Chapter 534 (1/2)
Chang Wen went back to the hotel and changed into clean clothes.
The boatman was waiting at the gate of the hotel. Seeing that Chang Wen was dressed neatly, he said with a smile, ”you are really a handsome man. With your appearance, many women will like you.”
”Uncle, I've been married. Even if there are other women who like me, they can only enjoy one free time.”
”Ha ha... Boy, don't you want to eat wild food?”
”Uncle, I'm a serious man.”
”Ha ha... Everyone says he is a serious person, no one will say he is a big turnip.”
They went to the hotel together.
The landlady asked in surprise: ”handsome man, you haven't left yet?”
”I missed the last bus, so I had to stay here all night and leave tomorrow.”
The boss's wife said with a smile: ”it's not to leave people, but to leave people. If you leave today, I'll be very sorry.”
The boatman frowned and asked, ”do you like this handsome guy?”
The boss's wife laughed and said, ”I don't want to bear the bad reputation of old cow eating tender grass. Besides, I just want to eat tender grass. Other people don't like me.”
Chang Wen is not used to this kind of meat joke. He just smiles lightly.
The landlady asked curiously, ”Why are you two together again? At noon today, I saw you both have a straight face at dinner. I thought you two were fighting. I didn't expect you to get together again. ”
There is a saying in Changwen: ”uncle and I don't have a deal. The more we fight, the hotter it is. It's a good friendship.”
The landlady looked at the boatman and asked, ”is dinner your treat today?”
”Yes, he invited me at noon and I invited him at night.”
Chang Wen said politely, ”uncle, I'd better invite you. It's not easy for you to earn some money. Running a boat in Qingjiang River is the hardest work.”
The landlady turned her lips and said, ”handsome man, he's the boss of the boat. He can only move his mouth. There are seven or eight boatmen under him. He can't work hard.”
Chang Wen has read some novels about running boats. He knows that the hard work of the boatman is not to exert his strength, but to look at the water situation, the wind direction and the flood situation. There should be no slackness in the process of sailing, otherwise, the boat will turn over and die.
”Madame, you don't know. As soon as you get on the boat, the boss's heart goes up to his throat. If you don't get to the dock, you can't let it go.”
Looking at Chang Wen, the boatman asked curiously, ”how do you know so much about our ship?”
”I saw it in the book.”
”Oh, you are a scholar. You have a lot of ink in your stomach.”
”Uncle, I've been reading for several years, and I have a little ink in my stomach. However, compared with uncle's city hall and experience, I feel inferior.”
”Ha ha... Boy, you are modest. I think you have a lot of ghost ideas in your stomach.”
”Uncle, are you still angry? I'll review it again. I shouldn't disturb my uncle's life and make him angry. ”
Chang Wen was almost drowned by the boatman. Although the boatman said it was just a bluff, it was not necessarily.
He always felt that there was a trace of lethality in the captain's eyes.
The landlady fried four kinds of vegetables, brought two bottles of Erguotou and said, ”you two are OK tonight anyway. You can go to bed after drinking wine. I think you two will drink more.”
The boatman waved his hand and said, ”one bottle is enough. I have something else to do in the evening.”