sinovels Chapter 227 Arrival
Chapter 227 Arrival
Everyone played a few more rounds together, and Cheng Fulang and Cheng Luanjing were killed to death, Cheng Luanjing was so angry that he dropped his cards and quit playing.
Without Cheng Luanjing, Lin Xiazhi was also very helpless when he met opponents at the level of Cheng Adie and Cheng Wenliu, and he just wanted not to pay tribute every game.
After playing for a while, Cheng Fulang stopped doing it. He threw away the cards in his hand and did not play cards with the two old and little foxes.
Lin Xiazhi also took this opportunity to get away and called Cheng Luanjing, who was still sulking, and the three of them played Doudizhu.
Of course, Lin Xiazhi changed the name of Dou Di Zhu to Da Bandit.
You know, he, Lin Xiazhi, is a landlord himself. Is he playing this game to fight against himself?
Fighting Landlords requires brains more than running fast, but none of the three players present is much better at playing cards. Cheng Luanjing finally managed to win a few hands in this game, and his interest suddenly rose.
Father Cheng and Cheng Wenliu watched from the side. They could look at the cards of the three families, and watched Cheng Luanjing play the cards to the opponent's hand, and couldn't help pointing at the side.
"Watching chess without talking is a real gentleman!" Cheng Luanjing put the cards in his hand upside down on the table, "Father, second brother, you should also be silent while watching the cards. Don't hang around here, it makes me dizzy."
Father Cheng and Cheng Wenliu were kicked out of the room by the three brothers. They had nothing to do on the boat, so they simply made a deck of cards by themselves, brought the shopkeeper Jin together, and played bandits in another room.
With the card game, the boring time on the boat was much easier. Four days passed in a flash, and it seemed that they arrived at Qilang City, the county town of Liaotai County.
A few people who had been cooped up in the room all day were finally willing to come out of the cabin to get some fresh air outside.
Liaotai County was colder than Lishui County, and Lin Xiazhi came out of a warm room again. As soon as he poked his head out, he shivered from the cold, and immediately retracted his head.
With just a glance, Lin Xiazhi has already seen the scenery outside.
Not far away is the busy wharf, and further away are the pavilions and pavilions in Qilang City.
Looking further into the distance, the rolling mountains are covered with white snow, which is much thicker than that in Jiangning County.
"Brother Xia, put on that rabbit fur cloak." Cheng Fulang turned around and told him, "Wen Liu, add a cloak too, so you don't catch a cold."
"Okay." Cheng Wenliu and Lin Xiazhi replied inside the room.
Lin Xiazhi took out the cage for clothes in the house, found the rabbit fur cape in the cage, and brought Cheng Wenliu a black mink fur cape.
Wearing an extra coat to go out, the air-conditioning is not as obvious as before, and a fur cloak is enough to block most of the cold wind.
"I think if our rabbit fur is sold to places like Liaotai County, people will definitely grab it." Lin Xiazhi gathered her neck, and hid her chin with the fine and soft rabbit fur.
"I sold those rabbit skins to the second cousin of the third uncle's family, and made a little money." Cheng Wenliu was quite proud.
Jufulou collected live rabbits. Cheng Wenliu hired a person to kill the rabbits and process the rabbit skins. Because these rabbits were artificially bred, not only the fur was intact, but even the color was uniform. The people's money was offset, and I made a fortune.
Lin Xiazhi had some impressions of the second cousin in Cheng Wenliu's words: "Second cousin? Is he the one who is often active in the north? It turns out that he is doing these fur businesses. I heard that the climate in the north is colder than Liaotai County. As soon as it started snowing, fur should be popular in those places."
"It can make money there, but the weather is too bad. I went there once with my second cousin. It wasn't winter, and the wind was so strong that it could blow me away." Cheng Wenliu sighed.
Cheng Wenliu was still a child at the time, and when the strong wind blew, it didn't mean that he had to be blown away, it became the shadow of his childhood.
"I really want to see it if I have the chance." Lin Xiazhi yearned for it. He was in the south in his last life and this life, and he never had the chance to go to the north.
Cheng Wenliu swallowed, and said with difficulty: "Brother Xia, if you really want to go, let's go in summer. It's cool in summer, so it's quite suitable for escaping the heat. Second cousin should go back to the main house this year. Then let him tell us about the scenery over there."
Seeing Cheng Wenliu's appearance of risking his life to accompany a gentleman, Lin Xiazhi burst out laughing: "Okay."
Cheng Wenliu thought, when the time comes, the second cousin must make the North scary!Dispel Xia Ge'er's idea of going north.
I have already arrived at Qilang City, the county town of Liaotai County, but I just heard that many boats are waiting in line to dock.
As the Chinese New Year is approaching, there are a lot of boats coming and going from various places, and the river is already congested. The sheriff of Liaotai County has dispatched a special water officer to maintain order. When there is a dispute between the ships, the water officer must immediately adjust it so as not to affect other ships. dock.
"Uncle Six, here—"
"Sixth Uncle, Second Cousin, look this way—"
While the Cheng family's boat was waiting to dock, a few half-grown men in silver-gray furs ushered in at the pier. They made their hands into trumpet shapes and shouted desperately at the Cheng family's boat.
Cheng Jinxing, who was standing next to him, couldn't stop the silly brothers' embarrassing actions, and led the horse in another open space, pretending to draw a transparent boundary with them.
