That little fly

While Shui Qingqian was pricking his mighty ears and secretly decided that he would never forgive his father's deception easily, the proprietor and his wife had finished their harmony and were chatting under the covers at night.

Mrs. Shui: "Why did Luzi react like this today?"

"What do you expect him to do? We're already 'the most prodigal parents'. He's waiting to grow up to support us."

"Luzi is still young, he won't understand the meaning of those bottles and jars."

Mrs. Shui turned to her husband, "Tell me, should we take Lu Zi out for a walk? He is six years old and lives in a rural place like this. It would be bad if he became petty."

"No, that's our son!" Master Shui disagreed, "Besides, when he receives the inheritance at the age of 16, he will be reborn immediately, and his vision and demeanor will naturally be different."

Mrs. Shui gave her husband a sidelong glance, "I don't want my son to be like a nouveau riche."

"How could it be... Uh, what's your plan?"

"I don't have any special plans, but I'm a little worried about my son's vision. He can only see a palm-sized area in the countryside now." 15 Guan worried about the child like this, her precious little Luzi's values. "As the saying goes, is it better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books?"

"Go out..."

Small landlords and so on, leisurely and tight, in fact, there is no entanglement that can't get rid of.

Traveling, hiking, this is a great idea for the little Luzi who tortured his parents a hundred times with curiosity!

"Mom, what do I need to prepare for going out?" Shui Qingqian happily came in with her nap blanket in her arms, saying that she wanted to prepare her luggage.

Mrs. Shui couldn't laugh or cry, "Luzi, don't bring things from home that can be solved with money." The parents of the son have already planned to cultivate the son's correct three views from now on.

Shui Qingqian and Wei Wu stood in the middle of the ground and blinked at each other, thinking about the meaning behind what their mother said... Oh, yes!He still hadn't figured out what was going on with their accounts.Where did the 15 guan spent by my father come from?

"Look for yourself after you go out, and you will know where the 15 guns came from." Mrs. Shui explained.

It is said that there is nothing to pack up, but the itinerary is also postponed to the spring of next year. In March, the weather is pleasant and it is suitable for travel.

A family of four: the owner of the water owner and his wife add the water to be clear and shallow and mighty, plus the accompanying girl Sun Xiaomei, plus the travel manager and bodyguard Hao Tietou, plus a quick-witted, quick-witted young servant Ahu, it is simple and convenient. To put it simply, it is a small landlord.

A carriage was loaded with luggage and mighty men, and the rest of them rode horses together, including Shui Qingqian, who had tortured his father to surrender.The so-called scholar can know the world's affairs without going out. It is true that Shuiyin Village was built in the countryside, but it is not a remote place. There are various official residence newspapers, folk periodicals, business propaganda, what is orthodox, unofficial history, and gossip news from the world. It was sent to Zhuangzi continuously, and it was not blocked at all.

Shui Qingqian reads the mansion newspaper with her parents every day, and circles all kinds of unimaginable questions at the same time. tortured his parents.There is only one reason for introducing so many: Shui Qingqian's vision is not comparable to that of ordinary six-year-old children, so he thinks that there is only one carriage for their group, which is not a reasonable arrangement.

It's not a short-distance trip. If you really want to visit the major scenic spots and cities in Dongzhou mainland, you may have to walk outside for more than half a year. How can a carriage be enough?In case of missing Sutou, should the six of them plus Wei Wuquan be squeezed into the carriage for the night?Or let Ah Hu and the others sleep in the wild?Shui Qingqian covered her face, this thought was too unscrupulous.

Then there's luggage.

Half of the space in the carriage was taken up by luggage, although it looked like a lot, but after careful calculation, some personal clothes, used personal utensils, his mother's rouge jewelry, Shui Qingqian's own notepad and With a few small toys and some emergency medicines, there is not much space left, at least Shui Qingqian did not see the big autumn and winter clothes.

What, expect to buy and use now on the road?

Well, even if Shui Qingqian can ignore the possibility of 'wilderness, uninhabited', then - what about money?The money for food, clothing, housing and transportation for their group for half a year is not as simple as tens of pennies. They usually go to the town to go to the market, and the accountants have to carry a bag of copper coins on their backs, but now, Shui Qingqian swears that their luggage There is definitely not a lot of money in it.

Shui Qingqian had doubts in his heart, but he didn't ask any questions, just silently turning various possible problems and their solutions in his mind, and then felt a little arrogant in his heart: In case his parents encounter such or such difficulties, Then he'll be able to brush it off one way or another - show the solution, and then there will be all kinds of envy, all kinds of jealousy.

Children's minds are really...

First day out.

As the sun was rising, they started their journey. They did not rush along the way, and they just stopped at Shangxiong Town at noon. Shangxiong Town has a big market on the first and fifteenth day of each month. Shuiyinzhuang often sends people to buy The place where the firewood, rice, oil and salt are.After having lunch at the largest restaurant in the town, Shui Qingqian even took a nap in the private room before the group of them continued on their way.

