Chapter 16 Chapter Sixteen

The two elders had the opportunity to sing but never went to Bixiyu to sing again.The fifteenth has passed, the sixteenth has also passed, and on the seventeenth, the old boatman couldn't bear it any longer, and went into the city to look for the young man on He Street. Da Lao, the Yang horse soldier of Baoshan, was leading a mule and horse to go out of the city. When he saw the old boatman, he stopped him: "Uncle, I have something to sue you, and you just happened to come to the city!" "What's up?" "Tianbao's eldest brother took a boat to Citan and had an accident. He didn't know that this person fell into the swirling water below the beach and drowned. In the morning, Shun Shun's family got the letter, and I heard that the two elders rushed away early in the morning."

The news slapped him like a powerful slap, and he couldn't believe it was true.He pretended to be calm and said: "Is the Tianbao boss flooded? I have never heard of water ducks being flooded!" "But that teal still got drowned once... I agree with your insight, it's very easy to keep that kid from driving." Judging from the words of the horse soldiers, the old boatman was still very suspicious of the news, but from the look of the horse soldiers, the old boatman could clearly see that it was true news.He said sadly: "What insight do I have? This is God's will! Everything has God's will..." The old boatman said with emotion in his heart.

To prove how reliable the horse soldier's words were, the old boatman hurried to River Street after parting with the horse soldier.In front of Shunshun's house, someone was burning paper money, and many people gathered around to talk.Going closer to listen, what Yang Mabing said was the incident that Yang Mabing mentioned.But as soon as someone spotted the old boatman behind him, everyone turned their conversations around and deliberately talked about the fluctuation of oil prices down the river.The old boatman was very disturbed, and wanted to talk to a better sailor. After a while, the boat boss came back obediently from the outside, looking heavy, this bold and honest middle-aged man seemed to be struggling to get up after being defeated by misfortune, and when he saw the old boatman, he said:

"Old man, let's blow the matter we talked about. The Tianbao boss is broken, don't you know?" The old boatman's eyes were red, and he rubbed his hands together, "What's the matter, it's true! Was it yesterday, or the day before yesterday?" The other one seemed to be rushing to report the news, and interjected: "At the sixteenth high school, the boat rested on the stone buns, and the bow of the boat entered the water. The old man wanted to turn the pole, and he jumped into the water." The old boatman said, "Did you see him go into the water?"

"I also went into the water at the same time as him!" "what did he say?" "There's no time to say anything! He hasn't spoken for the past few days!" The old boatman shook his head and gave Xiang Shunshun a timid glance.Shun Shunxiang, the captain of the boat, knew what he was worried about, so he said: "Uncle, everything is God, forget it. I have good shochu from Daxingchang people here, you can take some to drink. "A guy put a barrel of wine in a bamboo tube, covered the mouth of the tube with new paulownia leaves, and handed it to the old boatman.

The old boatman took the wine away, and when he reached the river street, he bowed his head and walked towards the river pier, and went to the place where Tianbao Daqian boarded the boat by the river.Yang Mabing was still letting his horses roll in the sand, while he sat under the shade of a willow tree to enjoy the shade.The old boatman went over and asked the horsemen to try the shochu at Daxingchang. After the two of them drank some wine, they seemed to be in a better mood. matter. When the horse soldier heard this, he said: "Uncle, do you think that if Cui Cui wants the second elder, he should be sent to the second elder..."

Before he finished speaking, the Nuosong elders came down from Hejie.The young man looked as if he was going on a long journey, and when he saw the old boatman, he turned back and walked back.Yang Mabing called to him and said: "Second elder, second elder, come here, I have something to say to you!" The two elders stood still, very unhappy, and asked the horse soldiers, "What do you have to say?"The horse soldiers looked at the old boatman, and said to the two elders, "Come here, you have something to say!" "What words?" "I've heard people say you're gone—come here and I'll tell you, I won't eat you!"

The black-faced, broad-shouldered, vigorous-looking Nuosong Erlao forced a smile. When he arrived under the shade of the willows, the old boatman wanted to ease the air, and pointed to the new mill in the upper reaches of the river and said, "Erlao, I heard that the mill will belong to you in the future! If it belongs to you, send me to guard the mill, okay?" The second elder didn't seem to be used to the intention of the inquiry, so he kept silent.Seeing that the limelight was a little stiff, Yang Mabing said, "Second old man, what's the matter with you, are you ready to go down?" The young man nodded, said nothing, and walked away.

The old boatman was annoyed, and hurried back to Bixiyu, and when he got on the ferry, he pretended to take the matter very casually, and reported it to Cuicui. "Cui Cui, something new happened in the city today. Mr. Tianbao drove an oil tanker down to Chenzhou. He was unlucky and fell into Citan and drowned." Because Cui Cui didn't understand, she didn't seem to care about the report at first.Grandfather said again: "Cui Cui, this is true. The last time Yang Mabing came here to be Baoshan, he also said that I did not agree to the marriage, very knowledgeable!"

Cui Cui glanced at her grandfather, saw his eyes were red, knew that he had been drinking and was unhappy about something, she thought to herself: "Who is making you angry?" go home.Cuicui guarded the boat and didn't hear her grandfather's voice for a long time. She rushed home to have a look, and saw her grandfather sitting on the threshold weaving straw sandal ears. Cui Cui saw that her grandfather looked very wrong, so she squatted in front of him. "Grandpa, what's wrong with you?" "Tianbao is really dead! The second elder is angry with us, thinking that what happened to his family was assigned by us!"

Someone shouted by the stream for the ferry to pass, and my grandfather hurried out.Cui Cui sat on the straw in the corner of the room, her heart was in utter confusion, and she began to cry when her grandfather came back.