Cheng Fulang felt that it was a bit cold standing on the deck, so he dragged Lin Xiazhi and Cheng Luanjing back to the cabin to continue playing cards, only Cheng Adie and Cheng Wenliu were waiting outside.
The group of young boys followed the boat on the shore and yelled and yelled for a long time before Cheng Wenliu noticed them, and waved to his brothers to show that he had seen them.
Then, no matter how noisy they were, Cheng Wenliu ignored them. Although he was not as old-fashioned as Cheng Jinxing, he would not be at this age and still jump around like a child all day long.
Everyone didn't get a response, and after jumping for a long time, they were exhausted, and finally calmed down, leaning against their horses and waiting for the boat to dock.
These teenagers were those who rushed to Jiangning County for a wedding banquet when Lin Xiazhi and the others got married. After Lin Xiazhi and the others disembarked, everyone saluted the elders and surrounded Cheng Wenliu and Lin Xiazhi, asking him about Jufulou and Piaoxiang Is there anything new to eat in Shili?
The food that is fragrant for ten miles is an exclusive invention of the Lin family. After the teenagers asked about it, they didn't clamor for it.
Jufu Building is different, it is my brother's property, and I heard that there is a new bamboo rice, clamoring for the family kitchen to make bamboo rice, and asked Cheng Wenliu to talk about how bamboo rice was invented.
Cheng Wenliu gave a general account of their autumn outing, and the teenagers were fascinated by it. They even wanted to try grilled shrimp, saying that they were going to Talang Lake in Qilang City to catch fish and shrimp.
Cheng Wenliu stood up and objected, Talang Lake is extremely cold now, and the shrimps are hiding in this weather, so they won't be caught, and they have to go in summer or autumn to eat grilled shrimp.
Will Xiazi hide? Cheng Wenliu doesn't know, but he is worried that this group of fearless guys will really run to Talang Lake together, and if any of them fall into the icy water, the family will The elders must not scold him to death.
The hot-blooded teenagers were poured cold water by Cheng Wenliu, and the idea of going to Talang Lake to catch shrimp was extinguished. They were soon attracted by other things Cheng Wenliu said.
Seeing this, Cheng Jinxing had no choice but to take the elder who had been on the boat for a few days to the carriage sent by the Cheng family: "Sixth uncle, third cousin, how are you doing on the boat these few days?"
"It's okay, everyone didn't get seasick this time, and it went smoothly." Cheng Luanjing rushed to the front to talk, "We found a new gadget on the boat, a card game, brother Jin Xingtang, do you want to try it?"
"Playing cards? What is this?" Cheng Jinxing was quite curious.
Cheng Luanjing explained all the composition and playing methods of the cards, emphasizing that the cards are really fun.
Unexpectedly, after Cheng Jinxing finished listening, he turned around and clasped his fists at Cheng Fulang: "Second Uncle, playing cards is easy to play with, so it's better to have less at home."
"..." Cheng Luanjing's blood was flushed back by Cheng Jinxing's words, and his face flushed red from choking.
Cheng Fulang was also a little embarrassed. According to his nephew, they were all attracted by the cards, and they all lost their minds.
"According to me, playing cards can be classified as gambling. It's really not a good thing..." Although Cheng Jinxing is old-fashioned, he was born in a merchant's family and has a natural sensitivity to these things. which industries.
When Father Cheng got into the carriage, only Cheng Jinxing was chattering about playing cards, while Cheng Fulang and Cheng Luanjing sat in the carriage without saying a word.
"What is Jinxing talking about?" Father Cheng didn't hear Cheng Jinxing's words clearly just now.
Cheng Jinxing turned his attention to Father Cheng, with a serious face: "Uncle Six, I heard that you played a new game called cards on the boat."
"That's right, Brother Xia took this out. It's quite fun and can pass the time." Father Cheng said cheerfully.
"It turns out that Uncle Six also thinks cards are fun, no wonder everyone didn't talk just now." Cheng Jinxing suddenly realized.
Father Cheng glanced at Cheng Fulang's face, and realized that he had stabbed a hornet's nest, so why did he forget that Cheng Jinxing's nephew was an old pedant, and he didn't want anyone to have fun.
Along the way, all the people in the carriage were criticized and educated by Cheng Jinxing, citing scriptures so that everyone couldn't lift their heads, as if they had really become playthings and lose their minds.
After finally arriving at the Cheng family's main residence, Cheng Jinxing made a summary of what he had said all the way: "In short, it's best not to spread cards."
However, while Cheng Jinxing said not to spread the cards, Cheng Wenliu had already told all the boys in the Cheng family about the cards, so it was impossible not to spread them.
"Wen Liu, is Jin Xing going to take the exam for fame?" Lin Xiazhi also heard Cheng Jin Xing's preaching just now, and he pulled Cheng Wen Liu to ask in a low voice when he was far away.
He hadn't heard Cheng Wenliu say what Cheng Jinxing was doing before, and he wondered if it was because Cheng Jinxing was young and hadn't started business yet.
Combining previous impressions with today's contact, Lin Xiazhi felt that Cheng Jinxing was very talented as a teacher.
In the future, he can consider becoming a teacher with his fame. With his ability to criticize education, he will definitely be able to manage the students under him submissively.