Chapter 250 - Chapter 250: Chapter 243: Noble _1 (2/2)
The woman’s home had only one oil lamp.
The dim yellow light shone on this impoverished home.
After Qin Niu took the lamp away, the room was plunged into darkness.
He went to use the bathroom.
After coming out, he chatted with the woman for a while. Some hostesses would hide in their rooms to avoid strangers.
She had roamed the outside world and was much more gracious than ordinary
women.
It wasn’t long before He Zhizhou returned.
But his brother-in-law, Lu Zhong, had not.
“Brother Qin Niu, the boat is ready, I’ll take you there now,” he said.
“Good!”
Qin Niu stood up and hoisted his basket on his back.
The hostess, holding her child, also stood up to see him off.
“Thankyou for your generous hospitality and the assistance. I don’t have much to offer in return, but here is a small gift for your child.” Qin Niu stuffed a neatly folded small paper packet into the child’s hand.
The child was a bit shy, just mechanically grasping it.
After exiting the house, he walked to a jujube tree only as thick as a knife handle and touched its trunk with his hand.
“Quite a sturdy jujube tree, sister-in-law, remember to try the fruit when it’s ripe before selling it.”
When he touched the jujube tree just now, he had already channeled a sliver of the Everlasting Spring Technique into it.
According to his experience, it should help the tree evolve to some extent.
The degree of its evolution would depend on its destiny.
He followed He Zhizhou down the path to the Tianshui River.
“Is it big brother?”
A voice came from the darkness.
“It’s me!”
After responding, Lu Zhong emerged from the bushes.
“Brother Qin Niu, hurry onto the boat!”
Lu Zhong’s clothes were dripping wet; fetching the boat must have been quite an effort.
The boat was not large and crossing the river would require skilled boatmanship.
” Aren’t you afraid the authorities will trouble you after you ferry me across the river?”
“No worries, I might not be doing well, but I have many friends. Plus, I wouldn’t be foolish enough to let others know,” said Lu Zhong before waving at He Zhizhou. “Big brother, you go back first! It will be more troublesome if you get caught later.”
“Alright, take care!”
After He Zhizhou gave his warning, he turned his gaze to Qin Niu.
“Brother Qin, don’t wander around outside during this period; it’s dangerous.
“Got it, thank you Uncle He!”
Qin Niu felt very warm inside.
Between people, kindness is the light that most easily warms the heart.
His impression of the Nine Insect Gang for their attempt to get the Green Demon’s treasure was bad, yet the subjects of the Shennong Sect left him with a very good impression.
That wasn’t to say that all of the Shennong Sect’s people were good.
For example, the boatman who reported him to the authorities had a very bad heart.
He Zhizhou and his wife, Lu Zhong, treated him with kindness, which directly made him feel favorable towards the subjects of the Shennong Sect.
In the future, when he became a person of influence, even the entire Shennong Sect’s community might benefit.
The Tianshui River was a large river that traversed lands belonging to many sects within the Hundred-Tempering Immortal Sect.
Its width was about a thousand meters or so.
As it was summer and the flooding season, the water on the river was turbulent.
Lu Zhong might not be good at many jobs, but his skill in steering a boat was exceptional.
This man should have been a fisherman on the river; at least he could make a living for his family.
It wouldn’t come to his wife and child having to eat rough cornbread every day. “Brother Lu, I see your boating skills are quite impressive!”
“Heh, I grew up by the river, it’s alright! When I was ten, I could row a bamboo raft across the river,” he said.
“Do you have any plans for the future? I chatted with your sister-in-law for a bit and she said you treat her and the child very well. She also mentioned that she wants to go work to earn money to support the family when the child is a little older. I could tell she loves you very much.”