Imperial Uncle - Chapter 43

Because of the water flow in Chengzhou, the waterway has been affected a bit. After leaving Chengzhou, you must first go northward and upstream to a section of road, turn into another river channel, and then go southeast to avoid the water potential.

The merchant ship line of Liu Tongyi was quite fast, and it was a good wind to the north. When it was getting dark, it had already reached the intersection of two river channels and parked at a town pier called Shuanghe Town overnight. Hurry.

Shuanghe Town is a relatively rich and small town. Because of its convenient waterway, merchants from east to west and north to south regard it as a place to stop and stop. The pier is lined with large and small merchant ships. The wharf is full of various small vendors, and some of them are shaking the small cricket boards into the wharf for sale, but the price is a little bit harder. The steamed buns are five yuan each and the tea eggs are fifteen.

Liu Tong leaned on the road, and the hawkers on the dock were so killing people, the town was slightly better. The market in Shuanghe Town is open all night, and it is as lively at night as it is day. It happened that I was on the boat for a day, and I was a little sullen, so I went to town with him.

The city really is quite prosperous. Various stalls along the road are crowded next to each other. Most of them were temporarily placed by the merchants in the past. While they were rested, they brought some odds and ends of the goods to the market and sold them. On the street, there are all kinds of things, from the desert to the Jiangnan, from Beijing to Fanbang.

The shops on both sides of the street are richly decorated, listening to the accent of soliciting guests, both from Shuanghe Town and from other places. Looking all the way down, the shops on the street are mostly three types of restaurants-taverns, bathhouses, and brothels. It’s roughly the same as the way I used to trade in the past, because the ship’s reserves are limited after all, and the meals are single. Although the water is at the foot, bathing is not as convenient as on the shore. As soon as the merchants on the waterfront approached the shore, most of them went to the tavern to have a good meal, then took a dip in the hot water pool of the bathhouse, and finally went to the tick bar to relieve their joy.

Liu Tongyi and I turned around for a while in the street, and casually entered the restaurant with empty tables. This table happens to be in a secluded corner of the second floor next to the window. When I order, I lean to Liu Tong: “I must pay for this meal. Boss Quan Quanmei will bring my thanks.”

Liu Tongyi didn’t quit, smiled and said, “You’re welcome.” I know that he likes spicy food and doesn’t have any jealousy, so he let go and ordered a few dishes at will, calling the jug of wine.

After a while, the wine came up. I tasted it. Although it is a local native wine, it is called Shuanghe wine, but it is much better than Chengzhou Zhuyeqing. Liu Tongyi tasted a pair of chopsticks with spicy crispy oil, and also said that this dish is burned very authentic. Probably the restaurant here is used to receiving guests from all over the world and is proficient in the cuisine of each place.

It happened that Xiao Er carried a lily horseshoe again, and I said, “Every time I see a horseshoe, I think of a joke. I sold meat in the desert for the past two years. I ate roast meat every day, and I added tonic with goat milk soju. Suddenly, it ’s uncomfortable to drink water. Suddenly I want to eat snow candy lozenges, preferably the kind that has been simmered with cold water. When I was sleeping at night, I thought I ate it, and I ate it the next morning. There is still a lingering aftertaste in it. As a result, I noticed that a large piece of leather was erected by the edge of a piece of leather under my head when I used it as a pillow. It ’s kind of weird. The crickets have always been crispy and sweet, and they are more chewy than dried meat. “

Liu Tongyi laughed: “This dish must not have the taste of dried meat, so eat more.”

I scooped a spoonful and put it in the saucer in front of me: “The joke hasn’t finished yet, and then I came back from the desert to a place near the south. The first thing I did was to go to the market and weigh a few pounds. The accommodation was renovated. It turned out that the skin outside of this thing was very bad, and it had to be cooked before it was sweet and crunchy. I also borrowed a kitchen knife from the inn chef and cut the skin for a long time. After the peeling is finished, there is nothing left for a horseshoe. I went to the street to buy it and cut it again, and practiced for several days at a stretch, from peeling to slicing. Ask me, because I do n’t sell it for myself, ca n’t I just dip it in sugar and eat it? Why do I need to slice it.

Liu Tong leaned at me with hesitant doubts: “Why not let the inn kitchen do it?”

I laughed: “At first glance, you either haven’t run a business alone, or you’re not as clinging to food as I do. The business is bigger than me, and I’m not as savvy in this respect. The cook can’t be with me all the time. You can eat as long as you have everything together. “

Liu Tongyi’s expression turned into approval and admiration, and I said humbly, “But I can only make a few small soup noodles so far, it’s barely entrance.”

Liu Tong leaned back and said, “Then I will also go to the kitchen to learn, at least I will first learn how to make hot and spicy sauce, in case it is needed.”

