"Can the boatman go to Lingbo?"

The Taoist stood on the shore, leaning on a bamboo stick, bending down to ask the boatman who was docking, with a smile on his face, like before, but different.

Next to him is a little girl wearing three-color clothes, with a clean and delicate face, a bun on her head, and a dagger on her hand, but she has a serious expression and is extremely cute.

"Lingbo?"

The boatman held the oar, looked at them, and replied: "Go! Why not go?"

"How to collect money?"

"It takes five days to go down the river from here to Lingbo. It costs two hundred yuan per person. A horse is charged as two people's money. They are all charged like this. The girl brought by the husband can only be counted as half a person's money. The steward on the ship

There are no delicacies in the food, so it can only fill the stomach. However, you have to bring the horse's fodder yourself. If you don't bring any, you can put it down every morning and evening when it docks and let it go to the shore to graze.

"

"Two hundred dollars..."

Song You turned his head and looked into the distance.

This is not Nianping Ferry. Although we are going to Lingbo, it is different from the place he took a boat to more than ten years ago. Compared with Nianping, this place is closer to Lingbo. You can also hear it from the boatman's words,

It took six days to go to Lingbo by boat, but now it only takes five days.

But it's still two hundred dollars.

"It's all at this price! If I met someone else, I might ask for a higher price, but the guest is a religious gentleman. No matter how unethical I am, I would not randomly bid a price to a religious gentleman! What's more, these few days

The business on the river has been bad, and the little old man has already given me a discount for my husband. If it is a hot season, it will cost at least two hundred and twenty yuan per person, and it will have to be full before leaving." The boatman saw Song You.

She didn't say anything for a long time, thinking it was because he thought it was too expensive, so she quickly explained, "Why don't you give me some more money, sir, and I'll charge you six hundred and fifty cash."

“It’s definitely more expensive than before.”

Song You came out of his memories and smiled at him: "Please ask the boatman to come to the shore."

"okay!"

The boatman immediately beamed with joy, rowed over, and explained while rowing: "It's not expensive, it's been this price for several years. To say it's cheap, it must have been at least ten years ago. But now it's more and more popular to run boats on the river.

It’s not peaceful anymore, and traveling by land is even more uneven. In addition, somehow the world has made money less and less valuable, so it’s already gone up.”

"I see."

Song You stepped onto the boat in a few steps.

With a clang, the horses also boarded the ship.

The girl followed closely and counted the money to him.

This time the money was one hundred cents more than before, because the Sanhua Empress did not turn into a human form before, but used the body of a cat to ride on the boat. The boatman did not charge the boat money from the cat, but now she has transformed into a human.

This has two benefits.

First, Sanhua Empress likes fishing. For several days on the boat, she transformed into a human. Whether fishing or reading, it was more convenient. If she turned into a cat, such a small space would inevitably be boring. Second, Sanhua Empress

Although she is greedy for money and likes to save money, she also likes to enjoy the same treatment as others. Giving her a share of the shipping money can satisfy her psychology and is conducive to the child's inner growth.

"Oh! Sir, this horse is amazing!"

"The boatman doesn't need to worry about it. Just let it stand here. It won't fall down."

"okay……"

Song You then bent down and entered the cabin.

But there was no one in the cabin.

Just when Song You thought the boatman was still waiting for passengers, he felt the boat sway slightly. It had just reached the shore, but now it gently left the shore and sailed away.

"Is the boatman waiting for anyone?"

"Waiting for someone? Waiting for whom?"

"Waiting for guests."

"Waiting for a passenger? No wait! This is a small ferry, there aren't many people, and business on the water has been bad recently. If we wait for a passenger here, I'm afraid we won't be able to wait for two days. Even if we wait, it will probably only come from this place.

Going from one ferry to the next is a waste of your time." The boatman laughed and said, "It's better to go down the river and pass by the major ferries. If you see someone, pick them up along the way and you will make more money."

"It makes sense."

Song You nodded and smiled.

It seems this trip is more spacious.

So I sat horizontally in the cabin, leaning against the awning, stretching my legs almost straight.

