Fisherman

The sound of playing mahjong is resounding day after day. Since there were two shops in the market, the wives and husbands have been extraordinarily diligent when they go out.Brother Zhou hadn't been to the shop for several days since he contracted the wind-cold disease. When the wind-cold got better, he took the lead to visit the mahjong shop.

As soon as the front foot entered the door, the voices inside were still very noisy, but what was different this time was that everyone was talking about the Zhao family.

"Didn't a group of poor women come to the market a few days ago? Guess what, I saw them coming in and out of the inn yesterday. They were all dressed in fancy clothes. They looked like they were down and out when they were performing arts in the market. I was wondering which family I climbed, guess who it is?"

"Two barrels." The noble lady who played the card raised her eyelids: "Who is it?"

"I saw Zhong Jiu from the casino giving them something!"

A young husband frowned, in disbelief: "Zhong Jiu is also the manager of a gambling house, how can he have so much money to support so many girls."

"Hey, I said Jin Fulang, can't you turn your mind around? Who owns the casino, and who is Zhong Jiu working for?"

Having said that, several people smiled suddenly.

Brother Zhou stood at the door, separated by several layers of tulle, and he was not in a hurry to interrupt the conversation of the few people. Instead, he leaned against the door and continued to listen to what they said.

"That's right. Looking at our market, there is only Master Zhao who can support so many beautiful girls."

"If you really take them to the house, wouldn't brother Zhou be less angry?"

"This is wrong. Zhou Geer is Zhao Qian's main wife and gave birth to a son. Even if Zhao Qian marries a concubine, the family business will not belong to Zhou Geer's son after giving birth to a child. His position is stable. Go!"

Brother Zhou was listening attentively, when Xiao Er, who came back from refilling tea, saw him standing at the door, and hurriedly greeted him: "Boss Lang, are you here?"

The lady who was talking, Fu Lang, heard the shout, quickly shut up and shut his mouth, and hurriedly changed another expression, as if he hadn't said anything, and continued to rub the mahjong.

After hanging around in the mahjong shop for a long time, Brother Zhou has already gotten used to everyone's temperament. He walked in with a blank expression and greeted everyone one by one.

"Oh, Zhou Fulang, are you here? Why haven't you come over for a while, is there something at home?"

"I contracted a cold a few days ago, and it's much better these two days."

"The winter cold will get into your body if you don't pay attention, you have to pay attention to your body."

Seeing the faces of everyone booing and inquiring, Brother Zhou felt a little funny, but naturally he would not lose his composure. This time he came to the shop not only to look at the shop, but also to have an important matter.

Brother Zhao’s cruise ship has been built, and the boat has been fishing for the past two days. A few days ago, due to the shortage of daily fresh food, many customers have been lost. More people go to restaurants to eat hot pot in winter than in previous seasons. , so Zhao Qian asked someone to drive the boat out to fish first. Originally, he also wanted to go and have a look. After all, he grew up fishing since he was a child. Brother's fishing gear, now that he has a good boat, he will definitely have a different feeling when fishing.

The reason why he didn't go was that brother Zhao told him to come out and send invitations to these noble husbands, and then go to the cruise ship to watch.

"I wonder if you will be free in a couple of days?" He said while taking out the invitations he had prepared. The invitations with the bronzing cover were better than the previous invitations.

Everyone put away their mahjong-playing hands, and turned their gazes to the stack of unique invitation cards at the same time: "This is Zhou Fulang?"

Everyone was thinking wildly, guessing wildly, but most of them thought that Zhao Qian was going to marry a newcomer into Zhao's family. Seeing how unique the invitation was, at least they were marrying a concubine.

Looking at Zhou Ge'er's calm face, everyone felt that they were trying to be calm, some sympathized with others, and some were secretly delighted. In the inner circle of the market, no one knew that Mr. Zhao's family was only Zhou Ge'er's husband. Even if she treats him very well, it not only envies the married people for a while, but also makes the unmarried people have a measure of their husbands in their hearts.

Now that Zhao Qian is going to get married, I am afraid many people will be disappointed. The world is as dark as crows, how can he treat one person well all the time, seeing that Brother Zhou is still defiant all day long, now let's see how he can hold his head up and speak in front of everyone.

