Dongshuiguan Pier is full of ships waiting to enter the inner city. The ships are all crowded in the river, waiting to load and unload.
Both sides of the Taiwan Strait are very lively.
Neither Yang nor anyone from Taoye Ferry has ever been here. They sell fish only to the fish market street in the outer city, and the boats are parked at the ferry in the outer city. They never crowd here. Larger boats can't fit through the culvert.
Large merchant ships don't go here either, they all go to the outer city dock.
Just looking at the rows of soldiers holding spears, swords and halberds standing on the city wall makes most people feel weak.
There were many boats waiting to enter the inner city from Dongshuiguan. Huo Xi and others waited for a long time. No one had been there before. They all looked up at the tall and majestic Shuiguan and forgot to close their mouths.
Until they entered the water barrier, everyone's necks were still twisting back.
Grandpa Zou was rocking the oar while looking at the tall building at Dongshuiguan behind him. He was scratched by another boat and almost capsized. Huo Xi was so frightened that she quickly held on to the boat awning, her little heart pounding.
Yang was also very frightened: "Uncle Zou, how about I do the rowing?"
Uncle Zou laughed sheepishly: "I'm fascinated by it. I go to the city every day to sell fish, but I've never been here, and I rarely enter the inner city."
"No. Erhuai and I can count on one hand the number of times we have entered the inner city in the past ten years. We have never even rowed past here."
Seeing that Uncle Zou had rowed the boat safely, Yang was half relieved. When she saw that they had entered the inner city, her heart increased again and she glanced at Huo Xi.
She was asked to sell goods along the river with Erhuai in exchange for Fu'er to enter the inner city. Xi'er refused to do it and said that she would explore the road today. Look at the paint on that little face, it's dark, and look at the clothes on her body,
More and more like a boy.
She wanted to raise a cute little Didi, comb her hair every day and wear a pretty floral skirt in her little cotton-padded jacket, but she didn't know if she would have a chance.
Mrs. Yang sighed. This child had big ideas, so he had no choice but to let her go without looking away from her.
After passing Dongshui Pass, you can see the beautiful scenery of Qinhuai for ten miles.
Ten miles away from the Qinhuai River, there is a land of golden powder from the Six Dynasties.
On both sides of the Qinhuai River, there are many restaurants and water pavilions. There are many restaurants and teahouses. Boats and boats shuttle in the river. The streets and alleys are crowded with tourists. The restaurants and teahouses along the river are bustling with people. The water houses and pavilions along the river are open to the public.
Inside the window sash, the sleeves of clothes are hidden, and people are chatting and laughing.
The afterglow of the setting sun shines on the golden powder terraces on both sides of the bank. The sound of oars and paddles in the Qinhuai River is heard, and the water ripples with layers of golden waves.
Like a dream or an illusion.
People in the pavilion lean on the windows to watch the boats and boats, and people on the boats and boats look up to admire the people in the pavilions who lean on the windows to watch the scenery.
"Xiao Miao'er, wipe the saliva quickly, it fell off the board of the ship."
Huo Xi withdrew her eyes, turned her head and saw Xiao Miao'er's neck stretched straight up, her little mouth still open, like Grandma Liu who had just entered the Grand View Garden, she was very happy, and couldn't help teasing her.
Xiao Miaoer hurriedly wiped her mouth with her hands, and everyone laughed. Only then did she realize that the saliva was not lost, and she also started laughing.
"Sister Xi'er, it's so beautiful here!" Fortunately, we came, and we almost went to sell goods along the river with my parents.
Looking at Yu Ya: "Sister, isn't it beautiful?"
Yu Ya's head was nodding like a chicken pecking at rice. It was so beautiful! She had never seen a house like this in her whole life. Why was that house built on water? Wouldn't it be soaked?
Two sisters, one with her head raised and staring at the scenery along the pavilion, the other with her head buried in the water, staring at the base of the wall.
How interesting.
"Xiao Miao'er, why did we come to the city?"
"Selling goods! Oh, I forgot about it." He sat up straight and clasped his hands together. Just about to shout, he turned and asked Huo Xi, "Sister Xi'er, what are you selling here?"
In fact, the goods they brought this time were too many and too miscellaneous to order.
