And said you're not a fairy

Chapter 122

"I'm neither god nor immortal, just an ordinary Taoist."

Chen Yuan shook his head.

"What are your two names?"

Chen Yuan asked the boys and girls who saw him entering the river last time.

"My name is Chunyan, and his name is Tongtong."

The girl pointed at another boy and said to Chen Yuan.

"They're all good boys."

Chen Yuan leaned over with a smile, and touched the heads of the boys and girls.

"Go ahead and play, Pindao will go first."

Chen Yuan said.

While talking, Chen Yuan walked towards Qingmu Town, the three buffaloes blocking the road, took the initiative to make way for Chen Yuan, and Chen Yuan quickly disappeared from the children's sight.

As for the children who were frightened in place just now because they saw Chen Yuan walking to the bank from the river, except Chunyan and Tongtong, they gradually came back to their senses after Chen Yuan left.

"This Taoist looks like a god!"

"That's right, Tongtong and Chunyan didn't lie to us, everyone saw it just now."

"Tongtong and Chunyan even talked to this Taoist priest."

"Come on, let's go home and tell our parents that a fairy has come to Qingmu Town."

"I think we'd better not go home and tell our parents. Our parents haven't seen the scene of the god walking ashore from the river. Even if we tell them, they won't believe it."

"That is, in case this immortal does not want others to know his identity, if we tell our parents his identity, it will anger the other party."

A group of children were discussing, some wanted to go home and tell their parents the news.

Some people feel that it is not good to go home and tell their parents the news of their encounter with a god, as this will offend the god.

"I think what the two of them said makes sense. Let's not tell our parents. We just need to know about it ourselves."

"That is, if we tell our parents, they may not necessarily believe us."

At this time, the boy Tongtong and the girl Chunyan who had just talked to Chen Yuan spoke.

Because just now when a group of children were scared and overwhelmed, Tongtong and Chunyan dared to talk to Chen Yuan, which made the other children admire them very much. Everyone listened to what Tongtong and Chunyan said.

No one clamored anymore, they wanted to go home and tell their parents about this matter, and this matter became a secret kept by everyone.

……

When he came to Qingmu Town, Chen Yuan went to the pier to ask.

Only then did I realize that although there are many passenger ships passing through Qingmu Town every day, they are all fully loaded and there are few vacancies.

And Qingmu Town is just a small town where ships pass by for supplies, and not many guests disembark and disembark from here, which makes it completely dependent on luck to get on a boat from Qingmu Town.

Sometimes, if an empty ship with a place is docked, you can get on it in a day.

If there is no passenger ship with a place to dock, it is not uncommon to wait in this small town for a few days or ten days.

"If the Taoist chief really wants to take a boat and doesn't want to waste time, the Taoist chief can take a cargo ship, but the cargo ship is not as good as a passenger ship, but the Taoist chief can go to a slightly larger pier to change to a passenger ship."

On the pier of the small town, Chen Yuan found a porter who looked to be in his early 40s, with a weathered face, a strong body, wearing linen clothes and thick calluses on his shoulders and hands, and asked about the boat ride. The porter said to Chen Yuan.

"Can the cargo ship be boarded at any time?"

Chen Yuan asked the porter.

"Yes, the boats that dock at the town's wharf to supply food and water are basically cargo ships."

The porter said to Chen Yuan.

"Thank you for letting me know."

Chen Yuan thanked the other party.

"It's a villain's honor to be able to help the Taoist priest."

The porter put his posture very low, and he looked a little panicked.

Ordinary common people respect the monks who walk outside.

After saying goodbye to the porter, Chen Yuan stood on the pier and waited, and asked several cargo ships that were docking, but basically there was no extra space, and he was not going to take anyone with him.

Finally, on the fifth ship, I found a cargo ship willing to take passengers.

After discussing the price, the two parties finally agreed on the price. This cargo ship was also going to Jianghuai City. If Chen Yuan had been taking this cargo ship to Jianghuai City, the price would be about [-] yuan, including food and miscellaneous expenses.

If Chen Yuan wants to get off the ship halfway and change to a passenger ship, that's perfectly fine.

As long as Chen Yuan said in advance, the boss of the boat would return the extra money collected to Chen Yuan.

The price of [-] big bucks is neither expensive nor cheap.

If Chen Yuan takes a passenger ship, the price will be half as expensive as that of a cargo ship because it is more comfortable.

And this is the price of going upstream, if it is going upstream, the price will at least double.