But for a moment, Brother Zhou didn't know that everyone's thoughts had been so active, he took out the invitations one by one, and handed them over one by one.

When everyone opened it, he explained: "Brother Zhao has newly built a cruise ship. If you are free or interested, you can go on board and play. Please go back and tell the masters. In addition, if you have friends who want to go together, you can also go together." Go and see."

The eyes of all the people who received the invitation were slightly stunned. It seemed that they were thinking too much. Fortunately, they kept their mouths shut and did not say any sarcasm. Someone laughed bitterly and said: "I heard that Master Zhao was in When building a boat, I thought it was a fishing boat, but I didn’t expect it to be a pleasure boat.”

Brother Zhou smiled, with some pride: "It can be used for both fishing and pleasure boats."

Several people looked at each other in blank dismay. After the invitation was sent out, he didn't stay any longer. He confessed a few words, asking the person who received the invitation to invite his friends to go on a cruise as much as possible, and then left. The first time a cruise ship is used, the first thing to do is to invite guests , You can only receive more money after your reputation is spread.

He went out of the shop and didn't go back directly. Instead, he went to the inn where some dancers lived. Zhao Qian was afraid that everyone would gossip, so he specially asked Zhong Jiu to take care of the girls. Everyone still took things for granted on his head.

Brother Zhou found Shui Ruyan, asked them to pack up their things, found a carriage, and sent them to the cruise ship. The cruise ship will be officially launched in two days, and they need to get familiar with the environment first.

Shui Ruyan knew how to be polite, according to Brother Zhou's arrangement, he asked a few sisters to clean up.

Since the conversation at the inn that day, Shui Ruyan and a few sisters have been arranged to live in the inn. Zhao Qian had someone make new clothes for them. After a few days of recuperation, and the clothes to complement them, they have changed a lot. Well, as the saying goes, it is true that people rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles. He was a little surprised, and then calmed down again in a blink of an eye.

Including him, a total of eight people took two carriages and drove to the market.

Shui Ruyan sat in the same bullock cart with him. In the carriage, Brother Zhou closed his eyes to rest his mind, and Shui Ruyan kept secretly looking at him.Although Zhou Ge'er closed his eyes, he could always feel that someone was looking at him. He opened his eyes, just facing Shui Ruyan.

"What is Ruyan girl looking at me all the time?"

Shui Ruyan chuckled lightly: "The little girl is being rude."

"I'm not a man, it's not polite to look at it a few times." After Zhou Ge'er finished speaking, he paused again: "Miss, what do you want to say to me?"

Shui Ruyan clearly opened his mouth, but finally shook his head.

Brother Zhou couldn't help frowning, the woman's heart was pierced in the bottom of the sea.

The carriage was much faster than the ox cart. Around noon, the group arrived at the seaside. Although the girls came from Jiangnan, they had never seen such a large sea. After getting off the carriage, they couldn't help running towards the seaside.

"Zhou Fulang, where is the boat Mr. Zhao mentioned?" The negotiation on that day was to see the boat first before deciding to stay. Although it was delicious and nice to live in the inn these days, she never saw the boat, and she was always in suspense. with.

Brother Zhou raised his head, facing the sea, and saw a huge three-story-high ship appearing on the surface of the sea, he couldn't help but gasped, it was the first time for him to see the ship, facing the Asked about the smoke, he raised his finger.

Shui Ruyan turned around in surprise, even though she had seen a lot of worlds, her legs softened at this moment, and she covered her mouth that was about to scream.

"Is this boat too big?" She always thought it was just a small boat workshop with an elegant style, so she just docked on the lake or river, but she didn't know that it was a boat sailing on the vast and boundless sea.

"Shaoyu, come on!" The boat had just docked, Zhao Qian stood on the boat and shouted to the people on the shore, his clothes were blown by the sea wind.

Brother Zhou hadn't felt the sea breeze blowing against his face for a long time. With a smile on his face, he ran towards the boat like a boy who ran barefoot on the coast a few years ago.

Zhao Qian was waiting for the boy on the board. There were already dozens of people on the boat, including the fishermen he invited, as well as thugs and crew members. The boat sailed out just now and used the fishing gear in the space. Now the harvest is full. The fishermen They are packing the seafood.

