Forced to be a concubine, I went to my husband's place to become a wealthy merchant

Some small smuggling boats specifically go here, because more stones are placed under these big rocks, so the water is not that deep, only up to the waist and abdomen of an adult man. Then there is a narrow stone path under the water. People who know the route know that the boats will stop next to the big rocks at midnight, and then carry the goods on their shoulders and walk to the shore skillfully on the stone path they remember. In this way, they can smoothly transport the goods after a few trips back and forth, and then the boats will quietly sail away.

Ah Shan didn't know when and why this stone road was built. The water in the canal was turbid, and it didn't look like a place where people walked, so ordinary people couldn't find it, which made it easy for the smugglers. Ah Shan knew this because his father had done this job when he was still alive. When his father was dying, he told him that there was a smuggling trail here, and secretly took him here once in the dim night, telling him that if he wanted to do business when he grew up, he could try this trail, but be careful.

Ah Shan also knew why his family lived better than relatives with land when his father was still alive even though they had no land, but that was all. His father had wanted to send him to school to learn how to read and write, but the people in the clan opposed it, saying that his family's money was also the clan's money and that he had to take care of the food and clothing of the clan members first, so his father was forced to give up this idea. But after his father passed away, the people in the clan no longer cared about the life and death of the two brothers and sisters.

Now he was hiding in the place his father had told him, hoping to complete the benefactor's mission. He was right. When the night was dark, he saw by the moonlight that several small boats were slowly approaching the official ship and stayed beside it for a long time. He looked at the guards at the dock in surprise. In theory, there were soldiers guarding the dock every night to prevent trouble, but the dock was very quiet. When the small boats appeared, there were no soldiers patrolling.

Ah Shan knew that this must be a collusion between officials and businessmen. As he watched the boat approach him, he knew that these people also knew about this secret smuggling route. He was in a very dangerous situation at this time. He dared not move, for fear of making a sound and alarming the people on the boat. Two people got off the boat first. They looked around on the shore, as if to see if there was anyone. They did not dare to light a torch, so they could only act by moonlight. Ah Shan hid well, so they did not see that there was a person hiding in the bushes.

After they confirmed everything was correct, they waved to the boat, and the people on the boat began to move the goods to the shore one after another. Not far from Ah Shan stood a man, one of the first two people to come down to check. He was responsible for directing the others to work, and should be the leader.

The man had been facing away from Ah Shan, but suddenly he turned around and faced him, looking around. Ah Shan saw the man's face in the moonlight. There was a large black bump protruding from the temple at the end of his eyebrow, which was very eye-catching. Ah Shan quickly closed his eyes and listened carefully. He had heard that cats' eyes glow in the dark, and he was worried that his eyes would glow as well. If he was discovered by the man, he would be doomed, so he quickly closed his eyes.

When he heard the footsteps gradually moving away from him, he secretly opened his eyes and saw that the people seemed to have finished unloading the goods and the boat had rowed away. The goods might have been moved to somewhere on the shore, but he didn't dare to go out to see, so he continued to lie there in a daze.