And taking a boat was already the cheapest way to travel in the ancient world. Compared with taking a boat, if you go out and lie far away in a horse-drawn cart and an ox cart, not to mention the dangers encountered on the road, people eat horse chews plus accommodation. It's a little more expensive than taking a boat.

Because of the huge cost of traveling far, most ordinary people in Dayong have never traveled far in their entire lives, and they have only been to the farthest place, which is the county seat.

A little further away is Fucheng.

There are very few who can leave the house.

After the agreement was reached, Chen Yuan successfully boarded the cargo ship. After boarding the cargo ship, Chen Yuan found that the cargo ship he was on was a large cargo ship with a length of 21 feet and a width of eight feet.

"Daoist Qingming, the bottom floor of this ship is our cargo area. Guests on board are not allowed to enter. You can only move around on the first floor of the cargo ship."

The boss of the ship who brought Chen Yuan onto the ship took Chen Yuan to stroll on the first floor of the cargo ship to see the situation on the cargo ship, and said to Chen Yuan.

The boss of the ship is not a kind character with a kind face and the appearance of a rich man on land.

It was a burly, middle-aged man wearing a strong suit, with sharp and fierce eyes, and a bare head, but he was not a monk.

"Okay, Pindao remembered."

Chen Yuan nodded in agreement.

"In addition, we will send the Taoist priest to the room for every meal, but the taste of the food is not very good. After all, it is on the boat. I hope the Taoist priest understands. As for whether to eat or not, it is the Taoist priest's business."

After visiting the first floor of the cargo ship, the boss of the ship took Chen Yuan to the first floor, in front of a very small room, and said to Chen Yuan at the door.

Although the boss of this boat looks fierce, his attitude towards Chen Yuan is very respectful.

"Is this the room that Pindao will stay in next?"

While Chen Yuan asked the boss of the boat, he looked at the small room in front of him.

I saw that the room was extremely small, no more than seven feet long and three feet wide, and there was nothing else in it except a small wooden bed, and there was no other space except a passage that could accommodate only one person. .

"That's right. In the next few days, the Taoist chief will be staying in this small room. It's a bit small, but there's no way around it. Our ship itself is a cargo ship, and this small room is also for the crew to live in."

"It's not that there are a few crew members missing this time, and I won't think about bringing a few guests along the way."

The boat boss explained.

"Pindao knows."

Chen Yuan nodded.

"Master Daoist, you have already boarded the ship. Do you think you should pay for the ship's fare first?"

The boat boss was about to leave, so he reminded Chen Yuan.

While speaking, the tone was very polite, not daring to show off in the slightest.

Because he had carefully observed the young Taoist in front of him.

Don't look at the young age of the other party, but judging by the Taoist robes he is wearing, his temperament and appearance, and the sword box on his back, the fact that the other party dares to walk outside alone shows that the other party is not an ordinary person.

Either a young chivalrous man who walks the rivers and lakes with unique skills, or a master Taoist who knows how to draw magic spells from some Taoist temple, or who knows how to draw talismans and chant mantras.

No matter which one it is, it is not something he, the boss of the ship, can provoke.

Chen Yuan didn't say much, and directly counted 55 coins from his pocket, and handed them to the boss of the boat.

"Remember the extra. If your cargo ship docks for supplies or something, you can help Pindao buy some food from the shore and send it to Pindao so that we can improve our food."

Chen Yuan said to the old ship in front of him.

"Okay, no problem."

Seeing that Chen Yuan gave the money so readily, the boss of the boat inspected these big ones one by one by weighing them and listening to the sound, and made sure that they were all big eternal treasures without any moisture and of sufficient quality and quantity, he said with a smile.

They are cargo ships, and they didn't have this service, but who let this one in front of them be a Daoist who I can't be sure about!

If you have trouble, please trouble me!
One thing more is worse than one thing less, anyway, it is also a matter of going along the way.

"Okay, Daoist, you rest. If you have anything to do, you can call me or other crew members on the ship."

"In addition, there are a few other guests on the boat who are on the same boat as you. They are all fellow travelers. You and them have a good time."

After exhorting Chen Yuan, the boss of the boat took his leave and left.

Chen Yuan glanced at the small room, he didn't intend to spend the whole day in this small room and just stay bored for a whole day.

He turned around and came to the deck. Standing on the bow of the ship on the edge of the guardrail, he saw that the cargo ship was leaving the pier and heading for the center of the river.

Soon the cargo ship came to the center of the river, and traveled down the river at an extremely fast speed, like an arrow riding the wind and waves, passing through the river, Qingmu Town soon became a small point, and was left behind by the cargo ship , gradually disappeared from Chen Yuan's sight.

