step on mountains and rivers

After Tang Mu came back from the boat trip, he informed Tang Qingfeng of the situation:

"Cousin, I have made an appointment with the owner of the boat company to go to the port to see the boat tomorrow afternoon."

"Well, good." After Tang Qingfeng finished speaking, several people went to rest separately.

On the second day, Tang Qingfeng and Li Zhenwu practiced daily. After breakfast, they rested for a while and went out together.

The air in Hehai City in the early morning is humid, and the breeze blows from the sea, carrying a faint salty fragrance.

The two walked on the path, and there were small stalls selling various foods along the way.They came to the end of the stall, walked down the stone steps, and saw a boat selling cherries.

At this time, the owner of the small boat was arguing with others, and the shopper asked him loudly:

"Twelve taels a catty, are you robbing money?"

Tang Qingfeng looked at the person who spoke, smiled slightly and said:

"Old Jiang, Lu Qing."

Jiang Ling was arguing with the peddler when he suddenly heard Tang Qingfeng's voice, so he turned his head.Lu Qing also heard the voice and turned his head to look.

The two looked at the people who came and saw that it was Tang Qingfeng and Li Zhenwu, so Jiang Ling said with a smile:

"Old Tang, Brother Li, why are you here?"

"Come shopping." Tang Qingfeng said.

"What to buy?" Jiang Ling asked.

"Cherry." Tang Qingfeng said.

"You are also here to buy cherries," Jiang Ling said.

"Yeah." Tang Qingfeng replied.As he spoke, he looked at the peddler and said, "Boss, two catties of cherries."

"Okay." The boss smiled and said, "Master, are you satisfied with yesterday's cherries?"

"Fair." Tang Qingfeng said.

"Hey, young master, it was a little late yesterday, and the cherries were not very fresh. Today's ones were just taken out, so they are guaranteed to be very fresh." The peddler said.

Tang Qingfeng glanced at the cherries on the hawker's stall, all of them were crystal clear, ruddy and plump, so he nodded in satisfaction.

Then he looked at Jiang Ling and asked:

"How much do you want?"

"Old Tang, this peddler cheats people, you better not buy it," Jiang Ling said.

"Oh, my lord, look at what you said, how could I cheat people? Since you are this lord's friend, I'll sell it to you at this lord's price. You can see it." The peddler smiled. road.

"Huh? Why, my price is not the same?" Jiang Ling asked.

"Ahem, well, you know, it's not easy to do business." The peddler covered up.

"Okay, just give me five catties at Old Tang's price," Jiang Ling said.

"Okay, thank you two gentlemen for your patronage." The peddler smiled and packed the cherries for the two of them respectively. After the two paid, Jiang Ling took the basket, grabbed a handful and handed it to Lu Qing, saying:

"Try it."

Lu Qing ate one and it tasted very delicious.

Jiang Ling saw that he was satisfied, so he ate one with a smile.

Tang Qingfeng took the basket from the peddler, handed it to Li Zhenwu, then looked at Jiang Ling and Lu Qing and said:

"Have you had breakfast yet?"

"Not yet." Jiang Ling said.

"Well, come up, let's eat together." Tang Qingfeng said.

"Okay." Jiang Ling replied.

Li Zhenwu held the basket and waited on the shore with Tang Qingfeng.He picked out a few big juicy fruits from the basket and handed them to Tang Qingfeng:

"Brother Tang."

Tang Qingfeng took it and said: "Thank you", and then ate one with a smile.

Li Zhenwu nodded, picked up the cherry and ate it silently.

Tang Qingfeng saw someone selling small conch beside him. After thinking for a while, he went forward and bought two.

He looked at Li Zhenwu beside him, handed him a white conch and said:

"Zhenwu, this is a special horn snail. It has a loud sound and is small and convenient. The crew will carry one with them when they go out to sea. If they fall into the water in a strong storm, they can blow it up and guide the ship to come to rescue.

If you don't know how to water, bring a self-defense.If there is a storm, just blow it up, and I will be able to find where you are. "

"Okay." Li Zhenwu took the conch and put it in his clothes.

Jiang Ling took Lu Qing to the shore, Tang Qingfeng saw the two coming, and took Li Zhenwu to meet them.

He handed Jiang Ling another white conch.

Jiang Ling looked at the conch and asked:

"what is this?"

"The horn snail." Tang Qingfeng said: "Provide Lu Qing with self-defense."

"En." Jiang Ling said as he handed the conch to Lu Qing, who took it with his hand.

Tang Qingfeng looked at the two of them and said:

"Go to eat first, and go to the river and sea boat trip in the afternoon."

"Yeah." The two nodded.After the four of them finished speaking, Tang Qingfeng led the three of them towards the restaurant.

Looking at the familiar three big characters of Shuxianglou, Jiang Ling couldn't help being a little shocked and said:

"Old Tang, Shuxianglou actually has a branch in Hehai City."

Tang Qingfeng looked at Jiang Ling's surprised expression, smiled and said:

"Lao Jiang, Shuxianglou has branches all over Dazhou."

"Your business is too broad." Jiang Ling sighed.

"What? Are you worried that I won't be too busy? Otherwise, how many can you help me with?" Tang Qingfeng smiled.

"Forget it, you know me, I'm not a business person." Jiang Ling said disinterestedly.

"Well, let's go in." Tang Qingfeng said, leading the three of them into Shuxiang Tower.

Seeing Tang Qingfeng coming, the steward of Shuxianglou welcomed him into the private room respectfully.The room still has familiar furnishings.Li Zhenwu looked at Yajian, and couldn't help but recall what happened in Yangzhou, and suddenly realized that he and Tang Qingfeng had traveled so far.

