On the Baisha River, when Xiao Lian came back from selling fish, the bucket was surprisingly not empty.

Inside was a large gourd oil, a bundle of vegetables, and the remaining small fish.

He also bought an extra bucket, which was specially used to hold small fish.

Now that the situation is better, he basically doesn't need to send the small fish that the restaurant doesn't accept to the vegetable market to exchange for money.

Small fish are not easy to sell.Here is near the river, the most indispensable thing is fish.

In the past, even small fish were sold because mosquitos, no matter how small, were meat.

After finishing the preparations, Xiao Lian hummed a ditty and began to disembowel each small fish.

He still likes to eat fried small yellow croakers, so prepare more. If you get hungry while rowing, you can eat them as snacks.

You can also be a small bribe to the female guests, and ask them if they have seen their mother during the chat.

Thinking of this, Xiao Lian's subordinates moved faster.

Tomorrow, I hope there will be more female guests, maybe some of them have met their mothers.

The next day, Xiao Lian also got up early.

After eating, he didn't rush to start work, but picked up a cloth towel and started to wipe his boat.

This boat was left to him by his grandfather. It is getting old and must be well maintained to last.What should be repaired, what should be wiped.

He has to wipe down the cabin, deck, wooden shed, even the roof and the outside of the hull, and also wipe down the futons that the guests sit on.

Not only because a clean boat is easy to attract clean female passengers, but also because it is something left to him by his grandfather, so he must treat it well.

Grandpa was really nice to him.

Grandpa saved enough money to buy land and build a house back then, but he saved him.He was three years old and was picked up wet from the water. He developed a high fever very quickly and almost burned his lungs.Grandpa spent a lot of money to see a doctor for him.When he recovered from his illness, there was not enough money to build a house.

Grandpa simply changed his fishing boat again, completely taking the boat as his home.

Although the boat was dilapidated, it was not that small black-covered boat.

The boat is fifteen feet long, five feet wide, and eight feet high.In the middle there is a wooden shed about ten feet long that my grandfather rebuilt.

The belongings of the two people are placed under the cabin, and the upper deck has several layers of wooden boards on the deck.

The boards can be lifted up at night to make the walls of the shed.The two slept in the wooden shed, and they could sleep well.The wooden shed uses four walls to keep warm in winter, and three walls plus a straw mat in other seasons, which is convenient for getting up at night without waking up people around you.

During the day, when the boards were lowered, the two carried passengers and fished on the deck.

This boat raised Xiao Lian and sent off grandpa.When grandpa was seriously ill, he absolutely did not want to sell the boat.It's just to leave Xiao Lian with a living and not to make him wander.

In fact, although the boat was good, Xiao Lian had asked the price in private, but the other party was unwilling to pay more because the boat was quite old.

But no matter how broken the ship was, Xiao Lian still cherished it the most.

Always take good care of it, and don't let it become dilapidated again.

Xiao Lian had done the job of nursing the ship countless times, and he finished all of them in a short while.

After that, he prepared to paddle to the other side and wait for the passengers to cross the Baisha River.

Baisha Town is bustling, and every day there are people who get up early and come to work from the other side of the river to take the boat along the bank.

Xia Bai said that Xiao Lian should stay away from other people in the future.Xiao Lian didn't know how long it would take, so he simply stayed away from other people's boats.

This will not affect his business, but instead allows him to intercept many passengers coming from a little further away.

However, just as he was about to row the boat to the other side, he heard a female voice, "Boater, wait a minute."

Xiao Lian turned his head following the sound, only to see a "man" holding a child?

But it was clearly a female voice, and he took a closer look, and it turned out to be a woman in coarse men's clothing.

The woman is in her twenties, her face is very fair and beautiful, but her attire is extremely plain, she only has a wooden hairpin all over her body, and she doesn't see any jewelry.

She was carrying a bundle on her back and had a two or three-year-old child in her arms.The child was very naughty, twisting and turning in her arms.

Xiao Lian was stunned for a moment, thinking he saw it...

Xiao Lian stopped and waited for her.

