Chapter 154 Never take a boat again

  Yu Xiaolian and Sun Shi and the others waited until dark before Yu Changhe and Sun Fengshou came back.

As soon as he entered the house, Sun Fengshou took out a bunch of copper coins, handed them to Mrs. Sun, and said with a silly smile, "My brother-in-law and I went for a walk at the pier, just in time for a large cargo ship to be unloaded. There are too many ships and there is a lack of work, so I asked if we would do it, and after unloading this cargo, we were given 150 yuan each, and after my brother-in-law and I discussed it, we unloaded."

  Sun Fengshou's joy was beyond words, and he said that Bohai City is a good place and can make money quickly.

  If you work hard for a day in the village, you can earn up to 30 Wen a day.

  Sun Fengshou asked Mrs. Sun to put away the money, and excitedly said to Yu Changhe, "Brother-in-law, let's go tomorrow, since we are free anyway."

   Mrs. Sun said, "You can go by yourself, and you are dragging your brother-in-law. Your brother-in-law has a bad leg!"

Yu Changhe also handed a bunch of copper coins to Mrs. Sun, turned his head and smiled and said to his old mother-in-law, "Mother, my leg is fine, and there are a few people in their sixties working on that piece of work. Those old men go away." Get up, it's not as fast as me!"

Although Yu Changhe seemed to be in good spirits and didn't seem to be very tired, Yu Xiaolian still said worriedly, "Father, uncle, don't go tomorrow, our family is not short of the few hundred Wen, and when we arrive in Yuzhou, We've settled down, and it's not too late to make money."

  Although Yu Xiaolian tried her best to persuade her, she couldn't stop Yu Changhe and Sun Fengshou from going out to carry bags again the next day.

Yu Changhe and Sun Fengshou carried the bags for several days in a row, and Yu Xiaolian also hung out with Uncle Ban and the others for several days, and collected two barrels of sea prawns from those fishing boats. , but better than fresh.

   Arrived, on the fifth morning, Yu Changhe woke them up early and packed their bags.

  After packing up the baggage, Yu Xiaolian put the quilts they were carrying into the space, and then the group hurried to the pier.

  A huge passenger ship with a length of about ten feet, a height of about three feet, and a width of two feet and five feet is as majestic as a mountain, floating on top of the waves.

  The hull is a giant beam processed from a whole piece of wood, which is superimposed, strong and strong, and has good sinking resistance.

  Yu Xiaolian sighed in her heart, the wisdom of the ancients should not be underestimated.

  Many people going to Luzhou are queuing up on the shore, and the queue is already long, and Yu Xiaolian and his group are also queuing consciously.

  Wait for the line to advance slowly and reach a bulletin board, Yu Xiaolian glanced at the notice posted on it.

   Those who should take the official ship are allowed to carry 200 catties of clothing and food, and those who violate the limit for private loading, who are bitterly sent and sent, fifty catties and one person, each with fifty canes; one hundred catties and two people, each with one hundred sticks.

   Seeing Yu Xiaolian staring at the bulletin board, Mrs. Sun asked, "Girl, what does this mean?"

Yu Xiaolian said, "Those who go out on a passenger ship must not carry more than "two hundred catties" of clothing and food, and there are also restrictions on passengers sent on board. people, they will be punished with flogging.”

   Mrs. Sun didn't understand very well, she thought it was written on it, how much is the boat ride or something.

  Yu Changhe walked in the front, holding ten taels of silver in his hand, and when he arrived at the boarding place, there was a ticket collector.

   "Five hundred Wen per person, how many of you?"

  Yu Changhe hurriedly said, "Eight!"

As he said that, he quickly handed over the money, and the man took the money, checked eight boat tickets with red stamps for Yu Changhe, found six taels of silver for Yu Changhe, and then shouted at the back, "Can you put it in again?" Fifteen people, any more would be overloaded."

  Yu Changhe supported Sun, Sun Fengshou supported the old lady, Yu Xiaolian took the little Huzi, Zhao Erya took Sanya, and the group of them stepped on the bridge carefully and got on the boat.

The cabin is very large and divided into upper and lower floors. The bottom floor is where the boatmen work and rest. Manpower steps on the paddle wheel shaft, so that the paddles on the wheel circle will repel water and push the hull forward.

  Yu Xiaolian and the others are currently on the middle floor. There are no chairs on board, and most people on board sit on the floor.

  Of course, there are also those who spend another two taels of silver to live in a single room upstairs.

  After all, it takes two days and one night to get to Luzhou. If the wind is headwind, it may take longer.

  Yu Xiaolian also found the captain, paid six taels of silver, and asked for three rooms.

   Mrs. Sun was fine when she first came up, but soon after the boat started, Mrs. Sun expressed dizziness and wanted to vomit.

  Yu Xiaolian knew that Mrs. Sun was seasick.

  Ms. Sun's face was pale, and she couldn't stop feeling sick while lying on the bed. After tossing and tossing for a long time, she finally couldn't help vomiting. Fortunately, after vomiting once, Mrs. Sun felt better.

   But at noon, when Yu Xiaolian took out the dry food she had prepared and asked Sun to eat something, Sun shook his head like a rattle and said nothing.

   If you don’t eat, you have nothing to vomit, that’s what Sun thinks.

   But Mrs. Sun is a pregnant woman, how can she do without eating?

   Everyone advised Sun to eat more, Sun shook his head and asked Yu Xiaolian to open the window, wanting to enjoy the sea breeze and wake up.

  But when the window was opened, a sea breeze with a fishy smell came in, and Sun retched, but couldn't help vomiting again.

  Although there was nothing to vomit in his stomach, Mrs. Sun just vomited non-stop.

  In the afternoon, Mrs. Sun was really tired, so she finally fell asleep on the bed.

Except for Sun's seasickness, the other seven people didn't feel anything. Little Huzi and Sanya were not only not seasick, but also very excited. They always lay at the window to watch the waves. Occasionally, they saw a sea fish looming in the sea, and the two of them pointed at the sea surface. yell.

  Yu Xiaolian told Zhao Erya to take good care of the two of them, and it would be over if they fell into the sea.

   After Mrs. Sun got used to it for a day, she didn't react as much as the first day.

  But she still refused to eat more, she felt that as long as she ate too much, her stomach would feel even more uncomfortable.

   Fortunately, their boat went smoothly to Luzhou, and the boat arrived in Luzhou in the afternoon of the next day.

  Little Huzi and Zhao Sanya got off the boat reluctantly, while Sun felt that she was finally liberated.

   Taking a breath of the air on the shore, Sun said, "I will never take a boat again."

  She was also a child who grew up by the river. She never realized that she was afraid of water when she was young. How could she get seasick when she was on a boat?

  Sun Fengshou sighed, "The wharf in Luzhou is bigger than the wharf in Bohai Sea."

  The pier is big, and there are many people coming and going.

  Yu Xiaolian smiled and said, "Of course, the area of ​​Luzhou is more than ten Bohai cities."

  Sun Fengshou said in surprise, "Didn't you say that we are going to pass through Luzhou and go to Yuzhou? If Luzhou is as big as you said, then we will have a lot of trouble."

  (end of this chapter)

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