It is getting late, but it is not yet dark on the horizon. The mountains have turned into deep black shadows. The yellow and blue lights on the horizon are reflected in the water together with the silhouettes of the mountains. The river is also dyed with color. A small boat is traveling with the waves.
From a distance, the light was no bigger than a soybean. It was also reflected in the water and was wrinkled by the evening breeze.
The boatman sat on the bow of the boat, holding a long pole in his hand.
The fishing line is like water, with little ripples.
The boatman suddenly raised his pole and stretched out his hand to catch it.
I saw it was just a small fish and threw it casually on the cabin.
"Puff puff..."
Fish were dancing in the cabin.
The boatman just smiled and said to the calico cat:
"For you."
"Meow~"
The calico cat thanked him, then lowered his head and started eating.
The boatman talked several times in succession.
But if it is a rabbit, even if it becomes a spirit and develops spiritual wisdom, it may be beaten to death by someone with a stick, or it may be accidentally picked up by an eagle.
"Miss Sanhua, do you want to eat?"
Song You still told him calmly: "The Fulong Temple is quite strange. Even if pilgrims at the foot of the mountain want to offer incense, they can only find the Taoist temple when the temple owner wants to open the door. At other times, even if they walk along the well-known road
, and can only return in vain.”
"It's really insignificant."
"When I was young, I heard someone say that it is best not to touch the fish you can pick up if you take another step into the water, or the medicinal herbs you can pick if you take another step to the cliff. However, you are young and energetic.
It’s not that I don’t believe this kind of statement. I usually believe it, but when it was my turn, I couldn’t remember it until I saw such an incident happen with my own eyes.
"Why?"
"Sir, are you practicing in Lingquan County?"
Look at the boatman again. He first uses fish bones and fish heads to make soup. Then he carefully collects the meat from the fish and cuts it into thin slices. When the fish soup is ready, only the translucent and delicate fish fillets are poured in.
In the pot, after just one roll, it turned as white as snow, and the aroma became more and more attractive.
But it’s not necessarily that they want to harm people. Many aquatic animals have gained wisdom and will use fish to catch birds or other fish. Catching people is just an accident. It doesn’t necessarily mean that it is the work of monsters. This boat is on the water
It covers hundreds or even thousands of miles, and there are many uninhabited places along the way. Sometimes the boatman has evil intentions and kills his guests, claiming that it is the work of evil spirits.
The boatman's face softened, he smiled, and said to the scholar:
"oh?"
"Lingquan County."
As he spoke, he looked at Song You.
"My husband, please don't say that. This kind of story is most moving when told in the simplest tone, as if it happened right around you." The scholar said, and quickly turned back and entered the boat, "I have to write it down quickly.
, if I forget, I will lose the five cents of tea money."
Song You listened and lowered his head to take a sip.
Like the fierce tiger I met a few days ago. The tiger is the king of the mountains. Even if the tiger has not yet opened its spiritual intelligence, it is just a little smarter than its kind. It knows how to bully the weak, avoid the strong, and distinguish traps. It can already make a group of young men and hunters in Lijia Village also
There is nothing you can do about it. If it harms others, the consequences will be disastrous.
"Song You, whose name is Menglai, is from a mountain in Lingquan County, Yizhou."
"Since there is such a magical place, it must be a famous fairy mountain. If I have the chance again in the future, I will go look for it again!"
"Look, my husband, you have been fishing so hard, but you have only caught one fish less than two fingers wide, and now there is a fish floating here, right in front of me! This is mocking you..."
Song You smiled and turned around to look.
Mainly the fish fillets that are placed at the end.
"I heard that the master of Fulong Temple is lazy by nature, and there is only one disciple who is relatively industrious. Maybe it's not that I didn't find the position, but I just didn't get the timing right."
"My husband is so good at his craftsmanship!"
After that, the scholar immersed himself in writing and stopped talking.
