I didn't intend to become a fairy

Chapter 43

"Mr. is leaving now, and it is too hasty, but the old man didn't entertain you well?"

"Where is Mr. Liu? In the past two days, Mr. Liu has treated each other with generous gifts, and I have lived well. Especially yesterday, Mr. Liu's enthusiasm and the simplicity of the villagers are rare in my life. In fact, I really want to stay here longer. A few days." Song You said sincerely to the old official Liu, "I'm just going to Long County here, and I have to bring a family letter for an old man. I have stayed for two days, and it is really inconvenient to stay longer."

In order to prevent him from overthinking, Song You showed him the letter sealed in the bamboo tube.

"even so……"

Old official Liu couldn't help sighing, and stamped on the ground with his cane, but sending letters is an important matter, and it's also a matter of faith, so he couldn't keep any more, so he just ordered people to fetch money and dry food.

"Sir drove away the evil tigers in my village and saved a lot of property. Besides, even if there is no husband, the old man will have to spend some money to send someone to the county to hire someone. It is reasonable and reasonable, and I should give something to you." Mr. Liu The official stood up with a cane, held up a plate of money and said to Song You, "It's unreasonable to give only some dry food, so prepare some money and give it to Mr. Song as money."

Song You looked down and saw that there might be two or thirty taels of scattered silver on a plate.

These days, most people cannot see so much money at one time, and it is far less than that much money to hire people to drive tigers from the county. Most of the money is a premium for "high-level people".

And Song You absolutely can't take this money.

Not to mention that yesterday's perception is worth more than a thousand gold, even the delicious food and drinks in the past two days, and the courteous treatment of distinguished guests, can offset his persuasion to leave the tiger.

This is the way things are in this world, one side does whatever they want, and the other side treats each other generously, there is really no need for anything else, even if they leave here, both parties will not feel guilty.

So he only took dry food, and didn't want any money.

Old official Liu was helpless, but he also felt that this little gentleman was very remarkable, and he was different from those strange people and folk gentlemen who also had some skills, so he personally sent him out with a cane.

"Mr., follow the main road to the right. If you have good feet, you can reach the county in about half a day's journey. This county is called Nianping County. If you want to rest in the city, or need help with something, you can go to the county government office." Find Master Liu Hong and Liu Yangsheng, he is the old man's second son. If you don't want to go, you can go to Long County by water, which is easier than land. Prepare food and grass, and the boat can also carry horses."

"waterway?"

"The water route is more stable and comfortable than the land route. Although my husband travels down the mountain, he doesn't know that Xuzhou has many mountains and rivers. This trip to Long County is even more picturesque, and it's comfortable to go down the river."

"What is the name of this river?"

"The Liujiang River leads all the way to Long County."

"Landscapes are picturesque..."

"That's right! People don't know about going to Long County here, but the old man told Mr. that it's better to go by water!"

"How to go by water?"

Song You gradually became interested.

For long-distance travel these days, if there is water, it must be a better choice than land.It's just that I wanted to appreciate the mountains, rivers and people in more detail before, so I didn't look for the waterway, but the old officials in front of me said so, and Song You also thought of taking the waterway to Long County.

The old official then told him in detail.

How to find the way, where the ferry is, how to take a boat, how much the price is, how to avoid being cheated, all explained in detail.

"Liu announces his resignation!"

"Go slowly, sir."

The old man was still shouting at the door with a cane.

The Taoist, the cat and the horse have gradually drifted away.

……

After a half-day trip, we arrived at Nianping County.

The world in my heart lit up again.

Song You heard a saying that in the minds of most people, the world and the world are just a concept, and even this concept may have great deviations.Even if you have seen maps and pictures, even if you have heard people describe a place in detail, it is gray, flat, and illusory, and only when you go to that place and really get there, it will be full, Be lit and become a three-dimensional real place in your mind.

The more you light up, the more complete the world in your chest becomes.

This is also the first time for Song You to travel far.

There are beautiful mountains and rivers, picturesque waterfalls, delicious rice noodles, and the temperature is warmer than Lingquan County, where Yidu and Taoist temples are located.

After eating rice noodles, cross Nianping County and stop taking the original road.According to the guidance of the old official Liu, Song You walked about twenty miles, then walked along the left road to Nianping Ferry, and when he reached a gentle hillside, his sight suddenly opened up.

I saw the shallow river bay below, the ancient ferry on the rocky beach, scattered small boats floating on the river, and the big boats were connected to ropes, and countless dark and short trackers were on the other end of the rope, each leaning forward and doing their best. , slanting, from a distance, I thought it was the shadow cast by the west slanting sun in the afternoon.

A faint voice floated from the air.

"Oh hoo...

"Hey...

"Yo ho oh..."

