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Chapter 32
"There's nothing wrong now." Yushu looked gloomy.

"Then what happens next?" Zhou Rui asked.Yushu didn't answer and walked around him into the back cabin.Just as Zhou Rui was about to catch up, Chen Yanfeng's cool voice came from behind: "There will be nothing in the future, just die early."

Zhou Rui hurriedly turned around, Chen Yanfeng put his hands behind his back, and looked at him slightly, "I'm here to ask about your future plans. Miss Li plans to visit the capital first, and then walk around at random, I plan to accompany you Let her walk around and look around, and when she dies, bury her. We stop and go whenever we want, without any purpose. You are a person with hatred and ambition, follow us Not suitable."

"What disease does Miss Li have?" Zhou Rui's heart was twisted into a ball by Chen Yanfeng's words.

"I don't know, maybe it's a dying disease." Chen Yanfeng answered casually, but his face was very gloomy. "Everyone is going to die. She sees it very openly. You don't have to worry. Come to Zhoujiacun Pier this evening. You Just get off the boat, I don’t have much silver with me, so I’ll give you these ten taels of silver, and you can take care of yourself from now on.”

"I'm also going to the capital." Zhou Rui decided very quickly.

"We don't necessarily go to the capital directly. If Miss Li changes her mind, then she won't go to the capital. You are different from us, think about your elder brother." Chen Yanfeng frowned slightly, looking at Zhou Rui with a bit of disgust, Zhou Rui The family members all have the same problem, impulsive and ignorant of practice.

"When Miss Li changes her mind, I will go to the capital by myself." Zhou Rui's eyelids drooped slightly, his attitude was respectful.

Chen Yanfeng frowned even more tightly, stared at Zhou Rui sideways for a moment, then gave a vague hum, turned around and entered the cabin.

Zhou Rui raised his head slowly, looking up at the ever-changing clouds above his head, the sadness in his heart permeated his whole body from the inside out.

Li Yanhan huddled on the couch and discussed with Chen Yanfeng, "Even if it's not as warm as Pei Qing's boat, it can't be so cold? Let's light a stove, it's too cold."

"What to burn in the stove? If you burn wood, how much wood will you get if you keep burning all day? As for our ship, if all the empty space is filled with wood, it may not be enough for you to open and burn for a day. Besides, the wood will smoke when it is burned. If there is smoke, you have to open the window. Once the window is opened, won’t it be in vain?”

Chen Yanfeng's words made Li Yan a little discouraged, "Pei Qing's boat was also burning wood?"

"It's not wood, it's charcoal, silver bone charcoal, we can't afford it."

"See how generous you are with money, you can't even afford charcoal?" Li Yan was stunned. Chen Yanfeng looked at Li Yan from the corner of his eyes, "First, I am a generous person. I am generous even if I have money. Second, I I brought quite a lot of money with me on this trip, but I only brought enough for one person. Now that you, your girl, and Zhou Rui are included, there are three more people, one person and four people. , can it be the same? Thirdly, I am usually alone outside and have almost never stayed in an inn. Finding a place with a good view to meditate at night is much better than sleeping. Can you do it? You definitely can’t. You must stay in an inn. This As soon as I live there... ugh!" Chen Yanfeng let out a long sigh, "Let me just say, it would be great if you go to Duoyun Villa to raise them. If nothing else, at least you can burn them with silver bone charcoal."

"Forget it, just pretend I didn't say it." Li Yan interrupted Chen Yanfeng's emotion. Enjoyment and freedom cannot be both. It is really a painful thing to give up enjoyment for freedom.

"How about," Chen Yanfeng looked pitifully at Li Yan who shrank in again, "Let's go to Beijing by land instead of water. If we go by land, I can just hire you a car... It's not worth it, or Buy one, buy a mule, don’t need a coachman, I’ll drive the cart for you, so, let’s do the math...it can save a lot, at least you can save your charcoal money.”

Li Yan kept nodding her head while listening. She also thought it would be better to take the land route, at least she could experience the customs and customs along the way.Now on the boat, at first glance, there is nothing but water. It is really boring.

"Let's go to Liuting Wharf. Liuting Wharf is a big wharf. There are many people going south and north. It will be easier for them to find business if we get ashore. That's it. I'll go tell the boss of the ship." Chen Yanfeng made up his mind in a few words. Turn around and go out of the cabin to find the ship boss.

We walked to Liuting Pier for another two or three days.

Liuting Wharf is indeed a big wharf. The riverside section is densely covered with densely packed houses. From the wharf, after walking dozens of steps, the street diverges. Inns and warehouses are spread out in a fan shape.

This is the first town that Li Yan has seen that looks like a town.

Chen Yanfeng settled the bill with the boat boss, and the group of four first looked for a car dealer, buying a car is a big deal; because none of the four people in this group, including Yushu, was willing to carry luggage.

Chen Yanfeng grabbed a hawker selling sugar melons and asked where the largest horse-drawn carriage in the town was. The four of them went straight there.

Cars and horses were walking on the edge of the town, extending out into a large area. In the open space, cattle, donkeys, mules and horses were tied to rows of pillars. In the shed next to it, there were wheelbarrows, oxcarts, and a few watchdogs scattered randomly. A pretty nice looking big car.

Chen Yanfeng frowned as he looked at the crowded carriages and horses, Zhou Rui was also a little dazed, although Li Yan didn't know how to deal with the world, but seeing that both of them were frowning and not going in, he knew something was wrong, "Why? gone?"

"The boss of the ship said that Liuting Wharf has a small market every three days and a large market every ten days. As a rule, the cattle and horse shops do business in the big market. Today is not even a small market. Logically speaking, there should be very few people in the horse and carriage shop. "Zhou Rui explained.

Li Yan groaned. She didn't quite understand the big market and the small market, as well as the fact that some things must be bought during the market.

"Go in and have a look." Chen Yanfeng said, strode in, Zhou Rui hurriedly followed, Li Yan stared at his feet, tiptoed, dodged the dry and wet cow and horse poop all over the ground, and kept up with Chen Yanfeng and him as much as possible Zhou Rui.

In the innermost part of the carriageway, there were seven or eight mules and horses with shiny coats, strong and young, and Chen Yanfeng went straight to these mules and horses.

Standing at the door of the house behind Jian Mule and Ma, holding a small teapot in his hand, the man dressed as a shopkeeper, seeing Chen Yanfeng going straight to Jian Mule and Ma, hurriedly put the small teapot on the table, piled up a smile on his face, and greeted him. Chen Yanfeng came up a few steps, bowed his waist and said with a smile: "This gentleman looks like a nobleman at first sight, you have a good eye, look at these mules, they are all horse mules, these are four or six mules, this little one After three o'clock, these two horses are even better. They were originally bred to be given to the nobles in Yangzhou. They have been mixed with black beans and fine grass since they were young. They are fed at least four times a day. They are very strong... "

The shopkeeper introduced the horses one by one with great enthusiasm. The better the shopkeeper said, the tighter Chen Yanfeng frowned. The better, the more expensive it was. It was the horse that pulled the cart. There were two little girls on the cart. It didn’t need to be that good. Even an old donkey could pull it. Gotta move.

(End of this chapter)