars who had been with them two days ago were also queuing, and it seemed that there was some kind of dispute and they were arguing.

As soon as Lu Xu and the others passed, the scholar surnamed Liu, who was forcibly drugged by Lu Xu, took the initiative to greet them.

"Brother Yan, Brother Lu, Little Brother Lu."

Yan Junqi returned the salute, and Lu Xu asked curiously, "What's wrong?" Can't you get on board? ”

Liu Shusheng sighed, "Hey, just after the flood, nearly half of the boats in Linghu Beach were damaged, and the cost of crossing the river has risen, so Brother Li and Brother Zhang have quarreled." ”

Lu Xu was inexplicable, "What are the two of them arguing about when crossing the river and raising prices?" ”

They all have cars, and their family backgrounds are acceptable, so can they still not pay the cost of crossing the river?

And he remembered that when he went to Beijing for the exam, he was exempted from all the money for crossing roads and bridges on the way.

He asked Yan Junqi: "Do you have to pay for lifting people to take a boat?" ”

Yan Junqi shook his head.

Liu Shusheng said: "People naturally don't need it, isn't there still a scholar servant?" ”

Lu Xu was shocked, there would be no one who was unwilling to pay for the scholar coachman, right? Who is it?

The queue is idle, and the big boat that can transport cars and sedan cars across the river has not yet come, and Lu Xu is very energetic to gossip.

Liu Shusheng took a fan to cover it, and the illness on a cold day was just right, so he put the scholar's shelf up again, he whispered and gossiped with Lu Xu, full of energy, and he couldn't see at all that he was sick and bedridden two days ago and couldn't drink ginger soup.

According to Liu Shusheng, it turned out that after Lu Xu and the others gradually fell behind and separated from the team, this group of scholars did not stop all the way in order to go to the city to see a doctor as soon as possible, and they hurried day and night, only stopping to rest when the livestock could not run.

As a result, when he went to the city to see the doctor, Zhang Shusheng lost his money.

His family is still good, this time he came out with a scholar and brought an old servant, the scholar said that their money was put in the box, and when he left Jialin City, he personally put it in and pressed it with his clothes, if he lost the money, he must have borrowed it in that small village to see the doctor, he took out the money from it and was seen.

On that day, there were only two outsiders in the courtyard where they lived, Li Zheng and the guide, and the others were all lifters and subordinates.

The village leader and his guide had been busy lighting the fire and had never been near the mule cart at all.

And his old servant has been guarding the car, and one night Zhang Shusheng had a bad fever, he left the mule cart and went to the stream to fetch water, and the scholar also went to the bonfire to boil medicine for him.

The boy guessed that if someone stole it, it could only be the night when his old servant went to fetch water.

But that night they slept in the wilderness, and they were the only ones for miles around.

It is impossible for the guide to steal, he is still wearing a single coat, a thin body, and he can see a steamed bun in his arms, and he can't hide a bag of silver at all.

The thief will have to be among the rest.

Everyone is a person, and they have suffered again, and it is not good to suspect anyone.

Zhang Shu was seriously ill, they also lost the money, and the scholar was eager to catch the thief and get the money back, and he offended everyone by speaking ugly.

Seeing that no one admitted it, the old servant of his family begged others to help their young master heal.

In the end, there was still a person who had a good relationship with Zhang Shusheng who couldn't bear it, and took the lead Zhang Luo and everyone to raise money and contribute money, and one person with 30 or 50 wen would first see Zhang Shusheng.

Whether everyone is happy or not, it is not good to watch Zhang Shu get sick and die, but Li Shusheng is unwilling to give it.

He also has a good reason, lack of money to sell the car, isn't it?

His family is poor, and he still sits in the family's uncovered car, and he has no money.

But on the night that Zhang Shusheng lost his money, his car was next to Zhang's car, and when he said this, the Zhang family's scholar was even more suspicious of him, and he wanted to search his car.

At first, others persuaded them, but then they were shaken.

There are more than a dozen of them, and the worst one is Li Shusheng, who has the most reason to steal money.

Li Shusheng was furious, dragged his sick body to relieve the car, and untied all the burdens for people to see.

And as a result, where did he have the silver?

Not to mention that there is no silver in the baggage, he has a total of five taels on his body, or three taels of travel expenses from their local yamen, plus two taels from his relatives and villagers, and even the mules were lent to him by the patriarch's family.

He was already a lifter, and no one thought that he could be so poor.

Li Shusheng tied up the burden with tears, he has a field, but this is not the court that divided the field, and his family has not grown a grain of rice?

There is no shortage of land in their hometown, and it is difficult to rent it out if they want to.

In order to provide for him to study, his family was in debt, and the clothes and food he brought for the exam were made up for him by the creditors, and everyone expected him to pay back the money after high school.

When things got like this, everyone was naturally embarrassed.

Li Shusheng himself saw a doctor first, grabbed medicine and left, and did not live with them.

Everyone was already embarrassed, and they didn't want to be coincidental, but they met at the dock again today.

What's even more coincidental is that the price of crossing the river has risen, and even people can't enter the cabin without adding money, so they can only stand on the deck to cross the river.

