Chapter 20: Swimming Against the Current
As he spoke, the summer rainstorm had already fallen, and the entire river was shrouded in rain, and it was hazy.
When Tang Yan heard him say this, she immediately clapped her hands and said, "Okay, brother Zhang, let's try." ”
Zhang Yongjie immediately turned the bow of the boat and put down the penny. Taking a big breath, the internal force of the dark luck was concentrated in both palms, and he slapped towards the river. But I saw that the boat stopped a little, and still went down the river. Zhang Yongjie urged three palms in a row, turning the internal force into a gale, but it still didn't help.
Tang Yan put her hands on Zhang Yongjie's back at the moment and said, "Brother Zhang, I'm here to help you." ”
Zhang Yongjie only felt a blazing palm power coming from his back, and he didn't hesitate at the moment, combining the internal strength of the two into one, and slapped towards the river.
The wind was fierce, and I saw that the river at the bow of the boat had sunken, but the river was turbulent and still could not go upstream.
Zhang Yongjie's competitive heart rose, and at the moment, regardless of his safety, he sat on the bow of the boat and sank his palms into the river around the hull. In an instant, the white waves rolled, and I only felt that the speed of the boat was slightly sluggish.
Although the strength of the two of them was combined, they could not swim against the current for half a point. The two of them withdrew their palms, looked at each other and smiled, both sweating profusely.
Zhang Yongjie pointed to the turbulent waters of the Yangtze River and said, "Sister Yan, one day, you and I will swim the Yangtze River again, and we will definitely be able to swim upstream." ”
Tang Yan nodded and smiled: "Of course." At this moment, the boat shook violently and nearly threw the two of them underwater.
Zhang Tang and the others were shocked, but they saw that a crack had been broken at the bottom of the boat, and river water was pouring into the crack continuously.
Tang Yan shouted: "It's not good, the boat has touched the reef, let's slide to the shore." ”
Zhang Yongjie immediately picked up the penny and leaned aside. But the harder he worked, the faster the boat spun around in the middle of the river.
Since they got on the Yangtze River, Zhang Tang and the others have decided to be happy, to ride the wind and waves, and to overcome the danger. That's when danger comes and goes.
Fortunately, the Yangtze River turned a big bay in front, Zhang Yongjie took Tang Yan's hand and said, "Sister Yan, the pass is coming, if you can't pass this pass, we will all be buried in the belly of the fish." ”
Tang Yan said: "Don't panic, don't panic." One, two, three jumps. ”
As soon as Tang Yan called three places, the two of them relieved their strength, took off into the air, and wanted to tread water and rush to the river surface of the bend in front.
I saw the two of them take six steps on the river, each step was several feet away, and by the time they reached the seventh step, Zhang Yongjie was already powerless. The foot was already on the knee, but it finally jumped up, and the head of the booth was already close at hand.
Zhang Yongjie's heart is not good, the river turns here, presumably even if this place is close to the shore, but it is also unknown. There is an undercurrent surging under the river, and this falling water is inevitably more dangerous. At the moment, he put all the remaining internal strength of his body into his arms, and wanted to throw Tang Yan ashore.
Tang Yan had already sensed the change in Zhang Yongjie's strength, but she tightly clasped Zhang Yongjie's palm, making it impossible to break free. At that moment, the other hand drew an iron whip from his waist and threw it towards the shore.
Only a dinging sound was heard, and the iron nail of the head of the iron whip had already reached a large stone on the shore. Tang Yan shouted: "Treading water again." ”
Zhang Yongjie knew what he meant and acted according to his words. The two took advantage of the power of the iron whip to jump onto the shore.
When the two of them looked back, where could they still see the boat on the river, which had already sunk into the turbulent river, and the bones were gone.
The two of them were young and frivolous, and when they looked back at this time, they thought about the danger just now, and they didn't have a trace of fear, they all wanted to be happy and enjoyable.
