RBCT Chapter 263 The Ferry
Chapter 263 The Ferry
Chapter 263 The Ferry
In the southwest corner of Zhanjie, a young girl was sitting by the ferry, her two white and tender feet like lotus roots paddling and pulling in the water.
The girl propped her chin, quietly looking at a ferry boat in the river.
On the ferry, an old man in coir raincoat was slowly supporting the boat, singing a melodious old tune.
"Qiu Niang, I earned [-] wen today, go get me a pot of wine later, it needs to be warmed up."
When the ferry docked, the old man in coir raincoat handed a small wooden bowl filled with copper plates to the girl.
"Okay, Grandpa, I want a sugar figure." The girl nodded with a smile, her eyes bent into crescents.
"Okay, after finishing drinking for me, you can go buy a sugar man." The old man in coir raincoat touched his beard and smiled kindly.
The girl counted the copper coins in the wooden bowl, took fifteen, and then got up to go to a nearby town to help her grandfather make wine.
But as soon as she turned around, she saw three more people behind her, and she was shocked.
Lu Zhou looked at the girl quietly, and couldn't help feeling in his heart, like, it's so similar!Ah Qing and her mother looked so much alike.
"Are the three going to cross the river? One penny each." The old man didn't notice how the three of Lu Zhou appeared, but seeing that the three of them didn't look like bad guys, he asked with a smile.
"Old man, we are not here to take a boat." Lu Zhou shook his head.
"Those three..." the old man asked with some doubts.
"Can you treat the three of us to a meal?" Lu Zhou asked.
The old man was taken aback when he heard the words, and then smiled and said: "If the three of you are really hungry, it's fine to have dinner together, as long as you don't dislike my simple food as a boatman."
As he said that, the old man pulled out a fish basket from the boat shed, "Caught a few fish by the way during the ferry today, and I can cook a pot of fish soup later, Qiu Niang, take the remaining copper plates and drink more wine. serve customer."
"Okay." The girl nodded, her gaze stayed on Lu Zhou and Yu Meiren for a while, and she murmured in a low voice, "It's really strange, how can there be a man who looks better than a girl like me."
Seeing his granddaughter going to drink, the old man greeted the three of Lu Zhou: "The three guests don't stand still, come and sit on the boat."
"Okay, thank you old man." Lu Zhou nodded.
Shaoyang and Poppy followed behind. Shaoyang sent a message to Lu Zhou: "That girl or this old man? Which one are you looking for?"
"That girl." Lu Zhou responded.
"Then what are we going to do later? Really eat?" Shaoyang asked via voice transmission.
"Eat first." Lu Zhou said via voice transmission.
"Well, this is also a living person, just like Wang Bing, kill him and get his soul? Is it a bit bad?" Shaoyang said via voice transmission.
"That can't be helped." Lu Zhou said helplessly through voice transmission.
Ah Qing wanted to see her mother, even if she was reincarnated, she would bring her mother-in-law back.
Shaoyang heard that he was not talking.
The old man in coir raincoat was very enthusiastic and asked where the three of Lu Zhou came from.
"We are idle people who have traveled all over the world. We came here by chance today, so we want to ask for a meal." Lu Zhou smiled.
"Hey, there's nothing we can't ask for. Meeting each other is fate. Old man, I'm really old and weak. Otherwise, I really want to wander around the world like you." The old man in coir raincoat waved his hand.
"The old man's conversation is extraordinary. He doesn't seem to be an ordinary person." Lu Zhou asked.
The old man replied: "When I was young, I was a bachelor in Luojing City. Later, I offended Long Yan and was demoted back to my hometown. My family was poor, so I simply punted people at this ferry."
Luojing City is the capital of the Daluo Dynasty. The Daluo Dynasty is second only to the Daluo Dynasty. He can become a great scholar of the Daluo Dynasty, which shows how knowledgeable this old man is.
Lu Zhou hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "It turned out to be a bachelor, a late student who has admired him for a long time."
"Hahaha, what kind of bachelor is a thing of the past, and now it's just a commoner."
While chatting with Lu Zhou and the others with a smile, the old man began to kill fish and cook pots.
Ten minutes later, the fish was cooked and thrown into the pot, and the old man took out the onion, ginger, garlic, vinegar, salt and so on.
Lu Zhou, Shaoyang, and Yu Meiren also helped to cook together.
During the period, Lu Zhou inquired about the girl from the old man again.
The old man recalled that the girl was not actually his granddaughter, but that when he was demoted to his hometown in late autumn, he heard the cry of a baby on the roadside, and then found an abandoned baby in the grass, so he adopted her and adopted her. Named Qiu Niang.
Lu Zhou was surprised that his mother-in-law's name after reincarnation was exactly the same as in her previous life, she was called Qiuniang.
"Grandpa, I'm back from buying wine."
The girl was bouncing around carrying two jugs of wine, and a sugar figurine in the other hand.
"It smells so good. Grandpa cooks the most delicious fish." The girl sniffed, with a happy smile on her face.
"Okay, Qiuniang, serve the three guests a meal." The old man took the jug and said.
"Yeah." The girl took a wine glass for Lu Zhou and the others, then took a bowl, and served them food one by one.
"Thank you." Lu Zhou smiled at Qiuniang.
"You're welcome." The girl smiled at Lu Zhou.
Drinking, eating fish, chatting.
After a meal, the sky was already hazy.
Lu Zhou stood up, bowed to the old man, and said, "Thank you for your hospitality."
The old man in coir raincoat nodded, then suddenly turned his head and said to the girl: "Qiu Niang, go for a walk on the shore first, I have something to say to these three guests."
"Okay." The girl was playing with the silhouette, she nodded upon hearing this, got up and left the boat.
Seeing this, Lu Zhou looked at the old man and asked, "Old sir, what do you want to tell us?"
At this moment, Lu Zhou has already used his mind reading technique to see what the old man is thinking.
The old man in coir raincoat took a sip of wine and said, "Are you here for Qiuniang?"
Lu Zhou was silent for a moment, then nodded slowly: "Yes."
"Do you know Qiuniang's life experience? Do you know where her family is?" The old man in coir raincoat looked at Lu Zhou.
"Yes, I'm here to take her to meet her family." Lu Zhou nodded.
"I believe in you, but Qiuniang grew up by my side, so I'm afraid I won't go with you." The old man in coir raincoat said, "My old bones will go to the ground sooner or later. It's better to let her follow you to find the family back home."
"Why does the old gentleman trust me so much?" Lu Zhou asked curiously.
"Old man, after all, I have lived to such an advanced age, so I still have some ability to judge people. Although you have a murderous look in your eyes and are not a good person, you have no malice or lust for Qiuniang. Therefore, I believe You." The old man in the coir raincoat said lightly.
"Then please ask the old man to help Qiuniang to go with us." Lu Zhou put a bag of money on the table in front of the old man, "I know that money can't make up for the kindness you have given Qiuniang, but this is I ask the old gentleman not to refuse the kindness I can give at the moment."
"I don't need these external things, but I do have a way to let Qiuniang go with you." said the old man in coir raincoat.
(End of this chapter)