Chapter 75: Half a pot of rice wine into the heart of the river
A small boat like this, which is all made of wood, has a sense of swaying when it moves forward on the surface of the Xiaoshun River when the wind and waves are strong.
The most swaying place is the bow and stern of the boat, but Ji Yuan enjoys this feeling at the bow of the boat, occasionally putting down the scenery on both sides of the river and the river bank to look at other boats passing by.
After leaving the dock for a while, the sails were already hoisted in the boat, and the old boatman stopped rocking the boat under the tailwind, but only took the helm to control the direction of the boat, and the fishing song stopped.
The two boatmen on the boat are indeed a father and son, and their home is in the village on the edge of Lao Hua Mountain, most people in this village make a living from this ferry wharf, and they also fish when the business is bad, so there is no shortage of fishing gear on the boat, and Ji Yuan also wants to borrow a fish if he has the opportunity.
About two quarters of an hour after the boat sailed, Ji Yuan planned to leave the bow of the ship and sit inside.
The hull of the round arch under the canopy cover is quite spacious, there is another wood-framed cabin at the rear end, where the ship's sundries are placed, and the two rows of benches nailed to the hull are actually enough to sit more than a dozen people, but considering the space for lying down at night, it is said that ten people are full.
The other six passengers sat there in a bit of a distinction, the two companions of the scholar occasionally whispered a few words to each other, and the little child leaned on his grandfather and fell asleep.
Ji Yuan actually felt that this atmosphere was a bit problematic just now, and when he approached the canopy, it was even more obvious, and the reason should be all on the bearded man.
Although Ji Yuan's eyesight is always like a thick frost, the basic outline and some not very detailed physique can still be seen, and when the man got on the boat before, he found that his figure was really burly, and he was not inferior to Wei Wudaunt.
But Wei Wuxing's first feeling is that he is fat, and this man is only strong, but there is still a trace of alcohol on his body, and his face is fierce or not, but the voices of others are as low as possible.
If it weren't for the fact that this man was the last to get on the ship, Ji Yuan really doubted that anyone else would dare to board the ship.
Anyway, we have to spend three days together, and this atmosphere is unbelievable.
When Ji Yuan came in, several people subconsciously looked at him, and some people thought that this person who had been reading books at the bow of the boat was a relative of the boat family.
Seeing that there were a large number of empty benches on both sides of the strong man, Ji Yuan sat close to him very casually.
"This brother has just been drinking?"
The strong man looked at Ji Yuan in some surprise, as if he wanted to confirm whether he was talking to himself, and saw that Ji Yuan's face was indeed facing him, so he opened his mouth to make a rough sound.
Before leaving, the elders feasted at the wharf wine shop, brought home-brewed wine, and drank a few bowls. ”
"Oh, Brother Tai is from Jiudaokou County? I see that you are quite strong and burly, have you ever practiced martial arts?"
When Ji Yuan asked this, it seemed to arouse the man's interest, and his tone was obviously a little excited.
"I Li Da Niu is a native of Dongwei Village, since childhood physique, the village people say that I did farm work to race a ploughing cow, I have long been eager to have a hero who flies the eaves to take me as a disciple, teach me martial arts to eliminate violence and peace, but unfortunately I have not met ...... And then..."
Speaking of which, the man was depressed.
"A few years ago, when I entered the county seat, the old head of the county's martial arts regiment saw me and said that I was a pity, after the age of practicing martial arts and laying the foundation, it was difficult to have martial arts achievements in this life......"
My dreams are shattered.
"Oh, brother, you don't have to be depressed, there is no way to be endless, as far as Ji knows, there are still some kung fu on the rivers and lakes that do not require much age, and with the innate conditions of Brother Tai, you will not worry about doing nothing in the future. ”
"Hehe, Mr. Big doesn't need to comfort me, I don't want to do it for a long time, this time I went to Chunhui Mansion to go to my relatives, my uncle has a small scene there, and he lacks a strong person, so he saves money to beg his wife to live in peace!"
This man is a fierce person on the outside, although he speaks loudly, he exudes a sense of honesty and restraint, he is by no means a wicked person, he is a real simple villager, with a kind of longing and uneasiness for Dafu City.
"Good, contentment!"
Ji Yuan smiled, and slightly turned towards everyone under the canopy.
"Contemptible fate, go to Chunhui Mansion to play, these three days are going to be in the same boat with the ranks!"
Seeing that Ji Yuan's simple bearing was self-contained, and the fear of the strong man just now was also eliminated, the rest of the people also introduced themselves one after another, and the atmosphere in the ship was also much warmer, and they began to talk to each other.
The two scholars are considered to be study tours, one old and one young have relatives who went to the funeral before the death of Chunhui Mansion, and the emaciated middle-aged man only said that he had something to do with Chunhui Mansion.
The old boatman's son would sometimes come over to talk and hear about the new things.
When the boat is approaching evening, the mouth of the river is close at hand, and you can see the broader Chunmu River in the distance.
"Zhuangzi, get ready to go to the net!"
"Okay~~!"
The shouting among the boatmen could be heard in the cabin, and several of them came out with great interest, just in time to see that the young boatman had taken a net and threw it to the side near the bow.
