"Son-in-law"

Chapter 199 Changzhou Wharf

The rain was pouring down, mixed with the torrential rain, and the lightning flashed from time to time, and the thunder came in bursts, shaking the city in darkness.

Changzhou is a big city on the route of the Jiangnan River, during the Tang Dynasty, it had the reputation of the world's state capital, but even if it prospered because of the route, it was naturally not as good as Bianjing, Jiangning, Suzhou and Hangzhou. In such a heavy rainstorm, only a few lampposts in the city flickered, sparsely and sparsely, and only when the lightning occasionally crossed the vision, the landscape of overlapping and majestically extending urban buildings was outlined in the field of vision.

The sudden heavy rain caught everyone off guard in the afternoon, and at this time, there were still people rushing in the heavy rain near the dock in Changzhou. In fact, the real chaos was over in the heavy rain in the evening, when many ships docked, rushed to load and unload the goods, and fixed the ships, and at this time still busy in the heavy rain, basically a part of the merchants who had an accident and could not afford the loss, spent a lot of money to hire boatmen who were not very afraid of death, and carried the goods here in the rain.

The whole wharf was full of wind and rain roaring, and occasionally when the lightning was lit, it was obvious that there were still two or three places that were still active, and the number of people in one place on the east side of the wharf was obviously the most, and the bō waves pushed the dense boats in the river to rise and fall, and there were still many people moving things up and down near a cargo ship, and in the sound of the wind and rain, these people were like ants, staggered by the wind, shouting loudly. There was the light of torches in the cargo ship, and the house belonging to the dock not far away was also lit up, and they were trying to move some things from the cargo ship into the room.

This cargo ship belongs to a large commercial house in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the owner is surnamed Lou, this time the cargo ship transported a ship of goods south, to the vicinity of Changzhou when there were some problems with the hull, just encountered heavy rain again, hastily landed. Originally, I thought that I would stop in the dock to avoid this storm, but in the middle of the night, I found that the problem of the cargo ship was more serious, and there were many goods on board, so in order to avoid a bigger problem, I had to hire workers who sacrificed their lives to grab some of the first and reduce the weight of the hull.

Of course, although it is said that in such a windy and rainy weather, there is not enough light, and the workers may be blown down by the wind or fall into the water at any time, but the river is not deep after all, and most of these boatmen are quite watery, and it is summer, and there may not be anything wrong if they fall, if not, I am afraid that no one will come after spending a lot of money.

At this time, the sky was full of the sound of the wind whistling in the heavy rain, and the closer to the wharf, you could faintly hear the creaking and chaotic sound of hundreds of ships swaying on the water, and the boatmen carried the goods through the rain to the lighted room of the wharf, which seemed to be a little simple and empty at this time, and the drenched boatmen carried the goods in, and in the middle, there were merchants busy counting and recording them.

In front of the window on one side of the room, several people were casting their eyes into the darkness outside, looking at the hull of the ship that was faintly floating in the rain. The leader was a brightly dressed woman, her hair was already wet, and the maidservant girl behind handed her a towel, and she wiped the water droplets on her face with her hand, in fact, there was rain drifting in from outside the window, but another man dressed as a scholar stood beside her, blocking part of it.

"How's the ship? Can it be fixed? It won't sink, right? ”

After asking, a man who ran in from outside next to him replied while wiping the water droplets on his face: "If Miss Hui is concerned, she has already entered the dock, and it should not be sunk, but the weather is too bad to repair, and it is difficult to repair it, and the goods on the ship still have to be moved down." ”

"Then keep moving."

"Zhilu Dao."

The man nodded yes. After saying this, the woman looked out the window again, her face a little sunk. Many of the goods in this ship are fragile items such as porcelain, and after the current events, there will inevitably be a lot of loss, and she is in a bad mood. The man next to her who blocked half of the rain for her turned around and said, "Shu Wan, everyone is moving, you don't have to stand here and watch all the time, it's not good to let the rain get wet, it's better to go in some." ”

The man and woman were probably a couple, the woman glanced at him, her eyes still a little heavy, and then she smiled suddenly, turned her head and walked away, and the man dressed as a scholar walked over with a smile again, and the two were talking something by the wall, the man was obviously trying to say something funny to make the woman laugh, and the others, including the maid, walked away in a knowing way. The woman had spoken a few words to the man, and then looked out the window again, apparently still worried about the cargo ship. After a while, another ship came to shore in the midst of the rainstorm. It was a two-story painting boat, and it seemed that some people from the family were traveling, and they came to Changzhou after encountering this wind and rain. In the storm, the ride was relatively smooth, and the fire in the cabin swayed, and it was time to light a torch to illuminate it, and the figure of a person was reflected in the darkness.

