At night, a lone boat floated on the Xiangjiang River.
On the lone boat, Gu Ning'an and four others sat around the wooden table inside the boat canopy.
A small earth-yellow bowl was placed in front of each of them. The bowl was filled with slightly yellowed brown rice porridge. Pieces of fish meat of different sizes were filled with the brown rice porridge. The rich and fresh aroma echoed in everyone's nostrils.
Everyone didn't say much. They each took bamboo chopsticks and took large or small bites of the fish porridge into their mouths.
"Old Wentou, I have to say that your skills are really good!"
"Before you became a beggar, were you a fisherman?"
"Otherwise, where would such good craftsmanship come from?"
Wei Hai, who ate the fastest, put down his bowl and chopsticks and gave the old beggar several thumbs up.
When the old beggar heard what he said, he just smiled and said: "When I was not down and out, we used to fish a lot. We have been going back and forth for a long time. Naturally, our fish making skills are the same."
Wei Hai wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and frowned: "Then if you have the ability to fish, you can just make your own fishing rod and go fishing. Why do you have to beg on the street and live by looking at people's faces?"
Upon hearing this, the old beggar rolled his eyes and said, "Hey, you were not bad before, but why did you end up going to join your relatives?"
"I have never seen anyone open a liquor store and then close their own shop first!"
"Hi!" Wei Hai was irritated by these words and his eyes widened: "I'm just talking to you, why don't you recognize the heart of a good person?"
The old beggar made a "cut" sound and responded: "Old man, I want to tell you carefully, drink less!"
"Okay, okay! For the sake of drinking the porridge you made, I won't argue with you!" With that, Wei Hai walked towards the front of the ship: "I have slept enough during the day, and I will keep vigil at night. You guys Go to sleep."
"Hey, you drunkard, you still have some conscience!" the old beggar's voice came slowly.
Wei Hai snorted coldly and sat down on the bank of the river.
Seeing that these two people were bickering from time to time, Gu Ning'an and Li Xunshan would try to persuade them at first, but later they would simply ignore them.
Anyway, the two people quarreled until the end, but they just ignored each other for a moment or three, which actually gave the canoe some quiet time.
Putting the last piece of fish in the bowl into his mouth, Gu Ningan put down the bowls and chopsticks, and at the same time picked up the bowls and chopsticks that Wei Hai and the old beggar had put on the table, and stacked them together: "I'll wash the dishes. .”
"Don't bother! Just let me do this kind of thing." The old beggar waved to his colleague, who wanted to take the bowl.
Li Xunshan on the side, who had not yet swallowed the porridge in his mouth, was holding his own porridge bowl and shaking his head.
"Hurry up and drink. When you're done, give me the bowl and chopsticks. I'm just cleaning up the bowl and chopsticks. It's the same for everyone." Gu Ning'an held the bowl and chopsticks and stretched out her hand towards Li Xunshan.
Li Xunshan drank the brown rice porridge in the bowl first, and when he was about to speak, a sudden shout came from the front of the boat: "Something's happening!"
As soon as these words came out, the three people in the canopy immediately walked out of the canopy.
Wei Hai, who was holding wood pulp in his hand, was half-bowed and looking at the river with a wary expression.
Looking in the direction he was facing, a boat several times larger than their wooden boat was speeding towards them!
"Move your back, we've encountered water bandits!" Li Xunshan said while raising his hand: "You guys lean back and I'll try to deal with them."
Seeing that none of the three people around him moved, Li Xunshan had no time to persuade them. After all, in the blink of an eye, the water bandits' clipper had already arrived in front of them.
"Grandma's! I thought I could catch a big fish, but I didn't expect there were even beggars on this boat!" On the bandit boat, a big man with a machete and long beard and hair cursed angrily.
Opposite him, Li Xunshan bowed his hands and said, "Heroes, we are all poor people. I hope you will let me go..."
"Bah!" the long-bearded water bandit shouted angrily: "Since you know what we are doing, you should know some rules! Don't force me to do anything!"
"How outrageous!" A powerful and angry shout sounded from the canoe, and when the sound was heard, it turned out to be the old beggar!
I saw that he changed from his normal state, and his cloudy eyes became extremely sharp: "In the third volume of the Daqian Law, anyone who robs money will be sent to the army at the least, and beheaded at the worst!"
"How many of you dare to rob money on the Xiangjiang River? Aren't you afraid of being caught and beheaded?"
"I can tell you, there are official boats patrolling the Xiangjiang River even at night. If you make too much noise, no one can escape!"
Facing the imposing old beggar, a boatload of water bandits were really afraid, especially when the old beggar was reciting the Daqianlu, they seemed to see a judge judging their crimes!
However, even though the old beggar was full of momentum, he also knew the pros and cons of intimidation in his words.
But his beggar's clothes and unkempt appearance really quickly brought the water bandits back to their senses.
"His grandma's! You stinky beggar is impatient for life, isn't he?"
"You've never had a full meal, but you can recite the law of Daqian very catchyly!"
"Don't talk nonsense to him. Send this old beggar to the West first!"
The frightened water bandits all felt a little embarrassed on their faces, waving their long knives one by one, wanting to rush up, cut the old beggar into pieces, and throw them into the river to feed the fish!
Seeing that the situation could no longer be controlled, Li Xunshan put his hands behind his back and gradually moved closer to the edge of the boat.
Gu Ning'an noticed this and suddenly discovered that there were two protrusions on Li Xunshan's waist. Judging from the shape, they should be the handles of two short-edged knives...
"Everyone! You heroes!" Wei Hai bowed his hands and said with an apologetic smile to the water bandits: "This is all a misunderstanding! This old beggar has a brain problem. You adults have a lot, so don't argue with him!"
The long-bearded water bandit sneered: "You know how to cause trouble... Well, for the sake of your good attitude, I don't want to kill anyone today... All you need is forty taels of silver. , I’ll let you go, how about that?”
"Forty taels!"
"This is too much. If we build such a broken ship, it is possible to get so much money."
"Hero, can you please be accommodating and give me less?"
Wei Hai looked ugly and bowed with a wry smile.
"Damn it, I'll give you a way to survive, don't you!" The Changxu water bandit pretended to jump onto the canoe!
Li Xunshan raised his hands, and when he was about to draw his sword, Wei Hai took a step forward, held down his hands, and whispered: "Don't do it..."
Li Xunshan took a deep look at Wei Hai and gradually relaxed his hands.
"A good man! A good man!"
"We pay!"
As he spoke, Wei Hai sat down on the board of the boat and quickly took off his shoes with both hands.
There was a "gada" sound, and dozens of pieces of silver the size of little thumb joints fell on the ship's deck...