Huo Xi glanced at the water house in the pavilion along the river: "They sell tea, fruit, snacks, and drinks."
"Yeah." Xiao Miao'er nodded.
Then he shouted in a clear voice: "We sell cakes and cakes, including ginger honey water, braised plum water, perilla drink, bean sprouts drink, five-flower tea, pear pulp, sponge cake, white jade cake, Dingsheng cake, snowflake cake,
Jasper cake, rabbit dumpling..."
The windows of the waterhouses on the terraces on both sides of the strait were pushed open one after another, and someone poked his head out: "What are you selling, little baby?"
"Selling drinks and cakes."
"What's there, show me."
"Hello!"
Huo Xi and Xiao Miaoer were in two boats next to each other. They each picked some and put them in a dustpan and put them on the board for the people on the pavilion to see.
"The appearance is not bad." The man on the water house nodded.
"It tastes great too!" Xiao Miao'er raised her head.
"Then let's get a bamboo tube of pear paddles, a Dingsheng cake, and a piece of jasper cake. Is that a rabbit dumpling? How can you make it like a little white rabbit and get a piece in return?"
"Okay!" Xiao Miao'er responded, then turned to ask Huo Xi: "Sister Xi'er, how much does it cost?"
"Just one penny." Huo Xi got on her boat to help her load the basket. Xiaoya raised her neck and replied sweetly: "Guest, one penny."
"This little girl is afraid that I won't give her money."
The man smiled and did not negotiate the price. He raised his hand from the window sill and threw a piece of broken silver onto the ship's deck with a bang.
Huo Xi picked it up, looked at it, weighed it, and raised his head: "It's too much."
"I've rewarded you a lot."
Xiao Miaoer now knew what the reward was and happily thanked the other party.
Seeing that Huo Xi had packed the things in the small basket, he pulled out a long pole from the boat, tied it to the iron hook, and then hung the basket on the iron hook. The two of them worked together to prop up the bamboo pole and headed there.
The water room stretches out near the window.
Trembling slightly, Yang couldn't help but sweat a little when she saw it, and stood up to go over and help.
But Huo Xi and Xiao Miaoer put one end of the bamboo pole on the board of the boat and handed the other end steadily to the guest's hand.
"If you leave your things behind, you have to give us the basket."
"Should I keep the basket?" the guest asked jokingly.
"Then we won't have a basket to use."
The guest smiled, put the things in the air, hung the basket on the iron hook, and the two took the bamboo pole back.
"Thank you for this guest, I wish you long happiness and good health."
"Hey, this girl has a sweet mouth." The guest was happy, took a bite of a piece of pastry, and nodded in praise.
A young woman on the balcony next to her saw her and found it interesting. She also heard that the cakes were delicious, so she also waved the boat over. She also ordered various cakes and gave them a handful of copper coins as a reward.
Most people follow the crowd, and the two customers who bought pastries and drinks praised them so much that many people around them also followed suit.
Huo Xi and his four boats didn't go anywhere else, and they sold less than half of the goods in this place.
After shouting for a while, when no one wanted it, everyone rowed the boat and rowed along the Qinhuai River.
Chang You, Qi Defu, and Mi Mancang were extremely happy. They didn't expect that this business would be launched like this. It was much more interesting than fishing.
And even if a boatload of goods cannot be sold, just looking at the scenery along the road makes me happy. Growing up, I have never seen the scenery of the Qinhuai River for ten miles.
It’s so beautiful!
At the beginning of night, the balconies on both sides of the river were lit with candles. The candlelight shone out from the lanterns, creating shadows. At this time, the boats were rippling in the river, and the sound of oars and lights were like a dream.
There was a large painted boat passing by, its gauze dancing gently with the night wind, the sound of silk and bamboo music coming from inside, and the graceful figures of musicians dancing. Everyone was stunned and a little drunk.
Already.
"Boatman, boatman, can we go to Beimen Bridge?"
At the back steps of the river house, two young scholar-looking men waved to Huo Xi and others' boat.
Beimen Bridge? Where is it?
Everyone was stunned.
That's it. I only planned to go into the inner city to see the sights, watch the bustle, and explore the way to sell goods. I didn't think about anyone taking a boat. It happened that they didn't know the way yet.
I've never been to the inner city, so I don't know where the North Gate Bridge is.