Almost only salt and ginger are added to the fish soup, which has a slight salty taste and no fishy smell. The freshly caught fish has its own delicious taste, but there is no other taste, so it is normal at this point.
It's very cold on the river, but the heat in the bowl is strong.
Even if it is indeed not very fancy, sometimes it is more difficult to do simple things well. Isn't this a skill?
"call……"
There was a chill on the river at night, and it was cold outside.
After finishing the fish soup, he came to talk to Song You again:
"Where are you from, sir?"
Monsters are so different that it’s hard to say.
It can be seen that the scholar really loves to listen to stories. In this case, the boatman can't refuse anymore. He pondered for a while and then patiently told the story.
The boatman stopped laughing mid-sentence.
Instead, the scholar's laughter came from behind: "It's really interesting, little sir. It's quite common to talk to cats. Now you talk to horses. Could it be that your horse has become a spirit and can understand human speech?"
"If you are willing, father-in-law, I can pay for some tea."
"Nothing else. It's just that even though the fish looks so close, it has to stretch out an extra hand. If you stretch out an extra hand, there's an increased risk of falling into the water."
"It's not that particular. Even those of us who run boats and fish at night will not touch this kind of fish floating on the water's edge, not too far or too close, as if we could catch it if we stretch out our hands a little more." The boatman said.
Continuing to sit on the bow of the boat and fish, the sound floated in the night wind, "I'm just used to it."
"I dare not say that!"
This boatman is quite humble.
"Um!!"
"Um?"
Song You also entered the cabin and took a casual look.
Then he lowered his head and glanced at the calico cat next to him.
"To be honest, I went to Yizhou this time, firstly to visit relatives and friends, and secondly, to visit Yinyang Mountain to visit Fulong Temple." The scholar couldn't help but shook his head, showing regret and remorse, "But I went to Lingquan County.
After searching in many places, we finally found Yin Yang Mountain. However, we searched the entire mountain, not to mention the palaces and temples, and we couldn’t find a single brick or tile on the mountain.”
"Sir, please don't go get it."
The scholar's voice sounded first.
"I'm afraid it will be many years later."
The bay-red horse stood still and said nothing.
There are quite a lot of strange stories on this Liujiang boat.
“Such a strange thing happened!!”
As he spoke, he used his other hand to support the window edge so that he could lean out and stretch his hand out, as if he wanted to catch the fish.
The scholar had just finished writing, so he was not polite and immediately went to get a bowl. Like the owner of the boat, he greeted Song You, then the family of three, and served them soup.
Song You was also listening quietly.
It is exactly the story told by the boatman just now.
The scholar opened his eyes wide and made a slapping gesture with his hands.
"Lingquan County?"
"But it's not really a craft. Everyone who makes it tastes like this." The boatman laughed, "Guest, I just took the first sip and felt comfortable. It stayed like this for the next few days. It was either fish soup or fish mixed with meat to make a pot of porridge.
, a few more meals will make you tired."
"My husband, please don't be stingy."
They are more or less carnivores, but many foxes have become spirits and transformed into humans. Before they reached a certain level of spirituality, they blended into the human world and had to avoid even the keen village dogs.
"Isn't Fulong Temple not on Yin Yang Mountain? Or is there another Yin Yang Mountain? Did I inquire wrongly?"
"It's wonderful..."
"Master, please elaborate."
"May all your wishes come true."
Most monsters and ghosts in this world are like this.
The fish fillet was very thin, and none of the fish bones were gone. It requires some knife skills and patience. The fish meat added at the end was very tasty. It only rolled twice in the pot, and the skin was even a little crispy when you first ate it.
It is completely different from those methods where the fish is put into the pot and stewed together.
"Don't go get it!"
The boatman still smiled and said nothing, focusing only on fishing.
When the boatman was telling stories earlier, he had caught several big fish and made soup in advance. Now the heat was rising on the small stove. In the heat, the scholar used his clothes box as a table, covered it with straw paper, and carried it with his hands.
He put the brush in his mouth to wet it and buried his head in writing.
