The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 86
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"What this young man said makes no sense."

The boat lady snorted and said, "If I told the news to the two sons in advance, would the two still charter the boat? Besides, the usual waterway blockade is only a day or half a day at most, and the two of you won't even take this time Can't wait?"

"You..." Wang Shouren choked with anger when he heard this.The boat lady looked like a dead pig not afraid of boiling water, Wang Shouren couldn't help feeling that they were boarding a pirate boat.

They had traveled quite a distance by boat along the river, and even if they wanted to change to the dry road at this moment, they couldn't find any carriages and horses. They could only hope that the officer who blocked the river road would pass by soon.

"Two young masters, please take it easy. If you need anything, just call my servant."

The boat lady deliberately cast a wink at Wang Shouren, and almost made Mr. Wang angry.

"Okay, Brother Shouren, why should you get angry with this kind of person."

After the boat lady left, Xie Shen began to comfort Wang Shouren.The sage Confucius said that only women and villains are difficult to raise. This seems to be not unreasonable.
Isn't it just waiting, Xie Shen doesn't believe that this big man can really make them wait for ten days and a half months.

At this time, Wang Shouren was not in the mood to appreciate the scenery by the river, and even the song "Linjiang Fairy" written by Xie Shen just now couldn't arouse his interest.The two looked at each other and smiled wryly, sighing again and again.Although Xie Shen prayed desperately in his heart, he could obviously feel that the speed of the boat had slowed down.

The scenery outside the window changed from green hills to rows of awning boats. Hearing the boatmen chatting in the local dialect, Xie Shen laughed at himself: "Brother Shouren, this is the first time I have seen so many awning boats gathered at the pier. It was a worthwhile trip.”

"Happy ears in bitterness, happy ears in bitterness."

Wang Shouren sighed quietly, poured a glass of wine for himself and Xie Shen, and sighed: "When we arrive at Qiantang Longjing in Hangzhou, I'm afraid we will have to drink it every day. God is afraid that we won't have time to drink, so let us drink it at this time." Enough."

It was Wang Shouren's decision to go by water, so he naturally didn't say much.To use a popular saying in later generations, the road you choose must be walked to the end with tears in your eyes.
It was already late May, and the weather was getting hotter.

It was noon and the sun was high.The surface of the river is like a hot cage grate, and the interconnected black-covered boats on the pier are wrapped in the rising water vapor, appearing and disappearing from time to time.

Just now, I was walking in the middle of the river, and I didn't feel anything wrong with the breeze blowing on both sides. Now that the boats are gathered together, Xie Shenfang feels that it is so hot!
Sweat trickled down his neck, soaking the skirt of his clothes, making him very hot.Xie Shen looked at Wang Shouren on the opposite side, his face was also tortured by the heat.

Both of them are scholars, so they can't enjoy the cool shirtless at this moment.Although the "Sanmingwa" has already been covered by them, God knows if the boat lady will suddenly rush into the cabin.
The concept of men and women's great defense was still deeply rooted in the Ming Dynasty, Xie Shen didn't want to be scolded as a disciple just for the sake of being cool for a while.

But those boatmen who make a living on the river don't care about this much.Xie Shen looked out the window, and saw the boatmen who were rowing and rowing the boats, all shirtless, sitting cross-legged on the bow, chatting with each other.

"Oh my god, you can steam someone to death in less than six months. Look at this poisonous sun, our men won't lose a layer of skin after being baked in a day."

"If only the skin peeled off, it would be fine. After steaming for a day, it must be cooked through. Our men are not like their scholars, who hold the ice in the winter cold and the fire in the summer heat. Why bother to suffer this crime. Wait like this When do we have to wait?"

"It's hard to say, the official ship is leaky, and the official horse is thin. Maybe there is something wrong with the boat that the old man is on."

The boatmen complained to themselves, showing no intention of stopping.Xie Shen frowned, but leaned over to the window and poked his head out.

"This old man invited me, so I would like to ask, does this old man know which adult we are avoiding?"

"Judging from the young master's appearance, he should also be a scholar. The little old man advises the young master not to inquire."

The shirtless, dark-skinned, muscular boatman spat yellow phlegm towards the river, waved his hands and said, "Let's just follow along and do some things to catch the waves. It's useless to ask about other things."

After a while, a group of soldiers came up to the pier, making a lot of noise.The general meaning is to tell the people on the boat to go ashore quickly.

Xie Shen was completely helpless now.

Originally, he had hoped that this big man would sail across the pier quickly so that he could release the ban on navigation.But now it seems that this big man may not be able to see him for a while.

Otherwise, these soldiers can just let everyone continue to wait in the boat on the river, why bother to drive them all ashore.

Xie Shen secretly yelled bad luck, and said to Wang Shouren: "Brother Shouren, it seems that we can't wait anymore, let's go ashore first."

Wang Shouren nodded and sighed, "That's the only way to go."

The two got out of the cabin, stepped on the thin wooden plank and jumped onto a nearby "Shuofei", took a deep breath after stabilizing their center of gravity.

Repeatedly, it took the two of them a lot of effort to get to the shore through many boats.

Those soldiers were all vicious, as if the boat passengers owed them money and played with their women.After some scolding, those thin-skinned boat passengers stepped up one after another to cover their faces and leave.The soldiers and warriors were complacent, but they saw Xie Shen and Wang Shouren walking unhurriedly, and they were furious for a while.

One of the leading households scolded: "Don't you two have eyes? You can't stay here, get out of here quickly."

The status of military households in the Ming Dynasty was very low, far inferior to scholars.They were fed up with the scholars' anger on weekdays, and now they are pretending to be powerful, so naturally they don't want to miss the opportunity to humiliate the scholars.

It just so happened that Xie Shen and Wang Shouren's pace was a little slower, which made him grasp the handle. How could these hundred households not make use of it?
"Why, didn't you hear? Do you want Grandpa to show you some color?"

Xie Shen snorted coldly and said, "What a stinky mouth, is this how your adults taught you to speak? A certain person is Xie Shen, a cook from Yuyao County, Shaoxing Prefecture. Eldest son Wang Shouren, I didn't hear you clearly just now, do you want to give us some flair?"

When the hundred households heard this, they cursed bad luck in their hearts.

Just now when he saw that the two of them were not very old, he reckoned that they must be two boys with no fame, so he wanted to make a show of being bullied by scholars on weekdays.But who would have thought that one of the two is a scholar, and the other is a master of Juren, both of whom have fame.

(End of this chapter)