Zhang Shusheng had sold the car before, changed it to a worse car, had the silver, and without saying anything, he paid for the boat for his scholar and domestic servants.

And Li Shusheng was reluctant to pay for it, he didn't enter the cabin himself, and only bought the cheapest ticket for the coachman - not only could he not enter the cabin when he got on the boat, but he also had to help row.

When the scholar of the Zhang family heard about it, he couldn't help but muttered a few words if he didn't enter the cabin on such a cold day, would he freeze people to death, and the master was too harsh.

His voice was small, and he couldn't stand Li Shusheng's good hearing, so he scolded him.

The Li family didn't have any domestic servants, and the coachman was still hired by him, and they originally planned to cross the bridge from Jialin City, and the commission did not include any boat money. And he's on deck, too.

But the more he explained, the more others thought he was stingy, and the more noisy he became.

Lu Zhou listened dumbfounded.

They are not prosperous in Guanyang culture and education, there are few people who are willing to spend money to study, and the entrance examination and teaching of county schools are strict, and the children who can enter the county to study and study are generally good in terms of family background and character.

In addition, they are young and their husbands teach strictly, so they quarreled with each other when they were young, but they quarreled like this when they were so old, he really hadn't seen them.

Isn't this the arguing of the aunts in the village when they lose their vegetables and eggs at home?

This is still the past, and now no one in their village cares about losing so much of something.

Lu Xu was also stunned when he heard this, it turned out to be like this.

Liu Shusheng's gossip is still unfinished.

Lu Xu didn't care whether Li Shusheng was stingy or not, but asked, "Did you catch the thief?" ”

Liu Shusheng shook his head.

Lu Xu: "It's miserable......"

Liu Shusheng sighed: "Not really. ”

He didn't say that they had suspected Lu Xu and them.

Who told everyone to be here, but they were left behind?

But when I thought about Lu Xu's all-round eating and drinking on the road, I knew that this was a person who had made sufficient preparations before going out and was not short of money at all.

The boat finally arrived, and it was Lu Xu's turn, so he waved his hand and bought the most expensive ticket.

Others have to take care of the livestock and cars by themselves, and Lu Xu here arranges for someone to watch them.

They don't have to do it, there are people on the boat who help them lead the mules and move the carts.

Lu Xu took his personal luggage and took Lu Zhou and Yan Jun into the cabin of the private room, and taught Lu Zhou while walking: "It's just half a day, how good is it to blow the wind outside on a sunny day, why is it so squeamish?" If it weren't for your illness, I wouldn't have spent my wallet, and I can't waste any money, you know? ”

Others looking for a seat in the cabin: "......"

You're going to blow it!

The author has something to say:

Others (angry): Can you look at yourself before scolding others, you are obviously the most squeamish!

Lu Xu: That's it! Lu Zhou, don't get sick next time, do you know?

Lu Zhou: ?????

Chapter 194: Brother

When disembarking, the owner sent someone to ask the dignitaries in the private room if they wanted to disembark first or later.

Except for the merchants who want to ship the goods, the rest choose to go first.

The boatmen helped Lu Xu unload the cart and mules, and also helped them set up the cart on the shore.

When Lu Zhou got off the ship, he always felt that someone was standing on the deck and staring at them.

He looked back, and sure enough, there were a few familiar faces, and among them was the scholar surnamed Li.

Lu Xu saw Lu Zhou looking at the boat and said with a smile: "If you are Li Juren, what will you do?" ”

Lu Zhou was stunned and thought for a while: "Make money first and then come out for the exam." ”

Lu Xu was very satisfied, "That's it!" They are all admitted to the lift, and Daqi does not stipulate that the middle school must enter Beijing immediately, isn't it just two more years? ”

Daqi will try once every two years, which is already quite frequent, and he can't even wait for two years, and Lu Xu feels that this temperament is not very productive.

Lu Xu asked Lu Zhou again: "What if you are that Zhang Juren?" ”

This will Lu Zhou introspect himself a little, he is also sick on the road, if he doesn't pay attention, he will have a high fever like Zhang Shusheng, unconscious, and he doesn't even know if he lost his money.

Lu Zhou: "Since it wasn't Li Juren who stole the money, he shouldn't have connived at the scholar's quarrel with others." ”

Lu Xu stretched out his hands and said to Yan Junqi: "Look, we Lu Zhou know it." ”

Lu Zhou smiled embarrassedly, thinking to himself, if his brother was that Li Shusheng, eighty percent would not be able to read, but chose to let the whole family eat and drink first, if he was that Li Shusheng, he might still be able to read, but in addition to studying, he might go to do something else.

For example, writing Spring Festival couplets, writing fans, writing sacrifices to other people's homes, writing letters, or helping other shops keep accounts, etc.

These can not only practice calligraphy, but also make money.

He can also do something else, such as raising chickens and feeding pigs, which is not difficult, and he can also make money by washing clothes, or help people plow the land and do short-term work......

In the past, Brother Junqi would also help his father cut reeds and weave mats, but now every summer and autumn harvest, if his brother is not busy, he will also go home to help harvest wheat and rice......