Chapter 018 Setting Sail
The next morning.
Jia Lian was still drunk, so Sun Shaozong naturally became the commander-in-chief of the whole mansion. He first stuffed a lot of luggage and sundries into several large carts, and then ordered people to go to the backyard to invite the women to set off.
During this period of time, Sun Shaozong took a break from his busy schedule and recalled Jia Lian's drunken words that day. He secretly looked at Lin Daiyu's luggage, and seeing that it was as shabby as he had imagined, he could not help but sigh.
It is often said that "a clean magistrate can earn 100,000 silver coins in three years". The Salt Administration is one of the most lucrative positions in the world, which is more than ten times better than that of a magistrate.
No matter how honest Lin Ruhai was, he still had hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. But now all he had left were these worthless items. Combined with what Jia Lian said to Daiyu when he was drunk that day, one can easily imagine where the silver had gone.
"Why did Shao Zong sigh?"
At this moment, Jia Yucun's voice suddenly came from behind.
Sun Shaozong was startled and turned around to say perfunctorily, "Lord Lin was such an honest official, but unfortunately he died young. Isn't it a pity?"
"Alas~"
Jia Yucun also sighed and said with emotion: "Brother Ruhai is indeed a man of great talent, but he died just like that because of the jealousy of God. Fortunately, there is still a noble family like Rongguo Mansion. Otherwise, it would be good if no one would take care of his affairs after his death. What would happen to my lonely female student?"
A noble relative is actually a relative with a very high price!
As soon as he heard Jia Yucun particularly emphasize the word "noble relative", Sun Shaozong knew that this old fox had already seen through the clues, but he kept praising the Rongguo Mansion in every sentence without finding any omissions. He was truly cunning to the extreme.
Soon, a maid came out and shouted, "The girls are coming out, everyone else please get out of the way!"
Sun Jizong consciously led Feng Xin to retreat to the side, but thinking of Daiyu, he couldn't help but be curious, so when the female relatives went out and got on the car, he couldn't help but stick his head out to take a look.
Next to Ruan Rong, there was a tiny person. His figure was skinny, but his facial features were still exquisite . Even if Yan Liben were reborn, he would find it difficult to paint a person with such beauty.
For a moment, even Sun Shaozong, who preferred the plump style, could not help but have some inappropriate thoughts, so he recited the Heart Purification Mantra three times in his mind:
More than three years but less than ten years!
More than three years but less than ten years!
More than three years but less than ten years!
This was like a wake-up call, and I became much more sober.
A group of more than ten people, some riding horses and some taking cars, headed straight for the dock. When they arrived at the destination, local officials were already waiting to greet them.
However, Sun Shaozong was not in a position to take charge of this matter, so he delegated it to Jia Yucun to deal with it - after all, many of these people were sent to him.
Sun Shaozong first settled the women in the cabin, then put the luggage in the cabin, and finally tidied up his own cabin. When he came out, he saw Jia Yucun still chatting with people on the dock, and seemed to be writing some farewell poems, so he had no choice but to wander around the deck.
This ship was probably a modified building ship, about 25 meters from bow to stern and about 16 feet wide. There were three levels of cabins above and below the deck, with a rail running through the middle. The rudder at the stern could be raised and lowered, and there was a large oar seven or eight meters long. It looked somewhat different from the passenger ships on the Yangtze River.
After asking the boatman, I learned that the Grand Canal is not like the Yangtze River. There are many shallows in it. The rudder will not be able to control the direction and may get stuck on the bottom of the water. Therefore, it is necessary to raise the rudder and row the oars to control the forward and backward movement.
As he was lying at the stern taking a closer look at the 'live rudder', someone suddenly patted him on the shoulder.
Sun Shaozong knew it was Ruan Rong without turning around, so he smiled and said, "What's wrong? Can't you bear it down there?"
Ruan Rong squeezed next to him and looked down curiously for a few times, but she didn't see anything unusual, so she raised her head and smiled, "Do you want to know what Sister Lin said about you just now?"
It turned out that when Sun Shaozong was peeping at Daiyu, Daiyu was also secretly observing Sun Shaozong.
Although he was very curious, would Sun Shaozong be stupid enough to show it directly?
Seeing that no one was paying attention, he lowered his head and pecked her on the face, grinning, "I don't care what she says, as long as you like it, isn't that enough?"
"Hate it, I won't tell you then!"
Ruan Rong punched him on the chest coquettishly, but she couldn't hold it back after all, and laughed and revealed: "Just now in the cabin, Daiyu said that you have the heart of a fox, but you are wrapped in a bear skin, and she also told me to be careful not to be deceived by your appearance."
As he said this, he couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Bear skin, fox heart?
This little girl is really sarcastic in her words!
But this description is quite apt. A time traveler like Sun Shaozong, isn't he just putting his "heart" into someone else's skin?
The two chatted for a few more words, and then a servant came over and said that Jia Yucun had already boarded the ship and asked if they wanted to set off immediately.
Sun Shaozong was naturally eager to get on the road quickly, so at a command, the boatmen shouted as they untied the ropes, pulled up the gangplank, and took out a few oars. They carefully pushed the boat out from the dock, then raised the sail and sailed up the river.
--Dividing line--
Along the way, Sun Shaozong was either drinking and singing with Jia Lian, or chatting with Jia Yucun. Occasionally, he would get a chance to chat with Ruan Rong, but he rarely ran into Daiyu.
Because it was the middle of winter, the wind was blowing hard on the river, which was too cold for Lin Daiyu's small body to bear. She had no choice but to stay in the cabin and write or chat with Ruan Rong to relieve her boredom.
Let’s talk about this afternoon.
Sun Shaozong tricked Ruan Rong into his cabin, and after much persuasion, he finally coaxed her into doing the shuttle thing with her delicate hands. When she was in high spirits, he could not help but become greedy again, and gently pushed her head down...
Touch~
It just so happened that at this moment, the boat hit something and shook violently. Ruan Rong lost her balance and followed Sun Shaozong's pressure, hitting the vital point between his legs!
Just this one collision almost resulted in nothing but a complete loss!
“Ah~!!!”
Sun Shaozong screamed in pain, clamped his legs together, and rolled off the bed to the bottom, moaning in a muffled voice and sucking in cold air.
Ruan Rong was so frightened when she saw this that she hurried forward to support him and asked with concern, "Brother Sun?! Are you okay? Do you want to... do you want to see a doctor?!"
She was so worried that she was panicking. The passenger ship was now passing through a hilly area, with cliffs more than 20 meters high on both sides of the river. Where could she find a doctor?
Sun Shaozong groaned for a long while before he barely raised his blue-veined face and forced a smile, "No...it's okay, let me relax...hiss~just relax, you...you go back to the cabin first, it sounds like a mess on the deck, if someone comes looking for me, you won't be able to leave."
At this moment, there was indeed a lot of noise on the deck, as if two groups of people were yelling at each other.
Although Ruan Rong was worried about Sun Shaozong's "injury", she was also afraid of being blocked in the cabin. Therefore, under Sun Shaozong's repeated urging, she finally walked out of the cabin door, looking back every few steps.
But after she left, Sun Shaozong immediately locked the door and jumped up and down like a rabbit with its tail between its legs. How could he still look like a tough guy?