I said, “I don’t know what materials are in the kitchen on your boat. I’ll see if I can make out one or two side dishes to show the ugliness, only to thank you.”

Liu Tong relied, “If you thank me, this wine is enough.” Put down the bamboo chopsticks, “Anyway, I have one more boss on my boat, and it is not heavy.”

The tone is still very relaxed, just like before taking me out of Chengzhou.

At that time, I thought that since Yun Yu had revealed my bottom, Qi Tan also came. I went with Liu Tongyi and dragged him down that night. I went to Liu Tongyi that night, and said, leave him alone. I won’t go.

After listening, Liu Tongyi asked me, “Does Boss Zhao not want to leave, or does he feel unable to leave?”

I froze, and then said, naturally I want to leave sooner, but I’m afraid it’s not so easy to leave.

Liu Tongyi said calmly: “The government has ordered that Chengzhou can come in and out freely without restrictions from tomorrow. Is it not easy for boss Zhao and my two merchants to leave?”

I said, “I’m just afraid to think hard.”

Liu Tongyi raised his eyelid and looked at me: “There is no difference between walking or not.”

A word made me suddenly bright.

I have already dragged Liu Tongyi into the water, and indeed it’s the same when I walk differently.

So I immediately took the boat and went to Bai Rujin’s office for a brief entrustment. Only that I had a big deal to discuss temporarily. I gave him everything in Chengzhou to take care of, and then returned to the small building to pick up the luggage. Merchant ship.

The ship out of Chengzhou was extremely easy, and the guards were released without even checking it. At this time, Yun Yu and Qi Tan were still dreaming, and had not yet got up.

After eating dinner, coming out of the restaurant, it is naturally impossible for me to go to the other two restaurants together with Liu Tongyi. After dark, I went straight back to the boat.

After bathing, I went out of the cabin door and turned around. Seeing that the door of Liu Tongyi was not completely covered, and the light was on, I stepped forward and stunned, and pushed open: “I wonder if I can ask for a cup of tea eat.”

Liu Tongyi smiled and said, “It just happened to be brewed.”

I sat down with him at the side of the table, and Liu Tong leaned back, “After leaving Chengzhou, I haven’t asked where Boss Zhao is going, and what he plans to do in the future.”

I said, “When you take me to Suzhou, I will go to the southeast coast.”

Liu Tong leaned back, “Boss Zhao plans to go to sea?”

I said, “I plan to go out and find a place to live for a long time, so I won’t come back.”

Liu Tong relied on silence, and I sighed, “It is indeed a bit reluctant to make this decision, but there is no king of the earth. A dead person is better not to appear in this life. The world seems very big, but it is actually very Young, I walked around for a few years, but before, I still encountered it. So, find another place where there will be no more entanglements, and everyone will be more relaxed. “

While in Chengzhou, Yun Yu’s complex about my affairs should have been opened. The road between him and Qi Zheng could only be left by them, and no one else could intervene. I can finally feel completely at ease here.

Qi Tan seems to be pretty good, neither Princess nor Chu Xun have any news, and they should have had a good time.

I said, “In the end, the kind of love I owe you has not been paid off. When I was in prison, I deliberately scared you for a while. I was really sorry, and this time I asked you to give it away.”

Liu Tong relied, “I don’t think there is any human relationship. Besides, Mr. Zhao also gave me a big deal.”

I said, “That’s it. If Boss Mei buys goods towards the sea, and passes by the place where I settled, I will take care of the food and accommodation.”

Liu Tong leaned back and smiled under the lamp, “I believe that Mr. Zhao will not break his word.”

I looked at Liu Tongyi and suddenly felt it. No matter whether it was three years ago or now, among the acquaintances who accompanied me to the end, it was Liu Tongyi. Although I deliberately found him, it was also a kind of fate. .

I returned to the cabin, and the dark darkness of the middle of the night was a bit cool and lonely. In the silence, there was the sound of hula hula paddling, and then the cabin window rang slightly. A delicate female voice said with a little big tongue: “Guest, are you lonely at night? Can you be a slave?”

I wondered, can I change the method of soliciting my heart, without being hooked, I was scared first.

People outside the window slammed the window a few more times, and when no one responded, the sound of the water went to the side again, followed by, I listened to the window of the adjacent boat rang: “Guest, are you lonely at night? Is the slave family company? “

Followed by the sound of the opening and closing of the sash, a voice muffled, “I don’t know how to accompany a beautiful lady?”

I was shocked and leaned close to the window. The delicate female voice said, “Guest, you can do whatever you want, so come cheap.”

The voice laughed: “How can a lady be mean?”

I opened a slit in the window, and saw that the big ship moored next door was bright, and someone was sitting against the window. The hazy outline seemed to have met.