Song You still looked at him calmly.
"What's the matter..."
"Have heard of it."
A few stories and five cents of tea money are worth it.
Song You also got a bowl and thanked him.
“There must be something special about it!”
“You don’t know what you are doing with your first step.”
"Oh? Where is Yizhou?"
"It's not that it's famous. I just like this Taoism and like to collect legends about gods, ghosts and monsters. I accidentally discovered that this Taoist temple happened to be mentioned in several good rumors I collected. I was curious and took this opportunity to think about it.
I went to look for him, but I came back in vain and wasted many days."
The scholar retracted his hand like lightning and looked at the boatman:
"My father-in-law is being humble. He just went upstream from the Liujiang River to Yizhou two years ago. The boatman on that boat at that time also made it in the same way, but it was not as good as my husband's taste."
"Don't dare to embarrass me! I don't know something. I've always loved hearing stories and rumors like this all my life. Please tell me."
Little ghosts and demons are not strong enough. If they want to harm people, they have to rely on deception and temptation to make people relax their vigilance and fall into a trap.
"That's it?"
There is no need to say more about ghosts and ghosts. Unless you have a profound moral practice, you have to put some effort into harming others.
"What's the point?"
The boatman took the dishes and chopsticks from the low cabinet.
After the boatman finished speaking, the scholar was delighted.
It's just like a scholar who is greedy for gain, thinks it's good luck from heaven, or walks by the river in the middle of the night and sees someone falling into the water, or something else, and is harmed by monsters.
"What year will it be in the future?"
"really?"
"..."
"Yizhou people."
The scholar seemed to be interested.
Unconsciously, the fish that floated close to the water, half a meter away from the boat, was no longer there.
Song You patted the bay-red horse's neck: "I've been asking you to stay here for the past few days. It's better not to say anything. But if something happens, just call me loudly."
The scholar suddenly became interested: "I have also been to Lingquan County during my trip to Yizhou."
"You haven't reported your family status yet. It's really rude!" The scholar quickly smiled and cupped his hands, "My surname is Fu. The Taifu's Fu has a single name of "Yu" and the courtesy name is Wendong. He is from the county of Xuzhou."
The scholar looked funny again.
"I'm very surprised."
"Guardian, please note, how can grain fall from the sky today? Most of the things that come for free are not simple." The boatman sat motionless, only concentrating on fishing, "Just like this fish in front of your eyes, you feel that you only need to lean over and explore.
You can get it with your hands, but if you lean down, if there is a little devil below, you can take advantage of it..."
"My guest, please don't embarrass me."
Before I even started my mouth, I could feel the contrasting temperature in my palms with the outside, and I already had some feelings.
This is an innate difference, and there are advantages to it if you think about it carefully.
"It's not that I'm surprised, I just have something to ask." The scholar raised his hand and said, "Since you are practicing in Lingquan County, have you ever heard of Fulong Temple in Yin Yang Mountain?"
The boatman immediately turned around and said.
The calico cat didn't say anything, it just shrank back.
Song You exhaled hot air and felt extremely comfortable.
"The next step is..."
Suddenly he smiled, pointed to the side and said to the boatman:
"The little old man can't speak..."
"There's nothing good to eat on the ship. It's all here all day long. Please don't be surprised, gentlemen."
Let’s take another example of the common fox in stories.
The scholar also sat on the edge of the boat blowing the wind, watching the boatmen fishing, and reaching down from time to time. It was so close to the water that he could touch the water without stretching his hands.
The scholar raised his eyebrows, fearful and excited at the same time: "Has anything like this happened before on the Liujiang River?"
"Is Fulong Temple famous? Where did you hear about it?"
"You can't do anything fake."
"Thank you so much..."
Song You leaned in the cabin, Sanhua Empress was lying next to him, and he put his hand on Sanhua Empress' back, transferring body heat to each other, and gradually became sleepy.
Thanks to the leader of the "Talking Plastic" boss, I bow and show my breasts.