After picking up the daughter of the lucky star, the whole village prospered

On the second day, Chunniang went to the pier early to check, and waited until noon, but there was still no sign of Xiao Chengjun's boat.

At this time, she already understood that the young master of the Xiao family had really left his mother and daughter here.

Chunniang was angry, but for now, she had to find a way to go home.

Ying Bao was not in a hurry, and went leisurely to the market with Chen Zhao, eating, drinking and shopping along the way.

Not only bought a small charcoal stove and a basket of charcoal, but also bought a lot of local vegetables. Once at the market, she also met a man who was selling tangerines, so she picked out the ones with ripe yellow skins and bought a large bamboo basket.

Satsuma is worthy of being satsuma, sweet and sour, delicious and fragrant.

She collected all the peeled tangerine peels and secretly put them in the cave to dry before going back to steam the tangerine peels.

Chunniang was anxious, and wanted to go to the county seat to hire a carriage to return home, but Yingbao stopped her.

"Don't worry, Auntie. This is a dock for ships. There are many merchant ships coming and going. We just need to take a ship to Qinchuan County. At most, we will pay them for the ship." Ying Bao said.

Chunniang sighed and nodded in agreement, but she would go to the pier every day to watch, and whenever a large commercial ship approached, she would ask if she was passing through Qinchuan County.

This stay lasted for several days, but I didn't meet a merchant ship that could pass by Qinchuan County, but I saw an acquaintance.

Li Xu, a thin scholar, came to the pier with a bookshelf on his back. When he saw Chun Niang sitting under a big tree, he couldn't help being taken aback, and hurried over to greet him.

"Xiaosheng met Aunt Jiang, why are you here alone?"

Chun Niang returned the salute and said with a wry smile: "To be honest, the ship that originally carried us has left. I am looking for a merchant ship to Qinchuan County to take us back."

Li Xu frowned: "Aunt Jiang, there are very few long-distance large merchant ships mooring here, why don't you go with Xiaosheng and take a boat from my house."

Chunniang was shocked: "There are very few large merchant ships berthing here?"

Li Xu nodded: "This is a small pier. It's not bad if there are two or three long-distance merchant ships docking within a month. Most of the short-distance ships carry passengers here. Xiaosheng's hometown is close to the Ming River, and there are quite a few A large merchant ship passing by may encounter one that goes directly to Qinchuan County."

Chunniang frowned and thought about it, then said, "I'll go back and discuss it with my daughter."

For the first time in her life, she was alone outside, her eyes were smeared to the surrounding things, she didn't know what to do, and now she could only discuss with her daughter.

Li Xu nodded: "Xiaosheng is here waiting for Aunt Jiang."

Chunniang responded and hurried to the inn to find her daughter.

Yingbao and Chen Zhao also just came back from the market, seeing Chunniang's anxious face, they quickly asked, "Aniang, what's the matter?"

Chun Niang told the story of meeting Li Xu.

"Li Xiucai said that there are very few long-distance ships docking here, so let's follow him to his house and find a boat to transfer."

Ying Bao thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement: "Then let's go with him."

It is definitely the safest for a group of people to walk with Li Xiucai, a man of fame.

As soon as Chen Zhao heard this, he quickly packed up his things: "Then let's go quickly."

She was tired of staying here and was looking for another place.

Therefore, Chunniang and Chen Zhao each carried a basket, which was filled with the sundries they purchased one after another.

When he arrived at the pier, he saw that Li Xiucai had found a fishing boat and was negotiating the price with the fisherman.

"Going to Chashu Township, Anyang County, there are too many boats. The boat that Xiaosheng hired last time was only one boat."

"We are more than 100 miles away from Chashu Township, and the waterway is more than 100 miles away. Where is there more?" The boatman said unconvincedly, "Go and inquire elsewhere. Is there anything more reasonable than my asking price?"

Li Xu thought about it, and he turned around to ask other fishing boats.

Seeing that the business was going to run away, the boatman was also anxious, jumped ashore in a few steps, and grabbed Li Xu's back frame, "Hey, hey, don't go, I haven't finished talking yet, how about this, at least be consistent, can't less."

Li Xu struggled for a while, nodded and said, "That's good, but Xiaosheng still has three companions, you have to wait a bit."

"What? There are others?" The boatman felt that he was at a disadvantage, but he was afraid that the scholar would go to other boats to inquire again, so he agreed: "All right, all right, let me make it clear first, just wait for an hour."

As soon as the words fell, a girl's voice was heard: "Li Langjun, here we come!"

Li Xu was very happy to see Yingbao, and bowed to her respectfully: "Young doctor."

Yingbao also returned a gift: "Thank you Mr. Li."

"Where is it, let's get on the boat."

Li Xu got on the boat first, put down the back frame, and went to help Yingbao and the others.

After everyone boarded the boat, the fishing boat poled away from the pier and went down the river.

Yingbao was sitting on the fishing boat, watching Li Xu all the time, seeing that he was still weak, coughing from time to time, and asked, "Li Langjun, are you feeling better?"

Li Xu said softly: "It's much better, thanks to the medicine in Xiao Lang's medicine."

"Since it's much better, why don't you rush for the exam?"

This year is the year of the township examination once every three years. As long as Li Xu rushes to the state capital, he should still be able to catch up with the examination in August.

Li Xu shook his head: "Young doctor doesn't know something. I've been sick for several months. Not only has my body been worn down, but my homework has also been delayed, so I think I'll wait a few years before leaving."

In fact, there is another important reason. His money to go to the state capital is gone.

The reason why he has the money to hire a boat to go home today is because he sold two of the pills given by the doctor and got four pennies.

When he did this, he was very ashamed. After all, the pill was given by the doctor, but he sold it to outsiders twice to earn money.

But if you don't sell it, you will have no money to return home, so...

Li Xu glanced at Yingbao guiltily, then covered his mouth and coughed a few times.

"Oh." Yingbao nodded, seeming to understand.

The fishing boat sailed with the wind, put up its sails again, and sailed very fast.

The waterway of more than 100 miles was completed in just one day.

Li Xu took Yingbao and the others ashore, but it was getting late.

So a few people went to find an inn nearby to stay.

Silent all night.

Before dawn, Li Xu checked out of the house, and Li Xu hired another ox cart to take the three of them back home first.

He wanted to go home and take a look at his old mother before personally sending them to the big wharf on the Ming River.

When I was sick in Anping County, I also sent a letter back to my hometown, but no one came to pick him up, and I don't know if something happened at home.

Several hours later, the ox cart finally arrived at a small village in Chashu Township.

As soon as he entered the village, someone recognized Li Xu and shouted: "Hey! Isn't this the scholar of our village? Did you go to Fucheng to finish the exam? Did you win the Juren?"

Li Xu cupped his hands at the man: "Fourth Uncle, I didn't go to Fucheng."

"Didn't go to Fucheng? Then where have you been for so long?"

The middle-aged man known as the Fourth Uncle glanced at the ox cart and said in a fuss, "Hey, why did you bring a woman back? Did you get married outside?"

Yingbao said coldly to this person: "We are doctors passing by here, uncle, please don't just talk about it."

Chun Niang also turned dark, and quickly picked up the bamboo hat and put it on.