The woman who jumped into the river looked to be in her twenties, dressed as a woman, and her body was already submerged in the water, and if it had not been for the pillar grabbing her by the collar, she would have been swept away by the rushing river.

Although her eyes were full of anger and hatred, the woman's whole person exuded an aura of gloomy despair, and she resolutely shouted the word "let go".

Then, she noticed that the pillar that was holding her changed her expression in an instant, and she became like a Buddha with his head bowed and no sorrow or joy, or an immortal who looked at the world coldly from above.

His voice was as small as a whisper, but strangely overwhelmed the sound of the churning waves, and it clearly reached the woman's ears.

"Do you really want to die?"

The tone was unwarm, cold and ruthless, as if as long as she answered that she wanted to die, the other party would not hesitate to let go!

The woman who was looking for death suddenly felt a chill all over her body, only to see that the other party's eyes staring at her suddenly changed, and the black eyes on the right became even darker, as if no light could penetrate it.

Such a terrible sight frightened her, and even split her despair and anger blindfolded, and her mind regained two points of consciousness, and there was a trace of hesitation on her frightened face.

In this short moment, she only felt that her body was light, and she had been grabbed by several other hands, but several villagers who had finally reacted rushed to the rescue and pulled people back onto the boat.

The woman was soaking wet, her black hair was messy on her face, she looked embarrassed, and she shrunk and shivered. Several ladies immediately surrounded her, nagging while dragging her into the cabin.

"You little lady, how can you seek death?"

"If there's anything you can't think of, you can solve it by talking to your aunts, and you don't have to jump into the river. ”

"Ah, isn't this the daughter-in-law of the Li family in Peachtree Village, you, you...... Alas!"

Before entering the cabin, the woman secretly aimed at the pillar through the gap in the crowd, but saw that he had already sat back in his place and rocked the oar, his expression was calm, and his right eye was very normal, as if he had never left, as if the almost whispered "Do you really want to die" was just her delusion.

When she looked away, the pillar looked up and touched his right eye for some reason.

At that time, he was very close to the woman's head, and he could clearly see the change in his own eyes that were wide open in horror, and at the same time there was a chill in his right eye socket.

This made him feel a little frightened, and he couldn't help but think of a certain rumor.

The ferryman is just a boatman, but because they are the ones who send people from one shore to the other, there are some folk legends that say that they also take into account the mission of traveling between the human world and the dead world, shuttling between the yin and yang worlds.

He didn't believe it originally, but today's changes in himself made him more uncertain, scared and confused.

He thinks that he is an ordinary man, he has never been productive since he was a child, and he is still a lame, where can he afford to be a messenger of the yin and yang worlds.

In the midst of this uneasiness, the constant sound of talking from the cabin made him feel better, at least he had someone with him.

Zhu Zi listened distractedly for a while, and the villagers were persuading the woman who jumped into the river, and from those words, he slowly spelled out the reason for the incident.

It turned out that the woman was from Taoshu Village half a mile away, formerly known as Zhang Daya, married to the Li family in the same village, and had been married for many years, but there was no news about her stomach, so she was sent back to her parents' house by her in-laws. As a result, her mother's father and brother wanted to sell her to the kiln in the city, saying that it was a chicken that would not lay eggs anyway, and it would be difficult to remarry, and he refused to raise her more.

Zhang Daya, who was desperate, finally escaped today while her family was not paying attention, only to find that the world was so big that there was no way out, so she was determined to die.

The villagers who sat in the same boat were persuasive, comforted, and scolded her cruel relatives, but in the end, there was no trick to help her get out of the predicament.

It is a great scandal for a woman to obey her father at home, to marry her husband, and to be divorced because she has no children, and now it is her father and brother who want to sell her, what can others do?

When the boat docked, Zhang Daya, who had been silently burying her head, pushed everyone away and quickly got off the boat, looking in the direction of a town a few miles away.

The pillar thought that was the end of the matter, although he was just a little unlucky, and someone ran into his boat and jumped into the river. Unexpectedly, a few days later, the Zhang father and son led a group of people to stop his boat and wanted to take him to the official, saying that he had abducted and sold his daughter.

The pillar looked at them in surprise: "W-what, your daughter is not in ......"

The Zhang father and son immediately interrupted him.

"Where is it! The big girl is gone, she just disappeared after taking your boat, didn't she go where you went if she was abducted! You pay my daughter!"

Zhuzi opened his mouth stupidly, he wanted to say that your daughter was standing behind you, dressed in a white dress and white dress, her beautiful face was very calm, and she was completely free from the madness of that day.

Suddenly, he was shocked, swept at the group of people, and the people around him who were watching the excitement, and was so shocked that he took a few steps backwards, tripped over a stone, and fell down!

Because he suddenly found that on the entire river beach, it seemed that he was the only one who saw the big girl, and the others couldn't see her at all.

Those who came to find trouble thought that he was afraid, and they couldn't help but be even more proud. They came apparently prepared, and insisted that his daughter had disappeared after taking his boat, or had been abducted by him. If you don't want to see the official, his Zhang family should marry his daughter to him, and since it is a marriage, then he must give a dowry, and the dowry will cost at least fifty taels of silver!

"Wow!"

The villagers who were waiting for the boat by the river and passing by all exclaimed: Fifty taels of silver! These peasant families bury themselves in the ground all year round and work without eating or drinking, and they can only save three or five taels of money at most, and the Zhang father and son only need fifty taels of silver for one mouth!

This is obviously bullying the pillar is not a local, and there is no one at home to support him.

Some villagers sneered and said, "Zhang Laizi, is your daughter's * made of gold? An abandoned woman who has no children and has been divorced dares to ask for a dowry of fifty taels of silver, is she crazy for money?"

The people in the countryside could say anything rude, which caused a crowd to burst into laughter.

The pillar covered his mouth in horror, because when he heard this, Zhang Daya, who had been stunned, suddenly moved, and pounced on the person who spoke with his teeth and claws!

"Don't!"

The pillar blurted out, but he didn't expect that the big girl really stopped, and became stunned again.

"Don't?" Zhang Laizi forced over viciously and grabbed the clothes on his chest: "If you say you don't want it, don't want it?" If you can't get the silver today, I'll take your boat to arrive!"

Although the pillar was lame, and at this time he was frightened by seeing something unusual, but he had been rowing all the year round, but he still had two forces in his hands, and he had no choice but to tear them with the other party.

Suddenly, a shout came down from the hillside, and when everyone turned around, they saw Aunt Chunhua carrying a stick as thick as her wrist, followed by a few women from Imagami Village, rushing down.

"Okay, you Zhang Laizi, you deceived people to my Iwashang Village!"

As he spoke, he hit the Zhang family and his son!

They didn't beat others, they only chased the father and son of the Zhang family, and scolded while beating: "The chicken thief called the donkey all day long, in addition to beating the mother-in-law and selling the daughter, he also dared to drill where there is a crack in the town every day, and today he dared to drill into my Yanshang Village, and you will definitely make you walk around without eating!"

The pillar was stupid, and after a few strokes, it was squeezed outside, and it couldn't be inserted.

Those who came to help were also stupid, and they saw a group of old ladies who were as fierce as tigers and wolves, and the Zhang father and son screamed and ran all over the ground!