Before dark, they arrived in Xiaxiong Town, and then had another delicious meal. The only hotel in the town had already prepared some rooms for them to rest, and even the hot soup for bathing was prepared.

the next day.

The next day they went out early, and the speed was obviously much faster. The horses trotted all the way. far cry.From time to time, I even saw farm households walking on the road carrying farm tools, and the smoke from their cooking smoked far away from the farmland.

Not only farmland and cooking smoke, but also sporadic food stalls can be seen from time to time beside the official road.Shui Qingqian counted all the way, they passed three tea stalls, four noodle shops and two steamed stuffed bun shops... Although they have always been sparsely distributed, it is enough for travelers from south to north.

At noon, the owner of the water village picked a tea shed to rest at the right time.

Shui Qingqian looked at the sign standing in front of the tea shed——

[Spinning Town, twenty miles ahead]

On the other side in the opposite direction is written [Xiaxiong Town, ten miles ahead], and in the corner of the sign is also engraved with the official seal of the county magistrate of Xiongshan County, which was established by the yamen.So, as long as there are such signs along the way, they will not be able to miss Sutou——Shui Qingqian crossed out all the embarrassments of sleeping on the streets that he had imagined, and then crossed out the corresponding solutions in great disappointment Suddenly, those arrogant little bubbles in my heart disappeared by half.This is his first lesson when he goes out.

The second lesson after going out: riding a horse is hard work.

After eating and resting at noon, Shui Qingqian climbed into the carriage with hands and feet, and acted cute in his mother's arms.

"Riding a horse makes Luzi suffer from back pain, leg pain, and butt pain..."

Not surprisingly, before dark, the group of them successfully arrived in Spinning Town and stayed in the best hotel in Spinning Town.

One night, the high bed warms the pillow, as before.

The biggest difference between Spinning Town and Xiaxiong Town is that there is a ferry here.They are going to dismount here.The ferry is not big. Although the Ma River is the main waterway running through the southwestern part of the Dongzhou Continent, the section passing through Fangya Town is just a tributary of the Ma River. There are no more than two floors of passenger ships that can dock, and the cabins below the deck are relatively large. Small.

Living in a two-story boat with a cramped space is barely the greatest suffering Shui Qingqian has experienced so far—well, Shui Qingqian admits that this cannot be called suffering.Riding a boat is far more comfortable than riding a horse. No matter how small the cabin is, the space in the carriage is larger.It's just that they have been 'wronged' for two days in the words of the owner of the water.After leaving the branch of Spinning Town and entering the waterway of the Ma River, the third largest river in Dongzhou, they can change to a larger ship.According to his father’s definition, a big boat has halls, small rooms, secondary rooms, bedrooms, guest rooms, tea rooms, and flower halls. There are places for reading books, playing the piano, and playing cuju. It's almost time to enter the house.In short, as long as you are willing, you can eat, drink and sleep on it for a lifetime without getting off the boat.

Such a boat is very good, very comfortable and very noble.

Shui Qingqian was holding his butler's income and expenditure accounts, feeling very headache.

He felt that even if he sold all his mother's jewelry, they wouldn't be able to pay for the boat, even if it was just rented.Of course, if one considers that his father can spend 15 yuan a year, Shui Qingqian now has reason to suspect that the family's wealth is definitely not just the rent on the book.

They went down the river in a two-story cabin boat, arrived at the pier outside the city of Lushui County before sunset, abandoned the boat and landed, and the group of them stayed in the largest hotel in the area that night.

"You didn't pay." Shui Qingqian said quietly holding his own little abacus, he felt that he was fooled by his parents.The once arrogant little bubbles are now shattered into pieces.

"I have a badge." The owner of the water village proudly shook the very special coat of arms, "Son, this is called a signature."

Shui Qingqian knew that he just heard what the hotel manager said.Because his father signed the payment receipt with this very special coat of arms, the hotel clerk only needs to take the bill to the Lihao Bank to get the silver.No businessman would doubt the credit and ability of Lihao Bank, because the imperial navy had to borrow money from them when they went to war. Later, when the navy returned from victory, the saint repaid the debt with the money he robbed from other countries, leaving a lot of spoils.Of course, in the official residence newspaper, that's not called robbery, it's called war reparations.

Well, let’s get far, Lihao Qianzhuang is very rich, but Shui Qingqian also understands that they will never pay for you for no reason.The emperor borrowed money and had to use the salt tax for the next three years as collateral.In other words, his parents have to be like the emperor of the empire, they have to let the bank know that you have a lot of money, so that the bank will see your paperwork and repay the debt for you.

For Shui Qingqian, this incident confirmed his conjecture: his parents didn't, did, talk to, tell, tell the truth.

Those who are kept in the dark are the most annoying!