Most of them are syllables that cannot be heard, as if there is no language at all.I don't know how many mouths are shouting, and they merge into one piece, as if coming from the river beach far below, or from a more ancient time, mixed with the wind above the river crossing, which is more ancient and mysterious than Taoist scriptures.

Straight to the heart.

Song You stood in the wind at the mountain pass, stunned for a moment.

I feel that this is the echo of ancient history, the labor chant that has echoed for thousands of years on the Liujiang ferry, and the imprint of this era.Just listening to a sentence, it has been echoing in my mind non-stop. After listening to it for a while, it feels like a whine under high-intensity labor, which makes people feel depressed and desolate.

"Taoist, what are you doing?"

"Nothing."

"Why don't you go?"

"Let's go."

"What are they shouting?"

"I can't hear you either."

Song You just walked down.

The bay horse and cat followed behind.

I just saw the simple happiness of this era yesterday, and I saw it again today. This is also an era full of suffering.Perhaps there is no contradiction between the two. The happy farmers at the banquet yesterday and the hard-working boat trackers on the ancient ferry in Jiangkou today are a group of people, or perhaps contradictions are the norm in the real world.

This is also a scenery that cannot be seen on Yinyang Mountain.

Watching and walking, gradually went down to the edge of the ferry.

Song You only felt that the cloth shoes were thin and flimsy, and the stones hurt his feet.

"Is there a boat to Long County?"

"I'm going to Long County."

"Can I bring a horse?"

"A melon skin boat cannot carry a horse."

"Old people can take it!"

Song You followed the voice and looked.

A shed-roofed boat, neither too small nor too big, happened to be ungrounded in this shoal. An old man was standing at the bow of the boat, wearing a bamboo hat and coir raincoat, and several people were already sitting in the boat. up.

"how much is it?"

"Where are the guests?"

"Lingbo County."

"Lingbo County can't be reached, so we can only get off at the nearest ferry, and there are nearly a hundred miles of mountain roads to go up." The old man shouted loudly, his voice wandering like singing, "It takes six days to walk, two hundred yuan per person, A horse has to be calculated according to the money of two people, and the fodder is brought with you. As for the guests, if you don't like the smell of river fish, you can also take care of the food on board."

The three-flowered cat under its feet looked up at Song You.

Song You received her gaze and understood it.

"Don't cats want money?"

"What does the cat want?"

"A total of five hundred dollars, that's the price."

"550, get on the boat and leave."

"Give it all to Xiaoping."

"Guest officer, please come aboard."

Song You led the horse and cat to the boat.

Xiaoping is a common small copper coin.

A few years ago, the imperial court introduced some big coins, some worth five, and some discounted ten. As the name suggests, one coin can be used as five or ten ordinary copper coins, but the weight of one coin as Wutongbao and discounted tentongbao is not as heavy as that of ordinary copper coins. Or as heavy as ten, even though it has just been launched, and the Great Yan Dynasty was in its prime, the value has not depreciated much yet, but the acceptance of the people has gradually decreased. Anyway, a big coin with ten discounts is absolutely If it can't be used as ten coins, it has to be reduced.

That's why the boatman was so cheerful.

"The guest officer just let the horse stay at the bow, so you are not afraid of water?"

"Not afraid."

"That's good. As for Xie's feces, the old man will clean it up."

"It will try its best to go to the middle of the river. If the old man is willing to find a place to dock halfway, it will go down conveniently."

"The guest officer is obedient, and his words are also elegant, haha..."

"May I ask when we will leave?"

"Let's go!"

The boat drifted away from the shore easily, gently and gently.

Song You turned around and glanced, there were still four people sitting in the boat.

A scholar holding a book, and a family of three, a couple and a young girl, don't know why they travel far.

He didn't have time to think about it, he just stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the ancient ferry in the shoal that was getting farther and farther away, listening to the desolate and ancient chant, he seemed to be thinking, but he didn't seem to have anything.

But the scholar behind him saw him wearing Taoist robes, raised his head and said:
"Your Excellency is a Taoist gentleman?"

"I grew up in a Taoist temple since I was a child."

"Sir, didn't you see the transition port?"

"See you for the first time."

"Haha, it was novel when I saw it for the first time, but it's just like that after watching it for a long time!" The scholar is a talkative person, and he warmly invited, "It's windy outside, why don't you sit in the cabin, to tell you the truth, sir, I'm also a lover of Taoism Those who practice magic, they brought this Taoist scripture with them when they went out, and there are still a few days to go to Long County, so why don't you let me talk about wine?"

Song You still stood at the bow of the boat, only smiling.

The boatman's chant was getting farther and farther away, but the strange thing was that the farther away it was, the more charm and power it seemed to have.

The scholar doesn't know what's on his mind——

How can the Taoism be so good.

　I will ask for leave today, but I will not change it tonight, and I will bow and show my breasts.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)