Chapter forty-eight things on the riverbed
When Tang Ning and the other two heard that they were mainly carrying goods, they were very happy. They suppressed their excitement and asked, "How many copper plates would they need to pack the entire sheepskin raft?"
"You want to get a package?" The man in the lead was stunned for a moment, but he didn't ask much, muttered to several brothers a few times and said, "If you want to get a package, you will collect ninety cents at a time."
The man next to him immediately added: "We will collect 100 documents for them in one trip."
Tang Ning did not answer immediately, but asked tentatively: "Can you go to the nearest county town from here by water?"
"No problem." The man patted his chest and promised: "It's not that I'm boasting. Although our sheepskin rafts are not as grand as ships, they are not as good as those ships. If you go to the nearest county town, you can go back and forth in half a day."
Du Chunyue hurriedly said: "We want you to go to the county town to pick up people and luggage and cross the river, and there are several donkey carts, so I'm afraid I'll run several times."
"Hiss!" The four men took a breath of air conditioning and looked at each other.
The man in the lead frowned and said, "If this is the case, you have to add more money. You can collect ninety cents from here to the county town, and you can travel ninety cents a day when you travel between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. How about it?"
Tang Ning thought about it and nodded, "Okay! This is ninety-month here. You can take this girl to the county town first. I have something to do. I will just take the mule cart to meet you. How about checking out when you cross the river?"
The man in the lead weighed the ninety cents in his hand and was very moved. He immediately said, "Yes, yes, but do you have a road guide? We have to pass a checkpoint from here to the middle of the county town. If there is no road guide, it will be impossible to get through."
Tang Ning pointed at Du Chunyue and said, "She has it, don't worry."
Several men immediately understood Tang Ning's profound meaning and pondered: "If you go to the county town, you can only cross the river directly, and you can't go back to the city."
Tangning nodded.
After discussing, Du Chunyue followed the four men directly towards the ferry.
Tang Ning looked from a distance and made sure that the sheepskin raft was safely flowing into the water. Du Chunyue sat in the middle and gradually moved away before turning around decisively. She bought some food from several stalls by the river, spent 100 cents before she hurried to the city gate.
It just so happened that the old man had almost met. He showed up Tang Ning, and no matter whether he was still one or two, he set off directly.
Tang Ning, who got on the mule cart, immediately pretended to be half dead, and buried half of her face in her backpack, looking weak. When she passed by the city gate, she immediately noticed several scrutiny eyes falling on her.
Fortunately, she bought some rouge and water on the road, which made her face pale and looked like a half-dead sitting posture. In addition, the people around her were unconsciously alienated and disgusted, so they did not make the officers and soldiers suspicious.
After leaving the city safely, he walked to a place where he could not see the city tower, and the old man suddenly accelerated.
The person in the mule cart was staggered and cursed a few times in anger.
The old man seemed to have not heard of it, shouting loudly and asked the mule to run away quickly. Before noon, Tang Ning returned to the county town. The people got off the mule cart and scolded the old man, threatening to never take his mule cart again.
The old man was not bad either, and he retorted coldly: "It has nothing to do with me if you like to sit or not."
"You..." Several women were so angry that they were itchy and had no choice but to deal with the old man.
After they cursed and left, Tang Ning opened his eyes and said apologetically: "Uncle, if they don't ride your mule cart, you will lose several guests."
The old man grinned and didn't care at all, "I am the only one who drives a mule cart on this road. If they don't feel sorry for money, they can't take it."
As he said that, he shook his head proudly and asked, "Where is the girl going? It's still early now, I can send you a trip."
Tang Ning thought it would take some time to get from here to the woods, so he agreed.
After the old man sent her to the official road not far from the woods, she got up and jumped out of the mule cart and wanted to pay the bill with the old man. The old man refused to accept it. Finally, Tang Ning took out a bag of oil paper from the backpack and put it on the mule cart. He smiled sweetly and said, "Thank you, uncle, this is the mixed bun I bought. You can't refuse if you don't collect copper plates."
After saying that, she hurried to take a walk.
The old man shouted twice, but laughed helplessly and shook his head. He only had time to open the oil paper bag when he drove the mule cart back to the county town. When he saw that there were two large mixed buns inside, he knew that there were ten copper plates in addition to the stalls at the Masan family.
The old man smiled angrily, muttering that Tang Ning was relaxed and his heart was very warm. He just did a good deed every day. Unexpectedly, he was still a person who knew how to be grateful. It was not easy these days!
When the old man was feeling emotion, Tang Ning happened to find his family by the Yellow River.
Du Chunyue came back on a sheepskin raft, much faster than her. When she met her family, she found out that Tang Laoer and Wei Dazhi, together with two donkey carts and some of the luggage on the car, had been transported across the river first.
The rest of the people were waiting anxiously, stretching their necks to look at the other side of the Yellow River.
Tang Ning looked at the weather. There was no cloud, only the breeze was blowing. It was quite safe to cross the river in this kind of weather. She was more interested in the wide and long wooden boards on the riverbed. The wooden boards were stacked in a staggered manner. There was a large wooden board pressing between the two connected wooden boards. As long as the force was evenly underwent even, they were not afraid of sinking. So she asked with interest: "Did you make this thing?"
Tang Junsheng looked down and nodded slightly, "I'm just trying to do whatever I want."
Tang Ning shook his head seriously, "Dad, we don't have a river there, let alone such a soft riverbed. It's really amazing that you can come up with a way to walk on the riverbed in such a short time."
Jiang looked proud and chuckled, "You forgot what your father does! As long as it is wood, it is not a problem to him. After you left that day, we came to the river for a while and your father thought about how to tinker with it."
Tang Junsheng didn't seem to expect his daughter to praise him so seriously. His old face turned red and he coughed lightly and quickly changed the topic. "I don't know if they have landed on the other side of the river. What if the other end cannot dock!"
This is what everyone is most worried about.
"But don't happen. In the past two days after you left, we met a wave of soldiers who were checking on the official road. Anyone with a bag on his back would be stopped and interrogated. What if the investigation was so strict there?" Li walked back and forth in panic, making people dizzy.
Tang Ning hurriedly grabbed her, "Uncle, please take a break! When I talked to the four boatmen, I found that they seemed to have traveled a lot of people without any guides. If they dare to take on this business, they will definitely have a way to land safely. Are you right, Chunyue?"
Chapter completed!