The two boatmen never thought that after hearing Xiaoyu's story, this strange prince was not only not moved at all, but actually became furious!
Not only did he kill the fish on the ground with a stick, he also threw them several gold leaves out of anger! Let them immediately sail to the water to catch a few more, so that they can kill them all and eat them!
The story of filial fish that has been circulating for an unknown period of time is naturally worthy of touching the boatman, but this kind of touching immediately becomes worthless in front of gold!
So, after a brief period of confusion, the two boatmen immediately collected the gold like crazy and rushed towards the river screaming!
"What are you doing?" Zhang Qiang asked Xiao Han, frowning and looking at the dead big fish on the ground.
"Eat fish!" Xiao Han shook his head hard, trying to get the legend about this fish out of his mind! As a person who walked out of an orphanage, he has an instinctive resistance to this foolish and filial spirit!
(The legend about Xiaoyu makes people feel a little uncomfortable, so I won’t go into details. If you are interested, you can search it.)
"Then eat fish!" Seeing Xiao Han's furious look, Zhang Qiang opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't ask any more questions, and just helped Xiao Han carry the fish with its head broken back to Xiaodong.
Catching fish, like fishing, apart from technique, a large part depends on luck!
Especially on such a big river, maybe if you catch a school of fish passing by with a net, you can naturally catch a lot of it!
But if you are unlucky, the fish will swim to other places, and no matter how good your net casting skills are, you will not be able to catch any fish hairs.
The boatman was very lucky just now, and he caught the huge black fish in just a few strokes.
But now that I am tempted by gold, I try hard to catch fish, but I get nothing.
One net is empty, two nets are a frog...
In this way, until Xiao Han and others started to eat on the river beach, the two exhausted boatmen returned to the shore.
At this time, what the two of them were carrying was only about a pound of small miscellaneous fish.
Xiao Han was sitting on a big rock, holding the fattest skewer of fish in his hand. He saw the two people cowering from a distance, and winked at Xiaodong.
Xiaodong, who was busy eating, saw Xiao Han's eyes and understood immediately! Wiping his mouth, he stood up and shouted to the two boatmen: "Hey, are you tired? Come and have a bowl of soup and rest together!"
"Ah, no, no! We're not hungry!"
How dare two boatmen sit with people like Xiao Han? So after hearing Xiaodong calling them over, he immediately shook his head! The range of movement is so large that people worry about shaking their heads off.
"Come here when I tell you to! There's so much nonsense!" Seeing the two of them standing still, Xiaodong immediately raised his voice and cursed again!
He knew what Xiao Han was thinking. If they didn't come, who would Xiao Han ask questions to? If he hadn't asked questions, he wouldn't have bothered to linger here and would have gone home quickly to stay.
"This... is good..."
The boatman was a little at a loss when Xiaodong scolded him. He stayed there for a while, and then he cautiously moved closer. When they saw Xiao Han turning to face them, the two of them immediately gave away the golden leaves they had been holding tightly with both hands. go back.
If you haven't completed what others have told you, instead of waiting for others to ask for it, it's better to be more conscious.
"Haha, this is a reward for you, keep it all! I have never seen any prince reward you with something and still ask for it back."
After looking at the two embarrassed boatmen, Xiao Han almost laughed out loud and waved his hand, asking them to take back the gold leaves.
"Thank...Thank you, Lord Marquis."
The two boatmen looked at Xiao Han's cheerful appearance and hesitated for a moment, but in the end the value of gold defeated them, and they quickly and carefully put away the gold leaves.
Now that things have come to an end, they are ready to risk their lives. With what little they have, what is there for a prince to plot against? Even if it's their own lives, it's not a loss to trade these few golden leaves!
"Sit down, give them two bowls of fish soup and two steamed buns!" Xiao Han looked at the boatman's actions with a smile, pointed to the empty seat opposite him, and asked Xiaodong to serve soup to them.
It should be the money they just received that gave them courage! This time, they didn't refuse. They thanked her carefully and took the fish soup, sipping it greedily in small sips.
The two boatmen drank the soup very seriously. In fact, as boatmen, they were not unfamiliar with fish soup. They even said that they drank fish soup that was more delicious than this bowl of mixed fish soup!
However, the current bowl of fish soup was given to them by a prince, and with so many spices in it, the ordinary fish soup became extraordinary.
Xiao Han has always been picky about eating, especially when conditions permit.
The grilled fish skewers were a little dry because they were not brushed with oil.
Because the fish soup was made from river water, Xiao Han only drank half a bowl.
As for the black fish, after thinking for a long time, he changed his mind and planned to take it home and make a black fish hotpot to share with Xue Pan.
Cooking such delicacies in the wild is really a waste of resources.
After eating for a while, Xiao Han put down his bowl and chopsticks and took a sip of the water he brought in the water bag. He looked at the two boatmen opposite and asked with a smile: "How many years have you been tinkering with boats? "
Hearing this, the boatman quickly swallowed the steamed bun in his throat, raised his hands and replied: "To return to Mr. Hou, it has been more than ten years! Ever since the river came into being, we started to build these two boats."
"More than ten years?" Xiao Han looked up at the dilapidated boat the two of them parked by the river, nodded and continued to ask: "It's indeed not short! In addition to fishing and ferrying people across the river, you are on this river. Besides, what else do you do?”
"this……"
Hearing this question, the two boatmen hesitated and looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.
Xiao Han also noticed the strangeness of the two boatmen. He sat upright and said to them with a smile: "Don't be afraid, I'm just curious. Just ask!"
One of the boatmen looked at Xiao Han, gritted his teeth and said, "I dare not hide it, sir. In the past, we would also send passengers to travel far away, and occasionally help transport goods."
"Oh? Both of these are quite time-consuming. You just said that you still have land at home. Can you take care of your land?" Xiao Han didn't ask how the two of them could avoid the government's inspection. He just touched his chin and asked. Seemingly unrelated issues.
When the boatman saw that Xiao Han did not pursue their private boating, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "At that time, the family just farmed a little bit of land, because whether it was carrying passengers or delivering goods, the money they earned was always It takes a little more time than farming, but also a little faster!”
Xiao Han nodded, agreed with the two people's statements, and then asked: "Then why are you farming again now? Don't you make money by doing this?"
"Making money is just...hey..."
At this time, the two boatmen sighed together, with a look of defeat on their faces.