"This estuary is the easiest to catch big fish, everyone wait, let you eat it tonight!"
The old boatman steadied the boat at the stern, laughed and shouted at the passengers, and the sails were put away.
The young boatman grasped a large net in his hand, twisted his body at an angle, and then suddenly threw the net forward, and flew out into a large circle and went down towards the river.
"Whoa......
The sound of the net entering the water was very pleasant, and a moment after the net had sunk, the boatman began to pull up the rope of the net.
"Bang la la... Bang bang bang ......"
The net was still halfway up, and the fish in the net had already made a lot of splashes.
"Frightened~~ I'm really lucky today, there are several big fish!
The young boatman happily called out to the boatman, and Ji Yuan, who was already very interested, walked up directly, and the strong man Li Daniu also hurriedly stepped forward to help.
"Bang la ......" "Bang Bang Bang... Bang ......"
After the net is closed, the fish on the boat in front of it are jumping lively.
"Hahahaha, good harvest!" "Everyone is waiting to eat my father's fish head soup and steamed fish with dried vegetables!"
"Oh oh oh, that's great, it's great, there's fish to eat, there's big fish to eat!"
Exclamations mingled with the cheers of children.
A big herring with more than 20 catties, a grass carp with more than 10 catties, as well as two fathead fish and some river shrimp jumping around, so that the whole boat is excited, if you take a big boat, I am afraid that there will be no such situation.
The stern of the boat raised the clay stove, steamed rice, steamed fish and cooked soup, in the night shortly after sailing into the Chunmu River, taking advantage of the calm of the river, this small passenger ship dropped anchor and started eating.
At this time, at the edge of the river, there is also another building boat moored, compared to the small boat, the lights are bright, frolicking and laughing constantly, during which the sound of the piano is faint, as if it is singing and dancing to open the boat feast.
Although the boat where Ji Yuan is located is simple, there is a rear cabin, not a transparent canopy without a front curtain to shade the wind, the lantern light of the small cabin is also swaying on the river, and a group of people who are still distinct during the day are now eating at a table but are extremely harmonious.
The craftsmanship of the old boatman perfectly presents the delicious taste of the river fresh, accompanied by home-brewed rice wine, especially a steamed fish with black vegetables, no need for old ginger and green onions, sprinkled with a little salt, delicious and not fishy, a group of people eat well or not.
"Puff~"
A not-so-obvious sound of water came, and the others were still eating, but Ji Yuan had already turned his face outward.
"Someone fell into the water~~~ Someone fell into the water~~~~!"
There was a scream outside, and the other people under the canopy also heard it, and they all went out of the cabin to see what was going on.
"Looks like someone fell overboard on that boat?"
"Well, like. "Oh, did you save that man?"
The building boat is about a hundred zhang away from here, and he can't really see it from a distance, he only knows the mess over there, not to mention Ji Yuan, his eyesight is really blind from such a distance, and he can only hear a shout and scream.
However, because of his outstanding hearing, he knew that the person who fell into the water had not been rescued, and it seemed to be a drunk son of a certain family, and he didn't know how to water.
"Puff~" "Puff~" "Puff~"......
In the distance, someone on the side of the boat took off his clothes and jumped into the river to save people in the water, but the river a little far away from the boat was dark and dark and could not be seen clearly, and the lighting range of the people carrying lanterns was really limited.
"Oops, a few more people jumped down, it seems that they haven't been rescued yet!"
"Yes......"
Drunk and overboard, plus a landlubber, Ji Yuan shook his head, his luck was almost difficult to save, but unfortunately he was not a Daluo Immortal with magical powers, even if he used a small water avoidance technique to jump into the water to find it, it would not be more useful than a few boatmen with good water nature.
"Huh!?"
Suddenly, Ji Yuan's eyes opened slightly, staring at the river in the distance.
"Childe is there, Childe is there, Childe is there, you go and save him! Fool can't see it, it's there!"
Someone on the boat screamed excitedly, and the boatmen in the water had to swim back in the direction of the circle just now, and actually saw the boy in white floating face up on the water, so he hurriedly kicked the water together and took him to the side of the boat.
Listening to a faint cheer from the side of the big boat, a group of people on the side of the boat also breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's okay, it's okay, the person has been rescued!" "You shouldn't be able to drown for a moment." ”
"That's good, that's good!" "Well, let's go ahead and eat." ”
"Yes, yes, keep eating!"
Ji Yuan also returned to the cabin together, but under the pretext of wanting to get out of the cabin to relieve himself, he walked out again.
In the cabin, the old boatman had just lifted the small bottle of rice wine to refill himself, but found that he had poured it twice and no wine came out.
"Strange, drunk up?" "Ahh
"Don't worry, I still have it, just go to the jar and play a little!"
......
The evening breeze was slow, Ji Yuan came to the bow of the boat alone, a ball of rice wine liquid was hidden in his sleeve, and his right hand waved forward, and the wine was like a small water dragon that twisted and twisted, falling into the center of the river silently.
"Half a pot of fisherman's rice wine, please smile!"
After speaking, Ji Yuan returned directly to the cabin, picked up the wine jug and poured the rice wine that the old boatman had just called, and a big herring on the river swam happily in the place where the wine fell.