When the men emptied the boat, gathered together, and prepared the ropes to "pick up the cargo," Hou Ze rushed back: "Don't go, just wait!"

When the first ray of sunlight in the morning shone through the leaves and shook off tiny rays of light, Shuimao swam to the other side, holding on to the mosquito swarms on his eyelids.

Hou Ze was counting the goods on the floor, and the men carried the goods he counted to their own boats little by little.

Next to the goods, there were also the corpses of several crows. On those corpses were pieces of silver, rings, pendants and other trinkets.

"They left!" Hou Ze reported to Shui Maomao. "They moved all night's goods. After moving, they burned incense and kowtowed. Look!"

Next to the crow's body, there was a rough incense burner and a few pieces of cake.

Hou Ze told Shui Maomao and everyone what happened last night.

Because the little old man fell asleep waiting there, Hou Ze was reluctant to wake him up and retained the passion of telling the story for the first time, because the emotion would not be as full when telling the story the second time.

But after holding it in all night, he was still processing it in his mind and polishing it a lot. If he didn't say it out loud, he would be choked to death!

After he finished telling what happened last night vividly, everyone was entertained!

Someone commented disdainfully: "Humph! The bow of the boat saved their lives! Otherwise, we would have 'planted' them to the bottom of the river!"

They do so many things to "justify heaven" that they seem to think that they are the judges of the underworld.

Some people also said: "Then he also saved his life, otherwise, the group would not kill him and then divide the spoils?"

Shui Xiaomao, who was hanging a basket nearby to cut up small fish and shrimps, disagreed: "If our crows don't command them, they won't take the initiative to attack people. How can they kill them!"

The baby crows are very sensible and not as cruel as they say!

Shui Damao thought more and said: "Not necessarily. Both crows and magpies like shiny things. If those people go to look at the cargo and find that there is silver, gems, etc. on the ship, they will definitely go and get it. Those people must not

Drive them away? Once the beating hurts, they will take revenge!"

This is true.

Crows and magpies are close relatives and share the same habits.

They like to collect shiny things to decorate their nests, so that when it comes time to court, they can show off their aesthetic taste by showing their "girlfriends" around the newly prepared house, which can increase the chance of a successful marriage.

Shui Xiaomao was indifferent to this statement, but when magpies were mentioned, Shui Xiaomao slapped his forehead: "That's bad! We called them all yesterday, but we didn't let the magpies come out to play. You should be angry!"

Then he hurriedly checked the fish basket in the distance. He no longer sorted the fish, big or small, but picked them all up, waving the cloth and whistling.

(That’s right, you have to pay empty fares)

But how could this little fish and shrimp be enough to eat? Shui Xiaomao was so anxious.

Xiaobao comforted him: "Don't be afraid, bring the grain bags and get some sorghum, corn, and wheat!"

Shui Xiaomao disagreed: "Those are all grains!"

Xiaobao said: "Give your friend something good to eat as a toothpaste! I'll just bring the food later."

Even though the boat gang is not short of money, they are quite frugal.

Hearing Xiaobao talk about giving his friends something good to eat, Shui Xiaomao thought it made sense: "Brother, you can also feed them later, and they will get close to you."

Xiaobao has fed the crows before, and he will feed the magpies later.

The adults' discussion continued:

"The captain of the boat is quite unlucky, too. With such a group of people, there's no chance he'll be 'done' at any time!"

"No!"

"Oh, people are poor but have short ambitions, and horses are thin and hairy. What can't be done for money?"

"How can people do that?"

"Don't say "people", knocking down a large area with one pole, as if everyone is like that. They are different from us. We and the gang leader are life-long friends and relatives! They are just looking for a place to make a living!

"You said that the boss of the boat took the job, and he will be held responsible when the time comes. He saved everyone's lives. What should he do?"

This made everyone unable to think of an answer.

Hou Ze said: "I heard what they meant, and it seemed that no one from the Meng family would be looking for them for a while. After all, they were transporting goods over a long distance, and there was no telling when they would be back;

They plan to sneak home and run away with their families overnight. They said that even being a refugee is better than being taken in by the Crow God."

Everyone nodded, and there was no better way.

When Xiaobao heard this, he felt a little unhappy - wouldn't this hurt others?

There is always a lot of helplessness in life.

You may meet good people who will not harm you and can help you and relieve your worries.

But people change too. Different people are different individuals and have different interests and trade-offs.

Even if they are friends, their weight in each other's hearts is different. Who knows when things will change?

When you can bring benefits to them, your friend's humanity is kind; when you cannot bring him benefits, perhaps his humanity is selfish.

But when you touch his interests, your friend's humanity...may become evil.

It can only be said that the boss of the ship is not kind to others and careless in making friends... Alas, he cannot be regarded as a friend.

The magpies have been summoned by Shui Xiaomao, and they are flying here one after another.

Xiaobao is happy.

After feeding the magpies, Xiaobao took out two pearls as big as the size of his little finger and gave them to Shui Xiaomao, asking him to bring them to several magpies who were following the cargo ship.

"Go!" Shui Xiaomao gave a mission to one of the magpies, and then said to Xiaobao: "The money exchanged for this thing is enough for the captain to live for several years. How many times does he transport goods to earn so much money!"

Seeing that Xiaobao just lowered his head and didn't respond, Shui Xiaomao added: "The captain knows that there is something wrong with the bricks, so he just pretends not to see it."

Shui Damao kept his ears on Xiaobao's side, and when he heard this, he also said: "There are times when good people take a narrow road, and there are times when bad people use justice and wealth. How can there be so many ideas!"

Xiaobao still didn't speak, but nodded. He had already done it, so what's the use of thinking so much.

In any case, Shui Damao's words made Xiaobao feel less entangled.

Shui Xiaomao immediately changed the subject: "It won't go wrong if you give that bead to 'Chuzi', it's so powerful, you won't go wrong if you let it transmit things."

"Cultivar" is the magpie carrying the pearl, and its relationship with Shui Xiaomao is extraordinary.

When Shui Xiaomao first learned to walk, the men couldn't take care of the child with them every day, so they enclosed the children in the yard and let the older children take care of the younger ones.

But sometimes the men cannot come back in time when they are outside, and what should they do if the children are hungry?

At this time, the older children will make a fire and cook, no matter whether it is delicious or not, it will fill their stomachs and not cause a fire.

Once, there was no firewood in the yard, and the eldest child went out to pick it up. When he came back, he brought a little magpie who had just learned to fly and injured himself. His parents didn't know where they were.

This magpie became Shui Xiaomao's "brother", because one learned to walk and the other learned to fly. They were stumbling together, and they were really a pair of incompetent brothers.


Chapter completed!