But soon Chen Yuan didn't have time to pay attention to these, because he found that the mountains were retreating quickly while the cargo ship was moving. He stood on the bow of the ship, and the river wind blew on him, making the hem of his Taoist robe rattle.

This feeling and this scene made Chen Yuan's previous life study, and the poems of immortals that he had almost forgotten, resurfaced in his mind again!

The green hills on both sides of the strait face each other, and the lonely sail is approaching the sun...

Just as the cargo ship passed by, Chen Yuan was admiring the scenery on both sides of the river.

"Chen Yuan, you're suffocating us, let us out quickly."

At this moment, a mouse and a dog's head emerged from Chen Yuan's back, and a girl's voice, which disrupted the atmosphere, shouted behind Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan had no choice but to release Xueniang from his burden.

"There are other people on board, so don't talk unless necessary."

After releasing Xueniang, Chen Yuan warned Xueniang.

"Understood, isn't there no one else around now?"

Xue Niang agreed nonchalantly.

While speaking, she looked around, and was deeply attracted by the scenery on both sides of the river.

She had never seen this kind of scene of being on a boat, moving fast, and the scenery on both sides of the river passing by quickly.

"It turns out that this is taking a boat. It is indeed much more interesting than traveling."

Xue Niang looked around intently.

"If you look at it for a while, you just got on the boat. Once you get used to it, you will feel that the scenery is nothing, and you may even feel a little bored."

Chen Yuan joked Xueniang said.

"Xueniang doesn't. Xueniang thinks that beautiful scenery is always beautiful, and she can keep looking at it. The reason why human beings feel unbeautiful and bored after seeing too much is not because the scenery has changed, but because your human mood has changed."

Xueniang didn't believe what Chen Yuan said at all.

"You'll know after a while."

"The reason why you think the scenery on the boat is beautiful is because you have come to a place where others are tired of staying from a place where you are tired of staying, so you feel beautiful."

Chen Yuan continued to talk to Xue Niang.

After finishing speaking, Chen Yuan didn't give Xueniang a chance to refute himself, turned around and left, and returned to the small room arranged for him by the boss of the boat just now.

As he said just now, if he went directly to Jianghuai City this time, he would have to take a boat for several days. If he wanted to see the scenery by the river, he would have plenty of time.

Chen Yuan just took out the "True Treasure Collection Without Roots" that he had obtained in Linjiang County and hadn't read much, and he hadn't had time to read two pages.

Then I heard the anxious and angry voice of the boat boss from outside:

"Why are there still rats on this boat, and it's still such a big white rat! Are you crew members just eating? If the rats bite through the bottom of the boat, not only will this trip not make money, but you will also lose a boat." ship, but also to compensate other people’s goods.”

"Master Feng, we don't know, we obviously checked before we left."

"Yes, Lord Feng, I can testify."

The bewildered explanations of the crew members also reached Chen Yuan's ears.

Hearing this, Chen Yuan put the books on the bed, put on his shoes and socks, and came to the deck. Then he saw that the little yellow dog had been caught, and was held by the neck and carried in the hands of a crew member.

And Xueniang was avoiding the capture of the crew, easily playing with the crew, jumping up and down on the deck.

"It's a misunderstanding. Both the dog and the mouse were raised by Pindao. They both have spirituality. When they saw no one was around, they were released to breathe on the deck."

Chen Yuan walked up to the boat boss and explained.

"These three children were raised by the Taoist priest?"

The boss of the boat was a little surprised.

"That's right, it was raised by the poor."

Chen Yuan nodded.

"Don't worry, the white mouse raised by Pindao is a strange beast. It has human nature and will not bite the boat. If something goes wrong, Pindao is willing to take responsibility for the compensation."

Then Chen Yuan said again.

"If an ordinary three-squeaker really doesn't grow so big, since it's a pet beast raised by the Taoist priest, then I'll give the Taoist priest a face."

This boat is old avenue.

"You guys stop."

The boss of the ship stopped it, and said to several crew members who were arresting Xueniang on the bow of the deck.

Hearing the order from the captain of the ship, the exhausted and panting crew members stopped. After they stopped, seeing that they were out of danger, Xue Niang immediately ran behind Chen Yuan out of breath. , hiding behind Chen Yuan and refusing to come out.

This made the boat boss confirm that what Chen Yuan just said was true, and the boat boss ordered someone to return the little yellow dog to Chen Yuan.

(End of this chapter)