A canopy boat swayed on the vast Dongting Lake, like a drop in the ocean.

Dongting is really big, vast soup, boundless. This side of Yueyang Tower is just a small corner. Because its building stands, it has become the most famous scenic spot in the entire Dongting.

In the middle of the great lake, there are many islands. The big one is like land, and the small one is just a huge stone...... Many of the islands are lush with forests, birds and even people. However, some fishermen simply live on the island and live a free life.

It was dusk, and the sun was setting, reflecting the afterglow on the lake, which was extremely enchanting.

This is the first time Chen Sanlang has taken a boat to the lake, and what he sees is quite different from what he saw when he climbed Yueyang Tower. Climb high and look far away, even though the mountains and rivers are beautiful, but always stay outside, and now take a boat into the lake, which is equivalent to being immersed in the scene, and have a different understanding.

"If you want to dissipate your sorrows for your life, Yueyang Tower on Dongting Lake;

The scenery in front of him was surging, looking back and seeing Yueyang Tower getting farther away, Chen Sanlang couldn't help but be excited, and immediately opened his mouth to chant.

Xu Nianniang, who was holding the boat, listened, and her eyes flashed. At the beginning, he allowed his daughter to associate with Chen Sanlang, and most of the reason was that he felt that this kid was full of talent and did a good job in poetry. The so-called "poetry and words" can be seen.

Of course, Xu Jun was also attracted by Chen Sanlang for the same reason.

In this era of words and ink, poor scholars can "abduct" rich ladies, and most of them have to rely on these things.

Although the Xu father and daughter were born as martial artists, they were unusual, literate and able to read, and occasionally make some poems.

The prosperity and accumulation of the literary world of the dynasty for hundreds of years are subtle and far-reaching, is it just talking?

It's just that when Great Xia overturned, turmoil arose, and all extravagance and softness became grief and sorrow. The hatred of the country, the death of the Spring and Autumn Period, in the end, became a river of flowing water, although it went east.

Xu Nianniang shook the oars and suddenly said, "San Lang, it's time to cook." ”

So Chen Zhuangyuan, who was still standing on the bow of the boat with his hands behind his back and chanting poetry at the last moment, bent down into the narrow cabin and began to wash rice and cook.

The rice and grain were all brought by themselves, but the pots and bowls and other things were left by the fishermen, which basically belonged to the things that had been used for many years and were not worth a few dollars.

Chen Sanlang is not a son and brother who is arrogant and expensive, although he has cooked only a handful of times in person, he can cook.

Fishermen go out to fish and hunt, often go for several days, so they take the boat as their home, and all kinds of life on the boat are arranged at home, which is quite complete, and it is good to know how to use it. There is also a hidden compartment in the cabin, which stores water and is used to hold fish. Chen Sanlang groped to open it, and saw that the water inside was rippling, and only two or three small fish swam, it seemed that the fisherman's harvest was very poor.

It's no wonder that the population of Dongting has increased dramatically recently, and there is a miasma of smoke, all of them rely on water to draft, and they come out to fish every day, even if Dongting Lake is big, they can't help fishing and hunting like this. Besides, in fact, in the huge lake, most of the fishermen fish on the periphery and do not dare to go deep into it.

There is no other reason, because this is Dongting, where Long Jun is.

The depths of the Great Lake are not only deep and wide, but also extremely dangerous. Since ancient times, rumors of demons making waves have never stopped.

Not only are they rumored, but in fact, the fishermen who go to the deep lake area are always gone and never returned.

Over time, the deep lake area has become a forbidden area, and no one is allowed to enter. The fishermen who begged for a living stayed away, and the literati who came out to play also avoided it. For thousands of years, the Deep Lake District has become more and more mysterious, and no one even knows what it looks like inside.

Chen Sanlang came out and said, "Father-in-law, come up with a fish." ”

Xu Nianniang didn't speak, she held a pole in her hand, calmed down, suddenly came out of the pole, swished, clean and neat, and when she lifted it again, there was already a big fish on the pole head. It looked like it was more than two feet long, extremely fat, and its tail was still wagging constantly.

It's a fine wild fish!

It's good to have a stunt, and even fishing is superior.

Chen Sanlang hurriedly came up to fetch the fish, took out a knife, and scraped the scales with his hands and feet.

Xu Nianniang watched from the side and nodded secretly. Chen Sanlang's skills can only be said to be average, but he has nothing to say about doing things, which is really rare. In any case, this son-in-law is already the lord of a state, and he also has the ambition to enter the world. Such a character, but he is nested in a black canopy boat to cook and kill fish, and no one will believe it. This shows that Chen Sanlang's heart is indeed different.

There are many people's hearts, and it is difficult to go up and down. When you are accustomed to eating the delicacies of the mountains and seas, you can't eat coarse noodles and steamed buns, and when you are used to hugging from front to back, you can't bear the loneliness.

Xu Nianniang reads a lot of people, but rarely sees people like Chen Sanlang.

Not long after, Chen Sanlang cleaned up the fish and prepared to put it in the pot, while asking: "Father-in-law, it's not early, should we find an island to anchor and spend the night?"

The lake is so vast that it is not advisable for boats to stay on the water, as they will drift with the current and get lost if there is no one to row, and more importantly, there will be wind and waves on the lake. Don't look at the silence now, once the wind blows, the waves are even higher than the mountain, and a wave of waves hits, whether this canopy boat can hold up is very questionable.

A boat, after all, is a boat.

This is one of the reasons why most fishermen are afraid to go deeper, because they simply do not have the conditions to own large boats.

Xu Nianniang is an old Jianghu, she understands herself, she raised her eyes to watch, and stretched out her hand to point: "Let's stop on that island tonight." ”

It was a small island, low and flat, and it looked like a conch, but I don't know if it really has its name.

This body of water still belongs to the outer scope of Dongting, and there are few people on the island, and I saw a wisp of cooking smoke wafting up.

The island is home to people, indicating that it is safe.

It is not casual for the boat to dock, you need to find a suitable place, otherwise you will accidentally run aground on the reef and even damage the ship. However, due to its small size, light weight, and low draft, the canopy boat that the two of them are driving now can pass through many waters, so they are not afraid.

Xu Nianniang immediately moved her wrist lightly and rowed the boat towards the island. A quarter of an hour later, when she arrived at the shore, Xu Nianniang found a good place to stop the boat, stopped, stepped ashore, and tied the boat to a tree on the shore with a thick cable.

At this moment, Chen Saburo has already lit a fire and is cooking fragrant fish soup - the conditions are limited, it is difficult to do tricks, and fish soup is the best choice.

The stove was burning firewood, so there was no need to look at the fire, Chen Sanlang went out and wanted to see what the environment of the island was, so he saw Xu Nianniang standing on the shore, looking up, and said abruptly: "That person is strange!"