The woman boarded the boat out of breath, and then urged him very fast: "Quick, boatman, go east, get out of here quickly."

The Baisha River flows from east to west, but Xiao Lian usually does business across the north and south.

Especially this morning there are many people crossing, if this business goes far away, he will suffer a bit.

Xiao Lian was a little embarrassed, "I don't know how far my sister-in-law will go east?"

"The farther the better, as long as it can take me out of here."

Xiao Lian was a little wary, "What's wrong?"

The woman wept and said: "My family is dead. My mother-in-law wants to take my son and force me to remarry. Please, brother, let's sail quickly, and don't let anyone catch up. I won't tell you to run in vain. , the ship money will be given to you."

Hearing this, Xiao Lian knew that she was urgent, told her to hold the baby and sit down, and quickly started rowing.

To the east is downstream, the speed of the boat is very fast, but it is not too tiring.

Hearing that the child and the woman were hungry, he took out two small yellow croakers and gave them to the woman, asking her to feed him.

The woman went to the thorn well and fed it to the child little by little.The child became quiet for a moment.

Xiao Lian was rowing on the other side of the boat, seeing the intimacy between the two, couldn't help but smile, but the smile was still a bit bitter.

He no longer looked at the two of them, but concentrated on rowing his boat.

The child quickly stuffed himself with something, but he didn't clamor for food anymore, but started laughing in the woman's arms.

The child at this age was very fussy, and the woman couldn't stand it when she heard the voice, and kept telling him not to move.

Xiao Lian didn't say a word, there is no need to disturb such a scene.

The child giggled, but the woman dealt with him, but her words became more eager, urging Xiao Lian, "Hurry up, hurry up."

Xiao Lian also rowed faster and faster.

Suddenly, after an exclamation of "ah", the child burst into tears.

The woman's anxious call came: "Little brother, stop, stop quickly. My burden fell into the river!"

Hearing this, Xiao Lian turned around abruptly.

The woman holds the child in one hand, reaching down in vain.

Xiao Lian hurried over and walked to the side of the boat to look down.

There is nothing below, only a river of water.

"Brother, I don't know how to swim, and I have a child with me, please help me find it." The woman held Xiao Lian's sleeve with the other hand, remembering that she was about to cry.

Xiao Lian also had a headache.

The burden has been in the water for a while, and it must be found as soon as possible.But the river is unfathomable, how can it be so easy to find.What's more troublesome is that the boat moves with the water, and the burden falls, making it even more difficult to find.

Also, if he searched for too long, how far would the boat go downstream without the boatman?

If he can't avoid the rapids and hidden reefs in time, will he still see his boat when he returns?

The woman begged again, if it wasn't for the inconvenience of holding the child, she would have almost knelt down to him.

"Just let the boat go down the current. I can only find a quarter of an hour. My sister-in-law, don't row the boat randomly, so as not to capsize."

Xiao Lian gritted his teeth and jumped into the river anyway.

The woman watched him jump into the river and splashed water, and sat on the futon very weakly.

She hugged her son who was crying when he lost his burden and caused a catastrophe, after all, she couldn't bear to beat and scold her.

He just hugged him tightly, staring at the rolling river in front of him, and kept touching him from the back of his head to his back, "Okay, okay, don't cry."

After more than half an hour, Xiao Lian swam to the side of the boat, climbed onto the boat exhausted, and then lay flat on the deck, panting.

He was empty-handed, apparently finding nothing after all.

Seeing this scene, the woman bit her lip lightly.

The child had already fallen asleep in her arms. She gently placed the child on the deck next to her, and then walked to Xiao Lian who was lying on the deck recovering her strength.

Xiao Lian felt that his posture was really indecent, so he leaned on the deck with both arms to get up.

Unexpectedly, the woman got up gracefully and came to Xiao Lian's side, leaning over to help him. At the same time, she loosened her skirt slightly, and she was dressed in men's clothing, looking very coquettish.

She suddenly held Xiao Lian's face in her hands, and she was about to move closer.

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