Zhang Yongjie said: "Sister Yan, although we have never gone upstream, but jumping half a river away in the rain can be regarded as a lot of pride. ”
Tang Yan retrieved the iron whip, wrapped it around her waist again, and said, "Of course, I hope that from now on, Saibei Jiangnan, Kunlun Canghai, and Yan'er will be able to be with Brother Zhang." ”
Zhang Yongjie knew that she was thinking of marriage again, and comforted at the moment: "Sister Yan, don't worry, I will go to the Tang Gate with you, you are your uncle's daughter after all, and I will never ask you to marry someone much older than yourself." ”
Tang Yan smiled faintly and didn't answer much. At the moment, the two of them walked along the riverside trail and crossed the Jiangjin ferry all the way east, frolicking and playing without hurry. Looking back silently, Yuzhou City is not far away.
Zhang Yongjie remembered "Flying Knife Cheats", which Ye Linger entrusted himself to keep, and these days have risen unexpectedly, and he forgot about this important thing for a while.
Zhang Yongjie thought about it, and then pulled Tang Yan to Chaotianmen Wharf.
Zhang Yongjie thought to himself, at first, he planned to stay in this Yuzhou city for ten days. This delay has passed for more than half a month, but I don't know how the two brothers Li Geng and Zhang Zhi are doing now.
In the pergola next to Chaotianmen Wharf, Li Geng was crossing Erlang's legs, drinking tea and knocking melon seeds, and holding a roll of account books in his hand. From time to time, he shouted: "Hurry up, there are still three ships to unload later." Second, you go find some more people, such a few people, when are you going to move to? ”
While talking, Li Geng saw Zhang Yongjie and Tang Yan. hurriedly said, "Brother Zhang, you're finally back." As he spoke, he found two stools and asked Zhang Yongjie to sit down.
Zhang Yongjie looked around and said with a smile: "It's good for you, you let your brother Zhang Zhi be busy, but you are drinking tea and singing here, so happy." ”
Li Geng said with a smile: "Then how do you say that the young and the young are orderly? Brother Zhang, when are we going to take a boat to leave, Uncle Zhang on the dock asked me to help him take care of things here, and I have to hand him over before leaving." Isn't this the same sister that night?"
Zhang Yongjie introduced Tang Yan to Li Geng at the moment, thinking that he had to go to Tangmen for a walk, as for when he would get out of the Three Gorges, it was uncertain. Then he said: "Don't panic, we have to stay in Yuzhou City for a long time, and now there is an important matter for you to do." ”
As he spoke, he took out the "Flying Knife Cheats" and handed it to Li Geng. The "Flying Knife Cheats" is wrapped in butter paper thickly, exactly the same as an ordinary package, and I can't see anything special.
Zhang Yongjie confessed: "You sent this thing to Yunding Mountain and handed it over to Ye Feichi with your own hands." ”
As soon as Li Geng heard that it was Ye Feichi's thing, he immediately carefully put the package into his arms. He beckoned to the straight hand and said, "Second child, come here." ”
Zhang Zhi unloaded a bag of goods, and after putting it away, he rushed over and greeted Zhang Yongjie and Tang Yan.
I only heard Li Geng say: "Second brother, the affairs on this dock will be handled by you in the next two days, and I have to go back to Baoqing Mansion." After two or three days, I'll be back, so you can arrange it quickly. ”
Zhang Yongjie sounded strange, and he didn't know what Li Geng was going to arrange. Seeing Zhang Zhi wave his hand, two sixteen-year-old teenagers rushed over, one of whom said, "Brother Geng, what does Brother Zhi command?"
Li Geng and Zhang Zhi shook out a lot of broken silver from their arms and put them on the table, and when the two of them combined, there were as many as fifty taels of broken silver on the table.
Zhang Yongjie said: "Before I thought about it, you only had twenty taels, but now there are as many as fifty taels." ”
Li Geng grinned and said: "This is all earned by us moving goods at this wharf, in the past, our two brothers carried it, and now I know a lot of friends, Uncle Zhang looks up to me, and divides the cargo volume of ten big ships every day, to our brothers, we find some people to carry it, and naturally we will make more money." ”
Zhang Zhi took about five taels from it, handed it to the two young men, and said, "Four taels of them, you two will go to Yuzhou City now to buy all kinds of dried fruits, turkeys and other local products, and then go to the Feiyuan Inn to bring Li Geng's horse." The remaining tael will be used to buy wine for your brothers. ”
The two teenagers took the money and went happily. Li Geng took out another five taels of silver from it and put it in his arms. took out twenty taels and handed them to Zhang Zhi, and there were still twenty taels left on the table to hand them over to Zhang Yongjie.