At this time, it is not a very strange thing to come to the dock to dock, after all, there are occasional lonely. The boat docked not far from here, so it also attracted some attention, it was not easy for the boat to dock in such weather, the guys on the boat held the shore with bamboo poles, and adjusted with all their strength for a long time before it was difficult to stop the boat. Then the people who came down from above were also extremely laborious, because the wind and rain were too strong, the board stretched down was unstable, and the staggering could only jump down, and the gang of people were dressed in robes, among which there were women and children, and they were supported or caught by the men who went down first, and it took dozens of people to get off for a while, and they hid under the eaves not far away, and lit torches.

Although the wind and rain were quite strong, several of the children were still relatively happy, and the strange words called "Dawei Tianlong" were scurrying under the eaves, and some probes looked this way, and then they were called back by their parents, probably counting the number of people, and then discussing leaving from the dock.

In this kind of weather, no one has time to care, and the people in this room are just looking over there, and after all, they are still concerned about their own cargo ship. The woman named Lou Shuwan chatted with the scholar for a while, and then began to frown again to ask about the ship and the cargo, but at a certain moment when she cast her eyes under the eaves outside the door, lightning happened to strike, and she was also slightly stunned.

Under the eaves, the three torches were lit in the hands of the people, and they were swaying violently by the wind, and there was not much light. Some of them were laughing and talking, untying their robes, then tightening them again, and the smiles on their faces could be faintly seen as lightning flashed by. I can talk and laugh in this weather, which shows that I am in a good mood. is one of the faces, which seems to slightly evoke the memory of the woman here.

"Huh? Shu Wan, what are you looking at? ”

Lou Shuwan opened her mouth, and then, her eyes turned to the man next to her, but she became indifferent and impatient: "It's nothing." ”

This kind of weather, after all, is not clear, it is not an important memory, she shook her head, and returned her mind to her own business, this delay is really unpleasant, damn rainy day, and then I feel that the man next to me is really verbose, and I don't like it a little.

Although they were in a bad mood, it was useless to be in a hurry at the moment, and soon after making sure that the goods were almost moved and the condition of the ships was slightly stable, they left the dock and braved the rain all the way back to the inn. Lou's business is mainly in Hangzhou, Changzhou is just passing by, living in one of the best inns here, the weather is sudden, there are not many people staying in the house, they go out at night, come back at this time, but also seem deserted.

Instructed the maid to bring hot water and take a simple bath, Lou Shuwan called an accompanying steward to discuss the issue of the cargo ship. The summer storm came and went quickly, and it could not last for several days, but the ship broke down and could not go, and most of the cargo on it was fine, only a small part of it, because it promised someone else, and could not withstand the delay, so it had to consider the problem of chartering a ship. After a little discussion of this matter, when the steward left, the scholar who had also done a freshening up in the other room came over, and wanted to know that she was arranging business, and had been waiting outside for a while.

She had something on her mind, and the scholar closed the door, said a few words, and then came to hug her, and she was happy. She was hesitant in her heart, frowning slightly, but she didn't refuse. However, before she was taken off her coat, she heard someone knocking on the door in the lobby below, and then it seemed that a lot of people came in, she was curious, pushed the scholar away, put on her coat again, opened the window and looked, there were about 20 people in the lobby to take off their clothes, and the two children were running around, which were the people I saw on the dock.

"What's wrong?"

The scholar approached and looked out through the window, the woman frowned slightly, her eyes wandered among the people in the lobby, and only after a long time did she push the scholar away: "Go to sleep, I don't want to ...... tonight There was a man in there that I recognized. ”

"Huh?" The scholar became interested and looked down, "It looks like an official eunuch's outing." ”

In such weather, umbrellas are useless at all, although these people are wearing robes, but when they find here, their whole bodies are actually soaked. Several of the women had difficulty changing their clothes for a while, so they found thin cloaks to put on, and only from the clothes of several women, it seemed that the family of these people was quite wealthy.

At this time, the scene in the hall was chaotic, the shopkeeper and Xiao Er were busy arranging the room, and the people who came in were busy ordering to boil water and carry luggage, which seemed extremely lively for a while. Of course, the maid and the master in it were also clear in a moment, one of the women held her wet hair in her hands, turned her head sideways and spoke to the people around her, it seemed that she was also arranging things, but there was a little bit of Lou Shuwan's usual god, this woman was tall and tall, and her appearance was also extremely beautiful. The scholar glanced at her a few times, and Lou Shuwan pointed at her.

"This woman's surname is Su, I have seen it before, but I know it. Her home is in Jiangning, and she has been in Jiangning for several years, so she didn't expect to meet here. ”

"Do you want to go out and see each other?"

"I'm ......not in a hurry," Lou Shuwan said, thinking about it again, "But ...... She has a boat, and it seems that she is also going south, if so......" Thinking of this, she looked down again, and saw that Xiao Er seemed to have arranged the room and led people up, she closed the window, tidied up her clothes slightly, and then pushed the door and went out......

There are also chapters in the evening. RO@。