Chapter 19: The Country Woodcutter

After waiting for a long time and not seeing Bai Rang come back, Yue Ziran instructed Grandma a few words, and Huang Rong walked out of the tavern with Xiao Er, who was full of wine and food, and walked along the street in the direction of West Lake.

The climate in Hangzhou is mild, and there are not many opportunities to see such heavy snow in winter. At this time, the snow on the ground has lost the softness it had when it first fell, and gradually dissipated into water. Although the residents of the city would sweep the snow from the street in front of their door, the slush still spread all over the street with the hooves of wheels and pedestrians.

Walking on the street, Huang Rong always wants to pick up the snow that has not been stained by the dust, and play with it in her hands. After a while, his little hands were red from the cold, but he still enjoyed it. Yue Ziran could only pull her over and help her tidy up the fox fur, then put his red hands in his palms to cover the heat, and said with a smile: "Do you know? ”

"you. Miss Huang was about to raise her foot and kick someone again, but Yue Ziran hurriedly let go and said, "Be careful, the fox fur is dirty and difficult to wash." ”

Huang Rong didn't kick again, but took a handful of snow and threw it at him. Yue Ziran flashed, stepped forward and grabbed her hand, preventing her from going to the snowball again, and persuaded her: "Don't make trouble, your hands won't look good if they're frozen." ”

After walking through a few alleys and passing through a market, the West Lake after the snow appears in front of you. It's just that at this time, the fog is thick, the sky and the clouds, the mountains and the water, up and down are white, making people feel a lot of loneliness. There is a trace of the causeway in the distance, and there are faint people walking on the embankment, thinking that it is the crowd of juniors watching the competition.

On the Su Causeway, the snow has not yet been cleared, and a few footprints have reached the opposite shore, and the lake is full of people and birds, except for a slightly larger boat similar to the Shaoxing awning moored in the distance, accompanied by the broken ice in the lake.

Yue Ziran and Huang Rong walked to the front of the boat and happened to see the boatman cleaning up the fish that had just been caught at the bow of the boat. And a little girl wearing a torn cotton jacket and a girl with a black face painted with charcoal was sitting in the cabin with a fire, and from time to time handed warm wine to the boatman to drink and warm.

"Boat family, is the fish eaten at home?" asked Yue Ziran. When the boat owner heard this, he raised his head and saw that Yue Ziran and his party were dressed gorgeously, so they became a little restrained, but just waved their hands, indicating that they were not eating at home. But the little girl in the cabin turned her head and said crisply: "Grandpa is going to the market to sell new clothes for Nannan." ”

Yue Ziran nodded, took out a silver ingot, and said, "Boatman, I have taken care of both your fish and the boat." ”

The boatman hurriedly waved his hand and asked, "It's okay for Childe to charter a boat, I'm afraid that Childe can't eat too much fish." ”

Yue Ziran had already stepped on the boat, and after helping Huang Rong to get on the boat, he said: "The boatman is too worried, I open a tavern, and I can eat as many fish as I want." ”

But the boatman waved his hand again and said, "There is too much money, and I have no broken silver." ”

Yue Ziran smiled, handed the silver to the little girl, pinched her nose by the way, and said: "There will be more opportunities to use the boat in the future, so you should pay for it first, just buy a new dress early, don't freeze it." ”

Without waiting for the boatman to excuse herself, the little girl said sweetly and crisply, "Thank you, brother." ”

The boatman untied the rope and began to prop up the boat slowly. Occasionally, a layer of broken ice in the lake stops the ripples of the penny, so the lake appears calm. Xiao Er put down the things he was carrying one by one, warmed the wine, and prepared a plate of processed shrimp and crab and sauce for wine, before walking to the bow of the boat, picking up a fish ready to clean up for a while to make fish soup for Huang Rong.

"Is that Leifeng Pagoda over there?" Huang Rong, who was sitting quietly, suddenly pointed to the top of the mountain not far away, where there was a tower faintly in the mist.

"Yes. Yue Ziran glanced in the direction of her finger and said.

Huang Rong rolled her smart eyes and said, "It's sunny another day, we must go to the tower to have a look." ”

Yue Ziran smiled, pulled her right hand into her hand and played with it, "You are still serious." ”

Huang Rong smiled, and sighed again at the end: "If it's true, how good." ”

After the boatman supported the boat and approached the white causeway, the boats on the lake gradually increased, and slowly gathered towards the broken bridge, Yue Ziran glanced at the crowd on the embankment and asked, "What, hasn't the competition started yet?"

"It only started at noon. "The boatman obviously knows about the tournament as well.

Yue Ziran chuckled, thinking that this was bigger than the sword pomp of Huashan, so he no longer looked at the shore, and ordered the boatman to go to the Huxin Pavilion.

After chatting with the boat family for a few more words, I heard that the little girl's parents had died of illness in the plague, and now the grandfather and grandson depended on each other.

Yue Ziran couldn't help sighing, turned his head and saw that Huang Rong was cleaning up a fish, and after coating some seasonings on the left and right, he put it in the hot water that Xiao Er had already boiled. Nan Nan had already washed her hands at this time, and squatted beside Huang Rong in a proper manner, watching her busy.

Yue Ziran took out a pot of warm wine. He said to the boatman: "Let's hold it for a while, let's have two drinks." ”

"Okay. The boatman answered, and the penny held up a few more times, sailed into a lotus pond full of dead lotus leaves, and wiped it on the water with the penny, so that the boat slowed down, and then entered the cabin.

The boatman took a sip of warm wine and couldn't help but praise: "Good wine, good strong wine, it's Liu Laosan's wine." ”

"That's right. Yue Ziran toasted the boatman's cup. The boat man sighed: "Liu Laosan's wine, I can't detect it when it's hot." Now take a sip on this cold day, and suddenly feel like a fairy-like enjoyment. ”

Yue Ziran smiled, pointed to the plate of Huang Rong's freshly prepared dishes and said, "Old man, try this." ”

The old man tasted it, and after a long aftertaste, he couldn't help but sigh. Yue Ziran was surprised, tasted another dish, and didn't feel anything different, so he asked, "Does the old man think this dish is not delicious?"

The old man shook his head and said with a wry smile: "The girl's good dishes, after eating the girl's dishes today, the old man is afraid that he will not be able to eat for a few days in the future." After that, he shook his head again and said with a smile: "Well, what you have eaten is better than what you have not eaten." ”

The little girl took the dish from Yue Ziran, ate a few bites, and praised: "The dishes made by my sister are as delicious as grandpa's Dongpo meat." ”

Hearing this, Yue Ziran, Huang Rong and the boatman all laughed.

At this time, the fish soup made by Huang Rong is also good, and the fragrant and fresh taste can be smelled even from afar. She brought it up, sat down next to Yue Ziran and persuaded, "Drink less wine." ”

Yue Ziran signaled to save it, and talked about some anecdotes in the countryside with the boatman, but was interrupted when he was talking about the right place. "Good food" and "good wine", almost at the same time, two voices sounded outside the ship. Before Yue Ziran poked his head out, the hull of the boat shook slightly, and there were two more people in the bow. One of them was dressed as a woodcutter in the countryside, about forty years old, with a wooden expression, wearing straw sandals, a green cloth shirt and trousers, a thick straw rope tied around his waist, and a short axe for chopping wood, and there were already several notches in the blade of the axe. The other person was completely dressed as a scholar, with a ruddy face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, official boots on his feet, a silk dress, and a simple knife at his waist.

(It's a little late, I hope nothing is delayed, otherwise it will be a sin.) )

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