In an instant, the news that the ship was about to set sail spread throughout Longkou Port.
The people stranded at the pier have been waiting for more than a week. As soon as they heard the call for the boat to leave, they hurriedly packed their luggage and rushed to the pier.
After all, there were too many people left on the dock, and no one knew whether they would be among the first to board the ship.
"Two brothers, the ship is about to leave. I have to go back to find my family. We are destined to meet again."
After leaving these words, Li Jie disappeared from their sight without waiting for a response.
After a while, Li Jie returned to the temporary station and happened to meet Wen Tama who looked anxious.
Without saying a word, Wen's mother grabbed his hand and immediately walked towards the pier.
"Boss, hurry up, hurry up, the ship is about to leave, let's get on board quickly."
Li Jie glanced around and found that the second child, the third child and Xian'er were not there, so he asked.
"Where are Chuanwu and the others?"
Wen's mother kept walking and said as she walked: "Your uncle Chunshan took them to the boat first. I was afraid that you couldn't find us, so I stayed here."
At this time, the pier was like a can of sardines, densely packed with excited people. The crowding level was no less than that of the subway in Shanghai during the morning and evening rush hours.
At the same time, all kinds of sounds kept coming to Li Jie's ears from all directions.
"Don't crowd! Don't crowd!"
"My shoe fell off! Stop squeezing!"
"Mother! Mother! I'm afraid!"
"Whose dog paw? How dare you eat my tofu!"
"Give way! Give way!"
"Wow!"
Seeing that the pier was so crowded, Li Jie took the lead and walked to the front. He was like a swimming fish, dodging left and right. After a while, he rushed to the front with Wen's mother.
On the other side, sharp-eyed Zhu Chuanjie was always looking in the direction of the pier. When he saw Li Jie and Wen's mother, he immediately used all his strength, shouting loudly and shaking his arms.
"Brother! Big brother! Here! Here!"
However, there were too many people on the pier. Even though Zhu Chuanjie tried his best to shout, his voice was still drowned in the sea of people.
However, Li Jie's spiritual sense was far beyond that of ordinary people. Even if he could not hear the sound, he could still detect Zhu Chuanjie's gaze. He immediately saw Zhu Chuanjie jumping around on the boat.
It was an old-fashioned flat-headed three-masted sailboat, about forty meters long and five meters wide. It looked like it was quite old.
Seeing this boat, Li Jie suddenly regretted that he had chosen to take the sea route.
The Bohai Bay has frequent monsoons in winter, which makes it not easy to travel. It is really dangerous to ride this old-fashioned sailing boat.
What's more, Japan and Russia are now at war with each other.
Not long after, Wen's mother also discovered the figure of the third child and others, and quickly pulled her eldest son.
"Boss, look, the third brother and the others are over there. Let's go there quickly."
Li Jie turned his head and glanced at Wen Tama who looked anxious, and thought to himself.
If you propose taking the dry road at this time, I’m afraid no one will agree, right?
After all, Zhu Chunshan had already taught them how dangerous dry roads were.
After hesitating for a moment, Li Jie gave up the idea of taking the land route. The sea route was a little more dangerous, but it was faster. Moreover, with his ability, even if he encountered any danger, he still couldn't protect the few people of Lao Zhu's family.
questionable.
"Well, I saw it too."
After saying this, Li Jie took Wen's mother and continued to move forward left and right.
A few minutes later, Li Jie and Wen Tama finally squeezed onto the boat.
"Mom, brother, this way, this way!"
As soon as the two got on the boat, they saw Zhu Chuanjie waving to them excitedly.
Just when the two of them were meeting near the mast of the ship, Xia Yuanzhang suddenly appeared in front of them, and he said with a surprised look on his face.
"Hey, little brother, are you taking this boat too?"
In fact, Li Jie saw Xia Yuanzhang as soon as he got on the boat. Just to prevent him from thinking too much, he deliberately pretended not to see him.
"Hey, old sir, what a coincidence."
Wen Ta Niang saw her boss communicating with a stranger and asked curiously.
"Boss, who is this?"
Xia Yuanzhang smiled and cupped his hands, and introduced himself: "Hello, old sister, I, Xia Yuanzhang, met your son once when we were at the dock."
After many years of doing business, Xia Yuanzhang had already developed a pair of sharp eyes. The young man in front of him looked like he was from an out-and-out poor family, that is, a poor man.
But whether it was the tone of the other person's words or his own temperament, it was not like something a poor person could possess.
Therefore, Xia Yuanzhang was very curious about Li Jie's origin.
From Longkou to Lushun, it would take three days even if the wind and water went smoothly. Xia Yuanzhang was alone on this trip, so it was inevitable that he would feel lonely during the three-day journey.
Generally speaking, during long-distance boat rides, Xia Yuanzhang would find someone to chat with, listen to other people's experiences, and pass the time.
Anyway, I have to find someone to chat with later. Instead of looking for people I don’t know, it’s better to find someone like Li Jie who I’ve met once.
"oh."
Mother Wen nodded, and then pointed at Zhu Chuanjie.
"Boss, you chat with this gentleman first, and I'll go over first."
After Wen's mother left, Li Jie smiled, pointed toward the ship's mast, and extended an invitation to Xia Yuanzhang.
"Old sir, how about coming together?"
"That's fine."
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In the next two days, God was very kind to us. The ship went smoothly and encountered almost no big waves. If there are no accidents on the subsequent journey, we can reach Lushun in one or two days.
During this period of time, Xia Yuanzhang used the words he had honed over many years in business to reveal Li Jie's identity.
It turned out that this man was really an out-and-out farmer. According to the other two younger brothers, Lao Zhu's family was not in a good situation. Although the three of them studied in school, they did not study for a long time, at most.
That’s considered literacy.
However, this discovery not only failed to solve Xia Yuanzhang's doubts, but made him even more curious about Li Jie.
Especially when he learned from the second son of the Zhu family that this little brother actually took down more than a dozen bandits by himself.
If this level of force were placed in ancient times, he would definitely be a fierce general!
After learning this news, Xia Yuanzhang's thoughts suddenly changed.
Now there is a war across the sea, and Port Arthur is a place where the two armies are fighting fiercely. The war is chaotic. He is going home alone, and he encounters some dangers because of the lack of security on the way.
When he returned to Lushun this time, he planned to send his family back to his hometown. The place the Zhu family went to this time was Yuanbao Town, Sanjiangkou, which was his hometown.
Wouldn't it be much safer if he could hire the boss of the Zhu family to escort him home?