I only heard Li Geng say: "Brother Zhang, how can you do it without money, there is a little silver here, you take it on your body for emergency." ”
Zhang Yongjie said: "This is the money earned by your two brothers, how can I take it as a brother?"
Li Geng said: "What did Brother Zhang say, the three of us brothers came out of Baoqing Mansion together, and it was one glory and one loss." What's yours and mine, could it be that Brother Zhang will be prosperous in the future, and he will get rid of our two younger brothers?"
Zhang Zhi echoed: "That's it, that's it, the money of our three brothers is put together, and whoever needs it will use it." ”
Zhang Yongjie's heart is like a bright realm at the moment, knowing that the two of them are afraid of their embarrassment, so they can't let Tang Yan's sister pay for everything. But if you want to use the silver taels that these two younger brothers have worked so hard to earn for no reason, it is extremely unacceptable in your heart.
Zhang Yongjie said: "That's right, the three of us brothers came out together, it is a glory and a loss, but my brother doesn't need to use money in the near future, you keep this money first, and if you need it in the future, it's not too late to get it." ”
Li Geng saw that Zhang Yongjie insisted on this, so he asked Zhang Zhi to put away the other twenty taels of silver.
Li Geng said: "Brother Zhang, you don't need to be polite to our brothers. Since our brothers are with Boss Ye, even people bring money to Boss Ye, if you are polite to our brothers, you are polite to Boss Ye. But the elder brother is sent, but he commands. ”
Not long after, the two boys had already led Li Geng's horse over, and they were already big bags with two baskets of food and play, waiting for Yuzhou's specialties.
Zhang Yongjie said strangely: "Why are you bringing so many things back?"
Li Geng said: "Brother Zhang is smiling, our brothers are happy in this Yuzhou flower world, this time we are going home, naturally we have to bring some good things back to my father and mother and all the brothers and sisters near and far, of course there are good things to share." ”
Zhang Yongjie was suddenly moved in his heart, since he knew these two brothers, but he felt that these two younger brothers behaved quite decently. Although the two of them are young, they are also heroic.
Li Geng turned over on his horse, waved his horsewhip, and shouted, "Let's go." "Gallop north along the official road.
Zhang Zhi sat in Li Geng's previous position, and said with a grin: "Now it's my turn to do this position, you guys move quickly, there will be three ships of cargo later." ”
Zhang Yongjie explained a few words, and then came to Jiangbei with Tang Yan and slowly rushed to the direction of Tangmen.
Tang Yan said: "You two little brothers, you act magnificently and are likable. Zhang Yongjie remembered that the expenses required for these days were all paid by Tang Yan, and immediately said: "Sister Yan, I am two years old for my two younger brothers, so I can't bear to take their silver taels." ”
Tang Yan said: "Brother Zhang, there is no need to explain, isn't Yan'er as good as the two younger brothers? You are the elder brother, what should you do to help the two younger brothers, if you need it in the future, take it from Yan'er, our Tang Sect is not short of silver taels." ”
After that, I only heard two swishing sounds, and two copper coins broke out of the air. Tang Yan pointed and said, "Look, our Tang Sect's secret weapons are all copper coins. ”
Zhang Yongjie just smiled faintly, thinking that he couldn't use anyone's money. After staying for a while, I also went to the dock to resist the goods and make money for my own use.
The two followed the mountain trail all the way to the northeast. Zhang Yongjie knew that she didn't want to rush back, so she just enjoyed the good scenery along the way. The next day, the scorching sun was in the sky, and there were occasional cars and horses passing by on the official road.
At this time, the four of them rode horses and galloped past Zhang and Tang, and not far away, the four of them turned over and dismounted, stopped in front, and looked back at Zhang and Tang.