Seeing Li Zhenwu in a daze, Tang Qingfeng asked with concern:

"Zhenwu, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I just remembered something about Yangzhou." Li Zhenwu replied.

"Yangzhou, that was a long time ago." Jiang Ling said.

"Yes." Li Zhenwu replied.

"I still vaguely remember the first time Zhenwu met me and forced me to take the princess. Zhenwu was really domineering at that time." Tang Qingfeng laughed.

"Brother Tang, it's all a misunderstanding." Li Zhenwu said.

"What's going on?" Lu Qing asked.

"Yes, why didn't I know?" Jiang Ling asked curiously.

"It's nothing." Li Zhenwu replied.

"Huh?" Jiang Ling looked at Tang Qingfeng suspiciously.

Seeing Li Zhenwu evading, Tang Qingfeng explained with a smile:

"When I first arrived in Yangzhou, I saw some people fighting in the ring, and I thought they were too weak, so I took part in it. I never thought that the ring competition was actually a princess contest to recruit relatives.

Naturally, I rejected the princess. I was about to leave, but I was stopped by Zhenwu Zhengqi.

"

"What happened next?" Lu Qing asked curiously.

"Well, I explained the reason to Zhenwu and said that I already have someone I like. Zhenwu also knows that marriage cannot be forced, so he didn't force me."

"I see." Lu Qing said.

Tang Qingfeng nodded, and said to Lu Qing:

"Thank you for the matter of Immortal Medicine Valley."

"Brother Tang, you don't have to be polite, I just do as I please." Lu Qing said.

"Okay." After Tang Qingfeng finished speaking, he looked at Li Zhenwu and said, "Zhenwu, we seem to have traveled a long way."

"Yes." Li Zhenwu nodded.

Listening to Tang Qingfeng's words, Lu Qing thought for a while, and he and Jiang Ling seemed to have traveled a long way.

Listening to Tang Qingfeng's words, Jiang Ling remembered the first time he met Lu Qing, he looked a little cold like a stranger, but now he looked extremely cute.

Then he thought about Lu Qing's falling into the water, but the infatuation Gu tortured him so much that life was worse than death.

Thinking of this, Jiang Ling frowned slightly.

Lu Qing saw that Jiang Ling seemed a little sad, so he asked:

"what happened to you?"

Jiang Ling heard Lu Qing's inquiry, looked at him and shook his head and said:

"It's nothing, Lu Qing, we seem to have traveled a long way."

"Yes." Lu Qing replied.

After the four finished speaking, they walked towards Tang Mu's mansion after a quick breakfast.

Tang Qingfeng sat with a few people in the lobby chatting for a long time, and Tang Mu came from outside the house.He saw that there were two more people in the house that he hadn't seen before, so he stepped forward and asked:

"Cousin, who are these two?"

"My friends, Jiang Ling and Lu Qing." Tang Qingfeng said.

"Oh, my name is Tang Mu, hello both of you." Tang Mu said.

"Jiangling, the gang of beggars, it's a pleasure to meet you," Jiangling said.

"Medical Immortal Valley Lu Qing, Mr. Tang Mu is honored to meet you." Lu Qing said.

Tang Mu nodded, then looked at Tang Qingfeng and said, "Cousin Qingfeng, the arrangements for the ship have been made, we can go there after lunch."

"Okay." Tang Qingfeng said.

Tang Mu arranged a room for Jiang Ling and Lu Qing. After everyone rested and had lunch, they walked towards the Hehai Wharf.

Several people came to the pier and saw huge ships moored in the harbor.Beyond the harbor is the endless sea.The sea is vast and connects to the sky.Above the surface of the sea, a group of white seabirds flew by. The tip of the seabirds' beaks lightly touched the water surface, holding the whitebait in their mouths, and flew towards the distant sky.

Tang Mu led the crowd to a three-masted sailboat. The sailboat was huge, about 24 feet long, nine feet wide, and three feet high, enough for a hundred people to ride together.

On the sailing boat, a middle-aged man with a round figure, dressed in gorgeous clothes, was explaining something to the crew. Seeing Tang Mu leading the crowd, he said loudly:

"Master Tang Mu, I'm here, the boardwalk is on the right side of the boat, you come up from there."

"Okay." Tang Mu replied loudly, and then led everyone onto the boat from the boardwalk.

Seeing Tang Mu leading someone up, the middle-aged man said:

"Mr. Tang Mu, this is the boat you want to rent. You are satisfied after looking at it."

Tang Mu looked at Tang Qingfeng and asked:

"Cousin, what do you think?"

Tang Qingfeng quickly glanced at the sailboat, nodded and said, "Yes."

The middle-aged man saw that the two were satisfied, so he said:

"Okay, then I will arrange this ship for everyone."

"Okay." Tang Mu said: "Boss He, you have to match me with some more ocean-going veterans."

"That's natural." Boss He said: "Then gentlemen, take a look first. I'll go to the captain to arrange a trip?"

"Okay." After Tang Mu finished speaking, Boss He walked into the cabin.

After Boss He left, Tang Mu looked at Tang Qingfeng and said, "Cousin, take a tour first, and I'll go see how Boss He arranges it."

"Well, let's go." Tang Qingfeng said.

After Tang Qingfeng finished speaking, Tang Mu walked towards Boss He's place.

Boss He and Captain Chen Hai are discussing the itinerary. The two have discussed for a long time, but no results have been reached.

"Captain Chen, you can't do this way, it will take you a long way, and you don't have enough food," Boss He said.

"Boss He, I want to take care of my crew. If there is not enough food, save some food. I can't risk the lives of the crew." Chen Haidao.

Just when the two were arguing, Tang Mu happened to come from outside the door. Seeing that the two were distressed, he asked:

"Boss He, what's the matter, what happened?"