After boarding the boat, Brother Zhou saw a group of busy and hungry figures, as well as the green fishing nets. Before he had time to happily catch a lot of seafood, he pulled Zhao Qian's clothes nervously and asked in a low voice: " Is it okay to take out these fishing gear like this?"

"Don't worry, according to the current strength of our family, you will not be surprised to have these things. What I told you is that these fishing gears are bought from Western merchants. They don't dare to ask more questions. They just need reliable people to manage them. Just fishing gear."

Only then did Brother Zhou heave a sigh of relief. He went to look at the fish stocks, and found a lot of sea fish that were not easy to fish in the past. There are a lot of shrimps, shrimps, crabs and crabs, and there are many types: "Now Riri Fresh will not be out of stock. .”

"Don't worry, there will be no shortage of goods in the future. I have asked Hu San'er to send a lot of seafood to the restaurant, and the rest will be used to attract customers."

As he said that, Shui Ruyan and a few girls just climbed up, he hugged Brother Zhou, and called the girls: "You guys also come to see the boat with me."

"This ship has only three floors from the outside, but there are actually two floors below, but the bottom two floors are where the fishermen and crew on board stay. There are three floors upstairs. The first floor is the main hall, with the inner hall and the main hall. , is a place for tourists to eat, drink and have fun. Most of the second floor is for living, with dozens of rooms. As for the third floor, it is mainly for viewing the sea view.”

He just introduced to everyone what each place is for, so that everyone is confused by the twists and turns inside. As for the principle of ship construction, the bottom is wide, the bow and tail are high, and the bow and tail are square. He didn't say a word, and they wouldn't understand if he said it.

"From now on, you will live on the second floor. There will be your separate rooms on the top, which are separated from the guest room, and there will be other doors to enter." He pushed the door open to let Shui Ruyan see.

The young girl hugged Qin and ran in quickly: "Sister, the room here is so big, you can still see the sea when you open the window!"

The little girl made surprise sounds again and again.

Zhao Qian put his hand on Brother Zhou's shoulder: "See if you are satisfied? If you decide to stay, if you still need something, just ask."

The water like smoke caressed the exquisite carvings in the room. There was everything one could expect. Compared with the extravagant days in the south of the Yangtze River, it was even worse. Now, she has no reason to refuse.

Putting down the piano, she smiled slightly: "We decided to stay."

"That couldn't be better. The cruise ship will welcome the first batch of guests in two days. This is very important to the future development of the cruise ship. I hope you can use your skills to arrange the music and dance, so that the guests will never forget to leave."

A young girl said to herself: "Master Zhao, don't worry, this matter is on us. When we were in Jiangnan, all the guests who saw us singing and dancing praised us. The eldest sister's dancing posture is unique in Jiangnan!"

"Then I'll wait and see."

After setting up several girls, Zhao Qian and Brother Zhou went to the third floor together. Half of the upper part is open-air and the other half has a roof. There are several barbecue grills.

Sitting on the soft bed, Brother Zhou felt as comfortable as at home. He put his arms on the back of his head as a pillow, and looked at the winter sea. The wind was a bit strong, but it couldn't blow in.

"Brother Zhao, I sent out all the invitations, so I invite them in for free?"

Looking at the squinting young man, Zhao Qian seemed to see a lot of shadows when they first met. At that time, Brother Zhou was young, with his trousers rolled up, stepping barefoot on the beach. He was tall, long-legged, and stubborn. He is cold and cold, and he can't poke his aesthetic point anymore.

After a long while, Brother Zhou saw that there was no reply, so he turned his head to look at Zhao Qian who was in a daze, and raised his eyebrows: "Brother Zhao?"

"It's just letting them board the ship for free. After they see the benefits of the ship, they will have to collect money later, and merchants in the county will also come. At that time, they will auction precious tea and silk on the ship, and For some porcelain, there may be jewelers coming, not only for playing, but also for buying and selling things."

"And I've set up a casino on the second floor, they'll love it."

Zhao Qian smiled, the money gambled here is not as small as in the bazaar, after all, the people who come on the cruise ship are rich and rich, rich businessmen, and even officials

After Brother Zhou sent out the invitation, the news of going on the cruise ship spread like wildfire, and the news continued to spread, so that all the big family members who had some connections knew the news, and Zhao Qian was also busy arranging the cruise ship and preparing food.