Sanhua Empress sat next to him, sitting upright with her two small hands neatly placed on her knees. She seemed to be much more honest than when she turned into a cat, but in fact she kept turning her head left and right, or tilting her head slightly.

, looking at everything in the cabin curiously.

"If the husband feels bored riding alone on the boat and wants to find someone to talk to, the little old man can also play the shells with the husband. If the husband wants to drink some wine, there are also wine sellers at some ferries, but the little old man has never read in his life.

If the gentleman wants to recite poems and sing lyrics like those literati and officials in one day, I won’t be able to accompany him, hahaha..."

“Boatman is funny.”

Song You stretched out his hand and pinched his Tong'er's face. Seeing that she didn't show any expression at all and didn't even look in his direction, he continued to ask: "By the way, boatman, can this boat reach Lingbo?"

"Didn't you go to Lingbo, sir?"

"yes."

"We can get there, why can't we get there?"

"It couldn't be reached before."

"Before? A long time ago? Even more than ten years ago?" The boatman was happy and asked in surprise, "Who did you hear this from, sir?"

"Also a boatman."

"Haha, that was all more than ten years ago." The boatman stood on the bow of the boat and said to him while riding the boat. "More than ten years ago, there was a water demon in Lingbo. He was not a bad person and made a lot of noise. No one was there.

If we dare to go, even the government ships don't dare to pass there, so naturally we don't dare to go there. However, a god passed by more than ten years ago and got rid of the water monster. Although the river has not been peaceful in recent years, they are just small things.

, if you are more careful, you can sail the Ten Thousand Years Ship, and it will be able to pass normally a long time ago."

"So this is ah……"

Song You smiled, thoughtfully.

"Sir, are you afraid of demons?"

"Not afraid."

"If you're not afraid, you have to tell your husband: Don't fish at night. Be careful of being pulled down by something. Even if it's just a big fish, it won't be so easy to get back on the boat at night; if you see a fish floating beside the boat for no reason,

, never reach out to pick it up; if you hear someone shouting at night, or hear any noises while relieving your hands, don’t go to the side of the boat; if you see a black shadow under the water, don’t lie down by the side of the boat to look out of curiosity..."

The boatman kept talking a lot, as if he was listening to strange stories.

It's obviously just something to pay attention to, but when you listen to it, it feels like you're listening to the ghosts and ghosts that have happened one by one, which is quite interesting.

"The boatman knows a lot."

"Those of us who run boats all year round have a lot of things going on on the river. The guests coming and going are bored on the boat and like to talk about these things. They ask us these things and tell us. Haha, by the way, there is another person in Anqing in front of us.

The scholar surnamed Fu wrote a book, which was said to be full of such weird things. It was very popular. Although the little old man couldn't read the words, he often heard from the guests that the scholar surnamed Fu used to write about it.

At the ferry, we, the boatmen who were taking a break, listened to some stories, but no one knew it at the time, but they were all written down in his book."

"The scholar named Fu..."

Song You's eyes were filled with memories.

"The book contains a lot of strange things on the water and rivers, and they are all the same as real ones. For some of them, you just need to read the stories to avoid being harmed by monsters. Some of the stories also have tips at the end to teach you how to deal with them.

How should such a thing be done is also somewhat interesting.”

"I've heard about it too..."

"Sir, have you seen it too?"

"This book is very well written. I bought it when I was in Changjing."

"Are they also sold in Changjing? It's so far away!"

"yes."

"Haha, this scholar is famous."

The boatman's hearty laughter echoed on the river.

Song You also sat in the cabin, reminiscing about the past.

The girl next to her had already completed her observation and grasp of the unfamiliar environment in the cabin. She withdrew her attention, picked up her small bamboo pole, and was lowering her head and laboriously untangling the twisted fishing line.

"I told Lady Sanhua that when reeling in the fishing line, reel it in properly. It will be very convenient for reuse later."

"I told the Taoist priest, when you reel in the fishing line, reel it in casually, and when you untie it, just reel it out properly." Empress Sanhua lowered her head and concentrated on untying the fishing line, and said to him without raising her head.

"You're quite stubborn little thing."
To be continued...